2015 IIHF World U18 Championships


The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 17th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland. The tournament began on 16 April 2015, with the gold medal game played on 26 April 2015.

Top Division

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship.

They were the following:
Referees
  • Jimmy Bergamelli
  • Andreas Harnebring
  • Brett Iverson
  • Andreas Koch
  • Petri Lindqvist
  • Robert Mullner
  • Yuri Oskirko
  • Vladimír Pešina
  • Christopher Pitoscia
  • Marian Rohatsch
  • Ladislav Smetana
  • Per Gustav Solem
Linesmen
  • Markku Buese
  • Franco Espinoza
  • Jiří Gebauer
  • Martin Korba
  • Ludvig Lundgren
  • Brian Oliver
  • Alexander Otmakhov
  • Nicolas Piche
  • Hannu Sormunen
  • Michael Tscherrig

    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.
  • ''Germany 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

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
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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.
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Tournament awards

Most Valuable Player
All-star team
IIHF best player awards
  • Goaltender: Ilya Samsonov
  • Defenceman: Vili Saarijärvi
  • Forward: Auston Matthews
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Final standings

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

Division I

Group A

The Division I A tournament was played in Debrecen, Hungary, from 12 to 18 April 2015.

Group B

The Division I B tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 12 to 18 April 2015.

Division II

Group A

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 22 to 28 March 2015.

Group B

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 16 to 22 March 2015.

Division III

Group A

The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 22 to 28 March 2015.

Group B

The Division III B tournament was played in Auckland, New Zealand, from 17 to 19 March 2015.