2018 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represented 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
 	placed 10th in 2017 Top Division and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in 2017 Division I A
 	placed 3rd in 2017 Division I A
 	placed 4th in 2017 Division I A
 	placed 5th in 2017 Division I A
 	placed 1st in 2017 Division I B and were promoted
===Match officials===
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IA Assignsments
;Referees
* Patric Bjälkander
* Aaro Brännare
* Andrew Bruggeman
* Andrei Shrubok
;Linesmen
* Uldis Bušs
* Daniel Duarte
* Māris Locāns
* Henri Neva
* David Nothegger
* Michal Orolin
* Sotaro Yamaguchi
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+3).
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===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; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource: 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 = ShutoutsSource: 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
 	placed 6th in 2017 Division I A and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in 2017 Division I B
 	placed 3rd in 2017 Division I B
 	placed 4th in 2017 Division I B
 	placed 5th in 2017 Division I B
 	placed 1st in 2017 Division II A and were promoted
===Match officials===
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IB Assignsments
;Referees
* Roman Mrkva
* Joris Müller
* Christian Persson
* Gints Zviedrītis
;Linesmen
* Lodewyk Beelen
* Riley Bowles
* Håvar Dahl
* James Kavanagh
* Artem Korepanov
* Anton Peretyatko
* Wiktor Zień
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+3).
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===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; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = PositionSource: 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 = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
===Awards===
;Best Players Selected by the Directorate
* Goaltender: Eiki Sato
* Defenceman: David Maier
* Forward: Oleksandr Peresunko
Source: IIHF.com 
==References==
Category:2018 IIHF World U18 Championships
Category:IIHF World U18 Championship Division I