MIHF 2018 World Cup of Hockey

The MIHF 2018 World Cup of Hockey was the first World Cup of Hockey hosted by the Mapperdonian Ice Hockey Federation, being held in Raleigh, Apollo Union, from September 21, 2018 to October 1, 2018. 
The group stage will consist of eight teams; the host, the top three teams of the two previous MIHF tournaments, and the host of the next MIHF tournament.
== Bids ==
On August 11, 2018, six bids for the tournament were announced. On August 27, 2018, the MIHF had announced that the Apollo Union had won the voting process for the tournament.
=== Voting results ===
Nation 	Votes
Texavia 	1
Biscasia 	1
Apollo Union 	2
Albadonia 	1
Scotland-Ireland	1
Gralicia 	0
== Venue ==
This is the first time the Apollo Union would host an MIHF tournament. On August 11, 2018, the Ice Hockey Federation of the Apollo Union announced that they had selected the PNC Arena in Raleigh to host the tournament.
City 	Venue 	Capacity
Tampa 	Amalie Arena 	20,500
Raleigh 	PNC Arena 	18,680
Washington	Capital One Arena	18,500
Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena 	18,390
Map	Raleigh
 Raleigh	PNC Arena18,680
 Raleigh	PNC Arena18,680
 Raleigh	PNC Arena18,680
== Participants ==
Group	Nation 	Qualified As
A 	Apollo Union 	Host
A 	Valkyria Confederation	Winner of the 2018 MIHF Winter Championship
A 	Welarka 	Second place in the 2018 MIHF Winter Championship
A 	Western Republic 	Third place in the 2018 MIHF Winter Championship
B 	Chicago Republic 	Winner of the 2018 MIHF Summer Championship
B 	Saraim 	Second place in the 2018 MIHF Summer Championship
B 	Danubian Federation 	Third place in the 2018 MIHF Summer Championship
B 	Monteregis 	Host of the 2019 MIHF Winter Championship
== Preliminary round ==
=== Group A ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD 	Qualification or relegation
1 	Western Republic 	3 	2	1	5 	3 	Playoff round	
2 	Welarka 	3 	2	1	4 	3 	Playoff round	
3 	Valkyria Confederation	3 	1	2	4 	3 	 	
4 	Apollo Union 	3 	1	2	3 	7 	 	
September 21, 2018
 		 		 	
Round One 		 		 	
Western Republic		1-2		Apollo Union 	
Welarka 		1-0		Valkyria 	
Round Two 		 		 	
Welarka 		0-2		Western Republic	
Valkyria 		3-0		Apollo Union 	
Round Three 		 		 	
Apollo Union 		1-3		Welarka 	
Western Republic		2-1		Valkyria 	
=== Group B ===
Pos	Team 	Pld 	W	L	GF	GA	GD 	Qualification or relegation
1 	Monteregis 	3 	2	1	9 	7 	Playoff round	
2 	Danubia 	3 	2	1	6 	4 	Playoff round	
3 	Chicago Republic	3 	1	2	5 	7 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4 	Saraim	3	1	2 	4 	6 	
September 21, 2018
 		 		 	
Round One 		 		 	
Monteregis 		5-1		Chicago 	
Danubia 		0-2		Saraim 	
Round Two 		 		 	
Danubia 		4-1		Monteregis	
Saraim 		0-3		Chicago 	
Round Three		 		 	
Chicago 		1-2		Danubia 	
Monteregis 		3-2		Saraim 	
== Playoff round ==
=== Semifinals ===
=== Bronze medal game ===
=== Finals ===
==Ranking and statistics==
===Tournament Awards===
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goaltender: Braden Holtby
**Best Defenceman: Dominic Cordier
**Best Forward: Ernest Dunajski
===Final Ranking===
Pos 	Grp	Team 	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD 	Final result
1 	B 	Monteregis 	5 	4	1	15	11	Champions 	
2 	A 	Western Republic	5 	3	2	8 	5 	Runners-up 	
3 	B 	Danubia 	5 	3	2	14	10	Third Place 	
4 	A 	Welarka 	5 	2	3	6 	10	 	
Fourth Place	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	A 	Valkyria 	3 	1	2	4 	3 	Eliminated in Preliminary rounds	
6 	B 	Chicago Republic	3 	1	2	5 	7 	Eliminated in Preliminary rounds	
7 	B 	Saraim 	3 	1	2	4 	6 	Eliminated in Preliminary rounds	
8 	A 	Apollo Union 	3 	1	2	3 	7 	Eliminated in Preliminary rounds	
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