2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

The tournaments were played in a round-robin tournament format, with two points allotted for a win, one additional point for a regulation win, and one point for an overtime or game winning shots loss.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 1998.

Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Courchevel and Méribel, France, from 10 to 16 December 2017.

As a result of the tournament, Kazakhstan were promoted to Top Division and Hungary were relegated to Division I B for 2019.

Final standings


Match results
All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

Top scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source:IIHF

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

 * Goaltender: 🇩🇪 Mirko Pantkowski
 * Defenceman: Pauls Svars
 * Forward: 🇰🇿 Artur Gatiyatov

Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 9 to 15 December 2017.

As a result of the tournament, Norway were promoted to Division I A and Lithuania were relegated to Division II A for 2019.

Final standings


Match results
All times are local (UTC+1).

Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

 * Goaltender: 🇺🇦 Bogdan Dyachenko
 * Defenceman: Nejc Stojan
 * Forward: 🇵🇱 Alan Łyszczarczyk