2021 IIHF World U18 Championships

2021 IIHF U18 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	April 26 – May 6
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Canada (4th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	28
Goals scored	221 (7.89 per game)
Attendance	21,038 (751 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Matvei Michkov (16 points)
Awards
MVP	Matvei Michkov
Official website
	IIHF.com

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.

Top Division

The tournament was held from April 26 to May 6, 2021, in Frisco and Plano, United States.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2021 World U18 Championships.^[5]

Referees

Adam Kika
Riku Brander
Lukas Kohlmüller
Sergey Yudakov
Christoffer Holm
Micha Hebeisen
Sean Fernandez
Sean MacFarlane
Jacob Rekucki
Stephen Reneau
Peter Schlittenhardt
Andrew Wilk

Linesmen

Nikita Polyakov
David Klouček
Tommi Niittylä
Dāvis Zunde
Roman Slavikovskii
Kevin Briganti
Nick Briganti
Jake Davis
William Hancock
Patrick Richardson

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	28	5	+23	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	4	3	1	16	14	+2	9
3	Belarus	4	2	2	16	13	+3	6
4	Switzerland	4	1	3	6	19	−13	3
5	Latvia	4	0	4	6	21	−15	0

Source: IIHF

April 26, 2021
16:00

Belarus

1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Sweden

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Ivan Zhigalov

Goalies

Carl Lindbom

Referees:
Lukas Kohlmüller
Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
David Klouček
Patrick Richardson

	0–1	05:24 – Rosén (Olsson, Hävelid) (PP)
	0–2	21:50 – Lysell
Klimovich (Sidorov, Kuzmin) (PP) – 28:32	1–2
	1–3	38:12 – Eljas (Sjöberg, Kangas)
	1–4	58:20 – Persson (Hävelid)
	1–5	59:08 – Sjöholm (Persson, Hasa)

14 min

Penalties

8 min

30

Shots

44

April 26, 2021
20:00

Latvia

2–4
(0–2, 2–2, 0–0)

Switzerland

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Kārlis Mežsargs
Marks Slavinskis

Goalies

Kevin Pasche

Referees:
Stephen Reneau
Andrew Wilk
Linesmen:
Tommi Niittylä
Roman Slavikovskii

	0–1	12:02 – Jabola (Bichsel, Biasca) (PP)
	0–2	12:25 – Reichle (Robin, Sidler)
	0–3	24:42 – Bichsel (Biasca)
	0–4	25:06 – Robin (Zanetti, Sidler)
Ločmelis (Dukurs, Vilmanis) – 37:50	1–4
Ravinskis (Hodass, Silkalns) – 39:08	2–4

12 min

Penalties

6 min

41

Shots

29

April 27, 2021
16:00

Switzerland

1–7
(0–1, 1–3, 0–3)

Belarus

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Kevin Pasche
Matthieu Croce

Goalies

Tikhon Chayka

Referees:
Christoffer Holm
Sergei Yudakov
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
Dāvis Zunde

	0–1	12:50 – Klimovich (Shilo, Sidorov) (PP)
	0–2	21:22 – Kuzmin (PP)
Truog (Sidler) – 21:42	1–2
	1–3	26:50 – Klimovich (Shilo, Klavdiev) (PP)
	1–4	29:07 – Klimovich (Shilo, Klavdiev) (PP)
	1–5	44:35 – Sotishvili (Nikolayenya, Rogach)
	1–6	54:37 – Anoshko (PS)
	1–7	58:27 – Sotishvili (SH)

12 min

Penalties

10 min

29

Shots

37

April 27, 2021
20:00

Sweden

1–12
(0–4, 0–4, 1–4)

Canada

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Carl Lindbom
Viggo Andrén

Goalies

Thomas Milic

Referees:
Riku Brander
Sean Fernandez
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Nikita Polyakov

	0–1	05:19 – Wright (Clarke, Guenther) (PP)
	0–2	10:43 – Clarke (Pinelli)
	0–3	12:14 – Harrison (Bedard)
	0–4	13:29 – Pinelli (Stankoven, Roulette)
	0–5	20:30 – Wright (Othmann, Clarke)
	0–6	24:00 – Allan (Guenther)
	0–7	26:04 – Winterton (Johnston)
	0–8	38:57 – Wright (Matier) (SH)
	0–9	43:52 – McTavish (Ceulemans)
	0–10	47:16 – Clarke (Stillman, Pinelli)
Forsmark – 51:17	1–10
	1–11	52:37 – Johnston (Roulette)
	1–12	55:21 – Stankoven (McTavish)

4 min

Penalties

6 min

29

Shots

47

April 28, 2021
20:00

Canada

4–2
(0–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Latvia

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Benjamin Gaudreau

Goalies

Kārlis Mežsargs

Referees:
Sean MacFarlane
Jake Rekucki
Linesmen:
David Klouček
Patrick Richardson

Stankoven (Zellweger) (PP) – 27:58	1–0
McTavish (Stankoven, Bedard) – 30:01	2–0
	2–1	39:18 – Ravinskis (Laviņš)
Guenther (McTavish) – 50:38	3–1
	3–2	53:27 – Vilmanis (PP)
McTavish (Bedard, Guenther) (PP) – 59:17	4–2

16 min

Penalties

26 min

52

Shots

27

April 29, 2021
16:00

Sweden

3–1
(0–0, 3–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Carl Lindbom

Goalies

Kevin Pasche

Referees:
Stephen Reneau
Andrew Wilk
Linesmen:
William Hancock
Tommi Niittylä

	0–1	22:59 – Bougro (Nicolet, Greuter)
Rosén (Lysell, Robertsson) (PP) – 32:00	1–1
Dower Nilsson (Lysell, Edvinsson) (PP) – 34:15	2–1
Sundin (Dower Nilsson, Edvinsson) (PP) – 35:44	3–1

35 min

Penalties

58 min

27

Shots

26

April 29, 2021
20:00

Belarus

6–2
(1–0, 3–1, 2–1)

Latvia

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Tikhon Chayka

Goalies

Marks Slavinskis
Linards Lipskis

Referees:
Lukas Kohlmüller
Jake Rekucki
Linesmen:
David Klouček
Patrick Richardson

Nikolayenya (Anoshko, Sidorov) – 02:24	1–0
Klimovich (Kuzmin, Sidorov) (PP2) – 20:49	2–0
Klavdiev (Sazanovich, Kuzmin) – 22:59	3–0
	3–1	23:33 – Laviņš (Purmalis, Ozoliņš) (PP)
Klimovich (Kuzmin) (PP) – 38:26	4–1
Morozov (Ignatenko, Loshko) – 49:55	5–1
Mikhalyov (Sidorov) – 57:19	6–1
	6–2	58:41 – Dārziņš

8 min

Penalties

18 min

41

Shots

32

April 30, 2021
20:00

Switzerland

0–7
(0–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Mathieu Croce

Goalies

Thomas Milic

Referees:
Riku Brander
Adam Kika
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Nikita Polyakov

	0–1	10:50 – Guenther (Clarke) (PP)
	0–2	14:05 – Bedard (Stankoven)
	0–3	21:48 – Pinelli (Zhilkin, Zellweger)
	0–4	25:10 – Pinelli (Ceulemans) (PP)
	0–5	50:11 – Othmann (Pinelli, Zellweger) (PP)
	0–6	55:49 – Ceulemans (Zellweger) (PP2)
	0–7	56:29 – Pinelli (Ceulemans, Zellweger) (PP2)

18 min

Penalties

4 min

11

Shots

39

May 1, 2021
16:00

Latvia

0–7
(0–1, 0–1, 0–5)

Sweden

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Linards Lipskis

Goalies

Hugo Hävelid

Referees:
Micha Hebeisen
Andrew Wilk
Linesmen:
Tommi Niittylä
Roman Slavikovskii

	0–1	04:54 – Strömgren
	0–2	27:09 – Sjöberg (Eljas, Ostlund)
	0–3	40:59 – Strömgren (Moberg, Hävelid) (PP)
	0–4	45:22 – Robertsson (Lysell)
	0–5	48:10 – Robertsson (Dower Nilsson, Lysell)
	0–6	57:17 – Rosen (Forsmark)
	0–7	59:06 – Persson

33 min

Penalties

10 min

30

Shots

35

May 1, 2021
20:00

Canada

5–2
(2–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Belarus

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Benjamin Gaudreau

Goalies

Ivan Zhigalov
Yan Shostak

Referees:
Christoffer Holm
Peter Schlittenhardt
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Dāvis Zunde

Wright – 05:06	1–0
Zellweger (Johnston) – 18:34	2–0
McTavish (Ceulemans) – 21:59	3–0
Wright (Zellweger) – 24:04	4–0
	4–1	34:28 – Loshko (Mikhalyov, Sotishvili) (PP)
McTavish (Ceulemans, Pinelli) (PP) – 53:45	5–1
	5–2	57:28 – Morozov (Mikhalyov, Polshakov)

10 min

Penalties

45 min

33

Shots

26

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	2	1	1	0	24	13	+11	9^[a]	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Russia	4	2	1	1	0	27	12	+15	9^[a]
3	United States (H)	4	1	2	1	0	18	15	+3	8
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	10	20	−10	4
5	Germany	4	0	0	0	4	5	24	−19	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Finland 4–3 (GWS) Russia

April 26, 2021
16:00

Czech Republic

3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Germany

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,400

Game reference

Tomáš Suchánek

Goalies

Nikita Quapp

Referees:
Peter Schlittenhardt
Sergei Yudakov
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Dāvis Zunde

Pajer (Kos, Brabenec) (PP) – 20:49	1–0
Szturc (SH) – 35:53	2–0
Ryšavý (D. Moravec, Hamara) (PP) – 49:35	3–0
	3–1	55:37 – Proske (Klein, Heigl)

12 min

Penalties

12 min

40

Shots

19

April 26, 2021
20:00

Russia

7–6 OT
(1–3, 4–3, 1–0)
OT: (1–0)

United States

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,400

Game reference

Kirill Gerasimyuk
Valeri Brinkman

Goalies

Gibson Homer

Referees:
Riku Brander
Adam Kika
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
Nikita Polyakov

	0–1	02:56 – Chesley
	0–2	05:24 – Duke (Hutson, Pastujov) (PP)
Yurov (Chibrikov, Makarov) – 09:18	1–2
	1–3	16:44 – Behrens (Hutson, Cooley) (PP)
	1–4	21:27 – Straky (Howard, Stramel)
	1–5	24:16 – Pastujov (Hutson, Behrens) (PP)
Michkov (Gaidamak, Novikov) – 26:16	2–5
Gaidamak (Grudinin, Chibrikov) – 28:09	3–5
Michkov (Grudinin, Petrov) (PP) – 33:09	4–5
	4–6	36:36 – Duke (Pastujov, Behrens)
Miroshnichenko (Koromyslov, Svechkov) (PP) – 39:12	5–6
Miroshnichenko (Svechkov, Yurov) – 54:44	6–6
Chibrikov (Ivantsov) – 61:25	7–6

30 min

Penalties

8 min

35

Shots

35

April 27, 2021
16:00

Finland

4–3 GWS
(0–1, 1–2, 2–0)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (1–0)

Russia

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 806

Game reference

Aku Koskenvuo

Goalies

Sergei Ivanov

Referees:
Lukas Kohlmüller
Jake Rekucki
Linesmen:
William Hancock
David Klouček

	0–1	09:21 – Svechkov (Yurov, Miroshnichenko)
Salminen (Juusola, Lambert) – 21:25	1–1
	1–2	24:07 – Chibrikov (Michkov)
	1–3	37:53 – Svechkov (Yurov)
Koivunen (Heimosalmi) – 57:25	2–3
Tuomaala (Lambert, Koivunen) (EA) – 58:34	3–3

Miettinen
Lambert
Koivunen
Kemell

Shootout

Petrov
Michkov
Buchelnikov
Yurov

4 min

Penalties

12 min

56

Shots

28

April 27, 2021
20:00

Germany

3–5
(1–2, 1–1, 1–2)

United States

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 826

Game reference

Simon Wolf

Goalies

Gibson Homer

Referees:
Micha Hebeisen
Andrew Wilk
Linesmen:
Tommi Niittylä
Roman Slavikovskii

	0–1	09:29 – Hughes (Murchison, Devine)
	0–2	16:31 – Gallagher (Hreschuk, Howard) (PP)
Zap – 19:21	1–2
	1–3	32:40 – Pastujov (Cooley)
Roßmy (Lutz) (PP2) – 38:18	2–3
	2–4	47:35 – Stramel
Cimmerman (Heigl) – 51:48	3–4
	3–5	56:49 – Gallagher (Howard) (PP)

34 min

Penalties

10 min

28

Shots

42

April 28, 2021
20:00

Czech Republic

5–6
(2–1, 1–2, 2–3)

Finland

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 402

Game reference

Tomáš Suchánek

Goalies

Aku Koskenvuo

Referees:
Christoffer Holm
Peter Schlittenhardt
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Jake Davis

Szturc (Chmelař) – 00:30	1–0
Pinkas (P. Moravec) – 03:55	2–0
	2–1	11:01 – Koivunen (Heimosalmi, Juusola)
	2–2	23:53 – Matikka (Juusola, Huuhtanen)
	2–3	24:58 – Heimosalmi
Marha (D. Moravec, Ryšavý) – 28:14	3–3
D. Moravec – 42:13	4–3
Altrichter (Pajer, Brabenec) (PP) – 44:14	5–3
	5–4	52:11 – Tuomaala (Suomi, Lambert) (PP)
	5–5	56:31 – Salminen (Tuomaala, Lambert) (PP)
	5–6	59:41 – Tuomaala (Koivunen, Salminen) (PP)

24 min

Penalties

10 min

33

Shots

31

April 29, 2021
16:00

Germany

1–6
(0–1, 0–3, 1–2)

Russia

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,663

Game reference

Nikita Quapp

Goalies

Sergei Ivanov

Referees:
Sean Fernandez
Adam Kika
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
Nikita Polyakov

	0–1	10:44 – Yurov (Svechkov)
	0–2	20:30 – Michkov (Chibrikov, Novikov)
	0–3	27:12 – Michkov (Grudinin, Chibrikov)
	0–4	35:29 – Michkov (Poltapov, Ivantsov) (PP)
	0–5	45:48 – Kvochko (Chibrikov, Figurin)
Korte (Zap, Roßmy) – 54:31	1–5
	1–6	58:19 – Michkov (Figurin)

27 min

Penalties

4 min

17

Shots

40

April 29, 2021
20:00

United States

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

Czech Republic

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,740

Game reference

Kaidan Mbereko
Gibson Homer

Goalies

Oliver Šatný

Referees:
Christoffer Holm
Sergei Yudakov
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Dāvis Zunde

	0–1	15:57 – Ryšavý (P. Moravec, Altrichter)
Pastujov (Hutson) – 42:35	1–1

Schmidt
Hutson
St. Louis
Cooley
Pastujov

Shootout

Altrichter
Szturc
Brabenec
Skuhrovec
Šapovaliv

6 min

Penalties

6 min

31

Shots

33

April 30, 2021
20:00

Finland

10–0
(5–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Germany

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 772

Game reference

Juuso Helomaa

Goalies

Luca Ganz

Referees:
Micha Hebeisen
Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
William Hancock
Roman Slavikovskii

Malinen (Yliniemi, Väisänen) – 01:52	1–0
Huuhtanen (Vilén, Järvelä) – 02:11	2–0
Päivärinta (Vilén) – 07:02	3–0
Tuomaala (Suomi) (PP2) – 08:24	4–0
Kemell (Heimosalmi, Päivärinta) (PP) – 13:13	5–0
Huuhtanen (Päivärinta) (PP2) – 25:35	6–0
Salminen (Tuomaala, Suomi) (PP) – 26:23	7–0
Juusola (Salminen, Koivunen) – 39:59	8–0
Salminen (Koivunen, Tuomaala) (PP) – 48:52	9–0
Koivunen (Heimosalmi) – 53:13	10–0

8 min

Penalties

36 min

43

Shots

23

May 1, 2021
16:00

Russia

11–1
(3–0, 3–1, 5–0)

Czech Republic

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,989

Game reference

Sergei Ivanov

Goalies

Tomáš Suchánek
Oliver Šatný

Referees:
Lukas Kohlmüller
Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
William Hancock
Patrick Richardson

Michkov (Chibrikov, Novikov) – 01:22	1–0
Poltapov – 13:10	2–0
Miroshnichenko (Yurov) (PP) – 17:39	3–0
Koromyslov (Yurov, Chibrikov) – 30:53	4–0
	4–1	32:28 – Kos (P. Moravec, Brabenec)
Katelevski (Lazutin, Grudinin) – 33:44	5–1
Poltapov (Ivantsov, Michkov) (PP) – 38:45	6–1
Michkov (Poltapov, Ivantsov) – 45:50	7–1
Svechkov (Yurov) – 47:00	8–1
Svechkov (Chibrikov, Miroshnichenko) (PP) – 51:45	9–1
Yurov – 57:19	10–1
Michkov (Kvochko, Ivantsov) – 58:48	11–1

2 min

Penalties

37 min

40

Shots

22

May 1, 2021
20:00

United States

5–4 OT
(1–2, 2–0, 1–2)
OT: (1–0)

Finland

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 2,057

Game reference

Kaidan Mbereko

Goalies

Aku Koskenvuo

Referees:
Riku Brander
Sean Fernandez
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Jake Davis

Duke (Hughes, Pastujov) – 08:13	1–0
	1–1	08:43 – Koivunen (Vilén, Tuomaala)
	1–2	16:05 – Järvelä (Huuhtanen)
Stramel (Hreschuk) – 21:18	2–2
Howard (Hutson) – 33:46	3–2
	3–3	40:29 – Tuomaala (Koivunen, Salminen)
	3–4	53:26 – Yliniemi (Juusola, Matikka)
Gallagher (Stramel, Gilmartin) (EA) – 59:58	4–4
Pastujov – 60:57	5–4

8 min

Penalties

16 min

43

Shots

33

Playoff round

Winning teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:^[6]

higher position in the group
higher number of points
better goal difference
higher number of goals scored for
better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2019 IIHF World U18 Championships).

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	Canada	A	1	12	+23	28	4
2	Finland	B	1	9	+11	24	7
3	Russia	B	2	9	+15	27	2
4	Sweden	A	2	9	+2	16	1
5	United States	B	3	8	+3	18	3
6	Belarus	A	3	6	+3	16	5
7	Czech Republic	B	4	4	–10	10	6
8	Switzerland	A	4	3	−13	6	9

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold Medal Game

May 3 – Plano

2B Russia	5
		May 5 – Frisco
3A Belarus	2
		1 Canada	8
May 3 – Frisco
		4 Sweden	1
1A Canada	10
				May 6 – Frisco
4B Czech Republic	3
				1 Canada	5
May 3 – Plano
				3 Russia	3
1B Finland	2
		May 5 – Frisco
4A Switzerland	0
		2 Finland	5
May 3 – Frisco
		3 Russia	6	Bronze Medal Game
2A Sweden	5
				May 6 – Frisco
3B United States	2
				2 Finland	0

				4 Sweden	8

Quarterfinals

May 3, 2021
12:30

Russia

5–2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Belarus

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Sergei Ivanov

Goalies

Tikhon Chayka

Referees:
Micha Hebeisen
Andrew Wilk
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Dāvis Zunde

Michkov (Kvochko, Buchelnikov) – 04:26	1–0
Yurov (Koromyslov) (PP2) – 15:18	2–0
Duda (Yurov, Svechkov) – 22:48	3–0
	3–1	27:55 – Morozov (Mikhalyov, Rogach)
	3–2	31:17 – Nikolayenya (Anoshko)
Miroshnichenko – 46:23	4–2
Gaidamak – 48:34	5–2

8 min

Penalties

6 min

29

Shots

32

May 3, 2021
15:00

Canada

10–3
(4–1, 2–1, 4–1)

Czech Republic

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 724

Game reference

Benjamin Gaudreau

Goalies

Tomáš Suchánek
Oliver Šatný

Referees:
Sean Fernandez
Jake Rekucki
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
Nikita Polyakov

Johnston (Bedard, McTavish) – 02:01	1–0
Roulette – 04:20	2–0
Bedard (Zhilkin, McTavish) – 06:50	3–0
	3–1	08:31 – Pajer (Brabenec) (PP)
Stankoven (Bedard) – 10:59	4–1
Guenther (Wright, Bedard) (PP) – 21:09	5–1
	5–2	23:57 – Chmelař (Szturc)
Guenther (Del Mastro, Othmann) – 36:14	6–2
Bedard (Stankoven, McTavish) – 46:54	7–2
Winterton (Roulette, Pinellil) – 47:09	8–2
	8–3	48:33 – Szturc (Marcel, Svozil)
Harrison (Pinelli, Winterton) – 49:46	9–3
Wright (Zellweger) (PP) – 53:17	10–3

8 min

Penalties

4 min

34

Shots

32

May 3, 2021
17:30

Finland

2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Aku Koskenvuo

Goalies

Kevin Pasche

Referees:
Christoffer Holm
Peter Schlittenhardt
Linesmen:
Tommi Niittyla
Roman Slavikovski

Salminen (Matikka, Tuomaala) (PP) – 39:56	1–0
Heimosalmi – 50:42	2–0

2 min

Penalties

20 min

25

Shots

23

May 3, 2021
20:00

Sweden

5–2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1)

United States

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 1,042

Game reference

Carl Lindbom

Goalies

Kaidan Mbereko
Gibson Homer

Referees:
Lukas Kohlmüller
Sergei Yudakov
Linesmen:
David Klouček
Patrick Richardson

Hävelid (Rosén, Olsson) (PP) – 03:09	1–0
	1–1	33:00 – Pastujov (Duke, Behrens) (PP)
Lysell – 33:43	2–1
Lysell (Dower Nilsson) – 41:26	3–1
Moberg (Strömgren, Rosén) (PP) – 54:25	4–1
	4–2	58:04 – Savage (EA)
Rosén (Hasa) (ENG) – 59:57	5–2

12 min

Penalties

12 min

28

Shots

33

Semifinals

May 5, 2021
16:00

Canada

8–1
(0–0, 2–1, 6–0)

Sweden

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 574

Game reference

Benjamin Gaudreau

Goalies

Carl Lindbom

Referees:
Sean Macfarlane
Jake Rekucki
Linesmen:
David Klouček
Patrick Richardson

Bedard (McTavish) – 23:50	1–0
	1–1	25:00 – Rosén (Lysell, Edvinsson) (PP2)
Stillman (Wright) – 29:51	2–1
Bedard (Wright, Ceulemans) – 40:45	3–1
Othmann (Wright) (PP) – 43:40	4–1
Pinellil – 50:41	5–1
Wright (Othmann) – 54:52	6–1
Bedard (Allan) – 55:30	7–1
Roulette (Clarke, Winterton) – 56:56	8–1

10 min

Penalties

8 min

56

Shots

17

May 5, 2021
20:00

Finland

5–6
(2–2, 0–2, 3–2)

Russia

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 819

Game reference

Aku Koskenvuo

Goalies

Sergei Ivanov

Referees:
Christoffer Holm
Stephen Briganti
Linesmen:
Kevin Briganti
William Hancock

	0–1	03:08 – Lazutin (Chibrikov, Novikov)
Salminen (Koivunen, Tuomaala) (PP) – 04:04	1–1
	1–2	06:58 – Michkov (Poltapov) (PP)
Miettinen (Juusola, Matikka) – 09:01	2–2
	2–3	33:15 – Chibrikov (Lazutin, Poltapov) (PP)
	2–4	37:20 – Chibrikov (Buchelnikov)
	2–5	43:43 – Miroshnichenko (Novikov, Svechkov) (PP)
Kemell (Heimosalmi, Lambert) (PP) – 46:14	3–5
	3–6	50:46 – Miroshnichenko (Svechkov)
Salminen (Vilén) – 50:53	4–6
Kemell (Huuhtanen, Heimosalmi) – 57:08	5–6

10 min

Penalties

8 min

24

Shots

38

Bronze medal game

May 6, 2021
16:00

Finland

0–8
(0–2, 0–2, 0–4)

Sweden

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 902

Game reference

Juuso Helomaa
Aku Koskenvuo

Goalies

Carl Lindbom

Referees:
Sean Fernandez
Sergey Yudakov
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Roman Slavikovskii

	0–1	05:00 – Rosén (Strömgren, Moberg) (PP)
	0–2	19:23 – Robertsson (Lysell)
	0–3	23:31 – Edvinsson
	0–4	25:30 – Sjöberg (Persson)
	0–5	45:53 – Moberg (Strömgren, Olsson) (PP)
	0–6	51:19 – Hasa (SH, ENG)
	0–7	54:55 – Ostlund (Eljas, Kangas)
	0–8	59:23 – Rosén (SH)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

35

Shots

36

Gold medal game

May 6, 2021
20:00

Canada

5–3
(2–2, 2–0, 1–1)

Russia

Comerica Center, Frisco
Attendance: 2,122

Game reference

Benjamin Gaudreau

Goalies

Sergei Ivanov

Referees:
Christoffer Holm
Stephen Reneau
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
William Hancock

	0–1	05:13 – Michkov (Lazutin, Poltapov)
Bedard (Ceulemans, Stillman) – 15:59	1–1
	1–2	18:05 – Buchelnikov (Michkov, Figurin)
Wright (Zellweger) (PP) – 19:15	2–2
Othmann (Del Mastro) – 24:42	3–2
Stankoven (Clarke, Wright) – 36:39	4–2
	4–3	49:37 – Grudinin (Michkov) (PP)
Wright (Bedard) (ENG) – 59:20	5–3

10 min

Penalties

6 min

34

Shots

34

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	Canada	7	7	0	0	0	51	12	+39	21	Champions
2	B	Russia	7	4	1	1	1	41	24	+17	15	Runners-up
3	A	Sweden	7	5	0	0	2	30	24	+6	15	Third place
4	B	Finland	7	3	1	1	2	31	27	+4	12	Fourth place

5	B	United States (H)	5	1	2	1	1	20	20	0	8	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	A	Belarus	5	2	0	0	3	18	18	0	6
7	B	Czech Republic	5	1	0	1	3	13	30	−17	4
8	A	Switzerland	5	1	0	0	4	6	21	−15	3

9	A	Latvia	4	0	0	0	4	6	21	−15	0	Eliminated in Preliminary round
10	B	Germany	4	0	0	0	4	5	24	−19	0	Eliminated in Preliminary round

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Matvei Michkov	Russia	7	12	4	16	+7	4
2	Shane Wright	Canada	5	9	5	14	+12	2
3	Connor Bedard	Canada	7	7	7	14	+12	2
4	Nikita Chibrikov	Russia	7	4	9	13	+7	14
5	Mason McTavish	Canada	7	5	6	11	+10	10
5	Samu Tuomaala	Finland	7	5	6	11	0	0
7	Francesco Pinelli	Canada	7	4	7	11	+8	0
7	Danila Yurov	Russia	7	4	7	11	+4	2
9	Ville Koivunen	Finland	7	4	6	10	−2	0
9	Fedor Svechkov	Russia	7	4	6	10	+4	4

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Benjamin Gaudreau	Canada	300:00	11	2.20	136	91.91	0
2	Carl Lindbom	Sweden	313:29	16	3.06	194	91.75	1
3	Kaidan Mbereko	United States	147:29	7	2.85	82	91.46	0
4	Sergei Ivanov	Russia	364:23	16	2.63	183	91.26	0
5	Tikhon Chaika	Belarus	180:00	8	2.67	90	91.11	0

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

Awards

Best players selected by the Directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Benjamin Gaudreau
- Best Defenceman: Aleksi Heimosalmi
- Best Forward: Matvei Michkov

Source: IIHF

Media All-Stars:
- MVP: Matvei Michkov
- Goaltender: Sergei Ivanov
- Defencemen: Aleksi Heimosalmi / Brandt Clarke
- Forwards: Connor Bedard / Matvei Michkov / Samu Tuomaala

Source: IIHF

Division I

All lower division tournaments were cancelled by the IIHF.^[1]

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia, from April 5 to 11, 2021.^[7]

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Asiago, Italy, from April 18 to 25, 2021.^[7]

Division II

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Tallinn, Estonia, from April 4 to 10, 2021.^[7]

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 21 to 27, 2021,^[7]

Division III

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from March 29 to April 4, 2021.^[7]

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, from March 28 to April 3, 2021.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". IIHF. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
^ "U18 Worlds in Texas". IIHF. February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
^ 2021 Top Division official website
^ 2021 Top Division statistics
^ "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
^ "Tournament Format". IIHF. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Tournaments for 2021 assigned". IIHF. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

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[:0-1] "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". IIHF. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

[2] "U18 Worlds in Texas". IIHF. February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.

[3] 2021 Top Division official website

[4] 2021 Top Division statistics

[5] "Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.

[7] "Tournament Format". IIHF. Retrieved March 19, 2021.

[:1-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Tournaments for 2021 assigned". IIHF. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

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