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; ; ) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 84 member countries.
The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey to ...
.
The Group A tournament was held in
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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and the Group B tournament was held in
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...
,
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
from 22 to 28 April 2018.
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
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
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
).''
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
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*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
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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 (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 on spo ...
; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutout
In team sports, a shutout (North American English, US) or clean sheet (Commonwealth English, UK) is a game in which the losing team fails to score. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketba ...
s''
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
/ref>
;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
/small>
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 (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 on spo ...
; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutout
In team sports, a shutout (North American English, US) or clean sheet (Commonwealth English, UK) is a game in which the losing team fails to score. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketba ...
s''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>
References
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2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
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