Start of the Play-Offs in the U18 Top Division, first match of the relegation series and the opening day of the lowest U18 division III Group B are scheduled tomorrow.
2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship In Chelyabinsk & Magnitogorsk , 19-29 April 2018
Thursday April 26th, 2018 -
Quarterfinals Schedule (GMT +5)
(in Chelyabinsk)
15:30 1Avs4B Finland vs Belarus
19:30 2Avs3B Russia vs United States
(in Magnitogorsk)
15:30 2Bvs3A Sweden vs Slovakia
19:30 1Bvs4A Canada vs Czech Republic
Relegation Round
Match 1 Schedule (GMT +5)
(in Magnitogorsk)
11:30 5Bvs5A Switzerland vs France
*Relegation Round Series: SUI and FRA will play a best-of-three Relegation Round series. The third game is only played if needed. The winner of the series plays again at the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship, while loser is relegated to Division I Group A.
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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III Group B In Queenstown, , 26 April - 28 April 2018
Thursday April 26th, 2018 -
Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +12)
19:00 South Africa vs New Zealand
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Rest Day: Hong Kong
*Tournament Format: 3 Nations wil play a traditional single Round-Robin tournament, Each team will play once every opponent,
the first ranked nation will qualify for the next years Men´s Under 18 Division III Group A World Championships where they will replace Chinese Taipei freshly relegated country from this years Div III A tournament held in Turkey a couple of weeks ago.
the Nations Ranked 2nd-3rd will stay in this division also for the next years edition.