2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

{{Infobox international hockey competition

| tourney_name =IIHF World U18 Championship Division I A

| year = 2018

| country = Latvia

| dates = 2–8 April

| num_teams = 6

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| games = 15

| goals = 86

| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|GER}} Taro Jentzsch

| points = 7

| attendance = {{#expr:348 + 349 + 1126 + 147 + 210 + 983 + 210 + 214 + 1894 + 86 + 157 + 2200 + 163 + 110 + 860}}

| website = [http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/650/ IIHF.com]

}}

The Division I A tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/ Division I A statistics]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650000_35B_1_0.pdf IA Assignsments]

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;Referees

• {{flagicon|SWE}} Patric Bjälkander
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Aaro Brännare
• {{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Bruggeman
• {{flagicon|BLR}} Andrei Shrubok

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;Linesmen

• {{flagicon|LAT}} Uldis Bušs
• {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Duarte
• {{flagicon|LAT}} Māris Locāns
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Henri Neva
• {{flagicon|AUT}} David Nothegger
• {{flagicon|SVK}} Michal Orolin
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Sotaro Yamaguchi

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All times are local (UTC+3).

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| date = 2 April 2018

| time = 12:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|GER}}

| team2 = {{ih18|DEN}}

| score = 7–2

| periods = (2–0, 4–2, 1–0)

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 6–2 / 7–2

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650901_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Florian Mnich
Tobias Ancicka

| goalie2 = Mads Søgaard
Christian Christensen

| goals1 = Brune (Fleischer, Seider) – 11:53 / Valenti (Wirt, Jentzsch) (PP) – 19:42 / Schinko – 23:31 / Fleischer (Stützle) (PP) – 33:38 / Wirt (Alberg, Betzold) – 34:09 / Betzold (Hon, Mik) – 38:09 / Schinko (Fleischer, Seider) (PP) – 44:52

| goals2 = 32:06 – Madsen (Kjær) / 39:02 – Schultz (Cubars) (PP)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 348

| official = {{flagicon|FIN}} Aaro Brännare

| linesman = {{flagicon|LAT}} Uldis Bušs

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|FIN}} Henri Neva

| penalties1 = 8

| penalties2 = 8

| shots1 = 26

| shots2 = 14

}}

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| bg = #eeffff

| date = 2 April 2018

| time = 16:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|NOR}}

| team2 = {{ih18|KAZ}}

| score = 2–5

| periods = (1–3, 1–2, 0–0)

| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650902_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Tobias Breivold

| goalie2 = Vilen Prokofiev

| goals1 = Rødne (Hafsmoe) – 10:28 / Rødne (Spaberg Olsen) – 33:02

| goals2 = 07:16 – Buyalsky (Demin, Pryakhin) / 17:50 – Buyalsky (Nesterov) / 18:19 – O. Boiko (Guseinov) / 35:28 – Asukhanov (Atakhanov) / 36:06 – Pryakhin (Demin, Buyalsky)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 349

| official = {{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Bruggeman

| linesman = {{flagicon|LAT}} Māris Locāns

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Sotaro Yamaguchi

| penalties1 = 2

| penalties2 = 6

| shots1 = 22

| shots2 = 25

}}

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| date = 2 April 2018

| time = 20:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SLO}}

| team2 = {{ih18|LAT}}

| score = 1–2

| periods = (0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650903_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Val Usnik

| goalie2 = Artūrs Šilovs

| goals1 = Tavčar (Predan) – 33:00

| goals2 = 05:05 – Bergs (Arnicāns, Koppass) / 17:25 – Grīnbergs (Polcs, Ošenieks)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 1,126

| official = {{flagicon|SWE}} Patric Bjälkander

| linesman = {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Duarte

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|AUT}} David Nothegger

| penalties1 = 12

| penalties2 = 14

| shots1 = 18

| shots2 = 32

}}

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| date = 3 April 2018

| time = 12:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|KAZ}}

| team2 = {{ih18|GER}}

| score = 0–1

| periods = (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

| progression = 0–1

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650904_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Vilen Prokofiev

| goalie2 = Florian Mnich

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 16:34 – Valenti (Schitz, Schinko)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 147

| official = {{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Bruggeman

| linesman = {{flagicon|AUT}} David Nothegger

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|SVK}} Michal Orolin

| penalties1 = 4

| penalties2 = 10

| shots1 = 15

| shots2 = 33

}}

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| date = 3 April 2018

| time = 16:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|DEN}}

| team2 = {{ih18|SLO}}

| score = 2–3

| periods = (1–0, 0–1, 1–2)

| progression = 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650905_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Mads Søgaard

| goalie2 = Val Usnik

| goals1 = Kjær (Brøndberg, Schultz) (PP) – 14:47 / Koch (Andersen) – 50:42

| goals2 = 31:35 – Širovnik (Jenko, Bohinc) (PP) / 41:41 – Bohinc (Tavčar, Jenko) (PP) / 58:34 – Bohinc

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 210

| official = {{flagicon|BLR}} Andrei Shrubok

| linesman = {{flagicon|LAT}} Uldis Bušs

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|LAT}} Māris Locāns

| penalties1 = 10

| penalties2 = 8

| shots1 = 36

| shots2 = 16

}}

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| bg = #eeffff

| date = 3 April 2018

| time = 20:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LAT}}

| team2 = {{ih18|NOR}}

| score = 3–0

| periods = (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650906_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Jānis Voris

| goalie2 = Tobias Normann

| goals1 = Fjodorovs (Mintautišķis) – 24:36 / Grīnbergs (Polcs, Ozols) (PP) – 53:10 / Millers (Ošenieks) (ENG) – 59:39

| goals2 =

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 983

| official = {{flagicon|FIN}} Aaro Brännare

| linesman = {{flagicon|FIN}} Henri Neva

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Sotaro Yamaguchi

| penalties1 = 14

| penalties2 = 12

| shots1 = 31

| shots2 = 15

}}

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| date = 5 April 2018

| time = 12:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|SLO}}

| team2 = {{ih18|NOR}}

| score = 0–5

| periods = (0–0, 0–4, 0–1)

| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650907_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Val Usnik
Nejc Žagar

| goalie2 = Tobias Normann

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 20:39 – Van Doorn (Lilleberg, Hafsmoe) / 21:01 – Hallgren (Finstad) / 31:45 – Rødne (Van Doorn) / 35:37 – Hafsmoe / 49:07 – Frøberg

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 210

| official = {{flagicon|FIN}} Aaro Brännare

| linesman = {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Duarte

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|FIN}} Henri Neva

| penalties1 = 6

| penalties2 = 6

| shots1 = 13

| shots2 = 38

}}

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| date = 5 April 2018

| time = 16:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|KAZ}}

| team2 = {{ih18|DEN}}

| score = 2–4

| periods = (2–1, 0–1, 0–2)

| progression = 1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650908_74_4_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Vilen Prokofiev

| goalie2 = Christian Christensen

| goals1 = Musorov (Butenko, O. Boiko) (PP) – 09:17 / O. Boiko (Guseinov) (PP) – 16:50

| goals2 = 14:13 – Schultz (True, Kjær) (PP) / 26:36 – Cubars (Kaels) / 41:25 – Andersen (Brøndberg, Schultz) (PP) / 56:49 – Koch (Nielsen)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 214

| official = {{flagicon|SWE}} Patric Bjälkander

| linesman = {{flagicon|LAT}} Uldis Bušs

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|LAT}} Māris Locāns

| penalties1 = 18

| penalties2 = 20

| shots1 = 22

| shots2 = 23

}}

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| date = 5 April 2018

| time = 20:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LAT}}

| team2 = {{ih18|GER}}

| score = 3–1

| periods = (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650909_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Jānis Voris

| goalie2 = Florian Mnich

| goals1 = Marcinkēvičs (Prohorenkovs, Koppass) – 16:24 / Barkovskis (Marcinkēvičs) – 31:58 / Fjodorovs (Ošenieks) – 48:32

| goals2 = 11:51 – Valenti (Jentzsch) (PP)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 1,894

| official = {{flagicon|BLR}} Andrei Shrubok

| linesman = {{flagicon|AUT}} David Nothegger

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Sotaro Yamaguchi

| penalties1 = 10

| penalties2 = 12

| shots1 = 15

| shots2 = 27

}}

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| bg = #eeffff

| date = 6 April 2018

| time = 12:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|KAZ}}

| team2 = {{ih18|SLO}}

| score = 7–1

| periods = (3–0, 1–0, 3–1)

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 6–1 / 7–1

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650910_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Vladislav Nurek

| goalie2 = Val Usnik
Nejc Žagar

| goals1 = Musorov (Guseinov) – 00:54 / Nesterov (Musabayev, Demin) (PP) – 15:11 / Saiko – 16:35 / Saiko – 28:35 / Buyalsky (Musabayev, Saiko ) – 44:34 / O. Boiko (Guseinov, Musorov) – 47:24 / Musorov (Guseinov) – 54:28

| goals2 = 48:35 – Prostor (Predan)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 86

| official = {{flagicon|BLR}} Andrei Shrubok

| linesman = {{flagicon|LAT}} Uldis Bušs

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|FIN}} Henri Neva

| penalties1 = 8

| penalties2 = 10

| shots1 = 38

| shots2 = 20

}}

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| date = 6 April 2018

| time = 16:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|NOR}}

| team2 = {{ih18|GER}}

| score = 4–5

| periods = (1–2, 2–2, 1–1)

| progression = 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5 / 4–5

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650911_74_4_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Tobias Breivold

| goalie2 = Florian Mnich
Tobias Ancicka

| goals1 = Spaberg Olsen (Finstad, Meyer) (PP) – 10:18 / Jensen – 23:54 / Hurrød (PP) – 31:28 / Spaberg Olsen (PP) – 52:40

| goals2 = 11:53 – Hon (Möller, Stützle) (EA) / 13:37 – Schinko (Seider) / 29:09 – Schütz (Jentzsch) / 32:07 – Valenti (Schütz, Möller) / 47:18 – Schütz (Hüttl)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 157

| official = {{flagicon|SWE}} Patric Bjälkander

| linesman = {{flagicon|LAT}} Māris Locāns

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|AUT}} David Nothegger

| penalties1 = 10

| penalties2 = 14

| shots1 = 20

| shots2 = 46

}}

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| bg = #eeffff

| date = 6 April 2018

| time = 20:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|DEN}}

| team2 = {{ih18|LAT}}

| score = 1–4

| periods = (1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

| progression = 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650912_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Christian Christensen

| goalie2 = Jānis Voris

| goals1 = Cubars (Kaels) – 01:45

| goals2 = 08:33 – Ozols (Arnicāns, Koppass) / 46:06 – Koppass (Fjodorovs) (PP) / 53:07 – Barkovskis / 59:35 – Polcs (ENG)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 2,200

| official = {{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Bruggeman

| linesman = {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Duarte

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Sotaro Yamaguchi

| penalties1 = 8

| penalties2 = 6

| shots1 = 23

| shots2 = 21

}}

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| date = 8 April 2018

| time = 12:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|DEN}}

| team2 = {{ih18|NOR}}

| score = 5–3

| periods = (2–0, 2–2, 1–1)

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 5–3

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650913_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Mads Søgaard

| goalie2 = Tobias Normann
Tobias Breivold

| goals1 = True (Green) – 14:08 / Kaels (Kjær) – 17:24 / Olesen (Koch) – 22:51 / Schultz (True, Cubars) (PP) – 39:58 / Schultz (Brøndberg) – 44:52

| goals2 = 26:24 – Vaaler (Mikkelsen, Løkkeberg ) / 30:40 – Van Doorn (Vaaler, Jensen (PP) / 47:12 – Holm (Vaaler) (PP)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 163

| official = {{flagicon|BLR}} Andrei Shrubok

| linesman = {{flagicon|SUI}} Daniel Duarte

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|LAT}} Māris Locāns

| penalties1 = 8

| penalties2 = 12

| shots1 = 36

| shots2 = 22

}}

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| bg = #eeffff

| date = 8 April 2018

| time = 16:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|GER}}

| team2 = {{ih18|SLO}}

| score = 8–2

| periods = (5–2, 1–0, 2–0)

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2 / 7–2 / 8–2

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650914_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Tobias Ancicka

| goalie2 = Nejc Žagar
Val Usnik

| goals1 = Hon (Alberg, Schinko) – 00:52 / Alberg (Schitz) – 01:08 / Jentzsch (Valenti, Stützle) – 05:52 / Schitz (Alberg) – 12:09 / Valenti (Mik, Möller) – 13:55 / Schitz (Alberg, Betzold) – 22:25 / Schitz (Jentzsch, Wirt) – 47:20 / Stützle (Wirt) – 56:55

| goals2 = 11:39 – Vilfan (Konc, Tavčar) / 12:51 – Vilfan (Tavčar, Konc)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 110

| official = {{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Bruggeman

| linesman = {{flagicon|LAT}} Uldis Bušs

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Sotaro Yamaguchi

| penalties1 = 10

| penalties2 = 4

| shots1 = 51

| shots2 = 10

}}

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| date = 8 April 2018

| time = 20:15

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LAT}}

| team2 = {{ih18|KAZ}}

| score = 2–1

| periods = (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650915_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Artūrs Šilovs

| goalie2 = Vladislav Nurek

| goals1 = Ošenieks (Štolcs, Fjodorovs) (PP2) – 06:58 / Millers – 55:19

| goals2 = 04:36 – Musabayev (Demin, Buyalsky) (PP)

| stadium = Arēna Rīga, Riga

| attendance = 860

| official = {{flagicon|FIN}} Aaro Brännare

| linesman = {{flagicon|FIN}} Henri Neva

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|AUT}} David Nothegger

| penalties1 = 10

| penalties2 = 63

| shots1 = 22

| shots2 = 32

}}

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GER}} Taro Jentzsch	5	1	6	7	+7	6	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GER}} Yannik Valenti	5	5	1	6	+6	2	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Phillip Schultz	5	4	2	6	0	6	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrei Buyalsky	5	3	2	5	+4	2	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GER}} Luis Schinko	5	3	2	5	+2	8	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GER}} Edwin Schitz	5	3	2	5	+7	0	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Victor Cubars	5	2	3	5	+1	2	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GER}} Manuel Alberg	5	1	4	5	+5	0	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Dias Guseinov	5	0	5	5	+2	6	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Oleg Boiko	5	3	1	4	+2	0	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Maxim Musorov	5	3	1	4	+1	2	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Lars Christian Rødne	5	3	1	4	−3	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650000_85B_15_0.pdf IIHF.com]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Jānis Voris	180:00	65	2	0.67	96.92	1
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|LAT}} Artūrs Šilovs	120:00	50	2	1.00	96.00	1
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Vladislav Nurek	120:00	42	3	1.50	92.86	0
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Tobias Normann	140:15	58	5	2.14	91.38	1
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} 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: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650000_85A_16_0.pdf IIHF.com]

;Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: {{flagicon|LAT}} Jānis Voris
• Defenceman: {{flagicon|GER}} Moritz Seider
• Forward: {{flagicon|GER}} Yannik Valenti

Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/650/IHM650000_85I_1_0.pdf IIHF.com]

{{Infobox international hockey competition

| tourney_name =IIHF World U18 Championship Division I B

| year = 2018

| country = Ukraine

| dates = 14–20 April

| num_teams = 6

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| games = 15

| goals = 80

| scoring_leader = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUT}} Benjamin Baumgartner}}
{{flagicon|UKR}} Dmytro Danylenko

| points = 8

| attendance = {{#expr:3007 + 1489 + 1198 + 3104 + 1259 + 1047 + 549 + 1571 + 4537 + 954 + 1398 + 4827 + 1073 + 2150 + 5000}}

| website = [http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/652/ IIHF.com]

}}

The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/ Division I B statistics]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652000_35B_1_0.pdf IB Assignsments]

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;Referees

• {{flagicon|CZE}} Roman Mrkva
• {{flagicon|SUI}} Joris Müller
• {{flagicon|NOR}} Christian Persson
• {{flagicon|LAT}} Gints Zviedrītis

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;Linesmen

• {{flagicon|NED}} Lodewyk Beelen
• {{flagicon|USA}} Riley Bowles
• {{flagicon|NOR}} Håvar Dahl
• {{flagicon|GBR}} James Kavanagh
• {{flagicon|UKR}} Artem Korepanov
• {{flagicon|UKR}} Anton Peretyatko
• {{flagicon|POL}} Wiktor Zień

{{col-end}}

All times are local (UTC+3).

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| date = 14 April 2018

| time = 13:00

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|UKR}}

| team2 = {{ih18|JPN}}

| score = 0–1

| periods = (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

| progression = 0–1

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652901_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Artur Ogandzhanyan

| goalie2 = Eiki Sato

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 42:23 – Abe (Ishida, Takebe) (PP)

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 3,007

| official = {{flagicon|LAT}} Gints Zviedrītis

| linesman = {{flagicon|NED}} Lodewyk Beelen

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|GBR}} James Kavanagh

| penalties1 = 6

| penalties2 = 14

| shots1 = 32

| shots2 = 33

}}

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| date = 14 April 2018

| time = 16:30

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|ITA}}

| team2 = {{ih18|AUT}}

| score = 1–2

| periods = (1–2, 0–0, 0–0)

| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652902_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Davide Fadani
Andrea Basraoui

| goalie2 = Alexander Schmidt

| goals1 = Bitetto (Pisetta) – 16:29

| goals2 = 05:48 – Lanzinger (Baumgartner) (SH) / 17:15 – Baumgartner (Lanzinger)

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 1,489

| official = {{flagicon|NOR}} Christian Persson

| linesman = {{flagicon|NOR}} Håvar Dahl

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|POL}} Wiktor Zień

| penalties1 = 8

| penalties2 = 8

| shots1 = 19

| shots2 = 37

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| date = 14 April 2018

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|ROU}}

| team2 = {{ih18|HUN}}

| score = 0–5

| periods = (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652903_74_4_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Levente Ambrus
Arnold Demeter

| goalie2 = Lajos Gönczi

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 03:05 – Szécsi (Révész) (PP) / 03:46 – Keresztes (Papp) / 11:34 – Révész / 39:14 – Révész / 52:35 – Dézsi (Péter) (SH)

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 1,198

| official = {{flagicon|SUI}} Joris Müller

| linesman = {{flagicon|USA}} Riley Bowles

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|UKR}} Artem Korepanov

| penalties1 = 29

| penalties2 = 8

| shots1 = 14

| shots2 = 45

}}

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| date = 15 April 2018

| time = 13:00

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|AUT}}

| team2 = {{ih18|UKR}}

| score = 3–5

| periods = (1–1, 2–1, 0–3)

| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652904_74_4_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Alexander Schmidt

| goalie2 = Artur Ogandzhanyan

| goals1 = Kandemir (Rossi, Kleiss) – 16:42 / Lindner (Baumgartner) – 20:40 / Rossi (Baumgartner) (PP) – 30:23

| goals2 = 09:20 – Danylenko (Khalin, Morozov) (PP) / 21:51 – Krivoshapkin (Peresunko) / 56:02 – Morozov (Khalin, Babchuk) / 56:46 – Krivoshapkin (Kruhliakov) / 59:30 – Mateichenko (ENG)

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 3,104

| official = {{flagicon|SUI}} Joris Müller

| linesman = {{flagicon|NED}} Lodewyk Beelen

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Riley Bowles

| penalties1 = 8

| penalties2 = 8

| shots1 = 41

| shots2 = 25

}}

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| date = 15 April 2018

| time = 16:30

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|JPN}}

| team2 = {{ih18|ROU}}

| score = 5–3

| periods = (1–1, 3–2, 1–0)

| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 5–3

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652905_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Ryo Ishikawa
Eiki Sato

| goalie2 = Arnold Demeter

| goals1 = Momen (Araki, Karatsu) – 07:33 / Abe (Gondaira, Miyata) – 23:06 / Yoneyama (Kimura) (PP) – 33:33 / Karatsu (Araki, Momen) – 38:22 / Araki (Karatsu, Momen) – 49:14

| goals2 = 07:06 – Cășăneanu (Gecse, Karda) (SH) / 25:55 – Cășăneanu (Karda) (PP) / 37:20 – Cășăneanu (Filip)

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 1,259

| official = {{flagicon|CZE}} Roman Mrkva

| linesman = {{flagicon|UKR}} Artem Korepanov

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|UKR}} Anton Peretyatko

| penalties1 = 4

| penalties2 = 6

| shots1 = 33

| shots2 = 13

}}

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| bg = #eeffff

| date = 15 April 2018

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|HUN}}

| team2 = {{ih18|ITA}}

| score = 4–0

| periods = (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652906_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Lajos Gönczi

| goalie2 = Davide Fadani

| goals1 = Keresztes (Papp) – 07:51 / A. Kovács (M. Horváth, Almási) – 35:32 / Péter (Keresztes, Révész) (PP) – 48:43 / S. Kovács (L. Horváth) – 56:35

| goals2 =

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 1,047

| official = {{flagicon|LAT}} Gints Zviedrītis

| linesman = {{flagicon|GBR}} James Kavanagh

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|POL}} Wiktor Zień

| penalties1 = 30

| penalties2 = 12

| shots1 = 28

| shots2 = 14

}}

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| date = 17 April 2018

| time = 13:00

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|ROU}}

| team2 = {{ih18|ITA}}

| score = 1–7

| periods = (0–2, 0–2, 1–3)

| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 1–7

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652907_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Arnold Demeter
Levente Ambrus

| goalie2 = Davide Fadani

| goals1 = Sándor-Székely (Cășăneanu) – 55:49

| goals2 = 01:15 – Bitetto (Salvai) / 10:55 – Zecchetto (PS) / 29:06 – De Giacinto (Salvai) (PP) / 35:42 – Bitetto (Öhler, Grossrubatscher) / 41:29 – Tomasini (Bitetto, Salvai) / 46:32 – Pisetta (Cristellon, Taufer) / 48:06 – Damin (Zecchetto, Öhler)

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 549

| official = {{flagicon|SUI}} Joris Müller

| linesman = {{flagicon|USA}} Riley Bowles

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|UKR}} Artem Korepanov

| penalties1 = 16

| penalties2 = 2

| shots1 = 11

| shots2 = 41

}}

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| date = 17 April 2018

| time = 16:30

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|AUT}}

| team2 = {{ih18|JPN}}

| score = 4–0

| periods = (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652908_74_4_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Marvin Kortin

| goalie2 = Eiki Sato

| goals1 = Thaler (Piff) – 05:01 / Rossi (Maier, Nickl) (PP) – 08:31 / Lanzinger (Kleiss, Baumgartner) (PP) – 28:20 / Rebernig (Lindner, Huber) – 41:46

| goals2 =

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 1,571

| official = {{flagicon|NOR}} Christian Persson

| linesman = {{flagicon|GBR}} James Kavanagh

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|POL}} Wiktor Zień

| penalties1 = 0

| penalties2 = 12

| shots1 = 35

| shots2 = 15

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| date = 17 April 2018

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|HUN}}

| team2 = {{ih18|UKR}}

| score = 3–4

| periods = (1–1, 0–2, 2–1)

| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 3–4

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652909_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Lajos Gönczi

| goalie2 = Artur Ogandzhanyan
Vladislav Hurko

| goals1 = Révész – 12:58 / Keresztes (Péter, Révész) (PP) – 52:24 / Almási (A. Kovács) – 56:08

| goals2 = 09:53 – Morozov (Danylenko, Serednitsky) / 31:11 – Morozov (Danylenko, Serednitsky) / 32:12 – Kruhliakov (Lohach, Danylenko) (PP) / 43:29 – Danylenko (Morozov)

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 4,537

| official = {{flagicon|CZE}} Roman Mrkva

| linesman = {{flagicon|NED}} Lodewyk Beelen

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|NOR}} Håvar Dahl

| penalties1 = 10

| penalties2 = 12

| shots1 = 28

| shots2 = 30

}}

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| bg = #eeffff

| date = 18 April 2018

| time = 13:00

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|AUT}}

| team2 = {{ih18|ROU}}

| score = 7–1

| periods = (4–0, 1–1, 2–0)

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652910_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Marvin Kortin

| goalie2 = Levente Ambrus
Arnold Demeter

| goals1 = Kandemir (Zündel, Maier) – 04:57 / Rebernig (Steffler, Huber) – 05:31 / Baumgartner (Payr, Lanzinger) (PP2) – 11:37 / Maier (Rossi, Wohlfahrt) (PP) – 15:17 / Lanzinger (Baumgartner, Maier) – 28:24 / Rebernig (Lindner, Huber) – 42:08 / Wohlfahrt (Zündel, Rossi) – 53:52

| goals2 = 26:01 – Petrică

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 954

| official = {{flagicon|CZE}} Roman Mrkva

| linesman = {{flagicon|GBR}} James Kavanagh

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|UKR}} Artem Korepanov

| penalties1 = 6

| penalties2 = 12

| shots1 = 60

| shots2 = 13

}}

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| date = 18 April 2018

| time = 16:30

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|JPN}}

| team2 = {{ih18|HUN}}

| score = 3–2 {{small|GWS}}

| periods = (1–0, 1–0, 0–2)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (1–0)

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652911_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Eiki Sato

| goalie2 = Lajos Gönczi

| goals1 = Hanzawa (Maruyama, Takeya) – 01:44 / Abe (Takebe, Miyata) (PP) – 27:22

| goals2 = 42:42 – S. Kovács (A. Kovács, Kozma) (EA) / 59:04 – Papp (Péter, Keresztes) (EA)

| soshots1 = Hanzawa {{SOgoal}} / Abe {{SOgoal}} / Gondaira {{SOmiss}} / Momen {{SOmiss}}

| soshots2 = {{SOgoal}} Almási / {{SOmiss}} Dézsi / {{SOmiss}} Szécsi / {{SOmiss}} Keresztes / {{SOmiss}} Révész

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 1,398

| official = {{flagicon|LAT}} Gints Zviedrītis

| linesman = {{flagicon|NED}} Lodewyk Beelen

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Riley Bowles

| penalties1 = 14

| penalties2 = 16

| shots1 = 24

| shots2 = 38

}}

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| bg = #eeffff

| date = 18 April 2018

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|ITA}}

| team2 = {{ih18|UKR}}

| score = 1–3

| periods = (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

| progression = 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652912_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Davide Fadani

| goalie2 = Vladislav Hurko

| goals1 = Salvai (Bitetto) – 28:24

| goals2 = 32:27 – Kruhliakov (Peresunko, Mateichenko) (PP) / 33:24 – Babchuk (Serednitsky, Danylenko) (PP) / 51:20 – Peresunko

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 4,827

| official = {{flagicon|NOR}} Christian Persson

| linesman = {{flagicon|NOR}} Håvar Dahl

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|POL}} Wiktor Zień

| penalties1 = 29

| penalties2 = 4

| shots1 = 18

| shots2 = 28

}}

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| date = 20 April 2018

| time = 13:00

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|JPN}}

| team2 = {{ih18|ITA}}

| score = 3–2 {{small|OT}}

| periods = (1–1, 0–0, 1–1)
OT: (1–0)

| progression = 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652913_74_5_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Eiki Sato

| goalie2 = Andrea Basraoui

| goals1 = Araki (Takebe, Abe) – 10:14 / Abe (Araki) – 51:00 / Takebe (Abe) (PP) – 61:48

| goals2 = 09:20 – Luisetti (De Nardin, Zecchetto) (PP) / 56:10 – Deluca (SH)

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 1,073

| official = {{flagicon|CZE}} Roman Mrkva

| linesman = {{flagicon|NED}} Lodewyk Beelen

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|GBR}} James Kavanagh

| penalties1 = 26

| penalties2 = 20

| shots1 = 43

| shots2 = 18

}}

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| bg = #eeffff

| date = 20 April 2018

| time = 16:30

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|HUN}}

| team2 = {{ih18|AUT}}

| score = 0–4

| periods = (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

| progression = 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652914_74_4_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Dominik Horváth

| goalie2 = Marvin Kortin

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 13:44 – Rossi (Wohlfahrt, Maier) / 27:58 – Baumgartner (Thaler, Sivec) / 47:57 – Judth (Kleiss, Ploner) / 53:31 – Rossi (Kandemir, Lanzinger)

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 2,150

| official = {{flagicon|SUI}} Joris Müller

| linesman = {{flagicon|UKR}} Artem Korepanov

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|POL}} Wiktor Zień

| penalties1 = 22

| penalties2 = 8

| shots1 = 15

| shots2 = 45

}}

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| date = 20 April 2018

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{ih18-rt|UKR}}

| team2 = {{ih18|ROU}}

| score = 6–0

| periods = (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

| progression = 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0

| reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652915_74_3_0.pdf

| goalie1 = Vladislav Hurko

| goalie2 = Arnold Demeter

| goals1 = Lanin (Duiun, Tselogorodtsev) – 09:20 / Peresunko (Syrotenko) – 11:20 / Syrotenko (Serednitsky, Morozov) – 29:19 / Mateichenko (Peresunko, Syrotenko) – 35:09 / Danylenko (Vasylyev) – 42:02 / Morozov (Danylenko) (PP) – 55:41

| goals2 =

| stadium = Palace of Sports, Kyiv

| attendance = 5,000

| official = {{flagicon|NOR}} Christian Persson

| linesman = {{flagicon|USA}} Riley Bowles

| linesman2 = {{flagicon|NOR}} Håvar Dahl

| penalties1 = 2

| penalties2 = 8

| shots1 = 39

| shots2 = 11

}}

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Benjamin Baumgartner	5	3	5	8	+3	0	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Dmytro Danylenko	5	3	5	8	+4	2	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Taiga Abe	5	5	2	7	−2	4	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Felix Morozov	5	4	3	7	+4	2	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Marco Rossi	5	4	3	7	+2	4	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Benjamin Lanzinger	5	3	3	6	+4	2	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Marcell Révész	5	3	3	6	+5	14	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Enrico Bitetto	5	3	2	5	+1	2	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Levente Keresztes	5	3	2	5	+3	2	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shogo Araki	5	2	3	5	+5	0	F
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Peresunko	5	2	3	5	+5	4	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652000_85B_15_0.pdf IIHF.com]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Marvin Kortin	180:00	43	1	0.33	97.67	2
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Artur Ogandzhanyan	167:22	88	5	1.79	94.32	0
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Eiki Sato	266:48	126	8	1.80	93.65	1
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vladislav Hurko	132:15	43	3	1.36	93.02	1
style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|HUN}} 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: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652000_85A_15_0.pdf IIHF.com]

;Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: {{flagicon|JPN}} Eiki Sato
• Defenceman: {{flagicon|AUT}} David Maier
• Forward: {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Peresunko

Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/652/IHM652000_85I_1_0.pdf IIHF.com]

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