2018 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 20th IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was played from 19 to 29 April 2018 in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia. United States lost the final to Finland.

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

Group A
All times are local (UTC+5).

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

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes 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. TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Tournament awards
Most Valuable Player
 * Forward: 🇺🇸 Jack Hughes

All-star team Source: IIHF.com
 * Goaltender: 🇸🇪 Olof Lindbom
 * Defencemen: 🇺🇸 Cameron York, 🇷🇺 Anton Malyshev
 * Forwards: 🇺🇸 Jack Hughes, 🇺🇸 Oliver Wahlstrom, 🇫🇮 Niklas Nordgren

IIHF best player awards Source: IIHF.com
 * Goaltender: 🇸🇪 Olof Lindbom
 * Defenceman: 🇸🇪 Adam Boqvist
 * Forward: 🇺🇸 Jack Hughes

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

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

Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 1 to 7 April 2018.

Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 24 to 30 March 2018.

Division III A
The Division III A tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey, from 26 March to 1 April 2018.

Division III B
The Division III B tournament was played in Queenstown, New Zealand, from 26 to 28 April 2018.