2021 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2021 IIHF World U18 Championship were the 23rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams would have participated at several levels of competition. The competition also would have served as qualifications qualifications for the 2022 competition. All tournaments other than the top division tournament were cancelled by IIHF on 18 November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Top Division
The tournament will be held from April 26 to May 6, 2021 in Frisco and Plano, United States.

Location Change
Originally, he tournament was to be held from April 15 to April 25, 2021 in Plymouth and Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. The change of location was announced on February 11th, 2021 by the IIHF.

Officials
The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2021 World U18 Championships.

Referees
 * 🇨🇿 Adam Kika
 * 🇫🇮 Riku Brander
 * 🇩🇪 Lukas Kohlmüller
 * 🇷🇺 Sergey Yudakov
 * 🇸🇪 Christoffer Holm
 * Micha Hebeisen
 * 🇺🇸 Sean Fernandez
 * 🇺🇸 Sean MacFarlane
 * 🇺🇸 Jacob Rekucki
 * 🇺🇸 Stephen Reneau
 * 🇺🇸 Peter Schlittenhardt
 * 🇺🇸 Andrew Wilk

Linesmen
 * 🇧🇾 Nikita Polyakov
 * 🇨🇿 David Klouček
 * 🇫🇮 Tommi Niittylä
 * Dāvis Zunde
 * 🇷🇺 Roman Slavikovskii
 * 🇺🇸 Kevin Briganti
 * 🇺🇸 Nick Briganti
 * 🇺🇸 Jake Davis
 * 🇺🇸 William Hancock
 * 🇺🇸 Patrick Richardson

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC–5).

Playoff round
Winning teams will be reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:


 * 1) higher position in the group
 * 2) higher number of points
 * 3) better goal difference
 * 4) higher number of goals scored for
 * 5) better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2019 IIHF World U18 Championships).

Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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

Awards
Source: IIHF
 * Best players selected by the Directorate:
 * Best Goaltender: 🇨🇦 Benjamin Gaudreau
 * Best Defenceman: 🇫🇮 Aleksi Heimosalmi
 * Best Forward: 🇷🇺 Matvei Michkov

Source: IIHF
 * Media All-Stars:
 * Goaltender: 🇷🇺 Sergei Ivanov
 * Defencemen: 🇫🇮 Aleksi Heimosalmi / 🇨🇦 Brandt Clarke
 * Forwards: 🇨🇦 Connor Bedard / 🇷🇺 Matvei Michkov / 🇫🇮 Samu Tuomaala

Group A
The tournament was to be held in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia from 5 to 11 April 2021, but was cancelled by the IIHF.

Group B
The tournament was to be held in Asiago, Italy from 18 to 25 April 2021, but was cancelled by the IIHF.

Group A
The tournament was to be held in Tallinn, Estonia from 4 to 10 April 2021, but was cancelled by the IIHF.

Group B
The tournament was to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 21 to 27 March 2021, but was cancelled by the IIHF.

Group A
The tournament was to be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 March to 4 April 2021, but was cancelled by the IIHF.

Group B
The tournament was to be held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 28 March to 3 April 2021, but was cancelled by the IIHF.