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Main article: 2018 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
2018 IIHF World Championship
Division I
200
Tournament details
Host nations  Hungary /  Lithuania
Dates 22–28 April
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary and the Group B tournament was held in Kaunas, Lithuania from 22 to 28 April 2018. Warsaw, Poland planned on bidding for the tournament, but as Poland had hosted both the 2015 and 2016 tournaments, decided to apply for a later year.[1]

Great Britain and Italy were promoted to the Top Division, while Poland was relegated to Division I B.[2] The Group B tournament was won by Lithuania, who moved up to Group A and Croatia was relegated to Division II.[3]

Group A tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host nation  Hungary
Dates 22–28 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 84  (5.6 per game)
Attendance 52,065  (3,471 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko
MVP Flag of the United Kingdom Brett Perlini

Participants

Team Qualification
Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia Placed 15th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy Placed 16th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary Host, placed 5th in Division I A last year.
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was promoted.

Match officials

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Referees
  • Flag of Switzerland Alex Dipietro
  • Flag of Finland Lasse Heikkinen
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
  • Flag of Canada Jeff Ingram
  • Flag of Germany Marc Iwert
  • Flag of Croatia Trpimir Piragić
  • Flag of Austria Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen
  • Flag of France Thomas Caillot
  • Flag of Canada Michael Harrington
  • Flag of Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
  • Flag of Hungary Márton Németh
  • Flag of Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin
  • Flag of Hungary Daniel Soós
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Josef Špůr

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain (P) 5 3 1 0 1 16 15 1 11 2019 IIHF World Championship
2 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy (P) 5 3 0 0 2 15 11 4
3 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 5 3 0 0 2 18 10 8
4 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary (H) 5 2 0 1 2 9 14 −5 7
5 Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia 5 2 0 0 3 15 15 0 6
6 Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland (R) 5 1 0 0 4 11 19 −8 3 Relegation to 2019 Division I B

Results

22 April 2018
12:30 		Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,545
22 April 2018
16:00 		Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3) 		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,170
22 April 2018
19:30 		Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,100
23 April 2018
16:00 		Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg.png 2–4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1) 		Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 930
23 April 2018
19:30 		Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,150
24 April 2018
16:00 		Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0) 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,345
25 April 2018
12:30 		Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,325
25 April 2018
16:00 		Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png 5–3
(2–1, 0–2, 3–0) 		Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,435
25 April 2018
19:30 		Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg.png 4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,460
26 April 2018
19:00 		Poland Flag of Poland.svg.png 2–3
(0–2, 2–0, 0–1) 		Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,370
27 April 2018
16:00 		Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 3–5
(2–2, 1–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,645
27 April 2018
19:30 		Italy Flag of Italy.svg.png 3–4
(2–2, 0–1, 1–1) 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,750
28 April 2018
12:30 		Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png 6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,505
28 April 2018
16:00 		Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.svg.png 3–4
(1–1, 2–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 2,465
28 April 2018
19:30 		Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg.png 2–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2)
OT: (0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,870

Group B tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host nation  Lithuania
Dates 22–28 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 86  (5.73 per game)
Attendance 46,040  (3,069 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Japan Ryo Hashimoto

Participants

Team Qualification
Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine Placed 6th in Division I A and was relegated.
Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania Host, placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Referees
  • Flag of France Damien Bliek
  • Flag of Slovenia Miha Bulovec
  • Flag of Norway Stian Halm
  • Flag of the United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen
  • Flag of Lithuania Karolis Janušauskas
  • Flag of Denmark Andreas Kroyer
  • Flag of Serbia Ivan Nedeljković
  • Flag of Finland Tommi Niittylä
  • Flag of Austria Elias Seewald
  • Flag of Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
  • Flag of Slovakia Roman Výleta

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania (H, P) 5 4 1 0 0 26 9 17 14 Promoted to 2019 Division I A
2 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 5 2 2 0 1 17 13 4 10
3 Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia 5 3 0 1 1 10 7 3 10
4 Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine 5 1 0 1 3 10 18 −8 4
5 Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania 5 1 0 1 3 12 18 −6 4
6 Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia (R) 5 1 0 0 4 11 21 −10 3 Relegation to 2019 Division II A

Results

22 April 2018
12:30 		Estonia Flag of Estonia.svg.png 1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
OT: (0–1) 		Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 700
22 April 2018
16:00 		Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png 0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0) 		Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,545
22 April 2018
19:30 		Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg.png 0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0) 		Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 6,050
23 April 2018
12:30 		Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg.png 0–2
(0–2, 0–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 160
23 April 2018
16:00 		Japan Flag of Japan.svg.png 4–3
(1–0, 1–3, 2–0) 		Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 292
23 April 2018
19:30 		Lithuania Flag of Lithuania.svg.png 8–3
(3–1, 3–1, 2–1) 		Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 5,760
25 April 2018
12:30 		Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg.png 2–4
(0–3, 0–0, 2–1) 		Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 221
25 April 2018
16:00 		Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1) 		Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 452
25 April 2018
19:30 		Japan Flag of Japan.svg.png 1–6
(0–2, 0–2, 1–2) 		Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 7,010
27 April 2018
12:30 		Japan Flag of Japan.svg.png 3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
OT: (1–0) 		Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 290
27 April 2018
16:00 		Estonia Flag of Estonia.svg.png 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,200
27 April 2018
19:30 		Lithuania Flag of Lithuania.svg.png 5–4 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 2–2)
OT: (1–0) 		Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 7,850
28 April 2018
12:30 		Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg.png 3–7
(0–2, 1–2, 2–3) 		Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 920
28 April 2018
16:00 		Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg.png 1–7
(0–2, 1–2, 0–3) 		Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 3,420
28 April 2018
19:30 		Lithuania Flag of Lithuania.svg.png 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 10,170

References

  1. ↑ "27 tournaments assigned". iihf.com. 19 May 2017. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11816. 
  2. ↑ "Great Britain & Italy up!". iihf.com. 29 April 2018. http://wmia2018.iihf.hockey/en/news/hun-gbr/. 
  3. ↑ "Lithuania moving up". iihf.com. 29 April 2018. http://wmib2018.iihf.hockey/en/news/ltu-est/. 
  4. ↑ Group A Assignments
  5. ↑ Group B Assignments


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