2024 IIHF World U18 Championships

2024 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	25 April – 5 May 2024
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (5th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played	29
Goals scored	215 (7.41 per game)
Attendance	52,958 (1,826 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	James Hagens (22 points)
MVP	James Hagens
Official website
www.iihf.com
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The 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 25th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. ^[1] These tournaments served as qualifications for the 2025 competition.

Top Division

The Top Division tournament was played in Espoo and Vantaa, Finland, from 25 April to 5 May 2024. ^{[2] [3]}

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	33	7	+26	12	Quarterfinals
2	Finland (H)	4	3	0	0	1	18	10	+8	9
3	Slovakia	4	1	0	0	3	14	19	−5	3 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Latvia	4	1	0	0	3	10	18	−8	3 [lower-alpha 1]
5	Norway	4	1	0	0	3	8	29	−21	3 [lower-alpha 1]	Relegation round

Source: IIHF
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Slovakia 3 Pts, +8 GD; Latvia 3 Pts, 0 GD; Norway 3 Pts, –8 GD

Schedule: ^[4]

25 April 2024 14:00

United States

9–0 (3–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Slovakia

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 789

Game reference
	Nicholas Kempf	Goalies	Alan Lenďák
	Hutson – 02:34 1–0 Eiserman (Ziemer, Hagens) (PP) – 10:34 2–0 Hagens – 19:19 3–0 Stiga (Hagens, Ziemer) – 20:59 4–0 Whipple (Rheaume-Mullen, Eiserman) – 34:42 5–0 Hagens (Stiga, Ziemer) – 37:07 6–0 Humphreys (Connelly, Hutson) – 47:18 7–0 Eiserman (Bednarik, Plante) – 49:58 8–0 Eiserman (Bednarik, Plante) – 58:23 9–0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	24

25 April 2024 18:00

Latvia

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Finland

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 4,029

Game reference
	Nils Maurins	Goalies	Petteri Rimpinen
	0–1 11:18 – Hemming (Kiviharju, Helenius) (PP) 0–2 36:06 – Ruohonen (Suoniemi, Nykyri) 0–3 52:11 – Suoniemi Osmanis (Serkins, Mūrnieks) (PP) (EA) – 58:31 1–3
	10 min	Penalties	31 min
	15	Shots	34

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26 April 2024 14:00

Slovakia

3–5 (1–3, 2–1, 0–1)

Latvia

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 583

Game reference
	Martin Haronik	Goalies	Mikus Vecvanags
	0–1 08:43 – Sieradzkis (Klaucāns, Sārts) Tomik (Radivojevič, Straka) – 09:24 1–1 1–2 13:58 – Haritoncevs (Sieradzkis, Retenais) 1–3 16:33 – Mūrnieks (Sieradzkis, Serkins) (PP) Svrček (Radivojevič, Tomik) (PP2) – 28:28 2–3 Straka (Húževka) – 58:31 3–3 3–4 36:33 – Macijevskis (Retenais, Haritoncevs) (PP) 3–5 53:46 – Dilevka (Bērziņš, Naglis)
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	28

26 April 2024 18:00

Finland

7–0 (3–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Norway

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 4,618

Game reference
	Kim Saarinen	Goalies	Marcus Walberg
	Vesterinen (Nykyri, Jokinen) – 07:48 1–0 Hemming (Kiviharju, Helenius) (PP) – 09:24 2–0 Saarelainen (Helenius, Hemming) (PP) – 14:51 3–0 Vesterinen (Nieminen, Koivu) – 26:17 4–0 Sinivuori (Ruohonen, Vaisanen) – 31:52 5–0 Nykyri – 32:35 6–0 Hemming (Kiviharju, Helenius) (PP) – 39:46 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	54	Shots	12

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27 April 2024 17:30

Norway

2–8 (0–4, 0–2, 2–2)

United States

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 1,006

Game reference
	Amund Søndmør Martinsen	Goalies	Jack Parsons
	0–1 06:34 – Eiserman (Plante, Hagens) (PP) 0–2 07:03 – Bednarik (Stiga) 0–3 13:28 – Eiserman (Hagens, Plante) (PP) 0–4 16:28 – Connelly (Mooney, Hutson) 0–5 22:09 – Mooney (Hensler) 0–6 34:12 – Humphreys (PS) Eriksen (Vatne, Koblar) – 22:09 1–6 1–7 46:54 – Hensler (Rheaume-Mullen) 1–8 51:33 – Hagens (Ziemer, Stiga) Dehli (Vatne, Engerbraten Kopperstad) (PP) – 56:52 2–8
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	38

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28 April 2024 14:00

Slovakia

0–4 (0–4, 0–0, 0–0)

Finland

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 5,500

Game reference
	Martin Haronik	Goalies	Petteri Rimpinen
	0–1 06:27 – Hemming (Helenius, Saarelainen) (PP) 0–2 07:10 – Ruohonen (Suoniemi, Jokinen) 0–3 17:17 – Pikkarainen (Suoniemi, Vaisanen) (PP) 0–4 19:32 – Saarelainen (Helenius)
	14 min	Penalties	31 min
	8	Shots	41

28 April 2024 18:00

United States

7–1 (3–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Latvia

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 825

Game reference
	Nicholas Kempf Caleb Heil	Goalies	Mikus Vecvanags Dilans Birkans
	Hutson (Stiga, Hagens) – 00:26 1–0 Connelly (Emery) – 05:34 2–0 Stiga (Connelly, Hutson) (PP) – 16:59 3–0 Mooney (Connelly, Emery) – 27:55 4–0 Eiserman (Stiga, Hensler) (PP) – 35:35 5–0 5–1 38:53 – Serkins (Haritoncevs, Cjunskis) Hagens (Plante, Eiserman) (PP) – 48:38 6–1 Connelly (Hagens, Ziemer) – 52:14 7–1
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	25

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29 April 2024 17:30

Latvia

3–5 (0–3, 1–2, 2–0)

Norway

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 509

Game reference
	Nils Maurins Mikus Vecvanags	Goalies	Marcus Walberg
	0–1 07:44 – Finckenhagen (Olsen Brekke, Vatne) (PP) 0–2 08:53 – Dehli (Aaram Olsen, Myhre) 0–3 18:08 – Aaram Olsen Serkins (Mūrnieks, Osmanis) (PP) – 22:14 1–3 1–4 34:33 – Dehli (Sletmoe-Kjærnet) 1–5 39:21 – Lafton (Vatne, Olsen Brekke) (PP) Klaucāns (Dilevka, Uļjanskis) – 40:59 2–5 Uļjanskis (PP) – 49:04 3–5
	4 min	Penalties	33 min
	35	Shots	29

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30 April 2024 14:00

Norway

1–11 (1–5, 0–3, 0–3)

Slovakia

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 508

Game reference
	Markus Walberg Amund Martinsen	Goalies	Alan Lenďák
	0–1 01:01 – Nemec (Beluško, Chrenko) 0–2 01:59 – Liščinský (Radivojevič) 0–3 03:44 – Pobežal Eriksen (Myhre) (PP) – 06:52 1–3 1–4 11:45 – Ličko (Vrtiel) 1–5 13:10 – Chovan (Šatan) 1–6 27:11 – Pobežal (Straka, Radivojevič) 1–7 33:13 – Chrenko (Fabuš) 1–8 34:56 – Pobežal (Tomík, Kupec) 1–9 48:32 – Vrtiel (Ličko, Kupec) 1–10 53:47 – Pobežal (Radivojevič, Tomík) (PP) 1–11 56:39 – Chovan (Chrenko, Šatan) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	13	Shots	59

30 April 2024 18:00

Finland

4–9 (0–1, 3–5, 1–3)

United States

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 5,600

Game reference
	Petteri Rimpinen Kim Saarinen	Goalies	Nicholas Kempf Jack Parsons
	0–1 15:53 – Stiga (Hagens, Ziemer) 0–2 20:08 – Stiga (Hagens, Hutson) 0–3 21:49 – Stiga (Hagens) Suoniemi (Jokinen, Ruohonen) – 24:35 1–3 1–4 27:53 – Bednarik (Mooney) (PP) Jokinen (Helenius) – 29:00 2–4 2–5 38:05 Hagens (Emery) 2–6 39:26 – Hagens (Ziemer, Plante) (PP) Saarelainen (Hemming, Jokinen) – 39:54 3–6 3–7 40:08 – Hagens (Hutson, Emery) 3–8 42:03 – Connelly (Hensler, Kempf) (PP) Suoniemi – 50:45 4–8 4–9 54:28 – Ziemer (Plante, Hutson) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	51

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	0	31	7	+24	12	Quarterfinals
2	Czechia	4	1	1	1	1	9	12	−3	6 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Sweden	4	1	1	1	1	15	12	+3	6 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Switzerland	4	1	0	1	2	8	16	−8	4
5	Kazakhstan	4	0	1	0	3	10	26	−16	2	Relegation round

Source: IIHF
Notes:

1. Sweden 2–3 (GWS) Czechia

Schedule: ^[5]

25 April 2024 15:00

Czechia

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Switzerland

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 442

Game reference
	Jakub Milota	Goalies	Christian Kirsch
	Curran (Daníček, Drančák) – 04:44 1–0 Poletín (Kubiesa, Jecho) (PP) – 43:32 2–0 Daníček (Curran, Drančák) – 49:03 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	33 min
	33	Shots	17

25 April 2024 19:00

Sweden

3–6 (1–4, 2–1, 0–1)

Canada

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 1,319

Game reference
	Love Härenstam	Goalies	Carter George
	0–1 03:40 – Luchanko (Mews) 0–2 09:15 – Spence Fernström (Zetterberg, Freij) (EA) – 11:33 1–2 1–3 15:24 – McKenna (Martone, Massé) (PP) 1–4 17:09 – McKenna (McQueen, Elick) Zetterberg (Fernström) – 20:48 2–4 Zetterberg (Eriksson) (PP) – 34:58 3–4 3–5 35:42 – Schaefer (Martone, Greentree) (EA) 3–6 58:43 – Wetsch (Iginla, Luchanko) (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	51 min
	29	Shots	26

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26 April 2024 15:00

Switzerland

5–2 (0–2, 2–0, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 363

Game reference
	Phileas Lachat	Goalies	Tanirkhan Alpysbayev
	0–1 06:11 – Kireyev 0–2 09:36 – Alibek (Glukhikh, Britikov) Meier (Cattin, Bosson) – 27:23 1–2 Körbler – 32:23 2–2 Tarchini (Meier, Cattin) – 43:28 3–2 Forget (Meier, Ustinkov) (PP) – 49:46 4–2 Muggli – 58:45 5–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	17

26 April 2024 19:00

Canada

6–0 (4–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Czechia

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 954

Game reference
	Carter George	Goalies	Jakub Milota
	Spence – 00:05 1–0 Iginla (Elick) (SH) – 01:51 2–0 Iginla (Martone, McKenna) (PP) – 07:18 3–0 Wetsch (Beaudoin, Aitcheson) – 07:42 4–0 Spence (McKenna, Martone) – 47:19 5–0 McKenna (Martone, Spence) – 59:19 6–0
	45 min	Penalties	58 min
	33	Shots	26

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27 April 2024 15:00

Kazakhstan

1–7 (1–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Sweden

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 698

Game reference
	Tanirkhan Alpysbayev	Goalies	Love Härenstam
	Alibek (Shipilin, Kazhibekov) (PP) – 05:32 1–0 1–1 10:49 – Lindberg (Eklund, Annborn) 1–2 15:21 – Eklund (Zetterberg, Eriksson) (PP) 1–3 20:36 – Ihs Wozniak (Eklund, Eriksson) (PP) 1–4 21:20 – Hesselvall (Nordlund, Berglund) 1–5 44:15 – Berglund (Härenstam, Sahlin Wallenius) 1–6 49:17 – Pettersson (Öhrqvist, Fernström) 1–7 54:56 – Fernström (Pettersson, Eliasson)
	37 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	59

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28 April 2024 15:00

Sweden

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

Czechia

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 904

Game reference
	Love Härenstam	Goalies	Jakub Milota
	0–1 25:58 – Sikora (Curran) (PP) 0–2 32:38 – Jecho (Titlbach) Eklund (Lindberg, Eriksson) – 39:32 1–2 Eriksson (Zetterberg, Sahlin Wallenius) (PP) – 53:47 2–2
	Zetterberg Fernström Eklund	Shootout	Sikora Titlbach Benák
	20 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	31

28 April 2024 19:00

Canada

8–1 (0–0, 7–1, 1–0)

Switzerland

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 1,251

Game reference
	Ryerson Leenders	Goalies	Christian Kirsch Phileas Lachat
	0–1 22:47 – Körbler Aitcheson (Josephson, Massé) – 22:57 1–1 McKenna (Brunicke, Desnoyers) – 25:55 2–1 Vanacker (Beaudoin) – 26:24 3–1 Martone (McKenna, Massé) (PP) – 34:02 4–1 Ritchie (Luchanko, Schaefer) (PP) – 35:29 5–1 Iginla (Luchanko, Ritchie) – 36:39 6–1 Martone (McKenna) – 39:42 7–1 Martone (Spence) – 57:23 8–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	27

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29 April 2024 15:00

Czechia

3–4 OT (2–1, 1–1, 0–1) OT: (0–1)

Kazakhstan

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 407

Game reference
	Jakub Milota	Goalies	Abylaikhan Toleubai
	Kos (Sikora, Kubiesa) – 13:37 1—0 Benák (Poletín) – 15:44 2–0 2–1 19:26 – Bolshedvorsky (Sagymbayev, Simonov) 2–2 23:15 – Korneyev (Al. Sarkenov, Bolshedvorsky) (PP) Jecho (Titlbach) – 38:42 3–2 3–3 52:45 – Perkin (Simonov) 3–4 64:03 – Shipilin (Cherkassov)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	25

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30 April 2024 15:00

Switzerland

2–3 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) OT: (0–1)

Sweden

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 626

Game reference
	Christian Kirsch	Goalies	Love Härenstam
	Forget (Geisser, Johnson) – 07:47 1–0 1–1 07:47 – Öhrqvist (Freij, Pettersson) Meier (Bosson, Tarchini) (PP) – 28:57 2–1 2–2 38:52 – Pettersson (Nordlund) (PP) 2–3 61:05 – Lindberg (Pettersson, Fernström)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	25	Shots	24

30 April 2024 19:00

Kazakhstan

3–11 (1–3, 0–5, 2–3)

Canada

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 488

Game reference
	Tanirkhan Alpysbayev Danil Lytkin	Goalies	Carter George
	0–1 05:01 – Greentree (Josephson) As. Sarkenov (Korneyev, Durglishvili) – 11:34 1–1 1–2 15:42 – Iginla (Ritchie, Luchanko) 1–3 17:12 – Massé (McKenna, Martone) (PP) 1–4 23:02 – Beaudoin (Spence, Gill) 1–5 24:40 – Mews (McKenna, Martone) 1–6 27:40 – Desnoyers (Aitcheson, McKenna) 1–7 30:26 – McKenna (Martone) 1–8 36:18 – Martone (McKenna, Mews) As. Sarkenov (Alibek, Shipilin) (PP) – 40:39 2–8 2–9 43:45 – Marrelli (Greentree, Desnoyers) 2–10 54:48 – McKenna (Elick, Martone) (PP) As. Sarkenov (Alibek, Glukhikh) – 55:29 3–10 3–11 56:37 – Brunicke (Spence, Wetsch)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	66

Relegation round

2 May 2024 11:00

Norway

6–5 GWS (2–1, 2–2, 1–2) OT: (0–0) SO: (1–0)

Kazakhstan

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 295

Game reference
	Markus Walberg	Goalies	Abylaikhan Toleubay
	Vatne (Molde, Eriksen) – 06:30 1–0 Eriksen (Vatne, Solheim) – 13:46 2–0 2–1 17:15 – Korneyev (Cherkassov, Kireyev) Eriksen (Vatne, Dehli) – 21:22 3–1 3–2 28:41 – Bozhko (Korneyev, Kireyev) (PP) 3–3 35:06 – As. Sarkenov (Durglishvili) Aaram Olsen (Dehli, Myhre) – 36:15 4–3 Myhre (Dehli, Sletmoe-Kjærnet) – 46:37 5–3 5–4 51:04 – Glukhikh (Simonov, Kazhibekov) 5–5 54:10 – Shipilin (As. Sarkenov, Alibek)
	Myhre Vatne Eriksen Aaram Olsen Dehli Finckenhagen Vatne Vatne Finckenhagen Aaram Olsen Vatne	Shootout	Alibek Cherkassov Kireyev As. Sarkenov Kazhibekov Bozhko Korneyev Cherkassov Korneyev Al. Sarkenov Kazhibekov
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	32	Shots	28

Playoff round

Winning teams in the quarterfinals will be reseeded according to their ranking: ^[6]

1. higher position in the group
2. higher number of points
3. better goal difference
4. higher number of goals scored for
5. better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2023 IIHF World U18 Championships).

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	United States	A	1	12	+26	33	1
2	Canada	B	1	12	+24	31	3
3	Finland	A	2	9	+8	18	5
4	Czechia	B	2	6	−3	9	7
5	Sweden	B	3	6	+3	15	2
6	Slovakia	A	3	3	−5	14	4
7	Switzerland	B	4	4	−8	8	6
8	Latvia	A	4	3	−8	10	8

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Game
	2 May
	1A   United States	4
					4 May
	4B    Switzerland	0
					1 United States	7
	2 May
					6   Slovakia	2
	2A   Finland	1
									5 May
	3B   Sweden	2
									1   United States	4
	2 May
									2   Canada	6
	1B   Canada	4
					4 May
	4A   Latvia	0
					2   Canada	5
	2 May
					5   Sweden	4			Bronze Medal Game
	2B   Czechia	2
									5 May
	3A   Slovakia	3
									5   Sweden	4
									6   Slovakia	0

Quarterfinals

2 May 2024 12:00

United States

4–0 (0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 1,249

Game reference
	Nicholas Kempf	Goalies	Christian Kirsch
	Hagens (Ziemer) – 27:11 1–0 Humphreys – 35:22 2–0 Ziemer (Hagens) – 38:03 3–0 Hagens – 50:27 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	17

2 May 2024 14:45

Czechia

2–3 (1–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Slovakia

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 380

Game reference
	Jakub Milota	Goalies	Alan Lenďák
	0–1 01:36 – Tomík (Pobežal, Radivojevič) (PP) Titlbach (Zielinski, Benák) 07:23 1–1 1–2 34:29 – Maruna (Chovan, Šatan) 1–3 42:38 – Maruna Fibigr (Galvas, Benák) – 51:02 2–3
	29 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	31

2 May 2024 17:00

Finland

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Sweden

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 5,053

Game reference
	Petteri Rimpinen	Goalies	Love Härenstam
	0–1 02:40 – Freij (Sterner, Orrsten) Ruohonen (Suoniemi, Loponen) – 29:09 1–1 1–2 36:34 – Berglund (Fernström, Pettersson)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	24

2 May 2024 19:45

Canada

4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Latvia

Trio Arena, Vantaa Attendance: 788

Game reference
	Carter George	Goalies	Mikus Vecvanags
	Massé (McKenna, Iginla) (PP) – 05:08 1–0 Ritchie (Iginla, Brunicke) – 12:12 2–0 Martone (Desnoyers, Brunicke) – 52:47 3–0 Luchanko (EN) – 59:00 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	23

Semifinals

4 May 2024 14:00

United States

7–2 (2–1, 3–0, 2–1)

Slovakia

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 2,665

Game reference
	Nicholas Kempf Jack Parsons	Goalies	Martin Haronik Alan Lenďák
	Stiga (Hensler, Hagens) – 03:08 1–0 Eiserman (Plante, Hagens) (PP) – 12:05 2–0 2–1 12:45 – Nemec (Pitka, Chrenko) Plante (Laurila, Bednarik) – 22:53 3–1 Hutson (Hagens, Ziemer) (PP) – 29:34 4–1 Skahan (Mooney, Humphreys) – 34:26 5–1 Eiserman (Plante, Hutson) (PP) – 40:33 6–1 Plante (Mooney, Emery) – 51:58 7–1 7–2 59:18 – Chrenko (Maruna)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	22

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4 May 2024 18:00

Canada

5–4 (4–0, 1–2, 0–2)

Sweden

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 2,808

Game reference
	Carter George	Goalies	Love Härenstam
	Greentree (Gill, Josephson) – 02:18 1–0 McKenna (Martone, Schaefer) – 07:07 2–0 Iginla (Schaefer, Ritchie) – 08:10 3–0 Ritchie (Marrelli, Iginla) – 18:25 4–0 4–1 23:53 – Nordlund (Eriksson) Mews (Desnoyers, Martone) – 27:07 5–1 5–2 28:29 – Nordlund (Freij, Eriksson) 5–3 47:58 – Eklund (Nordlund, Sahlin Wallenius) 5–4 54:19 – Orrsten (Gustafsson, Hesselvall)
	33 min	Penalties	18 min
	26	Shots	35

Bronze medal game

5 May 2024 14:00

Sweden

4–0 (0–0, 0–0, 4–0)

Slovakia

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 2,501

Game reference
	Love Härenstam	Goalies	Alan Lenďák
	Pettersson (Freij, Fernström) – 49:16 1–0 Fernström (Berglund) – 56:24 2–0 Freij (Berglund, Pettersson) (PP) – 58:39 3–0 Eklund – 59:23 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	36

Gold medal game

5 May 2024 18:00

United States

4–6 (1–0, 2–2, 1–4)

Canada

Metro Arena, Espoo Attendance: 5,800

Game reference
	Nicholas Kempf	Goalies	Carter George
	Humphreys (Hensler, Connelly) – 19:08 1–0 1–1 25:31 – Ritchie (Schaefer, Mews) Eiserman (Hutson) (PP) – 28:31 2–1 Hutson (Vansaghi) – 33:04 3–1 3–2 35:40 – McKenna (Iginla, Mews) (PP) 3–3 50:25 – McKenna (Iginla, Martone) (PP) 3–4 53:40 – Beaudoin (Luchanko, Ritchie) (PP) 3–5 54:19 – Iginla (McKenna, Mews) (PP) Ziemer (Emery, Hutson) – 55:36 4–5 4–6 58:42 – McKenna (George) (EN)
	31 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	25

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Canada	7	7	0	0	0	46	15	+31	21	Champions
2	A	United States	7	6	0	0	1	48	15	+33	18	Runners-up
3	B	Sweden	7	3	1	1	2	25	18	+7	12	Third place
4	A	Slovakia	7	2	0	0	5	19	32	−13	6	Fourth place
5	A	Finland (H)	5	3	0	0	2	19	12	+7	9	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	B	Czechia	5	1	1	1	2	11	15	−4	6
7	B	Switzerland	5	1	0	1	3	8	20	−12	4
8	A	Latvia	5	1	0	0	4	10	22	−12	3
9	A	Norway	5	1	1	0	3	14	34	−20	5	Avoided Relegation
10	B	Kazakhstan	5	0	1	1	3	15	32	−17	3	Relegated to the 2025 Division I A

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: IIHF
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Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Carter George
  • Best Defenceman: Cole Hutson
  • Best Forward: James Hagens

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: James Hagens
  • Goaltender: Carter George
  • Defencemen: Luka Radivojevic / Cole Hutson
  • Forwards: James Hagens / Gavin McKenna / Porter Martone

Source: ^[7]

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	James Hagens	United States	7	9	13	22	+14	4
2	Gavin McKenna	Canada	7	10	10	20	+9	0
3	Porter Martone	Canada	7	5	12	17	+12	6
4	Cole Hutson	United States	7	4	9	13	+14	6
5	Tij Iginla	Canada	7	6	6	12	+4	0
6	Brodie Ziemer	United States	7	3	9	12	+15	0
7	Cole Eiserman	United States	7	9	2	11	+0	2
8	Teddy Stiga	United States	7	6	5	11	+15	6
9	Max Plante	United States	7	2	9	11	+1	2
10	Trevor Connelly	United States	7	4	5	9	+7	31

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Nicholas Kempf	United States	318:09	10	1.89	123	91.87	2
2	Carter George	Canada	360:00	14	2.33	164	91.46	2
3	Love Härenstam	Sweden	424:47	16	2.26	178	91.01	1
4	Mikus Vecvanags	Latvia	187:32	12	3.84	113	89.38	0
5	Jakub Milota	Czechia	255:28	13	3.05	110	88.18	1

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

Division I

Main article: 2024 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Frederikshavn, Denmark from 14 to 20 April 2024.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany	5	4	1	0	0	25	11	+14	14	Promoted to the 2025 Top Division
2	Ukraine	5	4	0	1	0	18	10	+8	13
3	Austria	5	2	1	0	2	21	14	+7	8
4	Hungary	5	2	0	1	2	21	25	−4	7
5	Denmark (H)	5	1	0	0	4	10	20	−10	3
6	Japan	5	0	0	0	5	11	26	−15	0	Relegated to the 2025 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.
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Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 14 to 20 April 2024. ^[8]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Slovenia	5	4	0	0	1	29	14	+15	12	Promoted to the 2025 Division I A
2	Lithuania	5	3	1	0	1	16	12	+4	11
3	Estonia (H)	5	2	0	0	3	13	20	−7	6 [lower-alpha 1]
4	France	5	2	0	0	3	15	19	−4	6 [lower-alpha 1]
5	South Korea	5	2	0	0	3	15	17	−2	6 [lower-alpha 1]
6	Italy	5	1	0	1	3	10	16	−6	4	Relegated to the 2025 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.
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Notes:

1. Estonia 6 Pts, France 3 Pts, South Korea 0 Pts

Division II

Main article: 2024 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Sosnowiec, Poland, from 17 to 23 April 2024. ^[9]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Poland (H)	5	5	0	0	0	34	5	+29	15	Promoted to the 2025 Division I B
2	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	30	11	+19	12
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	0	2	18	19	−1	9
4	Romania	5	1	0	1	3	8	25	−17	4
5	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	11	21	−10	3
6	Serbia	5	0	1	0	4	6	26	−20	2	Relegated to the 2025 Division II 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.
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Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Puigcerdà, Spain, from 17 to 23 March 2024.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	China	5	5	0	0	0	30	15	+15	15	Promoted to the 2025 Division II A
2	Spain (H)	5	3	0	1	1	33	14	+19	10
3	Bulgaria	5	2	1	0	2	23	22	+1	8
4	Australia	5	2	0	1	2	23	23	0	7
5	Chinese Taipei	5	1	1	0	3	15	26	−11	5
6	Israel	5	0	0	0	5	18	42	−24	0	Relegated to the 2025 Division III 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.
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Division III

Main article: 2024 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Group A

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 4 to 10 March 2024. ^[10]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belgium	5	5	0	0	0	33	11	+22	15	Promoted to the 2025 Division II B
2	Mexico	5	4	0	0	1	24	15	+9	12
3	Turkey (H)	5	3	0	0	2	38	19	+19	9
4	Iceland	5	2	0	0	3	26	19	+7	6
5	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	4	21	31	−10	3
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	0	0	0	5	7	54	−47	0	Relegated to the 2025 Division III 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.
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Group B

The Division III Group B tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 4 to 7 March 2024.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Hong Kong	3	2	0	0	1	20	7	+13	6 [lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to the 2025 Division III A
2	Turkmenistan	3	2	0	0	1	16	12	+4	6 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Thailand	3	2	0	0	1	17	10	+7	6 [lower-alpha 1]
4	South Africa (H)	3	0	0	0	3	5	29	−24	0

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.
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Notes:

1. Hong Kong 3 Pts, +3 GD; Turkmenistan 3 Pts, 0 GD; Thailand 3 Pts, –3 GD

References

1. 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship divisions
2. 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Top Division official website, www.iihf.com
3. 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Top Division statistics, stats.iihf.com
4. Schedule
5. Schedule
6. "Tournament Format". IIHF . Retrieved 18 April 2024.
7. Jurewicz, Chris (May 5, 2024). "Hagens named tournament MVP". IIHF.com. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
8. 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I B official website
9. 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II A official website
10. 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III A official website

External links

• Official website of IIHF