The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were two international under-18
ice hockey
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tournaments organised 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 Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the
IIHF World U18 Championship
The IIHF U18 World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-18 ice hockey teams from around the world. The tournament is usually played in April and is organized according to a sys ...
.
Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in
Riga
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, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;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
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Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus Plus–minus, ±, +/−, or variants may refer to:
* Plus–minus sign (±), a mathematical symbol which can mean either plus (+) or minus (−), or can indicate the uncertainty of a measurement or statistic
* Plus–minus (sports), a sport ...
; 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 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; 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 ...
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Source
IIHF.com
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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
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, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
IB Assignsments
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;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
UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a UTC offset, time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Following the ISO 8601 standard, ...
).''
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Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus Plus–minus, ±, +/−, or variants may refer to:
* Plus–minus sign (±), a mathematical symbol which can mean either plus (+) or minus (−), or can indicate the uncertainty of a measurement or statistic
* Plus–minus (sports), a sport ...
; 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 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; 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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Awards
;Best Players Selected by the Directorate
* Goaltender: Eiki Sato
* Defenceman: David Maier
* Forward: Oleksandr Peresunko
Source
IIHF.com
References
{{2017–18 in men's ice hockey
2018 IIHF World U18 Championships
IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
International ice hockey competitions hosted by Latvia
International ice hockey competitions hosted by Ukraine
Sports competitions in Riga
Sports competitions in Kyiv
2017–18 in Latvian ice hockey
2017–18 in Ukrainian ice hockey
IIHF
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 tourn ...
Ice hockey in Riga