2014 IIHF World U18 Championships

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]

2014 IIHF U18 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Dates17 – 27 April 2014
Teams10
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  United States (8th title)
Runner-up  Czech Republic
Third place  Canada
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s) William Nylander
(16 points)
2013
2015

Top Division

Officials

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

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 Time – UTC+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 Time – UTC+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
  • Denmark is relegated to next year's Division I A; the third game was not played because the result of the relegation series had been decided.

Knockout stage

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

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
William Nylander761016+80
Axel Holmström73811+84
Jakub Vrána78210+34
Jack Eichel75510+62
Sonny Milano73710+64
Kevin Fiala5459+48
Kirill Pilipenko552700
Auston Matthews7527+74
Kyle Connor7437+80
Denis Malgin5347+42

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
Mason McDonald371:17171121.9492.980
Gauthier Descloux238:2810192.2691.090
Adam Húska159:528483.0090.480
Alex Nedeljkovic359:05112111.8490.181
Maxim Tretiak183:558082.6190.000

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

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

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