2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 19th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted by Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia. The tournament was played from 13 to 23 April 2017. Finland entered the tournament as the defending champions and once again advanced to the final, but this time they lost to the United States.

Top Division
''All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+02:00)''

Preliminary round
The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups plays a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.

Group A

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Group B

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

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

Tournament awards
Most Valuable Player
 * Forward: 🇫🇮 Kristian Vesalainen

All-star team Source: IIHF.com
 * Goaltender: 🇺🇸 Dylan St. Cyr
 * Defencemen: 🇫🇮 Miro Heiskanen, 🇺🇸 Max Gildon
 * Forwards: 🇫🇮 Kristian Vesalainen, 🇺🇸 Sean Dhooghe, 🇷🇺 Ivan Chekhovich

IIHF best player awards Source: IIHF.com
 * Goaltender: 🇷🇺 Maxim Zhukov
 * Defenceman: 🇫🇮 Miro Heiskanen
 * Forward: 🇫🇮 Kristian Vesalainen

Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 7 to 13 April 2017.


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Division I B
The Division I B tournament will be played in Bled, Slovenia, from 15 to 21 April 2017.


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Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017.


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Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 13 to 19 March 2017. Australia achieved the unusual distinction of being promoted in consecutive years.


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Division III A
The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 21 to 27 March 2017.


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Division III B
The Division III B tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 17 to 19 March 2017.


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