2024 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 25th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. These tournaments served as qualifications for the 2025 competition.
Top Division
The Top Division tournament was played in Espoo and Vantaa, Finland, from 25 April to 5 May 2024.Preliminary round
''All times are local ''Group A
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Playoff round
Winning teams in the quarterfinals will be reseeded according to their ranking:- higher position in the group
- higher number of points
- better goal difference
- higher number of goals scored for
- better seeding coming into the tournament.
| Rank | Team | Group | Pos | Pts | GD | GF | Seed |
| 1 | A | 1 | 12 | +26 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2 | B | 1 | 12 | +24 | 31 | 3 | |
| 3 | A | 2 | 9 | +8 | 18 | 5 | |
| 4 | B | 2 | 6 | −3 | 9 | 7 | |
| 5 | B | 3 | 6 | +3 | 15 | 2 | |
| 6 | A | 3 | 3 | −5 | 14 | 4 | |
| 7 | B | 4 | 4 | −8 | 8 | 6 | |
| 8 | A | 4 | 3 | −8 | 10 | 8 |
Bracket
Semifinals
----Awards and statistics
Awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- *Best Goaltender: Carter George
- *Best Defenceman: Cole Hutson
- *Best Forward: James Hagens
- Media All-Stars:
- *MVP: James Hagens
- *Goaltender: Carter George
- *Defencemen: Luka Radivojevic / Cole Hutson
- *Forwards: James Hagens / Gavin McKenna / Porter Martone
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:
Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Nicholas Kempf | 318:09 | 10 | 1.89 | 123 | 91.87 | 2 | |
| 2 | Carter George | 360:00 | 14 | 2.33 | 164 | 91.46 | 2 | |
| 3 | Love Härenstam | 424:47 | 16 | 2.26 | 178 | 91.01 | 1 | |
| 4 | Mikus Vecvanags | 187:32 | 12 | 3.84 | 113 | 89.38 | 0 | |
| 5 | Jakub Milota | 255:28 | 13 | 3.05 | 110 | 88.18 | 1 |
TOI = Time on ice ; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
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