2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
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International ice hockey competition
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host countries |  Latvia Ukraine |
| Dates | 2–8 April (Group A) 14–20 April (Group B) |
| Teams | 12 |
The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.
Participants
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Latvia |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 2–8 April |
| Teams | 6 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 86 (5.73 per game) |
| Attendance | 9,057 (604 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) |  Taro Jentzsch (7 points) |
| Official website | |
| IIHF.com | |
The Division I A tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.[1]
| Team | Qualification |
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| Latvia | placed 10th in 2017 Top Division and were relegated |
 Kazakhstan | placed 2nd in 2017 Division I A |
 Denmark | placed 3rd in 2017 Division I A |
 Norway | placed 4th in 2017 Division I A |
| Germany | placed 5th in 2017 Division I A |
 Slovenia | placed 1st in 2017 Division I B and were promoted |
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]
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Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 | Latvia (H) |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | Promoted to the 2019 Top Division |
| 2 | Germany |
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 12 | |
| 3 | Denmark |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 6[a] | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 6[a] | |
| 5 | Norway |
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 3[b] | |
| 6 | Slovenia |
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 3[b] | Relegated to the 2019 Division I B |
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:
Results
All times are local (UTC+3).
| 2 April 2018 12:15 | Germany | 7–2 (2–0, 4–2, 1–0) | Denmark | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 348 |
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| Florian Mnich Tobias Ancicka | Goalies | Mads Søgaard Christian Christensen | Referee: Aaro BrännareLinesmen: Uldis Bušs Henri Neva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Shots | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 April 2018 16:15 | Norway | 2–5 (1–3, 1–2, 0–0) | Kazakhstan | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 349 |
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| Tobias Breivold | Goalies | Vilen Prokofiev | Referee: Andrew BruggemanLinesmen: Māris Locāns Sotaro Yamaguchi | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Shots | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 April 2018 20:15 | Slovenia | 1–2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–0) | Latvia | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 1,126 |
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| Val Usnik | Goalies | Artūrs Šilovs | Referee: Patric BjälkanderLinesmen:  Daniel Duarte David Nothegger | ||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||
| 18 | Shots | 32 | |||||||||
| 3 April 2018 12:15 | Kazakhstan | 0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0) | Germany | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 147 |
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| Vilen Prokofiev | Goalies | Florian Mnich | Referee: Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: David Nothegger Michal Orolin | ||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||
| 15 | Shots | 33 | |||
| 3 April 2018 16:15 | Denmark | 2–3 (1–0, 0–1, 1–2) | Slovenia | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 210 |
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| Mads Søgaard | Goalies | Val Usnik | Referee: Andrei ShrubokLinesmen: Uldis Bušs Māris Locāns | ||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
| 36 | Shots | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 April 2018 20:15 | Latvia | 3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0) | Norway | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 983 |
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| Jānis Voris | Goalies | Tobias Normann | Referee: Aaro Brännare Linesmen: Henri Neva Sotaro Yamaguchi | ||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||
| 31 | Shots | 15 | |||||||||
| 5 April 2018 12:15 | Slovenia | 0–5 (0–0, 0–4, 0–1) | Norway | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 210 |
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| Val Usnik Nejc Žagar | Goalies | Tobias Normann | Referee: Aaro Brännare Linesmen: Daniel Duarte Henri Neva | ||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | Shots | 38 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 April 2018 16:15 | Kazakhstan | 2–4 (2–1, 0–1, 0–2) | Denmark | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 214 |
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| Vilen Prokofiev | Goalies | Christian Christensen | Referee: Patric Bjälkander Linesmen: Uldis Bušs Māris Locāns | |||||||||||||||||
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| 18 min | Penalties | 20 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Shots | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 April 2018 20:15 | Latvia | 3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0) | Germany | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 1,894 |
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| Jānis Voris | Goalies | Florian Mnich | Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: David Nothegger Sotaro Yamaguchi | |||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Shots | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 6 April 2018 12:15 | Kazakhstan | 7–1 (3–0, 1–0, 3–1) | Slovenia | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 86 |
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| Vladislav Nurek | Goalies | Val Usnik Nejc Žagar | Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Uldis Bušs Henri Neva | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 38 | Shots | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 April 2018 16:15 | Norway | 4–5 (1–2, 2–2, 1–1) | Germany | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 157 |
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| Tobias Breivold | Goalies | Florian Mnich Tobias Ancicka | Referee: Patric Bjälkander Linesmen: Māris Locāns David Nothegger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Shots | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 April 2018 20:15 | Denmark | 1–4 (1–1, 0–0, 0–3) | Latvia | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 2,200 |
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| Christian Christensen | Goalies | Jānis Voris | Referee: Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: Daniel Duarte Sotaro Yamaguchi | ||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | Shots | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 April 2018 12:15 | Denmark | 5–3 (2–0, 2–2, 1–1) | Norway | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 163 |
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| Mads Søgaard | Goalies | Tobias Normann Tobias Breivold | Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Daniel Duarte Māris Locāns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 36 | Shots | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 April 2018 16:15 | Germany | 8–2 (5–2, 1–0, 2–0) | Slovenia | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 110 |
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| Tobias Ancicka | Goalies | Nejc Žagar Val Usnik | Referee: Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: Uldis Bušs Sotaro Yamaguchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 51 | Shots | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 April 2018 20:15 | Latvia | 2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0) | Kazakhstan | Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 860 |
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| Artūrs Šilovs | Goalies | Vladislav Nurek | Referee: Aaro Brännare Linesmen: Henri Neva David Nothegger | ||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 63 min | |||||||||
| 22 | Shots | 32 | |||||||||
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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| Taro Jentzsch | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +7 | 6 | F |
| Yannik Valenti | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +6 | 2 | F |
| Phillip Schultz | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | F |
| Andrei Buyalsky | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Luis Schinko | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 8 | F |
| Edwin Schitz | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +7 | 0 | F |
| Victor Cubars | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 2 | F |
| Manuel Alberg | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +5 | 0 | F |
| Dias Guseinov | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | +2 | 6 | F |
| Oleg Boiko | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 0 | F |
| Maxim Musorov | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 2 | F |
| Lars Christian Rødne | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
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.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
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| Jānis Voris | 180:00 | 65 | 2 | 0.67 | 96.92 | 1 |
| Artūrs Šilovs | 120:00 | 50 | 2 | 1.00 | 96.00 | 1 |
| Vladislav Nurek | 120:00 | 42 | 3 | 1.50 | 92.86 | 0 |
| Tobias Normann | 140:15 | 58 | 5 | 2.14 | 91.38 | 1 |
| Vilen Prokofiev | 179:19 | 78 | 7 | 2.34 | 91.03 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Awards
- Best Players Selected by the Directorate
- Goaltender:
Jānis Voris - Defenceman:
Moritz Seider - Forward: Yannik Valenti
Source: IIHF.com
Division I B
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Ukraine |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 14–20 April |
| Teams | 6 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 80 (5.33 per game) |
| Attendance | 33,163 (2,211 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Benjamin Baumgartner Dmytro Danylenko (8 points) |
| Official website | |
| IIHF.com | |
The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.[3]
Participants
| Team | Qualification |
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 Hungary | placed 6th in 2017 Division I A and were relegated |
| Austria | placed 2nd in 2017 Division I B |
| Japan | placed 3rd in 2017 Division I B |
 Italy | placed 4th in 2017 Division I B |
| Ukraine | placed 5th in 2017 Division I B |
 Romania | placed 1st in 2017 Division II A and were promoted |
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]
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Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 | Ukraine (H) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 12[a] | Promoted to the 2019 Division I A |
| 2 | Austria |
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 12[a] | |
| 3 | Japan |
5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 10 | |
| 4 | Hungary |
5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 7 | |
| 5 | Italy |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 4 | |
| 6 | Romania |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | −25 | 0 | Relegated to the 2019 Division II A |
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:
Results
All times are local (UTC+3).
| 14 April 2018 13:00 | Ukraine | 0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Japan | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 3,007 |
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| Artur Ogandzhanyan | Goalies | Eiki Sato | Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen:  Lodewyk Beelen James Kavanagh | ||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||
| 32 | Shots | 33 | |||
| 14 April 2018 16:30 | Italy | 1–2 (1–2, 0–0, 0–0) | Austria | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,489 |
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| Davide Fadani Andrea Basraoui | Goalies | Alexander Schmidt | Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Håvar Dahl Wiktor Zień | ||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
| 19 | Shots | 37 | |||||||||
| 14 April 2018 20:00 | Romania | 0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1) | Hungary | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,198 |
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| Levente Ambrus Arnold Demeter | Goalies | Lajos Gönczi | Referee: Joris Müller Linesmen: Riley Bowles Artem Korepanov | ||||||||||||||
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| 29 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Shots | 45 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 April 2018 13:00 | Austria | 3–5 (1–1, 2–1, 0–3) | Ukraine | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 3,104 |
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| Alexander Schmidt | Goalies | Artur Ogandzhanyan | Referee: Joris Müller Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Riley Bowles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | Shots | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 April 2018 16:30 | Japan | 5–3 (1–1, 3–2, 1–0) | Romania | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,259 |
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| Ryo Ishikawa Eiki Sato | Goalies | Arnold Demeter | Referee: Roman MrkvaLinesmen: Artem Korepanov Anton Peretyatko | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Shots | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 April 2018 20:00 | Hungary | 4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0) | Italy | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,047 |
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| Lajos Gönczi | Goalies | Davide Fadani | Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: James Kavanagh Wiktor Zień | |||||||||||
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| 30 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 17 April 2018 13:00 | Romania | 1–7 (0–2, 0–2, 1–3) | Italy | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 549 |
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| Arnold Demeter Levente Ambrus | Goalies | Davide Fadani | Referee: Joris Müller Linesmen: Riley Bowles Artem Korepanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Shots | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 April 2018 16:30 | Austria | 4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Japan | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,571 |
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| Marvin Kortin | Goalies | Eiki Sato | Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: James Kavanagh Wiktor Zień | |||||||||||
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| 0 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||
| 35 | Shots | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 17 April 2018 20:00 | Hungary | 3–4 (1–1, 0–2, 2–1) | Ukraine | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 4,537 |
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| Lajos Gönczi | Goalies | Artur Ogandzhanyan Vladislav Hurko | Referee: Roman Mrkva Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Håvar Dahl | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 April 2018 13:00 | Austria | 7–1 (4–0, 1–1, 2–0) | Romania | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 954 |
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| Marvin Kortin | Goalies | Levente Ambrus Arnold Demeter | Referee: Roman Mrkva Linesmen: James Kavanagh Artem Korepanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 60 | Shots | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 April 2018 16:30 | Japan | 3–2 GWS (1–0, 1–0, 0–2) OT: (0–0) SO: (1–0) | Hungary | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,398 |
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| Eiki Sato | Goalies | Lajos Gönczi | Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Riley Bowles | |||||||||||
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Hanzawa  Abe Gondaira  Momen | Shootout | Almási Dézsi Szécsi Keresztes Révész | ||||||||||||
| 14 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Shots | 38 | ||||||||||||
| 18 April 2018 20:00 | Italy | 1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1) | Ukraine | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 4,827 |
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| Davide Fadani | Goalies | Vladislav Hurko | Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Håvar Dahl Wiktor Zień | |||||||||||
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| 29 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Shots | 28 | ||||||||||||
| 20 April 2018 13:00 | Japan | 3–2 OT (1–1, 0–0, 1–1) OT: (1–0) | Italy | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,073 |
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| Eiki Sato | Goalies | Andrea Basraoui | Referee: Roman Mrkva Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen James Kavanagh | ||||||||||||||
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| 26 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||||||||||||||
| 43 | Shots | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| 20 April 2018 16:30 | Hungary | 0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2) | Austria | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,150 |
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| Dominik Horváth | Goalies | Marvin Kortin | Referee: Joris Müller Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Wiktor Zień | |||||||||||
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| 22 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Shots | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 20 April 2018 20:00 | Ukraine | 6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0) | Romania | Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 5,000 |
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| Vladislav Hurko | Goalies | Arnold Demeter | Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Riley Bowles Håvar Dahl | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 39 | Shots | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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| Benjamin Baumgartner | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +3 | 0 | F |
| Dmytro Danylenko | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Taiga Abe | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −2 | 4 | F |
| Felix Morozov | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Marco Rossi | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +2 | 4 | F |
| Benjamin Lanzinger | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Marcell Révész | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 14 | F |
| Enrico Bitetto | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 2 | F |
| Levente Keresztes | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 2 | F |
| Shogo Araki | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 0 | F |
| Oleksandr Peresunko | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 4 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
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.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Kortin | 180:00 | 43 | 1 | 0.33 | 97.67 | 2 |
| Artur Ogandzhanyan | 167:22 | 88 | 5 | 1.79 | 94.32 | 0 |
| Eiki Sato | 266:48 | 126 | 8 | 1.80 | 93.65 | 1 |
| Vladislav Hurko | 132:15 | 43 | 3 | 1.36 | 93.02 | 1 |
| Lajos Gönczi | 241:49 | 82 | 7 | 1.74 | 91.46 | 2 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Awards
- Best Players Selected by the Directorate
- Goaltender:
Eiki Sato - Defenceman:
David Maier - Forward:
Oleksandr Peresunko
Source: IIHF.com
References
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