The 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 24th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2024 competition.
Top Division The tournament was held in Basel and Porrentruy, Switzerland, from 20 to 30 April 2023.2023 Top Division official website2023 Top Division statistics
Preliminary round Group A The Group A matches were played in Porrentruy, Switzerland, from 20 to 25 April 2023.
Group B The Group B matches were played in Basel, Switzerland, from 20 to 25 April 2023.
Relegation round
Playoff round Winning teams will be reseeded in accordance with the following ranking:
higher position in the group higher number of points better goal difference higher number of goals scored for better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships).
Rank Team Group 1 United States B 1 12 +31 37 2 2 A 1 12 +15 18 1 3 B 2 9 +9 23 3 4 A 2 9 +6 20 5 5 B 3 6 −3 12 6 6 A 3 5 0 15 9 7 A 4 4 −2 12 4 8 B 4 3 −12 5 7
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final standings
Statistics Scoring leaders
PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIM 1 Will Smith 7 9 11 20 +15 2 2 Gabe Perreault 7 5 13 18 +15 0 3 Ryan Leonard 7 8 9 17 +16 4 4 Otto Stenberg 7 7 9 16 +13 4 5 Macklin Celebrini 7 6 9 15 +11 6 6 Dalibor Dvorský 7 8 5 13 −1 6 7 Matthew Wood 7 7 6 13 +12 6 8 Cole Hutson 7 1 11 12 +14 8 9 Cole Eiserman 7 9 2 11 +3 8 10 Axel Sandin Pellikka 7 2 9 11 +8 0 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASASv%SO 1 Noah Erliden 362:20 9 1.49 163 94.48 2 2 Trey Augustine 335:32 9 1.61 136 93.38 0 3 Michael Hrabal 289:09 15 3.11 188 92.02 0 4 Samuel Urban 336:30 21 3.74 227 90.75 0 5 Ewan Huet 215:37 9 2.50 90 90.00 1 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF
Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Noah Erliden Best Defenceman: Axel Sandin Pellikka Best Forward: Will Smith Source: IIHF
Media All-Stars: MVP: Will Smith Goaltender: Noah Erliden Defencemen: Axel Sandin Pellikka / Cole Hutson Forwards: Will Smith / Otto Stenberg / Dalibor Dvorský Source:
Division I
Group A The tournament was played in Angers, France, from 23 to 29 April 2023.2023 Division I A official website2023 Division I A statistics
Group B The tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 10 to 16 April 2023.2023 Division I B official website2023 Division I B statistics
Division II
Group A The tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 15 April 2023.2023 Division II A official website2023 Division II A statistics
Group B The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 27 March to 2 April 2023.2023 Division II B official website2023 Division II B statistics
Division III
Group A The tournament was played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 12 to 18 March 2023.2023 Division III A official website2023 Division III A statistics
Group B The tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 16 March 2023.2023 Division III B official website2023 Division III B statistics
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