The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 20th

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. The tournament was played from 19 to 29 April 2018 in

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

and

Magnitogorsk Magnitogorsk ( rus, Магнитого́рск, p=məɡnʲɪtɐˈɡorsk, ) is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Its population ...

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lost to Finland.

Top Division

Match officials

12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ;Referees * Jonathan Alarie * Kenneth Anderson * Geoffrey Barcelo * Christoffer Holm * Benjamin Hoppe * Ken Mollard * Denis Naumov * Kristijan Nikolic * Daniel Pražák * Peter Stano * Kristian Vikman * Milan Zrnič ;Linesmen * Maxime Chaput * Daniel Hynek * Balazs Kovacs * Jan-Christian Müller * Lauri Nikulainen * Tobias Nordlander * Charlie O'Connor * Ulrich Pardatscher * Nikita Shalagin * Dmitry Shishlo

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

Relegation round

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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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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Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player * Forward:

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All-star team * Goaltender: Olof Lindbom * Defencemen: Cameron York, Anton Malyshev * Forwards:

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Niklas Nordgren Niklas Nordgren (born June 28, 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward who began and finished his career playing for Modo Hockey in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Nordgren was drafted by the Carolina Hurric ...

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IIHF best player awards * Goaltender: Olof Lindbom * Defenceman: Adam Boqvist * Forward:

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Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was held in

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, from 2 to 8 April 2018.

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was held in

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, from 14 to 20 April 2018.

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was held in

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, from 1 to 7 April 2018.

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was held in

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, from 24 to 30 March 2018.

Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was held in

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, from 26 March to 1 April 2018.

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was held in Queenstown,

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, from 26 to 28 April 2018.

References

External links

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