2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I Explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Year:2023
Country:Norway
Country2:Poland
Dates:11–17 December 2022
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2022
Nextseason:2024

See also: 2023 Junior Ice Hockey World Championships.

The 2023 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 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 2003.

Division I A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A
Year:2023
Size:x240px
Country:Norway
City:Asker
Dates:11–17 December 2022
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:91
Attendance:7785
Scoring Leader: Zétény Hadobás
Points:11
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Asker, Norway, from 11 to 17 December 2022.[1] [2]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
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 6th in Division I A last year
placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted
placed 2nd in Division I B last year and were promoted

Match officials

Seven referees and seven 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 10 11 +2 2
2 5 4 3 7 +1 0
3 5 2 5 7 +2 0
3 5 2 5 7 +6 0
5 5 3 3 6 0 2
6 5 2 4 6 +1 2
7 5 4 1 5 +4 4
7 5 4 1 5 +6 2
9 5 3 2 5 +7 4
9 5 3 2 5 +2 2
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 269:56 9 92.80 2.00 1
2 300:00 8 92.79 1.60 1
3 238:02 8 92.08 2.02 0
4 238:35 16 87.88 4.02 0
5 246:21 15 87.60 3.65 0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud
  • Defenceman: Zétény Hadobás
  • Forward: Matias Bachelet

Source: IIHF

Division I B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B
Year:2023
Size:120 px
Country:Poland
City:Bytom
Dates:11–17 December 2022
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:104
Attendance:6350
Scoring Leader: Krzysztof Maciaś
Points:10
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Bytom, Poland, from 11 to 17 December 2022.[4] [5]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
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 6th in Division I B last year
placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted
placed 2nd in Division II A last year and were promoted

Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]

Referees
  • Andreas Huber
  • Juraj Konč
  • Paweł Kosidło
  • Troy Murray
  • Jiří Ondráček
  • Omar Piniè
  • Vladimir Yefremov
Linesmen
  • Sebastian Bedynek
  • Timur Iskakov
  • Peter Jedlička
  • Barna Kis-Király
  • Mateusz Kucharewicz
  • Andrzej Nenko
  • Quentin Ugolini

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

width=30Poswidth=165Playerwidth=125Countrywidth=20TOIwidth=20GAwidth=20Sv%width=20GAAwidth=20SO
1 302:51 13 91.67 2.58 0
2 240:26 12 91.24 2.99 0
3 123:03 5 89.13 2.44 0
4 176:57 7 88.71 2.37 1
5 222:31 13 88.29 3.51 0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Damian Clara
  • Defenceman: Junya Owa
  • Forward: Danylo Korzhyletsky

Source: IIHF

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm20ia 2023 World Championship Division I A official website
  2. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/439/ 2023 World Championship Division I A statistics
  3. Web site: IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship – Competition officials. IIHF. 8 December 2022. 8 December 2022.
  4. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm20ib 2023 World Championship Division I B official website
  5. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/443/ 2023 World Championship Division I B statistics
  6. Web site: IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship – Competition officials. IIHF. 1 December 2022. 1 December 2022.

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