Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2018

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2018

Buffalo (USA) - 26 December 2017 - 5 January 2018

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Qualified Nations

• Belarus
• Canada
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• Russia
• Slovakia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United States
  

Competition Format

Preliminary Round
December 26th - December 31st, 2017
10 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 5th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Relegation Round
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Relegation Round
January 2nd - January 4th, 2018
2 Nations, Best-of-3 Match Series, the Nations will be ranked 9th-10th
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Knockout Round
January 2nd - January 5th, 2018
8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match, the winning Nation will be the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2018 Champion

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2019

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Nations will qualify for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2019.

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2019

The 10th Nation will be relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2019.

Qualification Format

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2017
December 13th - December 19th, 2016
6 Nations, the 1st Nation will qualify for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2018
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Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2017
December 26th, 2016 - January 5th, 2017
10 Nations, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Nations will qualify for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2018

Registered Nations
Qualified, Eliminated, In Progress

• Austria (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Belarus (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Canada (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2017)
• Czech Republic (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2017)
• Denmark (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2017)
• Finland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2017)
• France (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Germany (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Kazakhstan (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Latvia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2017)
• Norway (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Russia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2017)
• Slovakia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2017)
• Sweden (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2017)
• Switzerland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2017)
• United States (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2017)
  

Preliminary Round
December 26th - December 31st, 2017
10 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 5th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Relegation Round

Group A

• Canada
• Denmark
• Finland
• Slovakia
• United States
  

Group B

• Belarus
• Czech Republic
• Russia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
  

Group A
Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)

Canada 4 - 2 Finland
Period-by-Period: 3-1, 1-1, 0-0
December 26th 2017, h. 16:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Denmark 0 - 9 United States
Period-by-Period: 0-5, 0-2, 0-2
December 26th 2017, h. 20:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Slovakia 0 - 6 Canada
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-3, 0-2
December 27th 2017, h. 19:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Finland 4 - 1 Denmark
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 2-1, 0-0
December 28th 2017, h. 12:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

United States 2 - 3 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 1-2
December 28th 2017, h. 20:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Canada 3 - 4PSO United States
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-1, 0-2, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 0-1
December 29th 2017, h. 15:00, New Era Field, Buffalo

Finland 5 - 2 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-1, 3-1
December 30th 2017, h. 16:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Denmark 0 - 8 Canada
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 0-2, 0-3
December 30th 2017, h. 20:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

United States 5 - 4 Finland
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 2-2, 1-2
December 31st 2017, h. 16:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Slovakia 5 - 1 Denmark
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 2-0, 2-0
December 31st 2017, h. 18:00, Harborcenter, Buffalo

Group A Final Standing

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Canada	4	3(0)	1(1)	21	6	+15	10
United States	4	3(1)	1(0)	20	10	+10	8
Finland	4	2(0)	2(0)	15	12	+3	6
Slovakia	4	2(0)	2(0)	10	14	-4	6
Denmark	4	0(0)	4(0)	2	26	-24	0

Group B
Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)

Czech Republic 5 - 4 Russia
Period-by-Period: 2-2, 2-0, 1-2
December 26th 2017, h. 12:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Belarus 1 - 6 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-3, 0-2
December 26th 2017, h. 14:00, Harborcenter, Buffalo

Switzerland 3 - 2 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-0, 2-1
December 27th 2017, h. 15:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Russia 5 - 2 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-1, 3-1
December 28th 2017, h. 14:00, Harborcenter, Buffalo

Sweden 3 - 1 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-1, 1-0
December 28th 2017, h. 16:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Belarus 2 - 5 Russia
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 0-1, 2-2
December 29th 2017, h. 12:00, Harborcenter, Buffalo

Czech Republic 6 - 5 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 5-2, 1-2
December 30th 2017, h. 12:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Sweden 7 - 2 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 2-1, 4-0
December 30th 2017, h. 14:00, Harborcenter, Buffalo

Switzerland 3 - 6 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 1-2, 2-2, 0-2
December 31st 2017, h. 12:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Russia 3 - 4PSO Sweden
Period-by-Period: 2-2, 0-0, 1-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 0-1
December 31st 2017, h. 20:00, Key Ban Center, Buffalo

Group B Final Standing

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Sweden	4	4(1)	0(0)	20	7	+13	11
Czech Republic	4	3(0)	1(0)	18	15	+3	9
Russia	4	2(0)	2(1)	17	13	+4	7
Switzerland	4	1(0)	3(0)	10	20	-10	3
Belarus	4	0(0)	4(0)	10	20	-10	0

Relegation Round
January 2nd - January 4th, 2018
2 Nations, Best-of-3 Match Series, the Nations will be ranked 9th-10th

• Belarus
• Denmark
  

Match 1
Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)

(0) Belarus 4 - 5 Denmark (1)
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 2-0, 2-3
January 2nd 2018, h. 14:00, Harborcenter, Buffalo

Match 2
Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)

(2) Denmark PSO3 - 2 Belarus (0)
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-0, 0-2, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
January 4th 2018, h. 12:00, Harborcenter, Buffalo

Match 3
Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)

(0) Belarus vs Denmark (2)
Not Necessary

Knockout Round
January 2nd - January 5th, 2018
8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match, the winning Nation will be the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2018 Champion

• Canada
• Czech Republic
• Finland
• Russia
• Slovakia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United States
  

Quarterfinals
Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)

Canada 8 - 2 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 3-1, 2-1
January 2nd 2018, h. 16:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo
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Czech Republic PSO4 - 3 Finland
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-2, 1-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
January 2nd 2018, h. 12:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo
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Sweden 3 - 2 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 2-1, 1-1
January 2nd 2018, h. 18:00, Harborcenter, Buffalo
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United States 4 - 2 Russia
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 0-0, 2-1
January 2nd 2018, h. 20:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Semifinals
Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)

Canada 7 - 2 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 4-0, 1-1
January 4th 2018, h. 20:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo
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Sweden 4 - 2 United States
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 3-2
January 4th 2018, h. 16:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Bronze Medal Match
Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)

Czech Republic 3 - 9 United States
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-6, 3-2
January 5th 2018, h. 16:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Gold Medal Match
Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)

Canada 3 - 1 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-1, 2-0
January 5th 2018, h. 20:00, Key Bank Center, Buffalo

Men's Under 20 Tournament
Final Results

Canada
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Sweden
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United States
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Rank	Athletes	Nation	Result
4	Czech Republic		-
5	Russia		-
6	Finland		-
7	Slovakia		-
8	Switzerland		-
9	Denmark		-
10	Belarus		-

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2019

The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2019

• Canada
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• Russia
• Slovakia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United States
  

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2019

The following Nation has been relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2019

• Belarus