2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Hungary  Slovenia
Dates	12 – 18 April 2015
Teams	12
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The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Debrecen, Hungary, from 12 to 18 April 2015.^[1]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Denmark	Placed 10th in 2014 Top Division and were relegated
Norway	Placed 2nd in 2014 Division I A
Kazakhstan	Placed 3rd in 2014 Division I A
Belarus	Placed 4th in 2014 Division I A
France	Placed 5th in 2014 Division I A
Hungary	Hosts, placed 1st in 2014 Division I B and were promoted

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	4	1	0	0	28	8	+20	14
Belarus	5	3	1	1	0	19	11	+8	12
France	5	2	1	0	2	16	13	+3	8
Norway	5	2	0	2	1	14	12	+2	8
Kazakhstan	5	1	0	0	4	15	28	−13	3
Hungary	5	0	0	0	5	11	31	−20	0

Results

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

12 April 2015 13:00

Belarus

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) OT:(1–0)

Norway

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Alexander Osipkov	Goalies	Jakob Opsahl	Referee: Pizemyslav Kepa Linesmen: Yakow Paley Botond Palkovi
	0–1 05:35 – Krogdahl (Ronnild, Christensen) 0–2 32:44 – Gulliksen (Paulsen) (PP) Buinitski (Alexei Patsenkin, Alexa. Patsenkin) (PP) – 38:33 1–2 Gavrilenko (Vorobei, Buinitski) (PP) – 43:49 2–2 Vorobei (Alexei Patsenkin, Shikut) (PP) – 61:12 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	20

12 April 2015 16:30

Hungary

1–9 (1–3, 0–4, 0–2)

Denmark

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 560

Game reference
	Gergely Bors	Goalies	Lasse Petersen	Referee: Juris Balodis Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Kriss Kupcus
	0–1 01:13 – Boysen (O. Nielsen, D. Nielsen) 0–2 09:26 – Ladehoff (Weichel) (PP) 0–3 12:49 – True (Ladehoff, Korsgaard) Gaspar (Sagi, Simotics) (PP) 1–3 1–4 22:44 – Christensen (Brinkmann, Mieritz) 1–5 32:52 – Brinkmann (From, Christensen) 1–6 33:09 – D. Nielsen (Krag, Boysen) 1–7 39:37 – True (Weichel, Ladehoff) (PP) 1–8 52:46 – From (Brinkmann, M. Jensen) (PP) 1–9 56:56 – Korsgaard (K. Jensen, D. Nielsen)
	14 min	Penalties	26 min
	28	Shots	48

12 April 2015 20:00

France

7–1 (2–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Raphael Garnier	Goalies	Nikita Ustinovich	Referee: Tom Darnell Linesmen: Daniel Cohen Jonas Reimer
	Matima (Ville, Ritz) – 04:59 1–0 Colomban (SH) – 10:54 2–0 Matima (Ville) – 23:08 3–0 3–1 23:54 – Borovikov (Polokhov) Addamo (Coulaud) – 29:54 4–1 Addamo (Maia) – 36:39 5–1 Maia (Colomban) – 50:22 6–1 Addamo (Colomban, Maia) – 53:03 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	31 min
	43	Shots	26

13 April 2015 16:30

Norway

2–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) OT (0–1)

France

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 185

Game reference
	Jakob Opsahl	Goalies	Raphael Garnier	Referee: Daniel Gamper Linesmen: David Nothegger Jonas Reimer
	Ekberg (Marthinsen) – 04:29 1–0 1–1 29:28 – Couland (Fritz-Dreysse, Ville) (PP) Paulsen (Jorgensen, Gronstad) – 43:44 2–1 2–2 46:29 – Torres (Colomban) 2–3 62:41 – Maia
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	38

13 April 2015 20:00

Denmark

4–3 OT (1–1, 1–2, 1–0) OT (1–0)

Belarus

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen	Goalies	Vladislav Verbitski	Referee: Tom Darnell Linesmen: Daniel Cohen Yakov Paley
	Ladehoff – 07:01 1–0 1–1 13:15 – Alexei Patsenkin 1–2 30:02 – Shikut (Alexei Patsenkin, Buinitski) (PP) 1–3 36:22 – Alexa. Patsenkin (Alexei Patsenkin) (SH) Krag – 39:59 2–3 Ladehoff (M. Jensen) (PP) – 57:43 3–3 Krag – 60:25 4–3
	29 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	33

14 April 2015 16:30

Kazakhstan

6–5 (2–3, 1–1, 3–1)

Hungary

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 370

Game reference
	Alexander Kutko Nikita Ustinovich	Goalies	Bence Kiss	Referee: Przemyslav Kepa Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Yakov Paley
	0–1 07:15 – Horvath 0–2 08:08 – Torok (Garat, P. Kiss) (PP) Smolyakov (Pavlov, Kiselyov) – 10:36 1–2 Demyanov (Melikhov, Solodovnikov) – 13:10 2–2 2–3 15:23 – Szita (Gaspar, Z. Kiss) 2–4 29:39 – Z. Kiss (Simotics, Torok) Makeyev (Panyukov) – 29:53 3–4 Borisevich (Panyukov) (PP) – 45:54 4–4 Demyanov (Kiselyov, Smolyakov) – 47:06 5–4 Demyanov (EA) – 48:26 6–4 6–5 58:59 – Stipsicz (Torok) (EA)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	52	Shots	41

15 April 2015 13:00

Denmark

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

France

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 190

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen	Goalies	Raphael Garnier	Referee: Przemyslav Kepa Linesmen: David Nothegger Botond Palkovi
	Ladehoff (True, J. Roendbjerg) – 10:07 1–0 1–1 30:44 – Ville (Matima) Korsgaard (D. Nielsen, M. Roendbjerg) – 36:01 2–1 Brinkman (M. Roendbjerg) – 41:09 3–1 From (Mieritz) (ENG) – 59:01 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	19

15 April 2015 16:30

Hungary

2–7 (1–0, 2–4, 0–3)

Belarus

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 430

Game reference
	Gergely Bors	Goalies	Alexander Osipkov	Referee: Daniel Gamper Linesmen: Daniel Cohen Jonas Reimer
	Szita (Stipsicz, Gaspar) – 18:15 1–0 Garat (Szita, Gaspar) – 21:39 2–0 2–1 23:59 – Alexei Patsenkin (Buinitski) 2–2 23:59 – Gavrilenko (Borisov) 2–3 28:11 – Sushko (Buinitski, Alexei Patsenkin) (PP2) 2–4 31:49 – Alexa. Patsenkin (Shikut) 2–5 45:59 – Sushko (Shikut, Buinitski) (PP) 2–6 47:29 – Kutsyr 2–7 49:43 – Alexei Patsenkin (Sushko, Buinitski) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	21	Shots	47

15 April 2015 20:00

Norway

5–3 (1–1, 1–2, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Jakob Opsahl	Goalies	Christian Kaasastul	Referee: Tom Darnell Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Kriss Kupcus
	0–1 17:32 – Makeyev (Borisevich) Gronstad (Jorgensen, Marthinsen) – 17:58 1–1 1–2 24:05 – Panyukov 1–3 24:57 – Borisevich (Medvedev, Makeyev) Petter Gronstad (Gulliksen) (PP) – 38:12 2–3 Granholm (Johannessen, Marthinsen) – 41:48 3–3 Christensen (Ronnild, Karlsen) – 43:09 4–3 Marthinsen (Gronstad) – 50:52 5–3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	30

16 April 2015 16:30

Belarus

4–0 (3–0, 0–0, 1–0)

France

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 220

Game reference
	Alexander Osipkov	Goalies	Raphael Garnier Quentin Papillon	Referee: Juris Balodis Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Botond Palkovi
	Shikut (Sushko, Alexei Patsenkin) (PP2) – 02:54 1–0 Sharangovich (Borisov) (PP) – 03:58 2–0 Buinitski (Lukashevich) – 12:28 3–0 Farafontov (Buinitski, Shushko) (ENG) – 58:43 4–0
	24 min	Penalties	42 min
	25	Shots	30

17 April 2015 13:00

Kazakhstan

2–5 (0–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Denmark

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Nikita Ustinovich	Goalies	Lasse Petersen	Referee: Daniel Gamper Linesmen: Daniel Cohen David Nothegger
	0–1 02:41 – D. Nielsen (Korsgaard, Brinkman) 0–2 14:57 – From (M. Roendbjerg) 0–3 18:13 – Korsgaard (D. Nielsen) Borovikov (Aidash, Solodovnikov) – 25:41 1–3 1–4 29:58 – Christensen (Weichel, True) (PP) Panyukov (Tanimov) – 40:28 2–4 2–5 44:37 – From (D. Nielsen, K. Jensen) (PP)
	36 min	Penalties	16 min
	22	Shots	34

17 April 2015 16:30

Norway

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Hungary

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 270

Game reference
	Jakob Opsahl Jens Kristian Lillegrend	Goalies	Bence Kiss	Referee: Przemyslav Kepa Linesmen: Yakov Paley Jonas Reimer
	Gulliksen (Karlsen, Christensen) – 01:20 1–0 Granholm (Ellingsen, Noer) – 07:14 2–0 Gulliksen (Jorgensen, Gronstad) (PP) – 30:21 3–0 3–1 36:57 – Szita (Garat, Stipsicz) Gronstad (Ellingsen) (ENG) – 59:06 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	21

18 April 2015 13:00

Kazakhstan

3–6 (1–2, 1–2, 1–2)

Belarus

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Nikita Ustinovich	Goalies	Alexander Osipkov	Referee: Juris Balodis Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Botond Palkovi
	0–1 14:10 – Sharangovich (Gavrilenko, Alexei Patsenkin) Demyanov (Dzhangazinov, Parkhomenko) – 15:15 1–1 1–2 19:23 – Sharangovich (Sushko, Borisov) 1–3 20:36 – Gavrilenko (Sharangovich) 1–4 23:53 – Astankov (Sharangovich) Melikhov (Borisevich) – 28:28 2–4 2–5 40:51 – Buinitski (Astankov) (PP) Dzhangazinov – 49:02 3–5 3–6 58:02 – Sharangovich (ENG)
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	47

18 April 2015 16:25

France

5–2 (2–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Hungary

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 380

Game reference
	Quentin Papillon	Goalies	Gergely Bors	Referee: Tom Darnell Linesmen: Daniel Cohen Artem Korepanov
	Bougro (Gleizes, Maia) – 04:32 1–0 Texier (Guebey, Couvat) – 12:19 2–0 Ville (Colomban, Maia) (PP) – 24:59 3–0 Gleizes (Bougro, Maia) – 26:19 4–0 4–1 33:31 – P. Kiss 4–2 39:34 – Nagy (P. Kiss, Stipsicz) (SH) Texier (Couvat, Fritz-Dreysse) – 55:06 5–2
	16 min	Penalties	45 min
	51	Shots	24

18 April 2015 20:00

Denmark

2–1 (0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Norway

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 280

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen	Goalies	Jakob Opsahl	Referee: Daniel Gamper Linesmen: David Nothegger Yakov Paley
	J. Roendbjerg (True, O. Nielsen) – 36:55 1–0 1–1 37:18 – Noer (Ellingsen, Johannessen) Krag (Korsgaard) – 56:11 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	24

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Alexei Patsenkin	Belarus	5	3	8	11	+4	0
2	Dmitri Buinitski	Belarus	5	3	7	10	+2	6
3	Tobias Ladehoff	Denmark	5	4	3	7	+4	6
4	Bastien Maia	France	5	2	5	7	0	10
4	Daniel Nielsen	Denmark	5	2	5	7	+5	0
6	Mathias From	Denmark	5	4	2	6	0	0
6	Yegor Sharangovich	Belarus	5	4	2	6	+2	0
8	Petter Gronstad	Norway	5	3	3	6	+1	4
8	Jeppe Korsgaard	Denmark	5	3	3	6	+8	2
10	Ilya Sushko	Belarus	5	2	4	6	+1	18

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Lasse Petersen	Denmark	300:25	8	1.60	93.65	0
2	Alexander Osipkov	Belarus	241:12	7	1.74	92.47	1
3	Jakob Opsahl	Norway	301:20	12	2.39	91.89	0
4	Raphael Garnier	France	194:16	9	2.78	91.43	0
5	Gergely Bors	Hungary	180:00	21	7.00	85.62	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Alexander Osipkov
• Defenceman: Andreas Marthinsen
• Forward: Mathias From

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 12 to 18 April 2015.^[2]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Italy	Placed 6th in 2014 Division I A and were relegated
Austria	Placed 2nd in 2014 Division I B
Slovenia	Hosts, placed 3rd in 2014 Division I B
Japan	Placed 4th in 2014 Division I B
Ukraine	Placed 5th in 2014 Division I B
Lithuania	Placed 1st in 2014 Division II A and were promoted

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	5	5	0	0	0	26	6	+20	15
Slovenia	5	3	0	1	1	27	21	+6	10
Japan	5	2	1	0	2	16	16	0	8
Ukraine	5	2	0	0	3	13	14	−1	6
Italy	5	1	0	0	4	16	24	−8	3
Lithuania	5	1	0	0	4	8	25	−17	3

Results

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

12 April 2015 13:00

Japan

1–5 (0–4, 0–0, 1–1)

Austria

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 347

Game reference
	Shotaro Kaneko	Goalies	Dominic Divis	Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Gaspar-Jaka Zganc Maarten van der Acker
	0–1 09:17 – Kromp (B. Wolf) 0–2 12:59 – Kromp (Poschmann, Nussbaumer) 0–3 16:34 – Haudum (Poschmann, Baltram) 0–4 17:58 – Haudum (B. Wolf, Winkler) (PP) Matsui – 42:23 1–4 1–5 46:07 – Kragl (Kromp, Baltram) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	30 min
	19	Shots	22

12 April 2015 16:30

Lithuania

2–3 (1–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Italy

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 339

Game reference
	Artur Pavliukov	Goalies	Hannes Treibenreif	Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Vasili Kaliada
	0–1 06:30 – Delueg (Dal Sasso) (PP) Laukaitis (Benilov) (EA) – 08:52 1–1 Bogdziul (Krakauskas) (PP) – 22:29 2–1 2–2 27:04 – de Luca (Bernard) (PP) 2–3 31:41 – Pitschieler (Bernard)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	16	Shots	35

12 April 2015 20:00

Ukraine

3–5 (0–3, 2–1, 1–1)

Slovenia

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 627

Game reference
	Yuri Krasnopolskiy Bogdan Dyachenko	Goalies	Mark Vlahovic	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Yann Furet Slawomir Szachniewicz
	0–1 06:15 – Jezovsek 0–2 07:35 – Jezovsek (Glavic) 0–3 15:57 – Glavic (Grahut) 0–4 28:41 – Orehek (Simsic) (SH) Mazur (Fadieiev) (PP) – 30:55 1–4 Vorona (Nigmatullin) – 34:51 2–4 2–5 41:10 – Drozg Nigmatullin (Gerasymenko) – 45:24 3–5
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	25

13 April 2015 13:00

Italy

5–6 (2–1, 2–4, 1–1)

Japan

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Hannes Treibenreif Luca Stevan	Goalies	Shotaro Kaneko Tomoya Numata	Referee: Trpimir Piragic Linesmen: Yann Furet Damir Rakovic
	Bernard (Delueg) – 02:53 1–0 Moroder (Berger, Bernard) – 08:41 2–0 2–1 09:47 – Kyoya 2–2 22:49 – Matsui (Nakayashiki) (PP) 2–3 23:54 – Konishi de Lorenzo-Meo (Dal Sasso, Pitshieler) (PP) – 26:32 3–3 3–4 28:02 – Ikeda 3–5 32:06 – Funaka Marzolini (Thum, Dal Sasso) (PP) – 35:53 4–5 4–6 41:35 – Kirie (Saito, Funaka) (PP) Delueg (Basso, Dal Sasso) (PP) – 56:54 5–6
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	24

13 April 2015 16:30

Austria

3–2 (0–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Ukraine

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 369

Game reference
	Dominic Divis	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Slawomir Szachniewicz Gasper-Jaka Zganc
	0–1 18:49 – Gerasymenko (Aleksandrov) 0–2 25:18 – Terchiev (Merzhko) Kromp (Witting) – 33:03 1–2 Kromp (B. Wolf) (PP) – 57:48 2–2 Winkler (Haudum) – 59:08 3–2
	33 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	19

13 April 2015 20:00

Slovenia

10–1 (0–0, 3–1, 7–0)

Lithuania

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 679

Game reference
	Mark Vlahovic	Goalies	Artur Pavliukov Elvinas Karla	Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Vasili Kaliada Maarten van den Acker
	Jezovsek – 20:51 1–0 Jezovsek (Simsic) (PP) – 33:01 2–0 2–1 33:35 – Bogdziul (Krakauskas) Jeklic (Glavic, Kuzman) (PP) – 39:59 3–1 Orehek (Simsic) – 41:20 4–1 Jeklic (Cepon) (PP) – 47:17 5–1 Simsic (Kapel) – 48:30 6–1 Jezovsek (SH) – 52:29 7–1 Orehek (Cepon, Zorko) (PP2) – 55:45 8–1 Jezovsek (Simsic) (PP2) – 56:23 9–1 Glavic (Zorko, Ulamec) (PP2) – 58:05 10–1
	24 min	Penalties	43 min
	39	Shots	28

15 April 2015 13:00

Italy

1–3 (1–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Ukraine

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 368

Game reference
	Hannes Treibenreif	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Slawomir Szachniewicz Gaspar-Jaka Zganc
	Thum (Spinell) – 16:24 1–0 1–1 46:35 – Svyshev (Shcherbakov, Nigmatullin) (EA) 1–2 54:51 – Gerasymenko (Matvienko) 1–3 59:44 – Gerasymenko (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	27

15 April 2015 16:30

Lithuania

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Japan

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 390

Game reference
	Artur Pavliukov	Goalies	Shotaro Kaneko	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Damir Rakovic Maarten van den Acker
	Bucys (Krakauskas, Bogdziul) – 32:22 1–0 Kuzminov (Peliusenok, Zukauskas) – 50:57 2–0 2–1 52:51 – Nakayashki (Ishibashi)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	24

15 April 2015 20:00

Austria

6–1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Slovenia

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 681

Game reference
	Dominic Divis	Goalies	Mark Vlahovic	Referee: Trpimir Piragic Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Yann Furet
	Haudum (Huber) – 07:10 1–0 Baltram (B. Wolf) – 18:37 2–0 Kromp (Poschmann, Baltram) – 29:16 3–0 Poschmann (Kromp, Kragl) 4–0 4–1 53:23 – Glavic (Jeklic, Zorko) (PP) Kromp (Baltram) (ENG) – 57:12 5–1 Witting (SH) (ENG) – 59:41 6–1
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	29

17 April 2015 13:00

Austria

7–2 (3–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Lithuania

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 379

Game reference
	Dominic Divis	Goalies	Artur Pavliukov	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Yann Furet Damir Rakovic
	Maxa (Winkler) (PP)– 10:22 1–0 Haudum (Wachter, B. Wolf) – 12:28 2–0 Winkler (Haudum) (PP) – 14:36 3–0 3–1 17:05 – Zukauskas (Kuzminov, Krakauskas) 3–2 31:45 – Cetvertak (Laukaitis) Baltram (Kromp) – 38:46 4–2 Winkler (Haudum) – 44:13 5–2 Wappis (Nissner) – 51:26 6–2 Baltram (Moidl) – 59:55 7–2
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	44	Shots	18

17 April 2015 16:30

Japan

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Ukraine

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 369

Game reference
	Shotaro Kaneko Tomoya Numata	Goalies	Yuri Krasnopolskiy Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Trpimir Piragic Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Maarten van den Acker
	Saito (Fuanaka, Kon) (PP) – 08:08 1–0 Ikeda (Nakayashiki) (PP) – 18:23 2–0 Nakayashiki – 30:01 3–0 3–1 42:42 – Mazur (Fadieiev, Grygoryev) (PP) Sawade (Funaka, Saito) – 49:00 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	34

17 April 2015 20:00

Slovenia

8–7 (3–0, 3–3, 2–4)

Italy

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 604

Game reference
	Mark Vlahovic	Goalies	Luca Steven Hannes Treibenreif	Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Vasili Kaliada Slawomir Szachniewicz
	Simsic (Jezovsek) (PP) – 04:53 1–0 Zorko (Drozg) (PP) – 08:46 2–0 Drozg (Jeklic) – 12:41 3–0 Drozg (Cepon) – 24:29 4–0 Glavic (Jeklic, Zorko) (PP) – 27:02 5–0 5–1 27:35 – Gasser (Delueg) 5–2 29:47 – de Luca (Pitschieler) (PP) 5–3 30:36 – de Lorenzo-Meo (Moroder) Tomazevic (Petek) (PP) – 35:00 6–3 6–4 48:34 – Spinell (Dal Sasso) 6–5 50:18 – Thum (Spinell) Potocnik (Cepon) (PP) – 53:15 7–5 7–6 54:55 – Bernard (de Luca) 7–7 55:23 – Spinell (Thum) Markic (Ulamec – 55:50 8–7
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	21

18 April 2015 13:00

Ukraine

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 345

Game reference
	Bogdan Dyanchenko	Goalies	Artur Pavliukov	Referee: Trpimir Piragic Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Gasper Jaka Zganc
	Fadieiev (Terchiev) – 04:31 1–0 Vorona (Fadieiev, Mazur) – 13:34 2–0 Generalov (Mazur, Vorona) (PP) – 34:45 3–0 3–1 45:51 – Laukaitis (Bogdziul) (PP) Terchiev (ENG) – 59:54 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	20

18 April 2015 16:30

Italy

0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Austria

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 412

Game reference
	Hannes Treibenreif	Goalies	Marco Simair	Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Damir Rakovic Maarten van den Acker
	0-1 04:13 – Kromp (Kragl, Baltram) (PP) 0–2 17:42 – B. Wolf (Maxa, Wappis) 0–3 19:13 – Winkler (Jennes, Witting) 0–4 33:15 – B. Wolf (Baltram, S. Wolf) 0–5 58:22 – Wachter (Winkler)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	33

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Slovenia

3–4 GWS (1–1, 0–1, 2–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Japan

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 575

Game reference
	Tilen Spreitzer	Goalies	Shotaro Kaneko	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Yann Furet Vaili Kaliada
	Tomazevic (Markic) – 01:59 1–0 1–1 04:58 – Nakayashiki (Ikeda) 1–2 26:22 – Sawade (Saito) 1–3 41:55 – Ishibashi (Ikeda) Drozg (Zorko, Cepon) (PP) – 45:10 2–3 Jezovsek (Mercina) – 55:38 3–3
	Jezovsek Simsic	Shootout	Nakayashiki T. Kaneko Shimizu
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	28

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Christof Kromp	Austria	5	7	3	10	+9	4
2	Florian Baltram	Austria	5	3	6	9	+6	2
3	Zan Jezovsek	Slovenia	5	7	1	8	–2	4
4	Lukas Haudum	Austria	5	4	3	7	+5	10
5	Nik Simsic	Slovenia	5	2	5	7	–2	14
5	Bernd Wolf	Austria	5	2	5	7	+8	4
7	Jan Drozg	Slovenia	5	4	2	6	+5	0
7	Gasper Glavic	Slovenia	5	4	2	6	+3	14
9	Matic Jeklic	Slovenia	5	3	3	6	+1	4
9	Dario Winkler	Austria	5	3	3	6	+5	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Dominic Divis	Austria	240:00	6	1.50	92.94	0
2	Bogdan Dyachenko	Ukraine	251:54	10	2.38	90.48	0
3	Shotaro Kaneko	Japan	247:59	13	3.15	87.96	0
4	Artur Pavliukov	Belarus	286:40	20	4.19	87.80	0
5	Mark Vlahovic	Slovenia	238:46	15	3.77	84.21	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Dominic Divis
• Defenceman: Mark Cepon
• Forward: Christof Kromp

References

IIHF World U18 Championships
Current champions (2017):  United States
2018 Championship teams	Belarus  Canada  Czech Republic  Finland  France  Russia  Slovakia  Sweden  Switzerland  United States
Championships	Germany 1999 Switzerland 2000 Finland 2001 Slovakia 2002 Russia 2003 Belarus 2004 Czech Republic 2005 Sweden 2006 Finland 2007 Russia 2008 United States 2009 Belarus 2010 Germany 2011 Czech Republic 2012 Russia 2013 Finland 2014 Switzerland 2015 United States 2016 Slovakia 2017 Russia 2018 Sweden 2019
Division I	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Division II	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Division III	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Predecessor: IIHF European Junior Championships (1967–1998)