Ice Hockey World Championship of the U20 Juniors 2018

	U20 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Canada

The 42nd Ice Hockey World Championships of the U20 Juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2018 in the age group of the under-20s (U20). Between December 9, 2017 and February 6, 2018, a total of 42 national teams took part in the seven tournaments of the top division as well as divisions I to III and the qualification for the latter. With Turkmenistan, which was to take part in a world championship tournament for the first time with its U20 selection, a new record number of 43 participants was recorded, after which a qualification for Division III had been introduced for the first time since 2001 . However, Turkmenistan withdrew its participation a week before the tournament.

For the 17th time, the world champion became the team of the record world champions from Canada , who beat Sweden 3-1 in the final . The Switzerland finished in eighth place in the top division. In the A group of Division I, the German offspring took third and Austria fifth, which means that both teams once again missed promotion to the top division.

Overview U20 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Buffalo	Dec 26, 2017 - Jan 5, 2018 0	10	211.210	30th	7,040
Division IA	Courchevel Méribel	Dec 10, 2017 - Dec 16, 2017	6th	6,023	15th	401
Division IB	Bled	0Dec 9, 2017 - Dec 15, 2017	6th	4,040	15th	269
Division II A	Dumfries	Dec 10, 2017 - Dec 16, 2017	6th	5,928	15th	395
Division II B	Belgrade	Jan 10, 2018 - Jan 16, 2018	6th	3,720	15th	248
Division III	Sofia	Jan. 22, 2018 - Jan. 28, 2018	6th	4,090	15th	273
Division III Qual	Cape Town	0Feb. 5, 2018 - Feb. 6, 2018 0	2	375	2	137

Participants, venues and periods

• Top Division: December 26, 2017 to January 5, 2018 in Buffalo , New York , USA

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

• Division I.
  • Group A: December 10-16 , 2017 in Courchevel and Méribel , France

    Participants: Germany , France , Kazakhstan , Latvia (relegated) , Austria , Hungary (promoted)       

  • Group B: December 9-15 , 2017 in Bled , Slovenia

    Participants: Italy , Lithuania (promoted) , Norway (relegated) , Poland , Slovenia , Ukraine        

• Division II
  • Group A: December 10-16 , 2017 in Dumfries , Scotland , UK

    Participants: Estonia , Great Britain (relegated) , Japan , Netherlands , Romania , South Korea (promoted)       

  • Group B: January 10-16, 2018 in Belgrade , Serbia

    Participants: Belgium , Croatia (relegated) , Mexico , Serbia , Spain , Turkey (promoted)       

• Division III: January 22-28, 2018 in Sofia , Bulgaria

  Participants: Australia (relegated) , Bulgaria , People's Republic of China , Iceland , Israel , New Zealand       

• Division III qualification: February 5-7, 2018 in Cape Town , South Africa

  Participants: Republic of China (Taiwan) (relegated) , South Africa (relegated)   

Turkmenistan withdrew its participation in the qualifying tournament for Division III a few days before the tournament began.

mode

The ice hockey world championship is played in a total of seven tournaments with different levels of participants. The top division plays with ten teams, divisions I and II with twelve each and division III with six participants. There are also three other national selections that play a qualification for Division III.

In Divisions I and II, the twelve teams are divided into two groups of six teams. Division III plays due to the new entry of Turkmenistan with six instead of eight participants. As a result, the last two participants from the previous year were relegated to the qualification.

The last placed in the relegation round descends from the top division into group A of division I. For the same reason, the first-placed rider will be promoted to the top division next year, while the sixth-placed rider will be relegated to Group B of Division I. In return, the winner of Division IB moves up to Division IA. The last one from Division IB is also relegated to Division II A. The promotion regulation of Division IB with one promoted and relegated also applies to Division II A, II B and III. The first placed in the qualification for Division III rises to the same.

Top division

World Cup 2018 of the U20 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Canada
silver	Sweden
bronze	United States
Relegated	Belarus
Venue (s)	Buffalo , New York , USA
opening	December 26, 2017
Endgame	5th January 2018
spectator	211,210 (7,040 per game)
Gates	216 (7.20 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Filip Gustavsson
Best defender	Rasmus Dahlin
Best striker	Casey Mittelstadt
Most valuable player	Casey Mittelstadt
Top scorer	Casey Mittelstadt (11 points)

The top division of the U20 World Cup was held from December 26, 2017 to January 5, 2018 in the US metropolis of Buffalo in the state of New York . The game was played in the KeyBank Center (19,070 seats), the home ground of the Buffalo Sabers from the National Hockey League , and the HarborCenter with 1,800 seats. In addition, the game between the hosts and defending champions USA and Canada was played as an open-air game on December 29th at New Era Field in Orchard Park , the venue for the 2008 NHL Winter Classic . It was the first outdoor game at a U20 Junior World Championship. A total of 211,210 spectators attended the 30 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 7,040 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)	Russia (3)
Canada (2)	Sweden (4)
Denmark (5)	Czech Republic (6)
Slovakia (8)	Switzerland (7)
Finland (9)	Belarus (10)

Canada's U20 team defeated Sweden 3-1 in the final of the tournament, winning their 17th U20 world championship, the last time the Canadians were world champions was in 2015. This left the Swedes only in second place. The defending US team won the game for third place against the Czech Republic 9: 3. Last year's climbers Belarus rose as the loser of the relegation against the Danish team in Group A of Division I, while Kazakhstan rose to the top division.

mode

After the group matches - each team plays four of them - the preliminary round, the top four in each group qualify for the quarter-finals, which, like the other rounds, were then played in the knockout system. The fifth of the group games deny a relegation according to the " Best-of-Three " mode and determined who was relegated to Division I, Group A.

venue

Buffalo , New York		Buffalo Venue of the top division	Orchard Park , New York
KeyBank Center Capacity: 19,070	HarborCenter Capacity: 1,800		New Era Field Capacity: 71,608

Preliminary round

Group A

December 26, 2017 4:00 p.m. (local time)

December 26, 2017 10:00 p.m. (CET)

Canada B. Katchouk (5:34) S. Steel (6:01) D. Batherson (12:52) T. Raddysh (32:47)

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

Finland A. Heponiemi (12:19) H. Jokiharju (27:31)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 9,552

December 26, 2017 8:00 p.m.

December 27, 2017 2:00 am

Denmark

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

USA M. Jones (2:27) K. Bellows (5:04) C. Mittelstadt (8:26) K. Yamamoto (11:35) C. Mittelstadt (18:48) K. Bellows (24:08) P Harper (39:31) A. Peeke (52:30) D. Samberg (53:23)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 7,207

December 27, 2017 7:00 p.m.

December 28, 2017 1:00 am

Slovakia

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

Canada S. Steel (3:39) J. Kyrou (21:24) J. Gadjovich (25:43) T. Raddysh (30:33) M. Comtois (55:58) J. Gadjovich (58:30)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 7,834

December 28, 2017 12:00 p.m.

December 28, 2017 6:00 p.m.

Finland J. Koppanen (2:49) A. Räsänen (6:56) J. Välimäki (35:38) H. Jokiharju (37:44)

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

Denmark N. Krag Christensen (21:38)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 5,026

December 28, 2017 8:00 p.m.

December 29, 2017 2:00 am

USA B. Tkachuk (31:07) C. Mittelstadt (56:49)

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

Slovakia F. Krivošík (24:52) F. Krivošík (55:15) S. Buček (57:52)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 8,188

December 29, 2017 3:00 p.m.

December 29, 2017 9:00 p.m.

Canada C. Makar (4:13) D. Dubé (15:17) B. Katchouk (37:39)

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

USA K. Bellows (36:27) S. Perunovich (46:09) B. Tkachuk (46:43) K. Bellows (PS)

New Era Field, Orchard Park Spectators: 44,592

December 30, 2017 4:00 p.m.

December 30, 2017 10:00 p.m.

Finland J. Koppanen (27:02) A. Räsänen (39:02) A. Heponiemi (46:23) J. Ikonen (52:36) M. Nurmi (54:01)

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

Slovakia M. Bodák (34:14) S. Buček (49:03)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 6,229

December 30, 2017 8:00 p.m.

December 31, 2017 2:00 am

Denmark

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

Canada R. Thomas (3:52) B. Howden (17:21) S. Steel (19:39) C. Makar (27:52) B. Howden (29:20) A. Formenton (43:30) M McLeod (49:03) D. Batherson (52:26)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 8,671

December 31, 2017 4:00 p.m.

December 31, 2017 10:00 p.m.

USA T. Frederic (3:59) C. Mittelstadt (14:33) J. Anderson (26:56) J. Anderson (39:26) A. Fox (58:23)

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

Finland A. Räsänen (29:01) E. Tolvanen (38:44) J. Koppanen (48:25) K. Vesalainen (49:31)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 7,884

December 31, 2017 6:00 p.m.

January 1, 2018 12:00 am

Slovakia M. Roman (11:42) M. Fehérváry (29:38) M. Roman (34:38) S. Buček (44:06) A. Liška (45:22)

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

Denmark J. Blichfeld (4:46)

HarborCenter, Buffalo Spectators: 1,419

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	4th	3	0	1	0	21: 06	10
2.	United States	4th	2	1	0	1	20:10	8th
3.	Finland	4th	2	0	0	2	15:12	6th
4th	Slovakia	4th	2	0	0	2	10:14	6th
5.	Denmark	4th	0	0	0	4th	02:26	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

December 26, 2017 12:00 p.m. (local time)

December 26, 2017 6:00 p.m. (CET)

Czech Republic M. Nečas (4:42) O. Safin (7:28) F. Zadina (25:34) F. Chytil (37:26) F. Král (46:16)

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

Russia A. Polodjan (5:21) M. Scholokhov ( 9:16) A. Kaiumow (57:48) W. Syomin (59:02)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 4,998

December 26, 2017 2:00 p.m.

December 26, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Belarus J. Sharanhovich (14:56)

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

Sweden E. Pettersson (8:44) E. Brännström (30:57) G. Gustafsson (32:33) J. Boqvist (34:18) L. Andersson (42:17) L. Andersson (51:07)

HarborCenter, Buffalo Spectators: 1,754

December 27, 2017 3:00 p.m.

December 27, 2017 9:00 p.m.

Switzerland N. Müller (8:07) V. Nussbaumer (48:12) P. Kurashev (51:16)

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

Belarus M. Suschko (18:34) W. Boubel (44:25)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 5,224

December 28, 2017 2:00 p.m.

December 28, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Russia W. Syomin (10:21) K. Kostin (38:16) A. Kaiumow (51:02) G. Ivanov (58:18) W. Abramov (58:31)

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

Switzerland M. Miranda (20:09) K. Jäger (42:10)

HarborCenter, Buffalo Spectators: 1,895

December 28, 2017 4:00 p.m.

December 28, 2017 10:00 p.m.

Sweden M. Davidsson (5:56) E. Pettersson (19:04) A. Nylander (44:25)

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

Czech Republic F. Zadina (39:02)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 6,890

December 29, 2017 12:00 p.m.

December 29, 2017 6:00 p.m.

Belarus D. Djarabin (42:03) S. Pishchuk (50:43)

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

Russia A. Polodjan (10:14) G. Rubzow (12:44) K. Kostin (23:33) A. Kaiumow (44:21) K. Kostin (48:12)

HarborCenter, Buffalo Spectators: 1,841

December 30, 2017 12:00 p.m.

December 30, 2017 6:00 p.m.

Czech Republic R. Pavlík (21:29) L. Hájek (21:53) F. Zadina (25:58) F. Chytil (32:45) R. Pavlík (35:26) M. Zachar (53:23)

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

Belarus J. Sharanhovich (8:31) I. Drasdou (20:48) J. Sharanhowitsch (38:45) I. Martynau (50:27) U. Habrus (54:52)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 5,222

December 30, 2017 2:00 p.m.

December 30, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Sweden L. Andersson (5:25) L. Andersson (26:07) A. Jonsson Fjällby (32:27) E. Pettersson (44:55) T. Söderlund (50:01) F. Zetterlund (51:43) E. Pettersson (52:17)

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

Switzerland N. Müller (10:13) M. Miranda (39:14)

HarborCenter, Buffalo Spectators: 2,115

December 31, 2017 12:00 p.m.

December 31, 2017 6:00 p.m.

Switzerland K. Jäger (2:51) D. Rohrbach (22:20) E. Riva (23:55)

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

Czech Republic J. Lauko (2:38) M. Nečas (11:07) K. Reichel (22:11) M. Kaut (28:38) D. Kurovský (47:46) K. Reichel (57:40)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 5,548

December 31, 2017 8:00 p.m.

January 1, 2018 2:00 am

Russia D. Sokolow (15:09) K. Kostin (18:18) A. Polodjan (56:15)

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

Sweden L. Andersson (7:18) T. Liljegren (17:32) G. Gustafsson (54:21) O. Steen (PS)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 6,121

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	4th	3	1	0	0	20: 07	11
2.	Czech Republic	4th	3	0	0	1	18:15	9
3.	Russia	4th	2	0	1	1	17:13	7th
4th	Switzerland	4th	1	0	0	3	10:20	3
5.	Belarus	4th	0	0	0	4th	10:20	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 to Group A of Division I was carried out in the " best-of-three " mode.

January 2, 2018 2:00 p.m. (local time)

January 2, 2018 8:00 p.m. (CET)

Belarus I. Litwinau (21:01) U. Jaromenka (29:13) I. Drasdou (41:44) I. Martynau (48:30)

4: 5 (0: 2, 2: 0, 2: 3) Match report as of: 0: 1

Denmark J. Røndbjerg (15:56) P. Schultz (16:48) J. Blichfeld (49:04) J. Blichfeld (59:26) A. Grundtvig (59:45)

HarborCenter, Buffalo Spectators: 1,245

January 4, 2018 12:00 p.m.

January 4, 2018 6:00 p.m.

Denmark D. Nielsen (10:47) J. Røndbjerg (12:23) J. Schmidt-Svejstrup (PS)

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

Belarus M. Suschko (48:54) I. Lithuania (49:40)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 4,295

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Canada

8th

B4

Switzerland

2

A1

Canada

7th

B2

Czech Republic

2

B2

Czech Republic

4th

A3

Finland

3

A1

Canada

3

B1

Sweden

1

B1

Sweden

3

A4

Slovakia

2

B1

Sweden

4th

3rd place match

A2

United States

2

A2

United States

4th

B2

Czech Republic

3

B3

Russia

2

A2

United States

9

Quarter finals

January 2, 2018 12:00 p.m.

January 2, 2018 6:00 p.m.

Czech Republic F. Zadina (6:20) K. Reichel (34:17) F. Zadina (57:34) M. Nečas (PS)

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

Finland A. Räsänen (23:04) O. Juolevi (29:53) K. Vesalainen (46:30)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 5,109

January 2, 2018 4:00 p.m.

January 2, 2018 10:00 p.m.

Canada B. Howden (0:48) C. Makar (8:29) D. Batherson (12:06) D. Batherson (26:12) J. Kyrou (27:24) C. Timmins (32:19) D. . Dubé (51:12) M. Comtois (59:09)

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

Switzerland D. Rohrbach (28:46) A. Simic (50:26)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 5,533

January 2, 2018 6:00 p.m.

January 3, 2018 12:00 am

Sweden I. Lundeström (20:09) F. Zetterlund (26:55) I. Lundeström (50:17)

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

Slovakia M. Bodák (37:41) M. Bodák (51:58)

HarborCenter, Buffalo Spectators: 1,445

January 2, 2018 8:00 p.m.

January 3, 2018 2:00 am

USA K. Bellows (2:18) K. Yamamoto (14:34) K. Bellows (52:31) J. Anderson (59:18)

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

Russia M. Sholokhov (10:32) A. Altybarmakjan (43:39)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 6,242

Semifinals

January 4, 2018 4:00 p.m.

January 4, 2018 10:00 pm

Sweden E. Pettersson (33:30) L. Andersson (46:17) O. Steen (47:47) A. Jonsson Fjällby (48:25)

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

USA K. Bellows (52:24) B. Tkachuk (56:59)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 7,524

January 4, 2018 8:00 p.m.

January 5, 2018 2:00 am

Canada S. Steel (15:05) D. Batherson (18:08) D. Batherson (27:48) M. Comtois (29:43) J. Kyrou (32:15) D. Batherson (36:58) B. Katchouk (45:15)

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

Czech Republic F. Zadina (5:55) F. Zadina (50:11)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 6,941

3rd place match

January 5, 2018 4:00 p.m.

January 5, 2018 10:00 p.m.

Czech Republic M. Kaut (40:43) R. Pavlík (42:11) D. Kurovský (47:45)

3: 9 (0: 1, 0: 6, 3: 2) game report

USA T. Frederic (19:56) R. Poehling (20:09) J. Anderson (24:18) T. Frederic (25:52) K. Bellows (27:23) T. Frederic (32:55) K Bellows (39:01) T. Frederic (45:41) P. Harper (57:10)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 7,122

final

January 5, 2018 8:00 p.m.

January 6, 2018 2:00 am

Sweden T. Söderlund (33:07)

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

Canada D. Dubé (21:49) T. Steenbergen (58:20) A. Formenton (58:46)

KeyBank Center, Buffalo Spectators: 17,544

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
Casey Mittelstadt	United States	7th	4th	7th	11	+8	2
Martin Nečas	Czech Republic	7th	3	8th	11	−5	0
Kieffer Bellows	United States	7th	9	1	10	+2	4th
Jordan Kyrou	Canada	7th	3	7th	10	+2	0
Sam Steel	Canada	7th	4th	5	9	+3	0
Brady Tkachuk	United States	7th	3	6th	9	+6	2
Filip Zadina	Czech Republic	7th	7th	1	8th	−4	2
Klim Kostin	Russia	5	5	3	8th	+7	2
Cale Makar	Canada	7th	3	5	8th	+5	0
Maksim Suschko	Belarus	6th	2	6th	8th	−1	4th

Best goalkeeper

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

player	team	Sp	Min	SaT	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Carter Hart	Canada	6th	365: 00	156	11	1	92.95	1.81
Roman Durny	Slovakia	4th	240: 00	154	11	0	92.86	2.75
Filip Gustavsson	Sweden	6th	364: 36	145	11	0	92.41	1.81
Vladislav Sukhachev	Russia	5	262: 30	125	12	0	90.40	2.74
Philip Wüthrich	Switzerland	4th	207: 22	151	17th	0	88.74	4.92

Final placements

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada

Drake Batherson , Jake Bean , Kale Clague , Max Comtois , Dillon Dubé , Dante Fabbro , Alex Formenton , Cal Foote , Jonah Gadjovich , Carter Hart , Brett Howden , Boris Katchouk , Jordan Kyrou , Cale Makar , Michael McLeod , Victor Mete , Colton Point , Taylor Raddysh , Sam Steel , Tyler Steenbergen , Robert Thomas , Conor Timmins Head coach: Dominique Ducharme

Silver Sweden

Lias Andersson , Jesper Boqvist , Erik Brännström , Rasmus Dahlin , Marcus Davidsson , Olle Eriksson Ek , Glenn Gustafsson , Filip Gustavsson , Linus Högberg , Axel Jonsson Fjällby , Fredrik Karlström , Filip Larsson , Timothy Liljegren , Gustav Lindström , Linus Lindström , Isac Lundeström , Jacob Moverare , Alexander Nylander , Elias Pettersson , Jesper Sellgren , Oskar Steen , Tim Söderlund , Fabian Zetterlund Head coach: Tomas Montén

Bronze USA

Joey Anderson , Mikey Anderson , Kieffer Bellows , Logan Brown , Trent Frederic , Adam Fox , Patrick Harper , Quinn Hughes , Max Jones , Ryan Lindgren , William Lockwood , Casey Mittelstadt , Josh Norris , Jake Oettinger , Andrew Peeke , Scott Perunovich , Ryan Poehling , Dylan Samberg , Jeremy Swayman , Brady Tkachuk , Riley Tufte , Joseph Woll , Kailer Yamamoto Head Coach: Bob Motzko

Relegated to Division IA:	Belarus
Promoted to the top division:	Kazakhstan

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Casey Mittelstadt	United States
Best goalkeeper	Filip Gustavsson	Sweden
Best defender	Rasmus Dahlin	Sweden
Best striker	Casey Mittelstadt	United States

All-Star Team

Attack:	Filip Zadina - Casey Mittelstadt - Kieffer Bellows
Defense:	Rasmus Dahlin - Cale Makar
Goal:	Filip Gustavsson

Division I.

Group A in Courchevel and Méribel, France

World Cup 2018 of the U20 juniors of Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Kazakhstan
Relegated	Hungary
Venue (s)	Courchevel & Méribel , France
opening	December 10, 2017
Final day	December 16, 2017
spectator	6,023 (401 per game)
Gates	81 (5.40 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Mirko Pantkowski
Best defender	Paul's Svars
Best striker	Artur Gatiyatov
Top scorer	Artur Gatiyatow (7 points)

The Group A tournament was held from December 10 to 16, 2017 in the French winter sports resorts of Courchevel and Méribel . The games took place in the Patinoire du Parc Olympique in Méribel, which seats 2,400, and the Patinoire du Forum in Courchevel, which seats 1,000. A total of 6,023 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 401 per game. The Kazakh selection , which was the only team to remain undefeated, managed to return to the top division nine years after relegation. Decisive were the narrow 3-2 successes against Latvia (after penalty shootout) and Germany (after extra time). Hungary , however, had to accept the immediate relegation to the B group without a win.

venue

Courchevel & Méribel , France

Courchevel Meribel World championship venue

Venues

Patinoire du Parc Olympique Capacity: 2,400

Patinoire du Forum Capacity: 1,000

December 10, 2017 2:30 p.m. (local time)

Kazakhstan Sam. Danijar (42:43) Sam. Danijar (45:11) A. Gatiyatow (63:57)

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

Germany C. Jahnke (20:58) L. Gawanke (58:43)

Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 103

December 10, 2017 6:00 p.m.

Austria M. Rossi (21:13)

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

France H. Sarlin (2:40) L. Boudon (19:54) L. Olive (37:24) T. Sarliève-Fonfraid (43:16) L. Boudon (46:16) J. Bougro (53:55 )

Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 695

December 10, 2017 6:00 p.m.

Hungary Z. Szalma (48:13)

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

Latvia R. Krastenbergs (20:58) E. Ģēģeris (28:10) D. Bērziņš (50:13) E. Ģēģeris (54:09)

Patinoire du Parc Olympique, Meribel Spectators: 150

December 11, 2017 1 p.m.

Latvia R. Krastenbergs (12:48) D. Bērziņš (59:48)

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

Kazakhstan I. Ryschi (27:04) A. Gatiyatow (36:51) A. Gatiyatow (PS)

Patinoire du Parc Olympique, Meribel Spectators: 600

December 11, 2017 7:00 p.m.

France L. Olive (14:26) B. Berard (18:12) B. Berard (55:43) E. Gueybey (61:23)

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

Hungary N. Fejes (2:39) Z. Szalma (19:27) Z. Szalma (26:19)

Patinoire du Parc Olympique, Meribel Spectators: 600

December 12, 2017 7:00 p.m.

Germany V. Busch (4:19) T. Walther (28:15) J. Huss (29:06) T. Eder (51:05)

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

Austria B. Baumgartner (15:31)

Patinoire du Parc Olympique, Meribel Spectators: 221

December 13, 2017 3:30 p.m.

Hungary K. Papp (7:39) D. Molnar (46:13) N. Vertes (51:18)

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

Kazakhstan Saj. Danijar (9:54) A. Gatiyatow (17:31) W. Orechow (26:41) A. Beketajew (55:17) N. Nasarenko (57:42)

Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 91

December 13, 2017 7:00 p.m.

Germany D. Bokk (4:17) M. Seider (6:46) S. Soramies (7:05) C. Jahnke (59:16)

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

France

Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 817

December 13, 2017 7:00 p.m.

Latvia E. Ģēģeris (9:13) D. Smirnovs (9:50) R. Blugers (47:18) R. Kārkls (49:20) R. Krastenbergs (51:24)

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

Austria N. Feldner (57:16)

Patinoire du Parc Olympique, Meribel Spectators: 132

December 14, 2017 7:00 p.m.

France

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

Latvia D. Smirnovs (60:06)

Patinoire du Parc Olympique, Meribel Spectators: 533

December 15, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Germany L. Gawanke (11:58) V. Busch (29:15) C. Jahnke (36:45) T. Eder (40:43) V. Busch (43:56) D. Bindels (57:10) T . Walther (59:46)

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

Hungary B. Majoross (22:53) B. Horváth (55:54)

Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 482

December 15, 2017 7:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan N. Pismarkin (1:52) M. Gusseinow (6:28) N. Nasarenko (6:51)

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

Austria B. Baumgartner (1:23) B. Baumgartner (22:30)

Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 152

December 16, 2017 2:30 p.m.

Latvia R. Krastenbergs (26:06)

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

Germany

Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 187

December 16, 2017 4:00 p.m.

Austria M. Rossi (21:13) N. Feldner (13:15) B. Baumgartner (27:30) M. Rossi (29:36) N. Feldner (57:21)

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

Hungary N. Vertes (12:16) N. Fejes (39:02)

Patinoire du Parc Olympique, Meribel Spectators: 250

December 16, 2017 6:00 p.m.

France J. Munoz (34:58)

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

Kazakhstan Saj. Danijar (5:49) A. Melichow (27:29) N. Nasarenko (31:33) M. Gusseinow (55:10) A. Beketajew (57:56) N. Nasarenko (59:44)

Patinoire du Forum, Courchevel Spectators: 1,010

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Artur Gatiyatov	5	4th	3	7th	+5	0
Valery Orekhov	5	1	6th	7th	−3	2
Nikita Nasarenko	5	4th	2	6th	+2	4th
Tobias Eder	5	2	4th	6th	+4	4th
Charlie Jahnke	5	3	2	5	+3	2
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Gustavs Grigals	5	304: 30	5	2	0.99	96.00
Mirko Pantkowski	5	302: 07	7th	1	1.39	95.33
Julian Junca	3	173: 01	8th	0	2.77	92.59

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	5	3	2	0	0	20:10	13
2.	Latvia	5	3	1	1	0	12: 05	12
3.	Germany	5	3	0	1	1	17: 06	10
4th	France	5	1	1	1	2	11:15	6th
5.	Austria	5	1	0	0	4th	10:20	3
6th	Hungary	5	0	0	1	4th	11:25	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 the top division , relegated to the division IB

Division IA winning team

Division IA promoted Kazakhstan

Adil Beketajew , Nikita Bojarkin , Alexander Borissewitsch , Andrei Buijalski , Sajan Daniyar , Samat Daniyar , Adilbek Dschangasinow , Daniyar Gabdullin , Artur Gatijatow , Mussa Gusseinov , Denis Karatayev , Sergei Lazarev , Alexander Melichow , Maxim Muchametow , Batyrlan Muratov , Yernar Musabayev , Nikita Nazarenko , Valery Orechov , Nikita Pismarkin , Kirill Polochow , Ilya Ryschi , Mikhail Tarasov Trainers: Sergei Starygin

Group B in Bled, Slovenia

World Cup 2018 of the U20 juniors of Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Norway
Relegated	Lithuania
Venue (s)	Bled , Slovenia
opening	December 9, 2017
Final day	15th December 2017
spectator	4,040 (269 per game)
Gates	83 (5.53 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Bogdan Dyachenko
Best defender	Nejc Stojan
Best striker	Alan Łyszczarczyk
Top scorer	Alan Łyszczarczyk (15 points)

The group B tournament was held from December 9th to 15th, 2017 in Bled , Slovenia . The games took place in Hokejska dvorana Bled , which has a capacity of 1,736 . A total of 4,040 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 269 per game. The Norwegian team managed by a 3: 2 win after penalty shootout in the final game against the previously undefeated Poland immediate promotion to the A group. Lithuania , however, had to accept the just as immediate relegation to Division II.

venue

Bled , Slovenia

Bled World championship venue

Venue

Hokejska dvorana Bled Capacity: 1,736

December 9, 2017 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Italy M. Leitner (11:05) H. Kasslatter (28:29) S. Spinell (31:13) K. Fink (52:38)

4: 9 (1: 1, 2: 6, 1: 2) match report

Poland A. Łyszczarczyk (15:45) B. Jeziorski (22:41) M. Bernacki (27:00) B. Jeziorski (27:47) D. Paś (31:54) A. Łyszczarczyk (33:29) J. . Sołtys (36:45) G. Radzieńciak (49:54) M. Bernacki (54:18)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 152

December 9, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Ukraine D. Scherbakow (37:19)

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

Slovenia J. Drozg (21:12) J. Drozg (26:55) J. Sodja (40:27)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 523

December 9, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Lithuania M. Kaleinikovas (52:13)

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

Norway C. Karlsen (12:02) J. Noer (24:31) M. Vikingstad (29:40) SA Edvardsen (57:09)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 157

December 10, 2017 1 p.m.

Norway J. Noer (4:32) M. Ellingsen (15:05) M. Grøsvik (39:35) M. Ellingsen (15:05)

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

Italy

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 106

December 10, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Slovenia J. Sodja (16:36) J. Drozg (29:48) J. Šturm (33:03) E. Svetina (38:18)

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

Lithuania M. Kaleinikovas (24:07) L. Washco (46:15) I. Ragas (58:42)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 497

December 10, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Poland A. Łyszczarczyk (20:48) J. Sołtys (29:06) B. Jeziorski (31:28)

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

Ukraine D. Scherbakow (1:13) W. Masur (36:17)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 102

December 12, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Norway C. Karlsen (52:18) J. Noer (PS)

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

Ukraine M. Kowalenko (44:12)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 113

December 12, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Poland A. Łyszczarczyk (25:49) A. Łyszczarczyk (27:51) D. Paś (34:20) B. Jeziorski (39:59) B. Jeziorski (PS)

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

Slovenia M. Sever (12:36) E. Svetina (26:47) R. Kapel (37:39) J. Šturm (40:56)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 652

December 12, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Lithuania M. Kaleinikovas (22:55)

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

Italy L. Kosmac (51:23) S. Berger (62:54)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 108

December 13, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Poland M. Bernacki (11:45) M. Bernacki (22:43) A. Łyszczarczyk (31:01) A. Łyszczarczyk (57:31)

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

Lithuania M. Kaleinikovas (24:52)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 100

December 13, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Slovenia A. Kujavec (36:10)

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

Norway M. Homdrom (7:56) E. Kjellesvik (20:30) M. Ellingsen (36:42) J. Noer (44:54) J. Meisingset (55:49)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 747

December 13, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Italy S. Berger (25:08) K. Fink (44:46)

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

Ukraine O. Peresunko (2:15) D. Kosachuk (19:17) D. Danylenko (37:33)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 102

December 15, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Ukraine D. Motowyj (28:19) B. Stupak (PS)

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

Lithuania V. Bucys (35:30)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled spectators: 116

December 15, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Slovenia P. Tišlar (16:09) M. Ban (18:14) E. Svetina (38:17) J. Drozg (46:08) J. Drozg (57:23) R. Kapel (59:53)

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

Italy H. Kasslatter (44:57)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 412

December 15, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Norway E. Vold (25:33) C. Karlsen (26:37) M. Ellingsen (PS)

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

Poland D. Jarosz (36:59) A. Łyszczarczyk (59:53)

Hokejska dvorana, Bled Spectators: 153

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Alan Łyszczarczyk	5	8th	7th	15th	+8	6th
Bartłomiej Jeziorski	5	5	7th	12	+7	2
Jacob Noer	5	4th	6th	10	+8	0
Jan Drozg	5	5	4th	9	+3	10
Erik Svetina	5	3	4th	7th	+4	0
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Laurynas Lubis	5	185: 27	4th	0	1.29	95.29
Jørgen Hanneborg	3	190: 00	4th	0	1.26	94.44
Bogdan Dyachenko	5	309: 35	11	0	2.13	93.71

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Norway	5	3	2	0	0	18: 05	13
2.	Poland	5	3	1	1	0	22:13	12
3.	Slovenia	5	3	0	1	1	18:15	10
4th	Ukraine	5	1	1	1	2	09:11	6th
5.	Italy	5	0	1	0	4th	09:23	2
6th	Lithuania	5	0	0	2	3	07:16	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

Division IB winning team

Division IB promoted Norway

Fredrik Dahl , Simen Andrè Edvardsen , Martin Ellingsen , Mats Grøsvik , Jørgen Hanneborg , Sivert Harbosen , Joachim Hermansen , Mads Homdrom , Christoffer Karlsen , Even Kjellesvik , Max Krogdahl , Kristian Marthinsen , Robin Mathisen , Jonas Meisingset , Joachim Nielsen , Jacob Noer , Håkon Pedersen , Sander Rønnild , Samuel Solem , Markus Vikingstad , Esbjørn Vold , Jonas Wikstøl Trainer: Anders Gjøse

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IA:	Belarus
Promoted to the top division:	Kazakhstan
Relegated to Division IB:	Hungary
Promoted to Division IA:	Norway
Relegated to Division IIA:	Lithuania
Promoted to Division IB:	Japan

Division II

Group A in Dumfries, Scotland, UK

World Cup 2018 of the U20 juniors of Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Japan
Relegated	Netherlands
Venue (s)	Dumfries , Scotland , UK
opening	December 10, 2017
Final day	December 16, 2017
spectator	5,928 (395 per game)
Gates	117 (7.80 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Kim Tae-kyung
Best defender	Daiki Aoyama
Best striker	Liam Kirk
Top scorer	Liam Kirk (14 points)

The Group A tournament was held from December 10th to 16th, 2017 in Dumfries , Scotland . The games took place in the 1,000-seat Dumfries Ice Bowl . With a 5-2 win in the last game against Great Britain , who had been relegated from the previous year , Japan was promoted to Division I. The Dutch team was already relegated to the B group before the last game, so the final 6-5 win was also possible bring no more salvation against Estonia. A total of 5,928 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 395 per game.

venue

Dumfries , Scotland , UK

Dumfries World championship venue

Venue

Dumfries Ice Bowl Capacity: 1,000

December 10, 2017 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Japan

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

Netherlands

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 167

December 10, 2017 4:30 p.m.

South Korea

5: 4 n.P. (0: 1, 2: 0, 2: 3, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Estonia

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 236

December 10, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Great Britain

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

Romania

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 418

December 11, 2017 1 p.m.

Netherlands

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

South Korea

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 427

December 11, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Japan

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

Romania

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 253

December 11, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Great Britain

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

Estonia

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 487

December 13, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Romania

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

Estonia

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 547

December 13, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Japan

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

South Korea

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 235

December 13, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Great Britain

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

Netherlands

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 527

December 14, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Estonia

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

Japan

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 473

December 14, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Netherlands

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

Romania

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 196

December 14, 2017 8:00 p.m.

South Korea

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

Great Britain

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 467

December 16, 2017 1:00 p.m.

Romania

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

South Korea

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 327

December 16, 2017 4:30 p.m.

Estonia

5: 6 (3: 0, 1: 4, 1: 2) game report

Netherlands

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 433

December 16, 2017 8:00 p.m.

Great Britain

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

Japan

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Spectators: 735

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Liam Kirk	5	7th	7th	14th	+6	6th
Lee Jong-min	5	6th	4th	10	+6	4th
Lee Ju-hyung	5	6th	4th	10	+6	4th
Tohi Kobayashi	5	4th	6th	10	+7	2
Szilárd Rokaly	5	5	4th	9	+5	4th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Ryōta Koda	3	120: 56	2	0	0.99	93.75
Eiki Sato	3	180: 41	5	0	1.66	91.67
Kim Tae-kyung	3	185: 00	11	0	3.57	90.83

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Japan	5	4th	1	0	0	23: 07	14th
2.	South Korea	5	2	2	0	1	21:19	10
3.	Great Britain	5	3	0	1	1	23:15	10
4th	Estonia	5	1	0	1	3	20:25	4th
5.	Romania	5	1	0	1	3	17:20	4th
6th	Netherlands	5	1	0	0	4th	13:31	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 IB , relegated to Division IIB

Group B in Belgrade, Serbia

World Cup 2018 of the U20 Juniors of Division II, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Spain
Relegated	Turkey
Venue (s)	Belgrade , Serbia
opening	January 10, 2018
Final day	January 16, 2018
spectator	3,720 (248 per game)
Gates	111 (7.40 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Raul Barbo
Best defender	Luka Kramarić
Best striker	Luka Vukičević
Top scorer	Luka Vukičević (12 points)

The group B tournament was held from January 10th to 16th, 2018 in the Serbian capital Belgrade . The games took place in the Ledena dvorana Pionir with a capacity of 2,000 . A total of 3,720 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 111 per game. The Spanish team, which only surrendered one point against the hosts, managed to return to the A group of Division II five years after relegation, while Croatia had to make do with third place. Newcomer Turkey had to relegate immediately despite a 6: 4 win against Mexico, as the Central Americans were able to win against Belgium on the last matchday and the Turks did the worst in a direct comparison of these three teams.

venue

Belgrade , Serbia

Belgrade World championship venue

Venue

Ledena dvorana Pionir Capacity: 2,000

Exterior view of the Ledena dvorana Pionir

January 10, 2018 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Turkey

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

Belgium

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 50

January 10, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Spain

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

Mexico

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 40

January 10, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Serbia

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

Croatia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 630

January 11, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Mexico

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

Turkey

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 40

January 11, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Croatia

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

Belgium

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 30

January 11, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Spain

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

Serbia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 720

January 13, 2018 1 p.m.

Croatia

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

Mexico

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 20

January 13, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Spain

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

Turkey

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 30

January 13, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Serbia

7: 5 (4: 2, 2: 0, 1: 3) game report

Belgium

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 720

January 15, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Belgium

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

Spain

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 40

January 15, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Turkey

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

Croatia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 30

January 15, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Mexico

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

Serbia

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 740

January 16, 2018 1 p.m.

Croatia

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

Spain

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 50

January 16, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Belgium

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

Mexico

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 20

January 16, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Serbia

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

Turkey

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 560

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Luka Vukičević	5	8th	4th	12	+8	14th
Mirko Đumić	5	3	8th	11	+7	10
Joan Serda	5	5	5	10	± 0	6th
Dorian Donath	5	5	3	8th	+6	6th
Rino Dhondt	5	4th	4th	8th	+7	18th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Vito Nikolić	4th	239: 20	8th	0	2.01	92.98
Raul Barbo	5	305: 00	8th	1	1.57	90.12
Gerardo García del Valle	4th	238: 30	18th	0	4.53	89.71

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Spain	5	4th	1	0	0	26: 08	14th
2.	Serbia	5	4th	0	1	0	22:12	13
3.	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	16:11	9
4th	Belgium	5	1	0	0	4th	22:28	3
5.	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4th	12:22	3
6th	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4th	13:30	3

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

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IIA:	Lithuania
Promoted to Division IB:	Japan
Relegated to Division IIB:	Netherlands
Promoted to Division IIA:	Spain
Relegated to Division III:	Turkey
Promoted to Division IIB:	Israel

Division III

World Cup 2018 of the U20 juniors of Division III
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Israel
Venue (s)	Sofia , Bulgaria
opening	22nd January 2018
Final day	January 28, 2018
spectator	4,090 (273 per game)
Gates	126 (8.40 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Maksymilian Mojzyszek
Best defender	Konstantin Dikow
Best striker	Mark Revniaga
Top scorer	Mark Revniaga (15 points)

The group B tournament was held from January 22nd to 28th, 2018 in the Bulgarian capital Sofia . The games took place in the 4600-seat Winter Sports Palace. A total of 4,090 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 273 per game. The Israeli team was promoted to Division II for the first time, while New Zealand has to start in the qualifying round for Division III next year. Both decisions were made after the fourth of five match days.

venue

Sofia , Bulgaria

Sofia World championship venue

Venue

Sofia Winter Sports Palace Capacity: 4,600

Exterior view of the Winter Sports Palace (on the right in the picture)

January 22, 2018 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Iceland

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

Australia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 300

January 22, 2018 4:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China

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

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 280

January 22, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Bulgaria

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

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 550

January 23, 2018 1:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China

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

Iceland

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 83

January 23, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Australia

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

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 150

January 23, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Israel

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

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 580

January 25, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Australia

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

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 80

January 25, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Iceland

13: 3 (3: 0, 6: 2, 4: 1) game report

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 90

January 25, 2018 8:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China

10: 4 3: 1, 5: 2, 2: 1) Match report

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 620

January 26, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Israel

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

Iceland

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 71

January 26, 2018 4:30 p.m.

New Zealand

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

People's Republic of China

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 50

January 26, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Bulgaria

7: 5 (1: 0, 2: 3, 4: 2) game report

Australia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 410

January 28, 2018 1:00 p.m.

New Zealand

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

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 51

January 28, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Iceland

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

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 670

January 28, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Australia

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

People's Republic of China

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Spectators: 105

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Mark Revniaga	5	11	4th	15th	+7	6th
Rudi Ying	5	8th	6th	14th	+10	4th
Daniel Dikow	5	8th	5	13	+4	6th
Miroslav Vasilev	5	5	7th	12	+2	16
Huang Qianyi	5	5	6th	11	+14	4th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Raz Werner	3	180: 00	6th	1	93.41	2.00
Maksymilian Mojzyszek	5	165: 51	7th	0	2.53	91.14
Yehonatan Reisinger	2	120: 00	5	0	2.50	90.38

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Israel	5	5	0	0	0	25:11	15th
2.	People's Republic of China	5	3	0	0	2	30:12	9
3.	Bulgaria	5	3	0	0	2	22:24	9
4th	Iceland	5	2	0	1	2	20:15	7th
5.	Australia	5	1	1	0	3	18:24	5
6th	New Zealand	5	0	0	0	5	11:40	0

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

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	Turkey
Promoted to Division IIB:	Israel
Relegated to qualification for Division III:	-
Promoted to Division III:	South Africa Republic of China (Taiwan)

Qualification for Division III

2018 World Cup of U20 Juniors Division III - Qualification
Number of nations	2
Climbers	South Africa Republic of China (Taiwan)
Venue (s)	Cape Town , South Africa
opening	5th February 2018
Final day	February 6, 2018
spectator	275 (137 per game)
Gates	10 (5.00 per game)
Top scorer	Sky Johnson (3 points)

The tournament to qualify for Division III was held from February 5 to 6, 2018 in the South African metropolis of Cape Town . The games took place in the 2,800 seat Grand West Ice Station . Originally a Turkmen team was supposed to take part in addition to South Africa and the Republic of China (Taiwan), but they withdrew their participation a week before the tournament. The two remaining participants then played a series in best-of-three mode , and after South Africa had won two of the three scheduled games against the Republic of China (Taiwan), the third game, initially scheduled for February 7, 2018, was canceled. A total of 275 spectators attended the two tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 137 per game.

venue

Cape Town , South Africa

Cape Town World championship venue

Venue

Grand West Ice Station Capacity: 2,800

February 5, 2018 8:00 p.m. (local time)

Republic of China (Taiwan)

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

South Africa

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 150

February 6, 2018 8:00 p.m.

South Africa

5: 4 (2: 3, 2: 0, 1: 1) Match report as of: 2: 0

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 125

Ascent and descent

Relegated to qualification for Division III:	-
Promoted to Division III:	South Africa Republic of China (Taiwan)

See also

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

Web links

• Overview of all World Cup tournaments 2018 at iihf.com
• Official website of the top division

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chris Jurewicz: A first for the World Juniors. Buffalo 2018 event to feature outdoor game. International Ice Hockey Federation , January 1, 2017, accessed August 17, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Best Players Selected By The Directorate at iihf.com, accessed on January 6, 2018.