Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2018

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2018

Chelyabinsk/Magnitogorsk (RUS) - 19 April 2018 - 29 April 2018

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Qualified Nations

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

Competition Format

Preliminary Round
April 19th - April 24th, 2018
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
April 26th - April 28th, 2018
2 Nations, Best-of-3 Match Series, the Nations will be ranked 9th-10th
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Knockout Round
April 26th - April 29th, 2018
8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match, the winning Nation will be the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2018 Champion

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 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 18 World Championship 2019.

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2019

The 10th Nation will be relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2019.

Qualification Format

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2017
April 7th - April 13th, 2017
6 Nations, the 1st Nation will qualify for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2018
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Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2017
April 13th - April 23rd, 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 18 World Championship 2018

Registered Nations
Qualified, Eliminated, In Progress

• Belarus (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2017)
• Canada (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2017)
• Czech Republic (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2017)
• Denmark (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Finland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2017)
• France (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Germany (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Hungary (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Kazakhstan (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Latvia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2017)
• Norway (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2017)
• Russia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2017)
• Slovakia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2017)
• Sweden (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2017)
• Switzerland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2017)
• United States (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2017)
  

Preliminary Round
April 19th - April 24th, 2018
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

• Czech Republic
• Finland
• France
• Russia
• Slovakia
  

Group B

• Belarus
• Canada
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United States
  

Group A
Yekaterinburg Time (GMT +5)

Slovakia 2 - 5 Finland
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 2-2, 0-2
April 19th 2018, h. 16:00, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

Russia 7 - 1 France
Period-by-Period: 4-0, 2-0, 1-1
April 19th 2018, h. 19:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

France 0 - 7 Finland
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-3, 0-4
April 20th 2018, h. 15:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

Slovakia 5 - 2 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 4-1, 1-1, 0-0
April 20th 2018, h. 19:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

Czech Republic 2 - 3 Russia
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-1, 1-2
April 21st 2018, h. 15:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

Finland 5 - 4 Russia
Period-by-Period: 2-2, 1-2, 2-0
April 22nd 2018, h. 15:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

France 1 - 7 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 1-2, 0-3, 0-2
April 22nd 2018, h. 19:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

Czech Republic 9 - 2 France
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 3-1, 5-0
April 23rd 2018, h. 15:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

Finland 4 - 2 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 4-0, 0-2
April 24th 2018, h. 15:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

Russia PSO6 - 5 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 1-3, 3-1, 1-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
April 24th 2018, h. 19:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

Group A Final Standing

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Finland	4	4(0)	0(0)	21	8	+13	12
Russia	4	3(1)	1(0)	20	13	+7	8
Slovakia	4	2(0)	2(1)	19	14	+5	7
Czech Republic	4	1(0)	3(0)	15	14	+1	3
France	4	0(0)	4(0)	4	30	-26	0

Group B
Yekaterinburg Time (GMT +5)

Sweden 3 - 1 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-1, 0-0
April 19th 2018, h. 15:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

Canada 6 - 4 United States
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 3-1, 2-2
April 19th 2018, h. 19:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

Switzerland 5 - 8 United States
Period-by-Period: 1-3, 4-3, 0-2
April 20th 2018, h. 15:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

Canada 8 - 3 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 5-2, 1-0, 2-1
April 20th 2018, h. 19:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

Belarus 3 - 4 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 1-2, 1-2
April 21st 2018, h. 15:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

United States 1 - 3 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-0, 0-2
April 22nd 2018, h. 15:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

Switzerland 0 - 5 Canada
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-3, 0-1
April 22nd 2018, h. 19:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

Belarus 5 - 4 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 2-0, 3-2
April 23rd 2018, h. 15:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

United States 8 - 0 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 5-0, 1-0
April 24th 2018, h. 15:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

Sweden 2 - 3OT Canada
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-1, 1-1, Overtime: 0-1
April 24th 2018, h. 19:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

Group B Final Standing

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Canada	4	4(1)	0(0)	22	9	+13	11
Sweden	4	3(0)	1(1)	12	8	+4	10
United States	4	2(0)	2(0)	21	14	+7	6
Belarus	4	1(0)	3(0)	11	24	-13	3
Switzerland	4	0(0)	4(0)	10	21	-11	0

Relegation Round
April 26th - April 28th, 2018
2 Nations, Best-of-3 Match Series, the Nations will be ranked 9th-10th

• France
• Switzerland
  

Match 1
Yekaterinburg Time (GMT +5)

(1) Switzerland 5 - 2 France (0)
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 4-0, 0-1
April 26th 2018, h. 11:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

Match 2
Yekaterinburg Time (GMT +5)

(0) France 0 - 6 Switzerland (2)
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 0-2, 0-2
April 28th 2018, h. 13:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

Match 3
Yekaterinburg Time (GMT +5)

(2) Switzerland vs France (0)
Not Necessary

Knockout Round
April 26th - April 29th, 2018
8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match, the winning Nation will be the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2018 Champion

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

Quarterfinals
Yekaterinburg Time (GMT +5)

Canada 1 - 2 Czech Republic
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-0, 1-1
April 26th 2018, h. 19:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk
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Russia 1 - 5 United States
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-0, 0-4
April 26th 2018, h. 19:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk
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Finland 5 - 2 Belarus
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 2-1, 0-1
April 26th 2018, h. 15:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk
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Sweden 6 - 1 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 3-1, 2-0
April 26th 2018, h. 15:30, Metallurg Ice Rink, Magnitogorsk

Semifinals
Yekaterinburg Time (GMT +5)

Czech Republic 1 - 4 United States
Period-by-Period:
April 28th 2018, h. 19:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk
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Finland 2 - 0 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-0, 0-0
April 28th 2018, h. 15:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

Bronze Medal Match
Yekaterinburg Time (GMT +5)

Czech Republic 2 - 5 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 1-3, 1-1, 0-1
April 29th 2018, h. 15:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

Gold Medal Match
Yekaterinburg Time (GMT +5)

United States 2 - 3 Finland
Period-by-Period: 1-2, 1-0, 0-1
April 29th 2018, h. 19:30, Traktor Ice Rink, Chelyabinsk

Men's Under 18 Tournament
Final Results

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

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2019

The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2019

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

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2019

The following Nation has been relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2019

• France