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.

Great Britain and Italy were promoted to the Top Division, while Poland was relegated to Division I B. The Group B tournament was won by Lithuania, who moved up to Group A and Croatia was relegated to Division II.

Group A tournament

Participants Team QualificationPlaced 15th in the Elite Division and was relegated.Placed 16th in the Elite Division and was relegated.Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.Placed 4th in Division I A last year.Host, placed 5th in Division I A last year.Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was promoted.

Match officials 7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Group A Assignments

Referees Alex Dipietro Lasse Heikkinen Oldřich Hejduk Jeff Ingram Marc Iwert Trpimir Piragić Ladislav Smetana

Linesmen Thomas Caillot Michael Harrington Ludvig Lundgren Márton Németh Marc-Henri Progin Daniel Soós Josef Špůr

Standings

Results All times are local (UTC+2).

Awards and statistics

Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Ádám Vay Best Defenseman: Ben O'Connor Best Forward: Jan Urbas Source: IIHF.com

Media All-Stars: MVP: Brett Perlini Goaltender: Ádám Vay Defenceman: Ben O'Connor / Sabahudin Kovačević Forwards: Brett Perlini / Roman Starchenko / Balázs Sebők Source: IIHF.com

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Roman Starchenko 5 6 2 8 0 4 F Miha Verlič 5 3 4 7 +4 2 F Ben O'Connor 5 4 2 6 +2 2 D Brett Perlini 5 4 2 6 +2 2 F Jan Urbas 5 3 3 6 +3 0 F Evgeni Rymarev 5 2 4 6 +2 2 F Ivan Deluca 5 1 5 6 +2 2 F Balázs Sebők 5 3 2 5 +1 2 F Aron Chmielewski 5 2 3 5 0 2 F Robert Dowd 5 3 1 4 −1 0 F 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 Henrik Karlsson 300:00 10 2.00 159 93.71 1 Ádám Vay 304:46 13 2.56 189 93.12 0 Marco De Filippo 157:33 5 1.90 66 92.42 0 Ben Bowns 290:13 14 2.89 173 91.91 0 Przemysław Odrobny 159:18 9 3.39 93 90.32 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

Group B tournament

Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I A and was relegated.Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.Host, placed 3rd in Division I B last year.Placed 4th in Division I B last year.Placed 5th in Division I B last year.Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.

Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Group B Assignments

Referees Damien Bliek Miha Bulovec Stian Halm Liam Sewell

Linesmen Karolis Janušauskas Andreas Kroyer Ivan Nedeljković Tommi Niittylä Elias Seewald Laurynas Stepankevičius Roman Výleta

Standings

Results All times are local (UTC+3).

Awards and statistics

Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Villem-Henrik Koitmaa Best Defenseman: Ryo Hashimoto Best Forward: Arnoldas Bosas Source: IIHF.com

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Ryo Hashimoto 5 5 3 8 +4 0 D Arnoldas Bosas 5 6 0 6 +2 4 F Povilas Verenis 5 4 2 6 +4 4 F Daniel Bogdziul 5 3 3 6 +5 2 F Hiroto Sato 5 2 4 6 +4 0 D Makuru Furuhashi 5 1 5 6 +8 0 F Mark Kaleinikovas 5 1 5 6 +3 4 F Tadas Kumeliauskas 5 1 5 6 +3 6 F Dainius Zubrus 5 0 6 6 +4 2 F Csanád Fodor 5 2 3 5 +1 6 F Paulius Gintautas 5 2 3 5 +2 29 F 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 Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 239:40 4 1.00 138 97.10 2 Mantas Armalis 301:04 9 1.79 140 93.57 1 Sergei Gaiduchenko 147:38 6 2.44 90 93.33 1 Patrik Polc 242:24 10 2.48 150 93.33 0 Yuta Narisawa 122:29 5 2.45 55 90.91 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

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