The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in České Budějovice and Plzeň, Czech Republic. The championships began on April 14, 2005, and finished on April 24, 2005. Games were played at Budvar Arena in České Budějovice and ČEZ Aréna in Plzeň. The United States to claim the second gold medal, after defeated Canada 5–1 in the final, while the Sweden defeated Czech Republic 4–2 to capture the bronze medal.
Championship results
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Relegation round
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round: April 15, 2005: 1–3 April 15, 2005: 3–1
Final round
beat for the bronze medal 4–2. beat for 5th place 5–2.
Final standings Rk.Team45678910 and are relegated to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Scoring leaders PlayerCountryGPGA PtsPIMPhil Kessel 6 9 7 16 2Nathan Gerbe 6 4 4 8 14Ilya Zubov 6 3 5 8 6Alexey Sopin 6 6 1 7 2Peter Mueller 6 4 3 7 20Vyacheslav Buravchikov 6 3 4 7 4Juraj Mikus 6 0 7 7 12Martin Hanzal 7 4 3 7 10Nicklas Bergfors 7 6 0 6 0Devin Setoguchi 6 4 2 6 6David Kveton 7 4 2 6 4Tomáš Káňa 7 2 4 6 8
Goaltending leaders
(Minimum 60 minutes played)
PlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASOPier-Olivier Pelletier 120:00 2 .959 1.00 0Jeff Frazee 360:00 8 .959 1.33 1Jhonas Enroth 141:08 4 .942 1.70 0Ondřej Pavelec 380:51 13 .932 2.05 1Juha Toivonen 79:59 3 .875 2.25 0
Division I
Division I consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 3 and 9 April 2005 in Maribor, Slovenia and the Group B tournament was held between 2 and 8 April 2005 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Belarus and Norway won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Great Britain finished last in Group A and Italy last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2006.
Group standings
Group A — promoted to Championship Division for 2006
— relegated to Division II for 2006
Group B — promoted to Championship Division for 2006
— relegated to Division II for 2006
Division II
Division II consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 14 and 20 March 2005 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia and the Group B tournament was held between 21 and 27 March 2005 in Bucharest, Romania. South Korea and Hungary won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. While South Africa finished last in Group A and Romania last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2006.
Group standings
Group A — promoted to Division I for 2006
Serbia and Montenegro — relegated to Division III for 2006
Group B — promoted to Division I for 2006
— relegated to Division III for 2006
Division III
The Division III tournament was held between 7 and 13 March 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Australia and Belgium finished first and second respectively and both gained promotion to Division II for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Group standings — promoted to Division II for 2006 — promoted to Division II for 2006
Division III Qualification
The Division III Qualification tournament was held between 18 and 20 February 2005 in Ankara, Turkey. Turkey won the tournament and qualified for the Division III tournament after winning both of their games against Armenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Group standings — qualified for the 2005 Division III tournament
References
External links Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation Championship Division I – Group A Division I – Group B Division II – Group A Division II – Group B Division III