2018 IIHF World U18 Championships

12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	1	0	0	22	9	+13	11	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	4	3	0	1	0	12	8	+4	10
3	United States	4	2	0	0	2	21	14	+7	6
4	Belarus	4	1	0	0	3	11	24	−13	3
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	4	10	21	−11	0	Advance to Relegation round

All times are local (UTC+5).

19 April 2018 15:30

Sweden

3–1 (1–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 2,920

Game reference
	Olof Lindbom	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Daniel Pražák Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Charlie O'Connor
	Berggren – 15:39 1–0 Berggren (Gustafsson) – 30:00 2–0 2–1 30:59 – Sopa (Wetter, Gross) Berggren (Boqvist) – 31:46 3–1
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	22

19 April 2018 19:30

Canada

6–4 (1–1, 3–1, 2–2)

United States

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 7,405

Game reference
	Colten Ellis	Goalies	Drew DeRidder	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Denis Naumov Linesmen: Jan-Christian Müller Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 04:56 – Farabee (Caufield, Wise) Lafrenière (Dellandrea) – 15:59 1–1 1–2 24:14 – Wahlstrom (Gruden, Hughes) (PP) Foudy – 26:11 2–2 Bahl (Noel, Hillis) – 30:14 3–2 Lavoie (McShane) – 38:04 4–2 4–3 46:40 – Wahlstrom (York, Hughes) (PP) 4–4 49:35 – Hughes (Gruden) Lavoie (Foudy, McIsaac) – 51:07 5–4 Thomas (Bahl) (ENG) – 59:41 6–4
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	35

20 April 2018 15:30

Switzerland

5–8 (1–3, 4–3, 0–2)

United States

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 3,017

Game reference
	Akira Schmid	Goalies	Spencer Knight	Referees: Kristijan Nikolic Peter Stano Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jan-Christian Müller
	0–1 02:54 – Hughes (Gruden) 0–2 03:35 – Janicke (Pivonka, Miller) 0–3 04:50 – Turcotte (M. Samuelsson, Emberson) Mettler (Sopa, Wetter) – 06:02 1–3 Mettler (Sopa, Wetter) – 20:58 2–3 2–4 27:22 – Farabee (York) Kohler (Nussbaumer) – 28:19 3–4 Villa (Vouillamoz, Verboon) – 28:48 4–4 Patry (Mettler, Wetter) – 34:38 5–4 5–5 36:04 – Wahlstrom (Hughes, York) (PP) 5–6 38:25 – Hughes (Wahlstrom) 5–7 45:35 – Weiss (York, Stastney) 5–8 46:49 – M. Samuelsson (Turcotte, Knight)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	57

20 April 2018 19:30

Canada

8–3 (5–2, 1–0, 2–1)

Belarus

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 6,818

Game reference
	Colten Ellis	Goalies	Nikita Tolopilo Daniil Veremeichik	Referees: Daniel Pražák Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Charlie O'Connor
	McBain (Noel) – 01:19 1–0 1–1 01:45 – Usov (Shkrabov) Lavoie (Wouters) – 02:03 2–1 Lafrenière (Thomas, Byram) – 03:00 3–1 3–2 06:48 – Protas (Kazyanin) McIsaac (Hillis, McShane) – 12:01 4–2 Noel (Veleno, McBain) – 12:48 5–2 Foudy (McShane, Robertson) – 36:49 6–2 6–3 40:29 – Masilevich (Pyshkailo) Noel (Veleno, McBain) – 44:44 7–3 Dellandrea (Lafrenière) (SH) – 50:16 8–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	27

21 April 2018 15:30

Belarus

3–4 (1–0, 1–2, 1–2)

Sweden

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 4,691

Game reference
	Nikita Tolopilo	Goalies	Jesper Eliasson	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Denis Naumov Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Nikita Shalagin
	Alistrov (Barkovski, Protas) – 15:23 1–0 1–1 22:18 – Wernblom (Bäck, Berggren) (PP2) Borshyov (Masilevich) (PP) – 24:27 2–1 2–2 34:12 – Boqvist (Pasic, Eliasson) 2–3 51:21 – Pasic (Boqvist, Gustafsson) (PP) 2–4 52:41 – Gustafsson (Boqvist, Berggren) (PP) Oksentyuk (PP, EA) – 58:05 3–4
	22 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	43

22 April 2018 15:30

United States

1–3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Sweden

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 5,715

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Olof Lindbom	Referees: Ken Mollard Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Nikita Shalagin
	Wahlstrom (Hughes, Farabee) (PP) – 02:25 1–0 1–1 10:51 – Lilja (Wernblom, Bäck) (PP) 1–2 58:26 – Wernblom (Johansson, Ginning) 1–3 59:56 – Wernblom (Bäck) (ENG)
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	41

22 April 2018 19:30

Switzerland

0–5 (0–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Canada

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 7,354

Game reference
	Akira Schmid	Goalies	Olivier Rodrigue	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Tobias Nordlander Dmitry Shishlo
	0–1 04:44 – Lafrenière (Noel, Dellandrea) 0–2 26:24 – Dudas (McShane) (SH) 0–3 33:11 – McShane (Foudy, Tychonick) (PP) 0–4 37:46 – Wouters (Robertson, Bahl) 0–5 55:32 – Lavoie (Noel, Merkley) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	39

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24 April 2018 15:30

United States

8–0 (2–0, 5–0, 1–0)

Belarus

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 4,876

Game reference
	Drew DeRidder	Goalies	Kirill Andreyev Daniil Veremeichik	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Ken Mollard Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Tobias Nordlander
	Turcotte (Gruden, Caufield) (PP) – 02:19 1–0 Miller (York) – 16:57 2–0 Wahlstrom (Hughes, Farabee) – 22:13 3–0 Caufield (Wise, York) – 24:26 4–0 Farabee (Hughes, Emberson) – 26:16 5–0 Caufield (PP) – 33:13 6–0 Hain (Giles, Turcotte) – 39:02 7–0 Caufield (Turcotte) – 53:39 8–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	13

24 April 2018 19:30

Sweden

2–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) OT: (0–1)

Canada

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 7,273

Game reference
	Olof Lindbom	Goalies	Olivier Rodrigue	Referees: Kenneth Anderson Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Jan-Christian Müller
	Boqvist (Fagemo, Olofsson) – 10:27 1–0 1–1 26:39 – Lavoie (McIsaac, Dellandrea) 1–2 48:15 – Wouters (Lafrenière, Merkley) Boqvist (Lundkvist) (PP) – 58:26 2–2 2–3 62:27 – Lafrenière (Merkley, Veleno) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	40

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jack Hughes	7	5	7	12	+3	2
Maxim Čajkovič	5	4	7	11	+7	6
Niklas Nordgren	7	8	2	10	+10	4
Jonatan Berggren	7	5	5	10	+7	2
Kaapo Kakko	7	4	6	10	+8	2
Oliver Wahlstrom	7	7	2	9	+2	4
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	7	3	6	9	+9	37
Oliver Okuliar	5	4	4	8	+5	6
Joel Farabee	7	4	4	8	+1	6
Gilian Kohler	5	5	2	7	+1	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Olivier Rodrigue	180:57	79	4	1.33	94.94	1
Olof Lindbom	361:16	196	10	1.66	94.90	0
Justus Annunen	360:00	139	12	2.00	91.37	1
Luca Hollenstein	237:58	107	10	2.52	90.65	1
Lukáš Dostál	251:18	148	14	3.34	90.54	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Most Valuable Player

• Forward: Jack Hughes

All-star team

• Goaltender: Olof Lindbom
• Defencemen: Cameron York, Anton Malyshev
• Forwards: Jack Hughes, Oliver Wahlstrom, Niklas Nordgren

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Olof Lindbom
• Defenceman: Adam Boqvist
• Forward: Jack Hughes

Source: IIHF.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Latvia (H)	5	5	0	0	0	14	4	+10	15	Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2	Germany	5	4	0	0	1	22	11	+11	12
3	Denmark	5	2	0	0	3	14	19	−5	6[lower-alpha 1]
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	15	10	+5	6[lower-alpha 1]
5	Norway	5	1	0	0	4	14	18	−4	3[lower-alpha 2]
6	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	7	24	−17	3[lower-alpha 2]	Relegated to the 2019 Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ukraine (H)	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12[lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to the 2019 Division I A
2	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	20	7	+13	12[lower-alpha 1]
3	Japan	5	2	2	0	1	12	11	+1	10
4	Hungary	5	2	0	1	2	14	11	+3	7
5	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	11	13	−2	4
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	5	30	−25	0	Relegated to the 2019 Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 1 to 7 April 2018.[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	26	15	+11	12[lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to the 2019 Division I B
2	Lithuania	5	4	0	0	1	22	8	+14	12[lower-alpha 1]
3	Poland	5	3	1	0	1	32	11	+21	11
4	South Korea	5	2	0	0	3	12	14	−2	6
5	Estonia (H)	5	1	0	1	3	17	21	−4	4
6	Australia	5	0	0	0	5	4	44	−40	0	Relegated to the 2019 Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 24 to 30 March 2018.[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	0	27	13	+14	14	Promoted to the 2019 Division II A
2	Croatia (H)	5	2	1	0	2	13	12	+1	8[lower-alpha 1]
3	Serbia	5	2	0	2	1	16	11	+5	8[lower-alpha 1]
4	Netherlands	5	1	2	0	2	18	18	0	7[lower-alpha 2]
5	China	5	2	0	1	2	16	19	−3	7[lower-alpha 2]
6	Iceland	5	0	0	1	4	9	26	−17	1	Relegated to the 2019 Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey, from 26 March to 1 April 2018.[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belgium	5	4	0	0	1	35	8	+27	12	Promoted to the 2019 Division II B
2	Mexico	5	3	1	0	1	17	12	+5	11
3	Bulgaria	5	2	0	1	2	17	19	−2	7
4	Israel	5	1	1	1	2	12	13	−1	6[lower-alpha 1]
5	Turkey (H)	5	2	0	0	3	11	14	−3	6[lower-alpha 1]
6	Chinese Taipei	5	0	1	1	3	16	42	−26	3	Relegated to the 2019 Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Queenstown, New Zealand, from 26 to 28 April 2018.[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	New Zealand (H)	2	2	0	0	0	12	6	+6	6	Promoted to the 2019 Division III A
2	Hong Kong	2	1	0	0	1	9	10	−1	3
3	South Africa	2	0	0	0	2	3	8	−5	0