2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I Explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Year:2020
Country:Belarus
Country2:Ukraine
Dates:9–15 December 2019
12–18 December 2019
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:(cancelled) 2021 →
2022

See also: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2020 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 2000.

Division I A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A
Year:2020
Size:x240px
Country:Belarus
City:Minsk
Dates:9–15 December 2019
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:79
Attendance:47412
Scoring Leader: Benjamin Baumgartner
Points:11
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 15 December 2019.[1] [2]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated
hosts; 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
placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Match officials

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

Referees
Linesmen

Final standings

Division I A Venue
width=220pxMinsk
Čyžoŭka-Arena
Capacity: 8,807

Match results

All times are local (Moscow time – UTC+3).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

width=30Poswidth=165Playerwidth=125Countrywidth=30GPwidth=30Gwidth=30Awidth=30Ptswidth=30+/–width=30PIM
1 5 5 6 11 +10 10
2 5 4 4 8 +8 0
3 5 3 5 8 +7 6
4 5 4 3 7 +3 6
5 5 1 6 7 +4 6
6 5 3 3 6 +9 4
7 5 1 5 6 +8 6
8 5 2 3 5 0 8
9 5 3 1 4 +6 2
10 4 2 2 4 +3 22
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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1 184:37 4 95.40 1.30 1
2 278:56 5 93.90 1.08 2
3 161:25 4 92.98 1.49 0
4 299:50 10 92.65 2.00 0
5 189:43 13 90.65 4.11 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

Source: IIHF.com

Division I B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B
Year:2020
Size:x240px
Country:Ukraine
City:Kyiv
Dates:12–18 December 2019
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:121
Attendance:35295
Scoring Leader: Jakub Lewandowski
Points:13
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2019.[4] [5]

Participating teams

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
hosts; 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
  • Miha Bulovec
  • Richard Magnusson
  • Andrew Miller
  • Rasmus Toppel
Linesmen
  • Roman Kaderli
  • Ilya Khohlov
  • Ilia Kisil
  • Artem Korepanov
  • Andreas Weise Krøyer
  • Patrick Laguzov
  • Nazar Slezov

Final standings

Division I B Venue
width=220pxKyiv
Palace of Sports
Capacity: 7,000

Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

width=30Poswidth=165Playerwidth=125Countrywidth=30GPwidth=30Gwidth=30Awidth=30Ptswidth=30+/–width=30PIM
1 5 5 8 13 +7 4
2 5 6 5 11 +1 12
3 5 6 4 10 +6 8
4 5 5 4 9 +7 8
4 5 5 4 9 +3 0
6 5 4 5 9 +6 12
7 5 1 8 9 +5 2
8 5 7 1 8 –3 6
9 5 3 5 8 +7 0
10 5 2 6 8 +8 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)

width=30Poswidth=165Playerwidth=125Countrywidth=20TOIwidth=20GAwidth=20Sv%width=20GAAwidth=20SO
1 240:00 6 92.21 1.50 0
2 180:00 8 91.67 2.67 0
3 303:49 12 90.98 2.37 1
4 182:02 10 90.29 3.30 0
5 120:00 8 85.45 4.00 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: Artur Ohandzhanyan
  • Defenceman: Dávid Pokornyi
  • Forward: Pierrick Dubé

Source: IIHF.com

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm20ia 2020 World Championship Division I A official website
  2. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/814/ 2020 World Championship Division I A statistics
  3. Web site: IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div I Group A – Competition officials. 20 November 2019. IIHF. 21 November 2019.
  4. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm20ib 2020 World Championship Division I B official website
  5. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/789/ 2020 World Championship Division I B statistics
  6. Web site: IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div I Group B – Competition officials. 20 November 2019. IIHF. 21 November 2019.

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