# 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.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Latvia | placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated |
| Germany | placed 2nd in Division I A last year |
| France | hosts; placed 3rd in Division I A last year |
| Kazakhstan | placed 4th in Division I A last year |
| Austria | placed 5th in Division I A last year |
| Hungary | placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 13 | Promoted to the 2019 Top Division |
| 2 | Latvia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 12 | |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 10 | |
| 4 | France (H) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 3 | |
| 6 | Hungary | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 1 | Relegated to the 2019 Division I B |

### Match results

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

### Statistics
#### Top scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| 1 | Artur Gatiyatov | Kazakhstan | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +5 | 0 |
| 2 | Valeri Orekhov | Kazakhstan | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –3 | 2 |
| 3 | Nikita Nazarenko | Kazakhstan | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 4 |
| 4 | Tobias Eder | Germany | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 5 | Emīls Ģēģeris | Latvia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 12 |
| 5 | Charlie Jahnke | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 2 |
| 5 | Marco Rossi | Austria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 8 |
| 8 | Adil Beketayev | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 2 |
| 8 | Leon Gawanke | Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 2 |
| 8 | Deniss Smirnovs | Latvia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
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)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Gustavs Grigals | Latvia | 304:30 | 5 | 96.00 | 0.99 | 2 |
| 2 | Mirko Pantkowski | Germany | 302:07 | 7 | 95.33 | 1.39 | 1 |
| 3 | Julian Junca | France | 173:01 | 8 | 92.59 | 2.77 | 0 |
| 4 | Denis Karatayev | Kazakhstan | 193:46 | 8 | 92.58 | 2.48 | 0 |
| 5 | Jakob Holzer | Austria | 240:00 | 17 | 89.17 | 4.25 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

### Awards
#### 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.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Norway | placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated |
| Poland | placed 2nd in Division I B last year |
| Slovenia | hosts; placed 3rd in Division I B last year |
| Italy | placed 4th in Division I B last year |
| Ukraine | placed 5th in Division I B last year |
| Lithuania | placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 13 | Promoted to the 2019 Division I A |
| 2 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 12 | |
| 3 | Slovenia (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 10 | |
| 4 | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 2 | |
| 6 | Lithuania | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 2 | Relegated to the 2019 Division II A |
* 1 2 Italy defeated Lithuania 2–1

### Match results

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| 1 | Alan Łyszczarczyk | Poland | 5 | 8 | 7 | 15 | +8 | 6 |
| 2 | Bartłomiej Jeziorski | Poland | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +7 | 2 |
| 3 | Jacob Noer | Norway | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +8 | 0 |
| 4 | Jan Drozg | Slovenia | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +3 | 10 |
| 5 | Erik Svetina | Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 0 |
| 6 | Dominik Paś | Poland | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +6 | 4 |
| 6 | Jaka Sturm | Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Christoffer Karlsen | Norway | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +8 | 2 |
| 9 | Rok Kapel | Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +2 | 0 |
| 10 | Martin Ellingsen | Norway | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +7 | 6 |
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)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Laurynas Lubys | Lithuania | 185:27 | 4 | 95.29 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 2 | Jørgen Hanneborg | Norway | 190:00 | 4 | 94.44 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 3 | Bogdan Dyachenko | Ukraine | 309:35 | 11 | 93.71 | 2.13 | 0 |
| 4 | Kamil Lewartowski | Poland | 308:27 | 14 | 89.55 | 2.72 | 0 |
| 5 | Žiga Kogovšek | Slovenia | 303:30 | 15 | 89.05 | 2.97 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

### Awards
#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Bogdan Dyachenko
* Defenceman: Nejc Stojan
* Forward: Alan Łyszczarczyk