2019 IIHF World U18 Championships


The 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 21st such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2020 competition. One national team, Luxembourg, returned to play in the World Championships for the first time since playing in the 2000 European qualification tiers.
Sweden won the title on home ice. It was the nation's first U18 World Championship. Defending champion Finland flopped big time, finishing 7th and without a medal for the first time since 2014.

Top Division

Match officials

12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
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All times are local.

Group A

Group B

Relegation round

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIM
Jack Hughes791120+108
Cole Caufield714418+124
Matthew Boldy73912+60
Cameron York74711+130
Peyton Krebs76410+94
Alex Newhook75510+60
Rodion Amirov7639+42
Dylan Cozens7459+84
Alex Turcotte7459+44
Karl Henriksson7369+12

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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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.
PlayerTOISAGAGAASv%SO
Spencer Knight357:3314191.5193.621
Nolan Maier180:0010882.6792.590
Lukáš Pařík220:32170133.5492.350
Hugo Alnefelt305:44178142.7592.131
Artūrs Šilovs271:24182153.3291.761

TOI = Time On Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Awards

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Division I

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Grenoble, France from 14 to 20 April 2019.

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Székesfehérvár, Hungary from 14 to 20 April 2019.

Division II

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Elektrėnai, Lithuania from 7 to 13 April 2019.

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 25 to 31 March 2019.

Division III

Group A

The Group A tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 25 to 31 March 2019. At the time of the tournament Iceland was awarded second place, this was corrected on April 3.

Group B

The Group B tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 12 April 2019.