Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2018

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	Winner: Sweden

The 82nd Men's Ice Hockey World Championships of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2018 . The top division tournament with 16 national teams, including South Korea for the first time , took place in Denmark from May 4 to 20, 2018 . Between February and May 2018, a total of 50 national teams took part in the seven tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III. With Kuwait and Turkmenistan , two nations took part in a world championship for the first time.

The top division tournament with 16 national teams took place from May 4th to 20th, 2018 in the Danish capital Copenhagen and in Herning . The other tournaments took place between February and April 2018 in Budapest , Kaunas , Tilburg , Granada , Cape Town and Sarajevo .

Overview men's world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Copenhagen Herning	0May 4, 2018 - May 20, 2018	16	520,481	64	8,132
Division IA	Budapest	Apr. 22, 2018 - Apr. 28, 2018	6th	52.065	15th	3,471
Division IB	Kaunas	Apr. 22, 2018 - Apr. 28, 2018	6th	46.040	15th	3,069
Division II A	Tilburg	Apr 23, 2018 - Apr 29, 2018	6th	11,758	15th	783
Division II B	Granada	Apr. 14, 2018 - Apr. 20, 2018	6th	2,565	15th	171
Division III	Cape Town	Apr 16, 2018 - Apr 22, 2018	6th	2,225	15th	148
Division III Qual	Sarajevo	Feb 25, 2018 - Feb 28, 2018	4th	3,020	6th	503

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: May 4th to 20th, 2018 in Copenhagen and Herning , Denmark

  Participants: Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Canada , Latvia , Norway , Austria (promoted) , Russia , Sweden (defending champion) , Switzerland , Slovakia , South Korea (promoted) , Czech Republic , USA , Belarus                   

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 22-28, 2018 in Budapest , Hungary

    Participants: Great Britain (promoted) , Italy (relegated) , Kazakhstan , Poland , Slovenia (relegated) , Hungary         

  • Group B: April 22-28, 2018 in Kaunas , Lithuania

    Participants: Estonia , Japan , Croatia , Lithuania , Romania (promoted) , Ukraine (relegated)       

• Division II
  • Group A: April 23-29, 2018 in Tilburg , the Netherlands

    Participants: Australia , Belgium , People's Republic of China (promoted) , Iceland , Netherlands (relegated) , Serbia        

  • Group B: April 14-20, 2018 in Granada , Spain

    Participants: Israel , Luxembourg (promoted) , Mexico , New Zealand , North Korea , Spain (relegated)       

• Division III: April 16-22, 2018 in Cape Town , South Africa

  Participants: Bulgaria , Republic of China (Taiwan) , Georgia , Hong Kong , South Africa , Turkey (relegated)      

• Qualification for Division III: February 25-28, 2018 in Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Participants: Bosnia and Herzegovina (relegated; first participation since 2016) , Kuwait (newcomer) , Turkmenistan (newcomer) , United Arab Emirates (relegated)       

mode

In the top division, the four best teams in each group qualify directly for the quarter-finals. The total number of games is 64 games.

In Divisions I and II, the twelve teams are divided qualitatively into two groups of six teams. This is done on the basis of the final placements of the world championships in 2017 . Division III plays with six teams. In qualifying for Division III, four teams will play for a place in Division III 2019.

The last two of the two preliminary round groups are relegated from the top division to Division IA. Slovakia, as the host of the 2019 World Cup, cannot relegate. For the same reason, the first two will be promoted to the top division next year, while the sixth placed will be relegated to the IB division. In return, the winner of Division IB moves up to Division IA. The last one from Division IB is also relegated to Division II A. The promotion regulation of Division IB with one promoted and relegated also applies to Divisions II A and II B.

Top division

World Cup 2018 men
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Sweden
silver	Switzerland
bronze	United States
Relegated	South Korea Belarus
venue	Copenhagen & Herning , Denmark
opening	4th May 2018
Endgame	20th May 2018
spectator	520,481 (8,132 per game)
Gates	384 (6.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Frederik Andersen
Best defender	John Klingberg
Best striker	Sebastian Aho
Most valuable player	Patrick Kane
Top scorer	Patrick Kane (points)

The 82nd Men's Ice Hockey World Championship took place between May 4th and 20th, 2018 in the Danish capital Copenhagen and in Herning . The venues were the Royal Arena in Copenhagen with 12,500 seats and the 11,000-seat Jyske Bank Boxes in Herning. A total of 520,481 spectators attended the 64 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 8,132 per game.

Sweden secured the title for the eleventh time , defeating Switzerland 3-2 in the shootout in the final . The Swedes repeated the title win of the previous year, while Switzerland, as in 2013 , returned home with the silver medal. Third place went to the USA , who won the bronze medal for the third time in six years by beating Canada 4-1 .

After the sixth of seven match days, the Belarusian team was the first to be relegated to Division I. The relegation after 14 years of excellence was sealed by the 4-0 defeat in the penultimate game against Austria , although the Belarusians had dismissed their head coach Dave Lewis after the third game and replaced him with his previous assistant Sergei Puschkow . For the first time since 2004, the team from the Alpine region managed to stay in the top division. At the same time, the Austrians were the first promoted since France in 2008 , who managed to stay in the top tier of the world championships. As a second relegated World Cup newcomer South Korea had to go straight back to Division I. The East Asians lost all seven tournament games.

Attendees

The tournament was attended by the 14 best teams from the previous year's World Cup as well as the two first-placed teams in the A group of Division I last year:

13 from Europe	Denmark (hosts)	Germany	Finland	France
	Latvia	Norway	Austria (promoted from Division IA)	Russia
	Sweden (defending champion)	Switzerland	Slovakia	Czech Republic
	Belarus
2 from North America	Canada		United States
1 from Asia	South Korea (promoted from Division IA)

Grouping

The group division for the preliminary round was determined on the basis of the IIHF world rankings that were current after the 2017 World Cup . France and Denmark swapped groups so that Denmark and Sweden did not play in the same group.

Group A (Copenhagen)	Group B (Herning)
Russia (2)	Canada (1)
Sweden (3)	Finland (4)
Czech Republic (6)	USA (5)
Switzerland (7)	Germany (8)
Belarus (10)	Norway (9)
Slovakia (11)	Latvia (12)
France (13)	Denmark (14)
Austria (16)	South Korea (21)

The respective world ranking is given in brackets.

Venues

Copenhagen	Copenhagen Herning World Championship venues	Herning
Royal Arena Capacity: 12,500		Jyske Bank Boxes Capacity: 11,000

Preliminary round

The preliminary round of the World Cup started on May 4th and ended eleven days later on May 15th.

Group A

May 4, 2018 4:15 p.m. (local time)

Russia K. Kaprisow (7:08) P. Butschnewitsch (8:18) J. Dadonow (10:22) K. Kaprisow (37:59) A. Barabanow (42:26) M. Schalunow (44:50) A. Anissimov (57:13)

7: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

France

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 6,453

May 4, 2018 8:15 pm

Sweden L. Andersson (9:17) G. Nyquist (9:45) M. Janmark (23:49) R. Rakell (33:45) M. Zibanejad (56:11)

5: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Belarus

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 10,884

May 5, 2018 12:15 pm

Switzerland N. Niederreiter (18:28) G. Haas (24:14) E. Corvi (63:18)

3: 2 a.d. (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Austria D. Zwerger (34:40) M. Ganahl (46:28)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 5,019

May 5, 2018 4:15 p.m.

France D. Fleury (3:33) S. Da Costa (13:33) L. Lampérier (38:42) A. Manavian (42:17) A. Guttig (47:57) J. Perret (57:56)

6: 2 (2: 1, 1: 0, 3: 1) game report

Belarus A. Paulawitsch (19:36) P. Warabej (54:46)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 6,529

May 5, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Czech Republic D. Kubalík (21:04) M. Nečas (59:50) D. Jaškin (62:09)

3: 2 a.d. (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Slovakia M. Krištof (7:33) A. Sekera (25:29)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 12,490

May 6, 2018 12:15 p.m.

Austria

0: 7 (0: 3, 0: 3, 0: 1) game report

Russia M. Grigorenko (9:34) A. Anissimow (11:42) A. Barabanow (13:19) M. Grigorenko (23:52) K. Kaprisow (29:07) M. Mamin (37:58) I. . Mikheyev (53:55)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 9,502

May 6, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Sweden R. Rakell (4:49) M. Janmark (7:13) M. Zibanejad (43:11)

3: 2 (2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1) game report

Czech Republic F. Hronek (33:10) T. Hyka (55:46)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 12,490

May 6, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Slovakia

0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report

Switzerland T. Scherwey (11:06) M. Müller (20:22)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 10,915

May 7, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Belarus

0: 6 (0: 1, 0: 3, 0: 2) game report

Russia P. Dazjuk (5:27) M. Schalunow (25:55) I. Kablukow (29:25) P. Dazjuk (39:26) M. Mamin (45:16) K. Kaprisow (47:37)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 6,360

May 7, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Sweden R. Rakell (0:24) M. Backlund (5:54) O. Ekman Larsson (27:51) E. Pettersson (55:40)

4: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

France

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 7,218

May 8, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Austria B. Lebler (1:33) P. Schneider (41:43)

2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 2, 1: 1) game report

Slovakia M. Haščák (4:13) T. Jurčo (22:13) C. Jaroš (29:00) M. Krištof (59:29)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 6,094

May 8, 2018 8:15 pm

Czech Republic D. Kubalík (16:21) M. Moravčík (24:09) D. Jaškin (27:43) M. Řepík (34:26) M. Řepík (PS)

5: 4 n.P. (1: 1, 3: 3, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Switzerland N. Niederreiter (11:13) G. Hofmann (20:47) S. Moser (22:07) N. Niederreiter (27:21)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 6,226

May 9, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Switzerland J. Vermin (1:37) S. Andrighetto (18:40) J. Vermin (39:45) E. Corvi (42:29) T. Meier (46:44)

5: 2 (2: 2, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Belarus G. Platt (5:54) A. Paulawitsch (10:46)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 5,445

May 9, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Sweden A. Kempe (9:47) M. Janmark (17:11) R. Rakell (22:42) R. Rakell (28:53) G. Nyquist (29:17) M. Zibanejad (47:50) M . Pääjärvi-Svensson (53:59)

7: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0) game report

Austria

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 8,547

May 10, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Slovakia D. Bondra (5:37) D. Buc (22:03) M. Čajkovský (59:50)

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

France V. Claireaux (33:39)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 5,855

May 10, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Czech Republic D. Krejčí (14:41) D. Jaškin (18:39) D. Pastrňák (24:17) D. Pastrňák (63:23)

4: 3 n.V. (2: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Russia N. Nesterow (1:11) M. Grigorenko (21:00) A. Barabanow (25:49)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 12,490

May 11, 2018 4:15 p.m.

France D. Fleury (10:00) S. Treille (13:10) D. Fleury (34:11) T. Da Costa (37:49) S. Treille (41:06)

5: 2 (2: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0) game report

Austria T. Hundertpfund (3:32) M. Raffl (31:22)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 5,780

May 11, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Belarus

0: 3 (0: 3, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Czech Republic L. Šulák (8:13) R. Horák (15:53) M. Řepík (18:43)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 5,636

May 12, 2018 12:15 p.m.

Slovakia T. Jurčo (10:32) M. Ďaloga (36:40) L. Nagy (46:54)

3: 4 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Sweden D. Everberg (15:14) G. Nyquist (18:06) J. de la Rose (24:53) M. Zibanejad (64:18)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 12,490

May 12, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Austria L. Viveiros (4:14) K. Komarek (30:38) M. Raffl (34:38) D. Zwerger (39:36)

4: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 0: 0) game report

Belarus

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 7,370

May 12, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Russia K. Kaprisow (22:22) J. Dadonow (27:47) N. Nesterow (39:57) M. Grigorenko (56:07)

4: 3 (0: 0, 3: 1, 1: 2) game report

Switzerland R. Untersander (26:35) S. Andrighetto (51:52) G. Haas (58:12)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 12,366

May 13, 2018 4:15 p.m.

France

0: 6 (0: 3, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Czech Republic D. Pastrňák (3:41) D. Pastrňák (7:58) D. Jaškin (14:11) R. Horák (21:37) R. Horák (27:41) M. Nečas (50:32)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 6,252

May 13, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Switzerland R. Untersander (38:32) R. Diaz (44:26) D. Kukan (59:17)

3: 5 (0: 2, 1: 1, 2: 2) game report

Sweden J. Klingberg (5:24) P. Hörnqvist (9:18) M. Backlund (21:14) A. Larsson (52:59) M. Pääjärvi-Svensson (56:42)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 12,255

May 14, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Russia M. Mamin (11:10) N. Gussew (16:50) M. Schalunow (58:49) I. Michejew (59:44)

4: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0) game report

Slovakia

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 7,732

May 14, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Czech Republic T. Hyka (0:31) F. Chytil (2:27) D. Kubalík (25:46) T. Hyka (49:51)

4: 3 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 2) game report

Austria K. Komarek (17:45) M. Raffl (50:53) M. Raffl (57:18)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 3,843

May 15, 2018 12:15 p.m.

Switzerland G. Hofmann (12:21) E. Corvi (15:09) R. Untersander (37:12) K. Fiala (42:21) S. Moser (53:46)

5: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1) game report

France G. Leclerc (43:10)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 6,573

May 15, 2018 4:15 pm

Belarus A. Kitarau (32:24) G. Platt (35:00) J. Kawyrschyn (48:37) P. Warabej (50:18)

4: 7 (0: 2, 2: 0, 2: 5) game report

Slovakia M. Bakoš (0:18) T. Jurčo (10:07) M. Bakoš (47:53) T. Jurčo (51:17) M. Hovorka (54:57) M. Ďaloga (55:48) M . Krištof (59:42)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 4,857

May 15, 2018 8:15 pm

Russia K. Kaprisow (2:44)

1: 3 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Sweden M. Zibanejad (29:27) R. Rakell (36:04) M. Ekholm (58:55)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 12,490

Farewell after the victory of the Czechs over Russia, May 10, 2018

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	7th	6th	1	0	0	31: 09	20th
2.	Russia	7th	5	0	1	1	32:10	16
3.	Czech Republic	7th	3	3	0	1	27:15	15th
4th	Switzerland	7th	3	1	1	2	25:19	12
5.	Slovakia	7th	3	0	2	2	19:20	11
6th	France	7th	2	0	0	5	13:29	6th
7th	Austria	7th	1	0	1	5	13:30	4th
8th.	Belarus	7th	0	0	0	7th	08:36	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: quarter-finals , relegated to Division IA

Group B

May 4, 2018 4:15 p.m. (local time)

USA A. Lee (13:59) D. Larkin (20:43) J. Gaudreau (30:00) D. Larkin (43:27) C. Atkinson (PS)

5: 4 n.P. (1: 2, 2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Canada P.-L. Dubois (0:47) R. O'Reilly (12:23) A. Beauvillier (37:53) C. Parayko (50:48)

Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 9,632

May 4, 2018 8:15 pm

Germany L. Draisaitl (32:12) Y. Ehliz (50:43)

2: 3 n.P. (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Denmark J. Jensen (28:44) F. Storm (35:17) F. Nielsen (PS)

Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 9,982

May 5, 2018 12:15 pm

Norway A. Bastiansen (8:14) A. Bonsaksen (12:12)

2: 3 n.V. (2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Latvia R. Balcers (26:20) R. Ābols (51:04) R. Balcers (60:24)

Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 8,441

May 5, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Finland S. Aho (3:41) T. Teräväinen (5:55) S. Aho (28:46) V.-M. Savinainen (32:21) M. Nutivaara (38:52) S. Mypenalanen (46:01) K. Kapanen (47:16) J. Pesonen (53:51)

8: 1 (2: 0, 3: 1, 3: 0) game report

South Korea M. Swift (33:00)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 8,930

May 5, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Denmark

0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

USA W. Butcher (16:06) C. Kreider (22:42) C. Atkinson (29:14) N. Jensen (54:11)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 10,800

May 6, 2018 12:15 p.m.

South Korea

0:10 (0: 2, 0: 6, 0: 2) game report

Canada R. Nugent-Hopkins (8:41) T. Jost (17:16) C. Parayko (21:07) R. O'Reilly (21:57) P.-L. Dubois (22:32) B. Schenn (27:33) T. Jost (36:24) J. Edmundson (36:42) C. McDavid (44:40) J. Eberle (48:45)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 3,902

May 6, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Germany P. Hager (14:30) M. Michaelis (18:41) P. Hager (27:31) Y. Seidenberg (50:38)

4: 5 n.P. (2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Norway K. A. Olimb (1:41) T. Valkvæ Olsen (7:31) A. Bastiansen (21:36) D. Sørvik (50:13) M. Trettenes (PS)

Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 5,491

May 6, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Latvia Ri. Bukarts (51:38)

1: 8 (0: 3, 0: 2, 1: 3) game report

Finland S. Aho (1:24) V.-M. Savinainen (7:44) A. Suomela (17:16) S. Aho (27:31) V.-M. Savinainen (34:49) T. Teräväinen (46:29) M. Rantanen (47:28) T. Teräväinen (51:10)

Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 6,174

May 7, 2018 4:15 p.m.

USA P. Kane (30:02) D. Ryan (32:07) A. DeBrincat (50:38)

3: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Germany

Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 10.301

May 7, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Canada J. Bailey (8:25) A. Ekblad (11:57) J. Eberle (24:16) R. O'Reilly (26:53) R. Nugent-Hopkins (27:17) R. Nugent-Hopkins (46:43) T. Jost (58:10)

7: 1 (2: 0, 3: 0, 2: 1) game report

Denmark J. Jensen Aabo (51:53)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 10,800

May 8, 2018 4:15 p.m.

South Korea

0: 5 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 2) game report

Latvia G. Meija (11:46) R. Ķēniņš (18:45) Ro. Bukarts (28:22) R. Balcers (41:33) Ro. Bukarts (59:59)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 5,227

May 8, 2018 8:15 pm

Finland V.-M. Savinainen (4:03) M. Anttila (7:13) T. Teräväinen (21:01) K. Kapanen (23:41) M. Nutivaara (38:18) M. Granlund (39:45) S. Mypenalanen ( 57:45)

7: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 1: 0) game report

Norway

Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 4,617

May 9, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Germany L. Draisaitl (10:02) Y. Ehliz (20:41) P. Hager (29:27) F. Tiffels (34:42) Y. Ehliz (48:37) Y. Seidenberg (52:33)

6: 1 (1: 0, 3: 0, 2: 1) game report

South Korea B. Radunske (57:01)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 7.092

May 9, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Finland S. Aho (34:33) M. Granlund (55:50)

2: 3 (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 1) match report

Denmark F. Nielsen (32:28) O. Bjorkstrand (37:10) N. Hardt (58:01)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 10,800

May 10, 2018 4:15 p.m.

USA C. Kreider (11:39) C. White (37:38) C. Atkinson (61:23)

3: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Latvia U. J. Balinskis (17:52) A. Džeriņš (23:20)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 5,215

May 10, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Norway

0: 5 (0: 3, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Canada C. McDavid (1:23) B. Horvat (12:49) C. McDavid (15:41) C. McDavid (28:03) B. Horvat (42:24)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 5,139

May 11, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Denmark N. Jensen (19:13) N. Jensen (26:17) F. Storm (33:58)

3: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report

Norway

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 10,800

May 11, 2018 8:15 p.m.

USA A. Lee (8:35) P. Kane (12:56) C. McAvoy (13:29) C. McAvoy (19:16) D. Ryan (23:42) B. Coleman (27:06) P. Kane (28:41) C. Atkinson (32:18) T. Thompson (45:06) C. Atkinson (46:11) N. Pionk (49:09) D. Ryan (51:40) S. Milano (58:50)

13: 1 (4: 1, 4: 0, 5: 0) game report

South Korea Ahn J.-h. (5:23)

Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 7,563

May 12, 2018 12:15 p.m.

Latvia R. Ķēniņš (36:54) G. Galviņš (40:15) A. Džeriņš (47:54)

3: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1) game report

Germany D. Kahun (48:40)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 8,997

May 12, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Denmark F. Nielsen (22:55) J. Jensen (32:14) N. Hardt (56:35)

3: 1 (0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0) game report

South Korea Kim K.-s. (24:18)

Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 10,591

May 12, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Canada J.-G. Pageau (10:55)

1: 5 (1: 3, 0: 0, 0: 2) game report

Finland M. Rantanen (8:50) J. Pesonen (13:48) M. Rantanen (16:35) E. Tolvanen (45:17) T. Teräväinen (45:27)

Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 9,313

May 13, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Norway K. Forsberg (27:00) KA Olimb (46:05) M. Olimb (47:09)

3: 9 (0: 3, 1: 4, 2: 2) game report

USA P. Kane (8:24) P. Kane (12:18) C. McAvoy (15:25) D. Larkin (21:03) A. Martinez (30:38) A. Lee (36:40) C. Atkinson (39:08) C. White (42:50) N. Pionk (57:27)

Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 4,553

May 13, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Germany F. Tiffels (25:56) B. Krupp (38:48) M. Eisenschmid (62:00)

3: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Finland E. Tolvanen (2:26) S. Aho (57:54)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 5,077

May 14, 2018 4:15 p.m.

South Korea

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2) game report

Norway T. Lindström (13:35) T. Valkvæ Olsen (46:55) J. Holøs (50:02)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 3,330

May 14, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Canada A. Beauvillier (2:51) C. McDavid (60:46)

2: 1 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Latvia K. Rubins (41:50)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 2,966

May 15, 2018 12:15 p.m.

Finland S. Aho (10:17) S. Aho (17:25) M. Rantanen (37:51) M. Anttila (47:42) K. Kapanen (53:57) S. Aho (56:45)

6: 2 (2: 0, 1: 0, 3: 2) game report

USA P. Kane (51:33) D. Ryan (54:44)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 6,343

May 15, 2018 4:15 pm

Canada B. Schenn (0:20) R. Nugent-Hopkins (28:14) T. Jost (49:48)

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Germany

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 6,200

May 15, 2018 8:15 pm

Latvia L. Dārziņš (9:14)

1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Denmark

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 10,800

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	7th	5	0	1	1	38:11	16
2.	United States	7th	4th	2	0	1	39:16	16
3.	Canada	7th	4th	1	1	1	32:12	15th
4th	Latvia	7th	3	1	2	1	16:16	13
5.	Denmark	7th	3	1	0	3	13:17	11
6th	Germany	7th	1	1	2	3	16:20	7th
7th	Norway	7th	1	1	1	4th	13:31	6th
8th.	South Korea	7th	0	0	0	7th	04:48	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: quarter-finals , relegated to Division IA

Final round

The final round began after the preliminary round on May 17, 2018, so that all teams had at least one day of rest. Two of the quarter-finals were played in the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, the other two in Jyske Bank Kasten in Herning. As in the previous year, the games took place in a cross comparison of the two preliminary round groups. From the semi-finals on May 19, all matches were played in Copenhagen. The final and the bronze match were scheduled for May 20th.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Sweden

3

B4

Latvia

2

A1

Sweden

6th

B2

United States

0

B2

United States

3

A3

Czech Republic

2

A1

Sweden

3

A4

Switzerland

2

B1

Finland

2

A4

Switzerland

3

A4

Switzerland

3

3rd place match

B3

Canada

2

A2

Russia

4th

B2

United States

4th

B3

Canada

5

B3

Canada

1

Quarter finals

May 17, 2018 4:15 p.m. (local time)

Russia I. Michejew (32:52) A. Barabanow (37:32) S. Andronow (48:44) A. Anissimow (54:34)

4: 5 a.d. (0: 1, 2: 1, 2: 2, 0: 1) game report

Canada C. Parayko (4:45) R. Nugent-Hopkins (31:51) K. Turris (47:11) PL. Dubois (52:36) R. O'Reilly (64:57)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 9,017

May 17, 2018 4:15 p.m.

USA P. Kane (10:36) C. Atkinson (12:19) P. Kane (46:58)

3: 2 (2: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0) match report

Czech Republic M. Řepík (24:56) M. Nečas (30:55)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 4,846

May 17, 2018 8:15 pm

Sweden F. Forsberg (26:36) V. Arvidsson (41:59) O. Ekman Larsson (46:27)

3: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1) game report

Latvia T. Bļugers (31:59) R. Balcers (50:21)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 12,490

May 17, 2018 8:15 pm

Finland M. Nutivaara (7:01) M. Rantanen (48:20)

2: 3 (1: 0, 0: 3, 1: 0) match report

Switzerland E. Corvi (29:13) J. Vermin (32:32) G. Hofmann (33:08)

Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 5,634

Semifinals

May 19, 2018 3:15 p.m.

Sweden V. Arvidsson (14:43) M. Pääjärvi-Svensson (27:09) P. Hörnqvist (30:05) M. Janmark (30:16) V. Arvidsson (51:05) A. Kempe (57:01 )

6: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0) game report

United States

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 12,490

May 19, 2018 7:15 pm

Canada B. Horvat (27:20) C. Parayko (57:53)

2: 3 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report

Switzerland T. Scherwey (18:41) G. Hofmann (29:40) G. Haas (44:14)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 12,166

3rd place match

May 20, 2018 3:45 p.m.

USA C. Kreider (26:40) N. Bonino (53:21) A. Lee (57:45) C. Kreider (58:18)

4: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 3: 0) game report

Canada M.-É. Vlasic (38:06)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 12,111

final

May 20, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Sweden G. Nyquist (17:54) M. Zibanejad (34:34) F. Forsberg (PS)

3: 2 n.P. (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Switzerland N. Niederreiter (16:38) T. Meier (23:13)

Royal Arena, Copenhagen spectators: 12,490

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Patrick Kane	United States	10	8th	12	20th	−2	0
Sebastian Aho	Finland	8th	9	9	18th	+15	2
Connor McDavid	Canada	10	5	12	17th	+6	10
Rickard Rakell	Sweden	10	6th	8th	14th	+7	6th
Teuvo Teräväinen	Finland	8th	5	9	14th	+14	8th
Cam Atkinson	United States	10	7th	4th	11	−3	2
Mika Zibanejad	Sweden	10	6th	5	11	+10	0
Mikko Rantanen	Finland	8th	5	6th	11	+1	6th
Mattias Janmark	Sweden	10	4th	6th	10	+8	8th
Chris Kreider	United States	10	4th	6th	10	+7	2

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), SaT = shots on goal, GT = goals conceded, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded , SO = shutouts ; Bold: best tournament
value Only goalkeepers who have completed at least 40% of the total playing time of a team are recorded. Sorted by catch quota (Sv%).

player	team	Sp	Min	SaT	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Unlike Nilsson	Sweden	7th	440: 00	174	8th	3	95.40	1.09
Frederik Andersen	Denmark	6th	362: 56	178	10	1	94.38	1.65
Igor Shestyorkin	Russia	4th	204: 57	86	5	2	94.19	1.48
Elvis Merzļikins	Latvia	6th	360: 35	151	9	2	94.04	1.50
Harri Säteri	Finland	5	298: 31	114	7th	1	93.86	1.41

Final placements

The placements were based on the following criteria:

• Places 1 to 4: Results in the final and in the game for 3rd place
• Places 5 to 8 (losers in the quarter-finals): according to placement, then points, then goal difference in the preliminary round
• Places 9 to 16 (preliminary round): according to placement, then points, then goal difference in the preliminary round

Pl.	team
1	Sweden
2	Switzerland
3	United States
4th	Canada
5	Finland
6th	Russia
7th	Czech Republic
8th	Latvia
9	Slovakia
10	Denmark
11	Germany
12	France
13	Norway
14th	Austria
15th	Belarus
16	South Korea

Title, promotion and relegation

World champion Sweden

Lias Andersson , Viktor Arvidsson , Mikael Backlund , Mattias Ekholm , Oliver Ekman Larsson , Dennis Everberg , Filip Forsberg , Erik Gustafsson , Filip Gustavsson , Magnus Hellberg , Patric Hörnqvist , Mattias Janmark , Adrian Kempe , John Klingberg , Adam Larsson , Johan Larsson , Hampus Lindholm , Anders Nilsson , Gustav Nyquist , Elias Pettersson , Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson , Rickard Rakell , Jacob de la Rose , Mikael Wikstrand , Mika Zibanejad Head coach: Rikard Grönborg    Assistant coach: Johan Garpenlöv , Peter Popovic

Silver Switzerland

Sven Andrighetto , Chris Baltisberger , Reto Berra , Enzo Corvi , Raphael Diaz , Kevin Fiala , Michael Fora , Lukas Frick , Joël Genazzi , Leonardo Genoni , Gaëtan Haas , Grégory Hofmann , Roman Josi , Dean Kukan , Timo Meier , Simon Moser , Mirco Müller , Nino Niederreiter , Damien Riat , Noah Rod , Tristan Scherwey , Reto Schäppi , Gilles Senn , Ramon Untersander , Joël Vermin Head coach: Patrick Fischer    Assistant coach: Tommy Albelin , Christian Wohlwend

Bronze USA

Cam Atkinson , Nick Bonino , Will Butcher , Blake Coleman , Scott Darling , Alex DeBrincat , Johnny Gaudreau , Brian Gibbons , Quinn Hughes , Nick Jensen , Patrick Kane , Keith Kinkaid , Chris Kreider , Dylan Larkin , Anders Lee , Charlie Lindgren , Alec Martinez , Charlie McAvoy , Sonny Milano , Connor Murphy , Jordan Oesterle , Neal Pionk , Derek Ryan , Tage Thompson , Colin White Head coach: Jeff Blashill    Assistant coach: Dan Bylsma , Don Granato

Relegated to Division IA:	South Korea, Belarus
Promoted to the top division:	UK, Italy

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Patrick Kane	United States
Best goalkeeper	Frederik Andersen	Denmark
Best defender	John Klingberg	Sweden
Best striker	Sebastian Aho	Finland

All-Star Team

Attack:	Sebastian Aho - Patrick Kane - Rickard Rakell
Defense:	Oliver Ekman Larsson - Adam Larsson
Goal:	Unlike Nilsson

Division I.

Group A in Budapest, Hungary

World Cup 2018 Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Great Britain Italy
Relegated	Poland
Venue (s)	Budapest , Hungary
opening	April 22, 2018
Final day	April 28, 2018
spectator	52,065 (3,471 per game)
Gates	84 (5.60 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Ádám Vay
Best defender	Ben O'Connor
Best striker	Jan Urbas
Most valuable player	Brett Perlini
Top scorer	Roman Startschenko (8 points)
All-Star Team
Balázs Sebők - Roman Startschenko - Brett Perlini
Ben O'Connor - Sabahudin Kovačevič
Ádám Vay

The group A tournament was held from April 22nd to 28th, 2018 in the Hungarian capital Budapest . The games took place in the Papp László Sportaréna , which can hold 9,479 spectators . A total of 52,065 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 3,471 per game.

In the extremely high-performance Group A of Division I, newcomers Great Britain and Italy , who were relegated from the previous year , prevailed as promoters in the top division. The British managed to march through from Group B of Division I within two seasons. Even before the final day, five of the six teams were able to make the promotion. While the British had the best starting position with nine points, Italy, Kazakhstan , Slovenia and Hungary followed in the other places with six points each.

Kazakhstan was able to catch up with Great Britain on the final day with a 6-1 victory over Poland , but subsequently had to hope for a victory for the Hungarians. Poland was relegated to the B group due to the defeat after having been in the A group for the last four years. In the duel between the tied teams from Italy and the Olympic athletes Slovenia, the Italians won with a goal two seconds before the end of the game and thus preserved their chances of direct promotion. In contrast to Kazakhstan, Italy was dependent on a point win by the British in the final game of the tournament in order to return to the top division. In the last tournament game it looked like hosts Hungary and Kazakhstan would rise up to 15 seconds before the end of the game. Hungary had meanwhile led 2-0 and missed a penalty when the score was 2-1 . Robert Farmer, however, equalized the game in the final minute with the help of Hungary's goalkeeper Ádám Vay and sealed the British return to the top division for the first time in 24 years. The last time Great Britain played there at the 1994 World Cup . Italy also rose through the British point gain.

Kazakhstan, Hungary and Slovenia followed in third to fifth place. In particular, the performance of Slovenia, as the only Olympic participant in the field of six and relegated from the top division last year, showed the balance of the field of participants. The Slovenians last performed worse at a World Cup tournament in 2000 .

The individual awards were shared among three of the six participating nations. The Hungarian Ádám Vay was honored as the best goalkeeper. He was also appointed to the All-Star Team. The highest catch quota , however, was recorded by the native Swede Henrik Karlsson , who played for Kazakhstan, while the Italian Marco De Filippo recorded the lowest goals against . The only two shutouts during the tournament were Karlsson and De Filippo's compatriot Andreas Bernard . The title of best defender and the call to the All-Star-Team secured Ben O'Connor a player of the newly promoted Great Britain. Next to him was Slovenia's Sabahudin Kovačevič in the all-star squad. His compatriot Jan Urbas was named the best striker , while the Briton Brett Perlini was named the most valuable player and the Kazakh Roman Startschenko finished the tournament as the top scorer. Both Perlini and Startschenko were called up with the Hungarian Balázs Sebők in the attack line of the All-Star team. Startschenko was the leader in both categories with six goals and eight scorer points . The Italian Ivan Deluca collected the most assists in the tournament . In the plus / minus rating, the Kazakhs Kevin Dallman and Maxim Semjonow and the Slovenes Matic Podlipnik and Miha Verlič shared first place with a rating of +4.

venue

Budapest , Hungary

Budapest World championship venue

Venue

Papp László Budapest Sportaréna Capacity: 9,479

Facade of the sport aréna

April 22, 2018 12:30 p.m. (local time)

Great Britain B. O'Connor (6:50) R. Dowd (35:59) B. Perlini (44:50)

3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Slovenia B. Gregorc (12:22)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest Spectators: 1,545

April 22, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Hungary

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3) game report

Kazakhstan W. Orechow (43:38) J. Rymarew (44:35) J. Rymarew (47:42)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest Spectators: 7,170

April 22, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Poland K. Zapała (5:27)

1: 3 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Italy G. Scandella (33:21) A. Helfer (38:34) I. Deluca (59:43)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest spectators: 1,100

April 23, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Slovenia J. Drozg (24:30) J. Urbas (58:43)

2: 4 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1) game report

Poland D. Kapica (2:49) B. Neupauer (27:29) M. Kolusz (36:09) A. Chmielewski (51:24)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest Spectators: 930

April 23, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Italy T. Traversa (4:52) T. Larkin (31:37)

2: 3 (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report

Hungary A. Sarauer (21:17) J. Vas (32:32) B. Sebők (41:06)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest spectators: 7,150

April 24, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan D. Grenz (14:28) A. Sagadejew (32:22) R. Startschenko (34:20) R. Startschenko (41:58) N. Michailis (45:55) Ä. Ässetow (46:44)

6: 1 (1: 1, 2: 0, 3: 0) game report

Great Britain L. Ferrara (2:33)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest spectators: 1,345

April 25, 2018 12:30 p.m.

Italy P. Hochkofler (5:18) D. Kostner (9:37) S. McMonagle (25:26)

3: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest Spectators: 1,325

April 25, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Great Britain B. Perlini (3:02) C. Shields (18:37) B. Brooks (44:56) B. O'Connor (46:40) J. Phillips (59:29)

5: 3 (2: 1, 0: 2, 3: 0) game report

Poland P. Dronia (12:21) D. Kapica (23:31) K. Zapała (29:42)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest spectators: 1,435

April 25, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Slovenia A. Magovac (6:57) J. Urbas (29:35) B. Goličič (55:06) S. Kovačevič (56:52)

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) game report

Hungary B. Sebők (25:07)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest Spectators: 7,460

April 26, 2018 7:00 p.m.

Poland F. Komorski (25:21) A. Chmielewski (32:13)

2: 3 (0: 2, 2: 0, 0: 1) game report

Hungary B. Sebők (1:04) A. Benk (9:17) J. Hári (40:30)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest Spectators: 7,370

April 27, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan J. Petuchow (6:37) D. Grenz (10:48) Ä. Ässetow (38:04)

3: 5 (2: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report

Slovenia M. Verlič (5:17) J. Urbas (15:47) M. Verlič (27:28) S. Kovačevič (37:50) M. Verlič (53:56)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest spectators: 1,645

April 27, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Italy A. Lambacher (7:23) T. Larkin (13:30) G. Scandella (45:08)

3: 4 (2: 2, 0: 1, 1: 1) game report

Great Britain B. Perlini (7:01) R. Dowd (8:07) B. O'Connor (22:10) B. Perlini (48:44)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest spectators: 1,750

April 28, 2018 12:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan R. Startschenko (12:20) P. Akolsin (13:34) R. Startschenko (24:34) R. Startschenko (39:13) I. Kutschin (46:03) R. Startschenko (59:08)

6: 1 (2: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0) game report

Poland K. Zapała (27:19)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest Spectators: 1,505

April 28, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Slovenia M. Podlipnik (17:11) R. Tičar (23:55) S. Kovačevič (38:52)

3: 4 (1: 1, 2: 2, 0: 1) game report

Italy M. Gander (1:39) M. Sullivan (29:26) A. Trivellato (33:43) D. Kostner (59:58)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest Spectators: 2,465

April 28, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Hungary C. Bodó (3:31) C. Erdély (41:53)

2: 3 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Great Britain R. Dowd (50:55) R. Farmer (59:45) B. O'Connor (PS)

Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest Spectators: 7,870

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Roman Startschenko	5	6th	2	8th	± 0	4th
Miha Verlič	5	3	4th	7th	+4	2
Ben O'Connor	5	4th	2	6th	+2	2
Brett Perlini	5	4th	2	6th	+2	2
Jan Urbas	5	3	3	6th	+3	0
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Henrik Karlsson	5	300: 00	10	1	93.71	2.00
Ádám Vay	5	304: 46	13	0	93.12	2.56
Marco De Filippo	3	157: 33	5	0	92.42	1.90

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Great Britain	5	3	1	0	1	16:15	11
2.	Italy	5	3	0	0	2	15:11	9
3.	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	0	2	18:10	9
4th	Hungary	5	2	0	1	2	09:14	7th
5.	Slovenia	5	2	0	0	3	15:15	6th
6th	Poland	5	1	0	0	4th	11:19	3

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: promoted to the top division , relegated to the division IB

Division IA promotion teams

Division IA promoted Great Britain	Oliver Betteridge , Ben Bowns , Brendan Brooks , Benjamin Davies , Robert Dowd , Dallas Ehrhardt , Robert Farmer , Luke Ferrara , Mike Hammond , Liam Kirk , Robert Lachowicz , Stephen Lee , Matthew Myers , Ben O'Connor , Brett Perlini , Dave Phillips , Jonathan Phillips , Mark Richardson , Colin Shields , Zach Sullivan , Paul Swindlehurst , Jackson Whistle Trainers: Peter Russell
Division IA promoted Italy	Raphael Andergassen , Andreas Bernard , Ivan Deluca , Luca Felicetti , Marco De Filippo , Markus Gander , Tommaso Goi , Armin Helfer , Peter Hochkofler , Armin Hofer , Marco Insam , Diego Kostner , Simon Kostner , Alex Lambacher , Thomas Larkin , Sean McMonagle , Jan Pavlu , Giulio Scandella , Mike Sullivan , Tommaso Traversa , Alex Trivellato , Luca Zanatta Trainer: Clayton Beddoes

Group B in Kaunas, Lithuania

World Cup 2018 Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Lithuania
Relegated	Croatia
Venue (s)	Kaunas , Lithuania
opening	April 22, 2018
Final day	April 28, 2018
spectator	46,040 (3,069 per game)
Gates	86 (5.73 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa
Best defender	Ryō Hashimoto
Best striker	Arnoldas Bosas
Top scorer	Ryō Hashimoto (8 points)

The group B tournament was held from April 22 to 28, 2018 in the Lithuanian city ​​of Kaunas . The games took place in the Žalgirio Arena , which holds 13,762 spectators . A total of 46,040 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 3,069 per game.

With an almost flawless record of five wins from five games - only one game was only won in extra time - hosts Lithuania made their first appearance in Group A of Division I in their current form in front of a home crowd. Last, the Balts were among the top 22 teams in 2006 . The Lithuanians - occupied by the former NHL players Darius Kasparaitis and Dainius Zubrus - prevailed on the last day of the tournament in the Baltic direct duel for promotion against Estonia , which ultimately came in third. Japan and Ukraine, who were relegated from the previous year, missed their return to the A group in second and fourth place. Croatia had to relegate to Division II for the first time in five years after losing to newly promoted Romania , while the Southeastern Europeans were able to keep their place in the division for the first time in the same period.

In the individual awards, the Estonian Villem-Henrik Koitmaa , who had the highest catch rate and the lowest counter goal , was awarded as the best goalie, the Japanese Ryō Hashimoto as the best defender and the Lithuanian Arnoldas Bosas as the best striker. The Japanese Ryō Hashimoto also collected the most points scorer . There were five hits among his eight scorer points. However, the top scorer was Arnoldas Bosas with six goals. Most assists had his compatriot Dainius Zubrus, who put up six goals.

venue

Kaunas , Lithuania

Kaunas World championship venue

Venue

Žalgirio Arena Capacity: 13,762

Exterior view of the competition venue

April 22, 2018 12:30 p.m. (local time)

Estonia A. Petrov (10:55)

1: 2 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Japan H. Terao (38:08) T. Kawai (60:53)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas spectators: 700

April 22, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Romania

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 0) game report

Ukraine K. Katrych (13:52) D. Nimenko (28:55) M. Buzenko (38:49)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas spectators: 1,545

April 22, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Croatia

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 0) game report

Lithuania T. Kumeliauskas (19:54) E. Krakauskas (22:23) I. Četvertak (34:59)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas spectators: 6,050

April 23, 2018 12:30 p.m.

Ukraine

0: 2 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Estonia R. Rooba (0:38) V. Vasjonkin (9:03)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas spectators: 160

April 23, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Japan R. Hashimoto (15:17) M. Furuhashi (36:19) H. Satō (42:50) R. Hashimoto (52:53)

4: 3 (1: 0, 1: 3, 2: 0) game report

Croatia B. Rendulić (22:03) B. Rendulić (24:21) J. Jazbec (27:13)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas Spectators: 292

April 23, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Lithuania E. Rybakov (2:38) P. Verenis (3:47) E. Rybakov (10:55) D. Bogdziul (23:04) M. Kaleinikovas (34:48) A. Bosas (39:39) A. . Bosas (42:53) U. Čižas (46:42)

8: 3 (3: 1, 3: 1, 2: 1) game report

Romania G. Bíró (16:04) G. Bíró (28:03) G. Bíró (48:52)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas spectators: 5,760

April 25, 2018 12:30 p.m.

Ukraine K. Katrych (46:56) D. Nimenko (53:00)

2: 4 (0: 3, 0: 0, 2: 1) game report

Croatia I. Janković (4:36) T. Zanoški (11:51) D. Kanaet (13:06) D. Vedlin (59:58)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas Spectators: 221

April 25, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Romania

0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Estonia R. Embrich (59:07)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas Spectators: 452

April 25, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Japan R. Hashimoto (40:41)

1: 6 (0: 2, 0: 2, 1: 2) match report

Lithuania E. Rybakov (2:30) A. Bosas (3:03) A. Bosas (26:04) P. Verenis (27:56) D. Bogdziul (44:48) A. Bosas (55:42)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas Spectators: 7,010

April 27, 2018 12:30 p.m.

Japan K. Takagi (2:48) T. Echigo (52:53) S. Nakajima (62:29)

3: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Romania C. Fodor (8:09) T. Részegh (21:01)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas spectators: 290

April 27, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Estonia R. Rooba (4:01) R. Andrejev (19:49) R. Embrich (28:23) R. Arrak (53:49) R. Embrich (56:15)

5: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) game report

Croatia B. Rendulić (25:17)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas spectators: 1,200

April 27, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Lithuania D. Bogdziul (8:14) P. Gintautas (28:48) P. Gintautas (45:39) U. Čižas (49:00) A. Bosas (61:04)

5: 4 a.d. (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 0) game report

Ukraine W. Sakharov (11:54) M. Buzenko (22:01) D. Petruchno (55:20) D. Nimenko (59:23)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas spectators: 7,850

April 28, 2018 12:30 p.m.

Croatia D. Vedlin (37:21) D. Brine (51:29) D. Brine (55:23)

3: 7 (0: 2, 1: 2, 2: 3) game report

Romania Z. Molnár (5:25) D. Tranca (11:31) C. Fodor (27:39) R. Gliga (33:07) G. Bíró (42:21) Z. Péter (43:36) T Részegh (52:41)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas Spectators: 920

April 28, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Ukraine A. Michnow (22:19)

1: 7 (0: 2, 1: 2, 0: 3) match report

Japan Y. Nakayashiki (2:38) R. Hashimoto (7:47) R. Hashimoto (27:05) T. Echigo (35:19) G. Itō (43:22) H. Satō (45:28) K Takagi (50:56)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas spectators: 3,420

April 28, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Lithuania N. Ališauskas (7:38) J. Jasinevičius (15:42) P. Verenis (35:58) P. Verenis (57:39)

4: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Estonia R. Rooba (4:20)

Žalgirio Arena, Kaunas spectators: 10,170

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Ryō Hashimoto	5	5	3	8th	+4	0
Arnoldas Bosas	5	6th	0	6th	+2	4th
Povilas Verenis	5	4th	2	6th	+4	4th
Daniel Bogdziul	5	3	3	6th	+5	2
Hiroto Sato	5	2	4th	6th	+4	0
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	4th	239:40	4th	2	97.10	1.00
Mantas Armalis	5	301: 04	9	1	93.57	1.79
Sergei Gaiduchenko	4th	147: 38	6th	1	93.33	2.44
Patrik Polc	4th	242: 24	10	0	93.33	2.48

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Lithuania	5	4th	1	0	0	26: 09	14th
2.	Japan	5	2	2	0	1	17:13	10
3.	Estonia	5	3	0	1	1	10: 07	10
4th	Ukraine	5	1	0	1	3	10:18	4th
5.	Romania	5	1	0	1	3	12:18	4th
6th	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4th	11:21	3

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IA , relegated to Division IIA

Division IB winning team

Division IB promoted Lithuania

Nerijus Ališauskas , Rolandas Aliukonis , Mantas Armalis , Daniel Bogdziul , Arnoldas Bosa , Ilya Četvertak , Ugnius Cizas , Domantas Čypas , Paulius Gintautas , Jaunius Jasinevičius , Mark Kaleinikovas , Darius Kasparaitis , Artūras Katulis , Mindaugas Kieras , Emilijus Krakauskas , Tadas Kumeliauskas , Artūras Laukaitis , Artur Pavliukov , Pijus Rulevičius , Edgar Rybakov , Povilas Verenis , Dainius Zubrus Trainer: Bernd Haake

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IA:	South Korea, Belarus
Promoted to the top division:	UK, Italy
Relegated to Division IB:	Poland
Promoted to Division IA:	Lithuania
Relegated to Division IIA:	Croatia
Promoted to Division IB:	Netherlands

Division II

Group A in Tilburg, the Netherlands

World Cup 2018 of Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Netherlands
Relegated	Iceland
Venue (s)	Tilburg , Netherlands
opening	April 23, 2018
Final day	April 29, 2018
spectator	11,758 (783 per game)
Gates	105 (7.00 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Anthony Kimlin
Best defender	Giovanni Vogelaar
Best striker	Ivy van den Heuvel
Top scorer	Ivy van den Heuvel (11 points)

The group A tournament was held from April 23 to 29, 2018 in the Dutch municipality of Tilburg . The games took place in the IJssportcentrum Stappegoor with a capacity of 2,500 . A total of 11,758 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 783 per game.

The Netherlands , which had been relegated from Division I last year, rose unchallenged with five wins from five games - all games were won with at least five goals difference and a goal difference of 42: 5. The decisive game against Australia was won 9-2. In contrast, the Icelandic team was already relegated after four match days. It was the first time she had to leave the A group in 2012 after the divisions had been structured into two performance-differentiated groups . Newcomer People's Republic of China achieved relegation in the A group for the first time with two wins against Iceland and Belgium .

venue

Tilburg , Netherlands

Tilburg World championship venue

Venue

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor Capacity: 2,500

Interior view of the IJssportcentrum

April 23, 2018 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Australia P. D. Göransson (17:03) R. Malloy (58:52) T. Powell (59:37)

3: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0) game report

Iceland

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 250

April 23, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Serbia P. Novaković (14:46) N. Kerezović (21:11) M. Sretović (38:41) P. Novaković (52:43)

4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0) game report

Belgium B. Denis (30:41)

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 215

April 23, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Netherlands R. van der Schuit (3:37) I. van den Heuvel (13:13) N. Nagtzaam (16:01) G. Vogelaar (26:28) G. Vogelaar (42:30) I. van den Heuvel (48:44) D. Stempher (58:51)

7: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

People's Republic of China

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 1,452

April 24, 2018 1 p.m.

Australia J. Rezek (0:26) J. Woodman (21:00) R. Tesarik (35:57) PD Göransson (40:54) C. Todd (45:34) C. Todd (48:38)

6: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0) game report

Belgium

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 245

April 24, 2018 4:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China Huang Q.

1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 0) game report

Serbia A. Luković (10:08) A. Zwick (20:59) N. Vučurević (23:30)

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 257

April 24, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Iceland A. Orongan (54:47)

1:11 (0: 3, 0: 3, 1: 5) game report

Netherlands J. van Lijden (7:51) R. de Hondt (9:52) M. Bruijsten (14:48) R. Joly (26:41) J. Smid (29:08) J. van Lijden (36: 50) G. Vogelaar (43:23) M. Bastings (43:41) R. Joly (45:34) D. Stempher (53:41) K. Bruijsten (57:07)

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 1,347

April 26, 2018 1:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China Zhang Z. (11:10)

1: 3 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3) game report

Australia R. Haselhurst (42:13) J. Rezek (55:33) M. Armstrong (59:22)

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 411

April 26, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Belgium B. van den Bogaert (12:57) B. Denis (26:04) Y. de Smet (31:12) B. Henry (48:30) A. Bremer (58:20) M. Pellegrims (58: 59)

6: 3 (1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 3) game report

Iceland R. Sigurðsson (52:25) H. Sigrúnarson (53:09) R. Sigurðsson (57:30)

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 243

April 26, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Netherlands T. van Soest (4:21) T. van Soest (9:40) I. van den Heuvel (31:56) K. Bruijsten (32:26) J. van Oorschot (54:07)

5: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Serbia

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 1,500

April 28, 2018 1 p.m.

People's Republic of China Zhang Z. (47:24) Zhong W. (48:43) Huang Q. (58:19)

3: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0) game report

Iceland B. Jóhannesson (25:07)

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 321

April 28, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Belgium B. Henry (29:34) Y. de Smet (48:47)

2:10 (0: 4, 1: 4, 1: 2) game report

Netherlands R. Joly (1:35) K. Bruijsten (3:02) J. van Oorschot (14:27) N. Nagtzaam (15:18) G. Vogelaar (22:13) K. Bruijsten (29:12) R. de Hondt (38:00) M. Bastings (38:44) G. Vogelaar (51:09) N. Nagtzaam (58:39)

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 2,400

April 28, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Serbia P. Podunavac (4:11) N. Vučurević (15:38) M. Sretović (52:57) P. Novaković (59:50)

4: 5 n.P. (2: 1, 0: 1, 2: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Australia L. Webster (16:21) PD Göransson (26:22) R. Malloy (41:04) M. Armstrong (46:55) B. Taylor (PS)

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 521

April 29, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Belgium B. Henry (49:51) F. Neven (56:36)

2: 5 (0: 0, 0: 3, 2: 2) game report

People's Republic of China Zuo T. (28:03) Li H. (34:43) Huang Q. (35:49) Zhang H. (43:31) Zhang Z. (58:36)

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 250

April 29, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Netherlands R. van der Schuit (1:01) R. van der Schuit (6:27) J. Smid (12:27) J. van Oorschot (17:56) M. Bastings (24:18) J. Verkiel ( 26:21) G. Vogelaar (34:07) D. Stempher (51:12) G. Vogelaar (57:05)

9: 2 (4: 0, 3: 1, 2: 1) game report

Australia K. Webster (31:33) T. Powell (58:42)

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 2,035

April 29, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Iceland E. Ólafsson (11:33) B. Jóhannesson (58:37)

2: 5 (1: 1, 0: 2, 1: 2) game report

Serbia A. Zwick (10:03) P. Novaković (32:40) M. Sretović (38:58) A. Luković (50:21) D. Crnogorac (55:11)

IJssportcentrum Stappegoor, Tilburg Spectators: 311

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Ivy van den Heuvel	5	3	8th	11	+11	2
Giovanni Vogelaar	5	8th	2	10	+14	0
Jordy van Oorschot	5	3	7th	10	+6	2
Mickey Bastings	5	3	6th	9	+10	0
Danny Stempher	5	3	6th	9	+7	2
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Ian Meierdres	5	230: 27	2	2	94.87	0.52
Anthony Kimlin	5	305: 00	14th	2	91.91	2.75
Sun Zehao	5	296: 57	15th	0	91.28	3.03

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	0	42: 05	15th
2.	Australia	5	3	1	0	1	19:14	11
3.	Serbia	5	3	0	1	1	16:14	10
4th	People's Republic of China	5	2	0	0	3	10:16	6th
5.	Belgium	5	1	0	0	4th	11:28	3
6th	Iceland	5	0	0	0	5	07:28	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IB , relegated to Division IIB

Division IIA winning team

Division IIA promoted Netherlands

Mickey Bastings , Kevin Bruijsten , Mitch Bruijsten , Ryan Collier , Boet van Gestel , Kilian van Gorp , Ivy van den Heuvel , Reno de Hondt , Raphaël Joly , Julian van Lijden , Alexei Loginov , Ian Meierdres , Nardo Nagtzaam , Jordy van Oorschot , Joey Oosterveld , Martijn Oosterwijk , Raymond van der Schuit , Jurryt Smid , Ties van Soest , Danny Stempher , Jordy Verkiel , Giovanni Vogelaar Trainer: Doug Mason

Group B in Granada, Spain

World Cup 2018 Division II, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Spain
Relegated	Luxembourg
Venue (s)	Granada , Spain
opening	April 14, 2018
Final day	April 20, 2018
spectator	2,565 (171 per game)
Gates	133 (8.87 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Other Alcaine
Best defender	Stefan Helmersson
Best striker	Patricio Fuentes
Top scorer	Oriol Boronate (12 points)

The group B tournament took place from April 14th to 20th, 2018 in Granada , Spain . The games took place in the 400-seat Igloo Arena . A total of 2,565 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 171 per game.

The hosts, Spain , managed to immediately return to the A group with five wins from five games. But New Zealand proved to be a serious opponent until the final day, when the two faced each other in a direct duel, while the other four teams lost their performance. Both Spain and New Zealand went into the last tournament game without losing points, which the Iberians finally won 6: 4 and thus secured the tournament victory. Newcomer Luxembourg had to relegate immediately to Division III despite a 2-1 win in the last game against North Korea , as the Letzeburgers performed worst in a three-way comparison of the tied teams from Luxembourg, Mexico and North Korea.

venue

Granada , Spain

Granada World championship venue

Venue

Igloo Arena Capacity: 400

April 14, 2018 1:00 p.m. (local time)

New Zealand J. Challis (2:28) N. Henderson (22:19) D. Harrop (25:42) F. Ellis (35:05) C. Burns (39:33)

5: 1 (1: 0, 4: 0, 0: 1) game report

Mexico M. Colás (47:01)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 55

April 14, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Luxembourg M. Mosr (19:37)

1: 8 (1: 4, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

Israel D. Kozev (1:20) E. Klein (11:48) M. Revniaga (13:15) R. Aharonovich (18:39) T. Aharonovich (22:20) I. Spektor (36:38) E. . Klein (40:47) D. Mazour (50:14)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 61

April 14, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Spain O. Rubio (2:29) A. Carbonell (5:29) O. Boronat (7:49) I. Solórzano (17:17) LJ Hernández (23:03) A. Carbonell (23:41) P. Fuentes (27:02) O. Rubio (27:53) P. Fuentes (30:31) A. Arraras (32:38) I. Solórzano (35:45) I. Granell (39:19) A. Arraras ( 58:25) O. Boronat (58:43) LJ Hernández (59:21)

15: 1 (4: 0, 8: 1, 3: 0) game report

North Korea Hong C.-r. (25:17)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 333

April 15, 2018 1 p.m.

New Zealand A. Cox (15:43) J. Ratcliffe (50:52) J. Ratcliffe (52:09) K. Joyce (52:58) M. Schneider (54:34)

5: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 4: 1) game report

Israel R. Aharonovich (26:05) E. Klein (54:05)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 67

April 15, 2018 4:30 p.m.

North Korea To C.-h. (8:46) Kang M.-g. (17:27) Kim K.-h. (19:05) To C.-h. (36:00) Kang M.-g. (39:52)

5: 2 (3: 2, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report

Mexico L. Cruz (9:28) H. Majul (14:40)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 68

April 15, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Luxembourg M. Eriksson (39:04)

1:10 (0: 0, 1: 3, 0: 7) game report

Spain O. Rubio (28:08) P. Puyuelo (37:00) G. González (39:58) G. González (42:29) A. Ubieto (44:34) LJ Hernández (50:24) J. Muñoz (52:27) P. Puyuelo (53:05) J. Muñoz (55:40) A. Arraras (56:01)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 234

April 17, 2018 1 p.m.

Israel D. Mazour (5:29) D. Mazour (17:28) A. Verny (18:07) I. Spektor (20:28) I. Spektor (22:35) I. Spektor (31:16) A. Milner (37:29) M. Revniaga (42:25) M. Sherf (54:43)

9: 1 (3: 1, 4: 0, 2: 0) game report

North Korea Kim S.-g. (8:44)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 36

April 17, 2018 4:30 p.m.

New Zealand C. Harrison (11:07) J. Ratcliffe (24:59) P. Heyd (29:11) T. Rooney (50:30) N. Craig (50:43) A. Polozov (55:00) J. Challis (58:22)

7: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 4: 0) game report

Luxembourg M. Mosr (29:36)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 68

April 17, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Spain P. Muñoz (0:23) J. Muñoz (6:23) P. Muñoz (12:22) P. Muñoz (16:52) G. Betran (24:13) A. García (31:28) P Muñoz (34:28) J. Brabo (37:29) P. Muñoz (38:42) O. Boronat (47:15) P. Muñoz (49:46) J. Muñoz (50:03) A. Ubieto (51:59) G. González (58:10)

14: 0 (4: 0, 5: 0, 5: 0) game report

Mexico

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 157

April 19, 2018 1 p.m.

Mexico J. Pérez (6:57) A. Nájera (29:44) H. Majul (57:49)

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Luxembourg M. Mosr (31:34)

Igloo Arena, Granada spectators: 300

April 19, 2018 4:30 p.m.

North Korea Hong C.-r. (9:25) Kim K.-h. (26:35) Kang I.-h. (30:33) Kim H.-j. (35:44)

4:12 (1: 4, 3: 4, 0: 4) game report

New Zealand S. Harrison (3:00) J. Challis (4:27) M. Schneider (5:50) F. Ellis (6:50) F. Ellis (24:53) M. Schneider (26:17) A. . Polozov (34:59) F. Ellis (38:21) M. Schneider (44:10) A. Cox (46:14) A. Cox (47:01) C. Harrison (51:56)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 84

April 19, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Israel

0: 4 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

Spain P. Muñoz (22:39) P. Fuentes (36:38) P. Fuentes (51:10) I. Granell (52:36)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 390

April 20, 2018 1 p.m.

Luxembourg C. Cannon (32:08) M. Eriksson (44:55)

2: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

North Korea Kim H.-j. (12:33)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 77

April 20, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Mexico S. Sierra (37:25) R. Chabat (38:58) C. Smithers (48:52)

3: 5 (0: 2, 2: 2, 1: 1) game report

Israel E. Kozhevnikov (13:56) E. Kozhevnikov (17:03) E. Kozhevnikov (29:19) I. Spektor (36:44) A. Verny (49:35)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 94

April 20, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Spain A. Carbonell (18:12) P. Fuentes (21:39) O. Rubio (25:34) O. Boronat (28:27) I. Granell (36:38) O. Boronat (42:51)

6: 4 (1: 0, 4: 3, 1: 1) game report

New Zealand P. Heyd (23:53) A. Polozov (33:04) A. Cox (37:47) F. Ellis (44:53)

Igloo Arena, Granada Spectators: 541

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Oriol boronate	5	5	7th	12	+9	0
Patricio Fuentes	5	5	6th	11	+1	0
Pablo Muñoz	5	7th	3	10	+9	2
Jordan Challis	5	3	7th	10	± 0	0
Adrian Ubieto	5	2	8th	10	+12	4th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Nir Tikhon	4th	187: 02	9	0	91.82	2.89
Daniel Lee	4th	199: 36	10	0	90.48	3.01
Other Alcaine	5	242: 16	6th	1	89.66	1.49

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Spain	5	5	0	0	0	49: 06	15th
2.	New Zealand	5	4th	0	0	1	33:14	12
3.	Israel	5	3	0	0	2	24:14	9
4th	North Korea	5	1	0	0	4th	12:40	3
5.	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4th	09:30	3
6th	Luxembourg	5	1	0	0	4th	06:29	3

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IIA , relegated to Division III

Division IIB winning team

Division IIB promoted Spain

Ander Alcaine , Ander Arraras , Bruno Baldris , Raul Barbo , Guillermo Betran , Oriol Boronat , Juan Brabo , Alejandro Carbonell , Patricio Fuentes , Alfonso García , Gastón González , Ignacio Granell , Luis José Hernández , Juan Muñoz , Pablo Muñoz , Pablo Puyuelo , Carlos Rivero , Oriol Rubio , Ignacio Solórzano , Adrián Ubieto , Jorge Vea , José Ignacio Vicente Trainer: Luciano Basile

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IIA:	Croatia
Promoted to Division IB:	Netherlands
Relegated to Division IIB:	Iceland
Promoted to Division IIA:	Spain
Relegated to Division III:	Luxembourg
Promoted to Division IIB:	Georgia

Division III

Division III 2018 World Cup
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Georgia
Relegated	Hong Kong
Venue (s)	Cape Town , South Africa
opening	April 16, 2018
Final day	April 22, 2018
spectator	2,225 (148 per game)
Gates	107 (7.13 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Charl Pretorius
Best defender	Martin Boyadschiev
Best striker	Aleksandre Shushunashvili
Top scorer	Aleksandre Shushunashvili (19 points)

The Division III tournament was held from April 16-22, 2018 in the South African metropolis of Cape Town . The games took place in the 2,800 seat Grand West Ice Station . A total of 2,225 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 148 per game.

The Georgian team achieved promotion to Group B of Division II for the first time since their entry into the World Cup in 2013. Georgia prevailed despite an intermittent 2: 4 defeat against host South Africa against Bulgaria and last year's relegated Turkey , which on the other Places followed. The Georgians won the direct duels against Bulgaria and Turkey on the first two match days and thus laid the foundation for the tournament's success. The team from Hong Kong had to accept relegation to qualification for Division III , losing all five games and only scoring three goals. The host South Africa was able to avert relegation with a final success over the Asians.

venue

Cape Town , South Africa

Cape Town World championship venue

Venue

Grand West Ice Station Capacity: 2,800

April 16, 2018 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Georgia

6: 2 (4: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

Turkey

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 35

April 16, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

5: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 3: 0) game report

Hong Kong

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 80

April 16, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Bulgaria

4: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

South Africa

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 200

April 17, 2018 1 p.m.

Turkey

6: 1 (1: 1, 2: 0, 3: 0) game report

Hong Kong

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 20

April 17, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Bulgaria

3: 5 (2: 1, 0: 3, 1: 1) game report

Georgia

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 60

April 17, 2018 8:00 p.m.

South Africa

2: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 2) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 180

April 19, 2018 1 p.m.

Bulgaria

7: 2 (1: 1, 4: 0, 2: 1) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 30

April 19, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Georgia

11: 1 (5: 1, 3: 0, 3: 0) match report

Hong Kong

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 40

April 19, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Turkey

7: 1 (1: 0, 4: 1, 2: 0) game report

South Africa

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 250

April 20, 2018 1 p.m.

Hong Kong

0:10 (0: 3, 0: 3, 0: 4) game report

Bulgaria

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 20

April 20, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

2: 4 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 3) game report

Turkey

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 30

April 20, 2018 8:00 p.m.

South Africa

4: 2 (2: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0) game report

Georgia

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 1,200

April 22, 2018 1 p.m.

Georgia

11: 2 (5: 1, 3: 0, 3: 1) match report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 100

April 22, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Turkey

3: 4 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Bulgaria

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 80

April 22, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Hong Kong

0: 6 (0: 0, 0: 4, 0: 2) game report

South Africa

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 400

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Aleksandre Shushunashvili	5	10	9	19th	+15	2
Oliver Obolgogiani	5	8th	6th	14th	+16	6th
Aleksandre Vasilchenko	5	5	7th	12	+7	8th
Ivan Khodulov	5	5	3	8th	+2	4th
Shen Yen-Chin	5	5	3	8th	−3	0
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Muhammad Karagul	4th	242: 52	13	1	91.93	3.21
Charl Pretorius	4th	204: 11	9	0	91.89	2.64
Andrei Ilienko	5	283: 39	10	0	91.30	2.12

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Georgia	5	4th	0	0	1	35:12	12
2.	Bulgaria	5	3	1	0	1	28:10	11
3.	Turkey	5	3	0	1	1	22:14	10
4th	Republic of China (Taiwan)	5	2	0	0	3	16:25	6th
5.	South Africa	5	2	0	0	3	13:18	6th
6th	Hong Kong	5	0	0	0	5	03:38	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IIB , relegated to qualification for Division III

Division III winning team

Division III promoted Georgia

Kacha Ambrolowa , Semyon Charisow , Mikheil Davitashvili , Vitaly Dumbadze , Grigory Filimonov , Amiran Geperidse , Sasa Gongadze , Andrei Ilienko , Giorgi Jeiranaschwili , Artyom Kosjulin , Artem Kurbatov , Dawit Minasiani , Oliver Obolgogiani , Dawit Oganesiani , Gia Oganesiani , Mikhail Schalunow , Ivan Schartschow , Aleksandre Shushunashvili , Rewas Tsomaia , Aleksandre Vasiltschenko Coach: Roland Swanidze

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	Luxembourg
Promoted to Division IIB:	Georgia
Relegated to qualification for Division III:	Hong Kong
Promoted to Division III:	Turkmenistan

Qualification for Division III

Division III 2018 World Cup - Qualification
Number of nations	4th
Climbers	Turkmenistan
Venue (s)	Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina
opening	February 25, 2018
Final day	February 28, 2018
spectator	3,020 (503 per game)
Gates	68 (11.33 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Khaled Al Suwaidi
Best defender	Dmitry Savin
Best striker	Ahmet Gurbanov
Top scorer	Ahmet Gurbanow (12 points)

The tournament to qualify for Division III was held from February 25 to 28, 2018 in Sarajevo , the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The games took place in the Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall with a capacity of 12,000 . A total of 3,020 spectators attended the six tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 503 per game.

The Turkmen national team, which is participating in a world championship tournament for the first time, secured promotion to Division III in a sovereign manner . After both the Turkmen and the host team of Bosnia and Herzegovina were victorious on the first two days of the tournament, both teams met in a direct duel in the last tournament game. There Turkmenistan clearly prevailed after initial difficulties and celebrated promotion to Division III. The only two Arab World Cup participants from the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait finished third and fourth.

venue

Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Venue of the qualification

Venue

Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch Capacity: 12,000

Exterior view of the Olympic Hall

February 25, 2018 4:00 p.m. (local time)

Turkmenistan

4: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

United Arab Emirates

Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch, Sarajevo Spectators: 100

February 25, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Kuwait

1: 8 (0: 2, 0: 3, 1: 3) match report

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch, Sarajevo Spectators: 1,100

February 26, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Kuwait

2:24 (0: 8, 0: 7, 2: 9) game report

Turkmenistan

Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch, Sarajevo Spectators: 110

February 26, 2018 8:00 p.m.

United Arab Emirates

1: 6 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 3) game report

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Spectators: 600

February 28, 2018 9:00 a.m.

United Arab Emirates

4: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1) game report

Kuwait

Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch, Sarajevo Spectators: 110

February 28, 2018 8:30 p.m.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3:13 (3: 1, 0: 5, 0: 7) game report

Turkmenistan

Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Spectators: 1,000

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Ahmet Gurbanov	3	6th	6th	12	+10	0
Pavel Barkovsky	3	3	8th	11	+9	2
Mirza Omer	3	5	5	10	+7	20th
Alexander Vahovsky	3	4th	6th	10	+10	0
Dowlet Soyunov	3	6th	3	9	+10	2
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Keremli Haryýew	3	140: 00	3	1	89.66	1.29
Khaled Al Suwaidi	3	180: 00	12	0	88.79	4.00
Edis Pribišić	3	169: 19	12	0	87.63	4.25

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Turkmenistan	3	3	0	0	0	41: 05	9
2.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	0	1	17:15	6th
3.	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	0	2	05:12	3
4th	Kuwait	3	0	0	0	3	05:36	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division III

Ascent and descent

Relegated to qualification for Division III:	Hong Kong
Promoted to Division III:	Turkmenistan

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championship 2018 (overview)
• 2018 U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2018 U18 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2018 Women's Ice Hockey World Cup
• Ice Hockey World Championship 2018 for the U18 women

Web links

Commons : 2018 IIHF World Championship  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the top division

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Best Players Selected By The Directorate at iihf.com, accessed on January 6, 2017.
2. ↑ Martin Merk: Between heaven and hell. Five teams in run for Slovakia 2019. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 28, 2018, accessed on April 29, 2018 (English). 
3. ↑ Martin Merk: Kazakhstan hopes. Wins game and sends Poland down. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 28, 2018, accessed April 29, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Martin Merk: Italy wins empty-net clash. Crazy game eliminates Slovenia last minute. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 28, 2018, accessed April 29, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Martin Merk: Great Britain & Italy up! Farmer scores clinching goal with 15.8 seconds left. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 29, 2018, accessed April 29, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Martin Merk: Perlini MVP. Individual awards voting. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 28, 2018, accessed April 29, 2018 . 
7. ^ Henrik Manninen: Lithuania moving up. Next stop: Division IA. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 29, 2018, accessed April 29, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Joeri Loonen: Dutch Dominance. The Netherlands make instant return to Division I. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 30, 2018, accessed April 30, 2018 . 
9. ^ Andy Potts: Fourth gold for Spain. Men's team concludes a historic season. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 21, 2018, accessed April 21, 2018 . 
10. ^ Andy Potts: Georgia's joy. Emerging nation claims first gold. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 24, 2018, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Henrik Manninen: Galloping to glory. Turkmenistan wins Div. IIIQ in debut. International Ice Hockey Federation , March 1, 2018, accessed March 1, 2018 . 

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