2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

2017 IIHF U18 World Championship
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Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
Dates	13–23 April 2017
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (10th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	196 (6.32 per match)
Attendance	73,690 (2,377 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Kristian Vesalainen; (13 points)
MVP	Kristian Vesalainen
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The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 19th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted by Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia.^[1] The tournament was played from 13 to 23 April 2017. Finland entered the tournament as the defending champions and once again advanced to the final, but this time they lost to the United States.

Top Division

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+02:00)

Preliminary round

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups plays a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.^[2]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	4	0	0	0	23	10	+13	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	2	1	0	1	18	13	+5	8
3	Slovakia	4	2	0	1	1	13	10	+3	7
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	9	14	−5	3
5	Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	3	19	−16	0	Advance to Relegation round

Source: IIHF

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	22	7	+15	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Russia	4	2	1	0	1	16	11	+5	8
3	Sweden	4	2	0	0	2	8	12	−4	6
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	15	17	−2	4
5	Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	7	21	−14	0	Advance to Relegation round

Source: IIHF

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Relegation round

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Latvia is relegated to the 2018 Division I A.

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

1A

Finland

6

4B

Czech Republic

5

1A

Finland

2

2B

Russia

1

2B

Russia

3

3A

Slovakia

2

1A

Finland

2

1B

United States

4

1B

United States

4

4A

Switzerland

2

1B

United States

4

3B

Sweden

3

2A

Canada

3

3B

Sweden

7

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Final

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Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Kristian Vesalainen	7	6	7	13	+5	8
Miro Heiskanen	7	2	10	12	+8	0
Ivan Chekhovich	7	5	4	9	+3	4
Andrei Svechnikov	7	4	5	9	+3	10
Jesse Ylönen	7	4	5	9	+6	0
Sean Dhooghe	7	3	6	9	+8	2
Joni Ikonen	7	4	4	8	+4	8
Grant Mismash	7	3	5	8	+4	10
MacKenzie Entwistle	5	4	3	7	+1	6
Aarne Talvitie	7	4	3	7	+1	6

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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
Maxim Zhukov	319:19	189	14	2.63	92.59	0
Dylan St. Cyr	429:39	177	14	1.96	92.09	1
Niklavs Rauza	316:49	193	17	3.22	91.19	0
Andrei Grischenko	416:38	243	23	3.31	90.53	1
Akira Schmid	153:16	92	9	3.52	90.22	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

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

Forward: Kristian Vesalainen

All-star team

Goaltender: Dylan St. Cyr
Defencemen: Miro Heiskanen, Max Gildon
Forwards: Kristian Vesalainen, Sean Dhooghe, Ivan Chekhovich

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

Goaltender: Maxim Zhukov
Defenceman: Miro Heiskanen
Forward: Kristian Vesalainen

Source: IIHF.com

Final standings

Rank	Team
	United States
	Finland
	Russia
4th	Sweden
5th	Canada
6th	Slovakia
7th	Czech Republic
8th	Switzerland
9th	Belarus
10th	Latvia

Relegated to the 2018 Division I A

Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 7 to 13 April 2017.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	France	5	4	0	0	1	17	14	+3	12	Promoted to the 2018 Top Division
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	18	8	+10	11
3	Denmark	5	3	0	1	1	17	15	+2	10
4	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	22	13	+9	8
5	Germany	5	1	0	1	3	23	21	+2	4
6	Hungary	5	0	0	0	5	6	32	−26	0	Relegated to the 2018 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.

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 15 to 21 April 2017.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Slovenia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	22	8	+14	12	Promoted to the 2018 Division I A
2	Austria	5	2	2	0	1	14	13	+1	10
3	Japan	5	1	2	1	1	15	23	−8	8
4	Italy	5	2	0	1	2	17	17	0	7
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	1	2	15	15	0	6
6	Poland	5	0	0	2	3	9	16	−7	2	Relegated to the 2018 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.

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017.^[5] 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 13 to 19 March 2017.^[6] 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 21 to 27 March 2017.^[7] 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 17 to 19 March 2017.^[8] 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

References

↑ 2017 Top Division statistics
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↑ 2017 Division I A statistics
↑ 2017 Division I B statistics
↑ 2017 Division II A statistics
↑ 2017 Division II B statistics
↑ 2017 Division III A statistics
↑ 2017 Division III B statistics

External links

[1] 2017 Top Division statistics

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[3] 2017 Division I A statistics

[4] 2017 Division I B statistics

[5] 2017 Division II A statistics

[6] 2017 Division II B statistics

[7] 2017 Division III A statistics

[8] 2017 Division III B statistics

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2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

Contents

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

Tournament awards

Final standings

Division I

Division I A

Division I B

Division II

Division II A

Division II B

Division III

Division III A

Division III B

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