The 2021 IIHF World U18 Championship was the 22nd such IIHF World U18 Championship, event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams would have participated at several levels of competition. The competition also would have served as qualifications for the 2022 competition. All tournaments other than the top division tournament were cancelled by the IIHF on November 18, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. USA Hockey National Team Development Program, The United States finished without a medal for the first time since 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships, 2003.

Top Division

The tournament was held from April 26 to May 6, 2021, in Frisco, Texas, Frisco and Plano, Texas, Plano, United States.

Officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2021 World U18 Championships. Referees * Adam Kika * Riku Brander * Lukas Kohlmüller * Sergey Yudakov * Christoffer Holm * Micha Hebeisen * Sean Fernandez * Sean MacFarlane * Jacob Rekucki * Stephen Reneau * Peter Schlittenhardt * Andrew Wilk Linesmen * Nikita Polyakov * David Klouček * Tommi Niittylä * Dāvis Zunde * Roman Slavikovskii * Kevin Briganti * Nick Briganti * Jake Davis * William Hancock * Patrick Richardson

Preliminary round

''All times are local (Central Time Zone, UTC–5).''

Group A

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Group B

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Playoff round

Winning teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking: #higher position in the group #higher number of points #better goal difference #higher number of goals scored for #better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2019 IIHF World U18 Championships).

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
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Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time) ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts''
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Awards

*Best players selected by the Directorate: **Best Goaltender: Benjamin Gaudreau **Best Defenceman: Aleksi Heimosalmi **Best Forward (ice hockey), Forward: Matvei Michkov Source
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/small> *Media All-Stars: **MVP: Matvei Michkov **Goaltender: Sergei Ivanov (ice hockey), Sergei Ivanov **Defencemen: Aleksi Heimosalmi / Brandt Clarke **Forwards: Connor Bedard / Matvei Michkov / Samu Tuomaala Source
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Division I

All division group tournaments were cancelled by the IIHF.

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia, from April 5 to 11, 2021. * * * * * *

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Asiago, Italy, from April 18 to 25, 2021. * * * * * *

Division II

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Tallinn, Estonia, from April 4 to 10, 2021. * * * * * *

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 21 to 27, 2021, * * * * * *

Division III

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from March 29 to April 4, 2021. * * * * * *

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, from March 28 to April 3, 2021. * * * * * *

References

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