2019 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 21st such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2020 competition. One national team, Luxembourg, returned to play in the World Championships for the first time since playing in the 2000 European qualification tiers.

Sweden won the title on home ice. It was the nation's first U18 World Championship. Defending champion Finland finished in seventh place and without a medal for the first time since 2014.

Top Division
The Top Division tournament was played in Örnsköldsvik and Umeå, Sweden, from 18 to 28 April 2019.

Match officials
12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇫🇮 Aaro Brännare
 * 🇨🇦 Michael Campbell
 * 🇨🇿 Oldřich Hejduk
 * 🇫🇮 Joonas Kova
 * 🇨🇦 Guillaume Labonté
 * 🇸🇪 Marcus Linde
 * 🇺🇸 Sean MacFarlane
 * 🇷🇺 Sergey Morozov
 * 🇩🇪 Andre Schrader
 * 🇧🇾 Andrei Shrubok
 * 🇸🇰 Miroslav Štefík
 * Michael Tscherrig


 * Linesmen
 * 🇧🇾 Pavel Badyl
 * 🇺🇸 Riley Bowles
 * Henrik Haurum
 * 🇳🇴 Jon Kilian
 * 🇸🇪 Ludvig Lundgren
 * David Obwegeser
 * 🇫🇮 Jani Pesonen
 * 🇷🇺 Nikita Shalagin
 * 🇨🇿 Josef Špůr
 * 🇨🇦 Tarrington Wyonzek

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).

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

Awards
Source: IIHF
 * Best players selected by the Directorate:
 * Best Goaltender: 🇷🇺 Yaroslav Askarov
 * Best Defenceman: 🇸🇪 Philip Broberg
 * Best Forward: 🇺🇸 Cole Caufield

Source: IIHF
 * Media All-Stars:
 * MVP: 🇺🇸 Cole Caufield
 * Goaltender: 🇷🇺 Yaroslav Askarov
 * Defencemen: 🇸🇪 Philip Broberg / 🇺🇸 Cameron York
 * Forwards: 🇺🇸 Cole Caufield / 🇺🇸 Jack Hughes / 🇷🇺 Rodion Amirov

Group A
The tournament was played in Grenoble, France, from 14 to 20 April 2019.

Group B
The tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 14 to 20 April 2019.

Group A
The tournament was played in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, from 7 to 13 April 2019.

Group B
The tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 25 to 31 March 2019.

Group A
The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 25 to 31 March 2019.

Group B
The tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 9 to 12 April 2019.