2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

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2018 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I

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Tournament details
Host countries	Latvia Ukraine
Dates	2–8 April (Group A) 14–20 April (Group B)
Teams	12

The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represented the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division I A

2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	2–8 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	86 (5.73 per game)
Attendance	9,057 (604 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Taro Jentzsch (7 points)
Website	IIHF.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Latvia	placed 10th in 2017 Top Division and were relegated
Kazakhstan	placed 2nd in 2017 Division I A
Denmark	placed 3rd in 2017 Division I A
Norway	placed 4th in 2017 Division I A
Germany	placed 5th in 2017 Division I A
Slovenia	placed 1st in 2017 Division I B and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees

• Patric Bjälkander
• Aaro Brännare
• Andrew Bruggeman
• Andrei Shrubok

Linesmen

• Uldis Bušs
• Daniel Duarte
• Māris Locāns
• Henri Neva
• David Nothegger
• Michal Orolin
• Sotaro Yamaguchi

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Latvia (H)	5	5	0	0	0	14	4	+10	15	Promoted to the Top Division
2	Germany	5	4	0	0	1	22	11	+11	12
3	Denmark	5	2	0	0	3	14	19	−5	6
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	15	10	+5	6
5	Norway	5	1	0	0	4	14	18	−4	3
6	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	7	24	−17	3	Relegation to 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
Notes:

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

2 April 2018 12:15

Germany

7–2 (2–0, 4–2, 1–0)

Denmark

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 348

Game reference
	Florian Mnich Tobias Ancicka	Goalies	Mads Søgaard Christian Christensen	Referee: Aaro Brännare Linesmen: Uldis Bušs Henri Neva
	Brune (Fleischer, Seider) – 11:53 1–0 Valenti (Wirt, Jentzsch) (PP) – 19:42 2–0 Schinko – 23:31 3–0 3–1 32:06 – Madsen (Kjær) Fleischer (Stützle) (PP) – 33:38 4–1 Wirt (Alberg, Betzold) – 34:09 5–1 Betzold (Hon, Mik) – 38:09 6–1 6–2 39:02 – Schultz (Cubars) (PP) Schinko (Fleischer, Seider) (PP) – 44:52 7–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	14

2 April 2018 16:15

Norway

2–5 (1–3, 1–2, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 349

Game reference
	Tobias Breivold	Goalies	Vilen Prokofiev	Referee: Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: Māris Locāns Sotaro Yamaguchi
	0–1 07:16 – Buyalsky (Demin, Pryakhin) Rødne (Hafsmoe) – 10:28 1–1 1–2 17:50 – Buyalsky (Nesterov) 1–3 18:19 – O. Boiko (Guseinov) Rødne (Spaberg Olsen) – 33:02 2–3 2–4 35:28 – Asukhanov (Atakhanov) 2–5 36:06 – Pryakhin (Demin, Buyalsky)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	25

2 April 2018 20:15

Slovenia

1–2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 1,126

Game reference
	Val Usnik	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referee: Patric Bjälkander Linesmen: Daniel Duarte David Nothegger
	0–1 05:05 – Bergs (Arnicāns, Koppass) 0–2 17:25 – Grīnbergs (Polcs, Ošenieks) Tavčar (Predan) – 33:00 1–2
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	32

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3 April 2018 12:15

Kazakhstan

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 147

Game reference
	Vilen Prokofiev	Goalies	Florian Mnich	Referee: Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: David Nothegger Michal Orolin
	0–1 16:34 – Valenti (Schitz, Schinko)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	33

3 April 2018 16:15

Denmark

2–3 (1–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Slovenia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Mads Søgaard	Goalies	Val Usnik	Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Uldis Bušs Māris Locāns
	Kjær (Brøndberg, Schultz) (PP) – 14:47 1–0 1–1 31:35 – Širovnik (Jenko, Bohinc) (PP) 1–2 41:41 – Bohinc (Tavčar, Jenko) (PP) Koch (Andersen) – 50:42 2–2 2–3 58:34 – Bohinc
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	16

3 April 2018 20:15

Latvia

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 983

Game reference
	Jānis Voris	Goalies	Tobias Normann	Referee: Aaro Brännare Linesmen: Henri Neva Sotaro Yamaguchi
	Fjodorovs (Mintautišķis) – 24:36 1–0 Grīnbergs (Polcs, Ozols) (PP) – 53:10 2–0 Millers (Ošenieks) (ENG) – 59:39 3–0
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	15

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5 April 2018 12:15

Slovenia

0–5 (0–0, 0–4, 0–1)

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Val Usnik Nejc Žagar	Goalies	Tobias Normann	Referee: Aaro Brännare Linesmen: Daniel Duarte Henri Neva
	0–1 20:39 – Van Doorn (Lilleberg, Hafsmoe) 0–2 21:01 – Hallgren (Finstad) 0–3 31:45 – Rødne (Van Doorn) 0–4 35:37 – Hafsmoe 0–5 49:07 – Frøberg
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	38

5 April 2018 16:15

Kazakhstan

2–4 (2–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Denmark

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 214

Game reference
	Vilen Prokofiev	Goalies	Christian Christensen	Referee: Patric Bjälkander Linesmen: Uldis Bušs Māris Locāns
	Musorov (Butenko, O. Boiko) (PP) – 09:17 1–0 1–1 14:13 – Schultz (True, Kjær) (PP) O. Boiko (Guseinov) (PP) – 16:50 2–1 2–2 26:36 – Cubars (Kaels) 2–3 41:25 – Andersen (Brøndberg, Schultz) (PP) 2–4 56:49 – Koch (Nielsen)
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	22	Shots	23

5 April 2018 20:15

Latvia

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 1,894

Game reference
	Jānis Voris	Goalies	Florian Mnich	Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: David Nothegger Sotaro Yamaguchi
	0–1 11:51 – Valenti (Jentzsch) (PP) Marcinkēvičs (Prohorenkovs, Koppass) – 16:24 1–1 Barkovskis (Marcinkēvičs) – 31:58 2–1 Fjodorovs (Ošenieks) – 48:32 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	15	Shots	27

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6 April 2018 12:15

Kazakhstan

7–1 (3–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Slovenia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 86

Game reference
	Vladislav Nurek	Goalies	Val Usnik Nejc Žagar	Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Uldis Bušs Henri Neva
	Musorov (Guseinov) – 00:54 1–0 Nesterov (Musabayev, Demin) (PP) – 15:11 2–0 Saiko – 16:35 3–0 Saiko – 28:35 4–0 Buyalsky (Musabayev, Saiko ) – 44:34 5–0 O. Boiko (Guseinov, Musorov) – 47:24 6–0 6–1 48:35 – Prostor (Predan) Musorov (Guseinov) – 54:28 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	20

6 April 2018 16:15

Norway

4–5 (1–2, 2–2, 1–1)

Germany

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 157

Game reference
	Tobias Breivold	Goalies	Florian Mnich Tobias Ancicka	Referee: Patric Bjälkander Linesmen: Māris Locāns David Nothegger
	Spaberg Olsen (Finstad, Meyer) (PP) – 10:18 1–0 1–1 11:53 – Hon (Möller, Stützle) (EA) 1–2 13:37 – Schinko (Seider) Jensen – 23:54 2–2 2–3 29:09 – Schütz (Jentzsch) Hurrød (PP) – 31:28 3–3 3–4 32:07 – Valenti (Schütz, Möller) 3–5 47:18 – Schütz (Hüttl) Spaberg Olsen (PP) – 52:40 4–5
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	46

6 April 2018 20:15

Denmark

1–4 (1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Latvia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 2,200

Game reference
	Christian Christensen	Goalies	Jānis Voris	Referee: Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: Daniel Duarte Sotaro Yamaguchi
	Cubars (Kaels) – 01:45 1–0 1–1 08:33 – Ozols (Arnicāns, Koppass) 1–2 46:06 – Koppass (Fjodorovs) (PP) 1–3 53:07 – Barkovskis 1–4 59:35 – Polcs (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	21

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8 April 2018 12:15

Denmark

5–3 (2–0, 2–2, 1–1)

Norway

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 163

Game reference
	Mads Søgaard	Goalies	Tobias Normann Tobias Breivold	Referee: Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Daniel Duarte Māris Locāns
	True (Green) – 14:08 1–0 Kaels (Kjær) – 17:24 2–0 Olesen (Koch) – 22:51 3–0 3–1 26:24 – Vaaler (Mikkelsen, Løkkeberg ) 3–2 30:40 – Van Doorn (Vaaler, Jensen (PP) Schultz (True, Cubars) (PP) – 39:58 4–2 Schultz (Brøndberg) – 44:52 5–2 5–3 47:12 – Holm (Vaaler) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	22

8 April 2018 16:15

Germany

8–2 (5–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovenia

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Tobias Ancicka	Goalies	Nejc Žagar Val Usnik	Referee: Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: Uldis Bušs Sotaro Yamaguchi
	Hon (Alberg, Schinko) – 00:52 1–0 Alberg (Schitz) – 01:08 2–0 Jentzsch (Valenti, Stützle) – 05:52 3–0 3–1 11:39 – Vilfan (Konc, Tavčar) Schitz (Alberg) – 12:09 4–1 4–2 12:51 – Vilfan (Tavčar, Konc) Valenti (Mik, Möller) – 13:55 5–2 Schitz (Alberg, Betzold) – 22:25 6–2 Schitz (Jentzsch, Wirt) – 47:20 7–2 Stützle (Wirt) – 56:55 8–2
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	51	Shots	10

8 April 2018 20:15

Latvia

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Arēna Rīga, Riga Attendance: 860

Game reference
	Artūrs Šilovs	Goalies	Vladislav Nurek	Referee: Aaro Brännare Linesmen: Henri Neva David Nothegger
	0–1 04:36 – Musabayev (Demin, Buyalsky) (PP) Ošenieks (Štolcs, Fjodorovs) (PP2) – 06:58 1–1 Millers – 55:19 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	63 min
	22	Shots	32

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Taro Jentzsch	5	1	6	7	+7	6	F
Yannik Valenti	5	5	1	6	+6	2	F
Phillip Schultz	5	4	2	6	0	6	F
Andrei Buyalsky	5	3	2	5	+4	2	F
Luis Schinko	5	3	2	5	+2	8	F
Edwin Schitz	5	3	2	5	+7	0	F
Victor Cubars	5	2	3	5	+1	2	F
Manuel Alberg	5	1	4	5	+5	0	F
Dias Guseinov	5	0	5	5	+2	6	F
Oleg Boiko	5	3	1	4	+2	0	F
Maxim Musorov	5	3	1	4	+1	2	F
Lars Christian Rødne	5	3	1	4	−3	2	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 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Jānis Voris	180:00	65	2	0.67	96.92	1
Artūrs Šilovs	120:00	50	2	1.00	96.00	1
Vladislav Nurek	120:00	42	3	1.50	92.86	0
Tobias Normann	140:15	58	5	2.14	91.38	1
Vilen Prokofiev	179:19	78	7	2.34	91.03	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

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Jānis Voris
• Defenceman: Moritz Seider
• Forward: Yannik Valenti

Source: IIHF.com

Division I B

2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Ukraine
Dates	14–20 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	80 (5.33 per game)
Attendance	33,163 (2,211 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Benjamin Baumgartner Dmytro Danylenko (8 points)
Website	IIHF.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Hungary	placed 6th in 2017 Division I A and were relegated
Austria	placed 2nd in 2017 Division I B
Japan	placed 3rd in 2017 Division I B
Italy	placed 4th in 2017 Division I B
Ukraine	placed 5th in 2017 Division I B
Romania	placed 1st in 2017 Division II A and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees

• Roman Mrkva
• Joris Müller
• Christian Persson
• Gints Zviedrītis

Linesmen

• Lodewyk Beelen
• Riley Bowles
• Håvar Dahl
• James Kavanagh
• Artem Korepanov
• Anton Peretyatko
• Wiktor Zień

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ukraine (H)	5	4	0	0	1	18	8	+10	12	Promoted to Division I A
2	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	20	7	+13	12
3	Japan	5	2	2	0	1	12	11	+1	10
4	Hungary	5	2	0	1	2	14	11	+3	7
5	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	11	13	−2	4
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	5	30	−25	0	Relegation to 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
Notes:

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

14 April 2018 13:00

Ukraine

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Japan

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 3,007

Game reference
	Artur Ogandzhanyan	Goalies	Eiki Sato	Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen James Kavanagh
	0–1 42:23 – Abe (Ishida, Takebe) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	33

14 April 2018 16:30

Italy

1–2 (1–2, 0–0, 0–0)

Austria

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,489

Game reference
	Davide Fadani Andrea Basraoui	Goalies	Alexander Schmidt	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Håvar Dahl Wiktor Zień
	0–1 05:48 – Lanzinger (Baumgartner) (SH) Bitetto (Pisetta) – 16:29 1–1 1–2 17:15 – Baumgartner (Lanzinger)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	37

14 April 2018 20:00

Romania

0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Hungary

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,198

Game reference
	Levente Ambrus Arnold Demeter	Goalies	Lajos Gönczi	Referee: Joris Müller Linesmen: Riley Bowles Artem Korepanov
	0–1 03:05 – Szécsi (Révész) (PP) 0–2 03:46 – Keresztes (Papp) 0–3 11:34 – Révész 0–4 39:14 – Révész 0–5 52:35 – Dézsi (Péter) (SH)
	29 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	45

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15 April 2018 13:00

Austria

3–5 (1–1, 2–1, 0–3)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 3,104

Game reference
	Alexander Schmidt	Goalies	Artur Ogandzhanyan	Referee: Joris Müller Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Riley Bowles
	0–1 09:20 – Danylenko (Khalin, Morozov) (PP) Kandemir (Rossi, Kleiss) – 16:42 1–1 Lindner (Baumgartner) – 20:40 2–1 2–2 21:51 – Krivoshapkin (Peresunko) Rossi (Baumgartner) (PP) – 30:23 3–2 3–3 56:02 – Morozov (Khalin, Babchuk) 3–4 56:46 – Krivoshapkin (Kruhliakov) 3–5 59:30 – Mateichenko (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	25

15 April 2018 16:30

Japan

5–3 (1–1, 3–2, 1–0)

Romania

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,259

Game reference
	Ryo Ishikawa Eiki Sato	Goalies	Arnold Demeter	Referee: Roman Mrkva Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Anton Peretyatko
	0–1 07:06 – Cășăneanu (Gecse, Karda) (SH) Momen (Araki, Karatsu) – 07:33 1–1 Abe (Gondaira, Miyata) – 23:06 2–1 2–2 25:55 – Cășăneanu (Karda) (PP) Yoneyama (Kimura) (PP) – 33:33 3–2 3–3 37:20 – Cășăneanu (Filip) Karatsu (Araki, Momen) – 38:22 4–3 Araki (Karatsu, Momen) – 49:14 5–3
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	13

15 April 2018 20:00

Hungary

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Italy

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,047

Game reference
	Lajos Gönczi	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: James Kavanagh Wiktor Zień
	Keresztes (Papp) – 07:51 1–0 A. Kovács (M. Horváth, Almási) – 35:32 2–0 Péter (Keresztes, Révész) (PP) – 48:43 3–0 S. Kovács (L. Horváth) – 56:35 4–0
	30 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	14

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17 April 2018 13:00

Romania

1–7 (0–2, 0–2, 1–3)

Italy

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 549

Game reference
	Arnold Demeter Levente Ambrus	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Joris Müller Linesmen: Riley Bowles Artem Korepanov
	0–1 01:15 – Bitetto (Salvai) 0–2 10:55 – Zecchetto (PS) 0–3 29:06 – De Giacinto (Salvai) (PP) 0–4 35:42 – Bitetto (Öhler, Grossrubatscher) 0–5 41:29 – Tomasini (Bitetto, Salvai) 0–6 46:32 – Pisetta (Cristellon, Taufer) 0–7 48:06 – Damin (Zecchetto, Öhler) Sándor-Székely (Cășăneanu) – 55:49 1–7
	16 min	Penalties	2 min
	11	Shots	41

17 April 2018 16:30

Austria

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,571

Game reference
	Marvin Kortin	Goalies	Eiki Sato	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: James Kavanagh Wiktor Zień
	Thaler (Piff) – 05:01 1–0 Rossi (Maier, Nickl) (PP) – 08:31 2–0 Lanzinger (Kleiss, Baumgartner) (PP) – 28:20 3–0 Rebernig (Lindner, Huber) – 41:46 4–0
	0 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	15

17 April 2018 20:00

Hungary

3–4 (1–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 4,537

Game reference
	Lajos Gönczi	Goalies	Artur Ogandzhanyan Vladislav Hurko	Referee: Roman Mrkva Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Håvar Dahl
	0–1 09:53 – Morozov (Danylenko, Serednitsky) Révész – 12:58 1–1 1–2 31:11 – Morozov (Danylenko, Serednitsky) 1–3 32:12 – Kruhliakov (Lohach, Danylenko) (PP) 1–4 43:29 – Danylenko (Morozov) Keresztes (Péter, Révész) (PP) – 52:24 2–4 Almási (A. Kovács) – 56:08 3–4
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	30

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18 April 2018 13:00

Austria

7–1 (4–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Romania

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 954

Game reference
	Marvin Kortin	Goalies	Levente Ambrus Arnold Demeter	Referee: Roman Mrkva Linesmen: James Kavanagh Artem Korepanov
	Kandemir (Zündel, Maier) – 04:57 1–0 Rebernig (Steffler, Huber) – 05:31 2–0 Baumgartner (Payr, Lanzinger) (PP2) – 11:37 3–0 Maier (Rossi, Wohlfahrt) (PP) – 15:17 4–0 4–1 26:01 – Petrică Lanzinger (Baumgartner, Maier) – 28:24 5–1 Rebernig (Lindner, Huber) – 42:08 6–1 Wohlfahrt (Zündel, Rossi) – 53:52 7–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	60	Shots	13

18 April 2018 16:30

Japan

3–2 GWS (1–0, 1–0, 0–2) OT: (0–0) SO: (1–0)

Hungary

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,398

Game reference
	Eiki Sato	Goalies	Lajos Gönczi	Referee: Gints Zviedrītis Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen Riley Bowles
	Hanzawa (Maruyama, Takeya) – 01:44 1–0 Abe (Takebe, Miyata) (PP) – 27:22 2–0 2–1 42:42 – S. Kovács (A. Kovács, Kozma) (EA) 2–2 59:04 – Papp (Péter, Keresztes) (EA)
	Hanzawa Abe Gondaira Momen	Shootout	Almási Dézsi Szécsi Keresztes Révész
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	38

18 April 2018 20:00

Italy

1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 4,827

Game reference
	Davide Fadani	Goalies	Vladislav Hurko	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Håvar Dahl Wiktor Zień
	Salvai (Bitetto) – 28:24 1–0 1–1 32:27 – Kruhliakov (Peresunko, Mateichenko) (PP) 1–2 33:24 – Babchuk (Serednitsky, Danylenko) (PP) 1–3 51:20 – Peresunko
	29 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	28

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20 April 2018 13:00

Japan

3–2 OT (1–1, 0–0, 1–1) OT: (1–0)

Italy

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,073

Game reference
	Eiki Sato	Goalies	Andrea Basraoui	Referee: Roman Mrkva Linesmen: Lodewyk Beelen James Kavanagh
	0–1 09:20 – Luisetti (De Nardin, Zecchetto) (PP) Araki (Takebe, Abe) – 10:14 1–1 Abe (Araki) – 51:00 2–1 2–2 56:10 – Deluca (SH) Takebe (Abe) (PP) – 61:48 3–2
	26 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	18

20 April 2018 16:30

Hungary

0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Austria

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,150

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	Dominik Horváth	Goalies	Marvin Kortin	Referee: Joris Müller Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Wiktor Zień
	0–1 13:44 – Rossi (Wohlfahrt, Maier) 0–2 27:58 – Baumgartner (Thaler, Sivec) 0–3 47:57 – Judth (Kleiss, Ploner) 0–4 53:31 – Rossi (Kandemir, Lanzinger)
	22 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	45

20 April 2018 20:00

Ukraine

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Romania

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 5,000

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	Vladislav Hurko	Goalies	Arnold Demeter	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Riley Bowles Håvar Dahl
	Lanin (Duiun, Tselogorodtsev) – 09:20 1–0 Peresunko (Syrotenko) – 11:20 2–0 Syrotenko (Serednitsky, Morozov) – 29:19 3–0 Mateichenko (Peresunko, Syrotenko) – 35:09 4–0 Danylenko (Vasylyev) – 42:02 5–0 Morozov (Danylenko) (PP) – 55:41 6–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	11

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Benjamin Baumgartner	5	3	5	8	+3	0	F
Dmytro Danylenko	5	3	5	8	+4	2	F
Taiga Abe	5	5	2	7	−2	4	F
Felix Morozov	5	4	3	7	+4	2	F
Marco Rossi	5	4	3	7	+2	4	F
Benjamin Lanzinger	5	3	3	6	+4	2	F
Marcell Révész	5	3	3	6	+5	14	F
Enrico Bitetto	5	3	2	5	+1	2	F
Levente Keresztes	5	3	2	5	+3	2	F
Shogo Araki	5	2	3	5	+5	0	F
Oleksandr Peresunko	5	2	3	5	+5	4	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 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Marvin Kortin	180:00	43	1	0.33	97.67	2
Artur Ogandzhanyan	167:22	88	5	1.79	94.32	0
Eiki Sato	266:48	126	8	1.80	93.65	1
Vladislav Hurko	132:15	43	3	1.36	93.02	1
Lajos Gönczi	241:49	82	7	1.74	91.46	2

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Eiki Sato
• Defenceman: David Maier
• Forward: Oleksandr Peresunko

Source: IIHF.com