2005 IIHF World U18 Championships

2005 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Dates	April 14 – April 24, 2005
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	180 (5.81 per match)
Attendance	71,936 (2,321 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Phil Kessel (16 points)

The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in České Budějovice and Plzeň, Czech Republic. The championships began on April 14, 2005 and finished on April 24, 2005. Games were played at Budvar Arena in České Budějovice and ČEZ Aréna in Plzeň. The United States of America defeated Canada 5-1 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Sweden defeated Czech Republic 4-2 to capture the bronze medal.

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	4	3	1	0	24	7	6
Sweden	4	3	1	0	9	6	6
Russia	4	3	1	0	19	12	6
Germany	4	1	3	0	10	18	2
Denmark	4	0	4	0	4	23	0

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
United States	4	4	0	0	17	5	8
Czech Republic	4	3	1	0	16	6	6
Slovakia	4	2	2	0	6	9	4
Finland	4	1	3	0	6	13	2
Switzerland	4	0	4	0	4	16	0

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	3	3	0	0	10	5	6
Germany	3	2	1	0	7	5	4
Switzerland	3	1	2	0	5	7	2
Denmark	3	0	3	0	5	10	0

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

• April 15th, 2005:  Denmark 1-3  Germany
• April 15th, 2005:  Finland 3–1  Switzerland

Final round

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

B1

United States

6

A2

Sweden

5

QF1

Sweden

2

B3

Slovakia

3

SF1

United States

5

SF2

Canada

1

A1

Canada

3

B2

Czech Republic

5

QF2

Czech Republic

2

A3

Russia

1

Final standings

Rk.	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Sweden
4	Czech Republic
5	Russia
6	Slovakia
7	Finland
8	Germany
9	Switzerland
10	Denmark

 Switzerland and  Denmark are relegated to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Scoring leaders

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Phil Kessel	United States	6	9	7	16	2
Nathan Gerbe	United States	6	4	4	8	14
Ilya Zubov	Russia	6	3	5	8	6
Alexey Sopin	Russia	6	6	1	7	2
Peter Mueller	United States	6	4	3	7	20
Vyacheslav Buravchikov	Russia	6	3	4	7	4
Juraj Mikúš	Slovakia	6	0	7	7	12
Martin Hanzal	Czech Republic	7	4	3	7	10
Nicklas Bergfors	Sweden	7	6	0	6	0
Devin Setoguchi	Canada	6	4	2	6	6
David Kveton	Czech Republic	7	4	2	6	4
Tomáš Káňa	Czech Republic	7	2	4	6	8

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Pier-Olivier Pelletier	Canada	120:00	2	.959	1.00	0
Jeff Frazee	United States	360:00	8	.959	1.33	1
Jhonas Enroth	Sweden	141:08	4	.942	1.70	0
Ondřej Pavelec	Czech Republic	380:51	13	.932	2.05	1
Juha Toivonen	Finland	79:59	3	.875	2.25	0

External links

• Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
  • Championship
  • Division I - Group A
  • Division I - Group B
  • Division II - Group A
  • Division II - Group B
  • Division III

Preceded by 2004 World U18

IIHF World U18 Championships 2005

Succeeded by 2006 World U18