2018 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 20th IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was played from 19 to 29 April 2018 in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia. United States lost the final to Finland.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	1	0	0	22	9	13	11	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	4	3	0	1	0	12	8	4	10
3	United States	4	2	0	0	2	21	14	7	6
4	Belarus	4	1	0	0	3	11	24	−13	3
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	4	10	21	−11	0	Advance to Relegation round

19 April 2018 15:30

Sweden

3–1 (1–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 2,920

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Pražák Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Charlie O'Connor
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	22

19 April 2018 19:30

Canada

6–4 (1–1, 3–1, 2–2)

United States

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 7,405

Game reference
				Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Denis Naumov Linesmen: Jan-Christian Müller Nikita Shalagin
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	35

20 April 2018 15:30

Switzerland

5–8 (1–3, 4–3, 0–2)

United States

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 3,017

Game reference
				Referees: Kristijan Nikolic Peter Stano Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jan-Christian Müller
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	57

20 April 2018 19:30

Canada

8–3 (5–2, 1–0, 2–1)

Belarus

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 6,818

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Pražák Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Charlie O'Connor
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	27

21 April 2018 15:30

Belarus

3–4 (1–0, 1–2, 1–2)

Sweden

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 4,691

Game reference
				Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Denis Naumov Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Nikita Shalagin
	22 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	43

22 April 2018 15:30

United States

1–3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Sweden

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 5,715

Game reference
				Referees: Ken Mollard Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Nikita Shalagin
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	41

22 April 2018 19:30

Switzerland

0–5 (0–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Canada

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 7,354

Game reference
				Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Tobias Nordlander Dmitry Shishlo
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	39

23 April 2018 15:30

Belarus

5–4 (0–2, 2–0, 3–2)

Switzerland

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 3,090

Game reference
				Referees: Christoffer Holm Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Jan-Christian Müller Dmitry Shishlo
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	24

24 April 2018 15:30

United States

8–0 (2–0, 5–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 4,876

Game reference
				Referees: Jonathan Alarie Ken Mollard Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Tobias Nordlander
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	13

24 April 2018 19:30

Sweden

2–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) OT: (0–1)

Canada

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 7,273

Game reference
				Referees: Kenneth Anderson Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Jan-Christian Müller
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	40

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	4	0	0	0	21	8	13	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Russia (H)	4	2	1	0	1	20	13	7	8
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	1	1	19	14	5	7
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	0	3	15	14	1	3
5	France	4	0	0	0	4	4	30	−26	0	Advance to Relegation round

19 April 2018 15:30

Slovakia

2–5 (0–1, 2–2, 0–2)

Finland

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 1,217

Game reference
				Referees: Jonathan Alarie Ken Mollard Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Dmitry Shishlo
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	37

19 April 2018 19:30

Russia

7–1 (4–0, 2–0, 1–1)

France

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 6,771

Game reference
				Referees: Kenneth Anderson Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Tobias Nordlander
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	56	Shots	14

20 April 2018 15:30

France

0–7 (0–0, 0–3, 0–4)

Finland

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 2,170

Game reference
				Referees: Benjamin Hoppe Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Ulrich Pardatscher Dmitry Shishlo
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	10	Shots	51

20 April 2018 19:30

Slovakia

5–2 (4–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 3,580

Game reference
				Referees: Kenneth Anderson Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Tobias Nordlander
	18 min	Penalties	37 min
	31	Shots	40

21 April 2018 15:30

Czech Republic

2–3 (1–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Russia

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 7,498

Game reference
				Referees: Jonathan Alarie Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Ulrich Pardatscher
	10 min	Penalties	26 min
	23	Shots	37

22 April 2018 15:30

Finland

5–4 (2–2, 1–2, 2–0)

Russia

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 7,496

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Pražák Peter Stano Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Charlie O'Connor
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	21

22 April 2018 19:30

France

1–7 (1–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Slovakia

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 4,590

Game reference
				Referees: Jonathan Alarie Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Lauri Nikulainen
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	41

23 April 2018 15:30

Czech Republic

9–2 (1–1, 3–1, 5–0)

France

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 3,781

Game reference
				Referees: Peter Stano Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Ulrich Pardatscher
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	47	Shots	19

24 April 2018 15:30

Finland

4–2 (0–0, 4–0, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 4,620

Game reference
				Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Denis Naumov Linesmen: Charlie O'Connor Nikita Shalagin
	39 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	22

24 April 2018 19:30

Russia

6–5 GWS (1–3, 3–1, 1–1) OT: (0–0) SO: (1–0)

Slovakia

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 7,367

Game reference
				Referees: Kristijan Nikolic Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Ulrich Pardatscher
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	27

Relegation round

26 April 2018 11:30

Switzerland

5–2 (1–1, 4–0, 0–1)

France

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 3,086

Game reference
				Referees: Benjamin Hoppe Peter Stano Linesmen: Charlie O'Connor Nikita Shalagin
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	22

28 April 2018 13:30

France

0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Switzerland

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 4,650

Game reference
				Referees: Denis Naumov Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Ulrich Pardatscher
	34 min	Penalties	16 min
	19	Shots	40

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

26 April 2018 15:30

Finland

5–2 (3–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Belarus

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 4,879

Game reference
				Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jan-Christian Müller
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	39	Shots	18

26 April 2018 15:30

Sweden

6–1 (1–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 4,460

Game reference
				Referees: Denis Naumov Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Ulrich Pardatscher
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	26

26 April 2018 19:30

Russia

1–5 (0–1, 1–0, 0–4)

United States

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 7,499

Game reference
				Referees: Jonathan Alarie Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Tobias Nordlander
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	41

26 April 2018 19:30

Canada

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 6,530

Game reference
				Referees: Ken Mollard Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Dmitry Shishlo
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	31

Semifinals

28 April 2018 15:30

Finland

2–0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 6,052

Game reference
				Referees: Kenneth Anderson Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Balazs Kovacs
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	29

28 April 2018 19:30

United States

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 6,459

Game reference
				Referees: Jonathan Alarie Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Tobias Nordlander Dmitry Shishlo
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	17

Bronze medal game

29 April 2018 15:30

Sweden

5–2 (3–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 5,813

Game reference
				Referees: Jonathan Alarie Kenneth Anderson Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Dmitry Shishlo
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	40

Final

29 April 2018 19:30

Finland

3–2 (2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

United States

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 7,499

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Pražák Peter Stano Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Tobias Nordlander
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	28

Division I

Main article: 2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.

Division II

Main article: 2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 1 to 7 April 2018.

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 24 to 30 March 2018.

Division III

Main article: 2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey, from 26 March to 1 April 2018.

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Queenstown, New Zealand, from 26 to 28 April 2018.

External links

• 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
• IIHF.com

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