2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I


The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division IA and the third-tier Division IB. For each tier's tournament, the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.
The tournaments were a round-robin tournament format, with two points allotted for a win, one additional point for a regulation win, and one point for an overtime or game winning shots loss.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 1998.
Division IA was held in Meribel, France, while Division IB was hosted in Bled, Slovenia.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Courchevel and Meribel, France, from 10 to 16 December 2017.
As a result of the tournament, Kazakhstan was promoted to the Top Division, while Hungary was relegated to Division IB for 2019.

Participants

Final standings

Results

All times are local.

Statistics

Top scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source:

Goaltending leaders

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO
1Gustavs Grigals304:30596.000.992
2Mirko Pantkowski302:07795.331.391
3Julian Junca173:01892.592.770
4Denis Karatayev193:46892.582.480
5Jakob Holzer240:001789.174.250

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 9 to 15 December 2017.

Participants

Final standings

Results

All times are local.

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source:

Goaltending leaders

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO
1Laurynas Lubys185:27495.291.290
2Jørgen Hanneborg190:00494.441.260
3Bogdan Dyachenko309:351193.712.130
4Kamil Lewartowski308:271489.552.720
5Žiga Kogovšek303:301589.052.970

TOI = Time On Ice ; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source:

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate