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 IA and the third-tier Division IB. For each tier's tournament, the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.
The tournaments were 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 cannot be born earlier than 1998. 
Division IA was held in Meribel, France, while Division IB was hosted in Bled, Slovenia.
==Division I A==
The Division I A tournament was played in Courchevel and Meribel, France, from 10 to 16 December 2017.
As a result of the tournament, Kazakhstan was promoted to the Top Division, while Hungary was relegated to Division IB for 2019.
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	placed 10th in the Top Division last year and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in Division I A last year
 	placed 3rd in Division I A last year
 	placed 4th in Division I A last year
 	placed 5th in Division I A last year
 	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted
===Final standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Statistics===
====Top scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1 	Artur Gatiyatov 	 	5 	4	3	7 	+5 	0
2 	Valeri Orekhov 	 	5 	1	6	7 	–3 	2
3 	Nikita Nazarenko	 	5 	4	2	6 	+2 	4
4 	Tobias Eder 	 	5 	2	4	6 	+4 	4
5 	Emīls Ģēģeris 	 	5 	3	2	5 	+3 	12
5 	Charlie Jahnke 	 	5 	3	2	5 	+3 	2
5 	Marco Rossi 	 	5 	3	2	5 	+3 	8
8 	Adil Beketayev 	 	5 	2	3	5 	+3 	2
8 	Leon Gawanke 	 	5 	2	3	5 	+5 	2
8 	Deniss Smirnovs 	 	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 	 	304:30	5 	96.00	0.99	2
2 	Mirko Pantkowski	 	302:07	7 	95.33	1.39	1
3 	Julian Junca 	 	173:01	8 	92.59	2.77	0
4 	Denis Karatayev 	 	193:46	8 	92.58	2.48	0
5 	Jakob Holzer 	 	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.
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in Division I B last year
 	placed 3rd in Division I B last year
 	placed 4th in Division I B last year
 	placed 5th in Division I B last year
 	placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted
===Final standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1 	Alan Łyszczarczyk 	 	5 	8	7	15 	+8 	6
2 	Bartłomiej Jeziorski	 	5 	5	7	12 	+7 	2
3 	Jacob Noer 	 	5 	4	6	10 	+8 	0
4 	Jan Drozg 	 	5 	5	4	9 	+3 	10
5 	Erik Svetina 	 	5 	3	4	7 	+4 	0
6 	Dominik Paś 	 	5 	2	5	7 	+6 	4
6 	Jaka Sturm 	 	5 	2	5	7 	0 	0
8 	Christoffer Karlsen 	 	5 	3	3	6 	+8 	2
9 	Rok Kapel 	 	5 	2	4	6 	+2 	0
10 	Martin Ellingsen 	 	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 	 	185:27	4 	95.29	1.29	0
2 	Jørgen Hanneborg 	 	190:00	4 	94.44	1.26	0
3 	Bogdan Dyachenko 	 	309:35	11	93.71	2.13	0
4 	Kamil Lewartowski	 	308:27	14	89.55	2.72	0
5 	Žiga Kogovšek 	 	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
==External links==
*IIHF.com
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