2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 19th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted by Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia. The tournament was played from 13 to 23 April 2017. Finland entered the tournament as the defending champions and once again advanced to the final, but this time they lost to the United States.
==Top Division==
All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+02:00)
===Preliminary round===
The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups plays a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.
====Group A====
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====Group B====
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=== Relegation round ===
===Playoff round===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Bronze medal game====
====Final====
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
Kristian Vesalainen	7 	6	7 	13 	+5 	8
Miro Heiskanen 	7 	2	10	12 	+8 	0
Ivan Chekhovich 	7 	5	4 	9 	+3 	4
Andrei Svechnikov 	7 	4	5 	9 	+3 	10
Jesse Ylönen 	7 	4	5 	9 	+6 	0
Sean Dhooghe 	7 	3	6 	9 	+8 	2
Joni Ikonen 	7 	4	4 	8 	+4 	8
Grant Mismash 	7 	3	5 	8 	+4 	10
MacKenzie Entwistle	5 	4	3 	7 	+1 	6
Aarne Talvitie 	7 	4	3 	7 	+1 	6
 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: 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
Maxim Zhukov 	319:19	189	14	2.63	92.59	0
Dylan St. Cyr 	429:39	177	14	1.96	92.09	1
Niklavs Rauza 	316:49	193	17	3.22	91.19	0
Andrei Grischenko	416:38	243	23	3.31	90.53	1
Akira Schmid 	153:16	92 	9 	3.52	90.22	0
 TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
===Tournament awards===
Most Valuable Player
* Forward: Kristian Vesalainen
All-star team
* Goaltender: Dylan St. Cyr
* Defencemen: Miro Heiskanen, Max Gildon
* Forwards: Kristian Vesalainen, Sean Dhooghe, Ivan Chekhovich
Source: IIHF.com 
IIHF best player awards
* Goaltender: Maxim Zhukov
* Defenceman: Miro Heiskanen
* Forward: Kristian Vesalainen
Source: IIHF.com 
===Final standings===
 	Team
 	
 	
 	
4th 	
5th 	
6th 	
7th 	
8th 	
9th 	
10th	
Relegated to the 2016 Division I A
==Division I==
===Division I A===
The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 7 to 13 April 2017.
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Promoted to the 2018 Top Division
Relegated to the 2018 Division I B
===Division I B===
The Division I B tournament will be played in Bled, Slovenia, from 15 to 21 April 2017.
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Promoted to the 2018 Division I A
Relegated to the 2018 Division II A
==Division II==
===Division II A===
The Division II A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017.
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Promoted to the 2018 Division I B
Relegated to the 2018 Division II B
===Division II B===
The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 13 to 19 March 2017. Australia achieved the unusual distinction of being promoted in consecutive years.
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Promoted to the 2018 Division II A
Relegated to the 2018 Division III A
==Division III==
===Division III A===
The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 21 to 27 March 2017.
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Promoted to the 2018 Division II B
Relegated to the 2018 Division III B
===Division III B===
The Division III B tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 17 to 19 March 2017.
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Promoted to the 2018 Division III A
==References==
==External links==
*Website
*IIHF.com
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