2014 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 16th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Lappeenranta and Imatra, Finland. The tournament began on 17 April 2014, with the gold medal game played on 27 April 2014.Top Division statistics
==Officials==
The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following:
;Referees
* Andris Ansons
* Michael Hicks
* Pavel Hodek
* Mikko Kaukokari
* Daniel Konc
* Geoffrey Miller
* Kendrick Nicholson
* Linus Ohlund
* Anssi Salonen
* Gordon Schukies
* Alexander Sergeyev
* Tobias Wehrli
;Linesmen
* Jordan Browne
* Rene Jensen
* Gleb Lazarev
* Miroslav Lhotsky
* Andreas Malmqvist
* Dana Penkivech
* Jani Pesonen
* Nikolaj Ponomarjow
* Alexander Waldejer
* Sotaro Yamaguchi
== Top Division ==
=== Preliminary round ===
    	Team qualified to Quarterfinals
    	Team plays in Relegation round
====Group A====
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All times are local (EEST – UTC+03).
====Group B====
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All times are local (EEST – UTC+03).
=== Relegation round ===
The last-placed teams played a best-of-three series.
*Denmark is relegated to Division I A, the third game was not played because the result of the relegation series had been decided.
===Knockout stage===
===Quarterfinals===
===Semifinals===
===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
William Nylander	7 	6	10	16 	+8 	0
Axel Holmstrom 	7 	3	8 	11 	+8 	4
Jakub Vrana 	7 	8	2 	10 	+3 	4
Jack Eichel 	7 	5	5 	10 	+6 	2
Sonny Milano 	7 	3	7 	10 	+6 	4
Kevin Fiala 	5 	4	5 	9 	+4 	8
Kirill Pilipenko	5 	5	2 	7 	0 	0
Auston Matthews 	7 	5	2 	7 	+7 	4
Kyle Connor 	7 	4	3 	7 	+8 	0
Denis Malgin 	5 	3	4 	7 	+4 	2
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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.
Player 	TOI 	SA 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
Mason McDonald 	371:17	171	12	1.94	92.98	0
Gauthier Descloux 	238:28	101	9 	2.26	91.09	0
Adam Huska 	159:52	84 	8 	3.00	90.48	0
Alexander Nedeljkovic	359:05	112	11	1.84	90.18	1
Maxim Tretiak 	183:55	80 	8 	2.61	90.00	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
===Final standings===
 	Team
 	
 	
 	
4th 	
5th 	
6th 	
7th 	
8th 	
9th 	
10th	
==Division I==
===Division I A===
The Division I A competition was played in Nice, France, from 13 to 19 April 2014.Division I A statistics
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Promoted to 2015 Top Division	Relegated to 2015 Division I B
===Division I B===
The Division I B competition was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 13 to 19 April 2014.Division I B statistics
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Promoted to 2015 Division I A	Relegated to 2015 Division II A
==Division II==
===Division II A===
The Division II A competition was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 24 to 30 March 2014.Division II A statistics
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Promoted to 2015 Division I B	Relegated to 2015 Division II B
===Division II B===
The Division II B competition was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 14 to 20 April 2014.Division II B statistics
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Promoted to 2015 Division II A	Relegated to 2015 Division III A
== Division III ==
===Division III A===
The Division III A competition was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 24 to 30 March 2014.Division III A statistics
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Promoted to 2015 Division II B	Relegated to 2015 Division III B
===Division III B===
The Division III B competition was played in İzmit, Turkey, from 13 to 15 February 2014.Division III B statistics
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Promoted to 2015 Division III A
==References==
==External links==
*Website
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Category:IIHF World U18 Championships