2014 IIHF World U18 Championships

2014 IIHF U18 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates 17 – 27 April 2014
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   United States (8th title)
Runner-up   Czech Republic
Third place   Canada
Scoring leader(s) Sweden William Nylander
(16 points)
2013
2015

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.[1][2]

Top Division

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following:[3]

Referees

  • Latvia Andris Ansons
  • United Kingdom Michael Hicks
  • Czech Republic Pavel Hodek
  • Finland Mikko Kaukokari
  • Slovakia Daniel Konc
  • United States Geoffrey Miller
  • Canada Kendrick Nicholson
  • Sweden Linus Öhlund
  • Finland Anssi Salonen
  • Germany Gordon Schukies
  • Russia Alexander Sergeyev
  • Switzerland Tobias Wehrli

Linesmen

  • Canada Jordan Browne
  • Denmark René Jensen
  • Russia Gleb Lazarev
  • Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
  • Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
  • United States Dana Penkivech
  • Finland Jani Pesonen
  • Germany Nikolaj Ponomarjow
  • Norway Alexander Waldejer
  • Japan Sotaro Yamaguchi

Preliminary round

Team qualified to Quarterfinals
Team will play in Relegation round

Group A

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Canada 4 3 0 1 0 12 7 +5 10
 Sweden 4 2 1 0 1 20 11 +9 8
 Russia 4 1 2 1 0 14 10 +4 8
 Slovakia 4 1 0 1 2 9 12 3 4
 Germany 4 0 0 0 4 8 23 15 0

All times are local. (Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+03)

17 April 2014
16:00
Slovakia 2–3 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–1)
 RussiaArena, Imatra
Attendance: 786
17 April 2014
19:30
Sweden 1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)
 CanadaArena, Imatra
Attendance: 967
18 April 2014
16:00
Germany 1–4
(1–1, 0–1, 0–2)
 SlovakiaArena, Imatra
Attendance: 968
19 April 2014
16:00
Canada 5–2
(1–0, 1–2, 3–0)
 GermanyArena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,200
19 April 2014
19:30
Russia 3–4 GWS
(0–2, 0–1, 3–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 SwedenArena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,200
20 April 2014
16:00
Slovakia 1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 CanadaArena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,083
21 April 2014
16:00
Russia 5–2
(3–2, 0–0, 2–0)
 GermanyArena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,183
21 April 2014
19:30
Sweden 6–2
(1–0, 3–1, 2–1)
 SlovakiaArena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,200
22 April 2014
16:00
Canada 2–3 GWS
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 RussiaArena, Imatra
Attendance: 1200
22 April 2014
19:30
Germany 3–9
(0–3, 1–4, 2–2)
 SwedenArena, Imatra
Attendance: 1200

Group B

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 United States 4 3 0 0 1 16 7 +9 9
 Czech Republic 4 2 1 0 1 17 10 +7 8
 Finland 4 2 0 1 1 14 10 +4 7
  Switzerland 4 2 0 0 2 10 10 0 6
 Denmark 4 0 0 0 4 5 25 20 0

All times are local. (Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+03)

17 April 2014
15:00
Switzerland  4–2
(1–2, 0–0, 3–0)
 United StatesKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 726
17 April 2014
18:30
Denmark 1–6
(0–3, 1–2, 0–1)
 FinlandKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 1,942
18 April 2014
18:30
Czech Republic 9–2
(4–0, 3–0, 2–2)
 DenmarkKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 204
19 April 2014
15:00
United States 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 2,523
19 April 2014
18:30
Finland 2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)
  SwitzerlandKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,133
20 April 2014
18:30
Denmark 0–7
(0–1, 0–2, 0–4)
 United StatesKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 384
21 April 2014
15:00
Finland 3–4 GWS
(0–0, 1–2, 2–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 Czech RepublicKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 3,575
21 April 2014
18:30
Switzerland  3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
 DenmarkKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 593
22 April 2014
15:00
Czech Republic 4–2
(0–0, 1–0, 3–2)
  SwitzerlandKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 587
22 April 2014
18:30
United States 4–3
(1–1, 2–2, 1–0)
 FinlandKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 4,047

Relegation round

The last-placed teams played a best-of-three series.

24 April 2014
11:00
Germany 3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)
 DenmarkArena, Imatra
Attendance: 988
25 April 2014
16:00
Denmark 2–3 OT
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2)
(OT 0–1)
 GermanyArena, Imatra
Attendance: 746

Knockout stage

  Quarterfinals                    
  B1   United States 6  
  A4   Slovakia 2   Semifinals
      B1   United States 4  
  Quarterfinals   A2   Sweden 1  
  A2   Sweden 10
  B3   Finland 0         Final
              B1   United States 5
  Quarterfinals             B2   Czech Republic 2
  A1   Canada 3      
  B4    Switzerland 2   Semifinals   Bronze medal game
      A1   Canada 3   A1   Canada 3
  Quarterfinals   B2   Czech Republic 4     A2   Sweden 1
  B2   Czech Republic 3
  A3   Russia 2  

Quarterfinals

24 April 2014
13:00
United States 6–2
(3–0, 1–0, 2–2)
 SlovakiaKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 503
24 April 2014
15:00
Czech Republic 3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT 1–0)
 RussiaArena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,116
24 April 2014
17:00
Sweden 10–0
(3–0, 2–0, 5–0)
 FinlandKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 3,075
24 April 2014
19:00
Canada 3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)
  SwitzerlandArena, Imatra
Attendance: 1,116

Semifinals

26 April 2014
15:00
United States 4–1
(1–1, 1–0, 2–0)
 SwedenKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 2,038
26 April 2014
19:00
Canada 3–4 OT
(0–1, 1–2, 2–0)
(OT 0–1)
 Czech RepublicKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 1,603

Bronze medal game

27 April 2014
15:00
Canada 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
 SwedenKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 3,251

Final

27 April 2014
19:00
United States 5–2
(3–1, 2–1, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicKisapuisto, Lappeenranta
Attendance: 3,338

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Sweden William Nylander 7 6 10 16 +8 0
Sweden Axel Holmström 7 3 8 11 +8 4
Czech Republic Jakub Vrána 7 8 2 10 +3 4
United States Jack Eichel 7 5 5 10 +6 2
United States Sonny Milano 7 3 7 10 +6 4
Switzerland Kevin Fiala 5 4 5 9 +4 8
Russia Kirill Pilipenko 5 5 2 7 0 0
United States Auston Matthews 7 5 2 7 +7 4
United States Kyle Connor 7 4 3 7 +8 0
Switzerland 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
Canada Mason McDonald 371:17 171 12 1.94 92.98 0
Switzerland Gauthier Descloux 238:28 101 9 2.26 91.09 0
Slovakia Adam Húska 159:52 84 8 3.00 90.48 0
United States Alex Nedeljkovic 359:05 112 11 1.84 90.18 1
Russia 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

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:

Source: IIHF.com


Final standings

Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Czech Republic
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Canada
4th  Sweden
5th  Russia
6th  Finland
7th   Switzerland
8th  Slovakia
9th  Germany
10th  Denmark
Relegated to the 2015 Division I A

 2014 IIHF U18 World Champions 

United States
8th title

Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Nice, France, from 13 to 19 April 2014.[4]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Latvia 5 4 0 0 1 20 11 +9 12
 Norway 5 3 1 0 1 26 12 +14 11
 Kazakhstan 5 3 0 1 1 17 11 +6 10
 Belarus 5 2 1 1 1 15 12 +3 9
 France 5 1 0 0 4 9 22 13 3
 Italy 5 0 0 0 5 8 27 19 0
Promoted to the 2015 Top Division Relegated to the 2015 Division I B

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 13 to 19 April 2014.[5]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Hungary 5 5 0 0 0 35 11 +24 15
 Austria 5 3 0 0 2 15 10 +5 9
 Slovenia 5 3 0 0 2 15 16 1 9
 Japan 5 3 0 0 2 22 20 +2 9
 Ukraine 5 1 0 0 4 15 16 1 3
 Poland 5 0 0 0 5 5 35 30 0
Promoted to the 2015 Division I A Relegated to the 2015 Division II A

Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 24 to 30 March 2014.[6]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Lithuania 5 3 1 1 0 23 12 +11 12
 South Korea 5 2 2 0 1 24 21 +3 10
 Croatia 5 3 0 0 2 18 14 +4 9
 Netherlands 5 2 0 0 3 12 17 5 6
 Great Britain 5 1 0 1 3 16 25 9 4
 Romania 5 1 0 1 3 15 19 4 4
Promoted to the 2015 Division I B Relegated to the 2015 Division II B

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 14 to 20 April 2014.[7]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Estonia 5 4 0 0 1 30 13 +17 12
 Spain 5 4 0 0 1 25 11 +14 12
 Serbia 5 4 0 0 1 31 9 +22 12
 Belgium 5 1 1 0 3 17 31 14 5
 China 5 1 0 1 3 16 21 5 4
 Iceland 5 0 0 0 5 8 42 34 0
Promoted to the 2015 Division II A Relegated to the 2015 Division III A

Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 24 to 30 March 2014.[8]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Australia 5 4 0 0 1 14 6 +8 12
 Israel 5 3 0 0 2 25 15 +10 9
 Chinese Taipei 5 2 1 0 2 12 13 1 8
 Bulgaria 5 2 0 0 3 11 17 6 6
 Mexico 5 2 0 0 3 13 10 +3 6
 New Zealand 5 1 0 1 3 9 23 14 4
Promoted to the 2015 Division II B Relegated to the 2015 Division III B

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in İzmit, Turkey, from 13 to 15 February 2014.[9]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 South Africa 2 2 0 0 0 10 4 +6 6
 Turkey 2 1 0 0 1 6 4 +2 3
 Hong Kong 2 0 0 0 2 5 13 8 0
Promoted to the 2015 Division III A

References

External links

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