2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I Explained

See also: 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Year:2024
Country:Hungary
Country2:Slovenia
Dates:10–17 December 2023
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025

The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I competitions were two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It 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 the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2004.

Division I A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A
Year:2024
Size:x240px
Country:Hungary
City:Budapest
Dates:10–16 December 2023
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:104
Attendance:5887
Points:8
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 16 December 2023.[1] [2]

Participants

TeamQualification
placed 10th in the 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
placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Standings

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 4 4 8 +2 0
2 5 3 4 7 –1 2
3 5 5 1 6 +2 2
4 5 2 4 6 0 0
4 5 2 4 6 +3 6
6 5 1 5 6 +1 2
7 5 4 1 5 +4 0
8 4 3 2 5 +2 2
9 5 3 2 5 +1 0
9 5 3 2 5 +6 4
9 5 3 2 5 +1 4
9 5 3 2 5 +3 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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1 283:10 7 94.44 146 1
2 177:06 6 93.55 2.03 1
3 140:00 8 90.59 3.43 0
4 237:48 12 89.74 3.03 0
5 240:00 15 89.29 3.75 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: Vladimir Nikitin
  • Defenceman: Jamie Eyre
  • Forward: Emil Tavernier

Source: IIHF

Division I B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B
Year:2024
Size:x240px
Country:Slovenia
City:Bled
Dates:11–17 December 2023
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:108
Attendance:2162
Points:12
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 11 to 17 December 2023.[3] [4]

Participants

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
placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Standings

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 8 4 12 +3 14
2 5 4 7 11 +7 0
3 5 5 5 10 +8 0
4 5 1 9 10 +4 6
5 5 2 7 9 +5 2
6 5 5 3 8 0 6
7 5 3 5 8 +6 0
8 5 2 6 8 +7 4
9 5 4 2 6 +4 0
10 5 3 3 6 –3 0
10 5 3 3 6 +5 0
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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1 300:00 6 93.62 1.20 2
2 236:13 12 91.67 3.05 1
3 125:00 7 88.33 3.36 0
4 179:42 10 88.24 3.34 0
5 181:48 11 87.91 3.63 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: Lan Kavčič
  • Defenceman: Tian Hebar
  • Forward: Mykyta Sydorenko

Source: IIHF

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wm20ia Division I A official website
  2. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/43/ Division I A statistics
  3. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wm20ib Division I B official website
  4. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/76/ Division I B statistics