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.

Top Division

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship.

They were the following:
Referees
Linesmen
  • Jordan Browne
  • René Jensen
  • Gleb Lazarev
  • Miroslav Lhotský
  • Andreas Malmqvist
  • Dana Penkivech
  • Jani Pesonen
  • Nikolaj Ponomarjow
  • Alexander Waldejer
  • Sotaro Yamaguchi

Preliminary round

Group A

''All times are local. ''

Group B

''All times are local. ''

Relegation round

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

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIM

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.
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Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Best Defenseman:
  • Best Forward:
Source:

Final standings

Team
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th

Division I

Group A

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

Group B

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

Division II

Group A

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

Group B

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

Division III

Group A

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

Group B

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