2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2018 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	France  Slovenia
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	10–16 December 2017 9–15 December 2017
Teams	12
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The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

The tournaments were played in 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 couldn't be born earlier than 1998.

Division I A

2018 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Courchevel, Méribel
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	10–16 December 2017
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	82 (5.47 per game)
Attendance	6,023 (402 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Artur Gatiyatov (7 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Courchevel and Méribel, France, from 10 to 16 December 2017.^[1][2]

As a result of the tournament, Kazakhstan were promoted to Top Division and Hungary were relegated to Division I B for 2019.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Latvia	placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated
Germany	placed 2nd in Division I A last year
France	hosts; placed 3rd in Division I A last year
Kazakhstan	placed 4th in Division I A last year
Austria	placed 5th in Division I A last year
Hungary	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kazakhstan	5	3	2	0	0	20	10	+10	13	Promoted to the 2019 Top Division
2	Latvia	5	3	1	1	0	13	5	+8	12
3	Germany	5	3	0	1	1	17	7	+10	10
4	France (H)	5	1	1	1	2	11	15	−4	6
5	Austria	5	1	0	0	4	10	20	−10	3
6	Hungary	5	0	0	1	4	11	25	−14	1	Relegated to the 2019 Division I B

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

10 December 2017 14:30

Kazakhstan

3–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) (OT: 1–0)

Germany

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 103

Game reference
	Denis Karatayev	Goalies	Mirko Pantkowski	Referee: Miroslav Štefík Linesmen: Frédéric Monnaie Mariusz Smura
	0–1 20:58 – Jahnke (Bokk) Sam. Daniyar (Orekhov) (PP) – 42:43 1–1 Sam. Daniyar (Beketayev) (PP2) – 45:11 2–1 2–2 58:43 – Gawanke (Walther) Gatiyatov (Orekhov) – 63:57 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	37	Shots	34

10 December 2017 18:00

Austria

1–6 (0–2, 1–1, 0–3)

France

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 695

Game reference
	Jakob Holzer	Goalies	Gaëtan Richard	Referee: Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: David Obwegeser Victor Zinchenko
	0–1 02:40 – Sarlin (Bougro, Texier) (PP) 0–2 19:54 – Boudon (Petit, Munoz) (PP) Rossi (Würschl, Witting) – 21:13 1–2 1–3 37:24 – Olive (Mermoux, Petit) 1–4 43:16 – Sarliève-Fonfraid (Munoz, Texier) 1–5 46:16 – Boudon (Melin, Petit) (PP) 1–6 53:55 – Bougro (Guebey, Texier)
	24 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	53

10 December 2017 18:00

Hungary

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Latvia

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Károly Tóth	Goalies	Gustavs Grigals	Referee: Michael Weber Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Nicolas Constantineau
	0–1 20:58 – Krastenbergs 0–2 28:10 – Ģēģeris (Svars) Szalma (Kreisz) – 48:13 1–2 1–3 50:13 – Bērziņš (Nazarovs, Smons) 1–4 54:09 – Ģēģeris (Kaļķis, Smirnovs) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	39

11 December 2017 13:00

Latvia

2–3 GWS (1–0, 0–2, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals	Goalies	Denis Karatayev	Referee: Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Park Jun-soo
	Krastenbergs (Homjakovs, Melnalksnis) – 12:48 1–0 1–1 27:04 – Ryzhi (Gatiyatov) (PP) 1–2 36:51 – Gatiyatov (Nazarenko, Mussabayev (SH) Bērziņš (Ģēģeris, Svars) (EA) – 59:48 2–2
	Fjodorovs Bļugers Krastenbergs Ģēģeris Homjakovs	Shootout	Beketayev Melikhov Gatiyatov Mukhametov Orekhov
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	41	Shots	27

11 December 2017 19:00

France

4–3 OT (2–2, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Hungary

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Gaëtan Richard	Goalies	Máté Garbacz	Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Viktor Zinchenko
	0–1 02:39 – Fejes (Vértes) Olive (Melin, Petit) – 18:12 1–1 Berard (Sarlin, Gleizes) – 18:12 2–1 2–2 19:27 – Szalma (Fejes) 2–3 26:19 – Szalma (Horváth, Szita) Berard (Melin, Sarlin) – 55:43 3–3 Guebey (Texier, Boudon) (PP) – 61:23 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	29

12 December 2017 19:00

Germany

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Austria

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 221

Game reference
	Mirko Pantkowski	Goalies	Jakob Holzer	Referee: Michael Weber Linesmen: David Obwegeser Mariusz Smura
	Busch (Glaser, Strodel) – 04:19 1–0 1–1 15:31 – Baumgartner (Maier) Walther (Soramies, Postel) – 28:15 2–1 Huß (Bokk, Eder) (PP) – 29:06 3–1 Eder – 51:05 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	26

13 December 2017 15:30

Hungary

3–5 (1–2, 0–1, 2–2)

Kazakhstan

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 91

Game reference
	Máté Garbacz	Goalies	Denis Karatayev	Referee: Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Park Jun-soo
	Papp (Péter, Szita) (PP) – 07:39 1–0 1–1 09:54 – Say. Daniyar (Orekhov, Sam. Daniyar) (PP) 1–2 17:31 – Gatiyatov (Melikhov, Pismarkin) 1–3 26:41 – Orekhov (Beketayev) (PP) Molnár (Mihály, Sándor) – 46:13 2–3 Vértes (G. Tóth) – 51:18 3–3 3–4 55:17 – Beketayev (Muratov, Mukhametov) 3–5 57:42 – Nazarenko (Beketayev) (ENG)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	25

13 December 2017 19:00

Germany

4–0 (3–0, 0–0, 1–0)

France

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 817

Game reference
	Mirko Pantkowski	Goalies	Gaëtan Richard Julian Junca	Referee: Miroslav Štefík Linesmen: David Obwegeser Viktor Zinchenko
	Bokk (Gawanke, Huß) (PP) – 04:17 1–0 Seider (Jahnke, Adam) (PP) – 06:46 2–0 Soramies (Postel) – 07:05 3–0 Jahnke (Kiefersauer, Reiter) – 59:16 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	28

13 December 2017 19:00

Latvia

5–1 (2–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Austria

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 132

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals	Goalies	Jakob Holzer	Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Mariusz Smura
	Ģēģeris (Kārkls, Smirnovs) (PP) – 09:13 1–0 Smirnovs (Svars, Kārkls) (PP) – 09:50 2–0 Bļugers (Svars, Smirnovs) (PP) – 47:18 3–0 Kārkls (Svars, Ģēģeris) (PP) – 49:20 4–0 Krastenbergs (Homjakovs, Smons) – 51:24 5–0 5–1 57:16 – Feldner (Würschl, Pilgram)
	8 min	Penalties	24 min
	36	Shots	19

14 December 2017 19:00

France

0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Latvia

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 533

Game reference
	Julian Junca	Goalies	Gustavs Grigals	Referee: Michael Weber Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Park Jun-soo
	0–1 60:06 – Smirnovs
	28 min	Penalties	22 min
	18	Shots	30

15 December 2017 13:00

Germany

7–2 (1–0, 2–1, 4–1)

Hungary

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 482

Game reference
	Mirko Pantkowski	Goalies	Károly Tóth	Referee: Miroslav Štefík Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Frederic Monnaie
	Gawanke (Jahnke, Kiefersauer) – 11:58 1–0 1–1 22:53 – Majoross (G. Tóth, Szabó) Busch (Gawanke, Eder) (PP) – 29:15 2–1 Jahnke (Kiefersauer, Hessler) – 36:45 3–1 Eder (Bokk, Huß) – 40:43 4–1 Busch (Eder, Gawanke) (PP) – 43:56 5–1 5–2 55:54 – Horváth (Szabó, Vértes) Bindels (Bokk, Eder) – 57:10 6–2 Walther – 59:46 7–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	33

15 December 2017 19:00

Kazakhstan

3–2 (3–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Austria

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 152

Game reference
	Denis Karatayev Nikita Boyarkin	Goalies	Max Zimmermann	Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Mariusz Smura Viktor Zinchenko
	0–1 01:23 – Baumgartner Pismarkin (Gatiyatov, Nazarenko) – 01:52 1–1 Gusseinov (Polokhov) – 06:28 2–1 Nazarenko (Pismarkin) – 06:51 3–1 3–2 22:30 – Baumgartner (Klockl, Maier) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	24

16 December 2017 14:30

Latvia

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Germany

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 187

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals	Goalies	Mirko Pantkowski	Referee: Miroslav Stefik Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Frederic Monnaie
	Krastenbergs (Komuls) (PP) – 26:06 1–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	33

16 December 2017 16:00

Austria

5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Hungary

Méribel Ice Palace Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Jakob Holzer	Goalies	Máté Garbacz	Referee: Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau David Obwegeser
	Rossi (Feldner) – 07:00 1–0 1–1 12:16 – Vértes Feldner (Witting, Rossi) – 13:15 2–1 Baumgartner (Harnisch, Maier) – 27:30 3–1 Rossi (Pilloni, Maier) – 29:36 4–1 4–2 39:02 – Fejes (Kiss, Horváth) (PP) Feldner (Rossi, Witting) – 57:21 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	35

16 December 2017 18:00

France

1–6 (0–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Kazakhstan

Courchevel Arena Attendance: 1010

Game reference
	Julian Junca	Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referee: Scott Ferguson Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Mariusz Smura
	0–1 05:49 – Say. Daniyar (Muratov, Orekhov) (PP) 0–2 27:29 – Melikhov (PS) 0–3 31:33 – Nazarenko (Gatiyatov, Orekhov) (PP) Munoz (Boudon) (PP) – 34:58 1–3 1–4 55:10 – Gusseinov (Melikhov) (PP2) 1–5 57:56 – Beketayev (Say. Daniyar, Orekhov) (PP2) 1–6 59:44 – Nazarenko (PP)
	96 min	Penalties	51 min
	29	Shots	44

Statistics

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Artur Gatiyatov	Kazakhstan	5	4	3	7	+5	0
2	Valeri Orekhov	Kazakhstan	5	1	6	7	–3	2
3	Nikita Nazarenko	Kazakhstan	5	4	2	6	+2	4
4	Tobias Eder	Germany	5	2	4	6	+4	4
5	Emīls Ģēģeris	Latvia	5	3	2	5	+3	12
5	Charlie Jahnke	Germany	5	3	2	5	+3	2
5	Marco Rossi	Austria	5	3	2	5	+3	8
8	Adil Beketayev	Kazakhstan	5	2	3	5	+3	2
8	Leon Gawanke	Germany	5	2	3	5	+5	2
8	Deniss Smirnovs	Latvia	5	2	3	5	+3	6

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Gustavs Grigals	Latvia	304:30	5	96.00	0.99	2
2	Mirko Pantkowski	Germany	302:07	7	95.33	1.39	1
3	Julian Junca	France	173:01	8	92.59	2.77	0
4	Denis Karatayev	Kazakhstan	193:46	8	92.58	2.48	0
5	Jakob Holzer	Austria	240:00	17	89.17	4.25	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Mirko Pantkowski
• Defenceman: Pauls Svars
• Forward: Artur Gatiyatov

Division I B

2018 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
City	Bled
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–15 December 2017
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	84 (5.6 per game)
Attendance	4,040 (269 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Alan Łyszczarczyk (15 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 9 to 15 December 2017.^[3][4]

As a result of the tournament, Norway were promoted to Division I A and Lithuania were relegated to Division II A for 2019.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Norway	placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
Poland	placed 2nd in Division I B last year
Slovenia	hosts; placed 3rd in Division I B last year
Italy	placed 4th in Division I B last year
Ukraine	placed 5th in Division I B last year
Lithuania	placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Norway	5	3	2	0	0	18	5	+13	13	Promoted to the 2019 Division I A
2	Poland	5	3	1	1	0	23	14	+9	12
3	Slovenia (H)	5	3	0	1	1	18	15	+3	10
4	Ukraine	5	1	1	1	2	9	11	−2	6
5	Italy	5	0	1	0	4	9	23	−14	2[a]
6	Lithuania	5	0	0	2	3	7	16	−9	2[a]	Relegated to the 2019 Division II A

Match results

All times are local (UTC+1).

9 December 2017 13:00

Italy

4–9 (1–1, 2–6, 1–2)

Poland

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 152

Game reference
	Robin Quagliato	Goalies	Kamil Lewartowski	Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Gregor Režek
	Leitner (Gasser, Fink) (PP) – 11:05 1–0 1–1 15:45 – Łyszczarczyk (Jeziorski) 1–2 22:41 – Jeziorski (Łyszczarczyk) 1–3 27:00 – Bernacki (Zygmunt, Mi. Rybak) 1–4 27:47 – Jeziorski (Łyszczarczyk, Paś) Kasslatter (Reffo) – 28:29 2–4 Gasser (Spinell, Gios) (PP) – 31:13 3–4 3–5 31:54 – Paś (Łyszczarczyk) (SH) 3–6 33:29 – Łyszczarczyk (Michałowski) 3–7 36:45 – Sołtys (Pelaczyk, Jarosz) 3–8 49:54 – Radzieńciak (Paś, Skokan) (PP2) Fink (Gasser, Leitner) (PP) – 52:38 4–8 4–9 54:18 – Bernacki (Zygmunt, Łyszczarczyk) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	34	Shots	44

9 December 2017 16:30

Ukraine

1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Slovenia

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 523

Game reference
	Bogdan Dyachenko	Goalies	Žiga Kogovšek	Referee: Andre Schrader Linesmen: Jonas Merten Maximilian Verworner
	0–1 21:12 – Drozg (Urukalo, Šturm) 0–2 26:55 – Drozg (Jugovic, Šturm) (PP) Sherbakov (Peresunko) (PP) – 37:19 1–2 1–3 40:27 – Sodja (Kapel)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	39

9 December 2017 20:00

Lithuania

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Norway

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 157

Game reference
	Elvinas Karla Laurynas Lubys	Goalies	Jørgen Hanneborg	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Daniel Persson Vladimir Suslov
	0–1 12:02 – Karlsen (Nielsen) 0–2 24:31 – Noer (Meisingset) 0–3 29:40 – Vikingstad (Nielsen) Kaleinikovas (Misiuk) (SH) – 52:13 1–3 1–4 57:09 – Edvardsen (ENG)
	37 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	40

10 December 2017 13:00

Norway

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Italy

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 106

Game reference
	Jonas Wikstøl	Goalies	Hannes Stoll	Referee: Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Anže Bergant Maximilian Verworner
	Noer (Kjellesvik) – 04:32 1–0 Ellingsen (Noer, Karlsen) – 15:05 2–0 Grøsvik (Solem) – 39:35 3–0 Ellingsen (Karlsen, Noer) – 40:59 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	44	Shots	21

10 December 2017 16:30

Slovenia

4–3 (1–0, 3–1, 0–2)

Lithuania

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 497

Game reference
	Žiga Kogovšek	Goalies	Elvinas Karla Laurynas Lubys	Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Jonas Merten
	Sodja (Brun Rauh, Svetina) (PP) – 16:36 1–0 1–1 24:07 – Kaleinikovas Drozg (Kujavec, Brus) – 29:48 2–1 Šturm (Drozg, Sever) (PP) – 33:03 3–1 Svetina (Brun Rauh, Kapel) (PP) – 38:18 4–1 4–2 46:15 – Washco (Bogdziul, Mukovoz) (PP) 4–3 58:42 – Ragas (Bogdziul, Žukauskas) (EA)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	10

10 December 2017 20:00

Poland

3–2 (0–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Ukraine

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Kamil Lewartowski	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Gregor Režek Vladimir Suslov
	0–1 01:13 – Sherbakov (Ordynsky, Horlushko) (PP) Łyszczarczyk (Paś, Jeziorski) – 20:48 1–1 Sołtys (Jarosz, Michałowski) – 29:06 2–1 Jeziorski (Radzieńciak) – 31:28 3–1 3–2 36:17 – Mazur (Horlushko) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	22

12 December 2017 13:00

Norway

2–1 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 3–1)

Ukraine

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 113

Game reference
	Jørgen Hanneborg	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Anže Bergant Lukáš Kacej
	0–1 44:12 – Kovalenko (Deniskin, Mostovy) (PP) Karlsen (Kjellesvik, Noer) (PP) – 52:18 1–1
	Grøsvik Hermansen Noer Ellingsen Karlsen	Shootout	Mostovy Peresunko Deniskin Mazur
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	44	Shots	26

12 December 2017 16:30

Poland

5–4 GWS (0–1, 4–2, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Slovenia

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 652

Game reference
	Kamil Lewartowski	Goalies	Žiga Kogovšek	Referee: Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Daniel Persson Maximillian Verworner
	0–1 12:36 – Sever (Šturm, Drozg) (PP) Łyszczarczyk (Jeziorski, Bizacki) (PP) – 25:49 1–1 1–2 26:47 – Svetina (Kapel, Sodja) Łyszczarczyk (Jeziorski, Bizacki) – 27:51 2–2 Paś (Jeziorski, Łyszczarczyk) – 34:20 3–2 3–3 37:39 – Kapel (Sodja, Svetina) Jeziorski (Paś, Łyszczarczyk) – 39:59 4–3 4–4 40:56 – Šturm (Klofutar, Drozg)
	Jeziorski Łyszczarczyk Paś Sołtys	Shootout	Drozg Tislar Svetina Sodja
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	34

12 December 2017 20:00

Lithuania

1–2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Italy

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 108

Game reference
	Laurynas Lubys	Goalies	Robin Quagliato	Referee: Andre Schrader Linesmen: Jonas Merten Gregor Rezek
	Kaleinikovas (Gusevas) – 22:55 1–0 1–1 51:23 – Kosmac (Galassiti, Berger) (PP) 1–2 62:54 – Berger (Gios, Kosmac) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	35

13 December 2017 13:00

Poland

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Lithuania

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Kamil Lewartowski	Goalies	Elvinas Karla Laurynas Lubys	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Jonas Merten Vladimir Suslov
	Bernacki (Wysocki, Jeziorski) – 11:45 1–0 Bernacki (Zygmunt, Michałowski) (SH) – 22:43 2–0 2–1 24:52 – Kaleinikovas (Mukovoz) Łyszczarczyk (Bizacki) (PP) – 31:01 3–1 Łyszczarczyk (Paś, Skokan) (ENG) – 57:31 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	16

13 December 2017 16:30

Slovenia

1–5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Norway

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 747

Game reference
	Žiga Kogovšek Uroš Plavc	Goalies	Jonas Wikstøl	Referee: Andre Schrader Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Daniel Persson
	0–1 07:56 – Homdrom (Dahl, Edvardsen) 0–2 20:30 – Kjellesvik (Noer, Ellingsen) Kujavec (Svetina) – 36:10 1–2 1–3 36:42 – Ellingsen (Noer, Karlsen) 1–4 44:54 – Noer (Harbosen) 1–5 55:49 – Meisingset (Hermansen, Mathisen) (PP2)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	14	Shots	33

13 December 2017 20:00

Italy

2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Ukraine

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Robin Quagliato	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Anže Bergant Maximilian Verworner
	0–1 02:15 – Peresunko (Mostovy) 0–2 19:17 – Kozachuk (Grigoryev, Sherbakov) (EA) Berger (Galassiti, Kosmac) – 25:08 1–2 1–3 37:33 – Danylenko (Grigoryev, Krivoshapkin) Fink (Deluca, Pechlaner) – 44:46 2–3
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	25

15 December 2017 13:00

Ukraine

2–1 GWS (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Lithuania

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 116

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	Bogdan Dyachenko	Goalies	Laurynas Lubys	Referee: Andre Schrader Linesmen: Anže Bergant Daniel Persson
	Mostovy (Deniskin, Kovalenko) (PP) – 28:19 1–0 1–1 35:30 – Bučys (Gusevas, Kudrevičius) (PP)
	Stupak Peresunko Ordynsky Deniskin	Shootout	Kaleinikovas Bučys Krukovski Bogdziul
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	24

15 December 2017 16:30

Slovenia

6–1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Italy

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 412

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	Žiga Kogovšek	Goalies	Hannes Stoll	Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Vladimir Suslov Maximilian Verworner
	Tislar (Tavčar, Brglez) – 16:09 1–0 Ban (Drozg, Šturm) (PP) – 18:14 2–0 Svetina (Sodja, Kapel) – 38:17 3–0 3–1 44:57 – Kasslatter (Gasser, Deluca) Drozg (Šturm, Brun Rauh) – 46:08 4–1 Drozg (Brus, Kujavec) – 57:23 5–1 Kapel (Kujavec, Svetina) – 59:53 6–1
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	32

15 December 2017 20:00

Norway

3–2 GWS (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Poland

Ice Hall Bled Attendance: 153

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	Jørgen Hanneborg	Goalies	Kamil Lewartowski	Referee: Sean Macfarlane Linesmen: Lukas Kacej Gregor Rezek
	Vold (Solem, Harbosen) – 25:33 1–0 Karlsen (Noer, Nielsen) – 26:37 2–0 2–1 36:59 – Jarosz (Jeziorski, Łyszczarczyk) 2–2 59:53 – Łyszczarczyk (Jeziorski, Zygmunt) (PP,EA)
	Grøsvik Ellingsen Marthinsen Noer	Shootout	Jeziorski Łyszczarczyk Paś Radzieńciak
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	27

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Alan Łyszczarczyk	Poland	5	8	7	15	+8	6
2	Bartłomiej Jeziorski	Poland	5	5	7	12	+7	2
3	Jacob Noer	Norway	5	4	6	10	+8	0
4	Jan Drozg	Slovenia	5	5	4	9	+3	10
5	Erik Svetina	Slovenia	5	3	4	7	+4	0
6	Dominik Paś	Poland	5	2	5	7	+6	4
6	Jaka Sturm	Slovenia	5	2	5	7	0	0
8	Christoffer Karlsen	Norway	5	3	3	6	+8	2
9	Rok Kapel	Slovenia	5	2	4	6	+2	0
10	Martin Ellingsen	Norway	5	4	1	5	+7	6

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Laurynas Lubys	Lithuania	185:27	4	95.29	1.29	0
2	Jørgen Hanneborg	Norway	190:00	4	94.44	1.26	0
3	Bogdan Dyachenko	Ukraine	309:35	11	93.71	2.13	0
4	Kamil Lewartowski	Poland	308:27	14	89.55	2.72	0
5	Žiga Kogovšek	Slovenia	303:30	15	89.05	2.97	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Bogdan Dyachenko
• Defenceman: Nejc Stojan
• Forward: Alan Łyszczarczyk

References

External links

• Official website of IIHF

This page was last edited on 11 March 2024, at 21:21