Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2018

	U18 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Finland

The 20th ice hockey world championships of the U18 juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2018 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 24 and April 29, 2018 .

For the fourth time, the world champion was the Finnish team, which beat last year's world champion USA 3-2 in the final and thus returned the favor for last year's defeat. It was the Finns' second title win in the past three years. Third place went to the Swedish selection, which prevailed against the Czech Republic. The German team finished second in Group A of Division I and once again missed promotion to the top division, but improved significantly compared to the previous year. The Swiss team finished the tournament in ninth place after having been able to assert themselves in the relegation round against France. Austria reached second place in group B of division I and thus missed the renewed promotion to the A group.

Overview U18 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Chelyabinsk Magnitogorsk	Apr 19, 2018 - Apr 29, 2018	10	159.176	30th	5,305
Division IA	Riga	0Apr 2, 2018 - Apr 8, 2018 0	6th	9,057	15th	603
Division IB	Kiev	Apr. 14, 2018 - Apr. 20, 2018	6th	33.163	15th	2.210
Division II A	Tallinn	0Apr 1, 2018 - Apr 7, 2018 0	6th	5,655	15th	355
Division II B	Zagreb	24 Mar 2018 - Mar 30 2018	6th	6,816	15th	454
Division III A	Erzurum	26th Mar 2018 - Apr 1, 2018 0	6th	10.134	15th	675
Division III B	Queenstown	Apr. 26, 2018 - Apr. 28, 2018	3	1,068	3	356

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: April 19-29, 2018 in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk , Russia

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

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 2-8, 2018 in Riga , Latvia

    Participants: Denmark, Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia (relegated) , Norway, Slovenia (promoted)

  • Group B: April 14-20, 2018 in Kiev , Ukraine

    Participants: Italy, Japan, Austria, Romania (promoted) , Ukraine, Hungary (relegated)

• Division II
  • Group A: April 1-7, 2018 in Tallinn , Estonia

    Participants: Australia (promoted) , Estonia, Great Britain, Lithuania, Poland (relegated) , South Korea

  • Group B: March 24-30, 2018 in Zagreb , Croatia

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

• Division III:
  • Group A: March 26th to April 1st, 2018 in Erzurum , Turkey

    Participants: Belgium (relegated) , Bulgaria, Republic of China (Taiwan), Israel, Mexico (promoted) , Turkey

  • Group B: April 26-28, 2018 in Queenstown , New Zealand

    Participants: Hong Kong, New Zealand (relegated) , South Africa

Top division

World Cup 2018 of the U18 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Finland
silver	United States
bronze	Sweden
Relegated	France
Venue (s)	Chelyabinsk & Magnitogorsk , Russia
opening	April 19, 2018
Endgame	April 29, 2018
spectator	159,176 (5,305 per game)
Gates	210 (7.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Olof Lindbom
Best defender	Adam Boqvist
Best striker	Jack Hughes
Most valuable player	Jack Hughes
Top scorer	Jack Hughes (12 points)

The U18 World Cup was held from April 19 to 29, 2018 in the Russian cities of Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk . The games were played in the Tractor ice sports arena (7,500 seats) in Chelyabinsk and in the Metallurg Arena in Magnitogorsk with 7,700 seats. A total of 159,176 spectators attended the 30 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 5,305 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 2017 World Cup according to the following key:

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

For the fourth time, the world champion was the Finnish team, which beat last year's world champion USA 3-2 in the final and thus returned the favor for last year's defeat. It was the Finns' second title win in the past three years. Third place went to the Swedish selection, which prevailed against the Czech Republic.

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

Chelyabinsk	Chelyabinsk Magnitogorsk World Championship venues	Magnitogorsk
Ice sports arena Tractor Capacity: 7,500		Arena Metallurg Capacity: 7,700

Preliminary round

Group A

April 19, 2018 3:30 p.m. (local time)

Sweden

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

Switzerland

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 2,920

April 19, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Canada

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

United States

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 7,405

April 20, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Switzerland

5: 8 (1: 3, 4: 3, 0: 2) game report

United States

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 3,017

April 20, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Canada

8: 3 (5: 2, 1: 0, 2: 1) game report

Belarus

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 6,818

April 21, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Belarus

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

Sweden

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 4,691

April 22, 2018 3:30 p.m.

United States

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

Sweden

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 5,715

April 22, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Switzerland

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

Canada

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 7,345

April 23, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Belarus

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

Switzerland

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 3,090

April 24, 2018 3:30 p.m.

United States

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

Belarus

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 4,876

April 24, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

Canada

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 7,273

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	4th	3	1	0	0	22: 09	11
2.	Sweden	4th	3	0	1	0	12: 08	10
3.	United States	4th	2	0	0	2	21:14	6th
4th	Belarus	4th	1	0	0	3	11:24	3
5.	Switzerland	4th	0	0	0	4th	10:21	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

Group B

April 19, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Finland

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 1,217

April 19, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Russia

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

France

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 6,771

April 20, 2018 3:30 p.m.

France

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

Finland

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 2,170

April 20, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Slovakia

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

Czech Republic

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 3,580

April 21, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

Russia

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 7,498

April 22, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Finland

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

Russia

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 7,496

April 22, 2018 7:30 p.m.

France

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

Slovakia

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 4,590

April 23, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Czech Republic

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

France

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 3,781

April 24, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Finland

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

Czech Republic

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 4,620

April 24, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Russia

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

Slovakia

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 7,367

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Finland	4th	4th	0	0	0	21: 08	12
2.	Russia	4th	2	1	0	1	20:13	8th
3.	Slovakia	4th	2	0	1	1	19:14	7th
4th	Czech Republic	4th	1	0	0	3	15:14	3
5.	France	4th	0	0	0	4th	04:30	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 will be played in the " best-of-three " mode. Here the fifth placed in group A and the fifth placed in group B meet. The team that can win two of a maximum of three games remains in the World Cup group, the loser is relegated to Division IA.

April 26, 2018 11:30 a.m. (local time)

Switzerland

5: 2 (1: 1, 4: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 0

France

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 3,086

April 28, 2018 1:30 p.m.

France

0: 6 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 2) Match report Status: 0: 2

Switzerland

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 4,650

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Canada

1

B4

Czech Republic

2

B4

Czech Republic

1

A3

United States

4th

B2

Russia

1

A3

United States

5

A3

United States

2

B1

Finland

3

B1

Finland

5

A4

Belarus

2

B1

Finland

2

3rd place match

A2

Sweden

0

A2

Sweden

6th

A2

Sweden

5

B3

Slovakia

1

B4

Czech Republic

2

Quarter finals

April 26, 2018 3:30 p.m. (local time)

Finland

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

Belarus

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 4,879

April 26, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

Slovakia

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 4,460

April 26, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Russia

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

United States

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 7,499

April 26, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Canada

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

Czech Republic

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Spectators: 6,530

Semifinals

April 28, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Finland

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

Sweden

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 6,052

April 28, 2018 7:30 p.m.

United States

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

Czech Republic

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 6,459

3rd place match

April 29, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Sweden

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

Czech Republic

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 5,813

final

April 29, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Finland

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

United States

Tractor ice rink, Chelyabinsk Spectators: 7,499

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
Jack Hughes	United States	7th	5	7th	12	+3	2
Maxim Čajkovič	Slovakia	5	4th	7th	11	+7	6th
Niklas Nordgren	Finland	7th	8th	2	10	+10	4th
Jonatan Berggren	Sweden	7th	5	5	10	+7	2
Kaapo Kakko	Finland	7th	4th	6th	10	+8	2
Oliver Wahlstrom	United States	7th	7th	2	9	+2	4th
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	Finland	7th	3	6th	9	+9	37
Oliver Okuliar	Slovakia	5	4th	4th	8th	+5	6th
Joel Farabee	United States	7th	4th	4th	8th	+1	6th
Gilian Kohler	Switzerland	5	5	2	7th	+1	2

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
Oliver Rodrigue	Canada	3	180: 57	4th	1	94.94	1.33
Olof Lindbom	Sweden	6th	361: 16	10	0	94.90	1.66
Justus Annunen	Finland	6th	360: 00	12	1	91.37	2.00
Luca Hollenstein	Switzerland	4th	237: 58	10	1	90.65	2.52
Lukáš Dostál	Czech Republic	5	251: 18	14th	0	90.54	3.34

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World champion Finland

Peetro Seppälä , Leevi Aaltonen , Justus Annunen , Konsta Hirvonen , Anttoni Honka , Jere Huhtamaa , Kaapo Kakko , Lenni Killinen , Mikko Kokkonen , Jesperi Kotkaniemi , Rasmus Kupari , Anton Lundell , Jesse Moilanen , Arttu Nevasaari , Niklas Nordgren , Kim Nousiainen , Jasper Patrikainen , Ville Petman , Sampo Ranta , Santeri Salmela , Kristian Tanus , Lassi Thomson , Toni Utunen Trainer: Tommi Niemelä

Silver USA

Cole Caufield , Jack DeBoer , Drew DeRidder , Ty Emberson , Joel Farabee , Patrick Giles , Johnny Gruden , Gavin Hain , Jack Hughes , Trevor Janicke , Spencer Knight , K'Andre Miller , Jonathan Mor , Jacob Pivonka , Adam Samuelsson , Mattias Samuelsson , Spencer Stastney , Alex Turcotte , Oliver Wahlstrom , Tyler Weiss , Bode Wilde , Jake Wise , Cam York Trainer: Seth Appert

Bronze Sweden

Axel Andersson , Oscar Bäck , Jonatan Berggren , Tobias Björnfot , Adam Boqvist , Jesper Eliasson , Samuel Fagemo , Adam Ginning , Fredrik Granberg , Albin Grewe , David Gustafsson , Nils Höglander , Carl Jakobsson , Filip Johansson , David Lilja , Olof Lindbom , Nils Lundkvist , Linus Nässén , Jacob Olofsson , Nikola Pasic , Jesper Wallstedt , Lukas Wernblom , Marcus Westfalt Trainers: Torgny Bendelin

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

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Jack Hughes	United States
Best goalkeeper	Olof Lindbom	Sweden
Best defender	Adam Boqvist	Sweden
Best striker	Jack Hughes	United States

All-Star Team

Attack:	Niklas Nordgren - Jack Hughes - Oliver Wahlstrom
Defense:	Cam York - Anton Malyshev
Goal:	Olof Lindbom

Division I.

Group A in Riga, Latvia

World Cup 2018 of the U18 juniors of Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Latvia
Relegated	Slovenia
Venue (s)	Riga , Latvia
opening	2nd April 2018
Final day	April 8, 2018
spectator	9,057 (603 per game)
Gates	86 (5.73 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Jānis Voris
Best defender	Moritz Seider
Best striker	Yannik Valenti
Top scorer	Taro Jentzsch (7 points)

The Group A tournament was held from April 2 to 8, 2018 in the Latvian capital Riga . The games took place in the Arēna Rīga , which holds 10,000 spectators . A total of 9,057 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 603 per game.

The host Latvians succeeded in a sovereign manner and with the maximum yield of five wins, the direct promotion to the top division. Latvia was particularly convincing with its strong defense with only four goals. Behind them were Germany, who rehabilitated themselves for fifth place last year, but lost the decisive game on matchday three against Latvia despite the interim lead. Likewise, newly promoted Slovenia said goodbye to group B, as the win against the eventual third Denmark was not enough. The direct duel against the Norwegians with equal points was clearly lost with 0: 5.

venue

Riga , Latvia

Riga World championship venue

Venue

Arēna Rīga Capacity: 10,300

Exterior view of the Arēna Rīga

April 2, 2018 12:15 p.m. (local time)

Germany

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

Denmark

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 348

April 2, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Norway

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

Kazakhstan

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 349

April 2, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Slovenia

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

Latvia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 1,126

April 3, 2018 12:15 pm

Kazakhstan

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

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 147

April 3, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Denmark

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

Slovenia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 210

April 3, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Latvia

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

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 983

April 5, 2018 12:15 p.m.

Slovenia

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

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 210

April 5, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Denmark

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 214

April 5, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Latvia

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

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 1,894

April 6, 2018 12:15 p.m.

Kazakhstan

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

Slovenia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 86

April 6, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Norway

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

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 157

April 6, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Denmark

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

Latvia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 2,200

April 8, 2018 12:15 pm

Denmark

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

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 163

April 8, 2018 4:15 p.m.

Germany

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

Slovenia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 110

April 8, 2018 8:15 p.m.

Latvia

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

Kazakhstan

Arēna Rīga, Riga Spectators: 860

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Taro Jentzsch	5	1	6th	7th	+7	6th
Yannik Valenti	5	5	1	6th	+6	2
Phillip Schultz	5	4th	2	6th	± 0	6th
Andrei Bujalski	5	3	2	5	+4	2
Luis Schinko	5	3	2	5	+2	8th
Edwin Schitz	5	3	2	5	+7	0
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Jānis Voris	3	180: 00	2	1	0.67	96.92
Artūrs Šilovs	2	120: 00	2	0	1.00	96.00
Wladislaw Nurek	2	120: 00	3	0	1.50	92.86

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Latvia	5	5	0	0	0	14: 04	15th
2.	Germany	5	4th	0	0	1	22:11	12
3.	Denmark	5	2	0	0	3	14:19	6th
4th	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	15:10	6th
5.	Norway	5	1	0	0	4th	14:18	3
6th	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4th	07:24	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

Group B in Kiev, Ukraine

World Cup 2018 of the U18 juniors of Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Ukraine
Relegated	Romania
Venue (s)	Kiev , Ukraine
opening	April 14, 2018
Final day	April 20, 2018
spectator	33,163 (2,210 per game)
Gates	80 (5.33 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Eiki Sato
Best defender	David Maier
Best striker	Olexander Peresunko
Top scorer	Benjamin Baumgartner Dmytro Danylenko (8 points each)

The group B tournament was held from April 14-20, 2018 in the Ukrainian capital Kiev . The games took place in the city's 7,000-seat sports palace . A total of 33,163 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 2,210 per game.

As in group A, in group B of division I, the host managed to move up to the higher group. The Ukraine prevailed through the direct comparison won against the tied team from Austria and thus rose to the A group of Division I in its current form for the first time. Ukraine started the tournament with a 0-1 defeat, but subsequently won four games, including the ultimately decisive 5-3 win against Austria. Last year's relegated Hungary, who had started the tournament with two wins and had topped the table on the first two match days, only finished fourth overall. Romania, which only rose last year, had to go back to Division II. The Romanians lost all five games and scored more than one goal in just one game.

venue

Kiev , Ukraine

Kiev World championship venue

Venue

Kiev Sports Palace Capacity: 7,000

Exterior view of the Palace of Sports in Kiev

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

Ukraine

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

Japan

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 3,007

April 14, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Italy

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

Austria

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 1,489

April 14, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Romania

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

Hungary

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 1,198

April 15, 2018 1 p.m.

Austria

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

Ukraine

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 3,104

April 15, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Japan

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

Romania

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 1,259

April 15, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Hungary

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

Italy

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 1,047

April 17, 2018 1 p.m.

Romania

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

Italy

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 549

April 17, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Austria

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

Japan

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 1,571

April 17, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Hungary

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

Ukraine

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 4,537

April 18, 2018 1 p.m.

Austria

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

Romania

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 954

April 18, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Japan

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

Hungary

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 1,398

April 18, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Italy

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

Ukraine

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 4,827

April 20, 2018 1 p.m.

Japan

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

Italy

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 1,073

April 20, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Hungary

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

Austria

Sports Palace, Kiev spectators: 2,150

April 20, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Ukraine

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

Romania

Sports Palace, Kiev Spectators: 5,000

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Benjamin Baumgartner	5	3	5	8th	+3	0
Dmytro Danylenko	5	3	5	8th	+4	2
Taiga Abe	5	5	2	7th	−2	4th
Felix Morosow	5	4th	3	7th	+4	2
Marco Rossi	5	4th	3	7th	+2	4th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Marvin Kortin	3	180: 00	1	2	0.33	97.67
Artur Ohandschanjan	3	167: 22	5	0	1.79	94.32
Eiki Sato	5	266: 48	8th	1	1.80	93.65

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Ukraine	5	4th	0	0	1	18: 08	12
2.	Austria	5	4th	0	0	1	20: 07	12
3.	Japan	5	2	2	0	1	12:11	10
4th	Hungary	5	2	0	1	2	14:11	7th
5.	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	11:13	4th
6th	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	05:30	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 IA , relegated to Division IIA

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IA:	France
Promoted to the top division:	Latvia
Relegated to Division IB:	Slovenia
Promoted to Division IA:	Ukraine
Relegated to Division IIA:	Romania
Promoted to Division IB:	Great Britain

Division II

Group A in Tallinn, Estonia

World Cup 2018 of the U18 juniors of Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Great Britain
Relegated	Australia
Venue (s)	Tallinn , Estonia
opening	April 1, 2018
Final day	April 7, 2018
spectator	5,655 (377 per game)
Gates	113 (7.53 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Sebastian Lipiński
Best defender	Dominykas Motiejünas
Best striker	Mason Alderson
Top scorer	Damian Tyczyński (12 points)

The Group A tournament of Division II was held from April 1st to 7th, 2018 in the Estonian capital Tallinn . The games took place in the Tondiraba Jäähall , which holds 5,840 spectators . A total of 5,655 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 377 per game.

Before the last day of the match, the table constellation showed that three teams were still able to make it to Division I. Both Poland, Great Britain and Lithuania were in the top three places in the table with nine points. The Poles had the best record in the direct duels of the three teams with the same points, which meant that they were the only one of the three teams to make the rise on their own and did not have to hope that the competition would lose points. Lithuania and Great Britain initially fulfilled their tasks, while Poland - despite a 3-0 lead in the meantime - only won against hosts Estonia in extra time. Due to the loss of points, Great Britain jumped to first place and thus made the first promotion to Division I perfect since 2011 , while Poland, third, missed the direct promotion. Relegation to Group B of Division II had to accept promoted Australia. The Australians lost all five games and went straight back to Group B with no points and with a goal balance of 4:44.

venue

Tallinn , Estonia

Tallinn World championship venue

Venue

Tondiraba Jäähall Capacity: 5,840

Exterior view of the Tondiraba Jäähall

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

Australia

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

South Korea

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 183

April 1, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Lithuania

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

Poland

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 247

April 1, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Estonia

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

Great Britain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 984

April 2, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Poland

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

South Korea

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 131

April 2, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Great Britain

9: 2 (2: 1, 5: 1, 2: 0) game report

Australia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 152

April 2, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Estonia

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

Lithuania

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 583

April 4, 2018 1 p.m.

Poland

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

Great Britain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 185

April 4, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Lithuania

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

South Korea

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 227

April 4, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Estonia

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

Australia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 481

April 6, 2018 1 p.m.

Great Britain

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

Lithuania

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 325

April 6, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Australia

0:16 (0: 7, 0: 5, 0: 4) game report

Poland

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 167

April 6, 2018 8:00 p.m.

South Korea

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

Estonia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 749

April 7, 2018 1 p.m.

Lithuania

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

Australia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 131

April 7, 2018 4:30 p.m.

South Korea

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

Great Britain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 355

April 7, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Poland

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

Estonia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 755

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Great Britain	5	4th	0	0	1	26:15	12
2.	Lithuania	5	4th	0	0	1	22: 08	12
3.	Poland	5	3	1	0	1	32:11	11
4th	South Korea	5	2	0	0	3	12:14	6th
5.	Estonia	5	1	0	1	3	17:21	4th
6th	Australia	5	0	0	0	5	04:44	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

Group B in Zagreb, Croatia

World Cup 2018 of the U18 juniors of Division II, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Spain
Relegated	Iceland
Venue (s)	Zagreb , Croatia
opening	March 24, 2018
Final day	March 30, 2018
spectator	6,816 (454 per game)
Gates	99 (6.60 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Domagoj Troha
Best defender	Aron Sarmiento
Best striker	Wang Jing
Top scorer	Pablo Zaballa (10 points)

The group B tournament was held from March 24th to 30th, 2018 in the Croatian capital Zagreb . The games took place in the 6,300-seat ice rink in Dom športova . A total of 6,816 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 454 per game.

Spain secured promotion to Group A of Division II, collecting 14 out of 15 possible points. In the decisive game for promotion, the Iberians beat the hosts and last year's relegated Croatia 4-1 on the final day. The Croatians missed the return to the A group. As a relegated Iceland had to take the path to Division III. The Netherlands won the final game of both teams that was crucial for relegation. The previous year's climber from the People's Republic of China had already secured relegation the previous day.

venue

Zagreb , Croatia

Zagreb World championship venue

Venue

Dom športova Capacity: 6,300

Exterior view of the športova cathedral

March 24, 2018 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Spain

8: 3 (6: 0, 1: 2, 1: 1) game report

Iceland

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 89

March 24, 2018 4:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China

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

Netherlands

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 131

March 24, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Serbia

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

Croatia

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 1,213

March 25, 2018 1 p.m.

Iceland

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

People's Republic of China

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 87

March 25, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Spain

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

Serbia

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 212

March 25, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Croatia

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

Netherlands

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 850

March 27, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Serbia

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

Netherlands

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 88

March 27, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Spain

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

People's Republic of China

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 80

March 27, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Croatia

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

Iceland

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 760

March 28, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Netherlands

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

Spain

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 91

March 28, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Iceland

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

Serbia

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 46

March 28, 2018 8:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China

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

Croatia

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 890

March 30, 2018 1 p.m.

Serbia

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

People's Republic of China

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 65

March 30, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Netherlands

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

Iceland

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 84

March 30, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Croatia

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

Spain

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 2.130

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Spain	5	4th	1	0	0	27:13	14th
2.	Croatia	5	2	1	0	2	13:12	8th
3.	Serbia	5	2	0	2	1	16:11	8th
4th	Netherlands	5	1	2	0	2	18:18	7th
5.	People's Republic of China	5	2	0	1	2	16:19	7th
6th	Iceland	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 IIA , relegated to Division IIIA

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IIA:	Romania
Promoted to Division IB:	Great Britain
Relegated to Division IIB:	Australia
Promoted to Division IIA:	Spain
Relegated to Division IIIA:	Iceland
Promoted to Division IIB:	Belgium

Division III

Group A in Erzurum, Turkey

World Cup 2018 of the U18 juniors of Division III, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Belgium
Relegated	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Venue (s)	Erzurum , Turkey
opening	March 26, 2018
Final day	April 1, 2018
spectator	10,134 (675 per game)
Gates	108 (7.20 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Muhammad Mutanoğlu
Best defender	Gonzalo Hagerman
Best striker	Ben Coolen
Top scorer	Luis Cruz (10 points)

The tournament Group A was from March 26 to April 1, 2018 in the Turkish Erzurum discharged. The games took place in Erzurum Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü with a capacity of 3,000 . A total of 10,134 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 675 per game.

With a victory against Israel on the final day of the tournament, Belgium returned to Division II after relegation in the previous year. After three sovereign victories at the beginning, Belgium was still in danger after a defeat against the surprisingly strong promoted Mexico. However, the narrow victory over Israel on the final day was sufficient after the Mexicans had lost points against Israel and hosts Turkey at the start of the tournament. The Republic of China (Taiwan) had to accept relegation to Group B of Division III, which had to accept a 1:19 defeat against Belgium at the start of the tournament and could no longer rehabilitate itself.

venue

Erzurum , Turkey

Erzurum World championship venue

Venue

Erzurum Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü Capacity: 3,000

March 26, 2018 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Republic of China (Taiwan)

1:19 (0: 4, 1: 7, 0: 8) game report

Belgium

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 100

March 26, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Mexico

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

Bulgaria

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 124

March 26, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Israel

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

Turkey

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 1,500

March 27, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Belgium

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

Bulgaria

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum spectators: 130

March 27, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Israel

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

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 182

March 27, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Turkey

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

Mexico

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 1,630

March 29, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Israel

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

Mexico

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 175

March 29, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

7: 6 n.V. (3: 2, 2: 1, 1: 3, 1: 0) game report

Bulgaria

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 160

March 29, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Belgium

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

Turkey

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 1,420

March 30, 2018 1 p.m.

Bulgaria

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

Israel

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 148

March 30, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Mexico

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

Belgium

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 275

March 30, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Turkey

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

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 1,900

April 1, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

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

Mexico

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 140

April 1, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Belgium

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

Israel

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 350

April 1, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Bulgaria

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

Turkey

Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, Erzurum Spectators: 1,900

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Belgium	5	4th	0	0	1	35: 08	12
2.	Mexico	5	3	1	0	1	17:12	11
3.	Bulgaria	5	2	0	1	2	17:19	7th
4th	Israel	5	1	1	1	2	12:13	6th
5.	Turkey	5	2	0	0	3	11:14	6th
6th	Republic of China (Taiwan)	5	0	1	1	3	16:42	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 IIB , relegated to Division IIIB

Group B in Queenstown, New Zealand

World Cup 2018 of the U18 juniors of Division III, Group B
Number of nations	3
Climbers	New Zealand
Venue (s)	Queenstown , New Zealand
opening	April 26, 2018
Final day	April 28, 2018
spectator	1,068 (356 per game)
Gates	24 (8.00 per game)
Top scorer	Christian Regan (5 points)

The Group B tournament was held from April 26th to 28th, 2018 in Queenstown , New Zealand . The games took place in the 150-seat Queenstown Ice Arena . A total of 1,068 spectators attended the three tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 356 per game.

With two clear victories, the organizer and last year's relegated New Zealand succeeded in returning to Group A of Division III. As in the previous year, Hong Kong and South Africa took the other places.

venue

Queenstown , New Zealand

Queenstown World championship venue

Venue

Queenstown Ice Arena Capacity: 150

April 26, 2018 7:00 p.m. (local time)

April 26, 2018 9:00 a.m. (CEST)

South Africa

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

New Zealand

Ice Arena, Queenstown Spectators: 325

April 27, 2018 7:00 p.m.

April 27, 2018 9:00 a.m.

Hong Kong

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

South Africa

Ice Arena, Queenstown Spectators: 168

April 28, 2018 7:00 p.m.

April 28, 2018 9:00 a.m.

New Zealand

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

Hong Kong

Ice Arena, Queenstown Spectators: 575

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	0	12: 06	6th
2.	Hong Kong	2	1	0	0	1	09:10	3
3.	South Africa	2	0	0	0	2	03: 08	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:	Iceland
Promoted to Division IIB:	Belgium
Relegated to Division IIIB:	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Promoted to Division IIIA:	New Zealand

See also

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

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lucas Aykroyd: Finland wins it all! Nordgren's shorthanded beauty gives Finns gold. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 30, 2018, accessed April 30, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Andy Potts: Latvia returns to U18 elite. Sorokins' new look roster triumphs in Riga. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 9, 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Martin Merk: Sweet success. Juniors bring Ukraine on 10-year high. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 22, 2018, accessed April 22, 2018 . 
4. ^ Henrik Manninen: Glorious success. High drama sends GB U18s to Div. IB. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 8, 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 . 
5. ^ Andy Potts: Spain celebrates triple gold. Men's U18s triumph in Zagreb. International Ice Hockey Federation , March 31, 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Andy Potts: Belgium bounces back. U18s book immediate return to Division II. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 2, 2018, accessed April 9, 2018 . 
7. ^ Andy Potts: Ice Blacks move up. New Zealand takes gold in WM18 IIIB. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 30, 2018, accessed April 30, 2018 .