2015 U18 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: USA

The 17th ice hockey world championships of the U18 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2015 in the age group of under eighteen year olds (U18). Between March 15 and April 26, 2015, a total of 43 national teams took part in the seven tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III.

The world champion was for the ninth time the US team, who defeated Finland 2-1 after extra time in the final and thus defended their title. It was the sixth title win by the Americans in the past seven years and the eighth in a row by a North American nation. Third place went to the Canadian selection. The German team lost to the Latvian team in the relegation round and had to move to Group A of Division I by finishing tenth overall. The Swiss team finished the tournament in fourth place and narrowly missed the first medal win since the 2001 World Cup . Austria reached first place in group B of division I and thus rose to group A.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Zug Lucerne	Apr 16, 2015 - Apr 26, 2015	10	48,622	30th	1,621
Division IA	Debrecen	Apr 12, 2015 - Apr 18, 2015	6th	3,925	15th	262
Division IB	Maribor	Apr 12, 2015 - Apr 18, 2015	6th	7.176	15th	478
Division II A	Tallinn	22 Mar 2015 - Mar 28 2015	6th	5,184	15th	346
Division II B	Novi Sad	15th Mar 2014 - March 23 2014	6th	2,219	15th	148
Division III A	Taipei	22 Mar 2015 - Mar 28 2015	6th	4,941	15th	329
Division III B	Auckland	17th Mar 2015 - March 19 2015	3	1,400	3	467

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: April 16-26, 2015 in Zug and Lucerne , Switzerland

  Participants: Germany, Finland, Canada, Latvia (promoted) , Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, USA (defending champion)

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 12-18, 2015 in Debrecen , Hungary

    Participants: Denmark (relegated) , France, Kazakhstan, Norway, Hungary (promoted) , Belarus

  • Group B: April 12-18, 2015 in Maribor , Slovenia

    Participants: Italy (relegated) , Japan, Lithuania (promoted) , Austria, Slovenia, Ukraine

• Division II
  • Group A: March 22-28, 2015 in Tallinn , Estonia

    Participants: Estonia (promoted) , Great Britain, Croatia, Netherlands, Poland (relegated) , South Korea

  • Group B: March 15-23, 2015 in Novi Sad , Serbia

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

• Division III:
  • Group A: March 22-28, 2015 in Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan)

    Participants: Bulgaria, Republic of China (Taiwan), Iceland (relegated) , Israel, Mexico, South Africa (promoted)

  • Group B: March 17-19, 2015 in Auckland , New Zealand

    Participants: Hong Kong, New Zealand (relegated) , Turkey

Top division

2015 World Cup for U18 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	United States
silver	Finland
bronze	Canada
Relegated	Germany
Venue (s)	Zug & Lucerne , Switzerland
opening	April 16, 2015
Endgame	April 26, 2015
spectator	48,622 (1621 per game)
Gates	211 (7.03 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Ilya Samsonov
Best defender	Vili Saarijärvi
Best striker	Auston Matthews
Top scorer	Auston Matthews (15 points)

The U18 World Cup was held from April 16 to 26, 2015 in the Swiss cities of Zug and Lucerne . The game was played in the Bossard Arena (7,015 seats) in Zug - operating as Arena Zug during the tournament - and in the Swiss-Life Arena with 5,400 seats in Lucerne, which was renamed Arena Lucerne as part of the tournament .

Ten national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of five teams each. The two groups were composed according to the positions of the national teams at the 2014 World Cup according to the following key:

Group A	Group B
USA (1)	Czech Republic (2)
Sweden (4)	Canada (3)
Russia (5)	Finland (6)
Slovakia (8)	Switzerland (7)
Germany (9)	Latvia (11)

mode

A new game mode was decided for the 2013 World Cup. After the group games in the preliminary round, the four best in the group qualified for the quarter-finals. The two fifths of the group games contested the relegation round in the mode " best-of-three " and determined thereby a relegated in the Division IA. The placement games for seventh and fifth place continued to be omitted.

Venues

train	train Lucerne World Championship venues	Lucerne
Bossard Arena (Arena Zug) Capacity: 7,015		Swiss-Life Arena (Arena Luzern) Capacity: 5,400

Preliminary round

Group A

April 16, 2015 2:45 p.m. (local time)

Sweden

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

Slovakia

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 460

April 16, 2015 6:45 p.m.

Russia

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

United States

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 925

April 17, 2015 2:45 p.m.

Slovakia

0:10 (0: 4, 0: 6, 0: 0) game report

United States

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 290

April 17, 2015 6:45 p.m.

Russia

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

Germany

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 362

April 18, 2015 5:00 p.m.

Germany

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

Sweden

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 532

April 19, 2015 1 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Russia

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 660

April 19, 2015 5:00 p.m.

United States

6: 4 (1: 1, 2: 2, 3: 1) game report

Sweden

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 1,222

April 20, 2015 6:45 p.m.

Germany

3: 4 n.P. (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Slovakia

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 332

April 21, 2015 2:45 p.m.

United States

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

Germany

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 317

April 21, 2015 6:45 p.m.

Sweden

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

Russia

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 317

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	4th	4th	0	0	0	20: 7	12
2.	United States	4th	3	0	0	1	30: 8	9
3.	Slovakia	4th	1	1	0	2	9:18	5
4th	Sweden	4th	1	0	0	3	16:17	3
5.	Germany	4th	0	0	1	3	5:30	1

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-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Group B

April 16, 2015 3:45 p.m. (local time)

Canada

11: 3 (2: 3, 6: 0, 3: 0) match report

Latvia

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 170

April 16, 2015 7:45 p.m.

Finland

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

Czech Republic

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 315

April 17, 2015 3:45 p.m.

Latvia

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

Czech Republic

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 721

April 17, 2015 7:45 p.m.

Finland

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

Switzerland

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 3,370

April 18, 2015 6:45 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Canada

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 5,277

April 19, 2015 2:45 p.m.

Latvia

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

Finland

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 363

April 19, 2015 6:45 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Canada

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 749

April 20, 2015 7:45 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Latvia

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 2,561

April 21, 2015 3:45 p.m.

Canada

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

Finland

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 1,133

April 21, 2015 7:45 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Switzerland

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 2,468

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	4th	4th	0	0	0	21:11	12
2.	Finland	4th	3	0	0	1	14: 6	9
3.	Czech Republic	4th	2	0	0	2	12:10	6th
4th	Switzerland	4th	0	1	0	3	5:14	2
5.	Latvia	4th	0	0	1	3	10:21	1

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-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

The relegation round was held in the " best-of-three " mode. Here the fifth placed in group A and the fifth in group B met. The team that won two out of a maximum of three games stayed in the World Cup group, the loser was relegated to Division IA.

April 23, 2015 12:15 p.m. (local time)

Germany

3: 5 (1: 3, 0: 1, 2: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1

Latvia

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 276

April 24, 2015 6:00 p.m.

Latvia

5: 3 (0: 1, 2: 1, 3: 1) Match report as of: 2: 0

Germany

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 387

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Russia

0

B4

Switzerland

5

B4

Switzerland

4th

B2

Finland

5

B2

Finland

3

A3

Slovakia

0

B2

Finland

1

A2

United States

2

B1

Canada

5

A4

Sweden

3

B1

Canada

2

3rd place match

A2

United States

7th

A2

United States

7th

B4

Switzerland

2

B3

Czech Republic

2

B1

Canada

5

Quarter finals

April 23, 2015 2:45 p.m. (local time)

United States

7: 2 (4: 0, 0: 1, 3: 1) game report

Czech Republic

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 542

April 23, 2015 4:00 p.m.

Canada

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

Sweden

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 1,248

April 23, 2015 6:45 p.m.

Finland

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

Slovakia

Arena Luzern, Luzern spectators: 469

April 23, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Russia

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

Switzerland

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 2,381

Semifinals

April 25, 2015 3 p.m.

Canada

2: 7 (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 5) game report

United States

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 4,170

April 25, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Finland

5: 4 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 0, 2: 2, 1: 0) game report

Switzerland

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 7,015

3rd place match

April 26, 2015 3:00 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Canada

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 4,718

final

April 26, 2015 7:00 p.m.

Finland

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

United States

Arena Zug, Zug spectators: 4,457

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
Auston Matthews	United States	7th	8th	7th	15th	+11	0
Jeremy Bracco	United States	7th	3	10	13	+10	2
Matt Barzal	Canada	7th	3	9	12	+2	0
Matthew Tkachuk	United States	7th	2	10	12	+10	2
Patrik Laine	Finland	7th	8th	3	11	+6	0
Jack Roslovic	United States	7th	6th	5	11	+11	4th
Mitchell Stephens	Canada	7th	5	5	10	+1	10
Colin White	United States	7th	6th	3	9	+8	0
Clayton Basement	United States	7th	4th	5	9	+7	0
Mārtiņš Dzierkals	Latvia	6th	3	6th	9	+2	10

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Anton Krassotkin	Russia	2	120: 00	4th	1	95.29	2.00
Veini Vehviläinen	Finland	7th	437: 12	12	1	94.85	1.65
Ilya Samsonov	Russia	3	180: 00	8th	0	93.39	2.67
Evan Sarthou	United States	5	312: 44	6th	1	92.68	1.15
Adam Húska	Slovakia	5	278: 39	14th	0	91.25	3.01

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	United States
2	Finland
3	Canada
4th	Switzerland
5	Russia
6th	Czech Republic
7th	Slovakia
8th	Sweden
9	Latvia
10	Germany

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion USA

Nick Boka , Jeremy Bracco , Christian Fischer , Casey Fitzgerald , Mike Floodstrand , Jordan Greenway , Caleb Johnes , Clayton Keller , Chad Krys , Luke Kunin , Joseph Masonius , Auston Matthews , Charlie McAvoy , Luke Opilka , Jake Oettinger , Jack Roslovic , Steven Ruggiero , Evan Sarthou , Troy Terry , Tage Thompson , Matthew Tkachuk , Brendan Warren , Colin White Trainers: Don Granato

Silver Finland

Sebastian Aho , Kasper Björkqvist , Christian Heljanko , Patrik Laine , Otto Leskinen , Jesper Mattila , Julius Mattila , Julius Nättinen , Joonas Niemelä , Markus Niemeläinen , Peter Palmu , Topi Piipponen , Jesse Puljujärvi , Arttu Ruotsalainen , Aleksi Saarela , Vili Saarijärvi , Robin Salo , Jonne Tammela , Sami Tavernier , Veeti Vainio , Juuso Välimäki , Veini Vehviläinen , Nico Vikstén Trainer: Miika Marttila

Bronze Canada

Mathew Barzal , Ethan Bear , Anthony Beauvillier , Tyler Benson , Guillaume Brisebois , Kyle Capobianco , Thomas Chabot , Evan Cormier , Pierre-Luc Dubois , Glenn Gawdin , Jansen Harkins , Brett Howden , Graham Knott , Nathan Noel , Jérémy Roy , Nicolas Roy , Zach Sawchenko , Deven Sideroff , Tyler Soy , Matthew Spencer , Mitchell Stephens , Parker Wotherspoon Trainers: Tim Hunter

Relegated to Division IA:	Germany
Promoted to the top division:	Denmark

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Auston Matthews	United States
Best goalkeeper	Ilya Samsonov	Russia
Best defender	Vili Saarijärvi	Finland
Best striker	Auston Matthews	United States

All-Star Team

Attack:	Patrik Laine - Denis Malgin - Auston Matthews
Defense:	Vili Saarijärvi - Jonas Siegenthaler
Goal:	Veini Vehviläinen

Division I.

Group A in Debrecen, Hungary

2015 World Cup for the U18 juniors of Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Denmark
Relegated	Hungary
Venue (s)	Debrecen , Hungary
opening	April 12, 2015
Final day	April 18, 2015
spectator	3,925 (262 per game)
Gates	103 (6.87 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Aljaksandr Assipkou
Best defender	Andreas Røykås Marthinsen
Best striker	Mathias From
Top scorer	Aljaksej Pazenkin (11 points)

The group A tournament was held from April 12th to 18th, 2015 in Debrecen , Hungary . The games took place in the Főnix Hall with a capacity of 6,000 .

venue

Debrecen , Hungary

Debrecen World championship venue

Venue

Főnix Hall Capacity: 6,000

April 12, 2015 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Belarus

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

Norway

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 210

April 12, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Hungary

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

Denmark

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 560

April 12, 2015 8:00 p.m.

France

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

Kazakhstan

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 250

April 13, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Norway

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

France

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 185

April 13, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Denmark

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

Belarus

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 150

April 14, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

6: 5 (2: 3, 1: 1, 3: 1) game report

Hungary

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 370

April 15, 2015 1 p.m.

Denmark

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

France

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 190

April 15, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Hungary

2: 7 (1: 0, 1: 4, 0: 3) game report

Belarus

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 430

April 15, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Norway

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

Kazakhstan

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 210

April 16, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Belarus

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

France

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 220

April 17, 2015 1 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Denmark

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 120

April 17, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Norway

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

Hungary

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 270

April 18, 2015 1 p.m.

Kazakhstan

3: 6 (1: 2, 1: 2, 1: 2) match report

Belarus

Főnix Hall, Debrecen audience: 100

April 18, 2015 4:25 pm

France

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

Hungary

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 380

April 18, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Denmark

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

Norway

Főnix Hall, Debrecen spectators: 280

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Alyaksey Pazenkin	5	3	8th	11	+4	0
Dzmitryi Buynitsky	5	3	7th	10	+2	6th
Tobias Ladehoff	5	4th	3	7th	+4	6th
Daniel Nielsen	5	2	5	7th	+5	10
Bastien Maia	5	2	5	7th	± 0	10
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Leave Petersen	5	300: 25	8th	0	93.65	1.60
Aljaksandr Assipkou	4th	241: 12	7th	1	92.47	1.74
Jakob Opsahl	5	301: 20	12	0	91.89	2.39

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Denmark	5	4th	1	0	0	24: 8	14th
2.	Belarus	5	3	1	1	0	23:11	12
3.	France	5	2	1	0	2	16:13	8th
4th	Norway	5	2	0	2	1	14:12	8th
5.	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	0	4th	15:28	3
6th	Hungary	5	0	0	0	5	11:31	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 the top division , relegated to the division IB

Group B in Maribor, Slovenia

2015 World Cup for U18 Juniors in Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Austria
Relegated	Lithuania
Venue (s)	Maribor , Slovenia
opening	April 12, 2015
Final day	April 18, 2015
spectator	7,176 (478 per game)
Gates	106 (7.07 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Dominic Divis
Best defender	Mark Cepon
Best striker	Christof Kromp
Top scorer	Christof Kromp (10 points)

The group B tournament was held from April 12th to 18th, 2015 in Maribor , Slovenia . The games took place in the 3,000-seat Ledna dvorana Tabor .

venue

Maribor , Slovenia

Maribor World championship venue

Venue

Ledna dvorana Tabor Capacity: 3,000

Interior view of the Ledna dvorana Tabor

April 12, 2015 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Japan

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

Austria

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 347

April 12, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Lithuania

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

Italy

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 339

April 12, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Slovenia

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 627

April 13, 2015 1 p.m.

Italy

5: 6 (2: 1, 2: 4, 1: 1) game report

Japan

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor audience: 350

April 13, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Austria

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

Ukraine

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 389

April 13, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Slovenia

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

Lithuania

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 679

April 15, 2015 1 p.m.

Italy

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

Ukraine

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 388

April 15, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Lithuania

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

Japan

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 390

April 15, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Austria

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

Slovenia

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 681

April 17, 2015 1 p.m.

Austria

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

Lithuania

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 681

April 17, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Japan

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

Ukraine

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 369

April 17, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Slovenia

8: 7 (3: 0, 3: 3, 2: 4) game report

Italy

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 604

April 18, 2015 1 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Lithuania

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 345

April 18, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Italy

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

Austria

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 412

April 18, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Slovenia

3: 4 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Japan

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 575

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Christof Kromp	5	7th	3	10	+9	4th
Florian Baltram	5	3	6th	9	+6	2
Žan Jezovšek	5	7th	1	8th	-2	4th
Lukas Haudum	5	4th	3	7th	+5	10
Bernd Wolf	5	2	5	7th	+8	4th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Dominic Divis	4th	240: 00	6th	0	92.94	1.50
Bogdan Dyachenko	5	251: 54	10	0	90.48	2.38
Shōtaro Kaneko	5	247: 59	13	0	87.96	3.15

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Austria	5	5	0	0	0	26: 6	12
2.	Slovenia	5	3	0	1	1	27:21	10
3.	Japan	5	2	1	0	2	16:16	8th
4th	Ukraine	5	1	0	0	4th	13:14	6th
5.	Italy	5	1	0	0	4th	17:28	3
6th	Lithuania	5	1	0	0	4th	7:21	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

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IA:	Germany
Promoted to the top division:	Denmark
Relegated to Division IB:	Hungary
Promoted to Division IA:	Austria
Relegated to Division IIA:	Lithuania
Promoted to Division IB:	South Korea

Division II

Group A in Tallinn, Estonia

2015 World Cup for the U18 juniors of Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	South Korea
Relegated	Estonia
Venue (s)	Tallinn , Estonia
opening	March 22, 2015
Final day	March 28, 2015
spectator	5,184 (346 per game)
Gates	102 (6.80 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Luka Valenčić
Best defender	Patryk Wsół
Best striker	Lee Ju-hyung
Top scorer	Ahn Jaein Guus van Nes Max Hermens (9 points each)

The Group A tournament was held from March 22nd to 28th, 2015 in the Estonian capital Tallinn . The games took place in the Tondiraba Jäähall , which holds 5,840 spectators .

venue

Tallinn , Estonia

Tallinn World championship venue

Venue

Tondiraba Jäähall Capacity: 5,840

Exterior view of the venue

March 22, 2015 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Croatia

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

Poland

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 164

March 22, 2015 4:30 p.m.

South Korea

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

Great Britain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 247

March 22, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Estonia

4: 5 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report

Netherlands

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 527

March 23, 2015 1 p.m.

South Korea

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

Croatia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 211

March 23, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Poland

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

Netherlands

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 137

March 23, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Great Britain

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

Estonia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 647

March 25, 2015 1:00 p.m.

Poland

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

Great Britain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 162

March 25, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Croatia

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

Netherlands

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 247

March 25, 2015 8:00 p.m.

South Korea

7: 1 (2: 1, 5: 0, 0: 0) game report

Estonia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 552

March 27, 2015 1 p.m.

Netherlands

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

South Korea

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 197

March 27, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Great Britain

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

Croatia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 247

March 27, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Estonia

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

Poland

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 523

March 28, 2015 1 p.m.

Netherlands

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

Great Britain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 153

March 28, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Poland

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

South Korea

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 369

March 28, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Croatia

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

Estonia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 801

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	28: 7	15th
2.	Poland	5	4th	0	0	1	18:10	12
3.	Great Britain	5	2	1	0	2	18:13	8th
4th	Netherlands	5	1	1	1	2	18:22	6th
5.	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4th	9:24	3
6th	Estonia	5	0	0	1	4th	11:26	1

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

Group B in Novi Sad, Serbia

2015 World Cup for the U18 Juniors Division II, Group B.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Romania
Relegated	Australia
Venue (s)	Novi Sad , Serbia
opening	March 15, 2015
Final day	March 23, 2015
spectator	2,219 (148 per game)
Gates	140 (9.33 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Alejandro Reneses
Best defender	Tihamér Győrfy
Best striker	Lazar Leštarić
Top scorer	Mátyás Kovács (15 points)

The tournament Group B was between 15 and 23 March 2015, Serbian Novi Sad held. The games took place in the Ledena dvorana SPENS , which can hold 1,623 spectators .

venue

Novi Sad , Serbia

Novi Sad World championship venue

Venue

Ledena dvorana SPENS Capacity: 1,623

Exterior view of the SPENS

March 15, 2015 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Australia

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

Belgium

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 66

March 15, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Spain

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

People's Republic of China

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 48

March 15, 2015 8:30 p.m.

Serbia

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

Romania

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad Spectators: 242

March 17, 2015 1 p.m.

People's Republic of China

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

Australia

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 46

March 17, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Romania

10: 1 (4: 0, 3: 0, 3: 1) game report

Belgium

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 20

March 17, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Spain

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

Serbia

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad Spectators: 208

March 19, 2015 1 p.m.

Romania

10: 2 (0: 1, 5: 1, 5: 0) game report

People's Republic of China

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 49

March 19, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Spain

14: 4 (4: 1, 4: 1, 6: 2) game report

Australia

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 82

March 19, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Serbia

6: 5 (3: 0, 2: 3, 1: 2) game report

Belgium

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 346

March 21, 2015 1 p.m.

Belgium

4: 6 (1: 3, 0: 1, 3: 2) game report

Spain

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 44

March 21, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Australia

3:18 (1: 9, 0: 5, 2: 4) game report

Romania

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 39

March 21, 2015 8:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China

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

Serbia

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 397

March 23, 2015 1 p.m.

Romania

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

Spain

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 19

March 23, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Belgium

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

People's Republic of China

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 56

March 23, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Serbia

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

Australia

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad Spectators: 557

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Romania	5	4th	1	0	0	46:12	14th
2.	Spain	5	4th	0	1	0	28:13	13
3.	Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	21:13	9
4th	Belgium	5	1	1	0	3	20:26	5
5.	People's Republic of China	5	1	0	0	4th	14:27	3
6th	Australia	5	0	0	1	4th	11:49	1

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 IIIA

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IIA:	Lithuania
Promoted to Division IB:	South Korea
Relegated to Division IIB:	Estonia
Promoted to Division IIA:	Romania
Relegated to Division IIIA:	Australia
Promoted to Division IIB:	Iceland

Division III

Group A in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)

2015 World Cup for the U18 Juniors Division III, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Iceland
Relegated	South Africa
Venue (s)	Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan)
opening	March 22, 2015
Final day	March 28, 2015
spectator	4,941 (329 per game)
Gates	101 (6.73 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Charl Pretorius
Best defender	Kevin Pierce
Best striker	Elvar Ólafsson
Top scorer	Arunas Bermejo (14 points)

The Group A tournament will be held from March 22nd to 28th, 2015 in Taipei , the capital of the Republic of China on Taiwan . The games take place in the 800-seat Annex Ice Rink .

venue

Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan)

Taipei World championship venue

Venue

Annex Ice Rink Capacity: 800

The Annex Ice Rink (left) is part of the Taipei Arena building complex

March 22, 2015 1:00 p.m. (local time)

March 22, 2015 6:00 a.m. ( CET )

Israel

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

Mexico

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 252

March 22, 2015 4:30 p.m.

March 22, 2015 9:30 a.m.

South Africa

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

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 189

March 22, 2015 8:00 p.m.

March 22, 2015 1 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

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

Iceland

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 672

March 23, 2015 1 p.m.

March 23, 2015 6:00 a.m.

Iceland

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

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 121

March 23, 2015 4:30 p.m.

March 23, 2015 9:30 am

Mexico

8: 1 (5: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0) game report

South Africa

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 154

March 23, 2015 8:00 p.m.

March 23, 2015 1 p.m.

Israel

6: 8 (2: 2, 3: 2, 1: 4) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 456

March 25, 2015 1:00 p.m.

March 25, 2015 6:00 am

Israel

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

South Africa

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 125

March 25, 2015 4:30 p.m.

March 25, 2015 9:30 am

Iceland

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

Mexico

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 232

March 25, 2015 8:00 p.m.

March 25, 2015 1:00 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

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

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 612

March 26, 2015 1 p.m.

March 26, 2015 6:00 a.m.

South Africa

4: 5 (2: 2, 1: 0, 1: 3) game report

Iceland

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 82

March 26, 2015 4:30 p.m.

March 26, 2015 9:30 a.m.

Bulgaria

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

Israel

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 102

March 26, 2015 8:00 p.m.

March 26, 2015 1 p.m.

Mexico

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

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 513

March 28, 2015 1 p.m.

March 28, 2015 6:00 a.m.

Bulgaria

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

Mexico

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 278

March 28, 2015 4:30 p.m.

March 28, 2015 9:30 am

Iceland

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

Israel

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 359

March 28, 2015 8:00 p.m.

March 28, 2015 1 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

12: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 7: 0) game report

South Africa

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 794

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Iceland	5	3	2	0	0	19:13	13
2.	Mexico	5	1	2	2	0	17:10	9
3.	Republic of China (Taiwan)	5	2	1	0	2	28:16	8th
4th	Bulgaria	5	2	0	2	1	14:12	8th
5.	Israel	5	2	0	1	2	16:15	7th
6th	South Africa	5	0	0	0	5	7:35	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 Division IIIB

Group B in Auckland, New Zealand

2015 World Cup for the U18 Juniors Division III, Group B
Number of nations	3
Climbers	Turkey
Venue (s)	Auckland , New Zealand
opening	17th March 2015
Final day	19th March 2015
spectator	1,400 (467 per game)
Gates	32 (10.67 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Muhammad Karagul
Best defender	Fatih Faner
Best striker	Harrison Macharg
Top scorer	Harrison Macharg Huseyin Sezer (5 points each)

The Group B tournament was held from March 17-19, 2015 in Auckland , New Zealand . The games took place in the 400-seat Paradice Botany .

venue

Auckland , New Zealand

Auckland World championship venue

Venue

Paradice Botany Capacity: 400

March 17, 2015 7:15 p.m. (local time)

March 17, 2015 7:15 a.m. ( CET )

Hong Kong

5: 8 (1: 3, 2: 1, 2: 4) game report

New Zealand

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 500

March 18, 2015 7:00 p.m.

March 18, 2015 7:00 a.m.

Turkey

9: 1 (3: 0, 5: 0, 1: 1) game report

Hong Kong

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 200

March 19, 2015 7:00 p.m.

March 19, 2015 7:00 a.m.

New Zealand

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

Turkey

Paradice Botany, Auckland Spectators: 700

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Turkey	2	2	0	0	0	14: 5	6th
2.	New Zealand	2	1	0	0	1	12:10	3
3.	Hong Kong	2	0	0	0	2	6:17	0

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

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IIIA:	Australia
Promoted to Division IIB:	Iceland
Relegated to Division IIIB:	South Africa
Promoted to Division IIIA:	Turkey

See also

• 2015 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2015 U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Cup
• 2015 U18 Women's Ice Hockey World Cup

Web links

• Website of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Best Players Selected by the IIHF Directorate. (PDF) In: stats.iihf.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016 . 
2. ^ Media All Stars. (PDF) In: stats.iihf.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016 .