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2018 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2018 IIHF U18 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates19–29 April
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Finland (4th title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played30
Goals scored210 (7 per game)
Attendance159,176 (5,306 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Jack Hughes (12 points)
MVPUnited States 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.[1] United States lost the final to Finland.

Top Division

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Match officials

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12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]

Preliminary round

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Group A

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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 round
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.

All times are local (UTC+5).

19 April 2018
15:30
Sweden 3–1
(1–0, 2–1, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 2,920
Game reference
Olof LindbomGoaliesLuca HollensteinReferees:
Czech Republic Daniel Pražák
Finland Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Finland Lauri Nikulainen
United States Charlie O'Connor
Berggren – 15:391–0
Berggren (Gustafsson) – 30:002–0
2–130:59 – Sopa (Wetter, Gross)
Berggren (Boqvist) – 31:463–1
20 minPenalties6 min
33Shots22
19 April 2018
19:30
Canada 6–4
(1–1, 3–1, 2–2)
 United StatesArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 7,405
Game reference
Colten EllisGoaliesDrew DeRidderReferees:
France Geoffrey Barcelo
Russia Denis Naumov
Linesmen:
Germany Jan-Christian Müller
Russia Nikita Shalagin
0–104:56 – Farabee (Caufield, Wise)
Lafrenière (Dellandrea) – 15:591–1
1–224:14 – Wahlstrom (Gruden, Hughes) (PP)
Foudy – 26:112–2
Bahl (Noel, Hillis) – 30:143–2
Lavoie (McShane) – 38:044–2
4–346:40 – Wahlstrom (York, Hughes) (PP)
4–449:35 – Hughes (Gruden)
Lavoie (Foudy, McIsaac) – 51:075–4
Thomas (Bahl) (ENG) – 59:416–4
10 minPenalties12 min
25Shots35
20 April 2018
15:30
Switzerland 5–8
(1–3, 4–3, 0–2)
 United StatesArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 3,017
Game reference
Akira SchmidGoaliesSpencer KnightReferees:
Austria Kristijan Nikolic
Slovakia Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Germany Jan-Christian Müller
0–102:54 – Hughes (Gruden)
0–203:35 – Janicke (Pivonka, Miller)
0–304:50 – Turcotte (M. Samuelsson, Emberson)
Mettler (Sopa, Wetter) – 06:021–3
Mettler (Sopa, Wetter) – 20:582–3
2–427:22 – Farabee (York)
Kohler (Nussbaumer) – 28:193–4
Villa (Vouillamoz, Verboon) – 28:484–4
Patry (Mettler, Wetter) – 34:385–4
5–536:04 – Wahlstrom (Hughes, York) (PP)
5–638:25 – Hughes (Wahlstrom)
5–745:35 – Weiss (York, Stastney)
5–846:49 – M. Samuelsson (Turcotte, Knight)
8 minPenalties10 min
19Shots57
20 April 2018
19:30
Canada 8–3
(5–2, 1–0, 2–1)
 BelarusArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 6,818
Game reference
Colten EllisGoaliesNikita Tolopilo
Daniil Veremeichik
Referees:
Czech Republic Daniel Pražák
Finland Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Finland Lauri Nikulainen
United States Charlie O'Connor
McBain (Noel) – 01:191–0
1–101:45 – Usov (Shkrabov)
Lavoie (Wouters) – 02:032–1
Lafrenière (Thomas, Byram) – 03:003–1
3–206:48 – Protas (Kazyanin)
McIsaac (Hillis, McShane) – 12:014–2
Noel (Veleno, McBain) – 12:485–2
Foudy (McShane, Robertson) – 36:496–2
6–340:29 – Masilevich (Pyshkailo)
Noel (Veleno, McBain) – 44:447–3
Dellandrea (Lafrenière) (SH) – 50:168–3
6 minPenalties10 min
28Shots27
21 April 2018
15:30
Belarus 3–4
(1–0, 1–2, 1–2)
 SwedenArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 4,691
Game reference
Nikita TolopiloGoaliesJesper EliassonReferees:
France Geoffrey Barcelo
Russia Denis Naumov
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Russia Nikita Shalagin
Alistrov (Barkovski, Protas) – 15:231–0
1–122:18 – Wernblom (Bäck, Berggren) (PP2)
Borshyov (Masilevich) (PP) – 24:272–1
2–234:12 – Boqvist (Pasic, Eliasson)
2–351:21 – Pasic (Boqvist, Gustafsson) (PP)
2–452:41 – Gustafsson (Boqvist, Berggren) (PP)
Oksentyuk (PP, EA) – 58:053–4
22 minPenalties12 min
26Shots43
22 April 2018
15:30
United States 1–3
(1–1, 0–0, 0–2)
 SwedenArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 5,715
Game reference
Spencer KnightGoaliesOlof LindbomReferees:
Switzerland Ken Mollard
Austria Kristijan Nikolic
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Russia Nikita Shalagin
Wahlstrom (Hughes, Farabee) (PP) – 02:251–0
1–110:51 – Lilja (Wernblom, Bäck) (PP)
1–258:26 – Wernblom (Johansson, Ginning)
1–359:56 – Wernblom (Bäck) (ENG)
22 minPenalties10 min
37Shots41
22 April 2018
19:30
Switzerland 0–5
(0–1, 0–3, 0–1)
 CanadaArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 7,354
Game reference
Akira SchmidGoaliesOlivier RodrigueReferees:
France Geoffrey Barcelo
Slovenia Milan Zrnič
Linesmen:
Sweden Tobias Nordlander
Russia Dmitry Shishlo
0–104:44 – Lafrenière (Noel, Dellandrea)
0–226:24 – Dudas (McShane) (SH)
0–333:11 – McShane (Foudy, Tychonick) (PP)
0–437:46 – Wouters (Robertson, Bahl)
0–555:32 – Lavoie (Noel, Merkley) (PP)
26 minPenalties12 min
17Shots39
23 April 2018
15:30
Belarus 5–4
(0–2, 2–0, 3–2)
  SwitzerlandArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 3,090
Game reference
Nikita TolopiloGoaliesLuca HollensteinReferees:
Sweden Christoffer Holm
Slovenia Milan Zrnič
Linesmen:
Germany Jan-Christian Müller
Russia Dmitry Shishlo
0–112:37 – Nussbaumer (Mettler, [[Jesse Tanner|Tanner]]) (PP)
0–216:38 – Gross (De Nisco, Barbei)
Kazyanin (Alistrov) – 27:001–2
Kolyachonok (Kazyanin, Alistrov) – 30:022–2
Azhgirei (Alistrov, Protas) – 44:563–2
3–348:20 – Patry (Nussbaumer, Tanner) (PP)
3–449:06 – Henauer (Verboon)
Levshunov (Kazyanin, Alistrov) – 58:444–4
Alistrov (Kazyanin, Kolyachonok) – 59:485–4
4 minPenalties4 min
33Shots24
24 April 2018
15:30
United States 8–0
(2–0, 5–0, 1–0)
 BelarusArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 4,876
Game reference
Drew DeRidderGoaliesKirill Andreyev
Daniil Veremeichik
Referees:
Canada Jonathan Alarie
Switzerland Ken Mollard
Linesmen:
Canada Maxime Chaput
Sweden Tobias Nordlander
Turcotte (Gruden, Caufield) (PP) – 02:191–0
Miller (York) – 16:572–0
Wahlstrom (Hughes, Farabee) – 22:133–0
Caufield (Wise, York) – 24:264–0
Farabee (Hughes, Emberson) – 26:165–0
Caufield (PP) – 33:136–0
Hain (Giles, Turcotte) – 39:027–0
Caufield (Turcotte) – 53:398–0
10 minPenalties10 min
43Shots13
24 April 2018
19:30
Sweden 2–3 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
OT: (0–1)
 CanadaArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 7,273
Game reference
Olof LindbomGoaliesOlivier RodrigueReferees:
United States Kenneth Anderson
Germany Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Switzerland Balazs Kovacs
Germany Jan-Christian Müller
Boqvist (Fagemo, Olofsson) – 10:271–0
1–126:39 – Lavoie (McIsaac, Dellandrea)
1–248:15 – Wouters (Lafrenière, Merkley)
Boqvist (Lundkvist) (PP) – 58:262–2
2–362:27 – Lafrenière (Merkley, Veleno) (PP)
16 minPenalties12 min
31Shots40

Group B

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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 round
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
19 April 2018
15:30
Slovakia 2–5
(0–1, 2–2, 0–2)
 FinlandTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 1,217
Game reference
Samuel HlavajGoaliesJustus AnnunenReferees:
Canada Jonathan Alarie
Switzerland Ken Mollard
Linesmen:
Canada Maxime Chaput
Russia Dmitry Shishlo
0–101:50 – Aaltonen (Nevasaari, Lundell)
0–230:23 – Nordgren (Lundell, Tanus) (PP)
Okuliar (Čajkovič, Kováčik) – 32:191–2
Čajkovič (Kňažko, Kováčik) (PP) – 36:022–2
2–339:08 – Lundell (Tanus, Utunen) (PP)
2–455:18 – Utunen (Lundell, Tanus) (PP)
2–559:32 – Kotkaniemi (Nordgren) (ENG)
14 minPenalties10 min
21Shots37
19 April 2018
19:30
Russia 7–1
(4–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 FranceTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 6,771
Game reference
Amir MiftakhovGoaliesValentin DuquenneReferees:
United States Kenneth Anderson
Sweden Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:
Switzerland Balazs Kovacs
Sweden Tobias Nordlander
Kizimov (Zhabreyev, Romanov) (PP) – 06:061–0
Iskhakov (Marchenko, Morozov) – 08:092–0
Zamula (Podkolzin, Mikhailov) – 13:283–0
Marchenko (Galenyuk) – 13:524–0
Mikhailov (Podkolzin, Okhotyuk) – 33:015–0
Zavgorodny (Galenyuk, Zhuravlyov) – 34:056–0
Morozov (Marchenko) (SH) – 47:317–0
7–158:05 – Dubé (Bruche, Quattrone) (PP)
10 minPenalties16 min
56Shots14
20 April 2018
15:30
France 0–7
(0–0, 0–3, 0–4)
 FinlandTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 2,170
Game reference
Valentin DuquenneGoaliesJere HuhtamaaReferees:
Germany Benjamin Hoppe
Slovenia Milan Zrnič
Linesmen:
Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
Russia Dmitry Shishlo
0–131:17 – Kakko
0–235:02 – Petman (Kakko, Salmela)
0–339:31 – Hirvonen (Moilanen, Petman)
0–447:54 – Lundell (Honka, Nevasaari)
0–548:16 – Kakko (Kotkaniemi, Nordgren)
0–651:51 – Petman (Thomson, Hirvonen)
0–756:43 – Nordgren (Thomson)
6 minPenalties10 min
10Shots51
20 April 2018
19:30
Slovakia 5–2
(4–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 3,580
Game reference
Samuel VyletelkaGoaliesLukáš Dostál
Daniel Dvořák
Referees:
United States Kenneth Anderson
Sweden Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:
Switzerland Balazs Kovacs
Sweden Tobias Nordlander
Mrázik (PP) – 04:201–0
Mrázik (Dlugoš, Turan) (PP) – 06:332–0
2–108:34 – Lauko (Klejna)
Džugan (Čajkovič, Čederle) (EA) – 13:033–1
Čajkovič (Bučko) – 14:124–1
4–231:51 – Plášek (Zábranský, Střondala) (PP)
Okuliar (Čajkovič) – 32:305–2
18 minPenalties37 min
31Shots40
21 April 2018
15:30
Czech Republic 2–3
(1–0, 0–1, 1–2)
 RussiaTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 7,498
Game reference
Lukáš DostálGoaliesAmir MiftakhovReferees:
Canada Jonathan Alarie
Germany Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Canada Maxime Chaput
Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
Lauko (Pekař, Kvasnica) (PP) – 17:111–0
1–135:26 – Morozov (Zhuravlyov, Zhabreyev) (PP)
1–249:20 – Podkolzin (Mikhailov, Spiridonov)
1–352:22 – Dorofeyev (Zamula, Zhilyakov)
Střondala (Gajarský, Jeník) (PP, EA) – 58:102–3
10 minPenalties26 min
23Shots37
22 April 2018
15:30
Finland 5–4
(2–2, 1–2, 2–0)
 RussiaTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 7,496
Game reference
Justus AnnunenGoaliesAmir MiftakhovReferees:
Czech Republic Daniel Pražák
Slovakia Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Switzerland Balazs Kovacs
United States Charlie O'Connor
Nordgren (Kotkaniemi, Kakko) – 04:521–0
1–106:09 – Zhabreyev (Zhuravlyov, Dorofeyev)
1–208:12 – Marchenko (Zhuravlyov, Miftakhov) (PP)
Tanus (Honka, Ranta) – 11:292–2
2–335:54 – Morozov (Zhuravlyov, Zhabreyev) (PP)
2–436:55 – Dorofeyev (Marchenko)
Ranta (Nevasaari, Kotkaniemi) (PP) – 39:513–4
Seppälä (Tanus) – 47:204–4
Nordgren (Kokkonen, Kotkaniemi) – 52:555–4
10 minPenalties10 min
34Shots21
22 April 2018
19:30
France 1–7
(1–2, 0–3, 0–2)
 SlovakiaTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 4,590
Game reference
Valentin Duquenne
Adrien Vazzaz
GoaliesSamuel VyletelkaReferees:
Canada Jonathan Alarie
Germany Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Canada Maxime Chaput
Finland Lauri Nikulainen
0–111:23 – Kňažko (Čajkovič, Kováčik)
Gallet (Schmitt) (PP) – 15:041–1
1–215:40 – Čajkovič (Okuliar)
1–321:01 – Okuliar (Čajkovič, Kováčik) (PP)
1–430:10 – Kňažko (Kováčik, Okuliar) (PP)
1–536:53 – Paulíny (Kováčik, Čajkovič)
1–641:00 – Okuliar (Čajkovič, Ilenčík)
1–741:23 – Paulíny (Ferenyi, Tkáč)
8 minPenalties10 min
26Shots41
23 April 2018
15:30
Czech Republic 9–2
(1–1, 3–1, 5–0)
 FranceTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 3,781
Game reference
Lukáš DostálGoaliesValentin Duquenne
Adrien Vazzaz
Referees:
Slovakia Peter Stano
Finland Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Finland Lauri Nikulainen
Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
Střondala (Klejna, Plášek) – 07:261–0
1–118:26 – Dair (Fabre, Bruche) (PP)
1–226:14 – Dubé (Quattrone)
Plášek (Zábranský, Jeník) (PP) – 27:452–2
Plášek (Střondala) – 31:113–2
Pekař (Blümel, Lauko) – 39:354–2
Kvasnica (Lauko, Pekař) – 42:095–2
Gajarský (Jeník, Doktor) – 43:146–2
Blümel (Čajka, Teplý) – 47:047–2
Kvasnica (Lauko) – 48:138–2
Pytlík (Teplý, Jeník) – 54:279–2
12 minPenalties10 min
47Shots19
24 April 2018
15:30
Finland 4–2
(0–0, 4–0, 0–2)
 Czech RepublicTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 4,620
Game reference
Justus AnnunenGoaliesDaniel DvořákReferees:
France Geoffrey Barcelo
Russia Denis Naumov
Linesmen:
United States Charlie O'Connor
Russia Nikita Shalagin
Nordgren (Kakko) – 20:351–0
Kupari – 21:112–0
Kotkaniemi (Kakko) – 29:563–0
Nordgren (Kakko, Tanus) (PP2) – 37:034–0
4–146:02 – Lauko (Zábranský, Haš) (PP)
4–257:44 – Střondala (Klejna, Jeník)
39 minPenalties12 min
33Shots22
24 April 2018
19:30
Russia 6–5 GWS
(1–3, 3–1, 1–1)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (1–0)
 SlovakiaTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 7,367
Game reference
Amir Miftakhov
Daniil Isayev
GoaliesSamuel VyletelkaReferees:
Austria Kristijan Nikolic
Czech Republic Daniel Pražák
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
0–113:27 – Čajkovič (Ilenčík, Okuliar) (PP2)
0–215:00 – Dlugoš (Sojka, Mrázik) (PP)
0–315:22 – Bučko (Tkáč)
Marchenko (Romanov, Okhotyuk) – 17:001–3
1–428:59 – Tkáč (Paulíny)
Misyul (Malyshev, Dorofeyev) (PP) – 32:012–4
Romanov (Kizimov, Sorkin) – 33:323–4
Podkolzin (Morozov) – 34:004–4
4–547:50 – Mrázik (Dlugoš, Džugan) (PP)
Iskhakov (Sorkin, Spiridonov) – 52:365–5
Marchenko MISS
Zavgorodny MISS
Morozov MISS
Kizimov GOAL
Dorofeyev GOAL
ShootoutMISS Čajkovič
MISS Okuliar
MISS Ferenyi
MISS Kováčik
10 minPenalties12 min
45Shots27

Relegation round

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26 April 2018
11:30
Switzerland 5–2
(1–1, 4–0, 0–1)
 FranceArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 3,086
Game reference
Luca HollensteinGoaliesValentin DuquenneReferees:
Germany Benjamin Hoppe
Slovakia Peter Stano
Linesmen:
United States Charlie O'Connor
Russia Nikita Shalagin
Kohler (Gross, Nussbaumer) (PP) – 02:401–0
1–103:50 – Quattrone (Rousseau, Bruche)
Tanner (Patry, Kohler) (PP) – 23:352–1
Barandun (Sopa, Mettler) – 28:293–1
Patry – 31:584–1
Sopa (Mettler, Wetter) (PP) – 39:105–1
5–247:12 – Allais (Leroux)
10 minPenalties12 min
39Shots22
28 April 2018
13:30
France 0–6
(0–2, 0–2, 0–2)
  SwitzerlandArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 4,650
Game reference
Valentin DuquenneGoaliesLuca HollensteinReferees:
Russia Denis Naumov
Finland Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Finland Lauri Nikulainen
Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
0–114:08 – Wetter (Mettler, Sopa) (PP)
0–215:32 – Kohler (Barandun, Gross)
0–321:47 – Weibel (Barandun, Hollenstein)
0–427:38 – Kohler (Patry)
0–542:46 – Kohler (Barandun, Weibel)
0–650:00 – De Nisco (Kohler)
34 minPenalties16 min
19Shots40

Playoff round

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Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
26 April
 
 
 Finland5
 
28 April
 
 Belarus2
 
 Finland2
 
26 April
 
 Sweden0
 
 Sweden6
 
29 April
 
 Slovakia1
 
 Finland3
 
26 April
 
 United States2
 
 Russia1
 
28 April
 
 United States5
 
 United States4
 
26 April
 
 Czech Republic1 Third place
 
 Canada1
 
29 April
 
 Czech Republic2
 
 Sweden5
 
 
 Czech Republic2
 

Quarterfinals

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26 April 2018
15:30
Finland 5–2
(3–0, 2–1, 0–1)
 BelarusTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 4,879
Game reference
Justus AnnunenGoaliesNikita TolopiloReferees:
France Geoffrey Barcelo
Austria Kristijan Nikolic
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Germany Jan-Christian Müller
Aaltonen (Lundell, Tanus) (PP) – 02:401–0
Kakko (Utunen, Kokkonen) – 10:272–0
Moilanen (Petman, Hirvonen) – 14:393–0
3–121:53 – Alistrov (Protas, Kazyanin)
Nousiainen (Moilanen, Petman) – 27:394–1
Nordgren (PP2) – 35:525–1
5–241:59 – Usov (Levshunov)
2 minPenalties14 min
39Shots18
26 April 2018
15:30
Sweden 6–1
(1–0, 3–1, 2–0)
 SlovakiaArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 4,460
Game reference
Olof LindbomGoaliesSamuel VyletelkaReferees:
Russia Denis Naumov
Slovenia Milan Zrnič
Linesmen:
Switzerland Balazs Kovacs
Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
Westfält (Ginning, Nässén) – 05:201–0
Pasic (Lundkvist, Berggren) (PP) – 29:192–0
Gustafsson (Berggren) (PP) – 34:383–0
3–137:37 – Dlugoš (Turan, Okuliar) (PP2)
Berggren (Pasic) – 39:584–1
Wernblom – 45:165–1
Berggren (Olofsson) – 57:366–1
8 minPenalties6 min
42Shots26
26 April 2018
19:30
Russia 1–5
(0–1, 1–0, 0–4)
 United StatesTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 7,499
Game reference
Amir MiftakhovGoaliesSpencer KnightReferees:
Canada Jonathan Alarie
Sweden Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:
Canada Maxime Chaput
Sweden Tobias Nordlander
0–108:47 – Caufield (Wise, Emberson)
Iskhakov – 22:261–1
1–252:55 – Farabee (Stastney) (SH)
1–357:22 – Wahlstrom (Hughes, Stastney)
1–458:43 – Wise (ENG)
1–559:53 – Hughes (ENG)
2 minPenalties6 min
17Shots41
26 April 2018
19:30
Canada 1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)
 Czech RepublicArena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk
Attendance: 6,530
Game reference
Olivier RodrigueGoaliesLukáš DostálReferees:
Switzerland Ken Mollard
Finland Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Finland Lauri Nikulainen
Russia Dmitry Shishlo
0–111:30 – Blümel (Čajka, Pekař)
0–250:03 – Čajka (Pekař, Blümel)
Dellandrea (McShane, Tychonick) – 53:191–2
14 minPenalties8 min
34Shots31

Semifinals

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28 April 2018
15:30
Finland 2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 SwedenTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 6,052
Game reference
Justus AnnunenGoaliesOlof LindbomReferees:
United States Kenneth Anderson
Czech Republic Daniel Pražák
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Switzerland Balazs Kovacs
Hirvonen (Moilanen, Kokkonen) – 07:461–0
Kotkaniemi (Kakko, Honka) (PP) – 17:192–0
6 minPenalties8 min
31Shots29
28 April 2018
19:30
United States 4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
 Czech RepublicTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 6,459
Game reference
Spencer KnightGoaliesLukáš DostálReferees:
Canada Jonathan Alarie
Sweden Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:
Sweden Tobias Nordlander
Russia Dmitry Shishlo
Hughes (Wahlstrom, Farabee) – 03:371–0
Wahlstrom (Farabee) – 21:042–0
2–130:54 – Zábranský (Kvasnica, Jeník)
Stastney (Wise, Miller) – 35:473–1
Weiss (Stastney) – 42:484–1
4 minPenalties8 min
47Shots17

Bronze medal game

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29 April 2018
15:30
Sweden 5–2
(3–1, 1–1, 1–0)
 Czech RepublicTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 5,813
Game reference
Olof LindbomGoaliesDaniel DvořákReferees:
Canada Jonathan Alarie
United States Kenneth Anderson
Linesmen:
Switzerland Balazs Kovacs
Russia Dmitry Shishlo
Bäck (Ginning, Andersson) – 04:481–0
Pasic (Gustafsson, Berggren) (PP) – 08:172–0
2–113:42 – Plášek (Zábranský, Haš) (PP)
Westfält (Gustafsson, Pasic) (PP) – 16:173–1
3–225:57 – Teplý (Kropáček, Pytlík)
Johansson (Fagemo, Olofsson) (PP) – 30:574–2
Ginning (Andersson, Gustafsson) – 45:315–2
14 minPenalties12 min
38Shots40

Final

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29 April 2018
19:30
Finland 3–2
(2–1, 0–1, 1–0)
 United StatesTraktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk
Attendance: 7,499
Game reference
Justus AnnunenGoaliesSpencer KnightReferees:
Czech Republic Daniel Pražák
Slovakia Peter Stano
Linesmen:
Canada Maxime Chaput
Sweden Tobias Nordlander
Kupari (Honka, Kotkaniemi) (PP) – 09:131–0
Kakko (Honka, Kupari) (PP) – 12:332–0
2–116:53 – Giles (Weiss, Emberson)
2–228:24 – Janicke (Pivonka, Weiss)
Nordgren (Kotkaniemi) (SH) – 50:413–2
8 minPenalties8 min
28Shots28

Final standings

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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

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Scoring leaders

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

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

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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
Canada Olivier Rodrigue 180:57 79 4 1.33 94.94 1
Sweden Olof Lindbom 361:16 196 10 1.66 94.90 0
Finland Justus Annunen 360:00 139 12 2.00 91.37 1
Switzerland Luca Hollenstein 237:58 107 10 2.52 90.65 1
Czech Republic 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

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Most Valuable Player

All-star team

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

Source: IIHF.com

Division I

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Division I A

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The Division I A tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.[3]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Latvia (H) 5 5 0 0 0 14 4 +10 15 Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2  Germany 5 4 0 0 1 22 11 +11 12
3  Denmark 5 2 0 0 3 14 19 −5 6[a]
4  Kazakhstan 5 2 0 0 3 15 10 +5 6[a]
5  Norway 5 1 0 0 4 14 18 −4 3[b]
6  Slovenia 5 1 0 0 4 7 24 −17 3[b] Relegated to the 2019 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. ^ a b Kazakhstan 2–4 Denmark
  2. ^ a b Slovenia 0–5 Norway

Division I B

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The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.[4]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Ukraine (H) 5 4 0 0 1 18 8 +10 12[a] Promoted to the 2019 Division I A
2  Austria 5 4 0 0 1 20 7 +13 12[a]
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 the 2019 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. ^ a b Austria 3–5 Ukraine

Division II

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Division II A

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The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 1 to 7 April 2018.[5]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Great Britain 5 4 0 0 1 26 15 +11 12[a] Promoted to the 2019 Division I B
2  Lithuania 5 4 0 0 1 22 8 +14 12[a]
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 the 2019 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. ^ a b Great Britain 3−2 Lithuania

Division II B

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The Division II B tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 24 to 30 March 2018.[6]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Spain 5 4 1 0 0 27 13 +14 14 Promoted to the 2019 Division II A
2  Croatia (H) 5 2 1 0 2 13 12 +1 8[a]
3  Serbia 5 2 0 2 1 16 11 +5 8[a]
4  Netherlands 5 1 2 0 2 18 18 0 7[b]
5  China 5 2 0 1 2 16 19 −3 7[b]
6  Iceland 5 0 0 1 4 9 26 −17 1 Relegated to the 2019 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. ^ a b Serbia 1–2 Croatia
  2. ^ a b China 5–6 (GWS) Netherlands

Division III

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Division III A

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The Division III A tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey, from 26 March to 1 April 2018.[7]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Belgium 5 4 0 0 1 35 8 +27 12 Promoted to the 2019 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[a]
5  Turkey (H) 5 2 0 0 3 11 14 −3 6[a]
6  Chinese Taipei 5 0 1 1 3 16 42 −26 3 Relegated to the 2019 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. ^ a b Israel 2–0 Turkey

Division III B

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The Division III B tournament was played in Queenstown, New Zealand, from 26 to 28 April 2018.[8]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  New Zealand (H) 2 2 0 0 0 12 6 +6 6 Promoted to the 2019 Division III A
2  Hong Kong 2 1 0 0 1 9 10 −1 3
3  South Africa 2 0 0 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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  1. ^ 2018 Top Division statistics
  2. ^ "Referee assignments 2017/2018". IIHF. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. ^ 2018 Division I A statistics
  4. ^ 2018 Division I B statistics
  5. ^ 2018 Division II A statistics
  6. ^ 2018 Division II B statistics
  7. ^ 2018 Division III A statistics
  8. ^ 2018 Division III B statistics
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