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2023 IIHF World U18 Championships

Under-18 men's ice hockey tournament

2023 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	20–30 April
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	United States (11th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	218 (7.27 per game)
Attendance	47,087 (1,570 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Will Smith (20 points)
Official website
IIHF.com
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 24th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2024 competition.

The tournament was held in Basel and Porrentruy, Switzerland, from 20 to 30 April 2023.^[1][2][3]

The Group A matches were played in Porrentruy, Switzerland, from 20 to 25 April 2023.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	18	3	+15	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	20	14	+6	9
3	Slovakia	4	1	1	0	2	15	15	0	5
4	Czechia	4	1	0	1	2	12	14	−2	4
5	Germany	4	0	0	0	4	5	24	−19	0	Advance to Relegation round

20 April 2023 14:30

Canada

0–8 (0–5, 0–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,998

Game reference
	Carson Bjarnason Gabriel D'Aigle	Goalies	Noah Erliden	Referees: Adam Kika Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Lukáš Rampír Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 03:33 – Stenberg (Willander, Unger Sörum) 0–2 04:53 – Nordh (Sandin Pellikka) 0–3 10:43 – Dower Nilsson (Sandin Pellikka, Forsfjäll) 0–4 12:51 – Sandin Pellikka (Stenberg, Edstrom) 0–5 13:28 – Wahlberg (Forsfjäll) (EA) 0–6 25:32 – Forsfjäll (Lindstein, Sandin Pellikka) (PP) 0–7 41:44 – Stenberg (Wahlberg, Sandin Pellikka) (PP2) 0–8 56:08 – Unger Sörum (Stenberg, Wahlberg)
	60 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	24

20 April 2023 18:30

Czechia

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

Slovakia

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,193

Game reference
	Michael Hrabal	Goalies	Samuel Urban	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Loic Ruprecht Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Simon Riecken
	0–1 10:24 – Cedzo (Štrbák, Jenčko) (PP) 0–2 23:35 – Cedzo (Kukumberg, Pišoja) (PP) Csabi (Jecho, Vochvest) – 37:38 1–2 Šalé (Šimek) – 39:26 2–2
	Csabi Petr Šalé Holinka Štancl	Shootout	Masnica Cedzo Dvorský Ridzoň Jenčko
	37 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	42

21 April 2023 14:30

Canada

8–0 (2–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Germany

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 968

Game reference
	Carson Bjarnason	Goalies	Leon Willerscheid	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Christian Ofner Linesmen: Emil Dalsgaard Niko Jusi
	Lardis (Martone, Ritchie) (PP) – 15:06 1–0 Wood (Cristall, Celebrini) (PP) – 16:45 2–0 Dragicevic (Bjarnason) (PP) – 30:39 3–0 Martone (MacDonell, Halaburda) – 31:59 4–0 Wood (Celebrini, Ritchie) – 35:00 5–0 Ritchie (Celebrini, Allen) – 46:30 6–0 Lardis (Catton, Martone) – 55:05 7–0 Lardis (Allen, Ritchie) (PP) – 58:55 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	39 min
	50	Shots	11

21 April 2023 18:30

Slovakia

3–5 (1–3, 0–0, 2–2)

Sweden

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,287

Game reference
	Samuel Urban	Goalies	Noah Erliden	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Nolan Bloyer Linesmen: Nicolas Boivin Markus Merk
	0–1 04:35 – Lindstein (Forsfjäll, Dower Nilsson) (PP) 0–2 10:39 – Sandin Pellikka (Forsfjäll, Lindstein) (PP) Pekarčík (Masnica, Štrbák) (PP) – 15:52 1–2 1–3 16:44 – Edstrom (Stenberg, Kangas) Masnica (Dvorský, Pekarčík) (PP) – 51:51 2–3 Kukumberg (Jenčko, Cedzo) – 53:59 3–3 3–4 56:14 – Wahlberg 3–5 59:54 – Unger Sörum (Lindstein) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	52

22 April 2023 17:00

Germany

1–7 (0–3, 0–3, 1–1)

Czechia

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 787

Game reference
	Valentin Ankirchner Leon Willerscheid	Goalies	Michael Hrabal	Referees: Dominic Cadieux Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Emil Dalsgaard Oto Durmis
	0–1 02:15 – Židlický (Šimek, Dvořák) (PP) 0–2 10:08 – Šalé (SH) 0–3 13:09 – Šalé (PS) 0–4 20:36 – Dvořák (Felcman, Fábry) 0–5 23:19 – Hradec (Dvořák, Jiříček) 0–6 25:41 – Hradec (Kučera, Matějíček) Brandl (Bicker, Homann) – 56:42 1–6 1–7 58:58 – Petr (Jecho, Eichler)
	33 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	35

23 April 2023 13:00

Slovakia

3–4 (0–1, 1–2, 2–1)

Canada

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,751

Game reference
	Lukáš Fürsten	Goalies	Carson Bjarnason	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Emil Dalsgaard Lukáš Rampír
	0–1 00:50 – Barlow (Price, Allen) 0–2 23:28 – Ritchie (Wood, Celebrini) 0–3 34:50 – Martone (MacDonell) (SH) Dvorský (Eperješi) – 37:31 1–3 Císar (Kukumberg, Gron) – 42:24 2–3 2–4 53:05 – Celebrini (Wood, Dragicevic) (PP) Pekarčík (Štrbák, Dvorský) (EA) – 59:10 3–4
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	42

23 April 2023 17:00

Sweden

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Czechia

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,558

Game reference
	Noah Erliden	Goalies	Michael Hrabal	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Markus Merk Simon Riecken
	Willander (Unger Sörum, Stenberg) (PP2) – 48:12 1–0 Stenberg (Edstrom) (ENG) – 59:55 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	15

24 April 2023 18:30

Germany

4–6 (1–1, 3–2, 0–3)

Slovakia

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 548

Game reference
	Leon Willerscheid	Goalies	Samuel Urban	Referees: Nolan Bloyer Riku Brander Linesmen: Nicolas Boivin Shane Gustafson
	0–1 15:09 – Dvorský (Pekarčík) (PP) Panocha (Vinzens, Sumpf) (PP) – 17:17 1–1 Sumpf (Tropmann, Bosecker) (PP) – 21:32 2–1 2–2 22:31 – Jenčko (Štrbák, Pekarčík) Schreiner (Müller, Tropmann) (EA) – 26:02 3–2 Bicker (Brandl, Panocha) – 29:16 4–2 4–3 36:00 – Dvorský (Cedzo) 4–4 51:37 – Dvorský (Chromiak, Cedzo) 4–5 57:37 – Dvorský (Císar, Pekarčík) (PP) 4–6 59:20 – Pekarčík (Dvorský, Štrbák) (PP, ENG)
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	38

25 April 2023 14:30

Sweden

3–0 (0–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Germany

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 2,653

Game reference
	Melker Thelin	Goalies	Nico Pertuch	Referees: Christian Ofner Loic Ruprecht Linesmen: Nicolas Boivin Lukáš Rampír
	Edstrom (Stenberg, Willander) – 50:42 1–0 Willander (Stenberg, Edstrom) (PP) – 56:31 2–0 Kangas (Nordh, Bergström) (ENG) – 58:14 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	14

25 April 2023 18:30

Czechia

3–8 (0–2, 2–3, 1–3)

Canada

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,586

Game reference
	Michael Hrabal Jan Kavan	Goalies	Carson Bjarnason	Referees: Daniel Eriksson Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Markus Merk Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 17:16 – Barlow (Howe) 0–2 17:40 – Wood (Ritchie) 0–3 20:14 – Wood (Celebrini, Price) Šalé (Petr, Hradec) (PP) – 30:04 1–3 1–4 33:32 – Wood (Heidt, Barlow) (PP) Felcman (Šalé) – 37:18 2–4 2–5 38:24 – Halaburda (Pharand, Martone) 2–6 42:54 – Martone (Halaburda, Price) 2–7 44:49 – Lardis (Cristall, Catton) (PP) 2–8 52:39 – Dragicevic (Celebrini, Ritchie) Matějíček (Petr) – 56:25 3–8
	8 min	Penalties	29 min
	26	Shots	45

The Group B matches were played in Basel, Switzerland, from 20 to 25 April 2023.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	37	6	+31	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Finland	4	3	0	0	1	23	14	+9	9
3	Switzerland (H)	4	2	0	0	2	12	15	−3	6
4	Latvia	4	1	0	0	3	5	17	−12	3
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	3	28	−25	0	Advance to Relegation round

20 April 2023 16:00

United States

7–1 (0–0, 3–0, 4–1)

Latvia

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 810

Game reference
	Trey Augustine Hampton Slukynsky	Goalies	Aksels Ozols Nils Mauriņš	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Riku Brander Linesmen: Markus Merk Tobias Nordlander
	Eiserman (Hagens, Hutson) (PP) – 20:59 1–0 Leonard (Perreault, Terrance) (PP) – 30:05 2–0 Smith (Leonard, Hutson) – 34:15 3–0 Moore (Hutson, Eiserman) (PP) – 40:22 4–0 4–1 41:43 – Niedrājs (SH) Smith (Perreault, Leonard) (PP2) – 44:05 5–1 Guzzo (Nelson, Minnetian) – 54:15 6–1 Schulz (Moore, Terrance) – 55:29 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	39 min
	36	Shots	24

20 April 2023 20:00

Finland

4–2 (0–0, 2–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 1,988

Game reference
	Eemil Vinni	Goalies	Ewan Huet	Referees: Nolan Bloyer Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Nicolas Boivin Oto Durmis
	Järventie (Nurmi, Kiiskinen) (PP) – 25:41 1–0 Leppä (Lind) – 26:16 2–0 2–1 36:07 – Braillard (Schneller, Dorthe) (PP) 2–2 38:24 – Wagner (E. Meier) Halttunen (Alasiurua, Pieniniemi) – 51:41 3–2 Nurmi (Kiviharju, Hynninen) (ENG) – 57:59 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	18

21 April 2023 16:00

Latvia

2–5 (0–1, 0–3, 2–1)

Finland

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 342

Game reference
	Aksels Ozols Linards Feldbergs	Goalies	Visa Vedenpää	Referees: Dominic Cadieux Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 01:25 – Kumpulainen (Uronen) 0–2 30:53 – Hynninen (Nurmi, Järventie) (PP) 0–3 37:12 – Halttunen (Helenius, Alasiurua) 0–4 38:07 – Uronen (Muhonen, Järventie) Niedrājs (Ansons) – 44:52 1–4 1–5 46:12 – Kumpulainen (Kiviharju, Kangas) Streikišs (Bulāns, Livšics) (PP) – 53:59 2–5
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	47

21 April 2023 20:00

Norway

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Switzerland

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 2,126

Game reference
	Marius Bjørnsgaard Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Ewan Huet	Referees: Riku Brander Adam Kika Linesmen: Tobias Nordlander Lukáš Rampír
	0–1 07:58 – Kaderli (Gredig, Muggli) 0–2 12:51 – R. Meier (Braillard, S. Meier) (PP) 0–3 27:30 – Dorthe (Reber, Ustinkov) 0–4 31:04 – Schneller (Reber, Gredig) 0–5 59:14 – Wagner (E. Meier)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	23

22 April 2023 19:00

Norway

1–12 (0–4, 1–5, 0–3)

United States

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 732

Game reference
	Martin Lundberg Marius Bjørnsgaard	Goalies	Carsen Musser	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Niko Jusi Simon Riecken
	0–1 01:45 – Eiserman (Moore, Vote) (PP) 0–2 03:54 – Perreault (Smith) 0–3 10:29 – Eiserman (Fine) 0–4 13:04 – Leonard (Perreault, Hutson) Vatne (Karlsen, Amundsen) – 25:35 1–4 1–5 26:05 – Smith (Leonard, Perreault) 1–6 29:15 – Perreault (Leonard, Smith) 1–7 31:42 – Eiserman (Hagens) 1–8 32:37 – Nelson (Hendrickson, Fischer) 1–9 33:10 – Perreault (Vote, Smith) 1–10 45:19 – Slaggert (Nelson) (SH) 1–11 48:34 – Eiserman (Vote, Schulz) (PP) 1–12 54:10 – Moore (Fine, Terrance)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	61

23 April 2022 15:00

Switzerland

5–1 (2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Latvia

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 3,277

Game reference
	Ewan Huet	Goalies	Aksels Ozols	Referees: Dominic Cadieux Christian Ofner Linesmen: Niko Jusi Tobias Nordlander
	Reber (Pedrazzini, Bünzli) – 02:06 1–0 1–1 13:25 – Mateiko (Livšics, Krūmiņš) (PP) Braillard (Bünzli) (SH) – 18:13 2–1 E. Meier (Wagner, Ustinkov) – 30:31 3–1 Ustinkov (Reber, E. Meier) (PP) – 44:23 4–1 Braillard (Graf, Schneller) (PP) – 57:37 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	18

23 April 2023 19:00

United States

8–4 (2–2, 3–1, 3–1)

Finland

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 1,442

Game reference
	Trey Augustine	Goalies	Eemil Vinni	Referees: Daniel Eriksson Loic Ruprecht Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Dominik Schlegel
	Moore (Fine) – 01:04 1–0 Minnetian (Smith, Perreault) 2–0 2–1 13:58 – Helenius (Kiviharju, Kumpulainen) (PP) 2–2 19:22 – Alasiurua (Halttunen, Helenius) Eiserman (Huutson, Hagens) (PP) – 23:58 3–2 Hagens (Vote) – 28:22 4–2 4–3 33:19 – Halttunen (Kuusla, Leppä) Smith (Buium) – 38:54 5–3 Terrance (Perreault, Smith) (PP) – 43:00 6–3 6–4 43:10 – Kiiskinen Perreault (Smith, Leonard) – 55:14 7–4 Leonard (Perreault, Smith) – 59:01 8–4
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	31

24 April 2023 20:00

Latvia

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Norway

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 372

Game reference
	Aksels Ozols	Goalies	Martin Lundberg	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Adam Kika Linesmen: Emil Dalsgaard Oto Durmis
	Mots (Mateiko, Bulāns) – 53:03 1–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	19

25 April 2023 16:00

Switzerland

0–10 (0–4, 0–2, 0–4)

United States

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 2,091

Game reference
	Christian Kirsch	Goalies	Trey Augustine	Referees: Riku Brander Martin Jobbágy Linesmen: Oto Durmis Simon Riecken
	0–1 00:15 – Fortescue (Leonard, Hutson) 0–2 16:11 – Eiserman (Hagens, Vote) 0–3 16:27 – Leonard (Buium, Smith) 0–4 19:07 – Eiserman (Smith, Vote) 0–5 20:49 – Perreault (Smith, Leonard) 0–6 31:56 – Leonard (Perreault, Terrance) (PP) 0–7 41:00 – Smith (Perreault, Hutson) 0–8 46:37 – Leonard (Smith, Perreault) 0–9 47:52 – Buium (PS) 0–10 55:32 – Moore (Fine, Buium)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	34

25 April 2023 20:00

Finland

10–2 (4–1, 4–0, 2–1)

Norway

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 831

Game reference
	Noa Vali	Goalies	Marius Bjørnsgaard	Referees: Lukas Kohlmüller Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Niko Jusi Tobias Nordlander
	Kiiskinen (Nurmi, Kiviharju) – 01:09 1–0 Leppä (Eliseev) (SH) – 06:29 2–0 Väisänen (Kiviharju, Järventie) – 12:30 3–0 Kiiskinen (Kiviharju, Nurmi) – 14:45 4–0 4–1 15:54 – Indergaard (Sætre, Myhre) (PP) Muhonen (Hynninen, Kiiskinen) – 30:30 5–1 Järventie – 31:23 6–1 Halttunen (Väisänen) – 32:49 7–1 Kumpulainen (Halttunen, Jokinen) (PP) – 39:46 8–1 8–2 44:35 – Granath (Bjørnsgaard) (SH) Halttunen (Kiviharju, Kumpulainen) (PP) – 55:18 9–2 Helenius (Halttunen, Kangas) – 58:34 10–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	15

27 April 2023 11:00

Germany

1–6 (0–2, 0–2, 1–2)

Norway

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 2,236

Game reference
	Leon Willerscheid	Goalies	Martin Lundberg	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Emil Dalsgaard Niko Jusi
	0–1 05:23 – Indergaard (Vatne, Semmerud-Garcia) 0–2 07:52 – Sjøthun (Karlsen) 0–3 34:46 – Klungtveit (Vatne) 0–4 38:37 – Vatne (Solberg, Haugen) (PP) 0–5 40:58 – Vatne (Amundsen, Myhre) Vinzens (Hildebrand, Focks) – 44:28 1–5 1–6 59:58 – Støen (Boger) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	28 min
	35	Shots	10

29 April 2023 11:00

Norway

3–2 (1–1, 2–0, 0–1)

Germany

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 409

Game reference
	Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Nico Pertuch	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Nolan Bloyer Linesmen: Tobias Nordlander Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 02:00 – Panocha (Sumpf, Vinzens) (PP) Myhre (Indergaard, Granath) (PP) – 05:02 1–1 Hagen (Granath, Indergaard) (PP) – 25:26 2–1 Klungtveit (Støen, Karlsen) – 33:08 3–1 3–2 59:52 – Sumpf (Vinzens, Niehus) (EA)
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	16

Winning teams will be reseeded in accordance with the following ranking:^[5]

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 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships).

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	United States	B	1	12	+31	37	2
2	Sweden	A	1	12	+15	18	1
3	Finland	B	2	9	+9	23	3
4	Canada	A	2	9	+6	20	5
5	Switzerland	B	3	6	−3	12	6
6	Slovakia	A	3	5	0	15	9
7	Czechia	A	4	4	−2	12	4
8	Latvia	B	4	3	−12	5	7

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold Medal Game
	27 April – Porrentruy
	1A  Sweden	6
					29 April – Basel
	4B  Latvia	1
					1 United States	7
	27 April – Basel
					6  Slovakia	1
	2A  Canada	7
									30 April – Basel
	3B   Switzerland	3
									1 United States (OT)	3
	27 April – Basel
									2  Sweden	2
	1B United States	4
					29 April – Basel
	4A  Czechia	1
					2  Sweden	7
	27 April – Porrentruy
					4  Canada	2			Bronze Medal Game
	2B  Finland	2
									30 April – Basel
	3A  Slovakia	3
									4  Canada (OT)	4
									6  Slovakia	3

27 April 2023 12:30

United States

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Czechia

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 654

Game reference
	Trey Augustine	Goalies	Michael Hrabal	Referees: Dominic Cadieux Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Tobias Nordlander Simon Riecken
	Smith (Hutson, Perreault) – 12:54 1–0 Leonard (Schulz) – 29:07 2–0 2–1 50:46 – Petr (Šalé, Štancl) Nelson (Hendrickson) – 54:07 3–1 Vote (Hutson, Moore) – 55:03 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	52	Shots	12

27 April 2023 15:00

Finland

2–3 (0–1, 0–2, 2–0)

Slovakia

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 2,378

Game reference
	Eemil Vinni	Goalies	Samuel Urban	Referees: Daniel Eriksson Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Nicolas Boivin Shane Gustafson
	0–1 00:36 – Dvorský (Eperješi, Cedzo) 0–2 22:50 – Masnica (Dvorský, Pekarčík) (PP) 0–3 33:47 – Cedzo (Pekarčík, Dvorský) Halttunen (Junkkari, Helenius) – 45:53 1–3 Järventie (Halttunen, Helenius) (EA) – 59:50 2–3
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	56	Shots	16

27 April 2023 17:30

Canada

7–3 (1–1, 5–1, 1–1)

Switzerland

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 1,498

Game reference
	Carson Bjarnason	Goalies	Ewan Huet Christian Kirsch	Referees: Nolan Bloyer Riku Brander Linesmen: Oto Durmis Lukáš Rampír
	Celebrini (Heidt, Dragicevic) (PP) – 16:42 1–0 1–1 17:16 – Bünzli (Reber, Ustinkov) Ritchie (Celebrini) – 20:37 2–1 Wood (Celebrini, Ritchie) – 24:53 3–1 Cristall (Catton, MacDonell) – 26:53 4–1 Celebrini (Wood, Price) – 35:46 5–1 Catton (MacDonell, Gibson) – 37:00 6–1 6–2 39:56 – Wagner (E. Meier, Zehnder) Cristall – 42:04 7–2 7–3 54:09 – Wagner (E. Meier)
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	31

27 April 2023 20:00

Sweden

6–1 (2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Latvia

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 572

Game reference
	Noah Erliden	Goalies	Aksels Ozols	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Adam Kika Linesmen: Markus Merk Dominik Schlegel
	Nordh (Zether, Willander) – 04:17 1–0 Edstrom (Dower Nilsson, Bergström) – 17:42 2–0 Stenberg (Willander, Unger Sörum) (PP) – 23:11 3–0 3–1 29:57 – Livšics (Bulāns, Ansons) (PP2) Dower Nilsson (Forsfjäll, Sandin Pellikka) (PP) – 35:54 4–1 Stenberg (Unger Sörum, Sandin Pellikka) (EA) – 40:42 5–1 Zether (Nordh) – 58:56 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	55	Shots	16

29 April 2023 15:00

United States

7–1 (3–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 2,475

Game reference
	Trey Augustine	Goalies	Samuel Urban Lukáš Fürsten	Referees: Dominic Cadieux Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Nicolas Boivin Lukáš Rampír
	Smith (Perreault, Leonard) – 04:16 1–0 Hutson (Moore, Fortescue) – 14:18 2–0 Smith (Perreault, Buium) (PP) – 19:26 3–0 Smith (Hutson, Leonard) – 20:50 4–0 Guzzo (Nelson, Fortescue) – 23:44 5–0 5–1 31:16 – Dvorský (Cedzo, Pekarčík) Nelson (Minnetian) – 57:15 6–1 Eiserman (Minnetian, Guzzo) (PP) – 58:45 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	33 min
	50	Shots	28

29 April 2023 19:00

Sweden

7–2 (2–2, 4–0, 1–0)

Canada

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 1,585

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	Noah Erliden	Goalies	Carson Bjarnason Gabriel D'Aigle	Referees: Riku Brander Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Oto Durmis Shane Gustafson
	0–1 04:31 – Celebrini (Morin) (PP) Willander (Unger Sörum, Stenberg) (PP) – 06:59 1–1 1–2 14:07 – MacDonell (Allen, Cristall) Edstrom (Hurtig, Stenberg) – 14:34 2–2 Stenberg (Bergström, Sandin Pellikka) – 23:57 3–2 Edstrom (Unger Sörum, Stenberg) – 32:47 4–2 Wahlberg (Unger Sörum, Willander) (PP) – 34:01 5–2 Stenberg (Unger Sörum, Edstrom) – 38:50 6–2 Forsfjäll (Sandin Pellikka, Dower Nilsson) (PP) – 53:54 7–2
	70 min	Penalties	18 min
	29	Shots	35

30 April 2023 15:00

Canada

4–3 OT (0–0, 2–1, 1–2) OT: (1–0)

Slovakia

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 2,598

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	Gabriel D'Aigle	Goalies	Samuel Urban	Referees: Riku Brander Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Oto Durmis Shane Gustafson
	Celebrini (Price, Wood) – 30:23 1–0 1–1 38:45 – Dvorský (Masnica, Štrbák) (PP) Barlow (Wood, Gibson) – 39:47 2–1 2–2 41:28 – Císar 2–3 55:33 – Jenčko (Císar, Kukumberg) Wood (Cristall, Celebrini) (EA) – 58:50 3–3 Celebrini (Wood, Gibson) – 67:51 4–3
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	29

30 April 2023 19:00

United States

3–2 OT (0–1, 0–1, 2–0) OT: (1–0)

Sweden

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 4,342

Game reference
	Trey Augustine	Goalies	Noah Erliden	Referees: Dominic Cadieux Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Nicolas Boivin Lukáš Rampír
	0–1 09:33 – Ståhlberg (Wahlberg, Dower Nilsson) 0–2 26:14 – Nordh (Sandin Pellikka, Forsfjäll) (PP) Nelson (Buium, Guzzo) – 49:44 1–2 Terrance (Eiserman, Smith) (PP) – 56:44 2–2 Leonard (Hutson, Moore) – 62:20 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	41	Shots	32

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	United States	7	6	1	0	0	51	10	+41	20	Champions
2	A	Sweden	7	6	0	1	0	33	9	+24	19	Runners-up
3	A	Canada	7	4	1	0	2	33	27	+6	14	Third place
4	A	Slovakia	7	2	1	1	3	22	28	−6	9	Fourth place
5	B	Finland	5	3	0	0	2	25	17	+8	9	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6	B	Switzerland (H)	5	2	0	0	3	15	22	−7	6
7	A	Czechia	5	1	0	1	3	13	18	−5	4
8	B	Latvia	5	1	0	0	4	6	23	−17	3
9	B	Norway	6	2	0	0	4	12	31	−19	6	Avoided Relegation
10	A	Germany	6	0	0	0	6	8	33	−25	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division I A

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Will Smith	United States	7	9	11	20	+15	2
2	Gabe Perreault	United States	7	5	13	18	+15	0
3	Ryan Leonard	United States	7	8	9	17	+16	4
4	Otto Stenberg	Sweden	7	7	9	16	+13	4
5	Macklin Celebrini	Canada	7	6	9	15	+11	6
6	Dalibor Dvorský	Slovakia	7	8	5	13	−1	6
7	Matthew Wood	Canada	7	7	6	13	+12	6
8	Cole Hutson	United States	7	1	11	12	+14	8
9	Cole Eiserman	United States	7	9	2	11	+3	8
10	Axel Sandin Pellikka	Sweden	7	2	9	11	+8	0