The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 ...
.
The Group A tournament was held in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
and the Group B tournament was held in
Kaunas,
Lithuania from 22 to 28 April 2018.
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
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
Match officials
7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;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
Ádám Vay (born 22 March 1994) is a Hungarian professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays with HK Poprad in the Slovak Extraliga.
Playing career
Amateur
Vay's career began in the 2009–10 season when he was 15 years old. He played ...
**Best Defenseman:
Ben O'Connor
**Best Forward:
Jan Urbas
Jan Urbas (born January 26, 1989) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with the Fischtown Pinguins in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Playing career
He previously played with EHC München in the German Deutsch ...
Source
IIHF.com
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*Media All-Stars:
** MVP: Brett Perlini
** Goaltender: Ádám Vay
Ádám Vay (born 22 March 1994) is a Hungarian professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays with HK Poprad in the Slovak Extraliga.
Playing career
Amateur
Vay's career began in the 2009–10 season when he was 15 years old. He played ...
** Defenceman: Ben O'Connor / Sabahudin Kovačević
** Forwards: Brett Perlini / Roman Starchenko
Roman Leonidovich Starchenko (russian: Роман Леонидович Ста́рченко; born May 12, 1986) is a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing c ...
/ Balázs Sebők
Source
IIHF.com
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Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
Source
IIHF.com
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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.
''TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average
Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending ...
; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutout
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
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Source
IIHF.com
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Group B tournament
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Group B Assignments
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;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
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Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>
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.
''TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average
Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending ...
; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutout
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
s''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>
References
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Division I
2018 IIHF World Championship Division I
2018 IIHF World Championship Division I
International sports competitions in Budapest
Sports competitions in Kaunas
2018 in Hungarian sport
2018 in Lithuanian sport
April 2018 sports events in Europe