2026 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

2026 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country	Estonia
City	Tallinn
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25 April – 1 May 2026
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	82 (5.47 per game)
Attendance	7,158 (477 per game)
Scoring leader	Deimantas Šulinskas (9 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com

2026 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
City	Krynica-Zdrój
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–24 April 2026
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	117 (7.8 per game)
Attendance	3,448 (230 per game)
Scoring leader	Fabrice Bouvard (10 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com

2026 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries	Poland; Estonia
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	18–24 April 2026 (A); 25 April – 1 May 2026 (B)
Teams	12
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The 2026 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I consists of two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division I A

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, from 18 to 24 April 2025.^[1]^[2]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Switzerland	Placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated
Ukraine	Placed 2nd in Division I A last year
Kazakhstan	Placed 3rd in Division I A last year
Slovenia	Placed 4th in Division I A last year
Hungary	Placed 5th in Division I A last year
Poland	Hosts; Placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesperson were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Referees	Linesperson
Nicolas Cregut Bartosz Kaczmarek Chazz Knoche Eetu Rasalahti Jacob Schauer Tyler Skene Marius Wölzmüller	Fabrizio Bachelut Maxime Bedard Philip Hanning Ilia Kisil Piotr Kot Odin Nelson Oleh Ostroukh

Standings

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

Match results

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

18 April 2026
12:30

Hungary

2–5
(0–2, 2–1, 0–2)

Kazakhstan

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100


Benedek Gyulai	Goalies	Kirill Mylnikov	Referees: Nicolas Cregut Jakob Schauer Linesmen: Fabrizio Bachelut Piotr Kot

6 min	Penalties	8 min
26	Shots	26

18 April 2026
16:00

Slovenia

2–4
(1–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Ukraine

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 156


Jon Kavčič	Goalies	Illia Bobrov	Referees: Bartosz Kaczmarek Marius Wölzmüller Linesmen: Philip Hanning Ilia Kisil

10 min	Penalties	4 min
29	Shots	30

18 April 2026
19:30

Poland

1–6
(0–1, 0–1, 1–4)

Switzerland

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 645


Kacper Rydzoń	Goalies	Yannis Zambelli	Referees: Chazz Knoche Eetu Rasalahti Linesmen: Maxime Bedard Odin Nelson

4 min	Penalties	8 min
13	Shots	66

19 April 2026
12:30

Ukraine

4–6
(2–4, 1–2, 1–0)

Hungary

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 182




4 min	Penalties	10 min
40	Shots	35

19 April 2026
16:00

Switzerland

10–2
(5–0, 1–1, 4–1)

Slovenia

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 114




8 min	Penalties	6 min
43	Shots	29

19 April 2026
19:30

Kazakhstan

10–2
(2–1, 1–1, 7–0)

Poland

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 412




8 min	Penalties	6 min
46	Shots	20

21 April 2026
12:30

Switzerland

5–1
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Hungary

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 85




33 min	Penalties	6 min
24	Shots	31

21 April 2026
16:00

Ukraine

3–5
(2–0, 1–2, 0–3)

Kazakhstan

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 118




6 min	Penalties	16 min
34	Shots	24

21 April 2026
19:30

Poland

4–3
(0–0, 2–1, 2–2)

Slovenia

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 337




8 min	Penalties	16 min
41	Shots	27

23 April 2026
12:30

Kazakhstan

2–3
(1–3, 0–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 150




8 min	Penalties	14 min
22	Shots	31

23 April 2026
16:00

Slovenia

5–2
(3–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Hungary

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 133




10 min	Penalties	10 min
27	Shots	38

23 April 2026
19:30

Ukraine

6–3
(1–1, 0–1, 5–1)

Poland

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 361




10 min	Penalties	6 min
43	Shots	29

24 April 2026
12:30

Kazakhstan

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

Slovenia

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 55




8 min	Penalties	8 min
43	Shots	16

24 April 2026
16:00

Switzerland

6–5 OT
(2–0, 1–2, 2–3)
OT: (1–0)

Ukraine

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 155




8 min	Penalties	4 min
22	Shots	41

24 April 2026
19:30

Hungary

5–0
(0–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Poland

Krynica Ice Stadium
Attendance: 445




8 min	Penalties	12 min
41	Shots	16

Source: Match Schedule

Division I B

The Division I Group B tournament was being played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 25 April to 1 May 2026.^[4]^[5]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Austria	Placed 6th in 2025 Division I A and were relegated
Lithuania	Placed 2nd in Division I B last year
South Korea	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year
France	Placed 4th in Division I B last year
Estonia	Hosts; Placed 5th in Division I B last year
Italy	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesperson were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Referees	Linesperson
Michael Fritschi Tomáš Hacaperka Go Hashimoto David Laksola Hunter Mottinger Mark Punger Dániel Soós	Nurlan Alpyspayev Paolo Brondi Maxime Ferland William Henriksson Daniel Lindblom Toms Mencis Thomas Simon

Standings

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^[a]
3	France	5	3	0	1	1	15	9	+6	10^[a]
4	Estonia (H)	5	1	1	0	3	14	19	−5	5^[b]
5	Italy	5	1	1	0	3	9	13	−4	5^[b]
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
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