The 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 21st such event hosted by the
International Ice Hockey Federation
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The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey to ...
. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the
2020 competition. One national team,
Luxembourg
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, returned to play in the World Championships for the first time since playing in the
2000 European qualification tiers.
Sweden won the title on home ice. It was the nation's first U18 World Championship. Defending champion Finland finished in seventh place and without a medal for the first time since 2014.
Top Division
The Top Division tournament was played in
Örnsköldsvik
Örnsköldsvik (; ), often shortened to just Ö-vik, is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017.
Its natural harbour and archipelago is in th ...
and
Umeå
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Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...
, Sweden, from 18 to 28 April 2019.
Match officials
12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
* Aaro Brännare
* Michael Campbell
* Oldřich Hejduk
* Joonas Kova
* Guillaume Labonté
* Marcus Linde
* Sean MacFarlane
* Sergey Morozov
* Andre Schrader
* Andrei Shrubok
* Miroslav Å tefÃk
* Michael Tscherrig
;Linesmen
* Pavel Badyl
* Riley Bowles
* Henrik Haurum
* Jon Kilian
* Ludvig Lundgren
* David Obwegeser
* Jani Pesonen
* Nikita Shalagin
* Josef Špůr
* Tarrington Wyonzek
Preliminary round
''All times are local (
UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
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Group A
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; +/− = 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''
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
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Source
IIHF.com
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Awards
*Best players selected by the Directorate:
**Best
Goaltender
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:
Yaroslav Askarov
**Best
Defenceman
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:
Philip Broberg
**Best
Forward:
Cole Caufield
Source
IIHF
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*Media All-Stars:
**MVP: Cole Caufield
**Goaltender: Yaroslav Askarov
**Defencemen: Philip Broberg / Cameron York
**Forwards: Cole Caufield / Jack Hughes / Rodion Amirov
Source
IIHF
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Division I
Group A
The tournament was played in
Grenoble
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, France, from 14 to 20 April 2019.
Group B
The tournament was played in
Székesfehérvár
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, Hungary, from 14 to 20 April 2019.
Division II
Group A
The tournament was played in
ElektrÄ—nai
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History
His ...
, Lithuania, from 7 to 13 April 2019.
Group B
The tournament was played in
Belgrade
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, Serbia, from 25 to 31 March 2019.
Division III
Group A
The tournament was played in
Sofia
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, Bulgaria, from 25 to 31 March 2019.
Group B
The tournament was played in
Cape Town
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, South Africa, from 9 to 12 April 2019.
2019 Division III B statistics
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References
External links
IIHF official website
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IIHF World U18 Championships
IIHF World U18 Championships
International ice hockey competitions hosted by Sweden
2018–19 in Swedish ice hockey
Sports competitions in Umeå
Sports competitions in Örnsköldsvik
IIHF World U18 Championships
21st century in Västerbotten County
21st century in Västernorrland County