The 2022 IIHF World U18 Championship was the 23rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2023 competition. On 28 February the IIHF "suspended all Russian and Belarusian National Teams and Clubs from participation in every age category and in all IIHF competitions or events until further notice", which resulted in a reformatting of the tournament. Due to the suspensions there are two open spots in the top division, two teams can be promoted for 2023 and no team will be relegated. Additionally, all eight teams will qualify for the QF round and will be reseeded according to their tournament ranking.
Sweden won their second world championship by beating USA in the final with score 6–4. Finland won bronze by beating Czechia in the bronze medal game with score 4–1.
Top Division The tournament was held from 23 April to 1 May 2022 in Landshut and Kaufbeuren, Germany.2022 Top Division official website2022 Top Division statistics
Seeding Due to the suspension of Russia and Belarus, the groups were reseeded.
Original Seeding
Group A (Kaufbeuren) (1) (4) United States (5) (8) (9)
Group B (Landshut) (2) (3) (6) (7) (10)
Updated Seeding
Group A (Landshut) (1) United States (5) (7) (10)
Group B (Kaufbeuren) (3) (4) (8) (9)
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Playoff round Winning teams will be reseeded in accordance with the following ranking:
higher position in the group higher number of points better goal difference higher number of goals scored for better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2021 IIHF World U18 Championships).
Rank Team Group 1 United States A 1 9 +17 24 5 2 B 1 6 +4 12 3 3 B 2 6 +6 13 4 4 A 2 5 -1 12 7 5 A 3 4 -1 16 1 6 B 3 3 -7 8 8 7 B 4 3 -3 7 9 8 A 4 0 -15 7 10
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final standings
Statistics Scoring leaders
PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Jonathan Lekkerimäki 6 5 10 15 +4 4 2 Mattias Hävelid 6 4 8 12 +4 0 3 Jiří Kulich 6 9 2 11 −6 2 4 Isaac Howard United States 6 6 5 11 +8 2 5 Noah Östlund 6 4 6 10 +3 6 6 Logan Cooley United States 6 3 7 10 +5 4 7 Rutger McGroarty United States 6 8 1 9 +8 27 8 Cutter Gauthier United States 6 3 6 9 +3 6 8 Frank Nazar United States 6 3 6 9 +7 4 8 Liam Öhgren 6 3 6 9 +4 2 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASASv%SO 1 Hugo Hävelid 298:28 12 2.41 170 92.94 0 2 Topias Leinonen 298:32 13 2.61 126 89.68 0 3 Trey Augustine United States 238:36 11 2.77 93 88.17 0 4 Simon Wolf 151:35 17 6.73 137 87.59 0 5 Michael Schnattinger 237:37 15 3.79 118 87.29 1 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF
Division I
Group A The tournament was played in Piešťany, Slovakia, from 11 to 17 April 2022.2022 Division I A official website2022 Division I A statistics
Group B The tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 25 April to 1 May 2022.2022 Division I B official website2022 Division I B statistics
Division II
Group A The tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 3 to 9 April 2022.2022 Division II A official website2022 Division II A statistics
Group B The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 21 to 24 March 2022.2022 Division II B official website2022 Division II B statistics
Division III
Group A The tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 11 to 17 April 2022.2022 Division III A official website2022 Division III A statistics
Group B The tournament was played in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 17 to 22 April 2022.2022 Division III B official website2022 Division III B statistics
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