2018 IIHF World Championship Division I

Main article: 2018 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2018 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Hungary
 Lithuania
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates22–28 April
Teams12
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The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Budapest, Hungary and the Group B tournament was held in Kaunas, Lithuania from 22 to 28 April 2018. Warsaw, Poland planned on bidding for the tournament, but as Poland had hosted both the 2015 and 2016 tournaments, decided to apply for a later year.[1]

Great Britain and Italy were promoted to the Top Division, while Poland was relegated to Division I B.[2] The Group B tournament was won by Lithuania, who moved up to Group A and Croatia was relegated to Division II.[3]

  1. ^ "27 tournaments assigned". IIHF. 19 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Great Britain & Italy up!". iihf.com. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Lithuania moving up". iihf.com. 29 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.