2018 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 20th IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was played from 19 to 29 April 2018 in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia.^[1] United States lost the final to Finland. It was also the first time France had ever played in the top division at the U18 World Championship.

2018 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	19–29 April
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Finland (4th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	210 (7 per game)
Attendance	159,176 (5,306 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jack Hughes (12 points)
Awards
MVP	Jack Hughes
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Top Division

Match officials

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

Referees Jonathan Alarie Kenneth Anderson Geoffrey Barcelo Christoffer Holm Benjamin Hoppe Ken Mollard Denis Naumov Kristijan Nikolic Daniel Pražák Peter Stano Kristian Vikman Milan Zrnič

Linesmen Maxime Chaput Daniel Hynek Balazs Kovacs Jan-Christian Müller Lauri Nikulainen Tobias Nordlander Charlie O'Connor Ulrich Pardatscher Nikita Shalagin Dmitry Shishlo

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	4	0	0	0	21	8	+13	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Russia (H)	4	2	1	0	1	20	13	+7	8
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	1	1	19	14	+5	7
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	0	3	15	14	+1	3
5	France	4	0	0	0	4	4	30	−26	0	Advance to Relegation round

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

19 April 2018 15:30

Slovakia

2–5 (0–1, 2–2, 0–2)

Finland

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 1,217

Game reference
	Samuel Hlavaj	Goalies	Justus Annunen	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Ken Mollard Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Dmitry Shishlo
	0–1 01:50 – Aaltonen (Nevasaari, Lundell) 0–2 30:23 – Nordgren (Lundell, Tanus) (PP) Okuliar (Čajkovič, Kováčik) – 32:19 1–2 Čajkovič (Kňažko, Kováčik) (PP) – 36:02 2–2 2–3 39:08 – Lundell (Tanus, Utunen) (PP) 2–4 55:18 – Utunen (Lundell, Tanus) (PP) 2–5 59:32 – Kotkaniemi (Nordgren) (ENG)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	37

19 April 2018 19:30

Russia

7–1 (4–0, 2–0, 1–1)

France

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 6,771

Game reference
	Amir Miftakhov	Goalies	Valentin Duquenne	Referees: Kenneth Anderson Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Tobias Nordlander
	Kizimov (Zhabreyev, Romanov) (PP) – 06:06 1–0 Iskhakov (Marchenko, Morozov) – 08:09 2–0 Zamula (Podkolzin, Mikhailov) – 13:28 3–0 Marchenko (Galenyuk) – 13:52 4–0 Mikhailov (Podkolzin, Okhotyuk) – 33:01 5–0 Zavgorodny (Galenyuk, Zhuravlyov) – 34:05 6–0 Morozov (Marchenko) (SH) – 47:31 7–0 7–1 58:05 – Dubé (Bruche, Quattrone) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	56	Shots	14

20 April 2018 15:30

France

0–7 (0–0, 0–3, 0–4)

Finland

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 2,170

Game reference
	Valentin Duquenne	Goalies	Jere Huhtamaa	Referees: Benjamin Hoppe Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Ulrich Pardatscher Dmitry Shishlo
	0–1 31:17 – Kakko 0–2 35:02 – Petman (Kakko, Salmela) 0–3 39:31 – Hirvonen (Moilanen, Petman) 0–4 47:54 – Lundell (Honka, Nevasaari) 0–5 48:16 – Kakko (Kotkaniemi, Nordgren) 0–6 51:51 – Petman (Thomson, Hirvonen) 0–7 56:43 – Nordgren (Thomson)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	10	Shots	51

20 April 2018 19:30

Slovakia

5–2 (4–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 3,580

Game reference
	Samuel Vyletelka	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál Daniel Dvořák	Referees: Kenneth Anderson Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Tobias Nordlander
	Mrázik (PP) – 04:20 1–0 Mrázik (Dlugoš, Turan) (PP) – 06:33 2–0 2–1 08:34 – Lauko (Klejna) Džugan (Čajkovič, Čederle) (EA) – 13:03 3–1 Čajkovič (Bučko) – 14:12 4–1 4–2 31:51 – Plášek (Zábranský, Střondala) (PP) Okuliar (Čajkovič) – 32:30 5–2
	18 min	Penalties	37 min
	31	Shots	40

21 April 2018 15:30

Czech Republic

2–3 (1–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Russia

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 7,498

Game reference
	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Amir Miftakhov	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Ulrich Pardatscher
	Lauko (Pekař, Kvasnica) (PP) – 17:11 1–0 1–1 35:26 – Morozov (Zhuravlyov, Zhabreyev) (PP) 1–2 49:20 – Podkolzin (Mikhailov, Spiridonov) 1–3 52:22 – Dorofeyev (Zamula, Zhilyakov) Střondala (Gajarský, Jeník) (PP, EA) – 58:10 2–3
	10 min	Penalties	26 min
	23	Shots	37

22 April 2018 15:30

Finland

5–4 (2–2, 1–2, 2–0)

Russia

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 7,496

Game reference
	Justus Annunen	Goalies	Amir Miftakhov	Referees: Daniel Pražák Peter Stano Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Charlie O'Connor
	Nordgren (Kotkaniemi, Kakko) – 04:52 1–0 1–1 06:09 – Zhabreyev (Zhuravlyov, Dorofeyev) 1–2 08:12 – Marchenko (Zhuravlyov, Miftakhov) (PP) Tanus (Honka, Ranta) – 11:29 2–2 2–3 35:54 – Morozov (Zhuravlyov, Zhabreyev) (PP) 2–4 36:55 – Dorofeyev (Marchenko) Ranta (Nevasaari, Kotkaniemi) (PP) – 39:51 3–4 Seppälä (Tanus) – 47:20 4–4 Nordgren (Kokkonen, Kotkaniemi) – 52:55 5–4
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	21

22 April 2018 19:30

France

1–7 (1–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Slovakia

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 4,590

Game reference
	Valentin Duquenne Adrien Vazzaz	Goalies	Samuel Vyletelka	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Lauri Nikulainen
	0–1 11:23 – Kňažko (Čajkovič, Kováčik) Gallet (Schmitt) (PP) – 15:04 1–1 1–2 15:40 – Čajkovič (Okuliar) 1–3 21:01 – Okuliar (Čajkovič, Kováčik) (PP) 1–4 30:10 – Kňažko (Kováčik, Okuliar) (PP) 1–5 36:53 – Paulíny (Kováčik, Čajkovič) 1–6 41:00 – Okuliar (Čajkovič, Ilenčík) 1–7 41:23 – Paulíny (Ferenyi, Tkáč)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	41

23 April 2018 15:30

Czech Republic

9–2 (1–1, 3–1, 5–0)

France

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 3,781

Game reference
	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Valentin Duquenne Adrien Vazzaz	Referees: Peter Stano Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Ulrich Pardatscher
	Střondala (Klejna, Plášek) – 07:26 1–0 1–1 18:26 – Dair (Fabre, Bruche) (PP) 1–2 26:14 – Dubé (Quattrone) Plášek (Zábranský, Jeník) (PP) – 27:45 2–2 Plášek (Střondala) – 31:11 3–2 Pekař (Blümel, Lauko) – 39:35 4–2 Kvasnica (Lauko, Pekař) – 42:09 5–2 Gajarský (Jeník, Doktor) – 43:14 6–2 Blümel (Čajka, Teplý) – 47:04 7–2 Kvasnica (Lauko) – 48:13 8–2 Pytlík (Teplý, Jeník) – 54:27 9–2
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	47	Shots	19

24 April 2018 15:30

Finland

4–2 (0–0, 4–0, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 4,620

Game reference
	Justus Annunen	Goalies	Daniel Dvořák	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Denis Naumov Linesmen: Charlie O'Connor Nikita Shalagin
	Nordgren (Kakko) – 20:35 1–0 Kupari – 21:11 2–0 Kotkaniemi (Kakko) – 29:56 3–0 Nordgren (Kakko, Tanus) (PP2) – 37:03 4–0 4–1 46:02 – Lauko (Zábranský, Haš) (PP) 4–2 57:44 – Střondala (Klejna, Jeník)
	39 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	22

24 April 2018 19:30

Russia

6–5 GWS (1–3, 3–1, 1–1) OT: (0–0) SO: (1–0)

Slovakia

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 7,367

Game reference
	Amir Miftakhov Daniil Isayev	Goalies	Samuel Vyletelka	Referees: Kristijan Nikolic Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Ulrich Pardatscher
	0–1 13:27 – Čajkovič (Ilenčík, Okuliar) (PP2) 0–2 15:00 – Dlugoš (Sojka, Mrázik) (PP) 0–3 15:22 – Bučko (Tkáč) Marchenko (Romanov, Okhotyuk) – 17:00 1–3 1–4 28:59 – Tkáč (Paulíny) Misyul (Malyshev, Dorofeyev) (PP) – 32:01 2–4 Romanov (Kizimov, Sorkin) – 33:32 3–4 Podkolzin (Morozov) – 34:00 4–4 4–5 47:50 – Mrázik (Dlugoš, Džugan) (PP) Iskhakov (Sorkin, Spiridonov) – 52:36 5–5
	Marchenko Zavgorodny Morozov Kizimov Dorofeyev	Shootout	Čajkovič Okuliar Ferenyi Kováčik
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	27

Relegation round

26 April 2018 11:30

Switzerland

5–2 (1–1, 4–0, 0–1)

France

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 3,086

Game reference
	Luca Hollenstein	Goalies	Valentin Duquenne	Referees: Benjamin Hoppe Peter Stano Linesmen: Charlie O'Connor Nikita Shalagin
	Kohler (Gross, Nussbaumer) (PP) – 02:40 1–0 1–1 03:50 – Quattrone (Rousseau, Bruche) Tanner (Patry, Kohler) (PP) – 23:35 2–1 Barandun (Sopa, Mettler) – 28:29 3–1 Patry – 31:58 4–1 Sopa (Mettler, Wetter) (PP) – 39:10 5–1 5–2 47:12 – Allais (Leroux)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	22

28 April 2018 13:30

France

0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Switzerland

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 4,650

Game reference
	Valentin Duquenne	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Denis Naumov Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Ulrich Pardatscher
	0–1 14:08 – Wetter (Mettler, Sopa) (PP) 0–2 15:32 – Kohler (Barandun, Gross) 0–3 21:47 – Weibel (Barandun, Hollenstein) 0–4 27:38 – Kohler (Patry) 0–5 42:46 – Kohler (Barandun, Weibel) 0–6 50:00 – De Nisco (Kohler)
	34 min	Penalties	16 min
	19	Shots	40

Playoff round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	26 April
	Finland	5
					28 April
	Belarus	2
					Finland	2
	26 April
					Sweden	0
	Sweden	6
									29 April
	Slovakia	1
									Finland	3
	26 April
									United States	2
	Russia	1
					28 April
	United States	5
					United States	4
	26 April
					Czech Republic	1			Third place
	Canada	1
									29 April
	Czech Republic	2
									Sweden	5
									Czech Republic	2

Quarterfinals

26 April 2018 15:30

Finland

5–2 (3–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Belarus

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 4,879

Game reference
	Justus Annunen	Goalies	Nikita Tolopilo	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jan-Christian Müller
	Aaltonen (Lundell, Tanus) (PP) – 02:40 1–0 Kakko (Utunen, Kokkonen) – 10:27 2–0 Moilanen (Petman, Hirvonen) – 14:39 3–0 3–1 21:53 – Alistrov (Protas, Kazyanin) Nousiainen (Moilanen, Petman) – 27:39 4–1 Nordgren (PP2) – 35:52 5–1 5–2 41:59 – Usov (Levshunov)
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	39	Shots	18

26 April 2018 15:30

Sweden

6–1 (1–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 4,460

Game reference
	Olof Lindbom	Goalies	Samuel Vyletelka	Referees: Denis Naumov Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Ulrich Pardatscher
	Westfält (Ginning, Nässén) – 05:20 1–0 Pasic (Lundkvist, Berggren) (PP) – 29:19 2–0 Gustafsson (Berggren) (PP) – 34:38 3–0 3–1 37:37 – Dlugoš (Turan, Okuliar) (PP2) Berggren (Pasic) – 39:58 4–1 Wernblom – 45:16 5–1 Berggren (Olofsson) – 57:36 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	26

26 April 2018 19:30

Russia

1–5 (0–1, 1–0, 0–4)

United States

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 7,499

Game reference
	Amir Miftakhov	Goalies	Spencer Knight	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Tobias Nordlander
	0–1 08:47 – Caufield (Wise, Emberson) Iskhakov – 22:26 1–1 1–2 52:55 – Farabee (Stastney) (SH) 1–3 57:22 – Wahlstrom (Hughes, Stastney) 1–4 58:43 – Wise (ENG) 1–5 59:53 – Hughes (ENG)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	41

26 April 2018 19:30

Canada

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 6,530

Game reference
	Olivier Rodrigue	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Ken Mollard Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Dmitry Shishlo
	0–1 11:30 – Blümel (Čajka, Pekař) 0–2 50:03 – Čajka (Pekař, Blümel) Dellandrea (McShane, Tychonick) – 53:19 1–2
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	31

Semifinals

28 April 2018 15:30

Finland

2–0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 6,052

Game reference
	Justus Annunen	Goalies	Olof Lindbom	Referees: Kenneth Anderson Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Balazs Kovacs
	Hirvonen (Moilanen, Kokkonen) – 07:46 1–0 Kotkaniemi (Kakko, Honka) (PP) – 17:19 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	29

28 April 2018 19:30

United States

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 6,459

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Lukáš Dostál	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Tobias Nordlander Dmitry Shishlo
	Hughes (Wahlstrom, Farabee) – 03:37 1–0 Wahlstrom (Farabee) – 21:04 2–0 2–1 30:54 – Zábranský (Kvasnica, Jeník) Stastney (Wise, Miller) – 35:47 3–1 Weiss (Stastney) – 42:48 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	17

Bronze medal game

29 April 2018 15:30

Sweden

5–2 (3–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 5,813

Game reference
	Olof Lindbom	Goalies	Daniel Dvořák	Referees: Jonathan Alarie Kenneth Anderson Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Dmitry Shishlo
	Bäck (Ginning, Andersson) – 04:48 1–0 Pasic (Gustafsson, Berggren) (PP) – 08:17 2–0 2–1 13:42 – Plášek (Zábranský, Haš) (PP) Westfält (Gustafsson, Pasic) (PP) – 16:17 3–1 3–2 25:57 – Teplý (Kropáček, Pytlík) Johansson (Fagemo, Olofsson) (PP) – 30:57 4–2 Ginning (Andersson, Gustafsson) – 45:31 5–2
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	40

Final

29 April 2018 19:30

Finland

3–2 (2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

United States

Traktor Ice Arena, Chelyabinsk Attendance: 7,499

Game reference
	Justus Annunen	Goalies	Spencer Knight	Referees: Daniel Pražák Peter Stano Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Tobias Nordlander
	Kupari (Honka, Kotkaniemi) (PP) – 09:13 1–0 Kakko (Honka, Kupari) (PP) – 12:33 2–0 2–1 16:53 – Giles (Weiss, Emberson) 2–2 28:24 – Janicke (Pivonka, Weiss) Nordgren (Kotkaniemi) (SH) – 50:41 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	28

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Finland	7	7	0	0	0	31	12	+19	21	Champions
2	A	United States	7	4	0	0	3	32	19	+13	12	Runners-up
3	A	Sweden	7	5	0	1	1	23	13	+10	16	Third place
4	B	Czech Republic	7	2	0	0	5	20	24	−4	6	Fourth place
5	A	Canada	5	3	1	0	1	23	11	+12	11	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	B	Russia (H)	5	2	1	0	2	21	18	+3	8
7	B	Slovakia	5	2	0	1	2	20	20	0	7
8	A	Belarus	5	1	0	0	4	13	29	−16	3
9	A	Switzerland	6	2	0	0	4	21	23	−2	6
10	B	France	6	0	0	0	6	6	41	−35	0	Relegated to 2019 Division I A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Leading goaltenders

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

Tournament awards

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

Division I

Further information: 2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Division I A

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

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	15	10	+5	6[a]
5	Norway	5	1	0	0	4	14	18	−4	3[b]
6	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	7	24	−17	3[b]	Relegated to the 2019 Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Kazakhstan 2–4 Denmark
2. Slovenia 0–5 Norway

Division I B

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ukraine (H)	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12[a]	Promoted to the 2019 Division I A
2	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	20	7	+13	12[a]
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

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Austria 3–5 Ukraine

Division II

Further information: 2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division II A

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	26	15	+11	12[a]	Promoted to the 2019 Division I B
2	Lithuania	5	4	0	0	1	22	8	+14	12[a]
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

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Great Britain 3−2 Lithuania

Division II B

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

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]
3	Serbia	5	2	0	2	1	16	11	+5	8[a]
4	Netherlands	5	1	2	0	2	18	18	0	7[b]
5	China	5	2	0	1	2	16	19	−3	7[b]
6	Iceland	5	0	0	1	4	9	26	−17	1	Relegated to the 2019 Division III A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Serbia 1–2 Croatia
2. China 5–6 (GWS) Netherlands

Division III

Further information: 2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Division III A

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

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]
5	Turkey (H)	5	2	0	0	3	11	14	−3	6[a]
6	Chinese Taipei	5	0	1	1	3	16	42	−26	3	Relegated to the 2019 Division III B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Israel 2–0 Turkey

Division III B

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host