2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2018 IIHF World U20 Championship
2018 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  United States
Dates December 26, 2017 – January 5, 2018
Teams 10
Venue(s) KeyBank Center
HarborCenter
New Era Field[1] (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Canada (17 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 30
Goals scored 216  (7.2 per game)
Attendance 211,210  (7,040 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United States Casey Mittelstadt
MVP Flag of United States Casey Mittelstadt

The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship was the 42nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, and was hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York[2] at the KeyBank Center and HarborCenter. It opened on December 26, 2017 and closed with the gold medal game on January 5, 2018. It was the sixth time that the United States has hosted the WJIHC, and the second time that Buffalo has done so, previously hosting in 2011.

A preliminary round game between Canada and the United States was played outdoors at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park, New York on December 29, 2017. It was the second outdoor game held at any top-level IIHF world championship, the first being the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship, and the first one held at a junior level.[3][4]

Top Division

Host selection

On July 28, 2015, USA Hockey named the five initial finalists for hosting the event:[5]

  • Buffalo, New York
  • Pittsburgh
  • St. Louis
  • Chicago
  • Tampa, Florida

Chicago and Tampa were eliminated on September 15.[6] Buffalo was chosen as the host site on December 3, with a formal announcement on December 4.[7]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 4 3 0 1 0 21 6 15 10 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  United States 4 2 1 0 1 20 10 10 8
3  Finland 4 2 0 0 2 15 12 3 6
4  Slovakia 4 2 0 0 2 10 14 −4 6
5  Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 2 26 −24 0 Advance to Relegation
December 26, 2017
16:00 		Canada  4–2
(3–1, 1–1, 0–0) 		 Finland KeyBank Center
Attendance: 9,552
December 26, 2017
20:00 		Denmark  0–9
(0–5, 0–2, 0–2) 		 United States KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,207
December 27, 2017
19:00 		Slovakia  0–6
(0–1, 0–3, 0–2) 		 Canada KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,834
December 28, 2017
12:00 		Finland  4–1
(2–0, 2–1, 0–0) 		 Denmark KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,026
December 28, 2017
20:00 		United States  2–3
(0–0, 1–1, 1–2) 		 Slovakia KeyBank Center
Attendance: 8,188
December 29, 2017
15:00 		Canada  3–4 GWS
(2–0, 1–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–2) 		 United States New Era Field
Attendance: 44,592
December 30, 2017
16:00 		Finland  5–2
(0–0, 2–1, 3–1) 		 Slovakia KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,229
December 30, 2017
20:00 		Denmark  0–8
(0–3, 0–2, 0–3) 		 Canada KeyBank Center
Attendance: 8,671
December 31, 2017
16:00 		United States  5–4
(2–0, 2–2, 1–2) 		 Finland KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,884
December 31, 2017
18:00 		Slovakia  5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0) 		 Denmark HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,419

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 3 1 0 0 20 7 13 11 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Czech Republic 4 3 0 0 1 18 15 3 9
3  Russia 4 2 0 1 1 17 13 4 7
4  Switzerland 4 1 0 0 3 10 20 −10 3
5  Belarus 4 0 0 0 4 10 20 −10 0 Advance to Relegation
December 26, 2017
12:00 		Czech Republic  5–4
(2–2, 2–0, 1–2) 		 Russia KeyBank Center
Attendance: 4,998
December 26, 2017
14:00 		Belarus  1–6
(1–1, 0–3, 0–2) 		 Sweden HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,754
December 27, 2017
15:00 		Switzerland  3–2
(1–1, 0–0, 2–1) 		 Belarus KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,224
December 28, 2017
14:00 		Russia  5–2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1) 		 Switzerland HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,895
December 28, 2017
16:00 		Sweden  3–1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0) 		 Czech Republic KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,890
December 29, 2017
12:00 		Belarus  2–5
(0–2, 0–1, 2–2) 		 Russia HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,841
December 30, 2017
12:00 		Czech Republic  6–5
(0–1, 5–2, 1–2) 		 Belarus KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,222
December 30, 2017
14:00 		Sweden  7–2
(1–1, 2–1, 4–0) 		 Switzerland HarborCenter
Attendance: 2,115
December 31, 2017
12:00 		Switzerland  3–6
(1–2, 2–2, 0–2) 		 Czech Republic KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,548
December 31, 2017
20:00 		Russia  3–4 GWS
(2–2, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–2) 		 Sweden KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,121

Relegation

January 2, 2018
14:00 		Belarus  4–5
(0–2, 2–0, 2–3) 		 Denmark HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,245
January 4, 2018
12:00 		Denmark  3–2 GWS
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 4–2) 		 Belarus KeyBank Center
Attendance: 4,295

Note:  Belarus was relegated for the 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Playoff round

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1B   Sweden 3  
4A   Slovakia 2  
  1B   Sweden 4  
  2A   United States 2  
2A   United States 4
  3B   Russia 2  
    1B   Sweden 1
  1A   Canada 3
  1A   Canada 8  
4B   Switzerland 2  
  1A   Canada 7 Third place
  2B   Czech Republic 2  
2B   Czech Republic (GWS) 4 2B   Czech Republic 3
  3A   Finland 3   2A   United States 9

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2018
12:00 		Czech Republic  4–3 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1) 		 Finland KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,109
January 2, 2018
16:00 		Canada  8–2
(3–0, 3–1, 2–1) 		 Switzerland KeyBank Center
Attendance: 5,533
January 2, 2018
18:00 		Sweden  3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1) 		 Slovakia HarborCenter
Attendance: 1,445
January 2, 2018
20:00 		United States  4–2
(2–1, 0–0, 2–1) 		 Russia KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,242

Semifinals

January 4, 2018
16:00 		Sweden  4–2
(0–0, 1–0, 3–2) 		 United States KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,524
January 4, 2018
20:00 		Canada  7–2
(2–1, 4–0, 1–1) 		 Czech Republic KeyBank Center
Attendance: 6,941

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2018
16:00 		Czech Republic  3–9
(0–1, 0–6, 3–2) 		 United States KeyBank Center
Attendance: 7,122

Gold medal game

January 5, 2018
20:00 		Sweden  1–3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2) 		 Canada KeyBank Center
Attendance: 17,544

Division I

Main article: 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The Division IA tournament was held in Courchevel and Meribel, France from December 10–16, 2017. The Division IB tournament was held in Bled, Slovenia from December 9–15, 2017. As a result of the Division IA tournament, Kazakhstan was promoted to the Top Division, and Hungary was relegated to Division IB. As a result of the Division IB tournament, Norway was promoted to Division IA, and Lithuania was relegated to Division IIA.

Division II

Main article: 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The Division IIA tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from December 10–16, 2017. The Division IIB tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia from January 10–16, 2018. As a result of the Division IIA tournament, Japan was promoted to Division IB, and Netherlands was relegated to Division IIB.

Division III

Main article: 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The Division III tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from January 22–28, 2018. The Division III qualification tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from February 5–7, 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Sources: Outdoor game planned for 2018 World Juniors in Buffalo - TSN.ca". 3 December 2015. https://www.tsn.ca/sources-outdoor-game-planned-for-2018-world-juniors-in-buffalo-1.403558. 
  2. ↑ "USA Hockey Selects Buffalo Sabres as Host of 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship". December 4, 2015. http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=791054. 
  3. ↑ "Canada faces U.S. outdoors at 2018 WJC". Bell Media. 28 October 2016. https://www.tsn.ca/canada-to-face-u-s-in-outdoor-game-at-wjc-1.594972. 
  4. ↑ . http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/outdoor-games/. 
  5. ↑ "Finalists Named for Hosting 2018 IIHF World Juniors". July 28, 2015. http://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/538080?referrer_id=1093254. 
  6. ↑ "Host Finalists Announced for 2018 World Juniors". September 15, 2015. http://worldjuniors.usahockey.com/news_article/show/554053?referrer_id=701370. 
  7. ↑ "AP sources: Buffalo to host 2018 World Jr. Hockey championships and feature outdoor game". http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/14c4e4c9ee6a44589225bc1863c6b30e/HKO--World-Junior-Championship-Buffalo. 

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