The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.
Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.Division I A statistics
Participants Team Qualification placed 10th in 2017 Top Division and were relegated placed 2nd in 2017 Division I A placed 3rd in 2017 Division I A placed 4th in 2017 Division I A placed 5th in 2017 Division I A placed 1st in 2017 Division I B and were promoted
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IA Assignsments
Referees Patric Bjälkander Aaro Brännare Andrew Bruggeman Andrei Shrubok
Linesmen Uldis Bušs Daniel Duarte Māris Locāns Henri Neva David Nothegger Michal Orolin Sotaro Yamaguchi
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+3).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Taro Jentzsch 5 1 6 7 +7 6 F Yannik Valenti 5 5 1 6 +6 2 F Phillip Schultz 5 4 2 6 0 6 F Andrei Buyalsky 5 3 2 5 +4 2 F Luis Schinko 5 3 2 5 +2 8 F Edwin Schitz 5 3 2 5 +7 0 F Victor Cubars 5 2 3 5 +1 2 F Manuel Alberg 5 1 4 5 +5 0 F Dias Guseinov 5 0 5 5 +2 6 F Oleg Boiko 5 3 1 4 +2 0 F Maxim Musorov 5 3 1 4 +1 2 F Lars Christian Rødne 5 3 1 4 −3 2 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P 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 Jānis Voris 180:00 65 2 0.67 96.92 1 Artūrs Šilovs 120:00 50 2 1.00 96.00 1 Vladislav Nurek 120:00 42 3 1.50 92.86 0 Tobias Normann 140:15 58 5 2.14 91.38 1 Vilen Prokofiev 179:19 78 7 2.34 91.03 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Awards Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Jānis Voris Defenceman: Moritz Seider Forward: Yannik Valenti Source: IIHF.com
Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.Division I B statistics
Participants Team Qualification placed 6th in 2017 Division I A and were relegated placed 2nd in 2017 Division I B placed 3rd in 2017 Division I B placed 4th in 2017 Division I B placed 5th in 2017 Division I B placed 1st in 2017 Division II A and were promoted
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IB Assignsments
Referees Roman Mrkva Joris Müller Christian Persson Gints Zviedrītis
Linesmen Lodewyk Beelen Riley Bowles Håvar Dahl James Kavanagh Artem Korepanov Anton Peretyatko Wiktor Zień
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+3).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Benjamin Baumgartner 5358+30F Dmytro Danylenko 5358+4 2 F Taiga Abe 5527−24F Felix Morozov 5437+4 2 F Marco Rossi 5437+24F Benjamin Lanzinger 5 3 36+42F Marcell Révész 5336+514F Enrico Bitetto 532 5 +12F Levente Keresztes 532 5 +32F Shogo Araki 5235+50F Oleksandr Peresunko 5235+54F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P 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 Marvin Kortin 180:004310.3397.672 Artur Ogandzhanyan 167:228851.7994.320 Eiki Sato 266:4812681.8093.651 Vladislav Hurko 132:154331.3693.021 Lajos Gönczi 241:498271.7491.462 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Awards Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Eiki Sato Defenceman: David Maier Forward: Oleksandr Peresunko Source: IIHF.com
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