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2015 IIHF World U18 Championships

2015 IIHF World U18 Championships

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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.[1][2]

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Top Division

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following:[3]

Referees

  • France Jimmy Bergamelli
  • Sweden Andreas Harnebring
  • Canada Brett Iverson
  • Switzerland Andreas Koch
  • Finland Petri Lindqvist
  • Slovakia Robert Mullner
  • Russia Yuri Oskirko
  • Czech Republic Vladimír Pešina
  • United States Christopher Pitoscia
  • Germany Marian Rohatsch
  • Austria Ladislav Smetana
  • Norway Per Gustav Solem

Linesmen

  • Germany Markku Buese
  • Switzerland Franco Espinoza
  • Czech Republic Jiří Gebauer
  • Slovakia Martin Korba
  • Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
  • United States Brian Oliver
  • Russia Alexander Otmakhov
  • Canada Nicolas Piche
  • Finland Hannu Sormunen
  • Switzerland Michael Tscherrig

Preliminary round

Group A

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All times are local. (Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00)

16 April 2015
14:45
Sweden 1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)
 SlovakiaIce Center Lucerne
Attendance: 460
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16 April 2015
18:45
Russia 3–1
(0–1, 2–0, 1–0)
 United StatesIce Center Lucerne
Attendance: 925
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17 April 2015
14:45
Slovakia 0–10
(0–4, 0–6, 0–0)
 United StatesIce Center Lucerne
Attendance: 290
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17 April 2015
18:45
Russia 6–0
(2–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 GermanyIce Center Lucerne
Attendance: 362
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18 April 2015
17:00
Germany 1–7
(0–1, 0–5, 1–1)
 SwedenIce Center Lucerne
Attendance: 532
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19 April 2015
13:00
Slovakia 2–4
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1)
 RussiaIce Center Lucerne
Attendance: 660
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19 April 2015
17:00
United States 6–4
(1–1, 2–2, 3–1)
 SwedenIce Center Lucerne
Attendance: 1,222
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20 April 2015
18:45
Germany 3–4 GWS
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)
(OT (0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 SlovakiaIce Center Lucerne
Attendance: 332
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21 April 2015
14:45
United States 13–1
(4–0, 5–1, 3–0)
 GermanyIce Center Lucerne
Attendance: 317
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21 April 2015
18:45
Sweden 4–7
(2–1, 1–2, 1–3)
 RussiaIce Center Lucerne
Attendance: 732
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Group B

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All times are local. (Central European Summer TimeUTC+02:00)

16 April 2015
15:45
Canada 11–6
(2–3, 6–0, 3–3)
 LatviaBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 170
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16 April 2015
19:45
Finland 6–1
(1–1, 3–0, 2–0)
 Czech RepublicBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 315
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17 April 2015
15:45
Latvia 1–4
(0–1, 1–1, 0–2)
 Czech RepublicBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 721
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17 April 2015
19:45
Finland 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
  SwitzerlandBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 3,370
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18 April 2015
18:45
Switzerland 1–4
(0–1, 1–2, 0–1)
 CanadaBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 5,277
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19 April 2015
14:45
Latvia 1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)
 FinlandBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 363
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19 April 2015
18:45
Czech Republic 2–3
(1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
 CanadaBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 749
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20 April 2015
19:45
Switzerland 3–2 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 1–0)
 LatviaBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 2,561
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21 April 2015
15:45
Canada 3–2
(0–2, 3–0, 0–0)
 FinlandBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 1133
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21 April 2015
19:45
Czech Republic 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
  SwitzerlandBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 2,468
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Relegation round

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

23 April 2015
12:15
Latvia 5–3
(3–1, 1–0, 1–2)
 GermanyBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 276
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24 April 2015
18:00
Germany 3–5
(1–0, 1–2, 1–3)
 LatviaIce Center Lucerne, Lucerne
Attendance: 387
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  • 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 Gold Medal
         
A1  Russia 0
B4   Switzerland 5
B4   Switzerland 4
B2  Finland 5
B2  Finland 3
A3  Slovakia 0
A2  United States 2
B2  Finland 1
A2  United States 7
B3  Czech Republic 2
A2  United States 7 Bronze Medal
B1  Canada 2
B1  Canada 5 B1  Canada 5
A4  Sweden 3 B4   Switzerland 2

Quarterfinals

23 April 2015
14:45
United States 7–2
(4–0, 0–1, 3–1)
 Czech RepublicIce Center Lucerne, Lucerne
Attendance: 542
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23 April 2015
16:00
Canada 5–3
(3–1, 1–1, 1–1)
 SwedenBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 1,248
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23 April 2015
18:45
Finland 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
 SlovakiaIce Center Lucerne, Lucerne
Attendance: 469
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23 April 2015
20:00
Russia 0–5
(0–1, 0–2, 0–2)
  SwitzerlandBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 2,381
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Semifinals

25 April 2015
15:00
Canada 2–7
(0–0, 1–2, 1–5)
 United StatesBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 4,170
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25 April 2015
19:00
Finland 5–4 OT
(2–2 0–0, 2–2)
(OT 1–0)
  SwitzerlandBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 7,015
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Bronze medal game

26 April 2015
15:00
Canada 5–2
(3–2, 2–0, 0–0)
  SwitzerlandBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 4,718
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Gold medal game

26 April 2015
19:00
United States 2–1 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT 1–0)
 FinlandBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 4,457
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Scoring leaders

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

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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.

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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

Most Valuable Player

All-star team

IIHF best player awards

References: ,

Final standings

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Relegated to the 2016 Division I A
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Division I

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Debrecen, Hungary, from 12 to 18 April 2015.[4]

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Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 12 to 18 April 2015.[5]

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Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 22 to 28 March 2015.[6]

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Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 16 to 22 March 2015.[7]

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Division III

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 22 to 28 March 2015.[8]

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Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Auckland, New Zealand, from 17 to 19 March 2015.[9]

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References

  1. "28 tournaments confirmed – 2014 WM – International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". iihfworlds2014.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. "22 Officials Named". IIHF.com. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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