The 2026 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I consists of two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.
Division I A
The Division I Group A tournament was played in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, from 18 to 24 April 2025.2026 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I A official website, www.iihf.com2026 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I A statistics, stats.iihf.com
Participating teams Team Qualification Placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated Placed 2nd in Division I A last year Placed 3rd in Division I A last year Placed 4th in Division I A last year Placed 5th in Division I A last year Hosts; Placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted
Match officials Seven referees and seven linesperson were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesperson Nicolas Cregut Bartosz Kaczmarek Chazz Knoche Eetu Rasalahti Jacob Schauer Tyler Skene Marius Wölzmüller Fabrizio Bachelut Maxime Bedard Philip Hanning Ilia Kisil Piotr Kot Odin Nelson Oleh Ostroukh
Standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Summer Time; UTC+2).
Source: Match Schedule
Division I B
The Division I Group B tournament was being played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 25 April to 1 May 2026.2026 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I B official website, www.iihf.com2026 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I B statistics, stats.iihf.com
Participating teams Team Qualification Placed 6th in 2025 Division I A and were relegated Placed 2nd in Division I B last year Placed 3rd in Division I B last year Placed 4th in Division I B last year Hosts; Placed 5th in Division I B last year Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted
Match officials Seven referees and seven linesperson were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesperson Michael Fritschi Tomáš Hacaperka Go Hashimoto David Laksola Hunter Mottinger Mark Punger Dániel Soós Nurlan Alpyspayev Paolo Brondi Maxime Ferland William Henriksson Daniel Lindblom Toms Mencis Thomas Simon
Standings
Match results All times are local (Eastern European Summer Time; UTC+3).
Source: Match Schedule
References