2026 IIHF World U18 Championships

2026 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
Cities	Trenčín Bratislava
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	22 April – 2 May 2026
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (3rd title)
Runners-up	Slovakia
Third place	Czechia
Fourth place	Latvia
Tournament statistics
Games played	29
Goals scored	188 (6.48 per game)
Attendance	70,377 (2,427 per game)
Scoring leader	Timothy Kazda (12 points)
Awards
MVP	Timothy Kazda
Official website
www.iihf.com

The 2026 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 27th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. These tournaments also served as qualifications for the 2027 competition. Teams from Russia and Belarus remained absent, and were set to remain absent for the 2027 competition as well based on a decision by the IIHF Disciplinary Board. However, this decision was annulled on 25 May 2026. The IIHF Council has decided to reintegrate the Belarusian team for 2027, and decided that Russian reintegration will be decided on an event-by-event basis. The impact on 2026 promotion and relegation has not been announced.

Top Division

The Top Division tournament was played in Trenčín and Bratislava, Slovakia, from 22 April to 2 May 2026.

Participants

Ten teams take part in the competition. Denmark return for the first time since 2019; they replaced Switzerland, who were relegated to Division I A for the first time since 2006, after finishing last in 2025.

Qualification	Host	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Top nine in 2025	Allen / Frisco	23 April – 3 May 2025	9	Canada Sweden United States Slovakia Finland Germany Czechia Latvia Norway
Promoted from Division I	Székesfehérvár	20–26 April 2025	1	Denmark

Summary of qualified teams

Team	Qualification method	Appearance(s)				Previous best performance
		Total	First	Last	Streak
Canada	First in 2025	24th	2002	2025	24	Champions (2003, 2008, 2013, 2021, 2024, 2025)
Sweden	Second in 2025	27th	1999		27	Champions (2019, 2022)
United States	Third in 2025	27th			27	Champions (eleven times)
Slovakia	Fourth in 2025	24th			4	Runners-up (2003)
Finland	Fifth in 2025	27th			27	Champions (1999, 2000, 2016, 2018)
Germany	Sixth in 2025	19th			2	Fifth place (2001, 2008)
Czechia	Seventh in 2025	27th			27	Runners-up (2014)
Latvia	Eighth in 2025	14th	2007		7	Seventh place (2022)
Norway	Ninth in 2025	11th	1999		4	Ninth place (2001, 2009, 2011, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Denmark	Champions of Division I A	7th	2004	2019	1	Eighth place (2004)

Preliminary round

All times are local (Central European Summer Time; UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia (H)	4	3	0	1	0	17	9	+8	10	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	22	2	+20	9
3	Finland	4	2	1	0	1	13	12	+1	8
4	Latvia	4	1	0	0	3	10	14	−4	3
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	3	28	−25	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

22 April 2026 14:00

Norway

1–6 (0–1, 0–2, 1–3)

Finland

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 831

Game reference
	Felix Timraz-Westin	Goalies	Oskari Ahmajärvi	Referees: Filip Crman Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Stanislav Hnát Daniel Rigoni
	0–1 18:39 – Santala (Laitinen, Fugleberg) 0–2 29:39 – A. Uronen (E. Uronen, Mäkinen) 0–3 36:23 – Santala (Fugleberg) Aaram Olsen (Backlund, Haglund) (PP) – 41:17 1–3 1–4 44:38 – Laatikainen (Fugleberg, Santala) 1–5 52:55 – Santala (Fuglebrg, A. Uronen) (PP) 1–6 53:44 – Pakarinen (Laatikainen, Vuori) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	29 min
	15	Shots	33

22 April 2026 18:00

Canada

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Slovakia

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 6,012

Game reference
	Gavin Betts	Goalies	Denis Čelko	Referees: Samuel Heidemann Johan Wedin Linesmen: Ryan Fraley Teodor Sörholm
	0–1 31:50 – Šramatý (Jakubec, Bernát) (PP) Preston (Valentini, Lawrence) (PP) – 34:15 1–1 1–2 48:43 – Kazda (PS)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	21

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23 April 2026 14:00

Canada

6–0 (2–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Latvia

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 627

Game reference
	Carter Esler	Goalies	Iļja Ņikitins	Referees: Filip Crman Gergely Gebei Linesmen: Stanislav Hnát Quinn Schafer
	Vandenberg – 00:52 1–0 Lawrence (Zhilkin) – 12:59 2–0 Valentini – 21:22 3–0 Zhilkin (Valentini, Lin) (PP) – 48:13 4–0 Eshkawkogan (Hicks, Di Iorio) – 57:05 5–0 Olsen (Ambrosio, Rousseau) – 59:45 6–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	48	Shots	19

23 April 2026 18:00

Slovakia

6–1 (2–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Norway

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 3,659

Game reference
	Samuel Hrenák	Goalies	Maximillian Aas	Referees: Samuel Heidemann Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Vincent Brüggemann Daniel Rigoni Quinn Schafer
	Floriš (Jakubec, Botka) – 01:49 1–0 Selič (Bereš) – 06:55 2–0 2–1 25:35 – Jones-Nilsson (Kjølmoen, Dimitriev-Jensen) Jakubec (Šramatý) – 37:40 3–1 Matta (Goljer, Kazda) – 44:55 4–1 Šimko (Válek, Bernát) (PP) – 45:42 5–1 Selič (Goljer, Požgay) – 52:26 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	22

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24 April 2026 18:00

Finland

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 1,167

Game reference
	Pyry Lammi	Goalies	Patriks Plūmiņš	Referees: Phillip Ströbel Johan Wedin Linesmen: Vincent Brüggemann Ryan Fraley
	Kuukasjärvi (E. Uronen) – 13:27 1–0 Santala (Alalauri) (PP) – 32:30 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	35	Shots	14

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25 April 2026 14:00

Norway

0–8 (0–3, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 1,710

Game reference
	Felix Timraz-Westin Olivers Freimanis	Goalies	Gavin Betts	Referees: Samuel Heidemann Phillip Ströbel Linesmen: Vincent Brüggemann Teodor Sörholm
	0–1 09:55 – Hamilton (Lin, Di Iorio) 0–2 16:49 – Zhilkin (Preston, Lin) (PP) 0–3 19:30 – Lawrence (Zhilkin, Preston) (PP) 0–4 21:49 – Jacobson (Verhoeff, Croskery) 0–5 28:39 – Zhilkin (Lawrence, Lemieux) 0–6 37:31 – Zhilkin (Ambrosio, Lawrence) 0–7 44:34 – Jacobson (Dagenais, Eshkawkogan) (PP) 0–8 54:21 – Olsen
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	12	Shots	66

25 April 2026 18:00

Slovakia

4–5 OT (1–0, 3–3, 0–1) OT: (0–1)

Finland

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 6,059

Game reference
	Denis Čelko	Goalies	Oskari Ahmajärvi	Referees: Gergely Gebei Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Daniel Rigoni Quinn Schafer
	Kazda (Šimko) – 18:03 1–0 1–1 23:17 – Mäkinen (Miilunpohja, Alalauri) 1–2 25:57 – Mäkinen (Pakarinen) Kazda (Šimko) – 30:55 2–2 2–3 34:43 – Vanhatalo (Suvanto) Hybský (Floriš, Potočka) – 35:32 3–3 Šramatý – 36:55 4–3 4–4 55:09 – Alalauri (Laitinen) 4–5 61:50 – Suvanto (Santala, Alalauri)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	18

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26 April 2026 18:00

Latvia

8–1 (2–0, 3–0, 3–1)

Norway

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 434

Game reference
	Patriks Plūmiņš	Goalies	Maximillian Aas Felix Timraz-Westin	Referees: Filip Crman Johan Wedin Linesmen: Ryan Fraley Stanislav Hnát
	Avotiņš (Mūrnieks) – 11:37 1–0 Tarvids (Upenieks, Lūks) – 11:58 2–0 Avotiņš (Rots) (SH) – 23:34 3–0 Klaucāns (Mūrnieks, Lisovskis) (PP) – 25:51 4–0 Klaucāns (Obuks, Kļaviņš) – 34:54 5–0 Rots (SH) – 42:32 6–0 6–1 53:15 – Gulbrandsen (Sivertsen Andresen, Juntti) Mūrnieks (Reidzāns, Avotiņš) – 56:00 7–1 Lūks (Kļaviņš, Klaucāns) – 56:52 8–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	25

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27 April 2026 14:00

Finland

0–7 (0–4, 0–0, 0–3)

Canada

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 1,432

Game reference
	Pyry Lammi Oskari Ahmajärvi	Goalies	Gavin Betts	Referees: Gergely Gebei Samuel Heidemann Linesmen: Quinn Schafer Teodor Sörholm
	0–1 02:08 – Valentini (Verhoeff, Lin) 0–2 11:07 – Hamilton (Croskery) 0–3 16:22 – Preston (Croskery) 0–4 18:21 – Hamilton (Lin) 0–5 42:59 – Preston (Verhoeff, Vandenberg) 0–6 44:58 – Zhilkin (Lemieux) 0–7 48:08 – Lin (Cali, Di Iorio)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	30

27 April 2026 18:00

Latvia

2–5 (1–2, 0–0, 1–3)

Slovakia

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 4,727

Game reference
	Iļja Ņikitins	Goalies	Samuel Hrenák	Referees: Luděk Pilný Phillip Ströbel Linesmen: Vincent Brüggemann Daniel Rigoni
	0–1 04:35 – Bernát (Botka) (PP2) 0–2 05:33 – Goljer (Šramatý, Matta) (PP) Obuks (Mūrnieks, Reidzāns) – 19:09 1–2 1–3 41:18 – Goljer (Šramatý, Kazda) (PP) 1–4 45:07 – Kazda (Matta, Šramatý) (PP) Rots (Upenieks) – 57:58 2–4 2–5 58:50 – Brath (Potočka) (EN)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	40

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	3	0	1	0	24	6	+18	10	Quarterfinals
2	Czechia	4	2	1	1	0	16	7	+9	9
3	Sweden	4	2	0	0	2	19	14	+5	6
4	Denmark	4	1	0	0	3	6	22	−16	3
5	Germany	4	0	1	0	3	8	24	−16	2	Relegation round

Source: IIHF

22 April 2026 12:00

Germany

2–7 (0–1, 0–4, 2–2)

Sweden

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 993

Game reference
	Niclas Wolter	Goalies	Kevin Törnblom	Referees: Jeroen Klijberg Marek Žák Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Tyler Willie
	0–1 09:20 – Kim (Karlsson, A. Andersson) 0–2 23:52 – Zirath (Command, Gudmundsson) 0–3 24:12 – Nömme (Meijer, Hermansson) 0–4 30:25 – Meijer (SH) 0–5 33:30 – Bartholdsson (Sörensson, Isaksson) 0–6 44:35 – Sörensson (Isaksson, Palme) 0–7 48:12 – Cilthe (Palme, A. Andersson) Bloch (Schwarz, Lell) (PP) – 50:18 1–7 Krestan (Calce, Hartmann) – 53:52 2–7
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	42

22 April 2026 16:00

Czechia

3–2 OT (0–0, 1–2, 1–0) OT: (1–0)

United States

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 2,200

Game reference
	Marek Sklenička	Goalies	Brady Knowling	Referees: Chad Ingalls Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Kenneth Englisch Spencer Knox
	Hartl (Klaus, Kamas) – 23:49 1–0 1–1 27:12 – Zajic (Rogowski, Meyer) 1–2 28:17 – Cullen (Berchild) Hora (Huk, Tománek) – 43:35 2–2 Řípa – 64:48 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	30

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23 April 2026 12:00

Denmark

4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Germany

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 941

Game reference
	Anton Wilde Larsen	Goalies	Niclas Wolter	Referees: Jeroen Klijberg Chad Ingalls Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Aurélien Urfer
	0–1 03:30 – Hartmann (Calce) Althof (Heinsen, True) – 17:22 1–1 Kloeve (Jakobsen, Schioldan) (PP) – 26:20 2–1 Kloeve (Kjelgaard) (EN) – 57:58 3–1 Lepola (EN) – 59:49 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	32

23 April 2026 16:00

Sweden

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Czechia

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 1,444

Game reference
	Kevin Törnblom	Goalies	Martin Psohlavec	Referees: Toni Hyvärinen Tyson Stewart Linesmen: Spencer Knox Tyler Willie
	0–1 25:22 – Klaus (Řípa, Řehák) Nordmark (Hermansson, Olofsson) (PP) – 50:35 1–1 1–2 59:39 – Vaněček (Tomek, Ruml) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	28

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24 April 2026 16:00

United States

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 1,412

Game reference
	Luke Carrithers	Goalies	Anton Wilde Larsen	Referees: Christoph Sternat Marek Žák Linesmen: Teo Mäkinen Aurélien Urfer
	Berchild (Cullen, Francisco) (PP) – 26:29 1–0 Beuker (Plante) (PP) – 56:43 2–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	54	Shots	9

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25 April 2026 12:00

Germany

3–2 OT (1–1, 0–1, 1–0) OT: (1–0)

Czechia

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 1,698

Game reference
	Max Bolle	Goalies	Marek Sklenička	Referees: Toni Hyvärinen Tyson Stewart Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Spencer Knox
	0–1 01:44 – Vaněček (Ruml, Tomek) (PP) Schwarz – 09:14 1–1 1–2 35:53 – Šichtař (Hartl, Byrtus) Bloch (Rolsing, Schwarz) (EA) – 59:33 2–2 Krestan (PS) – 64:05 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	42

25 April 2026 16:00

Sweden

1–9 (0–4, 1–2, 0–3)

United States

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 2,425

Game reference
	Kevin Törnblom Viggo Tamm	Goalies	Brady Knowling	Referees: Chad Ingalls Jeroen Klijberg Linesmen: Kenneth Englisch Teo Mäkinen
	0–1 04:46 – Gutierrez (Beuker, Cullen) 0–2 07:49 – Beuker (Plante) 0–3 17:43 – Mutryn (Cullen, Francisco) (PP) 0–4 18:25 – Nelson (Trottier, Barnett) 0–5 26:36 – Lutner (Meyer, Martyniuk) Gustafsson (Command, L. Andersson) (PP) – 31:02 1–5 1–6 39:45 – Bogas (Nelson) (SH) 1–7 41:50 – Berchild (Mutryn, Cullen) 1–8 45:37 – Meyer (Rogowski, Zajic) 1–9 48:07 – Stuart (Glance, Schairer) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	27

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26 April 2026 16:00

Czechia

9–1 (2–1, 3–0, 4–0)

Denmark

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 1,635

Game reference
	Martin Psohlavec	Goalies	Daniel Navrbjerg Victor Damgaard	Referees: Christoph Sternat Chad Ingalls Tyson Stewart Linesmen: Kenneth Englisch Tyler Willie
	Šebesta (Řípa, Nedorost) – 04:35 1–0 Huk (Ruml, Nedorost) – 10:28 2–0 2–1 11:15 – Althof (Degn, Heinsen) Sedláček (Byrtus, Cífka) – 23:00 3–1 Holejšovský (Ruml, Nedorost) – 29:14 4–1 Sedláček (Huk) – 36:45 5–1 Řípa (Nedorost, Řehák) – 40:44 6–1 Nedorost (Hora, Řípa) – 43:56 7–1 Tománek (Tomek) – 53:47 8–1 Šebesta (Tomek) – 57:43 9–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	40	Shots	10

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27 April 2026 12:00

Denmark

1–10 (1–4, 0–2, 0–4)

Sweden

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 876

Game reference
	Anton Wilde Larsen Victor Damgaard	Goalies	Kevin Törnblom	Referees: Chad Ingalls Marek Žák Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Teo Mäkinen
	0–1 00:32 – Hermansson (Command) 0–2 00:59 – Bartholdsson 0–3 10:45 – Command (Hermansson, Gudmundsson) (EA) 0–4 11:54 – Sörensson (Palme, Cilthe) Hulsig – 19:40 1–4 1–5 21:39 – Kim (Elofsson, Nömme) 1–6 30:02 – Meijer (Zirath) (SH) 1–7 43:54 – Hermansson (Nordmark, Bratt) 1–8 47:00 – Command (Hermansson, Gustafsson) 1–9 48:50 – Nordmark (Hermansson, Gudmundsson) 1–10 51:17 – Nordmark (Gustafsson, Hermansson) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	7	Shots	39

27 April 2026 16:00

United States

11–2 (6–1, 3–0, 2–1)

Germany

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 1,214

Game reference
	Luke Carrithers	Goalies	Max Bolle Niclas Wolter	Referees: Toni Hyvärinen Jeroen Klijberg Linesmen: Spencer Knox Aurélien Urfer
	Glance (Plante, Lutner) – 01:25 1–0 Cullen (Glance, Mutryn) (PP) – 02:09 2–0 2–1 09:38 – Krestan (Gerhofer, Steinhauser) (PP) Berchild (Cullen, Beuker) – 10:27 3–1 Nelson (Schairer, Plante) (PP) – 12:24 4–1 Zajic (Fitzhenry, Rogowski) – 13:03 5–1 Cullen (Glance, Martyniuk) – 19:29 6–1 Mutryn (Berchild, Glance) (PP) – 21:52 7–1 Nelson (Meyer, Schairer) – 27:49 8–1 Zajic – 30:05 9–1 Berchild (Francisco, Martyniuk) – 43:28 10–1 10–2 46:46 – Becker (Rolsing, Schwarz) (PP) Zajic (Meyer) – 55:55 11–2
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	26

Relegation round

29 April 2026 10:00

Germany

3–4 (0–1, 1–1, 2–2)

Norway

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 534

Game reference
	Niclas Wolter	Goalies	Felix Timraz-Westin Maximillian Aas	Referees: Filip Crman Gergely Gebei Linesmen: Ryan Fraley Quinn Schafer
	0–1 13:50 – Sæter 0–2 20:28 – Aaram Olsen (Haglund, Tollefsen) Calce (Hartmann, Krestan) – 26:12 1–2 Calce (Hartmann) – 42:56 2–2 Becker (Schwarz) – 53:58 3–2 3–3 58:45 – Aaram Olsen (Jones-Nilsson, Sivertsen Andresen) (PP2, EA) 3–4 59:37 – Aaram Olsen (Sivertsen Andresen)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	26

Playoff round

Winning teams in the quarterfinals will be reseeded according to their ranking:

1. higher position in the group
2. higher number of points
3. better goal difference
4. higher number of goals scored for
5. better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2025 IIHF World U18 Championships).

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	United States	B	1	10	+18	24	3
2	Slovakia	A	1	10	+8	17	4
3	Canada	A	2	9	+20	22	1
4	Czechia	B	2	9	+9	16	7
5	Finland	A	3	8	+1	13	5
6	Sweden	B	3	6	+5	19	2
7	Latvia	A	4	3	−4	10	8
8	Denmark	B	4	3	−16	6	10

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	29 April – Trenčín
	1A Slovakia	7
					1 May – Trenčín
	4B Denmark	1
					2 Slovakia	1
	29 April – Bratislava
					7 Latvia	0
	1B United States	2
									2 May – Trenčín
	4A Latvia	5
									2 Slovakia	2
	29 April – Bratislava
									6 Sweden	4
	2B Czechia	2
					1 May – Trenčín
	3A Finland	1
					4 Czechia	3
	29 April – Trenčín
					6 Sweden (OT)	4			Third place
	2A Canada	2
									2 May – Trenčín
	3B Sweden	4
									4 Czechia	4
									7 Latvia	1

Quarterfinals

29 April 2026 12:00

Czechia

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Finland

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 1,299

Game reference
	Martin Psohlavec	Goalies	Oskari Ahmajärvi	Referees: Chad Ingalls Tyson Stewart Linesmen: Aurélien Urfer Tyler Willie
	Klaus (Řípa, Řehák) – 07:09 1–0 1–1 24:56 – Fugleberg (Suvanto) (PP) Cífka (Řípa, Klaus) – 39:05 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	36

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29 April 2026 14:00

Canada

2–4 (0–2, 2–0, 0–2)

Sweden

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 696

Game reference
	Gavin Betts	Goalies	Kevin Törnblom	Referees: Samuel Heidemann Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Vincent Brüggemann Stanislav Hnát Quinn Schafer
	0–1 02:09 – Karlsson (Nömme, Elofsson) 0–2 15:11 – L. Andersson (A. Andersson) Dagenais (Preston, Jacobson) – 24:04 1–2 Croskery (Lawrence) – 39:59 2–2 2–3 52:37 – Bartholdsson (Hermansson, Gustafsson) (PP) 2–4 58:29 – Bartholdsson (EN)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	26

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29 April 2026 16:00

United States

2–5 (0–1, 0–1, 2–3)

Latvia

Ice Hockey Arena Ružinov, Bratislava Attendance: 858

Game reference
	Brady Knowling	Goalies	Patriks Plūmiņš	Referees: Jeroen Klijberg Marek Žák Linesmen: Kenneth Englisch Peter Jedlička
	0–1 09:48 – Klaucāns (Rutkis) 0–2 27:55 – Rutkis (Mūrnieks) (PP) Zajic (Beuker) – 48:39 1–2 1–3 50:20 – Avotiņš (Laganovskis, Mūrnieks) 1–4 55:45 – Klaucāns (Lisovskis) (EN) Plante (Cullen, Mutryn) (EA) – 56:34 2–4 2–5 59:11 – Reidzāns (Erdmanis-Hermanis) (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	45	Shots	16

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29 April 2026 18:00

Slovakia

7–1 (5–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 6,009

Game reference
	Samuel Hrenák	Goalies	Anton Wilde Larsen	Referees: Phillip Ströbel Johan Wedin Linesmen: Daniel Rigoni Teodor Sörholm
	Floriš (Botka, Ozogány) – 06:51 1–0 Matta (Kazda, Kovalčík) – 07:49 2–0 Selič (Matta, Kazda) (PP) – 08:21 3–0 Kazda (Selič) – 09:17 4–0 4–1 13:18 – Hulsig Karšay (Bernát, Goljer) – 14:16 5–1 Potočka (Hybský) – 34:39 6–1 Kazda (Požgay, Šimko) – 43:19 7–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	9

Semifinals

1 May 2026 15:00

Slovakia

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 6,059

Game reference
	Samuel Hrenák	Goalies	Patriks Plūmiņš	Referees: Toni Hyvärinen Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Stanislav Hnát Teo Mäkinen
	Jakubec (Botka, Selič) – 39:43 1–0
	27 min	Penalties	27 min
	22	Shots	14

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1 May 2026 19:00

Czechia

3–4 OT (2–1, 1–1, 0–1) OT: (0–1)

Sweden

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 4,435

Game reference
	Martin Psohlavec	Goalies	Kevin Törnblom	Referees: Tyson Stewart Phillip Ströbel Linesmen: Spencer Knox Aurélien Urfer
	Tomek (Tománek, Cífka) – 07:57 1–0 1–1 11:51 – Hermansson (Command) Tománek (Vaněček, Ruml) (PP) – 14:45 2–1 Vaněček (Tomek) (PP2) – 20:45 3–1 3–2 27:19 – Command (Zirath) 3–3 43:20 – Sörensson (Gudmundsson, Meijer) 3–4 69:18 – Meijer (Hermansson, Gustafsson)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	30

Bronze medal game

2 May 2026 15:00

Czechia

4–1 (2–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Latvia

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 2,932

Game reference
	Marek Sklenička	Goalies	Patriks Plūmiņš	Referees: Toni Hyvärinen Johan Wedin Linesmen: Quinn Schafer Teodor Sörholm
	0–1 11:23 – Klaucāns (Rutkis) Tománek (Michálek, Byrtus) – 14:26 1–1 Huk (Tománek, Ruml) (PP) – 15:06 2–1 Huk (Řípa) (EN) – 59:32 3–1 Katolický (Vaněček) (EN) – 59:57 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	22

Gold medal game

2 May 2026 19:00

Slovakia

2–4 (0–1, 0–1, 2–2)

Sweden

Pavol Demitra Ice Stadium, Trenčín Attendance: 6,059

Game reference
	Samuel Hrenák	Goalies	Kevin Törnblom	Referees: Samuel Heidemann Chad Ingalls Linesmen: Spencer Knox Aurélien Urfer
	0–1 05:53 – Sörensson (Palme, Cilthe) 0–2 37:42 – Hermansson (Elofsson, Meijer) 0–3 50:32 – A. Andersson (Cilthe, Zirath) 0–4 54:34 – Palme (Meijer, Sörensson) Matta (Kazda, Floriš) (EA) – 55:40 1–4 Šimko (Selič, Kazda) (EA) – 56:43 2–4
	6 min	Penalties	24 min
	28	Shots	39

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	B	Sweden	7	4	1	0	2	31	21	+10	14	Champions
2	A	Slovakia (H)	7	5	0	1	1	27	14	+13	16	Runners-up
3	B	Czechia	7	4	1	2	0	25	13	+12	16	Third place
4	A	Latvia	7	2	0	0	5	16	21	−5	6	Fourth place
5	B	United States	5	3	0	1	1	26	11	+15	10	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	A	Canada	5	3	0	0	2	24	6	+18	9
7	A	Finland	5	2	1	0	2	14	14	0	8
8	B	Denmark	5	1	0	0	4	7	29	−22	3
9	A	Norway	5	1	0	0	4	7	31	−24	3	Avoided relegation
10	B	Germany	5	0	1	0	4	11	28	−17	2	Relegated to the 2027 Division I A

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Patriks Plūmiņš
  • Best Defenceman: Adam Goljer
  • Best Forward: Elton Hermansson

Source:

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Timothy Kazda
  • Goaltender: Patriks Plūmiņš
  • Defencemen: Adam Goljer / Malte Gustafsson
  • Forwards: Timothy Kazda / Elton Hermansson / Wyatt Cullen

Sources:

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Timothy Kazda	Slovakia	7	6	6	12	+5	0
2	Elton Hermansson	Sweden	7	4	8	12	+5	6
3	Wyatt Cullen	United States	5	3	6	9	+3	6
4	Bosse Meijer	Sweden	7	3	5	8	+6	0
5	Dominik Řípa	Czechia	7	2	6	8	+8	2
6	Dima Zhilkin	Canada	5	5	2	7	+3	0
7	Alexander Command	Sweden	7	3	4	7	+4	4
8	Lukas Zajic	United States	5	5	1	6	+6	0
9	Martins Klaucans	Latvia	7	5	1	6	0	6
10	Mikey Berchild	United States	5	4	2	6	+3	0
10	Luca Santala	Finland	5	4	2	6	+1	0

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	Gavin Betts	Canada	223:19	4	1.07	75	94.67	2
2	Patriks Plūmiņš	Latvia	295:38	8	1.62	150	94.67	0
3	Martin Psohlavec	Czechia	249:18	7	1.68	95	92.63	0
4	Samuel Hrenák	Slovakia	296:44	8	1.62	107	92.52	1
5	Marek Sklenicka	Czechia	188:53	6	1.91	76	92.11	0

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

Division I

Main article: 2026 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Group A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, from 18 to 24 April 2026.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Switzerland	5	4	1	0	0	30	11	+19	14
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	25	12	+13	11
3	Ukraine	5	2	0	1	2	22	22	0	7
4	Hungary	5	2	0	0	3	16	19	−3	6
5	Slovenia	5	1	0	1	3	14	23	−9	4
6	Poland (H)	5	1	0	0	4	10	30	−20	3	Relegated to the 2027 Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Group B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 25 April to 1 May 2026.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria	5	3	1	0	1	20	12	+8	11
2	Lithuania	5	3	0	1	1	14	12	+2	10
3	France	5	3	0	1	1	15	9	+6	10
4	Estonia (H)	5	1	1	0	3	14	19	−5	5
5	Italy	5	1	1	0	3	9	13	−4	5
6	South Korea	5	1	0	1	3	10	17	−7	4	Relegation to the 2027 Division II A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

Division II

Main article: 2026 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

Group A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Târgu Secuiesc, Romania, from 12 to 18 April 2026.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	31	7	+24	15
2	China	5	4	0	0	1	11	5	+6	12
3	Great Britain	5	2	0	0	3	14	13	+1	6
4	Romania (H)	5	2	0	0	3	11	20	−9	6
5	Croatia	5	2	0	0	3	13	19	−6	6
6	Spain	5	0	0	0	5	8	24	−16	0	Relegation to the 2027 Division II B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

Group B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 5 to 11 April 2026.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Netherlands	5	3	1	0	1	22	16	+6	11
2	Mexico	5	2	1	1	1	16	13	+3	9
3	Serbia (H)	5	3	0	0	2	22	14	+8	9
4	Australia	5	2	1	0	2	19	19	0	8
5	Belgium	5	1	0	2	2	13	23	−10	5
6	Chinese Taipei	5	1	0	0	4	12	19	−7	3	Relegation to the 2027 Division III A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

Division III

Main article: 2026 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Group A

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Hong Kong, China, from 2 to 8 March 2026.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Uzbekistan	5	4	1	0	0	37	16	+21	14
2	Hong Kong (H)	5	4	0	0	1	33	14	+19	12
3	Israel	5	3	0	0	2	30	23	+7	9
4	Turkey	5	2	0	1	2	29	25	+4	7
5	Bulgaria	5	1	0	0	4	15	32	−17	3
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	0	5	8	42	−34	0	Relegation to the 2027 Division III B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Group B

The Division III Group B tournament was played in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 13 to 19 February 2026.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	2	0	0	1	19	6	+13	6	Semifinals
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	1	1	0	1	13	18	−5	5
3	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	12	11	+1	3	Relegation round

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) total goals; 4) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	3	0	0	0	20	7	+13	9	Semifinals
2	Turkmenistan	3	1	0	0	2	5	11	−6	3
3	Luxembourg	3	0	0	1	2	10	26	−16	1	Relegation round

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) total goals; 4) seeding before tournament.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Thailand	5	4	1	0	0	38	10	+28	14	First place
2	Iceland	5	3	0	1	1	30	12	+18	10	Second place
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2	1	0	2	19	27	−8	8	Third place
4	Turkmenistan	5	1	0	0	4	6	29	−23	3	Fourth place
5	South Africa	5	2	0	0	3	24	19	+5	6	Fifth place
6	Luxembourg	5	1	0	1	3	18	38	−20	4	Sixth place, possible relegation

Source: IIHF

External links

• Official website of IIHF