2023 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2023 IIHF U18 World Championship
2023 IIHF World U18 Championships logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Switzerland
Dates 20–30 April
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of the United States.svg.png United States (11 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 30
Goals scored 218  (7.27 per game)
Attendance 47,087  (1,570 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United States William Smith

The 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 24th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2024 competition.

Top Division

The tournament was held in Basel and Porrentruy, Switzerland, from 20 to 30 April 2023.[1][2][3]

Preliminary round

Group A

The Group A matches were played in Porrentruy, Switzerland, from 20 to 25 April 2023.[4]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 18 3 15 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 4 3 0 0 1 20 14 6 9
3 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 4 1 1 0 2 15 15 0 5
4 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 4 1 0 1 2 12 14 −2 4
5 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 4 0 0 0 4 5 24 −19 0 Advance to Relegation round
20 April 2023
14:30 		Canada  0–8
(0–5, 0–1, 0–2) 		 Sweden Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 1,998
20 April 2023
18:30 		Czechia  2–3 GWS
(0–1, 2–1, 0–0)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (0–1) 		 Slovakia Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 1,193
21 April 2023
14:30 		Canada  8–0
(2–0, 3–0, 3–0) 		 Germany Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 968
21 April 2023
18:30 		Slovakia  3–5
(1–3, 0–0, 2–2) 		 Sweden Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 1,287
22 April 2023
17:00 		Germany  1–7
(0–3, 0–3, 1–1) 		 Czechia Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 787
23 April 2023
13:00 		Slovakia  3–4
(0–1, 1–2, 2–1) 		 Canada Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 1,751
23 April 2023
17:00 		Sweden  2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0) 		 Czechia Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 1,558
24 April 2023
18:30 		Germany  4–6
(1–1, 3–2, 0–3) 		 Slovakia Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 548
25 April 2023
14:30 		Sweden  3–0
(0–0, 0–0, 3–0) 		 Germany Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 2,653
25 April 2023
18:30 		Czechia  3–8
(0–2, 2–3, 1–3) 		 Canada Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 1,586

Group B

The Group B matches were played in Basel, Switzerland, from 20 to 25 April 2023.[4]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 4 4 0 0 0 37 6 31 12 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 4 3 0 0 1 23 14 9 9
3 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland (H) 4 2 0 0 2 12 15 −3 6
4 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 4 1 0 0 3 5 17 −12 3
5 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 4 0 0 0 4 3 28 −25 0 Advance to Relegation round
20 April 2023
16:00 		United States Flag of United States 7–1
(0–0, 3–0, 4–1) 		 Latvia St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 810
20 April 2023
20:00 		Finland  4–2
(0–0, 2–2, 2–0) 		 Switzerland St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 1,988
21 April 2023
16:00 		Latvia  2–5
(0–1, 0–3, 2–1) 		 Finland St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 342
21 April 2023
20:00 		Norway  0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1) 		 Switzerland St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 2,126
22 April 2023
19:00 		Norway  1–12
(0–4, 1–5, 0–3) 		Flag of United States United States St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 732
23 April 2022
15:00 		Switzerland  5–1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Latvia St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 3,277
23 April 2023
19:00 		United States Flag of United States 8–4
(2–2, 3–1, 3–1) 		 Finland St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 1,442
24 April 2023
20:00 		Latvia  1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0) 		 Norway St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 372
25 April 2023
16:00 		Switzerland  0–10
(0–4, 0–2, 0–4) 		Flag of United States United States St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 2,091
25 April 2023
20:00 		Finland  10–2
(4–1, 4–0, 2–1) 		 Norway St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 831

Relegation round

27 April 2023
11:00 		Germany  1–6
(0–2, 0–2, 1–2) 		 Norway Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 2,236
29 April 2023
11:00 		Norway  3–2
(1–1, 2–0, 0–1) 		 Germany Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 409

Playoff round

Winning teams will be reseeded 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 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships).
Rank Team Group Pos Pts GD GF Seed
1 Flag of United States United States B 1 12 +31 37 2
2  Sweden A 1 12 +15 18 1
3  Finland B 2 9 +9 23 3
4  Canada A 2 9 +6 20 5
5  Switzerland B 3 6 −3 12 6
6  Slovakia A 3 5 0 15 9
7  Czechia A 4 4 −2 12 4
8  Latvia B 4 3 −12 5 7

Quarterfinals

27 April 2023
12:30 		United States Flag of United States 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1) 		 Czechia St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 654
27 April 2023
15:00 		Finland  2–3
(0–1, 0–2, 2–0) 		 Slovakia Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 2,378
27 April 2023
17:30 		Canada  7–3
(1–1, 5–1, 1–1) 		 Switzerland St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 1,498
27 April 2023
20:00 		Sweden  6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0) 		 Latvia Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy
Attendance: 572

Semifinals

29 April 2023
15:00 		United States Flag of United States 7–1
(3–0, 2–1, 2–0) 		 Slovakia St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 2,475
29 April 2023
19:00 		Sweden  7–2
(2–2, 4–0, 1–0) 		 Canada St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 1,585

Bronze medal game

30 April 2023
15:00 		Canada  4–3 OT
(0–0, 2–1, 1–2)
OT: (1–0) 		 Slovakia St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 2,598

Gold medal game

30 April 2023
19:00 		United States Flag of United States 3–2 OT
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0)
OT: (1–0) 		 Sweden St. Jakob Arena, Basel
Attendance: 4,342

Division I

Main article: 2023 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Group A

The tournament was played in Angers, France, from 23 to 29 April 2023.[6][7]

Group B

The tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 10 to 16 April 2023.[8][9]

Division II

Main article: 2023 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Group A

The tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 15 April 2023.[10][11]

Group B

The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 27 March to 2 April 2023.[12][13]

Division III

Main article: 2023 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Group A

The tournament was played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 12 to 18 March 2023.[14][15]

Group B

The tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 16 March 2023.[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ 2023 Top Division official website
  2. ↑ 2023 Top Division statistics
  3. ↑ Merk, Martin (15 December 2022). "Host Switzerland opens vs. Finland". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm18/news/41089/host_switzerland_opens_vs_finland. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "2023 IIHF World U18 Championships Schedule". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm18/schedule. 
  5. ↑ "Tournament Format". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm18/tournamentinfo/24465/format. 
  6. ↑ 2023 Division I A official website
  7. ↑ 2023 Division I A statistics
  8. ↑ 2023 Division I B official website
  9. ↑ 2023 Division I B statistics
  10. ↑ 2023 Division II A official website
  11. ↑ 2023 Division II A statistics
  12. ↑ 2023 Division II B official website
  13. ↑ 2023 Division II B statistics
  14. ↑ 2023 Division III A official website
  15. ↑ 2023 Division III A statistics
  16. ↑ 2023 Division III B official website
  17. ↑ 2023 Division III B statistics


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IIHF World U20 Championship (1974-)

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