The 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships was the 12th edition of the IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was held in Minsk and Babruysk, Belarus, between April 13 and April 23, 2010.2010 Top Division statistics Tournament games were played at the Minsk Sports Palace in Minsk and the Babruysk Arena in Babruysk. The Final was played at the newly opened Minsk-Arena.
The United States won the gold medal for the second consecutive year, with a 3–1 victory over Sweden in the final game. The gold medal was the fifth for the United States since the tournament began in 1999; Sweden matched their best ever performance up to this point with a silver medal.
Top Division
Preliminary Round Group A
Fixtures The Group A games took place in Bobruisk, Belarus, between April 13 and April 18.
All times local.
Group B
Fixtures The Group B games took place in Minsk, Belarus, between April 13 and April 18.
All times local.
Relegation round
Results Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round: April 15, 2010: 11–3 April 17, 2010: 4–3
Final round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate Best Goalkeeper: Jack Campbell Best Forward: Teemu Pulkkinen Best Defenseman: Adam Larsson
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Teemu Pulkkinen 6 10 5 15 −2 10 Johan Larsson 5 6 8 14 +8 0 Mikael Granlund 6 4 9 13 0 4 Ludvig Rensfeldt 6 6 6 12 +7 4 Evgeny Kuznetsov 7 5 7 12 +8 6 Adam Clendening 7 3 7 10 +9 4 Nick Shore 7 3 7 10 +7 0 Rocco Grimaldi 7 2 8 10 +6 6 Jordan Weal 6 3 6 9 +8 30 Sergei Barbashev 7 2 6 8 +5 6 Joonas Donskoi 6 1 7 8 −1 0GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: 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 Jack Campbell 359:39 143 5 0.83 96.50 3 Johan Gustafsson 238:10 98 8 2.02 91.84 0 Andrei Vasilevskiy 272:03 116 12 2.65 89.66 1 Dominik Riecicky 359:38 190 20 3.34 89.47 0 Calvin Pickard 313:50 141 15 2.87 89.36 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Final standings Rk.Team45678910 and were relegated to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Division I
Group A The tournament was played in Herning, Denmark, between April 12 and April 18, 2010.2010 Division I Group A statistics
Group B The tournament was played in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, between April 11 and April 17, 2010.2010 Division I Group B statistics
Division II
Group A The tournament was played in Narva, Estonia, between March 13 and March 19, 2010.2010 Division II Group A statistics
Group B The tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, between March 22 and March 28, 2010.2010 Division II Group B statistics
Division III
Group A The tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey, between March 8 and March 14, 2010.2010 Division III Group A statistics
Group B The tournament was played in Monterrey, Mexico, between March 14 and March 20, 2010.2010 Division III Group B statistics
See also 2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I 2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II 2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships 2010 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
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