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Tomorrow start the Division I Group A tournament in Riga, Latvia, also the Division II Group A continue with the 2nd day

 

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A
In Riga, :LAT , 2-8 April 2018

 

Monday April 2nd, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +3)

 

12:15  :GER Germany vs Denmark :DEN

16:15  :NOR Norway vs Kazakhstan :KAZ 

20:15  :SLO Slovenia vs Latvia :LAT

 

 

*Tournament Format: 6 Nations play a usual Round-Robin tournament, Each team play once every opponent, The first ranked Nation will qualify for the Men´s Under 18 World Championships Top Division next year in 2019.

Teams ranked from 2nd to 5th will stay in this division also for the next year

and the last ranked Nation will be relegated to the Men´s Under 18 Division I Group B World Championships 2019.

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group A
In Tallinn, :EST , 1-7 April 2018

 

Monday April 2nd, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Schedule (GMT +3)

 

13:00  :POL Poland vs South Korea :KOR

16:30  :GBR Great Britain vs Australia :AUS 

20:00  :EST Estonia vs Lithuania :LTU

 

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MEN´S UNDER 18

DIVISION III GROUP A

2018

 

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Belgium bounces back

U18s book immediate return to Division II B

 

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Belgium’s under-18 national team made an instant return to Division IIB after taking top spot in this week’s 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III Group A that took place in Erzurum in the east of Turkey. But it took a late goal from Ben Coolen – his fifth of the tournament – to claim a vital victory over Israel and deny Mexico a second successive promotion.

Going into Sunday’s games, four teams had at least a theoretical chance of top spot. Belgium and Mexico were out in front, but Israel and Turkey could still force a three-way tie on nine points if results went their way. The Mexicans were in action first, and a solid 5-2 victory over Chinese Taipei condemned the Asian team to relegation while ending Israel’s hopes of moving up.

That did not stop the Israelis from giving Belgium a stern test, though. Midway through the first period, captain Yuval Halpert stole the puck away from a Belgian D-man on the doorstep and turned to fire the opening goal past Arne Waumans. However, it took less than two minutes for the Belgians to get back on track when Akke Klijsen shot home from close range to tie the game.

Subsequently, the bulk of the action was around the Israeli net. Belgium had the better of the chances, but struggled to really test Israel’s goalie Yehonatan Reisinger. He ended the tournament as the top-ranked goalie, with a save percentage of 94.2% after allowing eight goals in the four games he played. The third-period even brought Israel opportunities to forge ahead once again as the team enjoyed three power plays but failing to convert. Over the course of the tournament, the Israeli power play was the least effective in the competition, managing just two goals for a conversion rate of 6.67 per cent.

That left the game tied going into the final minutes and meant Mexico had one skate in Division II: an overtime win for Belgium would put the two teams level on 11 points, and the Mexicans had a 3-2 victory from their meeting on Friday which would give them the edge in a tie.

Then came Coolen. The 17-year-old forward from the HYC Herentals club in the BeNeLiga came into this tournament after a handy contribution to Belgium’s U20 IIB campaign, and made the key play here. He chased a Jeffie Versin clearance down the ice, won a clash with Israel’s Shahar Lavon on the blue line and swooped in on the net to score the decisive goal with a little over four minutes to play. Delight for Belgium, despair for Mexico: the winners admitted that their evening had been a rather more stressful than they had hoped.

Coolen finished the tournament with 10 (5+5) points, sharing first place in the scoring charts with Bulgaria’s Konstantin Rangelov and the competition’s top goal scorer, Luis Cruz of Mexico. The Belgian was also selected as the top forward by the tournament directorate, with Gonzalo Hagerman of Mexico getting the award for best defenceman and home goalie Muhammet Mutanoglu completing the prize winners.

There was still something riding on the final game of the day – Turkey could not challenge for top spot but had the chance to finish with a bronze medal if it could defeat Bulgaria in front of its home crowd in Erzurum. However, the host missed out in a 1-3 loss. Bulgaria took third place with Israel edging the Turks for fourth thanks to a 2-0 victory when the nations met on the opening day of the competition.

 

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group A
In Tallinn, :EST , 1-7 April 2018

 

Monday April 2nd, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Results (GMT +3)

 

13:00  :POL Poland  4 - 0  South Korea :KOR

16:30  :GBR Great Britain  9 - 2  Australia :AUS 

20:00  :EST Estonia  0 - 7  Lithuania :LTU

 

 

Provisional Standing after Day 2:

1. Great Britain 6 pts, 2. Lithuania 6 pts, 3. Poland 3 pts, 4. South Korea 3 pts, 5. ex aequo Australia 0 pts and Estonia 0 pts.

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A
In Riga, :LAT , 2-8 April 2018

 

Monday April 2nd, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 1 Results (GMT +3)

 

12:15  :GER Germany  7 - 2  Denmark :DEN

16:15  :NOR Norway  2 - 5  Kazakhstan :KAZ 

20:15  :SLO Slovenia  1 - 2  Latvia :LAT

 

 

Provisional Standing after Day 1:

1. Germany 3 pts, 2. Kazakhstan 3 pts, 3. Latvia 3 pts, 4. Slovenia 0 pts, 5. Norway 0 pts, 6. Denmark 0 pts

 

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Tomorrows Division I Group A schedule

 

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A
In Riga, :LAT , 2-8 April 2018

 

Tuesday April 3rd, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Schedule (GMT +3)

 

12:15  :KAZ Kazakhstan vs Germany :GER

16:15  :DEN Denmark vs Slovenia :SLO 

20:15  :LAT Latvia vs Norway :NOR

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A
In Riga, :LAT , 2-8 April 2018

 

Tuesday April 3rd, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Results (GMT +3)

 

12:15  :KAZ Kazakhstan  0 - 1  Germany :GER

16:15  :DEN Denmark  2 - 3  Slovenia :SLO 

20:15  :LAT Latvia  3 - 0  Norway :NOR

 

 

Provisional Standing after Day 2:

1. Germany 6 pts, 2. Latvia 6 pts, 3. Kazakhstan 3 pts, 4. Slovenia 3 pts, 5. Denmark 0 pts, 6. Norway 0 pts

 

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