2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2018 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host nations	France / Slovenia
Dates	10 – 16 December 2017 9 – 15 December 2017
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)

The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.

The tournaments were a round-robin tournament format, with two points allotted for a win, one additional point for a regulation win, and one point for an overtime or game winning shots loss.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 1998.

Division I A was held in Meribel, France, while Division I B was hosted in Bled, Slovenia.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Courchevel and Meribel, France, from 10 to 16 December 2017.

As a result of the tournament, Kazakhstan was promoted to the Top Division, while Hungary was relegated to Division I B for 2019.

2018 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host nation	France
Dates	10 – 16 December 2017
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	82  (5.47 per game)
Attendance	6,023  (402 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Artur Gatiyatov

Participants

Team	Qualification
Latvia	placed 10th in the Top Division last year and were relegated
Germany	placed 2nd in Division I A last year
France	placed 3rd in Division I A last year
Kazakhstan	placed 4th in Division I A last year
Austria	placed 5th in Division I A last year
Hungary	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kazakhstan	5	3	2	0	0	20	10	10	13	Promoted to Top Division
2	Latvia	5	3	1	1	0	13	5	8	12
3	Germany	5	3	0	1	1	17	7	10	10
4	France (H)	5	1	1	1	2	11	15	−4	6
5	Austria	5	1	0	0	4	10	20	−10	3
6	Hungary	5	0	0	1	4	11	25	−14	1	Relegation to Division I B

Results

10 December 2017 14:30

Kazakhstan

3–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) (OT: 1–0)

Germany

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 103

Game reference
				Referee: Miroslav Štefík Linesmen: Frédéric Monnaie Mariusz Smura
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	37	Shots	34

10 December 2017 18:00

Austria

1–6 (0–2, 1–1, 0–3)

France

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 695

Game reference
				Referee: Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: David Obwegeser Victor Zinchenko
	24 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	53

10 December 2017 18:00

Hungary

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Latvia

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 150

Game reference
				Referee: Michael Weber Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Nicolas Constantineau
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	39

11 December 2017 13:00

Latvia

2–3 GWS (1–0, 0–2, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 600

Game reference
				Referee: Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Park Jun-soo
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	41	Shots	27

11 December 2017 19:00

France

4–3 OT (2–2, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Hungary

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 600

Game reference
				Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Viktor Zinchenko
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	29

12 December 2017 19:00

Germany

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Austria

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 221

Game reference
				Referee: Michael Weber Linesmen: David Obwegeser Mariusz Smura
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	26

13 December 2017 15:30

Hungary

3–5 (1–2, 0–1, 2–2)

Kazakhstan

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 91

Game reference
				Referee: Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Park Jun-soo
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	25

13 December 2017 19:00

Germany

4–0 (3–0, 0–0, 1–0)

France

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 817

Game reference
				Referee: Miroslav Štefík Linesmen: David Obwegeser Viktor Zinchenko
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	28

13 December 2017 19:00

Latvia

5–1 (2–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Austria

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 132

Game reference
				Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Mariusz Smura
	8 min	Penalties	24 min
	36	Shots	19

14 December 2017 19:00

France

0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Latvia

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 533

Game reference
				Referee: Michael Weber Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Park Jun-soo
	28 min	Penalties	22 min
	18	Shots	30

15 December 2017 13:00

Germany

7–2 (1–0, 2–1, 4–1)

Hungary

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 482

Game reference
				Referee: Miroslav Štefík Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Frederic Monnaie
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	33

15 December 2017 19:00

Kazakhstan

3–2 (3–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Austria

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 152

Game reference
				Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Mariusz Smura Viktor Zinchenko
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	24

16 December 2017 14:30

Latvia

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Germany

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 187

Game reference
				Referee: Miroslav Stefik Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Frederic Monnaie
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	33

16 December 2017 16:00

Austria

5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Hungary

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 250

Game reference
				Referee: Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau David Obwegeser
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	35

16 December 2017 18:00

France

1–6 (0–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Kazakhstan

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 1010

Game reference
				Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Mariusz Smura
	96 min	Penalties	51 min
	29	Shots	44

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 9 to 15 December 2017.

2018 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host nation	Slovenia
Dates	9 – 15 December 2017
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	84  (5.6 per game)
Attendance	4,040  (269 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Alan Łyszczarczyk

Participants

Team	Qualification
Norway	placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
Poland	placed 2nd in Division I B last year
Slovenia	placed 3rd in Division I B last year
Italy	placed 4th in Division I B last year
Ukraine	placed 5th in Division I B last year
Lithuania	placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Norway	5	3	2	0	0	18	5	13	13	Promoted to Division I A
2	Poland	5	3	1	1	0	23	14	9	12
3	Slovenia (H)	5	3	0	1	1	18	15	3	10
4	Ukraine	5	1	1	1	2	9	11	−2	6
5	Italy	5	0	1	0	4	9	23	−14	2
6	Lithuania	5	0	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2	Relegation to Division II A

Results

9 December 2017 13:00

Italy

4–9 (1–1, 2–6, 1–2)

Poland

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 152

Game reference
				Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Gregor Režek
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	34	Shots	44

9 December 2017 16:30

Ukraine

1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Slovenia

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 523

Game reference
				Referee: Andre Schrader Linesmen: Jonas Merten Maximilian Verworner
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	39

9 December 2017 20:00

Lithuania

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Norway

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 157

Game reference
				Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Daniel Persson Vladimir Suslov
	37 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	40

10 December 2017 13:00

Norway

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Italy

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 106

Game reference
				Referee: Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Anže Bergant Maximilian Verworner
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	44	Shots	21

10 December 2017 16:30

Slovenia

4–3 (1–0, 3–1, 0–2)

Lithuania

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 497

Game reference
				Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Jonas Merten
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	10

10 December 2017 20:00

Poland

3–2 (0–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Ukraine

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 102

Game reference
				Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Gregor Režek Vladimir Suslov
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	22

12 December 2017 13:00

Norway

2–1 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 3–1)

Ukraine

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 113

Game reference
				Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Anže Bergant Lukáš Kacej
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	44	Shots	26

12 December 2017 16:30

Poland

5–4 GWS (0–1, 4–2, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Slovenia

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 652

Game reference
				Referee: Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Daniel Persson Maximillian Verworner
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	34

12 December 2017 20:00

Lithuania

1–2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Italy

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 108

Game reference
				Referee: Andre Schrader Linesmen: Jonas Merten Gregor Rezek
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	35

13 December 2017 13:00

Poland

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Lithuania

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 100

Game reference
				Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Jonas Merten Vladimir Suslov
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	16

13 December 2017 16:30

Slovenia

1–5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Norway

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 747

Game reference
				Referee: Andre Schrader Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Daniel Persson
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	14	Shots	33

13 December 2017 20:00

Italy

2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Ukraine

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 102

Game reference
				Referee: Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Anže Bergant Maximilian Verworner
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	25

15 December 2017 13:00

Ukraine

2–1 GWS (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Lithuania

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 116

Game reference
				Referee: Andre Schrader Linesmen: Anže Bergant Daniel Persson
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	24

15 December 2017 16:30

Slovenia

6–1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Italy

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 412

Game reference
				Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Vladimir Suslov Maximilian Verworner
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	32

15 December 2017 20:00

Norway

3–2 GWS (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Poland

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 153

Game reference
				Referee: Sean Macfarlane Linesmen: Lukas Kacej Gregor Rezek
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	27

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