| Tourney Name: | IIHF U18 World Championship |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Size: | 170px |
| Country: | United States |
| Dates: | April 26 – May 6 |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Type: | ih18 |
| Winners: | CAN |
| Count: | 4 |
| Second: | RUS |
| Third: | SWE |
| Fourth: | FIN |
| Games: | 28 |
| Goals: | 221 |
| Attendance: | 21038 |
| Points: | 16 |
| Website: | IIHF.com |
| Prevseason: | 2020 (cancelled) |
| Nextseason: | 2022 |
The 2021 IIHF World U18 Championship was the 22nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams would have participated at several levels of competition. The competition also would have served as qualifications for the 2022 competition. All tournaments other than the top division tournament were cancelled by the IIHF on November 18, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The United States finished without a medal for the first time since 2003.
The tournament was held from April 26 to May 6, 2021, in Frisco and Plano, United States.[2] [3] [4]
The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2021 World U18 Championships.[5]
Referees
Adam Kika
Riku Brander
Sergey Yudakov
Christoffer Holm
Sean Fernandez Sean MacFarlane Jacob Rekucki Stephen Reneau Peter Schlittenhardt Andrew WilkLinesmen
Nikita Polyakov David Klouček Tommi Niittylä Roman Slavikovskii Kevin Briganti Nick Briganti Jake Davis William Hancock Patrick RichardsonAll times are local (UTC–5).
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Winning teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:[6]
| Rank | Team | Group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | 1 | 12 | +23 | 28 | 4 | ||
| 2 | B | 1 | 9 | +11 | 24 | 7 | ||
| 3 | B | 2 | 9 | +15 | 27 | 2 | ||
| 4 | A | 2 | 9 | +2 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 5 | B | 3 | 8 | +3 | 18 | 3 | ||
| 6 | A | 3 | 6 | +3 | 16 | 5 | ||
| 7 | B | 4 | 4 | –10 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 8 | A | 4 | 3 | −13 | 6 | 9 |
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| width=30 | Pos | width=150 | Player | width=120 | Country | width=20 | GP | width=20 | G | width=20 | A | width=30 | Pts | width=30 | +/− | width=30 | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 16 | +7 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 | +12 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +12 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +7 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +10 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Francesco Pinelli | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Fedor Svechkov | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +4 | 4 |
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| width=30 | Pos | width=150 | Player | width=120 | Country | width=20 | TOI | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GAA | width=20 | SA | width=20 | Sv% | width=20 | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Gaudreau | 300:00 | 11 | 2.20 | 136 | 91.91 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Carl Lindbom | 313:29 | 16 | 3.06 | 194 | 91.75 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Kaidan Mbereko | 147:29 | 7 | 2.85 | 82 | 91.46 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Sergei Ivanov | 364:23 | 16 | 2.63 | 183 | 91.26 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Tikhon Chaika | 180:00 | 8 | 2.67 | 90 | 91.11 | 0 |
Benjamin Gaudreau Aleksi Heimosalmi Matvei MichkovSource: IIHF
Matvei Michkov Sergei Ivanov Aleksi Heimosalmi / Brandt Clarke Connor Bedard / Matvei Michkov / Samu TuomaalaSource: IIHF
All lower division tournaments were cancelled by the IIHF.
The tournament was to be held in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia, from April 5 to 11, 2021.[7]
The tournament was to be held in Asiago, Italy, from April 18 to 25, 2021.
The tournament was to be held in Tallinn, Estonia, from April 4 to 10, 2021.
The tournament was to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 21 to 27, 2021,
The tournament was to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from March 29 to April 4, 2021.
The tournament was to be held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, from March 28 to April 3, 2021.