2018 IIHF World U18 Championships

Match officials

12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[1]

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

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

23 April 2018 15:30

Belarus

5–4 (0–2, 2–0, 3–2)

Switzerland

Arena Metallurg, Magnitogorsk Attendance: 3,090

Game reference
	Nikita Tolopilo	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Christoffer Holm Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Jan-Christian Müller Dmitry Shishlo
	0–1 12:37 – Nussbaumer (Mettler, Tanner) (PP) 0–2 16:38 – Gross (De Nisco, Barbei) Kazyanin (Alistrov) – 27:00 1–2 Kolyachonok (Kazyanin, Alistrov) – 30:02 2–2 Azhgirei (Alistrov, Protas) – 44:56 3–2 3–3 48:20 – Patry (Nussbaumer, Tanner) (PP) 3–4 49:06 – Henauer (Verboon) Levshunov (Kazyanin, Alistrov) – 58:44 4–4 Alistrov (Kazyanin, Kolyachonok) – 59:48 5–4
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	24

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

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	Lukáľ 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

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
Lukas Dostal	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 A

The Division I A tournament was held in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Latvia (H)	5	5	0	0	0	14	4	+10	15	Promoted to the 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 Division I B

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was held in Kiev, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ukraine (H)	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12[lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to 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 Division II A

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia, from 1 to 7 April 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	26	15	+11	12[lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to 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 Division II B

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was held in Zagreb, Croatia, from 24 to 30 March 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	0	27	13	+14	14	Promoted to 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 Division III A

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was held in Erzurum, Turkey, from 26 March to 1 April 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Belgium	5	4	0	0	1	35	8	+27	12	Promoted to 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 Division III B

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was held in Queenstown, New Zealand, from 26 to 28 April 2018.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand (H)	2	2	0	0	0	12	6	+6	6	Promoted to 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