2018 IIHF World Championship

The 2018 IIHF World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament hosted by the Denmark cities of Copenhagen and Herning. The IIHF announced the winning bid on 23 May 2014.Denmark to host Ice Hockey World Championship in 2018To Denmark in 2018 South Korea made its debut at the World Championship, having played in the lower divisions previously.
Sweden won their second consecutive and eleventh overall title after defeating Switzerland in the final.
The official mascot of the tournament was a duck, inspired by the Danish writer and poet Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale about The Ugly Duckling.http://2018.iihfworlds.com/en/news/help-us-name-the-mascot/
==Bids==
There were two bids to host this championship.
* Denmark
** Copenhagen/Herning
::Denmark is the only top-ranked IIHF country that has never hosted the tournament. The proposed arenas were the Royal Arena in Copenhagen and the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning. Both arenas have a capacity of around 12,000 for hockey games.
* Latvia
** Riga
::Latvia hosted the IIHF World Championship in 2006. The proposed arenas were Arena Riga, and a secondary venue to be built.
The decision was announced on 23 May 2014. The final tally was 95-12 in favor of Denmark.
==Venues==
Copenhagen 	Herning
Royal ArenaCapacity: 12,500	Jyske Bank BoxenCapacity: 12,000
 	
==Qualified teams== 
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:* = Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2017 IIHF World Championship
:^ = Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I
:† = Qualified as host.
==Seeding==
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2017 IIHF World Ranking, which ended at the conclusion of the 2017 IIHF World Championship.Groups for 2018
Denmark and Sweden played in separate groups, Denmark at the Jyske Bank Boxen while Sweden at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.
;Group A
* (2)
* (3)
* (6)
* (7)
* (10)
* (11)
*1 (13)
* (16)
;Group B
* (1)
* (4)
* (5)
* (8)
* (9)
* (12)
*1 (14)
* (21)
:1 Denmark and France swapped sides so Denmark would not be in the same group as Sweden.
==Rosters==
Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of tournament.
==Officials==
16 referees and linesman were announced on 21 March 2018.Assignments
Referees	Linesmen
* Mark Lemelin
* Oliver Gouin
* Brett Iverson
* Jan Hribik
* Antonín Jeřábek
* Mikko Kaukokari
* Aleksi Rantala
* Gordon Schukies
* Roman Gofman
* Konstantin Olenin
* Tobias Wehrli
* Jozef Kubuš
* Linus Öhlund
* Mikael Sjöqvist
* Timothy Mayer
* Stephen Reneau	
* Dmitri Golyak
* Dustin McCrank
* Nathan Vanoosten
* Miroslav Lhotský
* Rene Jensen
* Hannu Sormunen
* Sakari Suominen
* Lukas Kohlmüller
* Jon Kilian
* Alexander Otmakhov
* Gleb Lazarev
* Nicolas Fluri
* Peter Šefčík
* Andreas Malmqvist
* Jake Davis
* Brian Oliver
==Preliminary round==
The schedule was released on 8 August 2017.
===Group A===
 		 			
4 May 2018 		 			
align=right		7–0 			
align=right		5–0 			
5 May 2018 		 			
align=right		3–2 (OT) 			
align=right		6–2 			
align=right		3–2 (OT) 			
6 May 2018 		 			
align=right		0–7 			
align=right		3–2 			
align=right		0–2 			
7 May 2018 		 			
align=right		0–6 			
align=right		4–0 			
8 May 2018 		 			
align=right		2–4 			
align=right		5–4 (GWS)			
9 May 2018 		 			
align=right		5–2 			
align=right		7–0 			
10 May 2018		 			
align=right		3–1 			
align=right		4–3 (OT) 			
11 May 2018		 			
align=right		5–2 			
align=right		0–3 			
12 May 2018		 			
align=right		3–4 (OT) 			
align=right		4–0 			
align=right		4–3 			
13 May 2018		 			
align=right		0–6 			
align=right		3–5 			
14 May 2018		 			
align=right		4–0 			
align=right		4–3 			
15 May 2018		 			
align=right		5–1 			
align=right		4–7 			
align=right		1–3 			
===Group B===
 		 			
4 May 2018 		 			
align=right		5–4 (GWS)			
align=right		2–3 (GWS)			
5 May 2018 		 			
align=right		2–3 (OT) 			
align=right		8–1 			
align=right		0–4 			
6 May 2018 		 			
align=right		0–10 			
align=right		4–5 (GWS)			
align=right		1–8 			
7 May 2018 		 			
align=right		3–0 			
align=right		7–1 			
8 May 2018 		 			
align=right		0–5 			
align=right		7–0 			
9 May 2018 		 			
align=right		6–1 			
align=right		2–3 			
10 May 2018		 			
align=right		3–2 (OT) 			
align=right		0–5 			
11 May 2018		 			
align=right		3–0 			
align=right		13–1 			
12 May 2018		 			
align=right		3–1 			
align=right		3–1 			
align=right		1–5 			
13 May 2018		 			
align=right		3–9 			
align=right		3–2 (OT) 			
14 May 2018		 			
align=right		0–3 			
align=right		2–1 (OT) 			
15 May 2018		 			
align=right		6–2 			
align=right		3–0 			
align=right		1–0 			
==Playoff round==
===Final===
==Statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Patrick Kane 	10	8	12	20 	−2 	0 	F
Sebastian Aho 	8 	9	9 	18 	+15	2 	F
Connor McDavid 	10	5	12	17 	+6 	10 	F
Rickard Rakell 	10	6	8 	14 	+7 	6 	F
Teuvo Teräväinen	8 	5	9 	14 	+14	8 	F
Cam Atkinson 	10	7	4 	11 	−3 	2 	F
Mika Zibanejad 	10	6	5 	11 	+10	0 	F
Mikko Rantanen 	8 	5	6 	11 	+1 	6 	F
Mattias Janmark 	10	4	6 	10 	+8 	8 	F
Chris Kreider 	10	4	6 	10 	+7 	2 	F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
===Goaltending leaders===
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Anders Nilsson 	440:00	8 	1.09	174	95.40	3
Frederik Andersen	362:56	10	1.65	178	94.38	1
Igor Shestyorkin 	204:57	5 	1.46	86 	94.19	2
Elvis Merzļikins 	360:35	9 	1.50	151	94.04	2
Harri Säteri 	298:31	7 	1.41	114	93.86	1
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:
**Best Goaltender: Frederik Andersen
**Best Defenceman: John Klingberg
**Best Forward: Sebastian Aho
Source: IIHF.com
*Media All-Stars:
**MVP: Patrick Kane
**Goaltender: Anders Nilsson
**Defencemen: Adam Larsson / Oliver Ekman-Larsson
**Forwards: Rickard Rakell / Patrick Kane / Sebastian Aho
Source: IIHF.com
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
World Ice Hockey Championships - Men's