2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I Explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Year:2019
Country:Germany
Country2:Poland
Dates:9–15 December 2018
8–14 December 2018
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

See also: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 1999.

Division I A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A
Year:2019
Size:x240px
Country:Germany
City:Füssen
Dates:9–15 December 2018
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:83
Attendance:10365
Scoring Leader: Dominik Bokk
Points:8
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Füssen, Germany, from 9 to 15 December 2018.[1] [2]

As a result of the tournament, Germany were promoted to Top Division and France were relegated to Division I B for 2020.

Participating teams

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

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees
Linesmen

Final standings

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 305:00 5 94.90 0.98 1
2 180:00 6 94.12 2.00 1
3 238:40 9 89.89 2.26 0
4 123:00 6 89.47 2.93 0
5 239:04 16 89.40 4.02 0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Hendrik Hane
  • Defenceman: Moritz Seider
  • Forward: Ivan Drozdov

Division I B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B
Year:2019
Size:x240px
Country:Poland
City:Tychy
Dates:8–14 December 2018
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:101
Attendance:7515
Scoring Leader: Jan Drozg
Points:12
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 8 to 14 December 2018.[4] [5]

As a result of the tournament, Slovenia were promoted to Division I A and Japan were relegated to Division II A for 2020.

Participating teams

TeamQualification
placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
hosts; 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
placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]

Referees
  • Pierre Dehaen
  • Christian Persson
  • Maksim Toode
  • Hub Van Grinsven
Linesmen
  • Andreas Hofer
  • Aleh Kliashcheunikau
  • Andrei Korovkin
  • Paweł Kosidło
  • Rafał Noworyta
  • Jakob Schauer
  • Nikita Vilyugin

Final standings

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

width=30Poswidth=165Playerwidth=125Countrywidth=30GPwidth=30Gwidth=30Awidth=30Ptswidth=30+/–width=30PIM
1 5 4 8 12 +3 14
2 5 6 1 7 +2 2
3 5 5 2 7 +5 12
4 5 3 4 7 +5 14
5 5 2 5 7 +2 6
6 5 4 2 6 +2 4
7 5 3 3 6 +4 4
8 5 2 4 6 –3 4
9 5 1 5 6 +8 2
10 5 3 2 5 0 12
10 5 3 2 5 +5 25
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

width=30Poswidth=165Playerwidth=125Countrywidth=20TOIwidth=20GAwidth=20Sv%width=20GAAwidth=20SO
1 249:50 8 92.38 1.92 1
2 305:30 14 91.08 2.75 0
3 303:44 14 90.97 2.77 0
4 284:58 16 90.64 3.37 0
5 243:48 12 89.38 2.95 0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Davide Fadani
  • Defenceman: Olaf Bizacki
  • Forward: Jan Drozg

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm20ia 2019 World Championship Division I A official website
  2. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/697/ 2019 World Championship Division I A statistics
  3. Web site: IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div I Group A – Competition officials. 15 November 2018. IIHF. 6 December 2018.
  4. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm20ib 2019 World Championship Division I B official website
  5. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/698/ 2019 World Championship Division I B statistics
  6. Web site: IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div I Group B – Competition officials. 15 November 2018. IIHF. 6 December 2018.

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