The 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 21st such event hosted by the

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. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2020 competition. One national team,

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, returned to play in the World Championships for the first time since playing in the 2000 European qualification tiers. Sweden won the title on home ice. It was the nation's first U18 World Championship. Defending champion Finland finished in seventh place and without a medal for the first time since 2014.

Top Division

Match officials

12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ;Referees * Aaro Brännare * Michael Campbell * Oldřich Hejduk * Joonas Kova * Guillaume Labonté * Marcus Linde * Sean MacFarlane * Sergey Morozov * Andre Schrader * Andrei Shrubok * Miroslav Štefík * Michael Tscherrig ;Linesmen * Pavel Badyl * Riley Bowles * Henrik Haurum * Jon Kilian * Ludvig Lundgren * David Obwegeser * Jani Pesonen * Nikita Shalagin * Josef Špůr * Tarrington Wyonzek

Preliminary round

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Group A

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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Awards

*Best players selected by the Directorate: **Best

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**Best

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**Best

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IIHF
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**Goaltender:

**Defencemen:

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**Forwards:

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Division I

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in

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from 14 to 20 April 2019.

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in

Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár (; german: Stuhlweißenburg ), known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and the centre of Fejér ...

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from 14 to 20 April 2019.

Division II

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in

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from 7 to 13 April 2019.

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in

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from 25 to 31 March 2019.

Division III

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in

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Group B

The Group B tournament was held in

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from 9 to 12 April 2019.

References

External links

Official website
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IIHF World U18 Championships 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 ...

IIHF World U18 Championships

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