The 2013 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 15th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted in Sochi, Russia.2013 Top Division official website2013 Top Division statistics This was also a test event for the facilities to be used in the 2014 Winter Olympics. It began on 18 April 2013 with the gold medal game played on 28 April 2013.
Canada won its third under-18 championship by defeating the four-time defending champion Americans 3–2. The host Russians lost to Finland 2–1 in the bronze medal game. MVP Connor McDavid set Canadian records for goals and points in the tournament.
Top Division
Format A new format was implemented. The four best ranked teams from the preliminary round advanced to the quarterfinals, while the last placed teams played a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team. Additionally the practice of playing ranking games (fifth place through eighth place) was abandoned.
Venues Bolshoy Ice Dome Shayba Arena
Officials The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF U18 World Championship. They were the following:
Referees Tobias Björk Marcus Brill Igor Dremelj Peter Gebei Jacob Grumsen René Hradil Andreas Koch Jari Leppäalho Timothy Mayer Róbert Mullner Steve Papp Evgeniy Romasko
Linesmen Vasili Kaliada Kenji Kosaka Joep Leermakers Fraser McIntyre Eduard Metalnikov Pasi Nieminen Henrik Pihlblad Mariusz Smura Rudolf Tosenovjan Matt Traub
Preliminary round Group A
All times are local. (Moscow Time – UTC+4)
Group B
All times are local. (Moscow Time – UTC+4)
Relegation round The last-placed teams play a best-of-three series.
Latvia is relegated to 2014 Division I A; the third game was not played because the result of the relegation series had been decided.
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Connor McDavid 7 8 6 14 +8 2 Pavel Buchnevich 7 5 6 11 +4 2 Vladimir Tkachyov 7 5 6 11 +5 2 Ivan Barbashev 7 3 6 9 +7 4 Artturi Lehkonen 7 3 6 9 +2 12 Kasperi Kapanen 7 5 3 8 +4 4 Nicholas Baptiste 7 3 5 8 +6 4 Morgan Klimchuk 7 3 5 8 +4 4 Tyler Motte 7 5 2 7 +5 4 Róbert Lantoši 6 4 3 7 −2 0 Valeri Nichushkin 6 4 3 7 0 0GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutesSource: 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 Philippe Desrosiers 300:00 130 4 0.80 97.01 2 Juuse Saros 419:15 239 13 1.86 94.56 1 Igor Shestyorkin 344:31 192 13 2.26 93.66 0 Jonas Johansson 215:42 116 8 2.23 93.10 1 Dávid Okoličány 196.54 113 10 3.05 91.15 0TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Best Defenseman: Best Forward: Source: IIHF.com
Final standings
Team 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Relegated to the 2014 Division I A
Division I
Division I A The Division I A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 7 to 13 April 2013.2013 Division I A statistics
Division I B The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 14 to 20 April 2013.2013 Division I B statistics
Division II
Division II A The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 31 March to 6 April 2013.2013 Division II A statistics
Division II B The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 15 March 2013.2013 Division II B statistics
Division III
Division III A The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 11 to 16 March 2013.2013 Division III A statistics
Division III B The Division III B tournament was played in İzmit, Turkey, from 7 to 10 February 2013.2013 Division III B statistics
References
External links IIHF official website