2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

The 2017 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. For the 2017 schedule both tournaments took place at the Bled Ice Hall in Slovenia.
==Division I A==
The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 7 to 13 April 2017.Division I A statistics As none of the participating countries submitted a bid to host the tournament, Bled was asked to host both the Division IA and IB tournaments.
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	placed 10th in 2016 Top Division and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in 2016 Division I A
 	placed 3rd in 2016 Division I A
 	placed 4th in 2016 Division I A
 	placed 5th in 2016 Division I A
 	placed 1st in 2016 Division I B and were promoted
===Match officials===
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IA Assignsments
;Referees
* Andrea Benvegnu
* Christoffer Holm
* Paweł Meszyński
* Viktor Trilar
;Linesmen
* Anže Bergant
* Matjaž Hribar
* Raivis Jučers
* Ludvig Lundgren
* Shaun Morgan
* Tommi Niittylä
* Viktor Zinchenko
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)
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=== Statistics and awards ===
==== Scoring leaders ====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1 	Mathias Emilio Pettersen	 	5 	4	8	12 	+5 	4 	F
2 	Dominik Bokk 	 	5 	7	3	10 	+4 	2 	F
3 	Robin Mathisen 	 	5 	4	6	10 	+6 	4 	F
4 	Jonas Røndbjerg 	 	5 	4	5	9 	–2 	2 	F
5 	Kristian Marthinsen 	 	5 	5	3	8 	+5 	6 	F
6 	Lucas Andersen 	 	5 	3	5	8 	–2 	4 	F
7 	Mike Fischer 	 	5 	2	6	8 	+6 	6 	F
8 	Hugo Sarlin 	 	5 	3	4	7 	+6 	2 	F
9 	Cedric Schiemenz 	 	5 	2	4	6 	–1 	2 	F
10 	Batyrian Muratov 	 	5 	3	2	5 	+7 	2 	F
10 	Max Pietschmann 	 	5 	3	2	5 	+2 	0 	F
10 	Samuel Solem 	 	5 	3	2	5 	+1 	0 	F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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.
Pos	Player 	Country	TOI 	SA 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
1 	Demid Yeremeyev	 	180:00	95 	3 	1.00	96.84	1
2 	Gaetan Richard 	 	240:00	138	9 	2.25	93.48	0
3 	Jonas Wikstøl 	 	241:06	96 	9 	2.24	90.62	0
4 	William Rørth 	 	182:22	82 	9 	2.96	89.02	0
5 	Denis Karatayev	 	121:45	32 	5 	2.46	84.38	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 
====IIHF best player awards====
* Goaltender: Demid Yeremeyev
* Defenceman: Daniel Andersen
* Forward: Alexandre Texier
Source: IIHF.com 
==Division I B==
The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 15 to 21 April 2017.Division I B statistics
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	placed 6th in 2016 Division I A and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in 2016 Division I B
 	placed 3rd in 2016 Division I B
 	placed 4th in 2016 Division I B
 	placed 5th in 2016 Division I B
 	placed 1st in 2016 Division II A and were promoted
===Match officials===
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IB Assignsments
;Referees
* Damian Bliek
* Stian Halm
* Miklós Haszonits
* Sergei Sobolev
;Linesmen
* Knut Einar Bråten
* Andreas Weise Krøyer
* Gregor Miklič
* Damir Rakovič
* Marko Šaković
* Dmitry Shishlo
* Áron Soltész
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)
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=== Statistics and awards ===
==== Scoring leaders ====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1 	Jan Drozg 	 	5 	5	8	13 	+7 	4 	F
2 	Stephan Deluca 	 	5 	5	4	9 	+4 	4 	F
3 	Marco Rossi 	 	5 	6	2	8 	+4 	4 	F
4 	Rok Kapel 	 	5 	5	2	7 	+4 	0 	F
4 	Olexander Peresunko	 	5 	5	2	7 	+5 	2 	F
6 	Simon Berger 	 	5 	4	3	7 	+6 	6 	F
7 	Hlib Krivoshapkin 	 	5 	3	3	6 	+2 	2 	F
8 	Marcel Zitz 	 	5 	2	4	6 	+2 	4 	F
9 	Stefan Spinell 	 	5 	1	5	6 	+7 	2 	F
10 	Daiki Miura 	 	5 	3	2	5 	−1 	6 	D
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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.
Pos	Player 	Country	TOI 	SA 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
1 	Žiga Kogovšek 	 	298:21	116	8 	1.61	93.10	2
2 	Alexander Schmidt	 	162:23	66 	5 	1.85	92.42	0
3 	Robin Quagliato 	 	244:25	146	12	2.95	91.78	0
4 	Mykyta Petlenko 	 	195:47	97 	8 	2.45	91.75	0
5 	Oskar Prokop 	 	265:48	166	14	3.16	91.57	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 
====IIHF best player awards====
* Goaltender: Žiga Kogovšek
* Defenceman: Daiki Miura
* Forward: Jan Drozg
Source: IIHF.com 
==References==
Category:2017 IIHF World U18 Championships
Category:IIHF World U18 Championship Division I