2018 IIHF World U18 Championships

2018 IIHF U18 World Championship
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Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	19–29 April
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	{{country data Finland \| flaglink/core \| variant = \| size = \| name = \| altlink = men's national ice hockey team \| altvar = ice hockey \| mw = men's }} (4th title)
Runner-up	{{country data United States \| flaglink/core \| variant = \| size = \| name = \| altlink = men's national ice hockey team \| altvar = ice hockey \| mw = men's }}
Third place	{{country data Sweden \| flaglink/core \| variant = \| size = \| name = \| altlink = men's national ice hockey team \| altvar = ice hockey \| mw = men's }}
Fourth place	{{country data Czech Republic \| flaglink/core \| variant = \| size = \| name = \| altlink = men's national ice hockey team \| altvar = ice hockey \| mw = men's }}
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	210 (7 per match)
Attendance	159,176 (5,306 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Jack Hughes; (12 points)
MVP	Jack Hughes
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The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 20th IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was played from 19 to 29 April 2018 in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia. United States lost to Finland.

Top Division

Match officials

12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[1]

Referees

Jonathan Alarie
Kenneth Anderson
Geoffrey Barcelo
Christoffer Holm
Benjamin Hoppe
Ken Mollard
Denis Naumov
Kristijan Nikolic
Daniel Pražák
Peter Stano
Kristian Vikman
Milan Zrnič

Linesmen

Maxime Chaput
Daniel Hynek
Balazs Kovacs
Jan-Christian Müller
Lauri Nikulainen
Tobias Nordlander
Charlie O'Connor
Ulrich Pardatscher
Nikita Shalagin
Dmitry Shishlo

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	1	0	0	22	9	+13	11	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	4	3	0	1	0	12	8	+4	10
3	United States	4	2	0	0	2	21	14	+7	6
4	Belarus	4	1	0	0	3	11	24	−13	3
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	4	10	21	−11	0	Advance to Relegation

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	4	0	0	0	21	8	+13	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Russia (H)	4	2	1	0	1	20	13	+7	8
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	1	1	19	14	+5	7
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	0	3	15	14	+1	3
5	France	4	0	0	0	4	4	30	−26	0	Advance to Relegation

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

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Relegation round

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Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

26 April

Finland	5
		28 April
Belarus	2
		Finland	2
26 April
		Sweden	0
Sweden	6
				29 April
Slovakia	1
				Finland	3
26 April
				United States	2
Russia	1
		28 April
United States	5
		United States	4
26 April
		Czech Republic	1	Third place
Canada	1
				29 April
Czech Republic	2
				Sweden	5

				Czech Republic	2

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Final

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Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Finland	7	7	0	0	0	31	12	+19	21	Champions
2	A	United States	7	4	0	0	3	32	19	+13	12	Runners-up
3	A	Sweden	7	5	0	1	1	23	13	+10	16	Third place
4	B	Czech Republic	7	2	0	0	5	20	24	−4	6	Fourth place

5	A	Canada	5	3	1	0	1	23	11	+12	11	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	B	Russia (H)	5	2	1	0	2	21	18	+3	8
7	B	Slovakia	5	2	0	1	2	20	20	0	7
8	A	Belarus	5	1	0	0	4	13	29	−16	3

9	A	Switzerland	6	2	0	0	4	21	23	−2	6
10	B	France	6	0	0	0	6	6	41	−35	0	Relegated to 2019 Division I A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jack Hughes	7	5	7	12	+3	2
Maxim Čajkovič	5	4	7	11	+7	6
Niklas Nordgren	7	8	2	10	+10	4
Jonatan Berggren	7	5	5	10	+7	2
Kaapo Kakko	7	4	6	10	+8	2
Oliver Wahlstrom	7	7	2	9	+2	4
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	7	3	6	9	+9	37
Oliver Okuliar	5	4	4	8	+5	6
Joel Farabee	7	4	4	8	+1	6
Gilian Kohler	5	5	2	7	+1	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Olivier Rodrigue	180:57	79	4	1.33	94.94	1
Olof Lindbom	361:16	196	10	1.66	94.90	0
Justus Annunen	360:00	139	12	2.00	91.37	1
Luca Hollenstein	237:58	107	10	2.52	90.65	1
Lukáš Dostál	251:18	148	14	3.34	90.54	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

Forward: Jack Hughes

All-star team

Goaltender: Olof Lindbom
Defencemen: Cameron York, Anton Malyshev
Forwards: Jack Hughes, Oliver Wahlstrom, Niklas Nordgren

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

Goaltender: Olof Lindbom
Defenceman: Adam Boqvist
Forward: Jack Hughes

Source: IIHF.com

Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was held in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Latvia (H)	5	5	0	14	4	+10	15	Promoted to the Top Division
2	Germany	5	4	1	22	11	+11	12
3	Denmark	5	2	3	14	19	−5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	3	15	10	+5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Norway	5	1	4	14	18	−4	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Slovenia	5	1	4	7	24	−17	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Relegated to Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kazakhstan 2–4 Denmark
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Slovenia 0–5 Norway

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was held in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ukraine (H)	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promoted to Division I A
2	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	20	7	+13	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Japan	5	2	2	0	1	12	11	+1	10
4	Hungary	5	2	0	1	2	14	11	+3	7
5	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	11	13	−2	4
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	5	30	−25	0	Relegated to Division II A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Austria 3–5 Ukraine

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia, from 1 to 7 April 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	26	15	+11	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promoted to Division I B
2	Lithuania	5	4	0	0	1	22	8	+14	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Poland	5	3	1	0	1	32	11	+21	11
4	South Korea	5	2	0	0	3	12	14	−2	6
5	Estonia (H)	5	1	0	1	3	17	21	−4	4
6	Australia	5	0	0	0	5	4	44	−40	0	Relegated to Division II B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Great Britain 3−2 Lithuania

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was held in Zagreb, Croatia, from 24 to 30 March 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	0	27	13	+14	14	Promoted to Division II A
2	Croatia (H)	5	2	1	0	2	13	12	+1	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Serbia	5	2	0	2	1	16	11	+5	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Netherlands	5	1	2	0	2	18	18	0	7^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	China	5	2	0	1	2	16	19	−3	7^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Iceland	5	0	0	1	4	9	26	−17	1	Relegated to Division III A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Serbia 1–2 Croatia
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 China 5–6 (GWS) Netherlands

Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was held in Erzurum, Turkey, from 26 March to 1 April 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Belgium	5	4	0	0	1	35	8	+27	12	Promoted to Division II B
2	Mexico	5	3	1	0	1	17	12	+5	11
3	Bulgaria	5	2	0	1	2	17	19	−2	7
4	Israel	5	1	1	1	2	12	13	−1	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Turkey (H)	5	2	0	0	3	11	14	−3	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Chinese Taipei	5	0	1	1	3	16	42	−26	3	Relegated to Division III B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Israel 2–0 Turkey

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was held in Queenstown, New Zealand, from 26 to 28 April 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand (H)	2	2	0	12	6	+6	6	Promoted to Division III A
2	Hong Kong	2	1	1	9	10	−1	3
3	South Africa	2	0	2	3	8	−5	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

References

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External links

[table_hth_DEN0.18672371584013-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Kazakhstan 2–4 Denmark

[table_hth_NOR0.18672371584013-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Slovenia 0–5 Norway

[table_hth_UKR0.66123086996526-4] 1.0 ^1.1 Austria 3–5 Ukraine

[table_hth_GBR0.31889388399843-5] 1.0 ^1.1 Great Britain 3−2 Lithuania

[table_hth_SRB0.066790224114515-6] 1.0 ^1.1 Serbia 1–2 Croatia

[table_hth_NED0.066790224114515-7] 2.0 ^2.1 China 5–6 (GWS) Netherlands

[table_hth_ISR0.92276300124091-8] 1.0 ^1.1 Israel 2–0 Turkey

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v t e IIHF World U18 Championships
Current champions (2022): Sweden
2023 Championship teams	Canada Czechia Finland Germany Latvia Norway Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States
Championships	Germany 1999 Switzerland 2000 Finland 2001 Slovakia 2002 Russia 2003 Belarus 2004 Czech Republic 2005 Sweden 2006 Finland 2007 Russia 2008 United States 2009 Belarus 2010 Germany 2011 Czech Republic 2012 Russia 2013 Finland 2014 Switzerland 2015 United States 2016 Slovakia 2017 Russia 2018 Sweden 2019 ~~United States 2020~~ United States 2021 Germany 2022 Switzerland 2023
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Predecessor: IIHF European Junior Championships (1967–1998)

2018 IIHF World U18 Championships

Contents

Top Division

Match officials

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

Tournament awards

Division I

Division I A

Division I B

Division II

Division II A

Division II B

Division III

Division III A

Division III B

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