2018 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary and the Group B tournament was held in Kaunas, Lithuania from 22 to 28 April 2018. Warsaw, Poland planned on bidding for the tournament, but as Poland had hosted both the 2015 and 2016 tournaments, decided to apply for a later year.
Great Britain and Italy were promoted to the Top Division, while Poland was relegated to Division I B. The Group B tournament was won by Lithuania, who moved up to Group A and Croatia was relegated to Division II.
==Group A tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 15th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
 	Placed 16th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
 	Host, placed 5th in Division I A last year.
 	Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was promoted.
===Match officials===
7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Group A Assignments
;Referees
* Alex Dipietro
* Lasse Heikkinen
* Oldřich Hejduk
* Jeff Ingram
* Marc Iwert
* Trpimir Piragić
* Ladislav Smetana
;Linesmen
* Thomas Caillot
* Michael Harrington
* Ludvig Lundgren
* Márton Németh
* Marc-Henri Progin
* Daniel Soós
* Josef Špůr
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2).
===Awards and statistics===
====Awards====
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goaltender: Ádám Vay
**Best Defenseman: Ben O'Connor
**Best Forward: Jan Urbas
Source: IIHF.com
*Media All-Stars:
** MVP: Brett Perlini
** Goaltender: Ádám Vay
** Defenceman: Ben O'Connor / Sabahudin Kovačević
** Forwards: Brett Perlini / Roman Starchenko / Balázs Sebők
Source: IIHF.com
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Roman Starchenko	5 	6	2	8 	0 	4 	F
Miha Verlič 	5 	3	4	7 	+4 	2 	F
Ben O'Connor 	5 	4	2	6 	+2 	2 	D
Brett Perlini 	5 	4	2	6 	+2 	2 	F
Jan Urbas 	5 	3	3	6 	+3 	0 	F
Evgeni Rymarev 	5 	2	4	6 	+2 	2 	F
Ivan Deluca 	5 	1	5	6 	+2 	2 	F
Balázs Sebők 	5 	3	2	5 	+1 	2 	F
Aron Chmielewski	5 	2	3	5 	0 	2 	F
Robert Dowd 	5 	3	1	4 	−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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Henrik Karlsson 	300:00	10	2.00	159	93.71	1
Ádám Vay 	304:46	13	2.56	189	93.12	0
Marco De Filippo 	157:33	5 	1.90	66 	92.42	0
Ben Bowns 	290:13	14	2.89	173	91.91	0
Przemysław Odrobny	159:18	9 	3.39	93 	90.32	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
==Group B tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 6th in Division I A and was relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
 	Host, placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
 	Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
 	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.
===Match officials===
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Group B Assignments
;Referees
* Damien Bliek
* Miha Bulovec
* Stian Halm
* Liam Sewell
;Linesmen
* Karolis Janušauskas
* Andreas Kroyer
* Ivan Nedeljković
* Tommi Niittylä
* Elias Seewald
* Laurynas Stepankevičius
* Roman Výleta
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+3).
===Awards and statistics===
====Awards====
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goaltender: Villem-Henrik Koitmaa
**Best Defenseman: Ryo Hashimoto
**Best Forward: Arnoldas Bosas
Source: IIHF.com
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ryo Hashimoto 	5 	5	3	8 	+4 	0 	D
Arnoldas Bosas 	5 	6	0	6 	+2 	4 	F
Povilas Verenis 	5 	4	2	6 	+4 	4 	F
Daniel Bogdziul 	5 	3	3	6 	+5 	2 	F
Hiroto Sato 	5 	2	4	6 	+4 	0 	D
Makuru Furuhashi 	5 	1	5	6 	+8 	0 	F
Mark Kaleinikovas 	5 	1	5	6 	+3 	4 	F
Tadas Kumeliauskas	5 	1	5	6 	+3 	6 	F
Dainius Zubrus 	5 	0	6	6 	+4 	2 	F
Csanád Fodor 	5 	2	3	5 	+1 	6 	F
Paulius Gintautas 	5 	2	3	5 	+2 	29 	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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	239:40	4 	1.00	138	97.10	2
Mantas Armalis 	301:04	9 	1.79	140	93.57	1
Sergei Gaiduchenko 	147:38	6 	2.44	90 	93.33	1
Patrik Polc 	242:24	10	2.48	150	93.33	0
Yuta Narisawa 	122:29	5 	2.45	55 	90.91	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
==References==
2018
Division I
2018 IIHF World Championship Division I
2018 IIHF World Championship Division I