- Source: 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2013 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 15th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted in Sochi, Russia. This was also a test event for the facilities to be used in the 2014 Winter Olympics. It began on 18 April 2013 with the gold medal game played on 28 April 2013.
Canada won its third under-18 championship by defeating the four time defending champion Americans 3–2. The host Russians lost to Finland 2–1 in the bronze medal game. MVP Connor McDavid set Canadian records for goals and points in the tournament.
Top Division
= Format
=A new format was implemented. The four best ranked teams from the preliminary round advanced to the quarterfinals, while the last placed teams played a relegation round in a best of three format to determine the relegated team. Additionally the practice of playing ranking games (fifth place through eighth place) was abandoned.
= Venues
=Bolshoy Ice Dome
Shayba Arena
= Officials
=The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following:
= Preliminary round
=Group A
All times are local. (Moscow Time – UTC+4)
Group B
All times are local. (Moscow Time – UTC+4)
= Relegation round
=The last-placed teams play a best-of-three series.
Latvia is relegated to 2014 Division I A; the third game was not played because the result of the relegation series had been decided.
= Knockout stage
=Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
= Scoring leaders
=List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutesSource: IIHF.com
= Leading goaltenders
=Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
= Tournament Awards
=Best players selected by the directorate:
Best Goalkeeper: Juuse Saros (FIN)
Best Defenseman: Steven Santini (USA)
Best Forward: Connor McDavid (CAN)
Source: IIHF.com
= Final standings
=Division I
= Division I A
=The Division I A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 7 to 13 April 2013.
= Division I B
=The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 14 to 20 April 2013.
Division II
= Division II A
=The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 31 March to 6 April 2013.
= Division II B
=The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 15 March 2013.
Division III
= Division III A
=The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 11 to 16 March 2013.
= Division III B
=The Division III B tournament was played in İzmit, Turkey, from 7 to 10 February 2013.
References
External links
IIHF official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bolshoy Ice Dome
- Mattias Janmark
- 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships
- IIHF World U18 Championship
- IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
- 2013 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
- 2013 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
- 2013 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
- Connor McDavid
- 2014 IIHF World U18 Championships
- 2007 IIHF World U18 Championships
- Shea Theodore
