2005 IIHF World U18 Championships

2005 IIHF World U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Czech Republic
Dates April 14 – April 24, 2005
Teams 10
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 180 (5.81 per match)
Attendance 71,936 (2,321 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Phil Kessel (16 points)

The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in České Budějovice and Plzeň, Czech Republic. The championships began on April 14, 2005 and finished on April 24, 2005. Games were played at Budvar Arena in České Budějovice and ČEZ Aréna in Plzeň. The United States of America defeated Canada 5-1 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the Sweden defeated Czech Republic 4-2 to capture the bronze medal.

Contents

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Canada 4 3 1 0 24 7 6
 Sweden 4 3 1 0 9 6 6
 Russia 4 3 1 0 19 12 6
 Germany 4 1 3 0 10 18 2
 Denmark 4 0 4 0 4 23 0

Group B

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 United States 4 4 0 0 17 5 8
 Czech Republic 4 3 1 0 16 6 6
 Slovakia 4 2 2 0 6 9 4
 Finland 4 1 3 0 6 13 2
 Switzerland 4 0 4 0 4 16 0

Relegation round

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Finland 3 3 0 0 10 5 6
 Germany 3 2 1 0 7 5 4
 Switzerland 3 1 2 0 5 7 2
 Denmark 3 0 3 0 5 10 0

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

Final round

  Quarter finals     Semi finals     Final
                           
      B1   United States 6  
  A2   Sweden 5     QF1   Sweden 2    
  B3   Slovakia 3         SF1   United States 5
      SF2   Canada 1
      A1   Canada 3    
  B2   Czech Republic 5     QF2   Czech Republic 2  
  A3   Russia 1  

Final standings

Rk. Team
 United States
 Canada
 Sweden
4  Czech Republic
5  Russia
6  Slovakia
7  Finland
8  Germany
9  Switzerland
10  Denmark

 Switzerland and  Denmark are relegated to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts PIM
Phil Kessel  United States 6 9 7 16 2
Nathan Gerbe  United States 6 4 4 8 14
Ilya Zubov  Russia 6 3 5 8 6
Alexey Sopin  Russia 6 6 1 7 2
Peter Mueller  United States 6 4 3 7 20
Vyacheslav Buravchikov  Russia 6 3 4 7 4
Juraj Mikus  Slovakia 6 0 7 7 12
Martin Hanzal  Czech Republic 7 4 3 7 10
Nicklas Bergfors  Sweden 7 6 0 6 0
Devin Setoguchi  Canada 6 4 2 6 6
David Kveton  Czech Republic 7 4 2 6 4
Tomáš Káňa  Czech Republic 7 2 4 6 8

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
Pier-Olivier Pelletier  Canada 120:00 2 .959 1.00 0
Jeff Frazee  United States 360:00 8 .959 1.33 1
Jhonas Enroth  Sweden 141:08 4 .942 1.70 0
Ondřej Pavelec  Czech Republic 380:51 13 .932 2.05 1
Juha Toivonen  Finland 79:59 3 .875 2.25 0

Division I

Group A in Maribor, Slovenia

Teams BLR SLO KAZ FRA AUT GBR Tore Pkt.
1. Belarus 5:3 3:2 2:3 8:2 5:0+ 23:10 8:2
2. Slovenia 3:5 5:3 4:1 3:4 7:1 22:14 6:4
3. Kazakhstan 2:3 3:5 4:1 6:3 4:2 19:14 6:4
4. France 3:2 1:4 1:4 4:1 2:3 11:14 4:6
5. Austria 2:8 4:3 3:6 1:4 5:4 15:25 4:6
6. Great Britain 0:5+ 1:7 2:4 3:2 4:5 10:23 2:8

Group B in Sosnowiec, Poland

Teams NOR LAT UKR POL JPN ITA Tore Pkt.
1. Norway 2:1 1:5 7:0 5:2 3:2 18:10 8:2
2. Latvia 1:2 3:2 2:3 3:2 5:4 14:13 6:4
3. Ukraine 5:1 2:3 4:3 1:2 4:3 16:12 6:4
4. Poland 0:7 3:2 3:4 6:4 3:3 15:20 5:5
5. Japan 2:5 2:3 2:1 4:6 2:2 12:17 3:7
6. Italy 2:3 4:5 3:4 3:3 2:2 14:17 2:8

Division II

Group A in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia

Teams KOR EST NED ESP SCG RSA Tore Pkt.
1. South Korea 7:2 11:2 8:1 3:2 22:0 51:7 10:0
2. Estonia 2:7 3:2 6:3 3:2 11:3 25:17 8:2
3. Netherlands 2:11 2:3 7:0 8:0 11:1 30:15 6:4
4. Spain 1:8 3:6 0:7 6:5 6:4 16:30 4:6
5. Serbia-Montenegro 2:3 2:3 0:8 5:6 12:0 21:20 2:8
6. South Africa 0:22 3:11 1:11 4:6 0:12 8:62 0:10

Group B in Bucharest, Romania

Teams HUN LTU CRO MEX ISL ROM Tore Pkt.
1. Hungary 8:3 5:1 13:0 7:2 7:2 40:8 10:0
2. Lithuania 3:8 8:3 5:3 7:2 8:3 31:19 8:2
3. Croatia 1:5 3:8 5:1 6:2 2:2 17:18 5:5
4. Mexico 0:13 3:5 1:5 8:3 3:0 15:26 4:6
5. Iceland 2:7 2:7 2:6 3:8 10:1 19:29 2:8
6. Romania 2:7 3:8 2:2 0:3 1:10 8:30 1:9

Division III Qualification

Teams TUR BIH ARM Tore Pkt.
1. Turkey 6:3 15:1 21:4 4:0
2. Bosnia Herzegovina 3:6 12:3 15:9 2:2
3. Armenia 1:15 3:12 4:27 0:4

Division III

In Sofia, Bulgaria

Teams AUS BEL ISR NZL TUR BUL Tore Pkt.
1. Australia 4:1 7:2 4:1 18:0 13:2 46:6 10:0
2. Belgium 1:4 5:2 6:1 11:0 11:1 34:8 8:2
3. Israel 2:7 2:5 7:2 9:0 16:1 36:15 6:4
4. New Zealand 1:4 1:6 2:7 11:0 7:0 22:17 4:6
5. Turkey 0:18 0:11 0:9 0:11 6:2 6:51 2:8
6. Bulgaria 2:13 1:11 1:16 0:7 2:6 6:53 0:10

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

External links

Preceded by
2004 World U18
IIHF World U18 Championships
2005
Succeeded by
2006 World U18