2023 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2023 IIHF World U18 Championship is the 24th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams are participating at several levels of competition. The competition is also serving as qualifications for the 2024 competition.
==Top Division==
The tournament was held from 20 to 30 April 2023 in Basel and Porrentruy, Switzerland.
===Preliminary round===
====Group A====
The Group A tournament was held in Porrentruy, Switzerland, from 20 to 25 April 2023.
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====Group B====
The Group B tournament was held in Basel, Switzerland, from 20 to 25 April 2023.
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===Relegation round===
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===Playoff round===
Winning teams will be reseeded in accordance with the following ranking:
#higher position in the group
#higher number of points
#better goal difference
#higher number of goals scored for
#better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships).
Rank	Team 	Group	 	 	 	 	
1 	United States	B 	1	12	+31	37	2
2 	 	A 	1	12	+15	18	1
3 	 	B 	2	9 	+9 	23	3
4 	 	A 	2	9 	+6 	20	5
5 	 	B 	3	6 	−3 	12	6
6 	 	A 	3	5 	0 	15	9
7 	 	A 	4	4 	−2 	12	4
8 	 	B 	4	3 	−12	5 	7
====Bracket====
====Quarterfinals====
 
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====Semifinals====
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====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Final standings===
===Statistics===
==== Scoring leaders ====
Pos	Player 	Country 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
1 	William Smith 	 	6 	9	10	19 	+15	0
2 	Gabe Perreault 	 	6 	5	13	18 	+15	0
3 	Ryan Leonard 	 	6 	7	9 	16 	+15	2
3 	Otto Stenberg 	align=left	6 	7	9 	16 	+13	4
5 	Macklin Celebrini	 	7 	6	9 	15 	+11	6
6 	Dalibor Dvorský 	 	7 	8	5 	13 	−1 	6
7 	Matthew Wood 	 	7 	7	6 	13 	+12	6
8 	Cole Hutson 	 	6 	1	10	11 	+13	6
9 	Cole Eiserman 	 	6 	9	1 	10 	+3 	8
10 	Kasper Halttunen 	 	5 	6	4 	10 	+5 	6
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF
==== Goaltending leaders ====
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
1 	Noah Erliden 	 	300:00	6 	1.20	122	95.08	2
2 	Trey Augustine	 	273:12	7 	1.54	104	93.27	0
3 	Michael Hrabal	 	289:09	15	3.11	188	92.02	0
4 	Samuel Urban 	 	336:30	21	3.74	227	90.75	0
5 	Ewan Huet 	 	215:37	9 	2.50	90 	90.00	1
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF
==Division I==
===Group A===
The tournament was played in Angers, France, from 23 to 29 April 2023.2023 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I Group A official website
===Group B===
The tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 10 to 16 April 2023.2023 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I Group B official website
==Division II==
===Group A===
The tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 15 April 2023.2023 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II Group A official website
===Group B===
The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 27 March to 2 April 2023.2023 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II Group B official website
==Division III==
===Group A===
The tournament was played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 12 to 18 March 2023.2023 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A official website
===Group B===
The tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 16 March 2023.2023 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group B official website
== References ==
Category:2023 IIHF World U18 Championships
Category:2023 in ice hockey
Category:2022–23 in Swiss ice hockey
Category:IIHF World U18 Championships
Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Switzerland