Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2024

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2024

                Espoo/Vantaa (FIN) - 25 April 2024 - 5 May 2024      

        
        

               

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Qualified Nations

• Canada
• Czechia
• Finland
• Kazakhstan
• Latvia
• Norway
  
• Slovakia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United States
  

Competition Format

Preliminary Round
April 25th - April 30th, 2024
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
May 2nd, 2024
2 Nations, Direct relegation Match, the Nations will be ranked 9th-10th
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Knockout Round
May 2nd - May 5th, 2024
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 2024 Champion

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2025

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 2025.

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2025

The 10th Nation will be relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2025.

Qualification Format

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Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023
April 20th, 2023 - April 30th, 2023
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 2024

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Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2023
April 23rd - April 29th, 2023
6 Nations, the 1st Nation will qualify for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2024

Registered Nations
Qualified, Eliminated, In Progress

• Belarus (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023, Suspended)
• Canada (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023)
• Czechia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023)
• Denmark (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2023)
• Finland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023)
• France (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2023)
• Germany (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023)
• Hungary (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2023)
• Japan (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2023)
• Kazakhstan (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2023)
• Latvia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023)
• Norway (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023)
• Russia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023 - Suspended)
• Slovakia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023)
• Sweden (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023)
• Switzerland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023)
• Ukraine (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2023)
• United States (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2023)
  

Preliminary Round
April 25th - April 30th, 2024
10 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals

Group A

• Finland
• Latvia
• Norway
• Slovakia
  
• United States
  

Group B

• Canada
• Czechia
• Kazakhstan
• Sweden
• Switzerland
  

Group A
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

United States 9 - 0 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 3-0, 3-0
April 25th 2024, h. 14:00, Metro Arena, Espoo

Latvia 1 - 3 Finland
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 0-1, 1-1
April 25th 2024, h. 18:00, Metro Arena, Espoo

Slovakia 3 - 5 Latvia
Period-by-Period: 1-3, 2-1, 0-1
April 26th 2024, h. 14:00, Metro Arena, Espoo

Finland 7 - 0 Norway
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 4-0, 0-0
April 26th 2024, h. 18:00, Metro Arena, Espoo

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Norway 2 - 8 United States
Period-by-Period: 0-4, 0-2, 2-2
April 27th 2024, h. 17:30, Metro Arena, Espoo

Slovakia 0 - 4 Finland
Period-by-Period: 0-4, 0-0, 0-0
April 28th 2024, h. 14:00, Metro Arena, Espoo

United States 7 - 1 Latvia
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 2-1, 2-0
April 28th 2024, h. 18:00, Metro Arena, Espoo

Latvia 3 - 5 Norway
Period-by-Period: 0-3, 1-2, 2-0
April 29th 2024, h. 17:30, Metro Arena, Espoo

Norway 1 - 11 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 1-5, 0-3, 0-3
April 30th 2024, h. 14:00, Metro Arena, Espoo

Finland 4 - 9 United States

Period-by-Period: 0-1, 3-5, 1-3
April 28th 2024, h. 18:00, Metro Arena, Espoo

        

                Group A Final Standing        

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
United States	4	4(0)	0(0)	33	7	+26	12
Finland	4	3(0)	1(0)	18	10	+8	9
Slovakia	4	1(0)	3(0)	14	19	-5	3
Latvia	4	1(0)	3(0)	10	18	-8	3
Norway	4	1(0)	3(0)	8	29	-21	3

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Group B

Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

Czechia 3 - 0 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-0, 2-0
April 25th 2024, h. 15:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

Sweden 3 - 6 Canada
Period-by-Period: 1-4, 2-1, 0-1
April 25th 2024, h. 19:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

Switzerland 5 - 2 Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period: 0-2, 2-0, 3-0
April 26th 2024, h. 15:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

Canada 6 - 0 Czechia
Period-by-Period: 4-0, 0-0, 2-0
April 26th 2024, h. 19:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

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Kazakhstan 1 - 7 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 1-2, 0-2, 0-3
April 27th 2024, h. 15:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

Sweden 2 - 3PSO Czechia
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-2, 1-0, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 0-1
April 28th 2024, h. 15:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

Canada 8 - 1 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 7-1, 1-0
April 28th 2024, h. 19:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

Czechia 3 - 4OT Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 1-1, 0-1, Ovetime: 0-1
April 29th 2024, h. 15:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

Switzerland 2 - 3OT Sweden
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 1-1, 0-0, Overtime: 0-1
April 30th 2024, h. 15:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

Kazakhstan 3 - 11 Canada

Period-by-Period: 1-3, 0-5, 2-3
April 30th 2024, h. 19:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

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Group B Final Standing     

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Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Canada	4	4(0)	0(0)	31	7	+24	12
Czechia	4	2(1)	2(1)	9	12	-3	6
Sweden	4	2(1)	2(1)	15	12	+3	6
Switzerland	4	1(0)	3(1)	8	16	-8	4
Kazakhstan	4	1(1)	3(0)	10	26	-16	2

Relegation Round
May 2nd, 2024
2 Nations, Direct Relegation Match, the Nations will be ranked 9th-10th

• Kazakhstan
  
• Norway
  

Relegation Match
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

Norway PSO6 - 5 Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 2-2, 1-2, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
May 2nd 2024, h. 11:00, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

Knockout Round
May 2nd - May 5th, 2024
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 2024 Champion

• Canada
• Czechia
  
• Finland
• Latvia
  
• Slovakia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
  
• United States
  
  

Quarterfinals
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

United States 4 - 0 Switzerland
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 3-0, 1-0
May 2nd 2024, h. 12:00, Metro Arena, Espoo
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Czechia 2 - 3 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-1, 1-1
May 2nd 2024, h. 14:45, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa
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Finland 1 - 2 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-1, 0-0
May 2nd 2024, h. 17:00, Metro Arena, Espoo
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Canada 4 - 0 Latvia
Period-by-Period: 2-0, 0-0, 2-0
May 2nd 2024, h. 19:45, Vantaa Trio Arena, Vantaa

Semifinals
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

United States 7 - 2 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 2-1, 3-0, 2-1
May 4th 2024, h. 14:00, Metro Arena, Espoo
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Canada 5 - 4 Sweden
Period-by-Period: 4-0, 1-2, 0-2
May 4th 2024, h. 18:00, Metro Arena, Espoo

Bronze Medal Match
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

Sweden 4 - 0 Slovakia
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 0-0, 4-0
May 5th 2024, h. 14:00, Metro Arena, Espoo

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Gold Medal Match
Eastern European Summer Time (GMT +3)

United States 4 - 6 Canada
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 2-2, 1-4
May 5th 2024, h. 18:00, Metro Arena, Espoo

Men's Under 18 Tournament
Final Results

Canada
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United States
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Sweden
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Rank	Athletes	Nation	Result
4	Slovakia		-
5	Finland		-
6	Czechia		-
7	Switzerland		-
8	Latvia		-
9	Norway		-
10	Kazakhstan		-

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2025

The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2025

• Canada
• Czechia
  
• Finland
• Latvia
• Norway
  
• Slovakia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
  
• United States
  

Road to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2025

The following Nation has been relegated to the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2025

• Kazakhstan