2014 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 16th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Lappeenranta and Imatra, Finland. The tournament began on 17 April 2014, with the gold medal game played on 27 April 2014.
Top Division
Officials
The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship.They were the following:
Referees
- Andris Ansons
- Michael Hicks
- Pavel Hodek
- Mikko Kaukokari
- Daniel Konc
- Geoffrey Miller
- Kendrick Nicholson
- Linus Öhlund
- Anssi Salonen
- Gordon Schukies
- Alexander Sergeyev
- Tobias Wehrli
- Jordan Browne
- René Jensen
- Gleb Lazarev
- Miroslav Lhotský
- Andreas Malmqvist
- Dana Penkivech
- Jani Pesonen
- Nikolaj Ponomarjow
- Alexander Waldejer
- Sotaro Yamaguchi
Preliminary round
| Team qualified to Quarterfinals | |
| Team will play in Relegation round |
Group A
Group B
Relegation round
The last-placed teams played a best-of-three series.- Denmark is relegated to next year's 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
Final
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
 William Nylander | 7 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +8 | 0 |
| Axel Holmström | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +8 | 4 |
 Jakub Vrána | 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 | +3 | 4 |
 Jack Eichel | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +6 | 2 |
| Sonny Milano | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +6 | 4 |
 Kevin Fiala | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +4 | 8 |
 Kirill Pilipenko | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Auston Matthews | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +7 | 4 |
| Kyle Connor | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +8 | 0 |
| Denis Malgin | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 2 |
Source:
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 |
 Mason McDonald | 371:17 | 171 | 12 | 1.94 | 92.98 | 0 |
| Gauthier Descloux | 238:28 | 101 | 9 | 2.26 | 91.09 | 0 |
 Adam Húska | 159:52 | 84 | 8 | 3.00 | 90.48 | 0 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 359:05 | 112 | 11 | 1.84 | 90.18 | 1 |
| Maxim Tretiak | 183:55 | 80 | 8 | 2.61 | 90.00 | 0 |
Source:
Tournament Awards
Best players selected by the directorate:- Best Goalkeeper:
- Best Defenseman:
- Best Forward:
Final standings
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