2018 IIHF World Championship Division I

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2018 IIHF World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Hungary   Lithuania
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	22–28 April
Teams	12
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The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary and the Group B tournament was held in Kaunas, Lithuania from 22 to 28 April 2018. Warsaw, Poland planned on bidding for the tournament, but as Poland had hosted both the 2015 and 2016 tournaments, decided to apply for a later year. ^[1]

Great Britain and Italy were promoted to the Top Division, while Poland was relegated to Division I B. ^[2] The Group B tournament was won by Lithuania, who moved up to Group A and Croatia was relegated to Division II. ^[3]

Group A tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–28 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	84 (5.6 per game)
Attendance	52,065 (3,471 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Roman Starchenko  (8 points)
MVP	Brett Perlini
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Slovenia	Placed 15th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
Italy	Placed 16th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
Kazakhstan	Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
Poland	Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
Hungary	Host, placed 5th in Division I A last year.
Great Britain	Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was promoted.

Match officials

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[4]

Referees Alex Dipietro Lasse Heikkinen Oldřich Hejduk Jeff Ingram Marc Iwert Trpimir Piragić Ladislav Smetana

Linesmen Thomas Caillot Michael Harrington Ludvig Lundgren Márton Németh Marc-Henri Progin Daniel Soós Josef Špůr

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Great Britain (P)	5	3	1	0	1	16	15	+1	11	2019 IIHF World Championship
2	Italy (P)	5	3	0	0	2	15	11	+4	9 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	0	2	18	10	+8	9 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Hungary (H)	5	2	0	1	2	9	14	−5	7
5	Slovenia	5	2	0	0	3	15	15	0	6
6	Poland (R)	5	1	0	0	4	11	19	−8	3	Relegation to 2019 Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Italy 3–0 Kazakhstan

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

22 April 2018 12:30

Great Britain

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovenia

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,545

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Marc Iwert Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Daniel Soós
	O'Connor (Perlini, Shields) (PP) – 06:04 1–0 1–1 12:22 – Gregorc (Urbas, Verlič) Dowd (Ehrhardt) – 35:59 2–1 Perlini (Hammond, O'Connor) (PP) – 44:50 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	35

22 April 2018 16:00

Hungary

0–3 (0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Kazakhstan

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 7,170

Game reference
	Ádám Vay	Goalies	Henrik Karlsson	Referees: Lasse Heikkinen Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Michael Harrington Marc-Henri Progin
	0–1 43:38 – Orekhov (Grents) 0–2 44:35 – Rymarev (Starchenko) 0–3 47:42 – Rymarev (Semyonov) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	27

22 April 2018 19:30

Poland

1–3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Italy

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,100

Game reference
	John Murray	Goalies	Marco De Filippo	Referees: Jeff Ingram Ladislav Smetana Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Josef Špůr
	Zapała – 05:27 1–0 1–1 33:21 – Scandella (Andergassen, Hochkofler) 1–2 38:34 – Helfer (Andergassen, Hofer) (PP) 1–3 59:43 – Deluca (Andergassen, Felicetti) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	32

23 April 2018 16:00

Slovenia

2–4 (0–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Poland

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 930

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Przemysław Odrobny	Referees: Lasse Heikkinen Ladislav Smetana Linesmen: Márton Németh Josef Špůr
	0–1 02:49 – Kapica (Dziubiński, Chmielewski) (PP) Drozg (Vidmar) – 24:30 1–1 1–2 27:29 – Neupauer (Pociecha, Witecki) 1–3 36:09 – Kolusz (PS) 1–4 51:25 – Chmielewski (Rompkowski, Dziubiński) Urbas (Verlič) (EA) – 58:33 2–4
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	27

23 April 2018 19:30

Italy

2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Hungary

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 7,150

Game reference
	Andreas Bernard	Goalies	Ádám Vay	Referees: Alex Dipietro Marc Iwert Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Marc-Henri Progin
	Traversa (S. Kostner, Zanatta) – 04:52 1–0 1–1 21:17 – Sarauer (Sofron, Galló) Larkin (Kostner, Deluca) (SH) – 31:37 2–1 2–2 32:32 – Vas (Sebők, Galló) (PP) 2–3 41:06 – Sebők (Wehrs)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	22

24 April 2018 16:00

Kazakhstan

6–1 (1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Great Britain

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,345

Game reference
	Henrik Karlsson	Goalies	Ben Bowns Jackson Whistle	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Michael Harrington Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 02:33 – Ferrara (Brooks) Grents (Yevdokimov, Mikhailis) (PP) – 14:28 1–1 Sagadeyev (Lakiza) – 32:22 2–1 Starchenko (Kuchin) – 34:20 3–1 Starchenko (Rymarev) – 41:58 4–1 Mikhailis (Lakiza) – 45:55 5–1 Asetov – 46:44 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	42	Shots	25

25 April 2018 12:30

Italy

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,325

Game reference
	Andreas Bernard	Goalies	Henrik Karlsson	Referees: Lasse Heikkinen Marc Iwert Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Daniel Soós
	Hochkofler (Goi, McMonagle) – 05:18 1–0 D. Kostner (Insam, Gander) – 09:37 2–0 McMonagle (Deluca, Lambacher) – 25:26 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	29

25 April 2018 16:00

Great Britain

5–3 (2–1, 0–2, 3–0)

Poland

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,435

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	John Murray	Referees: Alex Dipietro Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Márton Németh Marc-Henri Progin
	Perlini (Richardson, Farmer) – 03:02 1–0 1–1 12:21 – Dronia (Chmielewski, Kapica) (PP) Shields (Farmer, Perlini) (PP) – 18:37 2–1 2–2 23:31 – Kapica (Pociecha, Chmielewski) 2–3 29:42 – Zapała (Malasiński, Murray) Brooks (Dowd, Lee) – 44:56 3–3 O'Connor (Hammond, Shields) (PP2) – 46:40 4–3 J. Phillips (Lachowicz) (ENG) – 59:29 5–3
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	39

25 April 2018 19:30

Slovenia

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Hungary

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 7,460

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Ádám Vay	Referees: Jeff Ingram Ladislav Smetana Linesmen: Michael Harrington Josef Špůr
	Magovac (Mušič, Ograjenšek) – 06:57 1–0 1–1 25:07 – Sebők (Hári, Wehrs) (PP) Urbas (Goličič, Verlič) – 29:35 2–1 Goličič (Kuralt) – 55:06 3–1 Kovačević (Kuralt) (ENG) – 56:52 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	47	Shots	33

26 April 2018 19:00

Poland

2–3 (0–2, 2–0, 0–1)

Hungary

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 7,370

Game reference
	Przemysław Odrobny	Goalies	Ádám Vay	Referees: Jeff Ingram Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 01:04 – Sebők (Galló, Hári) (PP) 0–2 09:17 – Benk (Magosi) Komorski (Dronia) – 25:21 1–2 Chmielewski (Kolusz, Pociecha) – 32:13 2–2 2–3 40:30 – Hári (Sebők)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	36

27 April 2018 16:00

Kazakhstan

3–5 (2–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Slovenia

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,645

Game reference
	Henrik Karlsson	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Alex Dipietro Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Márton Németh Daniel Soós
	0–1 05:17 – Verlič (Urbas, Goličič) Petukhov (Asetov) – 06:37 1–1 Grents (Metalnikov, Yevdokimov) – 10:48 2–1 2–2 15:47 – Urbas (Verlič, Goličič) 2–3 27:28 – Verlič (Magovac, Sabolič) (PP) 2–4 37:50 – Kovačević (Ograjenšek, Podlipnik) (PP) Asetov (Petukhov, Polokhov) – 38:04 3–4 3–5 53:56 – Verlič
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	36

27 April 2018 19:30

Italy

3–4 (2–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Great Britain

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,750

Game reference
	Andreas Bernard Marco De Filippo	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Lasse Heikkinen Ladislav Smetana Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Marc-Henri Progin
	0–1 07:01 – Perlini (Lee, Swindlehurst) Lambacher (Deluca, Helfer) – 07:23 1–1 1–2 08:07 – Dowd (Brooks, O'Connor) Larkin (Hofer, Goi) – 13:30 2–2 2–3 22:10 – O'Connor (Richardson) Scandella (Hochkofler, Pavlu) – 45:08 3–3 3–4 48:44 – Perlini
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	17

28 April 2018 12:30

Kazakhstan

6–1 (2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Poland

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,505

Game reference
	Henrik Karlsson	Goalies	Przemysław Odrobny John Murray	Referees: Alex Dipietro Marc Iwert Linesmen: Michael Harrington Daniel Soós
	Starchenko (Rymarev) – 12:20 1–0 Akolzin (Orekhov) – 13:34 2–0 Starchenko (Semyonov, Dallman) (PP) – 24:34 3–0 3–1 27:19 – Zapała (Łyszczarczyk) Starchenko (Dallman, Semyonov) (PP) – 39:13 4–1 Kuchin (Starchenko, Rymarev) – 46:03 5–1 Starchenko (Rymarev, Semyonov) (PP2) – 59:08 6–1
	4 min	Penalties	33 min
	31	Shots	30

28 April 2018 16:00

Slovenia

3–4 (1–1, 2–2, 0–1)

Italy

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 2,465

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Marco De Filippo	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Márton Németh Marc-Henri Progin
	0–1 01:39 – Gander (D. Kostner, McMonagle) (PP) Podlipnik (Mušič, Kovačevič) – 17:11 1–1 Tičar (Urbas, Verlič) (PP) – 23:55 2–1 2–2 29:26 – Sullivan (D. Kostner, Deluca) (PP) 2–3 33:43 – Trivellato (Deluca, Lambacher) Kovačevič (Tičar, Magovac) – 38:52 3–3 3–4 59:58 – D. Kostner (Sullivan, Scandella) (ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	33

28 April 2018 19:30

Hungary

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

Great Britain

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest Attendance: 7,870

Game reference
	Ádám Vay	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Lasse Heikkinen Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Josef Špůr
	Bodó (Nagy, Sarauer) (PP) – 03:31 1–0 Erdély (Hári) – 41:53 2–0 2–1 50:55 – Dowd (Brooks, Richardson) 2–2 59:45 – Farmer (EA)
	Erdély Bodó Sarauer Sebők Hári	Shootout	Farmer O'Connor Kirk Dowd
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	43

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Ádám Vay
  • Best Defenseman: Ben O'Connor
  • Best Forward: Jan Urbas

Source: IIHF.com

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Brett Perlini
  • Goaltender: Ádám Vay
  • Defenceman: Ben O'Connor / Sabahudin Kovačević
  • Forwards: Brett Perlini / Roman Starchenko / Balázs Sebők

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Roman Starchenko	5	6	2	8	0	4	F
Miha Verlič	5	3	4	7	+4	2	F
Ben O'Connor	5	4	2	6	+2	2	D
Brett Perlini	5	4	2	6	+2	2	F
Jan Urbas	5	3	3	6	+3	0	F
Evgeni Rymarev	5	2	4	6	+2	2	F
Ivan Deluca	5	1	5	6	+2	2	F
Balázs Sebők	5	3	2	5	+1	2	F
Aron Chmielewski	5	2	3	5	0	2	F
Robert Dowd	5	3	1	4	−1	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Henrik Karlsson	300:00	10	2.00	159	93.71	1
Ádám Vay	304:46	13	2.56	189	93.12	0
Marco De Filippo	157:33	5	1.90	66	92.42	0
Ben Bowns	290:13	14	2.89	173	91.91	0
Przemysław Odrobny	159:18	9	3.39	93	90.32	0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Lithuania
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–28 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	86 (5.73 per game)
Attendance	46,040 (3,069 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ryo Hashimoto  (8 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Ukraine	Placed 6th in Division I A and was relegated.
Japan	Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
Lithuania	Host, placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
Estonia	Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
Croatia	Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
Romania	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[5]

Referees Damien Bliek Miha Bulovec Stian Halm Liam Sewell

Linesmen Karolis Janušauskas Andreas Kroyer Ivan Nedeljković Tommi Niittylä Elias Seewald Laurynas Stepankevičius Roman Výleta

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lithuania (H, P)	5	4	1	0	0	26	9	+17	14	Promoted to 2019 Division I A
2	Japan	5	2	2	0	1	17	13	+4	10 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Estonia	5	3	0	1	1	10	7	+3	10 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Ukraine	5	1	0	1	3	10	18	−8	4 [lower-alpha 2]
5	Romania	5	1	0	1	3	12	18	−6	4 [lower-alpha 2]
6	Croatia (R)	5	1	0	0	4	11	21	−10	3	Relegation to 2019 Division II A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Estonia 1–2 Japan
2. Romania 0–3 Ukraine

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

22 April 2018 12:30

Estonia

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) OT: (0–1)

Japan

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Roman Šumihhin	Goalies	Yutaka Fukufuji	Referee: Damien Bliek Linesmen: Karolis Janušauskas Elias Seewald
	Petrov (Arrak, Makrov) – 10:55 1–0 1–1 38:03 – Terao (Hashimoto) 1–2 60:53 – T. Kawai (Sato, Furuhashi)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	12	Shots	42

22 April 2018 16:00

Romania

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Ukraine

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 1,545

Game reference
	Patrik Polc	Goalies	Sergei Gaiduchenko	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Andreas Kroyer Laurynas Stepankevičius
	0–1 13:52 – Katrych (Nimenko, Butsenko) 0–2 28:55 – Nimenko (Babynets) 0–3 38:49 – Butsenko (Babynets, Tolstushko)
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	32

22 April 2018 19:30

Croatia

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Lithuania

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 6,050

Game reference
	Mate Tomljenović	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Tommi Niittyla Roman Výleta
	0–1 19:54 – Kumeliauskas (Bogdziul, Kieras) (PP) 0–2 22:23 – Krakauskas (Čypas, Gintautas) 0–3 34:59 – Cetvertak (Rybakov, Kieras)
	10 min	Penalties	35 min
	26	Shots	33

23 April 2018 12:30

Ukraine

0–2 (0–2, 0–0, 0–0)

Estonia

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 160

Game reference
	Sergei Gaiduchenko	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljković Tommi Niittyla
	0–1 00:39 – Rooba (Makrov, Lahesalu) 0–2 09:03 – Vasjonkin (Kettunen, Gornostajev)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	33

23 April 2018 16:00

Japan

4–3 (1–0, 1–3, 2–0)

Croatia

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 292

Game reference
	Yuta Narisawa	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Miha Bulovec Linesmen: Laurynas Stepankevičius Roman Výleta
	Hashimoto (Furuhashi) – 15:17 1–0 1–1 22:03 – Rendulić (Senzel, Blagus) (PP) 1–2 24:21 – Rendulić (Šijan) 1–3 27:13 – Jazbec (Blagus, Šijan) Furuhashi – 36:19 2–3 Sato (Miura, Hashimoto) – 42:50 3–3 Hashimoto (Tanaka, Furuhashi) – 52:53 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	26

23 April 2018 19:30

Lithuania

8–3 (3–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Romania

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 5,760

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Zoltán Tőke	Referee: Damien Bliek Linesmen: Andreas Kroyer Elias Seewald
	Rybakov (Ališauskas, Kasparaitis) – 02:38 1–0 Verenis (Kumeliauskas, Bogdziul) – 03:47 2–0 Rybakov (Gintautas, Kasparaitis) – 10:55 3–0 3–1 16:04 – G. Bíró (Gliga, Molnár) Bogdziul (Kumeliauskas, Verenis) (PP) – 23:04 4–1 4–2 28:03 – G. Bíró (Gliga) Kaleinikovas (Zubrus) – 34:48 5–2 Bosas – 39:39 6–2 Bosas (Kaleinikovas, Zubrus) (PP) – 42:53 7–2 Čižas (Jasinevičius) – 46:42 8–2 8–3 48:52 – G. Bíró (Salló, Constantin)
	35 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	42

25 April 2018 12:30

Ukraine

2–4 (0–3, 0–0, 2–1)

Croatia

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 221

Game reference
	Bogdan Dyachenko Sergei Gaiduchenko	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Karolis Janušauskas Andreas Kroyer
	0–1 04:36 – Janković (Senzel, Blagus) (PP) 0–2 11:51 – Zanoški (SH) 0–3 13:06 – Kanaet (Tadić) Katrych (Butsenko, Babynets) (PP) – 46:56 1–3 Nimenko (Mikhnov, Ignatenko) – 53:00 2–3 2–4 59:58 – Vedlin (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	33	Shots	39

25 April 2018 16:00

Romania

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Estonia

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 452

Game reference
	Patrik Polc	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referee: Miha Bulovec Linesmen: Elias Seewald Roman Výleta
	0–1 59:07 – Embrich (Makrov, Lahesalu)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	25

25 April 2018 19:30

Japan

1–6 (0–2, 0–2, 1–2)

Lithuania

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 7,010

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljković Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 02:30 – Rybakov (Cetvertak, Laukaitis) 0–2 03:03 – Bosas (Kaleinikovas) 0–3 26:04 – Bosas (Zubrus, Aliukonis) (PP) 0–4 27:56 – Verenis (Kumeliauskas, Čypas) Hashimoto (Miura) – 40:41 1–4 1–5 44:48 – Bogdziul (Kumeliauskas, Verenis) 1–6 55:42 – Bosas (Kaleinikovas, Kieras)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	25

27 April 2018 12:30

Japan

3–2 OT (1–1, 0–1, 1–0) OT: (1–0)

Romania

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 290

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Patrik Polc	Referee: Damien Bliek Linesmen: Andreas Kroyer Laurynas Stepankevičius
	Takagi (Miura, Sato) (PP) – 02:48 1–0 1–1 08:09 – Fodor (O. Bíró, Bors) (PP) 1–2 21:01 – Részegh (Tranca, Salló) Echigo (Nakajima, Furuhashi) – 52:53 2–2 Nakajima (Sato, Furuhashi) – 62:29 3–2
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	50	Shots	29

27 April 2018 16:00

Estonia

5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Croatia

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 1,200

Game reference
	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Karolis Janušauskas Ivan Nedeljković
	Rooba (Petrov, Makrov) – 04:01 1–0 Andrejev (Embrich) (SH) – 19:49 2–0 2–1 25:17 – Rendulić (Blagus) – Embrich (Gornostajev, Vasjonkin) – 28:23 3–1 Arrak (Sibirtsev, Ossipov) – 53:49 4–1 Embrich (Parras) (SH) – 56:15 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	34

27 April 2018 19:30

Lithuania

5–4 OT (1–1, 1–1, 2–2) OT: (1–0)

Ukraine

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 7,850

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	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Miha Bulovec Linesmen: Elias Seewald Roman Výleta
	Bogdziul (Kaleinikovas, Zubrus) – 08:14 1–0 1–1 11:54 – Zakharov (Mikhnov) (SH) 1–2 21:01 – Butsenko (Babynets, Zhovnir) (PP) Gintautas (Katulis) (PP) – 28:48 2–2 Gintautas (Katulis, Kieras) – 45:39 3–2 Čižas (Ališauskas, Gintautas) (PP) – 49:00 4–2 4–3 55:20 – Petrukhno (Mikhnov) 4–4 59:23 – Nimenko (Tolstushko, Mikhnov) (EA) Bosas (Kaleinikovas, Zubrus) – 61:04 5–4
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	20

28 April 2018 12:30

Croatia

3–7 (0–2, 1–2, 2–3)

Romania

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 920

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	Mate Tomljenović Vito Nikolić	Goalies	Patrik Polc	Referee: Damien Bliek Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Elias Seewald
	0–1 05:25 – Molnár (Tranca, Fodor) 0–2 11:31 – Tranca (Fodor, Bors) 0–3 27:39 – Fodor (Részegh, Bors) 0–4 33:07 – Gliga (Molnár, Tranca) Vedlin (Šakić, Miličić) – 37:21 1–4 1–5 42:21 – G. Bíró (Gecse, Salló) (PP) 1–6 43:36 – Z. Péter (B. Péter, Constantin) Brine (Šakić, Jarčov) – 51:29 2–6 2–7 52:41 – Részegh (Tranca, Fodor) Brine (Janković, Zanoški) (PP2) – 55:23 3–7
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	43	Shots	37

28 April 2018 16:00

Ukraine

1–7 (0–2, 1–2, 0–3)

Japan

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 3,420

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	Bogdan Dyachenko Sergei Gaiduchenko	Goalies	Yutaka Fukufuji	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Karolis Janušauskas Laurynas Stepankevičius
	0–1 02:38 – Nakayashiki (Hayata, Ito) 0–2 07:47 – Hashimoto (Terao, Ushu) (PP) Mikhnov (Zakharov, Ignatenko) (PP) – 22:19 1–2 1–3 27:05 – Hashimoto (Hamada, Ushu) (PP) 1–4 35:19 – Echigo (Nakajima) 1–5 43:22 – Ito (Miura) 1–6 45:28 – Sato (Echigo, Nakajima) 1–7 50:56 – Takagi (Sato)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	32

28 April 2018 19:30

Lithuania

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Estonia

Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 10,170

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljković Roman Výleta
	0–1 04:20 – Rooba (Petrov) Ališauskas (Zubrus) – 07:38 1–1 Jasinevičius (Bogdziul) – 15:42 2–1 Verenis (Kumeliauskas) – 35:58 3–1 Verenis (Kumeliauskas) (ENG) – 57:39 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	27

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Villem-Henrik Koitmaa
  • Best Defenseman: Ryo Hashimoto
  • Best Forward: Arnoldas Bosas

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ryo Hashimoto	5	5	3	8	+4	0	D
Arnoldas Bosas	5	6	0	6	+2	4	F
Povilas Verenis	5	4	2	6	+4	4	F
Daniel Bogdziul	5	3	3	6	+5	2	F
Hiroto Sato	5	2	4	6	+4	0	D
Makuru Furuhashi	5	1	5	6	+8	0	F
Mark Kaleinikovas	5	1	5	6	+3	4	F
Tadas Kumeliauskas	5	1	5	6	+3	6	F
Dainius Zubrus	5	0	6	6	+4	2	F
Csanád Fodor	5	2	3	5	+1	6	F
Paulius Gintautas	5	2	3	5	+2	29	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	239:40	4	1.00	138	97.10	2
Mantas Armalis	301:04	9	1.79	140	93.57	1
Sergei Gaiduchenko	147:38	6	2.44	90	93.33	1
Patrik Polc	242:24	10	2.48	150	93.33	0
Yuta Narisawa	122:29	5	2.45	55	90.91	0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

References

1. "27 tournaments assigned". IIHF . 19 May 2017.
2. "Great Britain & Italy up!". iihf.com. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
3. "Lithuania moving up". iihf.com. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
4. Group A Assignments
5. Group B Assignments