2021 IIHF World U18 Championships

2021 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	April 26 – May 6
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (4th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	221 (7.89 per match)
Attendance	21,038 (751 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Matvei Michkov (16 points)
MVP	Matvei Michkov
← 2020 (cancelled) 2022 →

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 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]

Officials[]

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2021 World U18 Championships.^[3]

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC–5).

Group A[]

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

April 26, 2021 16:00

Belarus

1–5 (0–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Sweden

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Lukas Kohlmüller Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: David Klouček Patrick Richardson
	0–1 05:24 – Rosén (Olsson, ) (PP) 0–2 21:50 – Lysell Klimovich (, ) (PP) – 28:32 1–2 1–3 38:12 – (, ) 1–4 58:20 – (Hävelid) 1–5 59:08 – (Persson, )
	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
		Goalies		Referees: Stephen Reneau Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Roman Slavikovskii
	0–1 12:02 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 12:25 – (, ) 0–3 24:42 – Bichsel (Biasca) 0–4 25:06 – Robin (, Sidler) (, ) – 37:50 1–4 (, ) – 39:08 2–4
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	29

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April 27, 2021 16:00

Switzerland

1–7 (0–1, 1–3, 0–3)

Belarus

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Christoffer Holm Sergei Yudakov Linesmen: Jake Davis Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 12:50 – Klimovich (, ) (PP) 0–2 21:22 – (PP) () – 21:42 1–2 1–3 26:50 – Klimovich (Shilo, ) (PP) 1–4 29:07 – Klimovich (Shilo, Klavdiev) (PP) 1–5 44:35 – (, ) 1–6 54:37 – (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
		Goalies		Referees: Riku Brander Sean Fernandez Linesmen: Nick Briganti Nikita Polyakov
	0–1 05:19 – Wright (Clarke, Guenther) (PP) 0–2 10:43 – Clarke () 0–3 12:14 – (Bedard) 0–4 13:29 – Pinelli (, ) 0–5 20:30 – Wright (Othmann, Clarke) 0–6 24:00 – Allan (Guenther) 0–7 26:04 – (Johnston) 0–8 38:57 – Wright () (SH) 0–9 43:52 – McTavish (Ceulemans) 0–10 47:16 – Clarke (Stillman, Pinelli) – 51:17 1–10 1–11 52:37 – Johnston (Roulette) 1–12 55:21 – Stankoven (McTavish)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	47

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April 28, 2021 20:00

Canada

4–2 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Latvia

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Sean MacFarlane Jake Rekucki Linesmen: David Klouček Patrick Richardson
	() (PP) – 27:58 1–0 McTavish (Stankoven, Bedard) – 30:01 2–0 2–1 39:18 – () Guenther (McTavish) – 50:38 3–1 3–2 53:27 – (PP) McTavish (Bedard, Guenther) (PP) – 59:17 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	26 min
	52	Shots	27

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April 29, 2021 16:00

Sweden

3–1 (0–0, 3–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Stephen Reneau Andrew Wilk Linesmen: William Hancock Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 22:59 – (, ) Rosén (Lysell, Robertsson) (PP) – 32:00 1–1 Dower Nilsson (Lysell, Edvinsson) (PP) – 34:15 2–1 (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
		Goalies		Referees: Lukas Kohlmüller Jake Rekucki Linesmen: David Klouček Patrick Richardson
	(, ) – 02:24 1–0 Klimovich (, Sidorov) (PP2) – 20:49 2–0 (, Kuzmin) – 22:59 3–0 3–1 23:33 – (, ) (PP) Klimovich (Kuzmin) (PP) – 38:26 4–1 (, ) – 49:55 5–1 (Sidorov) – 57:19 6–1 6–2 58:41 –
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	41	Shots	32

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April 30, 2021 20:00

Switzerland

0–7 (0–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Riku Brander Adam Kika Linesmen: Nick Briganti Nikita Polyakov
	0–1 10:50 – Guenther (Clarke) (PP) 0–2 14:05 – Bedard () 0–3 21:48 – (, ) 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

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May 1, 2021 16:00

Latvia

0–7 (0–1, 0–1, 0–5)

Sweden

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Micha Hebeisen Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Roman Slavikovskii
	0–1 04:54 – 0–2 27:09 – (, ) 0–3 40:59 – Strömgren (, ) (PP) 0–4 45:22 – Robertsson (Lysell) 0–5 48:10 – Robertsson (Dower Nilsson, Lysell) 0–6 57:17 – () 0–7 59:06 –
	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
		Goalies		Referees: Christoffer Holm Peter Schlittenhardt Linesmen: Nick Briganti Dāvis Zunde
	Wright – 05:06 1–0 (Johnston) – 18:34 2–0 McTavish (Ceulemans) – 21:59 3–0 Wright (Zellweger) – 24:04 4–0 4–1 34:28 – (, ) (PP) McTavish (Ceulemans, ) (PP) – 53:45 5–1 5–2 57:28 – (Mikhalyov, )
	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

April 26, 2021 16:00

Czech Republic

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Germany

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 1,400

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Peter Schlittenhardt Sergei Yudakov Linesmen: Nick Briganti Dāvis Zunde
	(, ) (PP) – 20:49 1–0 (SH) – 35:53 2–0 (, ) (PP) – 49:35 3–0 3–1 55:37 – (, )
	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
		Goalies		Referees: Riku Brander Adam Kika Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Nikita Polyakov
	0–1 02:56 – 0–2 05:24 – (, ) (PP) Yurov (Chibrikov, ) – 09:18 1–2 1–3 16:44 – (Hutson, Cooley) (PP) 1–4 21:27 – (, ) 1–5 24:16 – Pastujov (Hutson, Behrens) (PP) Michkov (, Novikov) – 26:16 2–5 Gaidamak (, Chibrikov) – 28:09 3–5 Michkov (Grudinin, ) (PP) – 33:09 4–5 4–6 36:36 – Duke (Pastujov, Behrens) Miroshnichenko (, ) (PP) – 39:12 5–6 Miroshnichenko (Svechkov, Yurov) – 54:44 6–6 Chibrikov () – 61:25 7–6
	30 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	35

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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
		Goalies		Referees: Lukas Kohlmüller Jake Rekucki Linesmen: William Hancock David Klouček
	0–1 09:21 – (Yurov, Miroshnichenko) (, 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
	Lambert Koivunen Kemell	Shootout	Michkov 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
		Goalies		Referees: Micha Hebeisen Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Roman Slavikovskii
	0–1 09:29 – (, ) 0–2 16:31 – (, ) (PP) – 19:21 1–2 1–3 32:40 – (Cooley) () (PP2) – 38:18 2–3 2–4 47:35 – () – 51:48 3–4 3–5 56:49 – Gallagher (Howard) (PP)
	34 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	42

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April 28, 2021 20:00

Czech Republic

5–6 (2–1, 1–2, 2–3)

Finland

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 402

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Christoffer Holm Peter Schlittenhardt Linesmen: Nick Briganti Jake Davis
	() – 00:30 1–0 () – 03:55 2–0 2–1 11:01 – Koivunen (Heimosalmi, ) 2–2 23:53 – (Juusola, ) 2–3 24:58 – Heimosalmi (, ) – 28:14 3–3 D. Moravec – 42:13 4–3 (, ) (PP) – 44:14 5–3 5–4 52:11 – Tuomaala (, Lambert) (PP) 5–5 56:31 – (Tuomaala, Lambert) (PP) 5–6 59:41 – Tuomaala (Koivunen, Salminen) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	31

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April 29, 2021 16:00

Germany

1–6 (0–1, 0–3, 1–2)

Russia

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 1,663

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Sean Fernandez Adam Kika Linesmen: Jake Davis Nikita Polyakov
	0–1 10:44 – Yurov () 0–2 20:30 – Michkov (Chibrikov, Novikov) 0–3 27:12 – Michkov (, Chibrikov) 0–4 35:29 – Michkov (Poltapov, ) (PP) 0–5 45:48 – (Chibrikov, ) (, ) – 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
		Goalies		Referees: Christoffer Holm Sergei Yudakov Linesmen: Nick Briganti Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 15:57 – (, ) () – 42:35 1–1
	Hutson Cooley Pastujov	Shootout	Altrichter
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	33

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April 30, 2021 20:00

Finland

10–0 (5–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Germany

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 772

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Micha Hebeisen Stephen Reneau Linesmen: William Hancock Roman Slavikovskii
	Malinen (, Väisänen) – 01:52 1–0 (Vilén, ) – 02:11 2–0 (Vilén) – 07:02 3–0 Tuomaala () (PP2) – 08:24 4–0 Kemell (Heimosalmi, Päivärinta) (PP) – 13:13 5–0 Huuhtanen (Päivärinta) (PP2) – 25:35 6–0 (Tuomaala, Suomi) (PP) – 26:23 7–0 (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

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May 1, 2021 16:00

Russia

11–1 (3–0, 3–1, 5–0)

Czech Republic

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 1,989

Game reference
		Goalies		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 (Yurov, Chibrikov) – 30:53 4–0 4–1 32:28 – (, ) (, ) – 33:44 5–1 Poltapov (, Michkov) (PP) – 38:45 6–1 Michkov (Poltapov, Ivantsov) – 45:50 7–1 (Yurov) – 47:00 8–1 Svechkov (Chibrikov, Miroshnichenko) (PP) – 51:45 9–1 Yurov – 57:19 10–1 Michkov (, 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
		Goalies		Referees: Riku Brander Sean Fernandez Linesmen: Nick Briganti Jake Davis
	(, ) – 08:13 1–0 1–1 08:43 – Koivunen (Vilén, Tuomaala) 1–2 16:05 – () () – 21:18 2–2 () – 33:46 3–2 3–3 40:29 – Tuomaala (Koivunen, ) 3–4 53:26 – (, ) (Stramel, ) (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:^[4]

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 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
		Goalies		Referees: Micha Hebeisen Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Nick Briganti Dāvis Zunde
	Michkov (, ) – 04:26 1–0 Yurov () (PP2) – 15:18 2–0 (Yurov, ) – 22:48 3–0 3–1 27:55 – (, ) 3–2 31:17 – () Miroshnichenko – 46:23 4–2 – 48:34 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	32

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May 3, 2021 15:00

Canada

10–3 (4–1, 2–1, 4–1)

Czech Republic

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 724

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Sean Fernandez Jake Rekucki Linesmen: Jake Davis Nikita Polyakov
	Johnston (Bedard, McTavish) – 02:01 1–0 – 04:20 2–0 Bedard (, McTavish) – 06:50 3–0 3–1 08:31 – () (PP) (Bedard) – 10:59 4–1 Guenther (Wright, Bedard) (PP) – 21:09 5–1 5–2 23:57 – () Guenther (, Othmann) – 36:14 6–2 Bedard (Stankoven, McTavish) – 46:54 7–2 (Roulette, ) – 47:09 8–2 8–3 48:33 – Szturc (, ) (Pinelli, Winterton) – 49:46 9–3 Wright () (PP) – 53:17 10–3
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	32

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May 3, 2021 17:30

Finland

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Children's Health StarCenter, Plano Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Christoffer Holm Peter Schlittenhardt Linesmen: Tommi Niittyla Roman Slavikovski
	(, Tuomaala) (PP) – 39:56 1–0 Heimosalmi – 50:42 2–0
	2 min	Penalties	20 min
	25	Shots	23

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May 3, 2021 20:00

Sweden

5–2 (1–0, 1–1, 3–1)

United States

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 1,042

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Lukas Kohlmüller Sergei Yudakov Linesmen: David Klouček Patrick Richardson
	(Rosén, Olsson) (PP) – 03:09 1–0 1–1 33:00 – (, ) (PP) Lysell – 33:43 2–1 Lysell (Dower Nilsson) – 41:26 3–1 (, Rosén) (PP) – 54:25 4–1 4–2 58:04 – (EA) Rosén () (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
		Goalies		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 – 50:41 5–1 Wright (Othmann) – 54:52 6–1 Bedard (Allan) – 55:30 7–1 (Clarke, ) – 56:56 8–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	56	Shots	17

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May 5, 2021 20:00

Finland

5–6 (2–2, 0–2, 3–2)

Russia

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 819

Game reference
		Goalies		Referees: Christoffer Holm Stephen Briganti Linesmen: Kevin Briganti William Hancock
	0–1 03:08 – (Chibrikov, Novikov) (Koivunen, Tuomaala) (PP) – 04:04 1–1 1–2 06:58 – Michkov (Poltapov) (PP) (, ) – 09:01 2–2 2–3 33:15 – Chibrikov (Lazutin, Poltapov) (PP) 2–4 37:20 – Chibrikov () 2–5 43:43 – Miroshnichenko (Novikov, ) (PP) Kemell (Heimosalmi, Lambert) (PP) – 46:14 3–5 3–6 50:46 – Miroshnichenko (Svechkov) Salminen (Vilén) – 50:53 4–6 Kemell (, 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
		Goalies		Referees: Sean Fernandez Sergey Yudakov Linesmen: Nick Briganti Roman Slavikovskii
	0–1 05:00 – Rosén (, ) (PP) 0–2 19:23 – Robertsson (Lysell) 0–3 23:31 – Edvinsson 0–4 25:30 – () 0–5 45:53 – Moberg (Strömgren, Olsson) (PP) 0–6 51:19 – (SH, ENG) 0–7 54:55 – (, ) 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
		Goalies		Referees: Christoffer Holm Stephen Reneau Linesmen: Jake Davis William Hancock
	0–1 05:13 – Michkov (, Poltapov) Bedard (Ceulemans, Stillman) – 15:59 1–1 1–2 18:05 – (Michkov, ) Wright () (PP) – 19:15 2–2 Othmann () – 24:42 3–2 (Clarke, Wright) – 36:39 4–2 4–3 49:37 – (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

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		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		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		Canada	300:00	11	2.20	136	91.91	0
2		Sweden	313:29	16	3.06	194	91.75	1
3		United States	147:29	7	2.85	82	91.46	0
4		Russia	364:23	16	2.63	183	91.26	0
5		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:
  • Best Defenceman: Aleksi Heimosalmi
  • Best Forward: Matvei Michkov

Source: IIHF

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

Source: IIHF

Division I[]

All division group 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.^[5]

•  Denmark
•  France
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan
•  Norway
•  Slovakia

Group B[]

The tournament was to be held in Asiago, Italy, from April 18 to 25, 2021.^[5]

•  Austria
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Poland
•  Slovenia
•  Ukraine

Division II[]

Group A[]

The tournament was to be held in Tallinn, Estonia, from April 4 to 10, 2021.^[5]

•  Great Britain
•  Estonia
•  Lithuania
•  Romania
•  Serbia
•  South Korea

Group B[]

The tournament was to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 21 to 27, 2021,^[5]

•  Australia
•  Bulgaria
•  China
•  Croatia
•  Netherlands
•  Spain

Division III[]

Group A[]

The tournament was to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from March 29 to April 4, 2021.^[5]

•  Belgium
•  Chinese Taipei
•  Iceland
•  Israel
•  Mexico
•  Turkey

Group B[]

The tournament was to be held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, from March 28 to April 3, 2021.^[5]

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Hong Kong
•  
•  Luxembourg
•  New Zealand
•  South Africa

References[]