The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 20th

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 ...

. The tournament was played from 19 to 29 April 2018 in

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lost the final to Finland. It was also the first time France had ever played in the top division at the U18 World Championship.

Top Division

Match officials

12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ;Referees * Jonathan Alarie * Kenneth Anderson * Geoffrey Barcelo * Christoffer Holm * Benjamin Hoppe * Ken Mollard * Denis Naumov * Kristijan Nikolic * Daniel Pražák * Peter Stano * Kristian Vikman * Milan Zrnič ;Linesmen * Maxime Chaput * Daniel Hynek * Balazs Kovacs * Jan-Christian Müller * Lauri Nikulainen * Tobias Nordlander * Charlie O'Connor * Ulrich Pardatscher * Nikita Shalagin * Dmitry Shishlo

Preliminary round

Group A

''All times are local ( UTC+5).''

Group B

Relegation round

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− =

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; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
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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 =

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Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player * Forward: Jack Hughes All-star team * Goaltender: Olof Lindbom * Defencemen: Cameron York, Anton Malyshev * Forwards: Jack Hughes, Oliver Wahlstrom, Niklas Nordgren Source
IIHF.com
IIHF best player awards * Goaltender: Olof Lindbom * Defenceman: Adam Boqvist * Forward: Jack Hughes Source
IIHF.com

Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in

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, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in

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, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in

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, Estonia, from 1 to 7 April 2018.

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in

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, Croatia, from 24 to 30 March 2018.

Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in

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, Turkey, from 26 March to 1 April 2018.

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Queenstown, New Zealand, from 26 to 28 April 2018.2018 Division III B statistics
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References

External links

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