The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 17th

IIHF World U18 Championship The IIHF U18 World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-18 ice hockey teams from around the world. The tournament is usually played in April and is organized according to a sy ...

, and was hosted by Zug and

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. The tournament began on 16 April 2015, with the gold medal game played on 26 April 2015.

Top Division

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following: Referees * Jimmy Bergamelli * Andreas Harnebring * Brett Iverson * Andreas Koch * Petri Lindqvist * Robert Mullner * Yuri Oskirko * Vladimír Pešina * Christopher Pitoscia * Marian Rohatsch * Ladislav Smetana * Per Gustav Solem Linesmen * Markku Buese * Franco Espinoza * Jiří Gebauer * Martin Korba * Ludvig Lundgren * Brian Oliver * Alexander Otmakhov * Nicolas Piche * Hannu Sormunen * Michael Tscherrig

Preliminary round

Group A

''All times are local. (

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– UTC+02:00)''

Group B

''All times are local. (

– UTC+02:00)''

Relegation round

The last-placed teams played a best-of-three series. * ''Germany is relegated to next year's Division I A; the third game was not played because the result of the relegation series had been decided.''

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

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''
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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 =

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Source
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Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player * Forward:

Auston Matthews Auston Taylour Matthews (born September 17, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey center and alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in San Ramon, California, Matthews and his family moved ...

All-star team * Goaltender:

Veini Vehviläinen Veini Vehviläinen (born 13 February 1997) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing with JYP Jyväskylä of the Liiga. He was selected in the sixth round, 173rd overall, by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2018 NH ...

* Defencemen: Vili Saarijärvi,

Jonas Siegenthaler Jonas Siegenthaler (born 6 May 1997) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenceman for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Siegenthaler made his National League A debut playing with ZSC Lions during the ...

* Forwards:

Patrik Laine Patrik Laine (; born 19 April 1998) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. Laine formerly played in his native Finland with Tappara in the Finnish Liiga befor ...

Denis Malgin Denis Malgin (born 18 January 1997) is a Swiss professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Malgin was selected by the Florida Panthers in the fourth round, 102nd overall, of the ...

IIHF best player awards * Goaltender:

Ilya Samsonov Ilya Alexeyevich Samsonov (, russian: Илья Алексеевич Самсонов; born 22 February 1997) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Growing up in Magnitog ...

* Defenceman: Vili Saarijärvi * Forward:

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Final standings

Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in

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, from 12 to 18 April 2015.

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in

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, from 12 to 18 April 2015.

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in

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, from 22 to 28 March 2015.

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in

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, from 16 to 22 March 2015.

Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in

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, from 22 to 28 March 2015.

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in

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, from 17 to 19 March 2015.Division III B statistics
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References

External links

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