2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2018 IIHF World U20 Championship
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Tournament details
Host country  United States
Dates December 26, 2017 – January 5, 2018
Teams 10
Venue(s) KeyBank Center, Buffalo
HarborCenter, Buffalo
New Era Field, Orchard Park[1] (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  Canada (17th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg  Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  United States
Fourth place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
Goals scored 216 (7.2 per match)
Attendance 211,210 (7,040 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Casey Mittelstadt
(11 points)
MVP United States Casey Mittelstadt
Website 2018.worldjunior.hockey
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2019 →

The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 42nd edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, and was hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York[2] at the KeyBank Center and HarborCenter. It opened on December 26, 2017 and closed with the gold medal game on January 5, 2018. It was the sixth time that the United States has hosted the WJIHC, and the second time that Buffalo has done so, previously hosting in 2011.

A preliminary round game between Canada and the United States was played outdoors at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park, New York on December 29, 2017. It was the second outdoor game held at any top-level IIHF world championship, the first being the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship, and the first one held at a junior level.[3][4]

Top Division

Venues

Buffalo Orchard Park
KeyBank Center
Capacity: 19,070		 KeyBank Rink at HarborCenter
Capacity: 1,800		 New Era Field
Capacity: 71,870
First Niagara Center front.jpg HarborCenter Dec2015.JPG NHL Winter Classic 2008.jpg

Host selection

On July 28, 2015, USA Hockey named the five initial finalists for hosting the event:[5]

Chicago and Tampa were eliminated on September 15.[6] Buffalo was chosen as the host site on December 3, with a formal announcement on December 4.[7]

Officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2018 World Junior Championships.[8]

Rosters

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Main article: 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Format

The preliminary round was a two group of five teams each internal round-robin format, followed by a three-round playoff. In the round-robin, two points were allotted for a win, and one additional point for a regulation win. One point was allotted for an overtime or game winning shots loss.

The four highest-ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advanced to quarterfinals while the last-placed team from each group played a best-of-three series, the loser relegated to Division IA for 2019. All other teams will retain their Top Division status.[9]

Preliminary round

All times are local. (Eastern Standard Time – UTC-5)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 4 3 0 1 0 21 6 +15 10 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  United States 4 2 1 0 1 20 10 +10 8
3  Finland 4 2 0 0 2 15 12 +3 6
4  Slovakia 4 2 0 0 2 10 14 −4 6
5  Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 2 26 −24 0 Advance to Relegation
Source: IIHF.com

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Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 3 1 0 0 20 7 +13 11 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Czech Republic 4 3 0 0 1 18 15 +3 9
3  Russia 4 2 0 1 1 17 13 +4 7
4   Switzerland 4 1 0 0 3 10 20 −10 3
5  Belarus 4 0 0 0 4 10 20 −10 0 Advance to Relegation
Source: IIHF.com

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Relegation

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Playoff round

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1B   Sweden 3  
4A   Slovakia 2  
  1B   Sweden 4  
  2A   United States 2  
2A   United States 4
  3B   Russia 2  
    1B   Sweden 1
  1A   Canada 3
  1A   Canada 8  
4B    Switzerland 2  
  1A   Canada 7 Bronze medal game
  2B   Czech Republic 2  
2B   Czech Republic (GWS) 4 2B   Czech Republic 3
  3A   Finland 3   2A   United States 9

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Gold medal game

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Casey Mittelstadt  United States 7 4 7 11 +8 2
2 Martin Nečas  Czech Republic 7 3 8 11 −5 0
3 Kieffer Bellows  United States 7 9 1 10 +2 4
4 Jordan Kyrou  Canada 7 3 7 10 +2 0
5 Sam Steel  Canada 7 4 5 9 +3 0
6 Brady Tkachuk  United States 7 3 6 9 +6 2
7 Filip Zadina  Czech Republic 7 7 1 8 -4 2
8 Klim Kostin  Russia 5 5 3 8 +7 2
9 Cale Makar  Canada 7 3 5 8 +5 0
10 Maxim Sushko  Belarus 6 2 6 8 −1 4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF [10]

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Carter Hart  Canada 365:00 11 1.81 92.95 1
2 Roman Durný  Slovakia 240:00 11 2.75 92.86 0
3 Filip Gustavsson  Sweden 364:36 11 1.81 92.41 0
4 Vladislav Sukhachyov  Russia 262:30 12 2.74 90.40 0
5 Philip Wüthrich   Switzerland 207:22 17 4.92 88.74 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF[11]

Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player

United States Casey Mittelstadt

All-star team

IIHF best player awards

Final standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  Canada 7 6 0 1 0 39 11 +28 19 Champions
2 B  Sweden 7 5 1 0 1 28 14 +14 17 Runners-up
3 A  United States (H) 7 4 1 0 2 35 19 +16 14 Third place
4 B  Czech Republic 7 3 1 0 3 27 34 −7 11 Fourth place
5 B  Russia 5 2 0 1 2 19 17 +2 7 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 A  Finland 5 2 0 1 2 18 16 +2 7
7 A  Slovakia 5 2 0 0 3 12 17 −5 6
8 B   Switzerland 5 1 0 0 4 12 28 −16 3
9 A  Denmark 6 1 1 0 4 10 32 −22 5 Avoided Relegation
10 B  Belarus 6 0 0 1 5 16 28 −12 1 Relegated to 2019 Division I
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Division I

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Main article: 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The Division IA tournament was held in Courchevel and Meribel, France from December 10-16, 2017. The Division IB tournament was held in Bled, Slovenia from December 9-15, 2017. As a result of the Division IA tournament, Kazakhstan was promoted to the Top Division, and Hungary was relegated to Division IB. As a result of the Division IB tournament, Norway was promoted to Division IA, and Lithuania was relegated to Division IIA.

Division IA

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Kazakhstan 5 3 2 0 0 20 10 +10 13 Promoted to Top Division
2  Latvia 5 3 1 1 0 13 5 +8 12
3  Germany 5 3 0 1 1 17 7 +10 10
4  France (H) 5 1 1 1 2 11 15 −4 6
5  Austria 5 1 0 0 4 10 20 −10 3
6  Hungary 5 0 0 1 4 11 25 −14 1 Relegated to 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.

Division IB

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Norway 5 3 2 0 0 18 5 +13 13 Promoted to Division I A
2  Poland 5 3 1 1 0 23 14 +9 12
3  Slovenia (H) 5 3 0 1 1 18 15 +3 10
4  Ukraine 5 1 1 1 2 9 11 −2 6
5  Italy 5 0 1 0 4 9 23 −14 2[lower-alpha 1]
6  Lithuania 5 0 0 2 3 7 16 −9 2[lower-alpha 1] Relegated to 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:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Italy defeated Lithuania 2–1

Division II

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Main article: 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The Division IIA tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain from December 10-16, 2017. The Division IIB tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia from January 10-16, 2018. As a result of the Division IIA tournament, Japan was promoted to Division IB, and Netherlands was relegated to Division IIB.

Division IIA

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Japan 5 4 1 0 0 23 7 +16 14 Promotion to Division I B
2  South Korea 5 2 2 0 1 21 19 +2 10[lower-alpha 1]
3  Great Britain (H) 5 3 0 1 1 23 15 +8 10[lower-alpha 1]
4  Estonia 5 1 0 1 3 20 25 −5 4[lower-alpha 2]
5  Romania 5 1 0 1 3 17 20 −3 4[lower-alpha 2]
6  Netherlands 5 1 0 0 4 13 31 −18 3 Relegation to Division II 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:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 South Korea defeated Great Britain 5–4
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Estonia defeated Romania 8–4

Division II B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Spain 5 4 1 0 0 26 8 +18 14 Promoted to Division II A
2  Serbia (H) 5 4 0 1 0 22 12 +10 13
3  Croatia 5 3 0 0 2 16 11 +5 9
4  Belgium 5 1 0 0 4 22 28 −6 3
5  Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 12 22 −10 3
6  Turkey 5 1 0 0 4 13 30 −17 3 Relegation to Division III
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 III

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Main article: 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The Division III tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from January 22–28, 2018. The Division III qualification tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from February 5–7, 2018.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Israel 5 5 0 0 0 25 11 +14 15 Promoted to Division II B
2  China 5 3 0 0 2 30 12 +18 9
3  Bulgaria (H) 5 3 0 0 2 22 24 −2 9
4  Iceland 5 2 0 1 2 20 15 +5 7
5  Australia 5 1 1 0 3 18 24 −6 5
6  New Zealand 5 0 0 0 5 11 40 −29 0 Relegation to Division III qualification
Source: IIHF.com
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 III qualification

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  South Africa 2 2 0 0 0 6 4 +2 6 Promoted to Division III
2  Chinese Taipei 2 0 0 0 2 4 6 −2 0
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) seeding before tournament.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.tsn.ca/sources-outdoor-game-planned-for-2018-world-juniors-in-buffalo-1.403558
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