2018 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 20th IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was played from 19 to 29 April 2018 in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia. United States lost to Finland.Top Division
Match officials
12 referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
- Jonathan Alarie
- Kenneth Anderson
- Geoffrey Barcelo
- Christoffer Holm
- Benjamin Hoppe
- Ken Mollard
- Denis Naumov
- Kristijan Nikolic
- Daniel Pražák
- Peter Stano
- Kristian Vikman
- Milan Zrnič
;Linesmen
- Maxime Chaput
- Daniel Hynek
- Balazs Kovacs
- Jan-Christian Müller
- Lauri Nikulainen
- Tobias Nordlander
- Charlie O'Connor
- Ulrich Pardatscher
- Nikita Shalagin
- Dmitry Shishlo
Preliminary round
Group A
All times are local.Group B
Relegation round
Playoff round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Final standings
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
 Jack Hughes | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +3 | 2 |
 Maxim Čajkovič | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +7 | 6 |
 Niklas Nordgren | 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 | +10 | 4 |
 Jonatan Berggren | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +7 | 2 |
| Kaapo Kakko | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +8 | 2 |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +2 | 4 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +9 | 37 |
| Oliver Okuliar | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +5 | 6 |
| Joel Farabee | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +1 | 6 |
 Gilian Kohler | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +1 | 2 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
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 |
 Olivier Rodrigue | 180:57 | 79 | 4 | 1.33 | 94.94 | 1 |
| Olof Lindbom | 361:16 | 196 | 10 | 1.66 | 94.90 | 0 |
| Justus Annunen | 360:00 | 139 | 12 | 2.00 | 91.37 | 1 |
| Luca Hollenstein | 237:58 | 107 | 10 | 2.52 | 90.65 | 1 |
 Lukáš Dostál | 251:18 | 148 | 14 | 3.34 | 90.54 | 0 |
TOI = Time On Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Tournament awards
Most Valuable Player
All-star team
Source:
IIHF best player awards
- Goaltender: Olof Lindbom
- Defenceman: Adam Boqvist
- Forward: Jack Hughes
Source: Division I A
The Division I A tournament was held in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 8 April 2018.Division I B
The Division I B tournament was held in Kiev, Ukraine, from 14 to 20 April 2018.Division II A
The Division II A tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia, from 1 to 7 April 2018.Division II B
The Division II B tournament was held in Zagreb, Croatia, from 24 to 30 March 2018.Division III
Division III A
The Division III A tournament was held in Erzurum, Turkey, from 26 March to 1 April 2018.Division III B
The Division III B tournament was held in Queenstown, New Zealand, from 26 to 28 April 2018.
