2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships was the twelfth edition of the IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was held in Minsk and Babruysk, Belarus between April 13 and April 23, 2010. The United States won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 3-1 victory over Sweden in the championship game. The gold medal was the fifth for the United States since the tournament began in 1999; Sweden matched their best ever performance with a silver medal.
== Top Division ==
=== Preliminary Round ===
    	1st place: Team qualifies to Semifinals
    	2nd-3rd place: Teams qualify to Quarterfinals
    	4th-5th place: Teams play in Relegation Round
==== Group A ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	26	8 	18 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	18	6 	12 	9
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	9 	18	-9 	6
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	16	16	0 	3
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	6 	28	-22 	0
=====Fixtures=====
The Group A games will take place in Bobruisk, Belarus, between April 13 and April 18.
All times local.
==== Group B ====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
 	4 	3	1 	0 	0	21	11	10 	11
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	20	7 	13 	9
 	4 	2	0 	1 	1	13	15	-2 	7
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	10	15	-5 	3
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	9 	25	-16 	0
=====Fixtures=====
The Group B games will take place in Minsk, Belarus, between April 13 and April 18.
All times local.
===Relegation round===
    	Team qualified for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championship
    	Team relegated to 2011 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	20	6 	14 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	11	8 	3 	6
 	3 	0	1 	0 	2	9 	13	-4 	2
 	3 	0	0 	1 	2	8 	21	-13 	1
====Results====
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:
*April 15, 2010: 11–3 
*April 17, 2010: 4-3 
===Final round===
====Quarterfinals====
====Semifinals====
====Fifth place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Gold medal game====
===Tournament Awards===
; Best players selected by the directorate: 
*Best Goalkeeper: Jack Campbell 
*Best Forward: Teemu Pulkkinen 
*Best Defenseman: Adam Larsson 
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G 	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Teemu Pulkkinen 	6 	10	5	15 	-2 	10
Johan Larsson 	5 	6 	8	14 	+8 	0
Mikael Granlund 	6 	4 	9	13 	0 	4
Ludvig Rensfeldt	6 	6 	6	12 	+7 	4
Evgeni Kuznetsov	7 	5 	7	12 	+8 	6
Adam Clendening 	7 	3 	7	10 	+9 	4
Nick Shore 	7 	3 	7	10 	+7 	0
Rocco Grimaldi 	7 	2 	8	10 	+6 	6
Jordan Weal 	6 	3 	6	9 	+8 	30
Sergei Barbashev	7 	2 	6	8 	+5 	6
Joonas Donskoi 	6 	1 	7	8 	-1 	0
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 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Player 	TOI 	SA 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
Jack Campbell 	359:39	143	5 	0.83	96.50	3
Johan Gustafsson 	238:10	98 	8 	2.02	91.84	0
Andrei Vasilevski	272:03	116	12	2.65	89.66	1
Dominik Riecicky 	359:38	190	20	3.34	89.47	0
Calvin Pickard 	313:50	141	15	2.87	89.36	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===
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 and are relegated to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships.
== Division I ==
Group A was played in Denmark between April 12 and April 18, 2010. Group B was played in Poland between April 11 and April 17, 2010. 
=== Group A ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
* 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	33	15	18 	12
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	34	14	20 	12
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	27	25	2 	9
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	21	21	0 	9
 	5 	0	1 	0 	4	18	45	-27	2
 	5 	0	0 	1 	4	12	25	-13	1
* Norway earns first place with 5-4 victory over Denmark.
 is promoted to the Top Division for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. is relegated to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships
=== Group B ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	51	2 	49 	15
 	5 	3	0 	1 	1	19	17	2 	10
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	21	21	0 	9
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	9 	16	-7 	6
 	5 	1	1 	0 	3	13	24	-11	5
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	6 	39	-33	0
 is promoted to the Top Division for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. is relegated to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships
== Division II ==
Group A was played in Estonia between March 13 and March 19, 2010. Group B was played in Ukraine between March 22 and March 28, 2010. 
=== Group A ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	55	3 	52 	15
 	5 	3	0 	1 	1	22	23	-1 	10
 	5 	1	3 	0 	1	20	16	4 	9
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	11	19	-8 	4
 	5 	1	0 	1 	3	17	32	-15	4
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	12	44	-32	3
 is promoted to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. is relegated to Division III for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships
=== Group B ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	63	4 	59 	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	26	3 	23 	12
 	5 	2	1 	0 	2	17	22	-5 	8
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	14	27	-13	7
 	5 	0	1 	0 	4	7 	41	-34	2
 	5 	0	0 	1 	4	7 	37	-30	1
 is promoted to Division I for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships. is relegated to Division III for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships
== Division III ==
Group A was played in Turkey between March 8 and March 14, 2010. Group B was played in Mexico between March 14 and March 20, 2010. 
=== Group A ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	53	11	42 	12
 	4 	2	1 	0 	1	33	13	20 	8
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	30	18	12 	6
 	4 	1	0 	1 	2	24	22	2 	4
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	2 	78	-76	0
 is promoted to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships
=== Group B ===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	26	16	10 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	15	11	4 	9
 	4 	1	1 	0 	2	15	14	1 	5
 	4 	1	0 	1 	2	21	16	5 	4
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	6 	26	-20	0
 is promoted to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U18 Championships
==Team Photos==
2010NZU18.jpg|New Zealand
2010SouthAfricaU18.jpg|South Africa
==References==
==External links==
*IIHF
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