2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I Explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Year:2015
Size:250
Country:Italy
Country2:Hungary
Dates:14–20 December 2014
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

See also: 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In each of the two groups, six teams played a round-robin tournament; the first-placed team was promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and third tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The winners of Division I A, Belarus, were promoted to the 2016 Top Division and the winners of Division I B, Kazakhstan, were promoted to the 2016 Division I A.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 14 to 20 December 2014.[1]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated
placed 2nd in Division I A last year
placed 3rd in Division I A last year
placed 4th in Division I A last year
placed 5th in Division I A last year
hosts; placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Final standings

Match results

All times are local (Central European TimeUTC+1).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 4 8 12 +3 0
2 5 8 3 11 +2 0
3 4 2 6 8 +1 31
4 5 2 6 8 +4 2
5 5 4 3 7 +4 0
6 5 3 4 7 +2 12
7 5 2 5 7 +1 2
8 4 3 3 6 +2 2
9 5 3 3 6 +1 8
10 5 4 1 5 +3 0
10 5 4 1 5 0 2

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 159:28 2 96.49 0.75 1
2 140:00 3 93.62 1.29 0
3 240:33 7 92.78 1.75 0
4 234:52 16 87.88 4.09 0
5 142:48 13 86.46 5.46 0

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Dunaújváros, Hungary, from 14 to 20 December 2014.[2]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
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
placed 5th in Division I B last year
hosts; placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Final standings

Match results

All times are local (Central European TimeUTC+1).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 5 6 11 +9 0
2 5 6 3 9 +9 4
3 5 6 2 8 +5 4
4 4 4 3 7 +5 2
5 5 2 5 7 +3 2
6 5 4 2 6 +1 4
6 5 4 2 6 +4 0
6 5 4 2 6 +2 2
9 5 3 3 6 +3 2
10 5 2 3 5 +5 2
10 5 2 3 5 +2 4

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 304:12 11 94.74 2.17 0
2 240:00 6 94.64 1.50 0
3 304:25 15 93.30 2.96 0
4 243:01 10 92.54 2.47 1
5 269:29 13 91.10 2.89 0

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/451/statistics.html 2015 Division I A statistics
  2. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/453/statistics.html 2015 Division I B statistics