2021 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2021 IIHF U18 World Championship
2021 IIHF World U18 Championships logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  United States
Dates April 26 – May 6
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Canada (4 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 28
Goals scored 221  (7.89 per game)
Attendance 21,038  (751 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Russia Matvei Michkov
MVP Flag of Russia Matvei Michkov

The 2021 IIHF World U18 Championship was the 22nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams would have participated at several levels of competition. The competition also would have served as qualifications for the 2022 competition. All tournaments other than the top division tournament were cancelled by the IIHF on November 18, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The United States finished without a medal for the first time since 2003.

Top Division

The tournament was held from April 26 to May 6, 2021, in Frisco and Plano, United States.[2][3][4]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 4 4 0 0 0 28 5 23 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Sweden 4 3 0 0 1 16 14 2 9
3  Belarus 4 2 0 0 2 16 13 3 6
4  Switzerland 4 1 0 0 3 6 19 −13 3
5  Latvia 4 0 0 0 4 6 21 −15 0
April 26, 2021
16:00 		Belarus  1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2) 		 Sweden Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150
April 26, 2021
20:00 		Latvia  2–4
(0–2, 2–2, 0–0) 		 Switzerland Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150
April 27, 2021
16:00 		Switzerland  1–7
(0–1, 1–3, 0–3) 		 Belarus Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150
April 27, 2021
20:00 		Sweden  1–12
(0–4, 0–4, 1–4) 		 Canada Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150
April 28, 2021
20:00 		Canada  4–2
(0–0, 2–1, 2–1) 		 Latvia Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150
April 29, 2021
16:00 		Sweden  3–1
(0–0, 3–1, 0–0) 		 Switzerland Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150
April 29, 2021
20:00 		Belarus  6–2
(1–0, 3–1, 2–1) 		 Latvia Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150
April 30, 2021
20:00 		Switzerland  0–7
(0–2, 0–2, 0–3) 		 Canada Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150
May 1, 2021
16:00 		Latvia  0–7
(0–1, 0–1, 0–5) 		 Sweden Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150
May 1, 2021
20:00 		Canada  5–2
(2–0, 2–1, 1–1) 		 Belarus Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 4 2 1 1 0 24 13 11 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Russia 4 2 1 1 0 27 12 15 9
3  United States (H) 4 1 2 1 0 18 15 3 8
4  Czech Republic 4 1 0 1 2 10 20 −10 4
5  Germany 4 0 0 0 4 5 24 −19 0
April 26, 2021
16:00 		Czech Republic  3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1) 		 Germany Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,400
April 26, 2021
20:00 		Russia  7–6 OT
(1–3, 4–3, 1–0)
OT: (1–0) 		 United States Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,400
April 27, 2021
16:00 		Finland  4–3 GWS
(0–1, 1–2, 2–0)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (1–0) 		 Russia Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 806
April 27, 2021
20:00 		Germany  3–5
(1–2, 1–1, 1–2) 		 United States Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 826
April 28, 2021
20:00 		Czech Republic  5–6
(2–1, 1–2, 2–3) 		 Finland Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 402
April 29, 2021
16:00 		Germany  1–6
(0–1, 0–3, 1–2) 		 Russia Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,663
April 29, 2021
20:00 		United States  2–1 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (1–0) 		 Czech Republic Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,740
April 30, 2021
20:00 		Finland  10–0
(5–0, 3–0, 2–0) 		 Germany Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 772
May 1, 2021
16:00 		Russia  11–1
(3–0, 3–1, 5–0) 		 Czech Republic Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,989
May 1, 2021
20:00 		United States  5–4 OT
(1–2, 2–0, 1–2)
OT: (1–0) 		 Finland Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 2,057

Playoff round

Winning teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:[5]

  1. higher position in the group
  2. higher number of points
  3. better goal difference
  4. higher number of goals scored for
  5. better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2019 IIHF World U18 Championships).
Rank Team Group Pos Pts GD GF Seed
1  Canada A 1 12 +23 28 4
2  Finland B 1 9 +11 24 7
3  Russia B 2 9 +15 27 2
4  Sweden A 2 9 +2 16 1
5  United States B 3 8 +3 18 3
6  Belarus A 3 6 +3 16 5
7  Czech Republic B 4 4 –10 10 6
8  Switzerland A 4 3 −13 6 9

Quarterfinals

May 3, 2021
12:30 		Russia  5–2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0) 		 Belarus Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150
May 3, 2021
15:00 		Canada  10–3
(4–1, 2–1, 4–1) 		 Czech Republic Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 724
May 3, 2021
17:30 		Finland  2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Switzerland Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150
May 3, 2021
20:00 		Sweden  5–2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1) 		 United States Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,042

Semifinals

May 5, 2021
16:00 		Canada  8–1
(0–0, 2–1, 6–0) 		 Sweden Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 574
May 5, 2021
20:00 		Finland  5–6
(2–2, 0–2, 3–2) 		 Russia Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 819

Bronze medal game

May 6, 2021
16:00 		Finland  0–8
(0–2, 0–2, 0–4) 		 Sweden Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 902

Gold medal game

May 6, 2021
20:00 		Canada  5–3
(2–2, 2–0, 1–1) 		 Russia Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 2,122

Division I

All lower division tournaments were cancelled by the IIHF.[1]

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia, from April 5 to 11, 2021.[6]

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Asiago, Italy, from April 18 to 25, 2021.[6]

Division II

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Tallinn, Estonia, from April 4 to 10, 2021.[6]

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 21 to 27, 2021,[6]

Division III

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from March 29 to April 4, 2021.[6]

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, from March 28 to April 3, 2021.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "IIHF Council announces more cancellations", IIHF. (en) 
  2. ↑ "U18 Worlds in Texas", IIHF, February 11, 2021. 
  3. ↑ 2021 Top Division official website
  4. ↑ 2021 Top Division statistics
  5. ↑ "Tournament Format". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2021/wm18/tournamentinfo/24457/tournament-info. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Tournaments for 2021 assigned", IIHF. (en) 
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