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2015 IIHF World U18 Championships

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Host country
  
Switzerland

Teams
  
10

Runner-up
  
Finland

Dates
  
16–26 April 2015

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

Champions
  
United States (9th title)

The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 17th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland. The tournament began on 16 April 2015, with the gold medal game played on 26 April 2015.

Contents

Officials

The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship.
They were the following:

Group A

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+02:00)

Group B

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+02:00)

Relegation round

The last-placed teams played a best-of-three series.

  • Germany 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.
  • 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 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.

    TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

    Source: IIHF.com Goalkeepers statistics

    Tournament awards

    Most Valuable Player

  • Forward: Auston Matthews
  • All-star team

  • Goaltender: Veini Vehviläinen
  • Defencemen: Vili Saarijärvi, Jonas Siegenthaler
  • Forwards: Patrik Laine, Denis Malgin, Auston Matthews
  • IIHF best player awards

  • Goaltender: Ilya Samsonov
  • Defenceman: Vili Saarijärvi
  • Forward: Auston Matthews
  • References: [1], [2]

    Division I A

    The Division I A tournament was played in Debrecen, Hungary, from 12 to 18 April 2015.

    Division I B

    The Division I B tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 12 to 18 April 2015.

    Division II A

    The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 22 to 28 March 2015.

    Division II B

    The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 16 to 22 March 2015.

    Division III A

    The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 22 to 28 March 2015.

    Division III B

    The Division III B tournament was played in Auckland, New Zealand, from 17 to 19 March 2015.

    References

    2015 IIHF World U18 Championships Wikipedia