2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country	Ukraine
Dates	14–20 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	80 (5.33 per match)
Attendance	33,163 (2,211 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Benjamin Baumgartner; Dmytro Danylenko; (8 points)
Website	IIHF.com

2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	2–8 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	86 (5.73 per match)
Attendance	9,057 (604 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Taro Jentzsch; (7 points)
Website	IIHF.com

2018 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries	Latvia; Ukraine
Dates	2–8 April (Group A); 14–20 April (Group B)
Teams	12
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Main article: 2018 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represented the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division I A[]

The Division I A tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Latvia	placed 10th in 2017 Top Division and were relegated
Kazakhstan	placed 2nd in 2017 Division I A
Denmark	placed 3rd in 2017 Division I A
Norway	placed 4th in 2017 Division I A
Germany	placed 5th in 2017 Division I A
Slovenia	placed 1st in 2017 Division I B and were promoted

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[1]

Referees

Patric Bjälkander
Aaro Brännare
Andrew Bruggeman
Andrei Shrubok

Linesmen

Uldis Bušs
Daniel Duarte
Māris Locāns
Henri Neva
David Nothegger
Michal Orolin
Sotaro Yamaguchi

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Latvia (H)	5	5	0	14	4	+10	15	Promoted to the Top Division
2	Germany	5	4	1	22	11	+11	12
3	Denmark	5	2	3	14	19	−5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	3	15	10	+5	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Norway	5	1	4	14	18	−4	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Slovenia	5	1	4	7	24	−17	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Relegation to Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:

↑ IA Assignsments

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

2 April 2018
12:15

Germany

7–2
(2–0, 4–2, 1–0)

Denmark

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 348


Florian Mnich Tobias Ancicka	Goalies	Mads Søgaard Christian Christensen	Referee: Aaro Brännare
Brune (Fleischer, Seider) – 11:53 / Valenti (Wirt, Jentzsch) (PP) – 19:42 / Schinko – 23:31 / Fleischer (Stützle) (PP) – 33:38 / Wirt (Alberg, Betzold) – 34:09 / Betzold (Hon, Mik) – 38:09 / Schinko (Fleischer, Seider) (PP) – 44:52	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 6–2 / 7–2	32:06 – Madsen (Kjær) / 39:02 – Schultz (Cubars) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
26	Shots	14

2 April 2018
16:15

Norway

2–5
(1–3, 1–2, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 349


Tobias Breivold	Goalies	Vilen Prokofiev	Referee: Andrew Bruggeman
Rødne (Hafsmoe) – 10:28 / Rødne (Spaberg Olsen) – 33:02	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5	07:16 – Buyalsky (Demin, Pryakhin) / 17:50 – Buyalsky (Nesterov) / 18:19 – O. Boiko (Guseinov) / 35:28 – Asukhanov (Atakhanov) / 36:06 – Pryakhin (Demin, Buyalsky)
2 min	Penalties	6 min
22	Shots	25

2 April 2018
20:15

Slovenia

1–2
(0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 1,126


Val Usnik	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referee: Patric Bjälkander
Tavčar (Predan) – 33:00	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	05:05 – Bergs (Arnicāns, Koppass) / 17:25 – Grīnbergs (Polcs, Ošenieks)
12 min	Penalties	14 min
18	Shots	32

3 April 2018
12:15

Kazakhstan

0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 147


Vilen Prokofiev	Goalies	Florian Mnich	Referee: Andrew Bruggeman
	0–1	16:34 – Valenti (Schitz, Schinko)
4 min	Penalties	10 min
15	Shots	33

3 April 2018
16:15

Denmark

2–3
(1–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Slovenia

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 210


Mads Søgaard	Goalies	Val Usnik	Referee: Andrei Shrubok
Kjær (Brøndberg, Schultz) (PP) – 14:47 / Koch (Andersen) – 50:42	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	31:35 – Širovnik (Jenko, Bohinc) (PP) / 41:41 – Bohinc (Tavčar, Jenko) (PP) / 58:34 – Bohinc
10 min	Penalties	8 min
36	Shots	16

3 April 2018
20:15

Latvia

3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 983


Jānis Voris	Goalies	Tobias Normann	Referee: Aaro Brännare
Fjodorovs (Mintautišķis) – 24:36 / Grīnbergs (Polcs, Ozols) (PP) – 53:10 / Millers (Ošenieks) (ENG) – 59:39	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
14 min	Penalties	12 min
31	Shots	15

5 April 2018
12:15

Slovenia

0–5
(0–0, 0–4, 0–1)

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 210


Val Usnik Nejc Žagar	Goalies	Tobias Normann	Referee: Aaro Brännare
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5	20:39 – Van Doorn (Lilleberg, Hafsmoe) / 21:01 – Hallgren (Finstad) / 31:45 – Rødne (Van Doorn) / 35:37 – Hafsmoe / 49:07 – Frøberg
6 min	Penalties	6 min
13	Shots	38

5 April 2018
16:15

Kazakhstan

2–4
(2–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Denmark

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 214


Vilen Prokofiev	Goalies	Christian Christensen	Referee: Patric Bjälkander
Musorov (Butenko, O. Boiko) (PP) – 09:17 / O. Boiko (Guseinov) (PP) – 16:50	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4	14:13 – Schultz (True, Kjær) (PP) / 26:36 – Cubars (Kaels) / 41:25 – Andersen (Brøndberg, Schultz) (PP) / 56:49 – Koch (Nielsen)
18 min	Penalties	20 min
22	Shots	23

5 April 2018
20:15

Latvia

3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 1,894


Jānis Voris	Goalies	Florian Mnich	Referee: Andrei Shrubok
Marcinkēvičs (Prohorenkovs, Koppass) – 16:24 / Barkovskis (Marcinkēvičs) – 31:58 / Fjodorovs (Ošenieks) – 48:32	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1	11:51 – Valenti (Jentzsch) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	12 min
15	Shots	27

6 April 2018
12:15

Kazakhstan

7–1
(3–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Slovenia

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 86


Vladislav Nurek	Goalies	Val Usnik Nejc Žagar	Referee: Andrei Shrubok
Musorov (Guseinov) – 00:54 / Nesterov (Musabayev, Demin) (PP) – 15:11 / Saiko – 16:35 / Saiko – 28:35 / Buyalsky (Musabayev, Saiko ) – 44:34 / O. Boiko (Guseinov, Musorov) – 47:24 / Musorov (Guseinov) – 54:28	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 6–1 / 7–1	48:35 – Prostor (Predan)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
38	Shots	20

6 April 2018
16:15

Norway

4–5
(1–2, 2–2, 1–1)

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 157


Tobias Breivold	Goalies	Florian Mnich Tobias Ancicka	Referee: Patric Bjälkander
Spaberg Olsen (Finstad, Meyer) (PP) – 10:18 / Jensen – 23:54 / Hurrød (PP) – 31:28 / Spaberg Olsen (PP) – 52:40	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5 / 4–5	11:53 – Hon (Möller, Stützle) (EA) / 13:37 – Schinko (Seider) / 29:09 – Schütz (Jentzsch) / 32:07 – Valenti (Schütz, Möller) / 47:18 – Schütz (Hüttl)
10 min	Penalties	14 min
20	Shots	46

6 April 2018
20:15

Denmark

1–4
(1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Latvia

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 2,200


Christian Christensen	Goalies	Jānis Voris	Referee: Andrew Bruggeman
Cubars (Kaels) – 01:45	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4	08:33 – Ozols (Arnicāns, Koppass) / 46:06 – Koppass (Fjodorovs) (PP) / 53:07 – Barkovskis / 59:35 – Polcs (ENG)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
23	Shots	21

8 April 2018
12:15

Denmark

5–3
(2–0, 2–2, 1–1)

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 163


Mads Søgaard	Goalies	Tobias Normann Tobias Breivold	Referee: Andrei Shrubok
True (Green) – 14:08 / Kaels (Kjær) – 17:24 / Olesen (Koch) – 22:51 / Schultz (True, Cubars) (PP) – 39:58 / Schultz (Brøndberg) – 44:52	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 5–3	26:24 – Vaaler (Mikkelsen, Løkkeberg ) / 30:40 – Van Doorn (Vaaler, Jensen (PP) / 47:12 – Holm (Vaaler) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	12 min
36	Shots	22

8 April 2018
16:15

Germany

8–2
(5–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovenia

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 110


Tobias Ancicka	Goalies	Nejc Žagar Val Usnik	Referee: Andrew Bruggeman
Hon (Alberg, Schinko) – 00:52 / Alberg (Schitz) – 01:08 / Jentzsch (Valenti, Stützle) – 05:52 / Schitz (Alberg) – 12:09 / Valenti (Mik, Möller) – 13:55 / Schitz (Alberg, Betzold) – 22:25 / Schitz (Jentzsch, Wirt) – 47:20 / Stützle (Wirt) – 56:55	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2 / 7–2 / 8–2	11:39 – Vilfan (Konc, Tavčar) / 12:51 – Vilfan (Tavčar, Konc)
10 min	Penalties	4 min
51	Shots	10

8 April 2018
20:15

Latvia

2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Arēna Rīga, Riga
Attendance: 860


Artūrs Šilovs	Goalies	Vladislav Nurek	Referee: Aaro Brännare
Ošenieks (Štolcs, Fjodorovs) (PP2) – 06:58 / Millers – 55:19	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1	04:36 – Musabayev (Demin, Buyalsky) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	63 min
22	Shots	32

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Taro Jentzsch	5	1	6	7	+7	6	F
Yannik Valenti	5	5	1	6	+6	2	F
Phillip Schultz	5	4	2	6	0	6	F
Andrei Buyalsky	5	3	2	5	+4	2	F
Luis Schinko	5	3	2	5	+2	8	F
Edwin Schitz	5	3	2	5	+7	0	F
Victor Cubars	5	2	3	5	+1	2	F
Manuel Alberg	5	1	4	5	+5	0	F
Dias Guseinov	5	0	5	5	+2	6	F
Oleg Boiko	5	3	1	4	+2	0	F
Maxim Musorov	5	3	1	4	+1	2	F
Lars Christian Rødne	5	3	1	4	−3	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
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.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Jānis Voris	180:00	65	2	0.67	96.92	1
Artūrs Šilovs	120:00	50	2	1.00	96.00	1
Vladislav Nurek	120:00	42	3	1.50	92.86	0
Tobias Normann	140:15	58	5	2.14	91.38	1
Vilen Prokofiev	179:19	78	7	2.34	91.03	0

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

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Goaltender: Jānis Voris
Defenceman: Moritz Seider
Forward: Yannik Valenti

Source: IIHF.com

Division I B[]

The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Hungary	placed 6th in 2017 Division I A and were relegated
Austria	placed 2nd in 2017 Division I B
Japan	placed 3rd in 2017 Division I B
Italy	placed 4th in 2017 Division I B
Ukraine	placed 5th in 2017 Division I B
Romania	placed 1st in 2017 Division II A and were promoted

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[1]

Referees

Roman Mrkva
Joris Müller
Christian Persson
Gints Zviedrītis

Linesmen

Lodewyk Beelen
Riley Bowles
Håvar Dahl
James Kavanagh
Artem Korepanov
Anton Peretyatko
Wiktor Zień

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ukraine (H)	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Promoted to Division I A
2	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	20	7	+13	12^{[lower-alpha 3]}
3	Japan	5	2	2	0	1	12	11	+1	10
4	Hungary	5	2	0	1	2	14	11	+3	7
5	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	11	13	−2	4
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	5	30	−25	0	Relegation to Division II A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:

↑ IB Assignsments

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

14 April 2018
13:00

Ukraine

0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Japan

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 3,007


Artur Ogandzhanyan	Goalies	Eiki Sato	Referee: Gints Zviedrītis
	0–1	42:23 – Abe (Ishida, Takebe) (PP)
6 min	Penalties	14 min
32	Shots	33

14 April 2018
16:30

Italy

1–2
(1–2, 0–0, 0–0)

Austria

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 1,489


Davide Fadani Andrea Basraoui	Goalies	Alexander Schmidt	Referee: Christian Persson
Bitetto (Pisetta) – 16:29	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2	05:48 – Lanzinger (Baumgartner) (SH) / 17:15 – Baumgartner (Lanzinger)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
19	Shots	37

14 April 2018
20:00

Romania

0–5
(0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Hungary

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 1,198


Levente Ambrus Arnold Demeter	Goalies	Lajos Gönczi	Referee: Joris Müller
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5	03:05 – Szécsi (Révész) (PP) / 03:46 – Keresztes (Papp) / 11:34 – Révész / 39:14 – Révész / 52:35 – Dézsi (Péter) (SH)
29 min	Penalties	8 min
14	Shots	45

15 April 2018
13:00

Austria

3–5
(1–1, 2–1, 0–3)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 3,104


Alexander Schmidt	Goalies	Artur Ogandzhanyan	Referee: Joris Müller
Kandemir (Rossi, Kleiss) – 16:42 / Lindner (Baumgartner) – 20:40 / Rossi (Baumgartner) (PP) – 30:23	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5	09:20 – Danylenko (Khalin, Morozov) (PP) / 21:51 – Krivoshapkin (Peresunko) / 56:02 – Morozov (Khalin, Babchuk) / 56:46 – Krivoshapkin (Kruhliakov) / 59:30 – Mateichenko (ENG)
8 min	Penalties	8 min
41	Shots	25

15 April 2018
16:30

Japan

5–3
(1–1, 3–2, 1–0)

Romania

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 1,259


Ryo Ishikawa Eiki Sato	Goalies	Arnold Demeter	Referee: Roman Mrkva
Momen (Araki, Karatsu) – 07:33 / Abe (Gondaira, Miyata) – 23:06 / Yoneyama (Kimura) (PP) – 33:33 / Karatsu (Araki, Momen) – 38:22 / Araki (Karatsu, Momen) – 49:14	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 5–3	07:06 – Căsăneanu (Gecse, Karda) (SH) / 25:55 – Căsăneanu (Karda) (PP) / 37:20 – Căsăneanu (Filip)
4 min	Penalties	6 min
33	Shots	13

15 April 2018
20:00

Hungary

4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Italy

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 1,047


Lajos Gönczi	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Gints Zviedrītis
Keresztes (Papp) – 07:51 / A. Kovács (M. Horváth, Almási) – 35:32 / Péter (Keresztes, Révész) (PP) – 48:43 / S. Kovács (L. Horváth) – 56:35	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
30 min	Penalties	12 min
28	Shots	14

17 April 2018
13:00

Romania

1–7
(0–2, 0–2, 1–3)

Italy

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 549


Arnold Demeter Levente Ambrus	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Joris Müller
] (Căsăneanu) – 55:49	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 1–7	01:15 – Bitetto (Salvai) / 10:55 – Zecchetto (PS) / 29:06 – De Giacinto (Salvai) (PP) / 35:42 – Bitetto (Öhler, Grossrubatscher) / 41:29 – Tomasini (Bitetto, Salvai) / 46:32 – Pisetta (Cristellon, Taufer) / 48:06 – Damin (Zecchetto, Öhler)
16 min	Penalties	2 min
11	Shots	41

17 April 2018
16:30

Austria

4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 1,571


Marvin Kortin	Goalies	Eiki Sato	Referee: Christian Persson
Thaler (Piff) – 05:01 / Rossi (Maier, Nickl) (PP) – 08:31 / Lanzinger (Kleiss, Baumgartner) (PP) – 28:20 / Rebernig (Lindner, Huber) – 41:46	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0
0 min	Penalties	12 min
35	Shots	15

17 April 2018
20:00

Hungary

3–4
(1–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 4,537


Lajos Gönczi	Goalies	Artur Ogandzhanyan Vladislav Hurko	Referee: Roman Mrkva
Révész – 12:58 / Keresztes (Péter, Révész) (PP) – 52:24 / Almási (A. Kovács) – 56:08	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 3–4	09:53 – Morozov (Danylenko, Serednitsky) / 31:11 – Morozov (Danylenko, Serednitsky) / 32:12 – Kruhliakov (Lohach, Danylenko) (PP) / 43:29 – Danylenko (Morozov)
10 min	Penalties	12 min
28	Shots	30

18 April 2018
13:00

Austria

7–1
(4–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Romania

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 954


Marvin Kortin	Goalies	Levente Ambrus Arnold Demeter	Referee: Roman Mrkva
Kandemir (Zündel, Maier) – 04:57 / Rebernig (Steffler, Huber) – 05:31 / Baumgartner (Payr, Lanzinger) (PP2) – 11:37 / Maier (Rossi, Wohlfahrt) (PP) – 15:17 / Lanzinger (Baumgartner, Maier) – 28:24 / Rebernig (Lindner, Huber) – 42:08 / Wohlfahrt (Zündel, Rossi) – 53:52	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1	26:01 – Petrică
6 min	Penalties	12 min
60	Shots	13

18 April 2018
16:30

Japan

3–2 GWS
(1–0, 1–0, 0–2)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (1–0)

Hungary

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 1,398


Eiki Sato	Goalies	Lajos Gönczi	Referee: Gints Zviedrītis
Hanzawa (Maruyama, Takeya) – 01:44 / Abe (Takebe, Miyata) (PP) – 27:22	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2	42:42 – S. Kovács (A. Kovács, Kozma) (EA) / 59:04 – Papp (Péter, Keresztes) (EA)
14 min	Penalties	16 min
24	Shots	38

18 April 2018
20:00

Italy

1–3
(0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 4,827


Davide Fadani	Goalies	Vladislav Hurko	Referee: Christian Persson
Salvai (Bitetto) – 28:24	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3	32:27 – Kruhliakov (Peresunko, Mateichenko) (PP) / 33:24 – Babchuk (Serednitsky, Danylenko) (PP) / 51:20 – Peresunko
29 min	Penalties	4 min
18	Shots	28

20 April 2018
13:00

Japan

3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1)
OT: (1–0)

Italy

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 1,073


Eiki Sato	Goalies	Andrea Basraoui	Referee: Roman Mrkva
Araki (Takebe, Abe) – 10:14 / Abe (Araki) – 51:00 / Takebe (Abe) (PP) – 61:48	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	09:20 – Luisetti (De Nardin, Zecchetto) (PP) / 56:10 – Deluca (SH)
26 min	Penalties	20 min
43	Shots	18

20 April 2018
16:30

Hungary

0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Austria

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 2,150


Dominik Horváth	Goalies	Marvin Kortin	Referee: Joris Müller
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	13:44 – Rossi (Wohlfahrt, Maier) / 27:58 – Baumgartner (Thaler, Sivec) / 47:57 – Judth (Kleiss, Ploner) / 53:31 – Rossi (Kandemir, Lanzinger)
22 min	Penalties	8 min
15	Shots	45

20 April 2018
20:00

Ukraine

6–0
(2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Romania

Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 5,000


Vladislav Hurko	Goalies	Arnold Demeter	Referee: Christian Persson
Lanin (Duiun, Tselogorodtsev) – 09:20 / Peresunko (Syrotenko) – 11:20 / Syrotenko (Serednitsky, Morozov) – 29:19 / Mateichenko (Peresunko, Syrotenko) – 35:09 / Danylenko (Vasylyev) – 42:02 / Morozov (Danylenko) (PP) – 55:41	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0
2 min	Penalties	8 min
39	Shots	11

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Benjamin Baumgartner	5	3	5	8	+3	0	F
Dmytro Danylenko	5	3	5	8	+4	2	F
Taiga Abe	5	5	2	7	−2	4	F
Felix Morozov	5	4	3	7	+4	2	F
Marco Rossi	5	4	3	7	+2	4	F
Benjamin Lanzinger	5	3	3	6	+4	2	F
Marcell Révész	5	3	3	6	+5	14	F
Enrico Bitetto	5	3	2	5	+1	2	F
Levente Keresztes	5	3	2	5	+3	2	F
Shogo Araki	5	2	3	5	+5	0	F
Oleksandr Peresunko	5	2	3	5	+5	4	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
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.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Marvin Kortin	180:00	43	1	0.33	97.67	2
Artur Ogandzhanyan	167:22	88	5	1.79	94.32	0
Eiki Sato	266:48	126	8	1.80	93.65	1
Vladislav Hurko	132:15	43	3	1.36	93.02	1
Lajos Gönczi	241:49	82	7	1.74	91.46	2

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

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Goaltender: Eiki Sato
Defenceman: David Maier
Forward: Oleksandr Peresunko

Source: IIHF.com

References[]

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Tournament details

Host countries	Latvia Ukraine
Dates	2–8 April (Group A) 14–20 April (Group B)
Teams	12
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