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2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

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The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 19th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted by Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia.[1] The tournament was played from 13 to 23 April 2017. Finland entered the tournament as the defending champions and once again advanced to the final, but this time they lost to the United States.

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Top Division

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

Preliminary round

The four best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals, while the last placed team from both groups plays a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team.[2]

Group A

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Source: IIHF
13 April 2017
15:30
Latvia 1–4
(1–1, 0–2, 0–1)
 CanadaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 1,435
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13 April 2017
19:30
Slovakia 4–5
(0–1, 4–3, 0–1)
 FinlandPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 3,935
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14 April 2017
19:30
Switzerland 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 LatviaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 1,210
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15 April 2017
15:30
Finland 5–1
(2–0, 2–0, 1–1)
  SwitzerlandPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 1,962
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15 April 2017
19:30
Canada 4–3 OT
(3–1, 0–1, 0–1)
OT: (1–0)
 SlovakiaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 4,318
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16 April 2017
19:30
Latvia 2–7
(1–2, 1–3, 0–2)
 FinlandPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 1,116
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17 April 2017
15:30
Canada 7–3
(2–0, 1–2, 4–1)
  SwitzerlandPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 1,562
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17 April 2017
19:30
Slovakia 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 LatviaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 4,496
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18 April 2017
15:30
Finland 6–3
(1–1, 3–1, 2–1)
 CanadaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 2,201
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18 April 2017
19:30
Switzerland 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
 SlovakiaPoprad Ice Stadium, Poprad
Attendance: 4,496
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Group B

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Source: IIHF
13 April 2017
15:30
Belarus 0–7
(0–0, 0–5, 0–2)
 United StatesSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 567
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13 April 2017
19:30
Russia 3–1
(0–1, 0–0, 3–0)
 SwedenSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,350
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14 April 2017
19:30
Czech Republic 7–4
(2–1, 4–1, 1–2)
 BelarusSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,231
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15 April 2017
15:30
United States 5–4
(0–1, 3–0, 2–3)
 RussiaSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 3,503
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15 April 2017
19:30
Sweden 3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 Czech RepublicSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 3,126
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16 April 2017
19:30
Belarus 2–3
(1–2, 1–0, 0–1)
 SwedenSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 1,503
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17 April 2017
15:30
United States 5–2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0)
 Czech RepublicSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 3,856
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17 April 2017
19:30
Russia 4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)
 BelarusSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 1,123
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18 April 2017
15:30
Sweden 1–5
(0–2, 1–1, 0–2)
 United StatesSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,354
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18 April 2017
19:30
Czech Republic 4–5 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 2–2)
OT: (0–1)
 RussiaSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,764
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Relegation round

20 April 2017
11:30
Belarus 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 LatviaSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 356
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21 April 2017
17:30
Latvia 3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 BelarusSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 309
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23 April 2017
13:30
Belarus 3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)
 LatviaSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 131
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  • Latvia is relegated to the 2018 Division I A.

Playoff round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1A  Finland 6
4B  Czech Republic 5
1A  Finland 2
2B  Russia 1
2B  Russia 3
3A  Slovakia 2
1A  Finland 2
1B  United States 4
1B  United States 4
4A   Switzerland 2
1B  United States 4 Bronze medal game
3B  Sweden 3
2A  Canada 3 2B  Russia 3
3B  Sweden 7 3B  Sweden 0

Quarterfinals

20 April 2017
13:30
Finland 6–5 OT
(4–1, 1–3, 0–1)
OT: (1–0)
 Czech RepublicPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 1,194
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20 April 2017
15:30
Canada 3–7
(0–1, 2–3, 1–3)
 SwedenSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,259
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20 April 2017
17:30
Russia 3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–2, 1–0)
OT: (1–0)
 SlovakiaPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 4,496
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20 April 2017
19:30
United States 4–2
(1–0, 1–2, 2–0)
  SwitzerlandSpiš Aréna, Spišská Nová Ves
Attendance: 2,342
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Semifinals

22 April 2017
15:30
Finland 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
OT: (1–0)
 RussiaPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 2,936
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22 April 2017
19:30
United States 4–3 OT
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)
OT: (1–0)
 SwedenPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 2,732
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Bronze medal game

23 April 2017
15:30
Russia 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 SwedenPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 2,923
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Final

23 April 2017
19:30
United States 4–2
(2–0, 2–1, 0–1)
 FinlandPoprad Ice Stadium Poprad
Attendance: 3,904
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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

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

Source: IIHF.com

Final standings

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