Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2018

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MEN´S UNDER 18

DIVISION I GROUP B

2018

 

 

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Sweet success

Juniors bring Ukraine on 10-year high

 

 

Ukraine won the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group B on home ice in Kyiv and will for the first time since 2007 be among the top-16 ice hockey nations in an IIHF category next year.

Coming in as the fifth-seeded team, the Ukrainians were not among the natural favourites despite home-ice advantage in the Palace of Sports. But this time the juniors in yellow-and-blue left behind nations usually placed ahead of them and completed their run for gold with a 6-0 win against Romania in front of 5,000 fans.

It didn’t go that well from the very beginning. The Ukrainians lost the first game to Japan 1-0 on Taiga Abe’s third-period goal and with a 32-save shutout by Eiki Sato. But then the winning streak started.

On the second game the hosts won a key game against eventual runner-up Austria. The 5-3 victory in a game they were outshot 41-25 meant Ukraine had the advantage in the tie-breaker with Austria, which also had 12 points from four games with the only loss coming against Ukraine.

Austria held a 2-1 and 3-2 lead but Ukraine turned the game with three unanswered goals in the third frame. Two goals came from Hlib Krivoshabpin.

After victories against Hungary (4-3) and Italy (3-1) the Ukrainians were tied for first place with Austria and just needed to regulation-time win against last-ranked Romania. They got what they needed.

Austria recovered from the loss to Ukraine and also finished the tournament with a 3-1 record but couldn’t make up for the lost head-to-head game. With Dmytro Danylenko and Felix Morozov Ukraine had two players among the top-5 scorer. Danylenko was tied with Austria’s Benjamin Baumgartner, who also had thee goals and five assists.

Japan beat Italy 3-2 on the last day thanks to Taiki Takebe’s overtime winner to secure the bronze medals. Hungary finished fourth, Italy fifth and Romania will go down after fix mostly clear losses in the tournament.

For Ukraine the win is the biggest success in many years. It means a 17th-place finish overall in the U18 category and a top-16 spot for next year when Ukraine will compete in the Division I Group A and replace Slovenia. The last time the U18 team finished higher was in 2005 when it was 16th and the men’s and U20 national teams were among the top-16 in 2007.

 

 

Results Thread

 

 

[Finnator123 292]

5-4 Victory against Russia & Group victory as well!  

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Maxim Čajkovič leading the scorers table

 

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That Amazing feeling, when you return home and find something like this

 

 

wow 5 points in one match. Way to go Maxim !!!

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
In Chelyabinsk & Magnitogorsk , 19-29 April 2018

 

Sunday April 22nd, 2018 -

Preliminary Round

Day 4 Results (GMT +5)

 

Group A

(in Chelyabinsk)

15:30  Finland  5 - 4  Russia   

19:30  France  1 - 7  Slovakia   

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Rest Day: Czech Republic

 

Provisional Standing after Day 4:

1. Finland 9 pts, 2. ex aequo Russia and Slovakia 6 pts, 4. Czech Republic 0 pts, 5. France 0 pts.

 

Group B

(in Magnitogorsk)

15:30  United States  1 - 3  Sweden  

19:30  Switzerland  0 - 5  Canada   

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Rest Day: Belarus

 

Provisional Standing after Day 4:

1. Canada 9 pts, 2. Sweden 9 pts, 3. United States 3 pts, 4. Belarus 0 pts, 5. Switzerland 0 pts.

 

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U18 World Championships tomorrows schedule of Day 5

 

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
In Chelyabinsk & Magnitogorsk , 19-29 April 2018

 

Monday April 23rd, 2018 -

Preliminary Round

Day 5 Schedule (GMT +5)

 

Group A

(in Chelyabinsk)

15:30  Czech Republic vs France   

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Rest Day:    Finland,   Russia, Slovakia

 

Group B

(in Magnitogorsk)

15:30  Belarus vs Switzerland  

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Rest Day: Canada, Sweden, United States

 

 

[FC Mezhgorye 135]

@hckosice congrats! your guys are really strong 

 

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16 hours ago, FC Mezhgorye said:

@hckosice congrats! your guys are really strong 

 

 

Thanks, we are really pleasantly surprised by the results of the boys, to be honest it is a real surprise for us all, we did not expected that at all, because we knew that the last year team was much more stronger than this years one. and peoples were afraid prior the tournament if we´ll be even able to maintain in top division, but the kids revolted against the odds and are showing great team spirit and heart.

 

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
In Chelyabinsk & Magnitogorsk , 19-29 April 2018

 

Monday April 23rd, 2018 -

Preliminary Round

Day 5 Results (GMT +5)

 

Group A

(in Chelyabinsk)

15:30  Czech Republic  9 - 2  France   

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Rest Day:    Finland,   Russia, Slovakia

 

Provisional Standing after Day 5:

1. Finland 9 pts, 2. ex aequo Russia and Slovakia 6 pts, 4. Czech Republic 3 pts, 5. France 0 pts.

 

*France is assured to finish last of the group and will play the relegation round.

**Czech Republic is assured to finish 4th and will play the quarterfinal against the winner of Group B.

 

 

Group B

(in Magnitogorsk)

15:30  Belarus  5 - 4  Switzerland  

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Rest Day: Canada, Sweden, United States

 

Provisional Standing after Day 5:

1. Canada 9 pts, 2. Sweden 9 pts, 3. United States 3 pts, 4. Belarus 3 pts, 5. Switzerland 0 pts

 

*Huge upset and surprise in this group, Switzerland will play only for the relegation, in the best of 3 matches relegation round series against 5th team of Group A France.

**Belarus for the very first time in history in the U18 is qualified for the quarterfinals

 

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Last day of the preliminary round is scheduled tomorrow in the Under 18 World Championship Top Division.

 

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship
In Chelyabinsk & Magnitogorsk , 19-29 April 2018

 

Tuesday April 24th, 2018 -

Preliminary Round

Last Day Schedule (GMT +5)

 

Group A

(in Chelyabinsk)

15:30  Finland vs Czech Republic   

19:30  Russia vs Slovakia   

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Rest Day: France

 

*The match FIN vs CZE - will have no impact for the final standing or for the both teams qualification for the quarterfinals, Finland is already assured to top the group and Czech Republic will finish 4th.

**The match RUS vs SVK - is the direct match for 2d and 3rd place in the group. Before the game both teams are absolutely equal in term of points and score, both have 2-1 W/L record and both the same overall score 14:8, so the winner of the game will finish 2nd and losing team 3rd (No matter if in Regulation Time or after OT/GWS)

***France finished last and will play the relegation round against Switzerland

 

Group B

(in Magnitogorsk)

15:30  United States vs Belarus  

19:30  Sweden vs Canada   

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Rest Day: Switzerland

 

*the match USA vs BLR - is the direct match for 3rd and 4th place of the group and to avoid Finland in the quarterfinals. the winner of the game will finish 3rd and losing team 4th (No matter if in Regulation Time or after OT/GWS).

**The match SWE vs CAN - is the direct match for 1st and 2nd place of the group. the winner of the game will top the Group and face the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals and losing team will finish 2nd of the group (No matter if in Regulation Time or after OT/GWS).

***Switzerland finished last and will play the relegation round against France.