See main article: 2015 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships.
| Tourney Name: | IIHF World Championship Division I |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Country: | Poland |
| Country2: | Netherlands |
| Dates: | 19–25 April 13–19 April |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2016 |
The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Kraków, Poland, after the original host, Donetsk, Ukraine, withdrew,[1] [2] from 19 to 25 April 2015 and Group B was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 to 19 April 2015.[3]
In Group A Kazakhstan finished first, winning their group in Division I for the fourth time in their last four appearances, thereby securing promotion to the 2016 World Championship. Hungary surprised and placed second, defeating host Poland in the final game to secure promotion; it was the first time Hungary earned promotion to the top division since 2009, and only the second time since 1939. Ukraine finished last in the group and was relegated to Group B for 2016.
Group B saw South Korea finish first and win promotion. Great Britain finished second, losing out on first and promotion with a loss to Lithuania in the final game of the tournament. Host Netherlands ended the tournament in last place and was relegated to Division II A for the next year.
| Group A | Group B | ||
| width=220px | Kraków | width=220px | Eindhoven |
| Tauron Arena Kraków Capacity: 15,328 | IJssportcentrum Eindhoven Capacity: 1,700 | ||
| Tourney Name: | IIHF World Championship Division I A |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Size: | 140 |
| Country: | Poland |
| Dates: | 19–25 April |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Games: | 15 |
| Goals: | 71 |
| Scoring Leader: |  Roman Starchenko |
| Points: | 6 |
| Mvp: | Roman Starchenko |
| Website: | IIHF.com |
| Team | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2014. | ||
| Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2014. | ||
| Placed 3rd in Division I A last year. | ||
| Placed 4th in Division I A last year. | ||
| Placed 5th in Division I A last year. | ||
| Host, placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted. |
7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]
Péter Gebei
René Hradil
Daniel Konc
Marcus Linde
Viki Trilar
Andrew Dalton
Dmitri Golyak Matjaž Hribar
Wojciech Moszczyński Tibor Rovenský
Alexander WaldejerAll times are local (UTC+2).
Przemysław Odrobny Kevin Dallman Roman StarchenkoSource: IIHF.com
Roman Starchenko Pavel Poluektov Kevin Dallman / Mateusz Rompkowski Roman Starchenko / Andrew Sarauer / Marcin KoluszSource: IIHF.com
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +8 | 6 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 0 | D | ||
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +6 | 2 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +4 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +7 | 2 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 2 | F | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 4 | D | ||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 2 | F | ||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | F |
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185:39 | 3 | 0.97 | 85 | 96.47 | 1 | ||
| 300:00 | 6 | 1.20 | 99 | 93.94 | 2 | ||
| 240:00 | 6 | 1.50 | 79 | 92.41 | 0 | ||
| 257:30 | 11 | 2.56 | 111 | 90.09 | 0 | ||
| 298:00 | 11 | 2.21 | 103 | 89.32 | 0 |
| Tourney Name: | IIHF World Championship Division I B |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Size: | 140 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Dates: | 13–19 April |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Games: | 15 |
| Goals: | 90 |
| Scoring Leader: |  Michael Swift |
| Points: | 9 |
| Website: | IIHF.com |
| Team | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| Placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated. | ||
| Placed 2nd in Division I B last year. | ||
| Placed 3rd in Division I B last year. | ||
| Placed 4th in Division I B last year. | ||
| Host, placed 5th in Division I B last year. | ||
| Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted. |
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]
Jeff Ingram
Anssi Salonen
Shane Warschaw Marek Hlavatý
Frederic Monnaie Pasi Nieminen
Ulrich Pardatscher
David Perduv
Sotaro YamaguchiAll times are local (UTC+2).
Mantas Armalis Ben O'Connor Lee Yong-junSource: IIHF.com
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +8 | 14 | F | ||
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | −3 | 2 | F | ||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +5 | 4 | F | ||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +9 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +4 | 6 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +1 | 4 | F | ||
| 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +4 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −2 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 18 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 2 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 6 | D |
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 298:59 | 11 | 2.21 | 178 | 93.82 | 1 | ||
| 204:21 | 8 | 2.35 | 98 | 91.84 | 0 | ||
| 299:04 | 10 | 2.01 | 122 | 91.80 | 0 | ||
| 259:51 | 11 | 2.54 | 128 | 91.41 | 0 | ||
| 238:51 | 8 | 2.01 | 83 | 90.36 | 1 |