With competition taking place in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, the emblem features symbols of the Ural region, including the Ural mountains and Ural River.

Designers have metamorphosed the river, which forms a natural boundary between Europe and Asia, into a puck shot at high speed.

The emblem will be visible on posters and tickets in the build-up to the tournament, which is due to be played between April 19 and 28 next year.

Group A in Magnitogorsk will include defending champions the United States, Sweden, Canada, Switzerland and Belarus.

In Group B in Chelyabinsk, hosts Russia will entertain Finland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and France.

Both venues will host two quarter-final games while Chelyabinsk will host the semi-finals and medal games.

The game schedule is expected to be announced in the autumn. 

The IIHF has so far kept next year's Under-18 World Championships in Russia, despite pressure on winter sports not to use the country as a host nation.

This followed the publication of the McLaren Report, which alleged widespread doping offences at events including the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.