Matt Duchene made his International hockey debut with team Canada at the Under 17 hockey challenge in 2008. The same year, he was named to Team Canada's under-18 team for the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships in April and selected as Captain at the 2008 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August,  winning two more golds at those tournaments. Duchene failed to make the World Under 20 Championship team in 2009, however following his NHL rookie season Duchene was added to Team Canada's roster for the 2010 IIHF World Championship in Germany.