2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I Explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Year:2017
Size:250
Country:Germany
Country2:Hungary
Dates:11–17 December 2016
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018

See also: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2017 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. To be eligible as a "junior" a player couldn't be born earlier than 1997.

Division I A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A
Year:2017
Country:Germany
City:Bremerhaven
Dates:11–17 December 2016
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:92
Attendance:22487
Scoring Leader: Gabin Ville
Points:12
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Bremerhaven, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2016.[1] [2]

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
hosts; placed 5th in Division I A last year
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 +1 0
2 5 5 5 10 +2 2
3 5 4 6 10 +7 2
4 5 6 3 9 +5 6
5 5 1 7 8 +1 4
6 5 3 3 6 +4 16
7 5 2 4 6 +4 8
8 5 1 5 6 +5 0
9 5 3 2 5 –1 4
10 5 2 3 5 –1 12
10 5 2 3 5 +4 2
10 5 2 3 5 –2 4
10 5 2 3 5 –4 28
10 5 2 3 5 +5 4
source:IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 296:39 15 89.93 3.03 0
2 159:53 9 89.77 3.38 0
3 299:23 15 89.73 3.01 0
4 216:23 7 89.71 1.94 1
5 305:00 10 88.37 1.97 1
source:IIHF

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Mirko Pantkowski
  • Defenceman: Pavel Vorobei
  • Forward: Andrei Belevich

Division I B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B
Year:2017
Country:Hungary
City:Budapest
Dates:11–17 December 2016
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:92
Attendance:5373
Scoring Leader: Alan Lyszczarczyk
Points:11
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 17 December 2016.[3] [4]

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 4 7 11 0 6
2 5 6 4 10 +2 2
3 5 3 5 8 +5 0
3 5 3 5 8 +6 2
5 5 2 6 8 +3 12
6 5 6 1 7 +8 2
7 5 4 3 7 +3 16
8 5 2 4 6 +3 2
9 5 4 1 5 +7 2
10 5 2 3 5 +3 4
10 5 2 3 5 +7 4
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 180:00 8 92.59 2.67 0
2 241:41 8 92.38 1.99 1
3 120:46 5 92.19 2.48 0
4 191:38 8 91.75 2.50 0
5 180:00 10 91.15 3.33 0
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Mark Vlahovic
  • Defenceman: Bence Stipsicz
  • Forward: Alan Lyszczarczyk

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2017/wm20ia 2017 World Championship Division I A official website
  2. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/591/statistics/ 2017 World Championship Division I A statistics
  3. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2017/wm20ib 2017 World Championship Division I B official website
  4. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/592/statistics/ 2017 World Championship Division I B statistics