2019 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2019 IIHF U18 World Championship
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Tournament details
Host country  Sweden
Dates 18–28 April
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg  Russia
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  United States
Fourth place  Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 233 (7.52 per match)
Attendance 36,485 (1,177 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Jack Hughes
(20 points)
MVP United States Cole Caufield
← 2018
2020 (cancelled) →

The 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 21st such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2020 competition. One national team, Luxembourg, 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

Match officials

12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[1]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 4 4 0 0 0 29 10 +19 12 Quarterfinals
2  Belarus 4 2 0 1 1 13 22 −9 7
3  Czech Republic 4 2 0 0 2 17 14 +3 6
4  Finland 4 1 0 0 3 20 13 +7 3
5   Switzerland 4 0 1 0 3 11 31 −20 2 Relegation round
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.

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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 31 10 +21 12 Quarterfinals
2  Sweden (H) 4 3 0 0 1 14 9 +5 9
3  Russia 4 2 0 0 2 14 13 +1 6
4  Latvia 4 1 0 0 3 6 17 −11 3
5  Slovakia 4 0 0 0 4 9 25 −16 0 Relegation round
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.

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Relegation round

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Playoff round

Bracket

 
 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
                    
 
 25 April
 
 
  Canada 3
 
 27 April
 
  Latvia 1
 
  Canada 3
 
 25 April
 
  Sweden 4
 
  Sweden 4
 
 28 April
 
  Czech Republic 2
 
  Sweden (OT) 4
 
 25 April
 
  Russia 3
 
  United States 6
 
 27 April
 
  Finland 0
 
  United States 2
 
 25 April
 
  Russia (GWS) 3 Third place
 
  Belarus 0
 
 28 April
 
  Russia 6
 
  United States 5
 
 
  Canada 2
 

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Final

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Final standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Sweden (H) 7 5 1 0 1 26 17 +9 17 Champions
2 B  Russia 7 3 1 1 2 26 19 +7 12 Runners-up
3 B  United States 7 6 0 1 0 44 15 +29 19 Third place
4 A  Canada 7 5 0 0 2 37 20 +17 15 Fourth place
5 A  Belarus 5 2 0 1 2 13 28 −15 7 Eliminated in
Quarterfinals
6 A  Czech Republic 5 2 0 0 3 19 18 +1 6
7 A  Finland 5 1 0 0 4 20 19 +1 3
8 B  Latvia 5 1 0 0 4 7 20 −13 3
9 A   Switzerland 7 2 1 0 4 24 39 −15 8
10 B  Slovakia 7 1 0 0 6 17 38 −21 3 Relegated to 2020 Division I A
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
United States Jack Hughes 7 9 11 20 +10 8
United States Cole Caufield 7 14 4 18 +12 4
United States Matthew Boldy 7 3 9 12 +6 0
United States Cameron York 7 4 7 11 +13 0
Canada Peyton Krebs 7 6 4 10 +9 4
Canada Alex Newhook 7 5 5 10 +6 0
Russia Rodion Amirov 7 6 3 9 +4 2
Canada Dylan Cozens 7 4 5 9 +8 4
United States Alex Turcotte 7 4 5 9 +4 4
Sweden Karl Henriksson 7 3 6 9 +1 2

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
United States Spencer Knight 357:33 141 9 1.51 93.62 1
Canada Nolan Maier 180:00 108 8 2.67 92.59 0
Czech Republic Lukáš Pařík 220:32 170 13 3.54 92.35 0
Sweden Hugo Alnefelt 305:44 178 14 2.75 92.13 1
Latvia Artūrs Šilovs 271:24 182 15 3.32 91.76 1

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

Source: IIHF

Source: IIHF

Division I

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Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Grenoble, France from 14 to 20 April 2019.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Germany 5 5 0 0 0 38 12 +26 15 Promotion to Top Division
2  Kazakhstan 5 3 1 0 1 23 12 +11 11
3  Denmark 5 3 0 1 1 17 14 +3 10
4  Norway 5 2 0 0 3 13 17 −4 6
5  France (H) 5 0 1 0 4 12 25 −13 2
6  Ukraine 5 0 0 1 4 7 30 −23 1 Relegation to Division I B
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Székesfehérvár, Hungary from 14 to 20 April 2019.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Japan 5 4 0 0 1 18 12 +6 12 Promotion to Division I A
2  Austria 5 3 1 0 1 22 7 +15 11
3  Hungary (H) 5 2 0 1 2 18 16 +2 7
4  Italy 5 2 0 0 3 10 18 −8 6
5  Slovenia 5 1 1 0 3 6 16 −10 5
6  Great Britain 5 1 0 1 3 13 18 −5 4 Relegation to Division II A
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Division II

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Main article: 2019 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Elektrėnai, Lithuania from 7 to 13 April 2019.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Poland 5 5 0 0 0 36 4 +32 15 Promotion to Division I B
2  Lithuania (H) 5 4 0 0 1 21 15 +6 12
3  Estonia 5 3 0 0 2 21 19 +2 9
4  Romania 5 1 1 0 3 17 24 −7 5
5  South Korea 5 1 0 0 4 17 19 −2 3
6  Spain 5 0 0 1 4 6 37 −31 1 Relegation to Division II B
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 25 to 31 March 2019.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Serbia (H) 5 4 0 1 0 31 10 +21 13 Promotion to Division II A
2  China 5 4 0 0 1 18 15 +3 12
3  Netherlands 5 3 1 0 1 13 9 +4 11
4  Croatia 5 2 0 0 3 16 14 +2 6
5  Australia 5 1 0 0 4 12 21 −9 3
6  Belgium 5 0 0 0 5 12 33 −21 0 Relegation to Division III A
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Division III

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Main article: 2019 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 25 to 31 March 2019. At the time of the tournament Iceland was awarded second place,[3] this was corrected on April 3.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Bulgaria (H) 5 4 1 0 0 21 11 +10 14 Promotion to Division II B
2  Israel 5 2 1 1 1 17 13 +4 9[lower-alpha 1]
3  Iceland 5 3 0 0 2 23 16 +7 9[lower-alpha 1]
4  Turkey 5 3 0 0 2 14 13 +1 9[lower-alpha 1]
5  Mexico 5 0 1 0 4 8 20 −12 2[lower-alpha 2]
6  New Zealand 5 0 0 2 3 13 23 −10 2[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Division III B
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 In head-to-head all three have 3 points, in head-to-head goal differential Israel is +1, Iceland +1, and Turkey –2. Israel defeated Iceland 4–2.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mexico 5–4 (GWS) New Zealand

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 12 April 2019.[2]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 0 0 22 5 +17 9 Promotion to Division III A
2  Hong Kong 3 2 0 0 1 11 15 −4 6
3  South Africa (H) 3 0 1 0 2 13 15 −2 2
4  Luxembourg 3 0 0 1 2 8 19 −11 1
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

References

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  3. ↑ Iceland with silver plaque and medals

External links

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