Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2017

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: USA

The 19th ice hockey world championships of the U18 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2017 in the age group of under-eighteen year olds (U18). A total of 43 national teams took part in the seven tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III between March 13 and April 23, 2017 .

The world champion was the tenth time the US team, which beat last year's world champion Finland 4-2 in the final. It was the seventh title for the Americans in the past nine years. Third place went to the Russian selection, which won a medal for the first time since the 2011 World Cup . The German team disappointed with fifth place in Group A of Division I and thus clearly missed promotion to the top division. The Swiss team finished the tournament in eighth place. Austria reached second place in Group B of Division I and thus missed the envisaged promotion to the A group.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Poprad Spišská Nová Ves	Apr. 13, 2017 - Apr. 23, 2017	10	73,690	31	2,377
Division IA	Bled	0Apr 7, 2017 - Apr 13, 2017	6th	2,830	15th	188
Division IB	Bled	Apr. 15, 2017 - Apr. 21, 2017	6th	3,540	15th	236
Division II A	Gangneung	0Apr 2, 2017 - Apr 8, 2017 0	6th	11,184	15th	745
Division II B	Belgrade	13 Mar 2017 - March 19 2017	6th	3,729	15th	248
Division III A	Taipei	21 Mar 2017 - March 27th 2017	6th	7,382	15th	492
Division III B	Mexico city	17th Mar 2017 - March 19 2017	3	900	3	300

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: April 13-23, 2017 in Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves , Slovakia

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

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 7-13 , 2017 in Bled , Slovenia

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

  • Group B: April 15-21, 2017 in Bled , Slovenia

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

• Division II
  • Group A: April 2-8 , 2017 in Gangneung , South Korea

    Participants: Estonia (promoted) , Great Britain, Croatia, Lithuania, Romania, South Korea (relegated)

  • Group B: March 13-19, 2017 in Belgrade , Serbia

    Participants: Australia (promoted) , Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands (relegated) , Serbia, Spain

• Division III:
  • Group A: March 21-27, 2017 in Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan)

    Participants: Bulgaria, Republic of China (Taiwan), People's Republic of China (relegated) , Israel, New Zealand (promoted) , Turkey

  • Group B: March 17-19, 2017 in Mexico City , Mexico

    Participants: Hong Kong, Mexico (relegated) , South Africa

Top division

2017 World Cup for U18 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	United States
silver	Finland
bronze	Russia
Relegated	Latvia
Venue (s)	Poprad & Spišská Nová Ves , Slovakia
opening	April 13, 2017
Endgame	April 23, 2017
spectator	73,690 (2,377 per game)
Gates	196 (6.32 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Maxim Zhukov
Best defender	Miro Heiskanen
Best striker	Kristian Vesalainen
MVP	Kristian Vesalainen
Top scorer	Kristian Vesalainen (13 points)

The U18 World Cup was held from April 13 to 23, 2017 in the Slovak cities of Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves . The game was played in the Zimný štadión Poprad (4,464 places) and in the Zimný štadión Spišská Nová Ves with 6,500 places. A total of 73,690 spectators attended the 31 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 2,377 per game.

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 2016 World Cup according to the following key:

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

The world champion was the tenth time the US team, which beat last year's world champion Finland 4-2 in the final. It was the seventh title for the Americans in the past nine years. Third place went to the Russian selection, which won a medal for the first time since the 2011 World Cup . In the relegation round, Latvia was defeated by the Belarusian team and relegated to Group A of Division I.

mode

A new game mode was decided for the 2013 World Cup. After the group matches in the preliminary round, the four best in the group qualify for the quarter-finals. The two fifths of the group games contest the relegation round in the " best-of-three " mode and determine who was relegated to Division IA. The placement games for seventh and fifth place are still canceled.

Venues

Poprad	Poprad Spišská Nová Ves World Championship venues	Spišská Nová Ves
Zimný štadión Poprad Capacity: 4,464		Zimný štadión Spišská Nová Ves Capacity: 6,500

Preliminary round

Group A

April 13, 2017 3:30 p.m. (local time)

Latvia

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

Canada

Zimný štadión, Poprad audience: 1,435

April 13, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Finland

Zimný štadión, Poprad spectators: 3,935

April 14, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Latvia

Zimný štadión, Poprad spectators: 1.210

April 15, 2017 3:30 p.m.

Finland

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

Switzerland

Zimný štadión, Poprad spectators: 1,962

April 15, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Canada

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

Slovakia

Zimný štadión, Poprad audience: 4,318

April 16, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Latvia

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

Finland

Zimný štadión, Poprad audience: 1,116

April 17, 2017 3:30 p.m.

Canada

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

Switzerland

Zimný štadión, Poprad spectators: 1,562

April 17, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Latvia

Zimný štadión, Poprad audience: 4,496

April 18, 2017 3:30 p.m.

Finland

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

Canada

Zimný štadión, Poprad audience: 2,201

April 18, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Slovakia

Zimný štadión, Poprad audience: 4,496

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	4th	4th	0	0	0	23:10	12
2.	Canada	4th	2	1	0	1	18:13	8th
3.	Slovakia	4th	2	0	1	1	13:10	7th
4th	Switzerland	4th	1	0	0	3	09:14	3
5.	Latvia	4th	0	0	0	4th	03:19	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-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Group B

April 13, 2017 3:30 p.m.

Belarus

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

United States

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 567

April 13, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Sweden

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 2,350

April 14, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Belarus

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 2,231

April 15, 2017 3:30 p.m.

United States

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

Russia

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 5,503

April 15, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

Czech Republic

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves audience: 5,126

April 16, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Belarus

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

Sweden

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 1,503

April 17, 2017 3:30 p.m.

United States

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

Czech Republic

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 3,856

April 17, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Belarus

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 1,123

April 18, 2017 3:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

United States

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 2,354

April 18, 2017 7:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Russia

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 2,764

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	4th	4th	0	0	0	22: 07	9
2.	Russia	4th	2	1	0	1	16:11	8th
3.	Sweden	4th	2	0	0	2	08:12	6th
4th	Czech Republic	4th	1	0	1	2	15:17	4th
5.	Belarus	4th	0	0	0	4th	07:21	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-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 20, 2017 11:30 a.m. (local time)

Belarus

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

Latvia

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 356

April 21, 2017 5:30 p.m.

Latvia

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

Belarus

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 309

April 23, 2017 1:30 p.m.

Belarus

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

Latvia

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 131

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

B1

United States

4th

A4

Switzerland

2

B1

United States

4th

B3

Sweden

3

A2

Canada

3

B3

Sweden

7th

B1

United States

4th

A1

Finland

2

A1

Finland

6th

B4

Czech Republic

5

A1

Finland

2

3rd place match

B2

Russia

1

B2

Russia

3

B2

Russia

3

A3

Slovakia

2

B3

Sweden

0

Quarter finals

April 20, 2017 1:30 p.m. (local time)

Finland

6: 5 n.V. (4: 1, 1: 3, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Czech Republic

Zimný štadión, Poprad audience: 1,194

April 20, 2017 3:30 p.m.

Canada

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

Sweden

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 2,259

April 20, 2017 5:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Slovakia

Zimný štadión, Poprad audience: 4,496

April 20, 2017 7:30 p.m.

United States

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

Switzerland

Zimný štadión, Spišská Nová Ves spectators: 2,342

Semifinals

April 22, 2017 3:30 p.m.

Finland

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

Russia

Zimný štadión, Poprad spectators: 2,936

April 22, 2017 7:30 p.m.

United States

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

Sweden

Zimný štadión, Poprad spectators: 2,732

3rd place match

April 23, 2017 3:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Sweden

Zimný štadión, Poprad audience: 2,923

final

April 23, 2017 7:30 p.m.

United States

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

Finland

Zimný štadión, Poprad audience: 3,904

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
Kristian Vesalainen	Finland	7th	6th	7th	13	+5	8th
Miro Heiskanen	Finland	7th	2	10	12	+8	0
Ivan Chekhovich	Russia	7th	5	4th	9	+3	4th
Andrei Svetschnikow	Russia	7th	4th	5	9	+3	10
Jesse Ylönen	Finland	7th	4th	5	9	+6	0
Sean Dhooghe	United States	7th	3	6th	9	+8	2
Joni icons	Finland	7th	4th	4th	8th	+4	8th
Grant Mismash	United States	7th	3	5	8th	+4	10
MacKenzie Entwistle	Canada	5	4th	3	7th	+1	6th
Aarne Talvitie	Finland	7th	4th	3	7th	+1	6th

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
Maxim Zhukov	Russia	5	319: 19	14th	0	92.59	2.63
Dylan St. Cyr	United States	7th	429: 39	14th	1	92.09	1.96
Niklāvs Rauza	Latvia	6th	316: 49	17th	0	91.19	3.22
Andrei Hryshchenko	Belarus	7th	416: 38	23	1	90.53	3.31
Akira Schmid	Switzerland	3	153: 16	9	0	90.22	3.52

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion USA

Evan Barratt , Logan Cockerill , Sean Dhooghe , Joel Farabee , David Farrance , Max Gildon , Quinn Hughes , Tyler Inamoto , Philip Kemp , Nate Knoepke , Tommy Miller , Grant Mismash , Joshua Norris , Michael Pastujov , Ryan Poehling , Cayden Primeau , Scott Reedy , Dylan St. Cyr , Adam Scheel , Graham Slaggert , Brady Tkachuk , Jacob Tortora , Oliver Wahlstrom Head coach: John Wroblewski    Assistant coach: Nick Fohr , Greg Moore

Silver Finland

Santeri Aalto , Aleksi Anttalainen , Oskar Autio , Teemu Engberg , Miro Heiskanen , Joni icons , Bernard Isiguzo , Jesse Koskenkorva , Jesperi Kotkaniemi , Rasmus Kupari , Otto Latvala , Lassi Lehtinen , Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen , Olli Maansaari , Linus Nyman , Eemeli Räsänen , Aarne Talvitie , Eero Teräväinen , Toni Utunen , Urho Vaakanainen , Kristian Vesalainen , Santeri Virtanen , Jesse Ylönen Head coach: Juuso Nieminen    Assistant coach: Anssi Laine

Bronze Russia

Jaroslaw Alexeyev , Wenijamin Baranov , Mikhail Bizadse , Georgi Dedow , Danila Galenjuk , Yevgeny Kalabuschkin , Alexander Klissunow , Pawel Koltygin , Alexei Lipanow , Maxim Maruschew , Kirill Maximov , Ivan Muranow , Semyon Pereljajew , Dimitri Raiko , Mark Rubin Tschik , Dmitri Samorukow , Nikita Schaschkow , Maxim Zhukov , Kirill Slepez , Andrei Swetschnikow , Alexei Toroptschenko , Ivan Petrovich Czechoslovak , Kirill Ustimenko Head coach: Sergei Golubowitsch    assistant coach: Yuri Babenko , Dmitry Kokorew , Igor Snarok

Relegated to Division IA:	Latvia
Promoted to the top division:	France

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Kristian Vesalainen	Finland
Best goalkeeper	Maxim Zhukov	Russia
Best defender	Miro Heiskanen	Finland
Best striker	Kristian Vesalainen	Finland

All-Star Team

Attack:	Ivan Petrovich Czechoslovak - Sean Dhooghe - Kristian Vesalainen
Defense:	Miro Heiskanen - Max Gildon
Goal:	Dylan St. Cyr

Division I.

Group A in Bled, Slovenia

2017 World Cup for the U18 juniors in Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	France
Relegated	Hungary
Venue (s)	Bled , Slovenia
opening	April 7, 2017
Final day	April 13, 2017
spectator	2,830 (188 per game)
Gates	103 (6.87 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Demid Yeremeev
Best defender	Daniel Andersen
Best striker	Alexandre Texier
Top scorer	Mathias Emilio Pettersen (12 points)

The group A tournament was held from April 7th to 13th 2017 in Bled , Slovenia . The group B tournament had previously been awarded to the Slovenian city, but since there was no host among the six participating countries, Bled also hosted the group A tournament. The games took place in Hokejska dvorana Bled with a capacity of 1,736 . A total of 2,830 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 188 per game.

After the fourth day of the tournament, the decision to move up to the top division and relegation to Group B of Division I was made. France secured their first promotion to the top division after four wins at the start - including victories against Germany and last year's relegated Denmark. The French had listened to Division I without interruption since the 2009 World Cup . Behind France, Kazakhstan, which was no longer able to benefit from the final 5-0 victory over France on the final day, came in second. Denmark was relegated to the last World Cup only in third place. Germany disappointed with just one victory in fifth place in the final ranking. The move back to the B group had to go to promoted Hungary, which won none of the five games, scored only six goals and even lost two games in double figures.

venue

Bled , Slovenia

Bled World championship venue

Venue

Hokejska dvorana Bled Capacity: 1,736

April 7, 2017 1:00 p.m. (local time)

France

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

Germany

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 140

April 7, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Norway

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

Kazakhstan

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 160

April 7, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Hungary

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

Denmark

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 200

April 8, 2017 1 p.m.

Germany

5: 6 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 2, 2: 1, 0: 1) game report

Norway

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 200

April 8, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Hungary

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 160

April 8, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Denmark

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

France

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 260

April 10, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Hungary

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

France

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 170

April 10, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Denmark

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

Norway

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 270

April 10, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Germany

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

Kazakhstan

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 230

April 11, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Denmark

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 150

April 11, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Germany

10: 0 (5: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0) game report

Hungary

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 160

April 11, 2017 8:00 p.m.

France

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

Norway

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 250

April 13, 2017 1 p.m.

Norway

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

Hungary

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 130

April 13, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

France

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 140

April 13, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Denmark

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

Germany

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 210

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Mathias Emilio Pettersen	5	4th	8th	12	+5	4th
Dominik Bokk	5	7th	3	10	+4	2
Robin Mathisen	5	4th	6th	10	+6	4th
Jonas Røndbjerg	5	4th	5	9	−2	2
Kristian Marthinsen	5	5	3	8th	+5	6th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Demid Yeremeev	3	180: 00	3	1	96.84	1.00
Gaétan Richard	4th	240: 00	9	0	93.48	2.24
Jonas Wikstøl	4th	241: 06	9	0	90.62	2.25

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	France	5	4th	0	0	1	17:14	12
2.	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	18: 08	11
3.	Denmark	5	3	0	1	1	17:15	10
4th	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	22:13	8th
5.	Germany	5	1	0	1	3	23:21	4th
6th	Hungary	5	0	0	0	5	06:32	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 Bled, Slovenia

2017 World Cup for the U18 Juniors in Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Slovenia
Relegated	Poland
Venue (s)	Bled , Slovenia
opening	April 15, 2017
Final day	April 21, 2017
spectator	3,540 (236 per game)
Gates	92 (6.13 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Žiga Kogovšek
Best defender	Daiki Miura
Best striker	Jan Drozg
Top scorer	Jan Drozg (13 points)

The group B tournament was also held in Bled , Slovenia from April 15 to 21, 2017 . The games took place in Hokejska dvorana Bled with a capacity of 1,736 . A total of 3,540 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 236 per game. The tournament was thus slightly better attended than Group A, which was held in the same place the previous week.

With the home advantage in their backs, hosts Slovenia managed to return to Group A after four years in Group B of Division I, leaving the Austrians and Japanese who were favored before the start of the tournament behind. The Slovenes started the tournament furiously and defeated Japan 10-0 on the first day of the tournament. The Austrians were also only able to win their opening game in extra time, but then beat Slovenia the next day. Ukraine led the table after two tournament days. After Austria lost to Italy and the Ukrainians also lost points, the Slovenes took over the lead in the table by beating the later relegated Poland and did not give it up again until the final day. Last year's climber Poland, who was only able to collect two points through defeats after regular time, immediately descended back into Group A of Division II.

venue

Bled , Slovenia

Bled World championship venue

Venue

Hokejska dvorana Bled Capacity: 1,736

April 15, 2017 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Italy

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

Ukraine

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 100

April 15, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Slovenia

10: 0 (6: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

Japan

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 400

April 15, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Poland

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

Austria

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 150

April 16, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Poland

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 110

April 16, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Austria

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

Slovenia

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 620

April 16, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Japan

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

Italy

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 180

April 18, 2017 1 p.m.

Japan

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

Ukraine

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 70

April 18, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Poland

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

Slovenia

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 310

April 18, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Austria

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

Italy

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 170

April 19, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Japan

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

Poland

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 110

April 19, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Slovenia

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

Italy

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 310

April 19, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Austria

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 220

April 21, 2017 1 p.m.

Italy

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

Poland

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 90

April 21, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Slovenia

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 520

April 21, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Austria

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

Japan

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 180

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Jan Drozg	5	5	8th	13	+7	4th
Stephan Deluca	5	5	4th	9	+4	4th
Marco Rossi	5	6th	2	8th	+4	4th
Rok chapel	5	5	2	7th	+4	0
Olexandr Peresunko	5	5	2	7th	+5	2
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Žiga Kogovšek	5	298: 21	8th	2	1.61	93.10
Alexander Schmidt	3	162: 23	5	0	1.85	92.42
Robin Quagliato	5	244: 25	12	0	2.95	91.78

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovenia	5	4th	0	0	1	22: 08	12
2.	Austria	5	2	2	0	1	14:13	10
3.	Japan	5	1	2	1	1	15:23	8th
4th	Italy	5	2	0	1	2	17:17	7th
5.	Ukraine	5	1	1	1	2	15:15	6th
6th	Poland	5	0	0	2	3	09:16	2

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:	Latvia
Promoted to the top division:	France
Relegated to Division IB:	Hungary
Promoted to Division IA:	Slovenia
Relegated to Division IIA:	Poland
Promoted to Division IB:	Romania

Division II

Group A in Gangneung, South Korea

2017 World Cup for the U18 juniors of Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Romania
Relegated	Croatia
Venue (s)	Gangneung , South Korea
opening	2nd April 2017
Final day	April 8, 2017
spectator	11,184 (745 per game)
Gates	92 (6.13 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Ors Adorjan
Best defender	Park Beom-jun
Best striker	Andrei Vasile
Top scorer	Andrei Vasile (10 points)

The Group A tournament of Division II was held from April 2 to 8, 2017 in Gangneung , South Korea . The games took place at the 10,000-seat Gangneung Hockey Center and the 6,000-seat Kwandong Hockey Center . Both stadiums will serve as competition venues for the men's and women's Olympic ice hockey tournaments at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang . They were awarded to the South Korean ice hockey association Korea Ice Hockey Association - as in the parallel tournament of Division IIA of the 2017 Women's World Cup - as part of the world title matches after the arenas were completed in 2016. A total of 11,184 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 745 per game.

Last year's relegated South Korea could not use the home advantage and had to give way to Romania, which secured the tournament victory in a direct duel against the hosts and thus promotion to Group B of Division I. The Romanians remained undefeated in the five tournament games after regular time and were only subject to the later third-placed Lithuania on the second day of the tournament in overtime . Estonia, who only lost to Romania and finished second in the tournament, caused a surprise. Croatia had to make the way to Group B of Division II, which only got one point.

venue

Gangneung , South Korea

Gangneung World championship venue

Venues

Gangneung Hockey Center Capacity: 10,000

Exterior view of the Gangneung Hockey Center

Kwandong Hockey Center Capacity: 6,000

Interior view of the Kwandong Hockey Center

April 2, 2017 12:00 p.m. (local time)

April 2, 2017 5:00 a.m. (CEST)

Lithuania

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

South Korea

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung spectators: 1,243

April 2, 2017 4:30 p.m.

April 2, 2017 9:30 am

Romania

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

Croatia

Gangneung Hockey Center, Gangneung Spectators: 174

April 2, 2017 9:00 p.m.

April 2, 2017 2 p.m.

Estonia

6: 5 n.P. (2: 3, 3: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Great Britain

Gangneung Hockey Center, Gangneung Spectators: 215

April 4, 2017 12:00 p.m.

April 4, 2017 5:00 am

Croatia

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

Estonia

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung Spectators: 1,306

April 4, 2017 4:30 p.m.

April 4, 2017 9:30 am

Romania

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

Lithuania

Gangneung Hockey Center, Gangneung Spectators: 138

April 4, 2017 9:00 p.m.

April 4, 2017 2:00 p.m.

South Korea

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

Great Britain

Gangneung Hockey Center, Gangneung Spectators: 956

April 5, 2017 12:00 p.m.

April 5, 2017 5:00 am

Romania

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

Estonia

Gangneung Hockey Center, Gangneung spectators: 1,329

April 5, 2017 4:30 p.m.

April 5, 2017 9:30 am

Lithuania

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

Great Britain

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung Spectators: 297

April 5, 2017 9:00 p.m.

April 5, 2017 2:00 p.m.

South Korea

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

Croatia

Gangneung Hockey Center, Gangneung Spectators: 424

April 7, 2017 12:00 p.m.

April 7, 2017 5:00 am

Great Britain

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

Romania

Gangneung Hockey Center, Gangneung spectators: 2,058

April 7, 2017 4:30 p.m.

April 7, 2017 9:30 am

Croatia

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

Lithuania

Gangneung Hockey Center, Gangneung spectators: 100

April 7, 2017 9:00 p.m.

April 7, 2017 2:00 p.m.

Estonia

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

South Korea

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung spectators: 1,143

April 8, 2017 12:00 p.m.

April 8, 2017 5:00 am

Great Britain

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

Croatia

Gangneung Hockey Center, Gangneung Spectators: 245

April 8, 2017 4:30 p.m.

April 8, 2017 9:30 am

Lithuania

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

Estonia

Gangneung Hockey Center, Gangneung Spectators: 321

April 8, 2017 9:00 p.m.

April 8, 2017 2:00 p.m.

South Korea

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

Romania

Gangneung Hockey Center, Gangneung spectators: 1,235

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Romania	5	4th	0	1	0	20: 08	13
2.	Estonia	5	1	3	0	1	17:16	9
3.	Lithuania	5	2	1	0	2	15:12	8th
4th	South Korea	5	2	0	1	2	13:13	7th
5.	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	18:17	7th
6th	Croatia	5	0	0	1	4th	09:26	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 Belgrade, Serbia

2017 World Cup for the U18 Juniors Division II, Group B.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Australia
Relegated	Belgium
Venue (s)	Belgrade , Serbia
opening	March 13, 2017
Final day	19th March 2017
spectator	3,729 (248 per game)
Gates	88 (5.87 per game)
Best goalkeeper	James Downie
Best defender	Aron Sarmiento
Best striker	Mirko Đumić
Top scorer	Tyrone Bronte (12 points)

The group B tournament was held from March 13th to 19th, 2017 in the Serbian capital Belgrade . The games took place in the Ledena dvorana Pionir with a capacity of 2,000 . Initially, Novi Sad, in northern Serbia, was planned as the venue where the 1,623-seat Ledena dvorana SPENS was to be played. Due to problems with the cooling system for the ice rink, the tournament was moved to the capital at short notice. A total of 3,729 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 248 per game.

The promotion to Group A of Division II surprisingly secured last year's promoted Australia, which prevailed in the decisive final group game against the hosts Serbia. By winning a direct duel against the Spaniards tied on points, the Australians secured the title. Four of the six teams went into the final day with nine points each and all of them still had a chance of promotion. In the duel for relegation, Iceland was able to prevail on the last day of the tournament against the Belgians, who had also had no points until then, so that they were relegated to Group A of Division III.

venue

Belgrade , Serbia

Belgrade World championship venue

Venue

Ledena dvorana Pionir Capacity: 2,000

Exterior view of the Ledena dvorana Pionir

March 13, 2017 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Australia

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

Iceland

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 48

March 13, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Spain

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

Belgium

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 32

March 13, 2017 8:30 p.m.

Serbia

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

Netherlands

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 723

March 14, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Belgium

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

Australia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 53

March 14, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Netherlands

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

Iceland

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 42

March 14, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Spain

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

Serbia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 639

March 16, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Netherlands

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

Belgium

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 29

March 16, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Spain

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

Australia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 52

March 16, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Serbia

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

Iceland

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 409

March 18, 2017 1 p.m.

Iceland

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

Spain

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 36

March 18, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Australia

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

Netherlands

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 76

March 18, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Belgium

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

Serbia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 523

March 19, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Netherlands

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

Spain

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 86

March 19, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Iceland

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

Belgium

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 47

March 19, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Serbia

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

Australia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 934

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Australia	5	4th	0	0	1	19: 07	12
2.	Spain	5	4th	0	0	1	24:10	12
3.	Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	14:13	9
4th	Netherlands	5	3	0	0	2	16:12	9
5.	Iceland	5	1	0	0	4th	08:23	3
6th	Belgium	5	0	0	0	5	07:23	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 IIA , relegated to Division IIIA

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IIA:	Poland
Promoted to Division IB:	Romania
Relegated to Division IIB:	Croatia
Promoted to Division IIA:	Australia
Relegated to Division IIIA:	Belgium
Promoted to Division IIB:	People's Republic of China

Division III

Group A in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan)

2017 World Cup for the U18 juniors of Division III, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	People's Republic of China
Relegated	New Zealand
Venue (s)	Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan)
opening	March 21, 2017
Final day	March 27, 2017
spectator	7,382 (492 per game)
Gates	121 (8.07 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Yehonatan Reisinger
Best defender	Ege Ulaş
Best striker	Huang Qianyi
Top scorer	Huang Qianyi (14 points)

The Group A tournament was held from March 21 to 27, 2017 in Taipei , the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan) . The games took place in the 800-seat Annex Ice Rink . A total of 7,382 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 492 per game.

With a flawless record of five clear wins in as many games and a goal balance of 35: 1, last year's relegated team and tournament favorite People's Republic of China managed to return directly to Group B of Division II, to which she had previously belonged for three years in a row. The later climbers laid the foundation for the tournament victory with successes over their direct competitors Israel and the Republic of China. With only a simple point gain, promoted New Zealand had to accept the direct relegation to Group B of Division III.

The tournament was overshadowed by an incident following the prestige duel between the host nation and the People's Republic of China. After the final siren, an actor from the People's Republic checked an opposing player to the ground, whereupon there were scuffles and blows between the two teams. This caused the audience to throw objects onto the ice surface. The players of the People's Republic acknowledged this with provocative gestures and waving their national flag in the direction of the audience. A political conflict over the independence of the island of Taiwan has been smoldering between the two nations for years . As a result, two players from the People's Republic were suspended for one or two games.

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 21, 2017 1:00 p.m. (local time)

March 21, 2017 6:00 a.m. (CET)

Bulgaria

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

People's Republic of China

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 200

March 21, 2017 4:30 p.m.

March 21, 2017 9:30 a.m.

New Zealand

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

Israel

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 150

March 21, 2017 8:00 p.m.

March 21, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Turkey

1: 8 (0: 3, 0: 0, 1: 5) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 537

March 22, 2017 1:00 p.m.

March 22, 2017 6:00 a.m.

Turkey

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

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 215

March 22, 2017 4:30 p.m.

March 22, 2017 9:30 a.m.

People's Republic of China

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

Israel

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 258

March 22, 2017 8:00 p.m.

March 22, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

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

New Zealand

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 495

March 24, 2017 1:00 p.m.

March 24, 2017 6:00 a.m.

Turkey

12: 5 (3: 1, 5: 2, 4: 2) game report

New Zealand

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 229

March 24, 2017 4:30 p.m.

March 24, 2017 9:30 a.m.

Bulgaria

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

Israel

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 254

March 24, 2017 8:00 p.m.

March 24, 2017 1:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China

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

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 978

March 25, 2017 1:00 p.m.

March 25, 2017 6:00 am

New Zealand

0:12 (0: 4, 0: 3, 0: 5) game report

People's Republic of China

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 549

March 25, 2017 4:30 p.m.

March 25, 2017 9:30 a.m.

Israel

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

Turkey

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 633

March 25, 2017 8:00 p.m.

March 25, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

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

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 1,023

March 27, 2017 1 p.m.

March 27, 2017 7:00 a.m. (CEST)

People's Republic of China

11: 1 (4: 1, 2: 0, 5: 0) match report

Turkey

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 211

March 27, 2017 4:30 p.m.

March 27, 2017 10:30 a.m.

Bulgaria

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

New Zealand

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 327

March 27, 2017 8:00 p.m.

March 27, 2017 2:00 p.m.

Israel

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

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei Spectators: 1,323

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	5	5	0	0	0	36: 01	15th
2.	Israel	5	4th	0	0	1	21: 08	12
3.	Republic of China (Taiwan)	5	2	1	0	2	16:13	8th
4th	Bulgaria	5	2	0	0	3	18:18	6th
5.	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4th	19:39	3
6th	New Zealand	5	0	0	1	4th	11:42	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 IIB , relegated to Division IIIB

Group B in Mexico City, Mexico

2017 World Cup for the U18 juniors of Division III, Group B
Number of nations	3
Climbers	Mexico
Venue (s)	Mexico City , Mexico
opening	17th March 2017
Final day	19th March 2017
spectator	900 (300 per game)
Gates	26 (8.67 per game)
Top scorer	Jorge Ortiz (6 points)

The group B tournament was held from March 17th to 19th, 2017 in the Mexican capital Mexico City . The games took place in the Icedome México Sur , which holds 4,155 spectators . A total of 900 spectators attended the three tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 300 per game.

The host Mexicans managed to get promoted back to Group A of Division III in a sovereign manner. The team won both their opening game against Hong Kong and the final tournament game against South Africa clearly.

venue

Mexico City , Mexico

Mexico city World championship venue

Venue

Icedome México Sur Capacity: 4,155

March 17, 2017 8:30 p.m. (local time)

March 18, 2017 3:30 a.m. (CET)

Hong Kong

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

Mexico

Icedome, Mexico City Spectators: 200

March 18, 2017 8:00 p.m.

March 19, 2017 3:00 am

South Africa

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

Hong Kong

Icedome, Mexico City Spectators: 100

March 19, 2017 7:00 p.m.

March 20, 2017 2:00 am

Mexico

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

South Africa

Icedome, Mexico City Spectators: 600

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Mexico	2	2	0	0	0	18: 03	6th
2.	Hong Kong	2	1	0	0	1	04:13	3
3.	South Africa	2	0	0	0	2	04:10	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:	Belgium
Promoted to Division IIB:	People's Republic of China
Relegated to Division IIIB:	New Zealand
Promoted to Division IIIA:	Mexico

See also

• 2017 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2017 U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2017 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2017 U18 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andrew Podnieks: Americans re-claim gold. Finland couldn't capitalize on PP, loose 4-2. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 23, 2017, accessed April 25, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Martin Merk: Two championships in Bled. Both U18 Worlds Div. I groups to take place in Slovenia. International Ice Hockey Federation , March 30, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 . 
3. ^ Andy Potts: Historic gold for France. U18 team goes to top flight first time. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 13, 2017, accessed April 14, 2017 . 
4. ^ Andy Potts: Slovenia on the rise. U18: Win over Ukraine clinches gold in Div. IB. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 22, 2017, accessed April 22, 2017 . 
5. ^ Adam Steiss: Romania U18s win. Earn gold in finals vs. Korea. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 9, 2017, accessed April 9, 2017 . 
6. ↑ U18 games moved. Div. IIB takes place in Belgrade. International Ice Hockey Federation , March 13, 2017, accessed March 15, 2017 . 
7. ^ Andy Potts: Australia gets the gold. From down under to the top spot. International Ice Hockey Federation , March 20, 2017, accessed March 20, 2017 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Martin Merk: Chinese juniors promoted. U18 team wins in Taipei City. International Ice Hockey Federation , March 27, 2017, accessed March 27, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Crowd whips objects at players as massive brawl ends World U18 Div. III Championships game. The Sports Network , March 24, 2017, accessed March 25, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Adam Steiss: Mexico U18s triumph. Move up to Division III Group A. International Ice Hockey Federation , March 21, 2017, accessed March 21, 2017 .