2019 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	18–28 April
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	233 (7.52 per game)
Attendance	36,485 (1,177 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jack Hughes (20 points)
MVP	Cole Caufield
Website	IIHF.com
←  2018 2020 (cancelled) →

The 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 21st such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2020 competition. One national team, Luxembourg, returned to play in the World Championships for the first time since playing in the 2000 European qualification tiers.

Sweden won the title on home ice. It was the nation's first U18 World Championship. Defending champion Finland finished in seventh place and without a medal for the first time since 2014.

Top Division

The Top Division tournament was played in Örnsköldsvik and Umeå, Sweden, from 18 to 28 April 2019. ^{[1] [2]}

Match officials

12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[3]

Preliminary round

All times are local ( UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	0	29	10	+19	12	Quarterfinals
2	Belarus	4	2	0	1	1	13	22	−9	7
3	Czech Republic	4	2	0	0	2	17	14	+3	6
4	Finland	4	1	0	0	3	20	13	+7	3
5	Switzerland	4	0	1	0	3	11	31	−20	2	Relegation round

18 April 2019 15:30

Czech Republic

3–4 (0–2, 2–2, 1–0)

Belarus

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 190

Game reference
	Jan Bednář	Goalies	Alexei Kolosov	Referees: Marcus Linde Andre Schrader Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Jani Pesonen
	0–1 00:12 – Oxentyuk ( Usov) 0–2 17:52 – Kolyachonok (PP) Haš ( Teplý) – 23:21 1–2 Mlčák ( Přikryl) – 26:30 2–2 2–3 29:43 – Buyalski (Oxentyuk, Usov) 2–4 37:19 – Belov ( Kuznetsov, Pinchuk) (PP) Volráb ( Koffer) – 52:40 3–4
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	50	Shots	34

18 April 2019 19:30

Canada

5–3 (0–2, 2–1, 3–0)

Finland

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 2,328

Game reference
	Taylor Gauthier	Goalies	Roope Taponen	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Henrik Haurum Jon Kilian
	0–1 07:27 – Räty 0–2 11:59 – Saarela ( Simontaival) (PP2) 0–3 21:03 – Lundell ( Tieksola, Tuomisto) Rees (SH) – 24:55 1–3 Newhook ( Korczak) – 29:42 2–3 Tracey ( Krebs) (PP) – 43:57 3–3 Tracey ( Zary) – 54:31 4–3 Krebs ( Holloway) (PP, EN) – 59:29 5–3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	42

19 April 2019 15:30

Canada

7–4 (3–0, 1–3, 3–1)

Switzerland

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 458

Game reference
	Taylor Gauthier	Goalies	Andri Henauer	Referees: Marcus Linde Miroslav Štefík Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Josef Špůr
	Zary ( Tracey, Rees) – 03:40 1–0 Tracey (Zary, Rees) – 07:04 2–0 Harley ( Tomasino) – 10:19 3–0 3–1 22:57 – Schläpfer 3–2 29:42 – Schläpfer ( Zürcher, Delémont) (PP) 3–3 36:02 – Rubanik (Schläpfer) Krebs ( Drysdale) – 38:23 4–3 Tracey ( Newhook, Harley) (PP) – 45:38 5–3 5–4 48:21 – Salzgeber ( Canova, Stoffel) Cozens ( Pelletier, Newhook) – 49:58 6–4 Holloway (Krebs) – 53:30 7–4
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	60	Shots	28

19 April 2019 19:30

Belarus

4–3 (1–0, 2–0, 1–3)

Finland

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 362

Game reference
	Rostislav Zinovenko	Goalies	Roope Taponen	Referees: Guillaume Labonté Sergey Morozov Linesmen: David Obwegeser Nikita Shalagin
	Kozorez ( Buyalski, Oxentyuk) (PP) – 17:45 1–0 Palchik ( Martynov) (SH) – 26:56 2–0 Oxentyuk (Buyalski, Kolyachonok) – 33:17 3–0 Buyalski (Oxentyuk, Usov) – 43:48 4–0 4–1 48:10 – Tieksola ( Aaltonen, Pärssinen) 4–2 50:02 – Puistola ( Saarela, Heinola) 4–3 55:40 – Niemelä (Aaltonen)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	19	Shots	61

20 April 2019 15:30

Switzerland

2–8 (0–2, 1–3, 1–3)

Czech Republic

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 582

Game reference
	Andri Henauer Noah Patenaude	Goalies	Lukáš Pařík	Referees: Joonas Kova Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Riley Bowles
	0–1 02:01 – Koffer ( Myšák, Barinka) (PP) 0–2 12:21 – Raška (Barinka) 0–3 21:18 – Lang ( Haš) (PP) 0–4 22:40 – Rutar ( Pšenička) (PP) Rubanik ( Chanton, Knak) (PP2) – 24:44 1–4 1–5 38:34 – Rychlovský (Koffer) 1–6 40:32 – Lang ( Přikryl) Dähler – 50:52 2–6 2–7 51:50 – Najman ( Kubíček) 2–8 56:22 – Koffer (Najman, Rychlovský)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	59

21 April 2019 15:30

Finland

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Czech Republic

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 416

Game reference
	Kari Piiroinen	Goalies	Lukáš Pařík	Referees: Marcus Linde Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jon Kilian Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 00:37 – Lang ( Přikryl, Mužík) Puistola ( Räty, Heinola) (PP) – 28:39 1–1 1–2 33:49 – Koffer ( Barinka, Myšák) (PP) 1–3 49:53 – Toman ( Peterek, Teplý) 1–4 58:36 – Koffer ( Raška) (PP) Räty – 59:09 2–4
	26 min	Penalties	10 min
	49	Shots	31

21 April 2019 19:30

Belarus

1–11 (0–3, 1–5, 0–3)

Canada

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 293

Game reference
	Rostislav Zinovenko Alexei Kolosov	Goalies	Nolan Maier	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Miroslav Štefík Linesmen: Riley Bowles Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 04:24 – Zary ( Tomasino) (PP) 0–2 13:36 – Spence ( Rees) 0–3 19:57 – Newhook ( Cozens) 0–4 20:34 – Schneider (Rees, Vukojevic (SH) 0–5 29:02 – Newhook ( Tracey, Cozens) 0–6 29:42 – Légaré (Vukojevic) 0–7 37:28 – Cozens ( Krebs) 0–8 37:41 – Krebs (Cozens) Pinchuk ( Kuznetsov, Kolyachonok) (PP) – 38:49 1–8 1–9 41:22 – Cozens (Newhook, Harley) (PP) 1–10 57:54 – Légaré ( Washkurak) (PP) 1–11 58:09 – Poulin ( Drysdale, Hunt) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	42	Shots	60

22 April 2019 15:30

Switzerland

5–4 OT (3–0, 0–2, 1–2) OT: (1–0)

Belarus

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 404

Game reference
	Florian Vuichard	Goalies	Alexei Kolosov Rostislav Zinovenko	Referees: Sean McFarlane Andre Schrader Linesmen: Jani Pesonen Tarrington Wyonzek
	Rubanik ( Fuss, Zürcher) – 13:18 1–0 Marchand ( Knak) – 14:07 2–0 Salzgeber ( Stoffel, Jobin) – 14:50 3–0 3–1 21:42 – Pinchuk ( Kolyachonok, Demchenko) 3–2 39:54 – Oxentyuk ( Kozorez) 3–3 50:22 – Kuznetsov (Demchenko, Denisov) 3–4 50:40 – Palchik (Kolyachonok, Kozorez) Fuss (Zürcher, Schläpfer) – 52:06 4–4 Canova (Knak, Baragano) – 64:42 5–4
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	42	Shots	58

23 April 2019 15:30

Finland

12–0 (4–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Switzerland

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 468

Game reference
	Roope Taponen	Goalies	Andri Henauer Florian Vuichard	Referees: Guillaume Labonté Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Riley Bowles Josef Špůr
	Intonen ( Simontaival, Miettinen) – 02:26 1–0 Simontaival (Miettinen, Kokkonen) – 07:28 2–0 Lundell ( Aaltonen) (SH) – 09:44 3–0 Petman (Simontaival, Räsänen) (EA) – 19:11 4–0 Aaltonen ( Tuomisto, Tieksola) (PP) – 21:43 5–0 Puistola (SH) – 27:04 6–0 Puistola ( Heinola, Lundell) (PP2) – 35:53 7–0 Miettinen (Lundell, Aaltonen) (PP) – 36:55 8–0 Heinola – 40:36 9–0 Loponen (Intonen, Miettinen) – 49:55 10–0 Puistola ( Saarela, Loponen) – 53:42 11–0 Pärssinen (Tieksola) – 58:59 12–0
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	63	Shots	21

23 April 2019 19:30

Czech Republic

2–6 (2–1, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 407

Game reference
	Lukáš Pařík	Goalies	Nolan Maier	Referees: Aaro Brännare Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Jon Kilian Ludvig Lundgren
	Volráb ( Rutar, Peterek) (PP) – 04:25 1–0 Barinka ( Myšák) – 05:57 2–0 2–1 11:42 – Newhook ( Rees) 2–2 21:48 – Holloway ( Tomasino) 2–3 35:12 – Tomasino (Holloway, Pelletier) 2–4 51:51 – Légaré ( Spence) (PP2) 2–5 53:37 – Rees (Spence) 2–6 54:57 – Krebs ( Cozens, Newhook)
	36 min	Penalties	18 min
	25	Shots	58

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	31	10	+21	12	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden (H)	4	3	0	0	1	14	9	+5	9
3	Russia	4	2	0	0	2	14	13	+1	6
4	Latvia	4	1	0	0	3	6	17	−11	3
5	Slovakia	4	0	0	0	4	9	25	−16	0	Relegation round

18 April 2019 15:30

Russia

6–3 (3–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Slovakia

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 423

Game reference
	Vsevolod Skotnikov	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Aaro Brännare Michael Campbell Linesmen: Riley Bowles Tarrington Wyonzek
	Nikolayev – 04:14 1–0 1–1 08:40 – Čajkovič ( Turanský, Sojka) (PP) Amirov (PS) – 07:24 2–1 Gritsyuk ( Spiridonov) (PP) – 16:52 3–1 Groshev – 23:55 4–1 4–2 31:49 – Chromiak ( Lašák, Mudrák) (PP) Gritsyuk (Spiridonov, Chinakhov) – 40:15 5–2 5–3 53:22 – Čajkovič (Turanský, Lavička) (PP) Khusnutdinov (EN) – 59:20 6–3
	26 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	31

18 April 2019 19:30

Sweden

1–6 (1–0, 0–2, 0–4)

United States

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 4,228

Game reference
	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Spencer Knight	Referees: Joonas Kova Guillaume Labonté Linesmen: Nikita Shalagin Josef Špůr
	Holmström ( Nybeck, Costmar) – 14:16 1–0 1–1 24:47 – Caufield ( Boldy, Warren) 1–2 25:26 – Beecher ( Thrun) 1–3 40:21 – McCarthy ( York, Beecher) 1–4 43:02 – Caufield (Boldy) 1–5 45:15 – Caufield (York, Turcotte) (PP) 1–6 56:59 – Turcotte ( Hughes, Boldy) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	42

19 April 2019 15:30

Slovakia

5–12 (1–3, 1–2, 3–7)

United States

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 620

Game reference
	Patrik Kozel	Goalies	Cam Rowe	Referees: Andrei Shrubok Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jon Kilian Jani Pesonen
	0–1 07:42 – Caufield ( Hughes, McCarthy) 0–2 17:27 – Turcotte ( Moynihan, Boldy) Krajč ( Golian, Turan) (PP) – 19:31 1–2 1–3 19:41 – Boldy ( Helleson, Moynihan) 1–4 20:59 – Hughes (Caufield) Sojka ( Čajkovič, Turanský) (PP) – 25:42 2–4 2–5 39:47 – Caufield (Turcotte) (PP) 2–6 41:55 – Hughes ( Gildon, Caufield) 2–7 43:15 – Lindmark (Turcotte, Warren) Valigura (SH) – 45:09 3–7 Chromiak (SH) – 46:21 4–7 4–8 50:34 – Caufield (Hughes) 4–9 52:13 – Hughes (Turcotte, Boldy) (PP) Eliáš ( Gajdoš) – 54:12 5–9 5–10 55:00 – Hughes 5–11 55:32 – York (Helleson, Farrell) 5–12 57:17 – Caufield (Hughes, Boldy) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	47

19 April 2019 19:30

Sweden

5–2 (2–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Latvia

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 1,257

Game reference
	Jesper Wallstedt	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Michael Campbell Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Henrik Haurum Tarrington Wyonzek
	0–1 07:17 – Zabusovs Henriksson ( Raymond) (PP) – 11:31 1–1 Bjerselius ( Nybeck) – 13:03 2–1 Holtz ( Wahlgren, Henriksson) (PP) – 26:15 3–1 3–2 41:55 – Švanenbergs ( Millers) Henriksson (Holtz, Wahlgren) (PP) – 47:39 4–2 Raymond (Holtz, Henriksson) (PP) – 55:45 5–2
	18 min	Penalties	14 min
	46	Shots	20

20 April 2019 15:30

Latvia

1–5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Russia

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 617

Game reference
	Artūrs Šilovs	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov	Referees: Oldřich Hejduk Miroslav Štefík Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren David Obwegeser
	0–1 13:35 – Groshev ( Bryzgalov) Ansons ( Polcs) – 26:21 1–1 1–2 31:58 – Chistyakov ( Nikolayev, Amirov) 1–3 32:49 – Sheshin ( Gushin) 1–4 59:40 – Amirov (Nikolayev) (EN) 1–5 59:48 – Mingachyov (Groshev)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	44

21 April 2019 15:30

United States

6–3 (2–2, 2–0, 2–1)

Russia

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 745

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov Vsevolod Skotnikov	Referees: Aaro Brännare Andre Schrader Linesmen: Henrik Haurum Josef Špůr
	0–1 05:48 – Chinakhov ( Rogov) (PP) 0–2 07:56 – Amirov ( Podkolzin) Hughes ( York, Zegras) (PP) – 09:40 1–2 Turcotte ( Boldy, Brink) – 14:51 2–2 Boldy (Brink, Fensore) (PP) – 31:55 3–2 Caufield (Hughes, Turcotte) – 39:32 4–2 4–3 52:04 – Spiridonov ( Burenov) Caufield ( McCarthy, Fensore) – 54:25 5–3 Beniers (York) – 59:57 6–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	23

21 April 2019 19:30

Slovakia

1–5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Sweden

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 1,831

Game reference
	Samuel Hlavaj	Goalies	Jesper Wallstedt	Referees: Michael Campbell Guillaume Labonté Linesmen: Pavel Badyl David Obwegeser
	0–1 00:14 – Bjerselius (SH) Sojka ( Čajkovič) – 24:25 1–1 1–2 27:18 – Henriksson ( Broberg, Söderström) 1–3 31:19 – Nybeck (Broberg, Wallstedt) 1–4 48:13 – Lawner (Broberg) 1–5 56:58 – Nybeck (SH)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	54

22 April 2019 15:30

Latvia

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 613

Game reference
	Artūrs Šilovs	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Andrei Shrubok Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Pavel Badyl David Obwegeser
	Ošenieks – 25:56 1–0 Jevdokimovs ( Ansons, Ozols) – 28:36 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	24

23 April 2019 15:30

United States

7–1 (1–0, 4–0, 2–1)

Latvia

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 687

Game reference
	Spencer Knight Cam Rowe	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs Rūdolfs Lazdiņš	Referees: Michael Campbell Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Jani Pesonen Nikita Shalagin
	Beecher ( Warren, Farrell) – 02:00 1–0 Caufield ( Zegras) – 25:37 2–0 York ( Hughes) – 30:48 3–0 Caufield (Zegras, Hughes) (PP) – 34:40 4–0 Beecher ( Knight) – 38:20 5–0 5–1 40:08 – Skrastiņš ( Ošenieks, Tumānovs) Boldy ( Brink, Fensore) (PP) – 45:10 6–1 Brink (Boldy) – 55:59 7–1
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	46	Shots	14

23 April 2019 19:30

Russia

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 3,321

Game reference
	Yaroslav Askarov	Goalies	Hugo Alnefelt	Referees: Joonas Kova Andre Schrader Linesmen: Henrik Haurum Tarrington Wyonzek
	0–1 23:56 – Broberg (PP) 0–2 33:06 – Lawner ( Raymond, Hedström) (EA) 0–3 53:54 – Holmström
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	25

Relegation round

25 April 2019 11:30

Switzerland

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 169

Game reference
	Andri Henauer	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj Patrik Kozel	Referees: Guillaume Labonté Andrei Shrubok Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Jon Kilian
	0–1 02:46 – Sojka ( Čajkovič, Turan) (PP) Schläpfer ( Fuss, Zürcher) – 09:27 1–1 Stoffel ( Delémont) – 19:02 2–1 Jobin ( Rubanik) (PP) – 21:08 3–1 Canova ( Pezzullo) (PP) – 58:48 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	42	Shots	46

27 April 2019 19:30

Slovakia

4–3 (1–1, 2–2, 1–0)

Switzerland

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 152

Game reference
	Patrik Kozel	Goalies	Andri Henauer	Referees: Aaro Brännare Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Jon Kilian
	Valigura ( Turanský, Mudrák) – 02:17 1–0 1–1 19:57 – Dähler ( Jobin, Canova) 1–2 25:56 – Salzgeber ( Guggenheim) Krajč ( Chromiak) – 28:35 2–2 Škvarek ( Lašák, Eliáš) – 29:59 3–2 3–3 38:45 – Jobin (Dähler) Čajkovič (PS) – 57:32 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	46

28 April 2019 15:30

Switzerland

6–3 (2–2, 1–0, 3–1)

Slovakia

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 76

Game reference
	Andri Henauer	Goalies	Patrik Kozel	Referees: Joonas Kova Marcus Linde Linesmen: Nikita Shalagin Josef Špůr
	Canova ( Bardh) – 04:13 1–0 1–1 13:03 – Haščák ( Krajč) Fuss ( Schläpfer) – 13:45 2–1 2–2 16:40 – Mrazík ( Turan, Čajkovič) (PP) Dähler (Canova) – 37:21 3–2 Salzgeber (Fuss, Zürcher) – 41:56 4–2 Zürcher (PP) – 50:02 5–2 Knak ( Delémont) – 50:35 6–2 6–3 54:54 – Haščák (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	37 min
	39	Shots	44

Playoff round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	25 April
	Canada	3
					27 April
	Latvia	1
					Canada	3
	25 April
					Sweden	4
	Sweden	4
									28 April
	Czech Republic	2
									Sweden ( OT)	4
	25 April
									Russia	3
	United States	6
					27 April
	Finland	0
					United States	2
	25 April
					Russia ( GWS)	3			Third place
	Belarus	0
									28 April
	Russia	6
									United States	5
									Canada	2

Quarterfinals

25 April 2019 15:30

Belarus

0–6 (0–2, 0–3, 0–1)

Russia

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 191

Game reference
	Rostislav Zinovenko Alexei Kolosov	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov	Referees: Joonas Kova Miroslav Štefík Linesmen: Riley Bowles Josef Špůr
	0–1 16:16 – Nikolayev ( Podkolzin, Amirov) 0–2 19:01 – Gritsyuk ( Spiridonov) (PP) 0–3 23:08 – Gushin ( Likhachyov) 0–4 24:49 – Amirov (Likhachyov) (PP) 0–5 38:59 – Chinakhov ( Kirpichnikov) (PP) 0–6 56:04 – Spiridonov (Gritsyuk)
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	65

25 April 2019 15:30

United States

6–0 (2–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Finland

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 922

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Roope Taponen	Referees: Michael Campbell Andre Schrader Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Tarrington Wyonzek
	Beniers ( Vlasic, Helleson) – 06:25 1–0 Hughes ( Zegras) – 11:06 2–0 Hughes – 24:56 3–0 Hughes (Zegras, Caufield) – 39:10 4–0 Caufield (Hughes, Zegras) – 52:06 5–0 Brink (Zegras, York) – 52:53 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	21

25 April 2019 19:30

Canada

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Latvia

A3 Arena, Umeå Attendance: 242

Game reference
	Taylor Gauthier	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Aaro Brännare Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Henrik Haurum David Obwegeser
	Schneider ( Tracey) – 13:48 1–0 Krebs – 27:34 2–0 2–1 50:01 – Brants ( Vītoliņš, Polcs) (PP) Krebs ( Zary, Schneider) (EN) – 59:40 3–1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	43	Shots	39

25 April 2019 19:30

Sweden

4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 2,248

Game reference
	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Lukáš Pařík Jan Bednář	Referees: Sean MacFarlane Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jani Pesonen Nikita Shalagin
	Holtz ( Raymonds) (PP) – 09:55 1–0 Söderblom ( Nybeck, Andersson) – 10:19 2–0 Grewe ( Bjerselius, Holmström) (PP) – 21:27 3–0 3–1 33:33 – Barinka ( Kučeřík, Teplý) 3–2 43:46 – Mužík ( Lang) Bjerselius (Andersson) (EN) – 59:10 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	28	Shots	34

Semifinals

27 April 2019 15:30

United States

2–3 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) OT: (0–0) SO: (0–1)

Russia

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 1,547

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov	Referees: Guillaume Labonté Marcus Linde Linesmen: David Obwegeser Josef Špůr
	0–1 38:24 – Amirov ( Sheshin) (SH) Caufield ( Hughes, York) (PP) – 40:12 1–1 Caufield ( McCarthy, Zegras) – 43:16 2–1 2–2 47:27 – Chistyakov ( Gritsyuk, Spiridonov)
	Turcotte Caufield Hughes Zegras Boldy	Shootout	Chinakhov Podkolzin Amirov Gritsyuk
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	42	Shots	34

27 April 2019 19:30

Canada

3–4 (1–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Sweden

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 3,519

Game reference
	Taylor Gauthier	Goalies	Hugo Alnefelt	Referees: Joonas Kova Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jani Pesonen Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 11:47 – Broberg ( Henriksson, Holmström) Zary ( Tomasino, Harley) (PP) – 16:14 1–1 Newhook ( Cozens, Krebs) – 21:27 2–1 2–2 33:55 – Holtz ( Raymond, Henriksson) 2–3 49:23 – Holtz ( Björnfot, Henriksson) (PP) Zary ( Suzuki, Rees) – 52:49 3–3 3–4 57:29 – Grewe ( Bjerselius, Holmström)
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	30

Bronze medal game

28 April 2019 15:30

United States

5–2 (1–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Canada

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 1,567

Game reference
	Spencer Knight	Goalies	Nolan Maier	Referees: Sergey Morozov Andre Schrader Linesmen: Henrik Haurum Ludvig Lundgren
	Turcotte ( Hughes) (PP) – 08:03 1–0 1–1 19:06 – Cozens ( Newhook) (PP) Hughes ( York) – 26:54 2–1 Brink ( Boldy, Fensore) (PP) – 32:59 3–1 York (Hughes, Caufield) (PP) – 35:18 4–1 York ( Zegras) (PP) – 54:26 5–1 5–2 59:54 – Légaré ( Poulin)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	23

Final

28 April 2019 19:30

Sweden

4–3 OT (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) OT: (1–0)

Russia

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 5,602

Game reference
	Hugo Alnefelt	Goalies	Yaroslav Askarov	Referees: Michael Campbell Sean MacFarlance Linesmen: Riley Bowles Tarrington Wyonzek
	Raymond ( Holtz, Henriksson) – 09:32 1–0 Holmström – 25:53 2–0 2–1 31:48 – Podkolzin ( Amirov, Khusnutdinov) 2–2 40:20 – Amirov (Podkolzin, Khusnutdinov) 2–3 50:22 – Groshev ( Vashenko) Raymond ( Holtz, Broberg) – 50:47 3–3 Raymond ( Brännstam, Johansson) – 65:44 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	38

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Sweden (H)	7	5	1	0	1	26	17	+9	17	Champions
2	B	Russia	7	3	1	1	2	26	19	+7	12	Runners-up
3	B	United States	7	6	0	1	0	44	15	+29	19	Third place
4	A	Canada	7	5	0	0	2	37	20	+17	15	Fourth place
5	A	Belarus	5	2	0	1	2	13	28	−15	7	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	A	Czech Republic	5	2	0	0	3	19	18	+1	6
7	A	Finland	5	1	0	0	4	20	19	+1	3
8	B	Latvia	5	1	0	0	4	7	20	−13	3
9	A	Switzerland	7	2	1	0	4	24	39	−15	8
10	B	Slovakia	7	1	0	0	6	17	38	−21	3	Relegated to 2020 Division I A

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Jack Hughes	7	9	11	20	+10	8
Cole Caufield	7	14	4	18	+12	4
Matthew Boldy	7	3	9	12	+6	0
Cameron York	7	4	7	11	+13	0
Peyton Krebs	7	6	4	10	+9	4
Alex Newhook	7	5	5	10	+6	0
Rodion Amirov	7	6	3	9	+4	2
Dylan Cozens	7	4	5	9	+8	4
Alex Turcotte	7	4	5	9	+4	4
Karl Henriksson	7	3	6	9	+1	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: 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.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Spencer Knight	357:33	141	9	1.51	93.62	1
Nolan Maier	180:00	108	8	2.67	92.59	0
Lukáš Pařík	220:32	170	13	3.54	92.35	0
Hugo Alnefelt	305:44	178	14	2.75	92.13	1
Artūrs Šilovs	271:24	182	15	3.32	91.76	1

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

• Best players selected by the Directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Yaroslav Askarov
  • Best Defenceman: Philip Broberg
  • Best Forward: Cole Caufield

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Cole Caufield
  • Goaltender: Yaroslav Askarov
  • Defencemen: Philip Broberg / Cameron York
  • Forwards: Cole Caufield / Jack Hughes / Rodion Amirov

Source: IIHF

Division I

Group A

The tournament was played in Grenoble, France, from 14 to 20 April 2019. ^{[4] [5]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany	5	5	0	0	0	38	12	+26	15	Promoted to the 2021 Top Division
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	23	12	+11	11
3	Denmark	5	3	0	1	1	17	14	+3	10
4	Norway	5	2	0	0	3	13	17	−4	6
5	France (H)	5	0	1	0	4	12	25	−13	2
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	1	4	7	30	−23	1	Relegated to the 2022 Division I B

Group B

The tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 14 to 20 April 2019. ^{[6] [7]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	18	12	+6	12	Promoted to the 2022 Division I A
2	Austria	5	3	1	0	1	22	7	+15	11
3	Hungary (H)	5	2	0	1	2	18	16	+2	7
4	Italy	5	2	0	0	3	10	18	−8	6
5	Slovenia	5	1	1	0	3	6	16	−10	5
6	Great Britain	5	1	0	1	3	13	18	−5	4	Relegated to the 2022 Division II A

Division II

Group A

The tournament was played in Elektrėnai, Lithuania, from 7 to 13 April 2019. ^{[8] [9]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Poland	5	5	0	0	0	36	4	+32	15	Promoted to the 2022 Division I B
2	Lithuania (H)	5	4	0	0	1	21	15	+6	12
3	Estonia	5	3	0	0	2	21	19	+2	9
4	Romania	5	1	1	0	3	17	24	−7	5
5	South Korea	5	1	0	0	4	17	19	−2	3
6	Spain	5	0	0	1	4	6	37	−31	1	Relegated to the 2022 Division II B

Group B

The tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 25 to 31 March 2019. ^{[10] [11]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Serbia (H)	5	4	0	1	0	31	10	+21	13	Promoted to the 2022 Division II A
2	China	5	4	0	0	1	18	15	+3	12
3	Netherlands	5	3	1	0	1	13	9	+4	11
4	Croatia	5	2	0	0	3	16	14	+2	6
5	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	12	21	−9	3
6	Belgium	5	0	0	0	5	12	33	−21	0	Relegated to the 2022 Division III A

Division III

Group A

The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 25 to 31 March 2019. ^{[12] [13]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bulgaria (H)	5	4	1	0	0	21	11	+10	14	Promoted to the 2022 Division II B
2	Israel	5	2	1	1	1	17	13	+4	9 [a]
3	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	23	16	+7	9 [a]
4	Turkey	5	3	0	0	2	14	13	+1	9 [a]
5	Mexico	5	0	1	0	4	8	20	−12	2 [b]
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	2	3	13	23	−10	2 [b]	Relegated to the 2022 Division III B

Group B

The tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 9 to 12 April 2019. ^{[14] [15]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	0	0	22	5	+17	9	Promoted to the 2022 Division III A
2	Hong Kong	3	2	0	0	1	11	15	−4	6
3	South Africa (H)	3	0	1	0	2	13	15	−2	2
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	1	2	8	19	−11	1

References

External links

• IIHF official website