2018 IIHF World Championship Division I

2018 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries  Hungary
 Lithuania
Dates 22–28 April
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
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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 country  Hungary
Dates 22–28 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 84 (5.6 per match)
Attendance 52,065 (3,471 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko
(8 points)
MVP United Kingdom Brett Perlini
Website IIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
 Slovenia Placed 15th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
 Italy Placed 16th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
 Kazakhstan Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
 Poland Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
 Hungary Host, placed 5th in Division I A last year.
 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]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Great Britain (P) 5 3 1 0 1 16 15 +1 11 2019 IIHF World Championship
2  Italy (P) 5 3 0 0 2 15 11 +4 9[lower-alpha 1]
3  Kazakhstan 5 3 0 0 2 18 10 +8 9[lower-alpha 1]
4  Hungary (H) 5 2 0 1 2 9 14 −5 7
5  Slovenia 5 2 0 0 3 15 15 0 6
6  Poland (R) 5 1 0 0 4 11 19 −8 3 Relegation to 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Italy 3–0 Kazakhstan

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

22 April 2018
12:30		Great Britain 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 SloveniaLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,545
22 April 2018
16:00		Hungary 0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)		 KazakhstanLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,170
22 April 2018
19:30		Poland 1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)		 ItalyLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,100
23 April 2018
16:00		Slovenia 2–4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1)		 PolandLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 930
23 April 2018
19:30		Italy 2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)		 HungaryLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,150
24 April 2018
16:00		Kazakhstan 6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 Great BritainLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,345
25 April 2018
12:30		Italy 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 KazakhstanLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,325
25 April 2018
16:00		Great Britain 5–3
(2–1, 0–2, 3–0)		 PolandLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,435
25 April 2018
19:30		Slovenia 4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 HungaryLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,460
26 April 2018
19:00		Poland 2–3
(0–2, 2–0, 0–1)		 HungaryLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,370
27 April 2018
16:00		Kazakhstan 3–5
(2–2, 1–2, 0–1)		 SloveniaLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,645
27 April 2018
19:30		Italy 3–4
(2–2, 0–1, 1–1)		 Great BritainLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,750
28 April 2018
12:30		Kazakhstan 6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 PolandLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,505
28 April 2018
16:00		Slovenia 3–4
(1–1, 2–2, 0–1)		 ItalyLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 2,465
28 April 2018
19:30		Hungary 2–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2)
OT: (0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 Great BritainLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,870

Awards and statistics

Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko562804F
Slovenia Miha Verlič5347+42F
United Kingdom Ben O'Connor5426+22D
United Kingdom Brett Perlini5426+22F
Slovenia Jan Urbas5336+30F
Kazakhstan Evgeni Rymarev5246+22F
Italy Ivan Deluca5156+22F
Hungary Balázs Sebők5325+12F
Poland Aron Chmielewski523502F
United Kingdom Robert Dowd5314−10F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

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

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Kazakhstan Henrik Karlsson300:00102.0015993.711
Hungary Ádám Vay304:46132.5618993.120
Italy Marco De Filippo157:3351.906692.420
United Kingdom Ben Bowns290:13142.8917391.910
Poland Przemysław Odrobny159:1893.399390.320

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country  Lithuania
Dates 22–28 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 86 (5.73 per match)
Attendance 46,040 (3,069 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Japan Ryo Hashimoto
(8 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
 Ukraine Placed 6th in Division I A and was relegated.
 Japan Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
 Lithuania Host, placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
 Estonia Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
 Croatia Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
 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]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Lithuania (H, P) 5 4 1 0 0 26 9 +17 14 Promoted to 2019 Division I A
2  Japan 5 2 2 0 1 17 13 +4 10[lower-alpha 1]
3  Estonia 5 3 0 1 1 10 7 +3 10[lower-alpha 1]
4  Ukraine 5 1 0 1 3 10 18 −8 4[lower-alpha 2]
5  Romania 5 1 0 1 3 12 18 −6 4[lower-alpha 2]
6  Croatia (R) 5 1 0 0 4 11 21 −10 3 Relegation to 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Estonia 1–2 Japan
  2. 1 2 Romania 0–3 Ukraine

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

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

Awards and statistics

Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Estonia Villem-Henrik Koitmaa
    • Best Defenseman: Japan Ryo Hashimoto
    • Best Forward: Lithuania Arnoldas Bosas

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Japan Ryo Hashimoto5538+40D
Lithuania Arnoldas Bosas5606+24F
Lithuania Povilas Verenis5426+44F
Lithuania Daniel Bogdziul5336+52F
Japan Hiroto Sato5246+40D
Japan Makuru Furuhashi5156+80F
Lithuania Mark Kaleinikovas5156+34F
Lithuania Tadas Kumeliauskas5156+36F
Lithuania Dainius Zubrus5066+42F
Romania Csanád Fodor5235+16F
Lithuania Paulius Gintautas5235+229F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

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

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Estonia Villem-Henrik Koitmaa239:4041.0013897.102
Lithuania Mantas Armalis301:0491.7914093.571
Ukraine Sergei Gaiduchenko147:3862.449093.331
Romania Patrik Polc242:24102.4815093.330
Japan Yuta Narisawa122:2952.455590.910

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

References

  1. ↑ "27 tournaments assigned". iihf.com. 19 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Great Britain & Italy up!". iihf.com. 29 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lithuania moving up". iihf.com. 29 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Group A Assignments
  5. ↑ Group B Assignments
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