# 2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

## Division I A

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

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| Latvia | placed 10th in 2017 Top Division and were relegated |
| Kazakhstan | placed 2nd in 2017 Division I A |
| Denmark | placed 3rd in 2017 Division I A |
| Norway | placed 4th in 2017 Division I A |
| Germany | placed 5th in 2017 Division I A |
| Slovenia | placed 1st in 2017 Division I B and were promoted |

### Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Latvia (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 15 | Promoted to the 2019 Top Division |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 12 | |
| 3 | Denmark | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 6 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 6 | |
| 5 | Norway | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 3 | |
| 6 | Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 3 | Relegated to the 2019 Division I B |
* 1 2 Kazakhstan 2–4 Denmark
* 1 2 Slovenia 0–5 Norway

### Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Taro Jentzsch | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +7 | 6 | F |
| Yannik Valenti | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +6 | 2 | F |
| Phillip Schultz | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | F |
| Andrei Buyalsky | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Luis Schinko | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 8 | F |
| Edwin Schitz | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +7 | 0 | F |
| Victor Cubars | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 2 | F |
| Manuel Alberg | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +5 | 0 | F |
| Dias Guseinov | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | +2 | 6 | F |
| Oleg Boiko | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 0 | F |
| Maxim Musorov | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 2 | F |
| 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: 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.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Jānis Voris | 180:00 | 65 | 2 | 0.67 | 96.92 | 1 |
| Artūrs Šilovs | 120:00 | 50 | 2 | 1.00 | 96.00 | 1 |
| Vladislav Nurek | 120:00 | 42 | 3 | 1.50 | 92.86 | 0 |
| Tobias Normann | 140:15 | 58 | 5 | 2.14 | 91.38 | 1 |
| 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: IIHF.com

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

* Goaltender: Jānis Voris
* Defenceman: Moritz Seider
* Forward: Yannik Valenti
Source: IIHF.com

## Division I B

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

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| Hungary | placed 6th in 2017 Division I A and were relegated |
| Austria | placed 2nd in 2017 Division I B |
| Japan | placed 3rd in 2017 Division I B |
| Italy | placed 4th in 2017 Division I B |
| Ukraine | placed 5th in 2017 Division I B |
| Romania | placed 1st in 2017 Division II A and were promoted |

### Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ukraine (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 12 | Promoted to the 2019 Division I A |
| 2 | Austria | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 12 | |
| 3 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 10 | |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 7 | |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 4 | |
| 6 | Romania | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | −25 | 0 | Relegated to the 2019 Division II A |
* 1 2 Austria 3–5 Ukraine

### Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Benjamin Baumgartner | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +3 | 0 | F |
| Dmytro Danylenko | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Taiga Abe | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −2 | 4 | F |
| Felix Morozov | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Marco Rossi | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +2 | 4 | F |
| Benjamin Lanzinger | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Marcell Révész | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 14 | F |
| Enrico Bitetto | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 2 | F |
| Levente Keresztes | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 2 | F |
| Shogo Araki | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 0 | F |
| 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: 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.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Marvin Kortin | 180:00 | 43 | 1 | 0.33 | 97.67 | 2 |
| Artur Ogandzhanyan | 167:22 | 88 | 5 | 1.79 | 94.32 | 0 |
| Eiki Sato | 266:48 | 126 | 8 | 1.80 | 93.65 | 1 |
| Vladislav Hurko | 132:15 | 43 | 3 | 1.36 | 93.02 | 1 |
| 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: IIHF.com

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

* Goaltender: Eiki Sato
* Defenceman: David Maier
* Forward: Oleksandr Peresunko
Source: IIHF.com