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2018 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries  Hungary
  Lithuania
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates22–28 April
Teams12
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The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary and the Group B tournament was held in Kaunas, Lithuania from 22 to 28 April 2018. Warsaw, Poland planned on bidding for the tournament, but as Poland had hosted both the 2015 and 2016 tournaments, decided to apply for a later year. [1]

Great Britain and Italy were promoted to the Top Division, while Poland was relegated to Division I B. [2] The Group B tournament was won by Lithuania, who moved up to Group A and Croatia was relegated to Division II. [3]

Group A tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country  Hungary
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates22–28 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored84 (5.6 per game)
Attendance52,065 (3,471 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko (8 points)
MVP United Kingdom Brett Perlini
Website IIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
  Slovenia Placed 15th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
  Italy Placed 16th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
  Kazakhstan Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
  Poland Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
  Hungary Host, placed 5th in Division I A last year.
  Great Britain Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was promoted.

Match officials

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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Great Britain (P) 5 3 1 0 1 16 15 +1 11 2019 IIHF World Championship
2   Italy (P) 5 3 0 0 2 15 11 +4 9 [a]
3   Kazakhstan 5 3 0 0 2 18 10 +8 9 [a]
4   Hungary (H) 5 2 0 1 2 9 14 −5 7
5   Slovenia 5 2 0 0 3 15 15 0 6
6   Poland (R) 5 1 0 0 4 11 19 −8 3 Relegation to 2019 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Italy 3–0 Kazakhstan

Results

All times are local ( UTC+2).

22 April 2018
12:30
Great Britain 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
  Slovenia László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,545
Game reference
Ben BownsGoalies Gašper KrošeljReferees:
Germany Marc Iwert
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
Hungary Daniel Soós
O'Connor ( Perlini, Shields) (PP) – 06:041–0
1–112:22 – Gregorc ( Urbas, Verlič)
Dowd ( Ehrhardt) – 35:592–1
Perlini ( Hammond, O'Connor) (PP) – 44:503–1
6 minPenalties8 min
15Shots35
22 April 2018
16:00
Hungary 0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)
  Kazakhstan László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,170
Game reference
Ádám VayGoalies Henrik KarlssonReferees:
Finland Lasse Heikkinen
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin
0–143:38 – Orekhov ( Grents)
0–244:35 – Rymarev ( Starchenko)
0–347:42 – Rymarev ( Semyonov) (PP)
14 minPenalties8 min
28Shots27
22 April 2018
19:30
Poland 1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)
  Italy László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,100
Game reference
John MurrayGoalies Marco De FilippoReferees:
Canada Jeff Ingram
Austria Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Czech Republic Josef Špůr
Zapała – 05:271–0
1–133:21 – Scandella ( Andergassen, Hochkofler)
1–238:34 – Helfer (Andergassen, Hofer) (PP)
1–359:43 – Deluca (Andergassen, Felicetti) (ENG)
8 minPenalties4 min
21Shots32
23 April 2018
16:00
Slovenia 2–4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1)
  Poland László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 930
Game reference
Gašper KrošeljGoalies Przemysław OdrobnyReferees:
Finland Lasse Heikkinen
Austria Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:
Hungary Márton Németh
Czech Republic Josef Špůr
0–102:49 – Kapica ( Dziubiński, Chmielewski) (PP)
Drozg ( Vidmar) – 24:301–1
1–227:29 – Neupauer ( Pociecha, Witecki)
1–336:09 – Kolusz (PS)
1–451:25 – Chmielewski ( Rompkowski, Dziubiński)
Urbas ( Verlič) (EA) – 58:332–4
10 minPenalties12 min
38Shots27
23 April 2018
19:30
Italy 2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
  Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,150
Game reference
Andreas BernardGoalies Ádám VayReferees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Germany Marc Iwert
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin
Traversa ( S. Kostner, Zanatta) – 04:521–0
1–121:17 – Sarauer ( Sofron, Galló)
Larkin (Kostner, Deluca) (SH) – 31:372–1
2–232:32 – Vas ( Sebők, Galló) (PP)
2–341:06 – Sebők ( Wehrs)
6 minPenalties6 min
39Shots22
24 April 2018
16:00
Kazakhstan 6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)
  Great Britain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,345
Game reference
Henrik KarlssonGoalies Ben Bowns
Jackson Whistle
Referees:
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
0–102:33 – Ferrara ( Brooks)
Grents ( Yevdokimov, Mikhailis) (PP) – 14:281–1
Sagadeyev ( Lakiza) – 32:222–1
Starchenko ( Kuchin) – 34:203–1
Starchenko ( Rymarev) – 41:584–1
Mikhailis (Lakiza) – 45:555–1
Asetov – 46:446–1
8 minPenalties14 min
42Shots25
25 April 2018
12:30
Italy 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)
  Kazakhstan László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,325
Game reference
Andreas BernardGoalies Henrik KarlssonReferees:
Finland Lasse Heikkinen
Germany Marc Iwert
Linesmen:
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Hungary Daniel Soós
Hochkofler ( Goi, McMonagle) – 05:181–0
D. Kostner ( Insam, Gander) – 09:372–0
McMonagle ( Deluca, Lambacher) – 25:263–0
12 minPenalties10 min
40Shots29
25 April 2018
16:00
Great Britain 5–3
(2–1, 0–2, 3–0)
  Poland László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,435
Game reference
Ben BownsGoalies John MurrayReferees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Hungary Márton Németh
Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin
Perlini ( Richardson, Farmer) – 03:021–0
1–112:21 – Dronia ( Chmielewski, Kapica) (PP)
Shields (Farmer, Perlini) (PP) – 18:372–1
2–223:31 – Kapica ( Pociecha, Chmielewski)
2–329:42 – Zapała ( Malasiński, Murray)
Brooks ( Dowd, Lee) – 44:563–3
O'Connor ( Hammond, Shields) (PP2) – 46:404–3
J. Phillips ( Lachowicz) (ENG) – 59:295–3
8 minPenalties10 min
34Shots39
25 April 2018
19:30
Slovenia 4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)
  Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,460
Game reference
Gašper KrošeljGoalies Ádám VayReferees:
Canada Jeff Ingram
Austria Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Czech Republic Josef Špůr
Magovac ( Mušič, Ograjenšek) – 06:571–0
1–125:07 – Sebők ( Hári, Wehrs) (PP)
Urbas ( Goličič, Verlič) – 29:352–1
Goličič ( Kuralt) – 55:063–1
Kovačević (Kuralt) (ENG) – 56:524–1
14 minPenalties12 min
47Shots33
26 April 2018
19:00
Poland 2–3
(0–2, 2–0, 0–1)
  Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,370
Game reference
Przemysław OdrobnyGoalies Ádám VayReferees:
Canada Jeff Ingram
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
0–101:04 – Sebők ( Galló, Hári) (PP)
0–209:17 – Benk ( Magosi)
Komorski ( Dronia) – 25:211–2
Chmielewski ( Kolusz, Pociecha) – 32:132–2
2–340:30 – Hári (Sebők)
8 minPenalties8 min
34Shots36
27 April 2018
16:00
Kazakhstan 3–5
(2–2, 1–2, 0–1)
  Slovenia László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,645
Game reference
Henrik KarlssonGoalies Gašper KrošeljReferees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Canada Jeff Ingram
Linesmen:
Hungary Márton Németh
Hungary Daniel Soós
0–105:17 – Verlič ( Urbas, Goličič)
Petukhov ( Asetov) – 06:371–1
Grents ( Metalnikov, Yevdokimov) – 10:482–1
2–215:47 – Urbas (Verlič, Goličič)
2–327:28 – Verlič ( Magovac, Sabolič) (PP)
2–437:50 – Kovačević ( Ograjenšek, Podlipnik) (PP)
Asetov (Petukhov, Polokhov) – 38:043–4
3–553:56 – Verlič
8 minPenalties18 min
23Shots36
27 April 2018
19:30
Italy 3–4
(2–2, 0–1, 1–1)
  Great Britain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,750
Game reference
Andreas Bernard
Marco De Filippo
Goalies Ben BownsReferees:
Finland Lasse Heikkinen
Austria Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin
0–107:01 – Perlini ( Lee, Swindlehurst)
Lambacher ( Deluca, Helfer) – 07:231–1
1–208:07 – Dowd ( Brooks, O'Connor)
Larkin ( Hofer, Goi) – 13:302–2
2–322:10 – O'Connor ( Richardson)
Scandella ( Hochkofler, Pavlu) – 45:083–3
3–448:44 – Perlini
4 minPenalties8 min
33Shots17
28 April 2018
12:30
Kazakhstan 6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)
  Poland László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,505
Game reference
Henrik KarlssonGoalies Przemysław Odrobny
John Murray
Referees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Germany Marc Iwert
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Hungary Daniel Soós
Starchenko ( Rymarev) – 12:201–0
Akolzin ( Orekhov) – 13:342–0
Starchenko ( Semyonov, Dallman) (PP) – 24:343–0
3–127:19 – Zapała ( Łyszczarczyk)
Starchenko (Dallman, Semyonov) (PP) – 39:134–1
Kuchin (Starchenko, Rymarev) – 46:035–1
Starchenko (Rymarev, Semyonov) (PP2) – 59:086–1
4 minPenalties33 min
31Shots30
28 April 2018
16:00
Slovenia 3–4
(1–1, 2–2, 0–1)
  Italy László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 2,465
Game reference
Gašper KrošeljGoalies Marco De FilippoReferees:
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
Hungary Márton Németh
Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin
0–101:39 – Gander ( D. Kostner, McMonagle) (PP)
Podlipnik ( Mušič, Kovačevič) – 17:111–1
Tičar ( Urbas, Verlič) (PP) – 23:552–1
2–229:26 – Sullivan (D. Kostner, Deluca) (PP)
2–333:43 – Trivellato (Deluca, Lambacher)
Kovačevič (Tičar, Magovac) – 38:523–3
3–459:58 – D. Kostner (Sullivan, Scandella) (ENG)
12 minPenalties10 min
34Shots33
28 April 2018
19:30
Hungary 2–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2)
OT: (0–0)
( SO: 0–1)
  Great Britain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,870
Game reference
Ádám VayGoalies Ben BownsReferees:
Finland Lasse Heikkinen
Canada Jeff Ingram
Linesmen:
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Czech Republic Josef Špůr
Bodó ( Nagy, Sarauer) (PP) – 03:311–0
Erdély ( Hári) – 41:532–0
2–150:55 – Dowd ( Brooks, Richardson)
2–259:45 – Farmer (EA)
Erdély MISS
Bodó GOAL
Sarauer MISS
Sebők MISS
Hári MISS
Shootout GOAL Farmer
GOAL O'Connor
MISS Kirk
MISS Dowd
10 minPenalties8 min
33Shots43

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko 5 6 2 8 0 4 F
Slovenia Miha Verlič 5 3 4 7 +4 2 F
United Kingdom Ben O'Connor 5 4 2 6 +2 2 D
United Kingdom Brett Perlini 5 4 2 6 +2 2 F
Slovenia Jan Urbas 5 3 3 6 +3 0 F
Kazakhstan Evgeni Rymarev 5 2 4 6 +2 2 F
Italy Ivan Deluca 5 1 5 6 +2 2 F
Hungary Balázs Sebők 5 3 2 5 +1 2 F
Poland Aron Chmielewski 5 2 3 5 0 2 F
United Kingdom Robert Dowd 5 3 1 4 −1 0 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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Kazakhstan Henrik Karlsson 300:00 10 2.00 159 93.71 1
Hungary Ádám Vay 304:46 13 2.56 189 93.12 0
Italy Marco De Filippo 157:33 5 1.90 66 92.42 0
United Kingdom Ben Bowns 290:13 14 2.89 173 91.91 0
Poland Przemysław Odrobny 159:18 9 3.39 93 90.32 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

Group B tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country  Lithuania
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates22–28 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored86 (5.73 per game)
Attendance46,040 (3,069 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Japan Ryo Hashimoto (8 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
  Ukraine Placed 6th in Division I A and was relegated.
  Japan Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
  Lithuania Host, placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
  Estonia Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
  Croatia Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
  Romania Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. [5]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Lithuania (H, P) 5 4 1 0 0 26 9 +17 14 Promoted to 2019 Division I A
2   Japan 5 2 2 0 1 17 13 +4 10 [a]
3   Estonia 5 3 0 1 1 10 7 +3 10 [a]
4   Ukraine 5 1 0 1 3 10 18 −8 4 [b]
5   Romania 5 1 0 1 3 12 18 −6 4 [b]
6   Croatia (R) 5 1 0 0 4 11 21 −10 3 Relegation to 2019 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Estonia 1–2 Japan
  2. ^ a b Romania 0–3 Ukraine

Results

All times are local ( UTC+3).

22 April 2018
12:30
Estonia 1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
OT: (0–1)
  Japan Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 700
Game reference
Roman ŠumihhinGoalies Yutaka FukufujiReferee:
France Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Lithuania Karolis Janušauskas
Austria Elias Seewald
Petrov ( Arrak, Makrov) – 10:551–0
1–138:03 – Terao ( Hashimoto)
1–260:53 – T. Kawai ( Sato, Furuhashi)
16 minPenalties8 min
12Shots42
22 April 2018
16:00
Romania 0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)
  Ukraine Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,545
Game reference
Patrik PolcGoalies Sergei GaiduchenkoReferee:
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Denmark Andreas Kroyer
Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
0–113:52 – Katrych ( Nimenko, Butsenko)
0–228:55 – Nimenko ( Babynets)
0–338:49 – Butsenko (Babynets, Tolstushko)
12 minPenalties22 min
39Shots32
22 April 2018
19:30
Croatia 0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)
  Lithuania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 6,050
Game reference
Mate TomljenovićGoalies Mantas ArmalisReferee:
Norway Stian Halm
Linesmen:
Finland Tommi Niittyla
Slovakia Roman Výleta
0–119:54 – Kumeliauskas ( Bogdziul, Kieras) (PP)
0–222:23 – Krakauskas ( Čypas, Gintautas)
0–334:59 – Cetvertak ( Rybakov, Kieras)
10 minPenalties35 min
26Shots33
23 April 2018
12:30
Ukraine 0–2
(0–2, 0–0, 0–0)
  Estonia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 160
Game reference
Sergei GaiduchenkoGoalies Villem-Henrik KoitmaaReferee:
Norway Stian Halm
Linesmen:
Serbia Ivan Nedeljković
Finland Tommi Niittyla
0–100:39 – Rooba ( Makrov, Lahesalu)
0–209:03 – Vasjonkin ( Kettunen, Gornostajev)
8 minPenalties2 min
33Shots33
23 April 2018
16:00
Japan 4–3
(1–0, 1–3, 2–0)
  Croatia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 292
Game reference
Yuta NarisawaGoalies Mate TomljenovićReferee:
Slovenia Miha Bulovec
Linesmen:
Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
Slovakia Roman Výleta
Hashimoto ( Furuhashi) – 15:171–0
1–122:03 – Rendulić ( Senzel, Blagus) (PP)
1–224:21 – Rendulić (Šijan)
1–327:13 – Jazbec (Blagus, Šijan)
Furuhashi – 36:192–3
Sato (Miura, Hashimoto) – 42:503–3
Hashimoto (Tanaka, Furuhashi) – 52:534–3
10 minPenalties6 min
31Shots26
23 April 2018
19:30
Lithuania 8–3
(3–1, 3–1, 2–1)
  Romania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 5,760
Game reference
Mantas ArmalisGoalies Zoltán TőkeReferee:
France Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Denmark Andreas Kroyer
Austria Elias Seewald
Rybakov ( Ališauskas, Kasparaitis) – 02:381–0
Verenis ( Kumeliauskas, Bogdziul) – 03:472–0
Rybakov ( Gintautas, Kasparaitis) – 10:553–0
3–116:04 – G. Bíró ( Gliga, Molnár)
Bogdziul (Kumeliauskas, Verenis) (PP) – 23:044–1
4–228:03 – G. Bíró (Gliga)
Kaleinikovas ( Zubrus) – 34:485–2
Bosas – 39:396–2
Bosas (Kaleinikovas, Zubrus) (PP) – 42:537–2
Čižas ( Jasinevičius) – 46:428–2
8–348:52 – G. Bíró ( Salló, Constantin)
35 minPenalties6 min
29Shots42
25 April 2018
12:30
Ukraine 2–4
(0–3, 0–0, 2–1)
  Croatia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 221
Game reference
Bogdan Dyachenko
Sergei Gaiduchenko
Goalies Mate TomljenovićReferee:
Norway Stian Halm
Linesmen:
Lithuania Karolis Janušauskas
Denmark Andreas Kroyer
0–104:36 – Janković ( Senzel, Blagus) (PP)
0–211:51 – Zanoški (SH)
0–313:06 – Kanaet ( Tadić)
Katrych ( Butsenko, Babynets) (PP) – 46:561–3
Nimenko ( Mikhnov, Ignatenko) – 53:002–3
2–459:58 – Vedlin (ENG)
10 minPenalties22 min
33Shots39
25 April 2018
16:00
Romania 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
  Estonia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 452
Game reference
Patrik PolcGoalies Villem-Henrik KoitmaaReferee:
Slovenia Miha Bulovec
Linesmen:
Austria Elias Seewald
Slovakia Roman Výleta
0–159:07 – Embrich ( Makrov, Lahesalu)
6 minPenalties8 min
29Shots25
25 April 2018
19:30
Japan 1–6
(0–2, 0–2, 1–2)
  Lithuania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 7,010
Game reference
Yutaka FukufujiGoalies Mantas ArmalisReferee:
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Serbia Ivan Nedeljković
Finland Tommi Niittylä
0–102:30 – Rybakov ( Cetvertak, Laukaitis)
0–203:03 – Bosas ( Kaleinikovas)
0–326:04 – Bosas ( Zubrus, Aliukonis) (PP)
0–427:56 – Verenis ( Kumeliauskas, Čypas)
Hashimoto (Miura) – 40:411–4
1–544:48 – Bogdziul (Kumeliauskas, Verenis)
1–655:42 – Bosas (Kaleinikovas, Kieras)
14 minPenalties12 min
25Shots25
27 April 2018
12:30
Japan 3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
OT: (1–0)
  Romania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 290
Game reference
Yutaka FukufujiGoalies Patrik PolcReferee:
France Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Denmark Andreas Kroyer
Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
Takagi (Miura, Sato) (PP) – 02:481–0
1–108:09 – Fodor ( O. Bíró, Bors) (PP)
1–221:01 – Részegh ( Tranca, Salló)
Echigo ( Nakajima, Furuhashi) – 52:532–2
Nakajima (Sato, Furuhashi) – 62:293–2
14 minPenalties8 min
50Shots29
27 April 2018
16:00
Estonia 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
  Croatia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,200
Game reference
Villem-Henrik KoitmaaGoalies Mate TomljenovićReferee:
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Lithuania Karolis Janušauskas
Serbia Ivan Nedeljković
Rooba ( Petrov, Makrov) – 04:011–0
Andrejev ( Embrich) (SH) – 19:492–0
2–125:17 – Rendulić ( Blagus) –
Embrich ( Gornostajev, Vasjonkin) – 28:233–1
Arrak ( Sibirtsev, Ossipov) – 53:494–1
Embrich ( Parras) (SH) – 56:155–1
10 minPenalties6 min
32Shots34
27 April 2018
19:30
Lithuania 5–4 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 2–2)
OT: (1–0)
  Ukraine Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 7,850
Game reference
Mantas ArmalisGoalies Bogdan DyachenkoReferee:
Slovenia Miha Bulovec
Linesmen:
Austria Elias Seewald
Slovakia Roman Výleta
Bogdziul ( Kaleinikovas, Zubrus) – 08:141–0
1–111:54 – Zakharov ( Mikhnov) (SH)
1–221:01 – Butsenko ( Babynets, Zhovnir) (PP)
Gintautas ( Katulis) (PP) – 28:482–2
Gintautas (Katulis, Kieras) – 45:393–2
Čižas ( Ališauskas, Gintautas) (PP) – 49:004–2
4–355:20 – Petrukhno (Mikhnov)
4–459:23 – Nimenko ( Tolstushko, Mikhnov) (EA)
Bosas (Kaleinikovas, Zubrus) – 61:045–4
8 minPenalties6 min
42Shots20
28 April 2018
12:30
Croatia 3–7
(0–2, 1–2, 2–3)
  Romania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 920
Game reference
Mate Tomljenović
Vito Nikolić
Goalies Patrik PolcReferee:
France Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Austria Elias Seewald
0–105:25 – Molnár ( Tranca, Fodor)
0–211:31 – Tranca (Fodor, Bors)
0–327:39 – Fodor ( Részegh, Bors)
0–433:07 – Gliga (Molnár, Tranca)
Vedlin ( Šakić, Miličić) – 37:211–4
1–542:21 – G. Bíró ( Gecse, Salló) (PP)
1–643:36 – Z. Péter ( B. Péter, Constantin)
Brine (Šakić, Jarčov) – 51:292–6
2–752:41 – Részegh (Tranca, Fodor)
Brine ( Janković, Zanoški) (PP2) – 55:233–7
6 minPenalties18 min
43Shots37
28 April 2018
16:00
Ukraine 1–7
(0–2, 1–2, 0–3)
  Japan Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 3,420
Game reference
Bogdan Dyachenko
Sergei Gaiduchenko
Goalies Yutaka FukufujiReferee:
Norway Stian Halm
Linesmen:
Lithuania Karolis Janušauskas
Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
0–102:38 – Nakayashiki ( Hayata, Ito)
0–207:47 – Hashimoto ( Terao, Ushu) (PP)
Mikhnov ( Zakharov, Ignatenko) (PP) – 22:191–2
1–327:05 – Hashimoto ( Hamada, Ushu) (PP)
1–435:19 – Echigo ( Nakajima)
1–543:22 – Ito (Miura)
1–645:28 – Sato (Echigo, Nakajima)
1–750:56 – Takagi (Sato)
12 minPenalties12 min
28Shots32
28 April 2018
19:30
Lithuania 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)
  Estonia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 10,170
Game reference
Mantas ArmalisGoalies Villem-Henrik KoitmaaReferee:
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Serbia Ivan Nedeljković
Slovakia Roman Výleta
0–104:20 – Rooba ( Petrov)
Ališauskas ( Zubrus) – 07:381–1
Jasinevičius ( Bogdziul) – 15:422–1
Verenis ( Kumeliauskas) – 35:583–1
Verenis (Kumeliauskas) (ENG) – 57:394–1
10 minPenalties12 min
43Shots27

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Japan Ryo Hashimoto 5 5 3 8 +4 0 D
Lithuania Arnoldas Bosas 5 6 0 6 +2 4 F
Lithuania Povilas Verenis 5 4 2 6 +4 4 F
Lithuania Daniel Bogdziul 5 3 3 6 +5 2 F
Japan Hiroto Sato 5 2 4 6 +4 0 D
Japan Makuru Furuhashi 5 1 5 6 +8 0 F
Lithuania Mark Kaleinikovas 5 1 5 6 +3 4 F
Lithuania Tadas Kumeliauskas 5 1 5 6 +3 6 F
Lithuania Dainius Zubrus 5 0 6 6 +4 2 F
Romania Csanád Fodor 5 2 3 5 +1 6 F
Lithuania Paulius Gintautas 5 2 3 5 +2 29 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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Estonia Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 239:40 4 1.00 138 97.10 2
Lithuania Mantas Armalis 301:04 9 1.79 140 93.57 1
Ukraine Sergei Gaiduchenko 147:38 6 2.44 90 93.33 1
Romania Patrik Polc 242:24 10 2.48 150 93.33 0
Japan Yuta Narisawa 122:29 5 2.45 55 90.91 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

References

  1. ^ "27 tournaments assigned". IIHF. 19 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Great Britain & Italy up!". iihf.com. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Lithuania moving up". iihf.com. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  4. ^ Group A Assignments
  5. ^ Group B Assignments
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2018 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries  Hungary
  Lithuania
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates22–28 April
Teams12
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The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary and the Group B tournament was held in Kaunas, Lithuania from 22 to 28 April 2018. Warsaw, Poland planned on bidding for the tournament, but as Poland had hosted both the 2015 and 2016 tournaments, decided to apply for a later year. [1]

Great Britain and Italy were promoted to the Top Division, while Poland was relegated to Division I B. [2] The Group B tournament was won by Lithuania, who moved up to Group A and Croatia was relegated to Division II. [3]

Group A tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country  Hungary
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates22–28 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored84 (5.6 per game)
Attendance52,065 (3,471 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko (8 points)
MVP United Kingdom Brett Perlini
Website IIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
  Slovenia Placed 15th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
  Italy Placed 16th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
  Kazakhstan Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
  Poland Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
  Hungary Host, placed 5th in Division I A last year.
  Great Britain Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was promoted.

Match officials

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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Great Britain (P) 5 3 1 0 1 16 15 +1 11 2019 IIHF World Championship
2   Italy (P) 5 3 0 0 2 15 11 +4 9 [a]
3   Kazakhstan 5 3 0 0 2 18 10 +8 9 [a]
4   Hungary (H) 5 2 0 1 2 9 14 −5 7
5   Slovenia 5 2 0 0 3 15 15 0 6
6   Poland (R) 5 1 0 0 4 11 19 −8 3 Relegation to 2019 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Italy 3–0 Kazakhstan

Results

All times are local ( UTC+2).

22 April 2018
12:30
Great Britain 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
  Slovenia László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,545
Game reference
Ben BownsGoalies Gašper KrošeljReferees:
Germany Marc Iwert
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
Hungary Daniel Soós
O'Connor ( Perlini, Shields) (PP) – 06:041–0
1–112:22 – Gregorc ( Urbas, Verlič)
Dowd ( Ehrhardt) – 35:592–1
Perlini ( Hammond, O'Connor) (PP) – 44:503–1
6 minPenalties8 min
15Shots35
22 April 2018
16:00
Hungary 0–3
(0–0, 0–0, 0–3)
  Kazakhstan László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,170
Game reference
Ádám VayGoalies Henrik KarlssonReferees:
Finland Lasse Heikkinen
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin
0–143:38 – Orekhov ( Grents)
0–244:35 – Rymarev ( Starchenko)
0–347:42 – Rymarev ( Semyonov) (PP)
14 minPenalties8 min
28Shots27
22 April 2018
19:30
Poland 1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)
  Italy László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,100
Game reference
John MurrayGoalies Marco De FilippoReferees:
Canada Jeff Ingram
Austria Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Czech Republic Josef Špůr
Zapała – 05:271–0
1–133:21 – Scandella ( Andergassen, Hochkofler)
1–238:34 – Helfer (Andergassen, Hofer) (PP)
1–359:43 – Deluca (Andergassen, Felicetti) (ENG)
8 minPenalties4 min
21Shots32
23 April 2018
16:00
Slovenia 2–4
(0–1, 1–2, 1–1)
  Poland László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 930
Game reference
Gašper KrošeljGoalies Przemysław OdrobnyReferees:
Finland Lasse Heikkinen
Austria Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:
Hungary Márton Németh
Czech Republic Josef Špůr
0–102:49 – Kapica ( Dziubiński, Chmielewski) (PP)
Drozg ( Vidmar) – 24:301–1
1–227:29 – Neupauer ( Pociecha, Witecki)
1–336:09 – Kolusz (PS)
1–451:25 – Chmielewski ( Rompkowski, Dziubiński)
Urbas ( Verlič) (EA) – 58:332–4
10 minPenalties12 min
38Shots27
23 April 2018
19:30
Italy 2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
  Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,150
Game reference
Andreas BernardGoalies Ádám VayReferees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Germany Marc Iwert
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin
Traversa ( S. Kostner, Zanatta) – 04:521–0
1–121:17 – Sarauer ( Sofron, Galló)
Larkin (Kostner, Deluca) (SH) – 31:372–1
2–232:32 – Vas ( Sebők, Galló) (PP)
2–341:06 – Sebők ( Wehrs)
6 minPenalties6 min
39Shots22
24 April 2018
16:00
Kazakhstan 6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)
  Great Britain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,345
Game reference
Henrik KarlssonGoalies Ben Bowns
Jackson Whistle
Referees:
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
0–102:33 – Ferrara ( Brooks)
Grents ( Yevdokimov, Mikhailis) (PP) – 14:281–1
Sagadeyev ( Lakiza) – 32:222–1
Starchenko ( Kuchin) – 34:203–1
Starchenko ( Rymarev) – 41:584–1
Mikhailis (Lakiza) – 45:555–1
Asetov – 46:446–1
8 minPenalties14 min
42Shots25
25 April 2018
12:30
Italy 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)
  Kazakhstan László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,325
Game reference
Andreas BernardGoalies Henrik KarlssonReferees:
Finland Lasse Heikkinen
Germany Marc Iwert
Linesmen:
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Hungary Daniel Soós
Hochkofler ( Goi, McMonagle) – 05:181–0
D. Kostner ( Insam, Gander) – 09:372–0
McMonagle ( Deluca, Lambacher) – 25:263–0
12 minPenalties10 min
40Shots29
25 April 2018
16:00
Great Britain 5–3
(2–1, 0–2, 3–0)
  Poland László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,435
Game reference
Ben BownsGoalies John MurrayReferees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
Linesmen:
Hungary Márton Németh
Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin
Perlini ( Richardson, Farmer) – 03:021–0
1–112:21 – Dronia ( Chmielewski, Kapica) (PP)
Shields (Farmer, Perlini) (PP) – 18:372–1
2–223:31 – Kapica ( Pociecha, Chmielewski)
2–329:42 – Zapała ( Malasiński, Murray)
Brooks ( Dowd, Lee) – 44:563–3
O'Connor ( Hammond, Shields) (PP2) – 46:404–3
J. Phillips ( Lachowicz) (ENG) – 59:295–3
8 minPenalties10 min
34Shots39
25 April 2018
19:30
Slovenia 4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)
  Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,460
Game reference
Gašper KrošeljGoalies Ádám VayReferees:
Canada Jeff Ingram
Austria Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Czech Republic Josef Špůr
Magovac ( Mušič, Ograjenšek) – 06:571–0
1–125:07 – Sebők ( Hári, Wehrs) (PP)
Urbas ( Goličič, Verlič) – 29:352–1
Goličič ( Kuralt) – 55:063–1
Kovačević (Kuralt) (ENG) – 56:524–1
14 minPenalties12 min
47Shots33
26 April 2018
19:00
Poland 2–3
(0–2, 2–0, 0–1)
  Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,370
Game reference
Przemysław OdrobnyGoalies Ádám VayReferees:
Canada Jeff Ingram
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
0–101:04 – Sebők ( Galló, Hári) (PP)
0–209:17 – Benk ( Magosi)
Komorski ( Dronia) – 25:211–2
Chmielewski ( Kolusz, Pociecha) – 32:132–2
2–340:30 – Hári (Sebők)
8 minPenalties8 min
34Shots36
27 April 2018
16:00
Kazakhstan 3–5
(2–2, 1–2, 0–1)
  Slovenia László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,645
Game reference
Henrik KarlssonGoalies Gašper KrošeljReferees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Canada Jeff Ingram
Linesmen:
Hungary Márton Németh
Hungary Daniel Soós
0–105:17 – Verlič ( Urbas, Goličič)
Petukhov ( Asetov) – 06:371–1
Grents ( Metalnikov, Yevdokimov) – 10:482–1
2–215:47 – Urbas (Verlič, Goličič)
2–327:28 – Verlič ( Magovac, Sabolič) (PP)
2–437:50 – Kovačević ( Ograjenšek, Podlipnik) (PP)
Asetov (Petukhov, Polokhov) – 38:043–4
3–553:56 – Verlič
8 minPenalties18 min
23Shots36
27 April 2018
19:30
Italy 3–4
(2–2, 0–1, 1–1)
  Great Britain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,750
Game reference
Andreas Bernard
Marco De Filippo
Goalies Ben BownsReferees:
Finland Lasse Heikkinen
Austria Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:
France Thomas Caillot
Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin
0–107:01 – Perlini ( Lee, Swindlehurst)
Lambacher ( Deluca, Helfer) – 07:231–1
1–208:07 – Dowd ( Brooks, O'Connor)
Larkin ( Hofer, Goi) – 13:302–2
2–322:10 – O'Connor ( Richardson)
Scandella ( Hochkofler, Pavlu) – 45:083–3
3–448:44 – Perlini
4 minPenalties8 min
33Shots17
28 April 2018
12:30
Kazakhstan 6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)
  Poland László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,505
Game reference
Henrik KarlssonGoalies Przemysław Odrobny
John Murray
Referees:
Switzerland Alex Dipietro
Germany Marc Iwert
Linesmen:
Canada Michael Harrington
Hungary Daniel Soós
Starchenko ( Rymarev) – 12:201–0
Akolzin ( Orekhov) – 13:342–0
Starchenko ( Semyonov, Dallman) (PP) – 24:343–0
3–127:19 – Zapała ( Łyszczarczyk)
Starchenko (Dallman, Semyonov) (PP) – 39:134–1
Kuchin (Starchenko, Rymarev) – 46:035–1
Starchenko (Rymarev, Semyonov) (PP2) – 59:086–1
4 minPenalties33 min
31Shots30
28 April 2018
16:00
Slovenia 3–4
(1–1, 2–2, 0–1)
  Italy László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 2,465
Game reference
Gašper KrošeljGoalies Marco De FilippoReferees:
Czech Republic Oldřich Hejduk
Croatia Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
Hungary Márton Németh
Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin
0–101:39 – Gander ( D. Kostner, McMonagle) (PP)
Podlipnik ( Mušič, Kovačevič) – 17:111–1
Tičar ( Urbas, Verlič) (PP) – 23:552–1
2–229:26 – Sullivan (D. Kostner, Deluca) (PP)
2–333:43 – Trivellato (Deluca, Lambacher)
Kovačevič (Tičar, Magovac) – 38:523–3
3–459:58 – D. Kostner (Sullivan, Scandella) (ENG)
12 minPenalties10 min
34Shots33
28 April 2018
19:30
Hungary 2–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2)
OT: (0–0)
( SO: 0–1)
  Great Britain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,870
Game reference
Ádám VayGoalies Ben BownsReferees:
Finland Lasse Heikkinen
Canada Jeff Ingram
Linesmen:
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Czech Republic Josef Špůr
Bodó ( Nagy, Sarauer) (PP) – 03:311–0
Erdély ( Hári) – 41:532–0
2–150:55 – Dowd ( Brooks, Richardson)
2–259:45 – Farmer (EA)
Erdély MISS
Bodó GOAL
Sarauer MISS
Sebők MISS
Hári MISS
Shootout GOAL Farmer
GOAL O'Connor
MISS Kirk
MISS Dowd
10 minPenalties8 min
33Shots43

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko 5 6 2 8 0 4 F
Slovenia Miha Verlič 5 3 4 7 +4 2 F
United Kingdom Ben O'Connor 5 4 2 6 +2 2 D
United Kingdom Brett Perlini 5 4 2 6 +2 2 F
Slovenia Jan Urbas 5 3 3 6 +3 0 F
Kazakhstan Evgeni Rymarev 5 2 4 6 +2 2 F
Italy Ivan Deluca 5 1 5 6 +2 2 F
Hungary Balázs Sebők 5 3 2 5 +1 2 F
Poland Aron Chmielewski 5 2 3 5 0 2 F
United Kingdom Robert Dowd 5 3 1 4 −1 0 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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Kazakhstan Henrik Karlsson 300:00 10 2.00 159 93.71 1
Hungary Ádám Vay 304:46 13 2.56 189 93.12 0
Italy Marco De Filippo 157:33 5 1.90 66 92.42 0
United Kingdom Ben Bowns 290:13 14 2.89 173 91.91 0
Poland Przemysław Odrobny 159:18 9 3.39 93 90.32 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

Group B tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country  Lithuania
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates22–28 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored86 (5.73 per game)
Attendance46,040 (3,069 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Japan Ryo Hashimoto (8 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
  Ukraine Placed 6th in Division I A and was relegated.
  Japan Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
  Lithuania Host, placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
  Estonia Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
  Croatia Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
  Romania Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. [5]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Lithuania (H, P) 5 4 1 0 0 26 9 +17 14 Promoted to 2019 Division I A
2   Japan 5 2 2 0 1 17 13 +4 10 [a]
3   Estonia 5 3 0 1 1 10 7 +3 10 [a]
4   Ukraine 5 1 0 1 3 10 18 −8 4 [b]
5   Romania 5 1 0 1 3 12 18 −6 4 [b]
6   Croatia (R) 5 1 0 0 4 11 21 −10 3 Relegation to 2019 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Estonia 1–2 Japan
  2. ^ a b Romania 0–3 Ukraine

Results

All times are local ( UTC+3).

22 April 2018
12:30
Estonia 1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
OT: (0–1)
  Japan Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 700
Game reference
Roman ŠumihhinGoalies Yutaka FukufujiReferee:
France Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Lithuania Karolis Janušauskas
Austria Elias Seewald
Petrov ( Arrak, Makrov) – 10:551–0
1–138:03 – Terao ( Hashimoto)
1–260:53 – T. Kawai ( Sato, Furuhashi)
16 minPenalties8 min
12Shots42
22 April 2018
16:00
Romania 0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)
  Ukraine Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,545
Game reference
Patrik PolcGoalies Sergei GaiduchenkoReferee:
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Denmark Andreas Kroyer
Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
0–113:52 – Katrych ( Nimenko, Butsenko)
0–228:55 – Nimenko ( Babynets)
0–338:49 – Butsenko (Babynets, Tolstushko)
12 minPenalties22 min
39Shots32
22 April 2018
19:30
Croatia 0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)
  Lithuania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 6,050
Game reference
Mate TomljenovićGoalies Mantas ArmalisReferee:
Norway Stian Halm
Linesmen:
Finland Tommi Niittyla
Slovakia Roman Výleta
0–119:54 – Kumeliauskas ( Bogdziul, Kieras) (PP)
0–222:23 – Krakauskas ( Čypas, Gintautas)
0–334:59 – Cetvertak ( Rybakov, Kieras)
10 minPenalties35 min
26Shots33
23 April 2018
12:30
Ukraine 0–2
(0–2, 0–0, 0–0)
  Estonia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 160
Game reference
Sergei GaiduchenkoGoalies Villem-Henrik KoitmaaReferee:
Norway Stian Halm
Linesmen:
Serbia Ivan Nedeljković
Finland Tommi Niittyla
0–100:39 – Rooba ( Makrov, Lahesalu)
0–209:03 – Vasjonkin ( Kettunen, Gornostajev)
8 minPenalties2 min
33Shots33
23 April 2018
16:00
Japan 4–3
(1–0, 1–3, 2–0)
  Croatia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 292
Game reference
Yuta NarisawaGoalies Mate TomljenovićReferee:
Slovenia Miha Bulovec
Linesmen:
Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
Slovakia Roman Výleta
Hashimoto ( Furuhashi) – 15:171–0
1–122:03 – Rendulić ( Senzel, Blagus) (PP)
1–224:21 – Rendulić (Šijan)
1–327:13 – Jazbec (Blagus, Šijan)
Furuhashi – 36:192–3
Sato (Miura, Hashimoto) – 42:503–3
Hashimoto (Tanaka, Furuhashi) – 52:534–3
10 minPenalties6 min
31Shots26
23 April 2018
19:30
Lithuania 8–3
(3–1, 3–1, 2–1)
  Romania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 5,760
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Mantas ArmalisGoalies Zoltán TőkeReferee:
France Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Denmark Andreas Kroyer
Austria Elias Seewald
Rybakov ( Ališauskas, Kasparaitis) – 02:381–0
Verenis ( Kumeliauskas, Bogdziul) – 03:472–0
Rybakov ( Gintautas, Kasparaitis) – 10:553–0
3–116:04 – G. Bíró ( Gliga, Molnár)
Bogdziul (Kumeliauskas, Verenis) (PP) – 23:044–1
4–228:03 – G. Bíró (Gliga)
Kaleinikovas ( Zubrus) – 34:485–2
Bosas – 39:396–2
Bosas (Kaleinikovas, Zubrus) (PP) – 42:537–2
Čižas ( Jasinevičius) – 46:428–2
8–348:52 – G. Bíró ( Salló, Constantin)
35 minPenalties6 min
29Shots42
25 April 2018
12:30
Ukraine 2–4
(0–3, 0–0, 2–1)
  Croatia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 221
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Bogdan Dyachenko
Sergei Gaiduchenko
Goalies Mate TomljenovićReferee:
Norway Stian Halm
Linesmen:
Lithuania Karolis Janušauskas
Denmark Andreas Kroyer
0–104:36 – Janković ( Senzel, Blagus) (PP)
0–211:51 – Zanoški (SH)
0–313:06 – Kanaet ( Tadić)
Katrych ( Butsenko, Babynets) (PP) – 46:561–3
Nimenko ( Mikhnov, Ignatenko) – 53:002–3
2–459:58 – Vedlin (ENG)
10 minPenalties22 min
33Shots39
25 April 2018
16:00
Romania 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
  Estonia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 452
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Patrik PolcGoalies Villem-Henrik KoitmaaReferee:
Slovenia Miha Bulovec
Linesmen:
Austria Elias Seewald
Slovakia Roman Výleta
0–159:07 – Embrich ( Makrov, Lahesalu)
6 minPenalties8 min
29Shots25
25 April 2018
19:30
Japan 1–6
(0–2, 0–2, 1–2)
  Lithuania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 7,010
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Yutaka FukufujiGoalies Mantas ArmalisReferee:
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Serbia Ivan Nedeljković
Finland Tommi Niittylä
0–102:30 – Rybakov ( Cetvertak, Laukaitis)
0–203:03 – Bosas ( Kaleinikovas)
0–326:04 – Bosas ( Zubrus, Aliukonis) (PP)
0–427:56 – Verenis ( Kumeliauskas, Čypas)
Hashimoto (Miura) – 40:411–4
1–544:48 – Bogdziul (Kumeliauskas, Verenis)
1–655:42 – Bosas (Kaleinikovas, Kieras)
14 minPenalties12 min
25Shots25
27 April 2018
12:30
Japan 3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
OT: (1–0)
  Romania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 290
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Yutaka FukufujiGoalies Patrik PolcReferee:
France Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Denmark Andreas Kroyer
Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
Takagi (Miura, Sato) (PP) – 02:481–0
1–108:09 – Fodor ( O. Bíró, Bors) (PP)
1–221:01 – Részegh ( Tranca, Salló)
Echigo ( Nakajima, Furuhashi) – 52:532–2
Nakajima (Sato, Furuhashi) – 62:293–2
14 minPenalties8 min
50Shots29
27 April 2018
16:00
Estonia 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
  Croatia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,200
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Villem-Henrik KoitmaaGoalies Mate TomljenovićReferee:
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Lithuania Karolis Janušauskas
Serbia Ivan Nedeljković
Rooba ( Petrov, Makrov) – 04:011–0
Andrejev ( Embrich) (SH) – 19:492–0
2–125:17 – Rendulić ( Blagus) –
Embrich ( Gornostajev, Vasjonkin) – 28:233–1
Arrak ( Sibirtsev, Ossipov) – 53:494–1
Embrich ( Parras) (SH) – 56:155–1
10 minPenalties6 min
32Shots34
27 April 2018
19:30
Lithuania 5–4 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 2–2)
OT: (1–0)
  Ukraine Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 7,850
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Mantas ArmalisGoalies Bogdan DyachenkoReferee:
Slovenia Miha Bulovec
Linesmen:
Austria Elias Seewald
Slovakia Roman Výleta
Bogdziul ( Kaleinikovas, Zubrus) – 08:141–0
1–111:54 – Zakharov ( Mikhnov) (SH)
1–221:01 – Butsenko ( Babynets, Zhovnir) (PP)
Gintautas ( Katulis) (PP) – 28:482–2
Gintautas (Katulis, Kieras) – 45:393–2
Čižas ( Ališauskas, Gintautas) (PP) – 49:004–2
4–355:20 – Petrukhno (Mikhnov)
4–459:23 – Nimenko ( Tolstushko, Mikhnov) (EA)
Bosas (Kaleinikovas, Zubrus) – 61:045–4
8 minPenalties6 min
42Shots20
28 April 2018
12:30
Croatia 3–7
(0–2, 1–2, 2–3)
  Romania Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 920
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Mate Tomljenović
Vito Nikolić
Goalies Patrik PolcReferee:
France Damien Bliek
Linesmen:
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Austria Elias Seewald
0–105:25 – Molnár ( Tranca, Fodor)
0–211:31 – Tranca (Fodor, Bors)
0–327:39 – Fodor ( Részegh, Bors)
0–433:07 – Gliga (Molnár, Tranca)
Vedlin ( Šakić, Miličić) – 37:211–4
1–542:21 – G. Bíró ( Gecse, Salló) (PP)
1–643:36 – Z. Péter ( B. Péter, Constantin)
Brine (Šakić, Jarčov) – 51:292–6
2–752:41 – Részegh (Tranca, Fodor)
Brine ( Janković, Zanoški) (PP2) – 55:233–7
6 minPenalties18 min
43Shots37
28 April 2018
16:00
Ukraine 1–7
(0–2, 1–2, 0–3)
  Japan Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 3,420
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Bogdan Dyachenko
Sergei Gaiduchenko
Goalies Yutaka FukufujiReferee:
Norway Stian Halm
Linesmen:
Lithuania Karolis Janušauskas
Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
0–102:38 – Nakayashiki ( Hayata, Ito)
0–207:47 – Hashimoto ( Terao, Ushu) (PP)
Mikhnov ( Zakharov, Ignatenko) (PP) – 22:191–2
1–327:05 – Hashimoto ( Hamada, Ushu) (PP)
1–435:19 – Echigo ( Nakajima)
1–543:22 – Ito (Miura)
1–645:28 – Sato (Echigo, Nakajima)
1–750:56 – Takagi (Sato)
12 minPenalties12 min
28Shots32
28 April 2018
19:30
Lithuania 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)
  Estonia Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 10,170
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Mantas ArmalisGoalies Villem-Henrik KoitmaaReferee:
United Kingdom Liam Sewell
Linesmen:
Serbia Ivan Nedeljković
Slovakia Roman Výleta
0–104:20 – Rooba ( Petrov)
Ališauskas ( Zubrus) – 07:381–1
Jasinevičius ( Bogdziul) – 15:422–1
Verenis ( Kumeliauskas) – 35:583–1
Verenis (Kumeliauskas) (ENG) – 57:394–1
10 minPenalties12 min
43Shots27

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Japan Ryo Hashimoto 5 5 3 8 +4 0 D
Lithuania Arnoldas Bosas 5 6 0 6 +2 4 F
Lithuania Povilas Verenis 5 4 2 6 +4 4 F
Lithuania Daniel Bogdziul 5 3 3 6 +5 2 F
Japan Hiroto Sato 5 2 4 6 +4 0 D
Japan Makuru Furuhashi 5 1 5 6 +8 0 F
Lithuania Mark Kaleinikovas 5 1 5 6 +3 4 F
Lithuania Tadas Kumeliauskas 5 1 5 6 +3 6 F
Lithuania Dainius Zubrus 5 0 6 6 +4 2 F
Romania Csanád Fodor 5 2 3 5 +1 6 F
Lithuania Paulius Gintautas 5 2 3 5 +2 29 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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Estonia Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 239:40 4 1.00 138 97.10 2
Lithuania Mantas Armalis 301:04 9 1.79 140 93.57 1
Ukraine Sergei Gaiduchenko 147:38 6 2.44 90 93.33 1
Romania Patrik Polc 242:24 10 2.48 150 93.33 0
Japan Yuta Narisawa 122:29 5 2.45 55 90.91 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

References

  1. ^ "27 tournaments assigned". IIHF. 19 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Great Britain & Italy up!". iihf.com. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Lithuania moving up". iihf.com. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  4. ^ Group A Assignments
  5. ^ Group B Assignments

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