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.

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

All times are local (UTC+5).

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

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

Main article: 2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Division I A

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

Division I B

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

Division II

Main article: 2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division II A

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

Division II B

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

Division III

Main article: 2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Division III A

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

Division III B

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

External links

• 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
• IIHF.com