2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2017 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Germany  Hungary
Dates	11 – 17 December 2016
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first-placed team is promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team is relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U20 Championship. To be eligible as a "junior" a player couldn't be born earlier than 1997.

Division I A[]

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

2017 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	11 – 17 December 2016
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	92 (6.13 per match)
Attendance	22,487 (1,499 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(12 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Belarus	placed 10th in the Top Division last year and were relegated
Austria	placed 2nd in Division I A last year
Kazakhstan	placed 3rd in Division I A last year
Norway	placed 4th in Division I A last year
Germany	placed 5th in Division I A last year
France	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Final Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Belarus	5	4	0	1	0	20	10	+10	13	Promoted to Top Division
2	Germany (H)	5	3	1	0	1	17	13	+4	11
3	France	5	2	0	0	3	16	19	−3	6[a]
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	14	16	−2	6[a]
5	Austria	5	2	0	0	3	15	17	−2	6[a]
6	Norway	5	1	0	0	4	10	17	−7	3	Relegation to Division I B

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

11 December 2016 13:00

France

3–6 (1–2, 1–3, 1–1)

Belarus

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,742

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Wojciech Moszczynski Tobias Nordlander
	0–1 06:19 – Belevich (, Sharangovich) 0–2 07:16 – M. Sushko (Sharangovich) () – 07:40 1–2 (Ville) – 20:27 2–2 2–3 22:20 – Belevich () 2–4 35:57 – Belevich 2–5 39:05 – (Belevich, Vasilchuk) 2–6 52:40 – (, Vasilchuk) (PP) Ville (Maia, Thiry) (PP) – 59:12 3–6
	18 min	Penalties	30 min
	15	Shots	41

11 December 2016 16:30

Germany

5–3 (2–0, 2–2, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,829

Game reference
		Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Nicola Basso Marc-Henri Progin
	() (PP) – 01:50 1–0 Napravnik () – 18:05 2–0 2–1 21:46 – (PP) 2–2 26:13 – (PS) (PP) – 32:24 3–2 (Mayenschein, ) – 37:52 4–2 4–3 52:18 – Panyukov (Polokhov, ) (PP) Mayenschein (ENG) – 59:11 5–3
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	18

11 December 2016 20:00

Norway

3–6 (1–2, 1–2, 1–2)

Austria

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,838

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Przemyslav Kepa Linesmen: Thorsten Lajoie Jan-Christian Muller
	() (PP) – 02:40 1–0 1–1 04:29 – () 1–2 19:23 – (, Maxa) () (PP) – 32:05 2–2 2–3 35:09 – Haudum 2–4 39:28 – (Wappis, ) 2–5 46:51 – () (PP) (Kaasastul) – 47:49 3–5 3–6 56:23 – (Kromp, Poschmann) (PP2)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	15	Shots	30

12 December 2016 13:00

Kazakhstan

1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2)

France

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,609

Game reference
	Nikita Boyarkin	Goalies		Referee: Daniel Prazak Linesmen: Thorsten Lajoie Wojciech Moszczynski
	() – 23:11 1–0 1–1 33:54 – (Texier, ) 1–2 59:15 – (Texier) 1–3 59:35 – Ville (Texier, Maia)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	28

12 December 2016 16:30

Belarus

4–2 (1–1, 0–1, 3–0)

Norway

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,637

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Jan-Christian Muller Stef Oosterling
	0–1 13:36 – () () (PP) – 15:48 1–1 1–2 21:55 – (S. Johansen, ) (PP) Belevich (Martynyuk, ) (PP) – 45:10 2–2 Yeryomenko (Buinitski, ) (PP) – 47:21 3–2 Vasilchuk () (ENG) – 59:54 4–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	37	Shots	18

12 December 2016 20:00

Austria

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Germany

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,714

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Tobias Nordlander Marc-Henri Progin
	(Haudum, ) – 09:11 1–0 (, ) – 27:09 2–0 Haudum (Poschmann, ) (PP) – 28:37 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	19	Shots	23

14 December 2016 13:00

Austria

3–6 (2–2, 1–1, 0–3)

Kazakhstan

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,590

Game reference
		Goalies	Nikita Boyarkin	Referee: Przemyslav Kepa Linesmen: Nicola Basso Tobias Norlander
	(, ) – 04:59 1–0 (, Haudum) – 14:42 2–0 2–1 15:57 – (Orekhov, Panyukov) 2–2 17:34 – (, Panyukov) 2–3 26:19 – () Kromp (Haudum, ) (PP) – 32:39 3–3 3–4 50:49 – Panyukov (Say. Daniyar) (PP) 3–5 53:26 – (Panyukov, Polokhov) (PP) 3–6 58:08 – Khrestyanoski (Melikhov)
	18 min	Penalties	30 min
	28	Shots	23

14 December 2016 16:30

France

2–3 (1–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Norway

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,666

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Thorsten Lajoie Wojciech Moszczynski
	(, Thiry) – 00:20 1–0 1–1 01:30 – (, ) 1–2 19:58 – Ellingsen (, ) 1–3 52:51 – Marthinsen (, S. Johansen) Gallet (Maia, Texier) (PP) – 59:48 2–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	26

14 December 2016 20:00

Belarus

3–4 GWS (2–2, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–2)

Germany

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,792

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Daniel Prazak Linesmen: Stef Oosterling Marc-Henri Progin
	Belevich (Yeryomenko, ) – 05:08 1–0 1–1 13:13 – (, ) 1–2 16:11 – Dumont (Eder, Mayenschein) (Yeryomenko) (PP2) – 18:57 2–2 Vasilchuk () – 50:08 3–2 3–3 54:02 – Eder (, (PP)
	Buinitski Sushko	Shootout	Napravnik Mayenschein Kopp
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	26	Shots	26

15 December 2016 13:00

Austria

3–4 (0–1, 0–2, 3–1)

France

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 471

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Daniel Prazak Linesmen: Thorston Lajoie Stef Oosterling
	0–1 13:53 – Texier (Guebey, ) (PP) 0–2 29:14 – Guebey (, Ville) 0–3 39:38 – Ville (Texier, Maia) () – 43:53 1–3 () – 45:23 2–3 – 48:12 3–3 3–4 54:29 – Maia (Gallet, Ville) (PP)
	42 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	17

15 December 2016 16:30

Kazakhstan

1–3 (0–2, 0–1, 1–0)

Belarus

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 518

Game reference
	Nikita Boyarkin	Goalies		Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Nicola Basso Jens-Christian Muller
	0–1 04:51 – Buinitski (, ) 0–2 12:03 – (, ) 0–3 36:25 – (Martynov, Buinitski) (PP) (PP) – 54:38 1–3
	30 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	35

15 December 2016 20:00

Norway

0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Germany

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 609

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Przemyslav Kepa Linesmen: Wojciech Moszczynski Tobias Norlander
	0–1 51:42 – Korner () (PP) 0–2 59:59 – (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	14	Shots	30

17 December 2016 13:00

Kazakhstan

3–2 (0–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Norway

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,766

Game reference
	Nikita Boyarkin	Goalies		Referee: Daniel Prazak Linesmen: Wojciech Moszczynski Tobias Nordlander
	Say. Daniyar (Sam. Daniyar) (PP) – 23:21 1–0 Orekhov (, ) (PP) – 27:04 2–0 (Say. Daniyar) – 41:35 3–0 3–1 45:44 – (, ) 3–2 58:43 – (Ellingsen) (EA)
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	22	Shots	20

17 December 2016 16:30

Belarus

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Austria

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,804

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Nicola Basso Jan-Christian Muller
	Belevich (, ) – 15:41 1–0 (Belevich, ) (PP) – 31:46 2–0 Vasilchuk (Astankov, Belevich) (PP) – 34:20 3–0 Astankov (Vorobei, Vasilchuk) (PP) – 49:19 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	10

17 December 2016 20:00

Germany

6–4 (2–0, 2–2, 2–2)

France

, Bremerhaven Attendance: 1,902

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Przemyslav Kepa Linesmen: Stef Oosterling Marc-Henri Progin
	Korner – 04:51 1–0 (Korner, ) – 12:15 2–0 2–1 24:58 – (Texier, ) (PP) Busch (Korner) – 26:36 3–1 3–2 32:58 – () (Korner, ) – 35:59 4–2 4–3 41:24 – Gallet (Texier, Ville) (PP) Eder (, ) (PP) – 47:35 5–3 () – 48:11 6–3 6–4 51:09 – ()
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	17

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1		France	5	4	8	12	+1	0
2		France	5	5	5	10	+2	2
3		Belarus	5	4	6	10	+7	2
4	Andrei Belevich	Belarus	5	6	3	9	+5	6
5	Alexandre Texier	France	5	1	7	8	+1	4
6		Germany	5	3	3	6	+4	16
7		Germany	5	2	4	6	+4	8
8		Belarus	5	1	5	6	+5	0
9		Norway	5	3	2	5	–1	4
10	Lukas Haudum	Austria	5	2	3	5	–1	12
10	Christoph Korner	Germany	5	2	3	5	+4	2
10		Austria	5	2	3	5	–2	4
10	Kirill Panyukov	Kazakhstan	5	2	3	5	–4	28
10		Austria	5	2	3	5	+5	4

source:IIHF

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1		Norway	296:39	15	89.93	3.03	0
2		France	159:53	9	89.77	3.38	0
3	Nikita Boyarkin	Kazakhstan	299:23	15	89.73	3.01	0
4		Germany	216:23	7	89.71	1.94	1
5		Belarus	305:00	10	88.37	1.97	1

source:IIHF

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate[]

• Goaltender:
• Defenceman:
• Forward: Andrei Belevich

Division I B[]

The Division I B tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 17 December 2016.^[2]

2017 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Dates	11 – 17 December 2016
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	92 (6.13 per match)
Attendance	5,373 (358 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(11 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Italy	placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
Poland	placed 2nd in Division I B last year
Great Britain	placed 3rd in Division I B last year
Ukraine	placed 4th in Division I B last year
Slovenia	placed 5th in Division I B last year
Hungary	placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Final Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hungary (H)	5	4	0	0	1	21	12	+9	12	Promoted to Division I A
2	Poland	5	3	1	0	1	21	16	+5	11
3	Slovenia	5	2	1	0	2	21	13	+8	8
4	Italy	5	2	0	1	2	12	19	−7	7
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	0	3	9	13	−4	5
6	Great Britain	5	0	0	2	3	8	19	−11	2	Relegation to Division II A

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

11 December 2016 13:00

Ukraine

2–4 (0–1, 0–1, 2–2)

Poland

, Budapest Attendance: 42

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tomas Orolin Linesmen: Elias Seewald David Vaczi
	0–1 19:11 – () 0–2 25:10 – (, ) (, ) (PP) – 47:51 1–2 1–3 49:01 – Jeziorski (Lyszczarczyk) (PP) (, ) – 51:55 2–3 2–4 53:14 – (Krezolk, )
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	42

11 December 2016 16:30

Hungary

5–2 (1–0, 4–1, 0–1)

Italy

, Budapest Attendance: 1,382

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Per Gustav Solem Linesmen: Yann Furet Maris Locans
	() – 00:40 1��0 () – 24:12 2–0 (, ) – 26:44 3–0 () – 29:08 4–0 4–1 30:21 – (, ) R. Kiss (Z. Kiss) (PP) – 34:20 5–1 5–2 49:16 – (Pitschieler, )
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	43	Shots	30

11 December 2016 20:00

Slovenia

4–3 OT (0–0, 2–1, 1–2) (OT: 1–0)

Great Britain

, Budapest Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Yuriy Oskirko Linesmen: Havar Dahl Norbert Muzsik
	(, ) – 23:19 1–0 1–1 24:08 – Kirk (Maver, Kuzman) – 38:05 2–1 2–2 45:54 – (Kirk) (PP2) 2–3 47:10 – (Pound, Kirk) (PP) () (PP) – 54:25 3–3 – 62:21 4–3
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	20

12 December 2016 13:00

Italy

1–2 OT (1–1, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Ukraine

, Budapest Attendance: 48

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Laurent Garbay Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Ivan Nedeljkovic
	Pitschieler (Bernard, ) (PP) – 03:47 1–0 1–1 14:35 – (, ) 1–2 60:46 – (, ) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	41

12 December 2016 16:30

Great Britain

1–5 (0–3, 1–1, 0–1)

Hungary

, Budapest Attendance: 520

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tomas Orolin Linesmen: Havar Dahl Elias Seewald
	0–1 12:19 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 12:45 – (, ) 0–3 13:20 – Sagi (SH) 0–4 22:42 – P. Kiss () (PP) () – 29:37 1–4 1–5 59:43 – Z. Kiss (, Stipsicz)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	43

12 December 2016 20:00

Poland

5–3 (1–0, 2–1, 2–2)

Slovenia

, Budapest Attendance: 38

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Per Gustav Solem Linesmen: Yann Furet David Vaczi
	(PP) – 05:23 1–0 () – 26:25 2–0 2–1 27:51 – () Wrobel () – 35:02 3–1 3–2 42:31 – (, ) (PP) (Lyszczarczyk, ) (PP2) – 44:29 4–2 4–3 53:27 – () (Lyszczarcyk, ) (ENG) – 59:31 5–3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	41

14 December 2016 13:00

Italy

0–7 (0–2, 0–1, 0–4)

Slovenia

, Budapest Attendance: 36

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Yuriy Oskirko Linesmen: Havar Dahl Elias Seewald
	0–1 08:36 – (, ) 0–2 18:49 – Simsic (, Jezovsek) (PP) 0–3 31:19 – (, ) 0–4 51:03 – (Jezovsek, Simsic) 0–5 51:31 – Jeklic (, Simsic) 0–6 52:52 – (, ) 0–7 Macuh (Tomazevic, )
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	36

14 December 2016 16:30

Hungary

3–1 (1–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Ukraine

, Budapest Attendance: 349

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Per Gustav Solem Linesmen: Yann Furet Ivan Nedeljkovic
	(, Stipsicz) – 02:58 1–0 1–1 07:05 – (, ) (PP) (Stipsicz) – 40:16 2–1 Revesz (Peter, ) – 47:57 3–1
	27 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	26

14 December 2016 20:00

Poland

3–2 GWS (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Great Britain

, Budapest Attendance: 86

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Laurent Garbay Linesmen: Maris Locans Norbert Muzsik
	0–1 11:30 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 31:12 – Kirk (, ) (, ) (PP) – 35:12 1–2 (, ) – 50:42 2–2
	Lyszczarczyk Krezolek	Shootout	Kirk Billing
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	42	Shots	26

15 December 2016 13:00

Ukraine

1–4 (1–2, 0–2, 0–0)

Slovenia

, Budapest Attendance: 38

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tomas Orolin Linesmen: Maris Locans David Vaczi
	0–1 01:38 – () 0–2 13:45 – (, ) () (PP) – 15:39 1–2 1–3 29:19 – Jezovsek (Simsic, ) 1–4 36:31 – (, Petek) (SH)
	25 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	35

15 December 2016 16:30

Poland

5–4 (4–0, 1–0, 0–4)

Hungary

, Budapest Attendance: 1,120

Game reference
		Goalies	Bence Kiss	Referee: Yuriy Oskirko Linesmen: Havar Dahl Elias Seewald
	(, ) (PP) – 05:42 1–0 (Jeziorski, ) (PP) – 07:33 2–0 Jeziorski (Lyszczarczyk) (PP) – 08:19 3–0 () – 11:38 4–0 () – 28:18 5–0 5–1 40:32 – ( ) (PP) 5–2 50:15 – Revesz (Peter) 5–3 51:51 – Sagi (Peter, ) (PP) 5–4 59:14 – (Stipsicz, Peter) (EA)
	16 min	Penalties	31 min
	32	Shots	44

15 December 2016 20:00

Great Britain

1–4 (0–3, 1–1, 0–0)

Italy

, Budapest Attendance: 54

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Per Gustav Solem Linesmen: Yann Furet Ivan Nedeljkovic
	0–1 02:14 – () 0–2 06:41 – (Pitschieler) (PP) 0–3 17:49 – () – 22:46 1–3 1–4 30:31 – (, Marzolini)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	30

17 December 2016 13:00

Italy

5–4 (3–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Poland

, Budapest Attendance: 38

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tomas Orolin Linesmen: Havar Dahl Ivan Nedeljkovic
	– 07:37 1–0 1–1 10:18 – (, ) (PP) (Spornberger, ) – 13:46 2–1 Deluca (, ) (PP) – 15:19 3–1 3–2 26:50 – Jeziorski (Lyszczarczyk) Deluca – 28:35 4–2 4–3 46:54 – () (Gasser, ) – 53:37 5–3 5–4 59:22 – Lyszczarczyk (EA)
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	37

17 December 2016 16:30

Slovenia

3–4 (0–1, 3–0, 0–3)

Hungary

, Budapest Attendance: 1,480

Game reference
		Goalies	Bence Kiss	Referee: Laurent Garbay Linesmen: Maris Locans Elias Seewald
	0–1 09:02 – () (, ) (PP) – 27:17 1–1 (, ) – 33:12 2–1 (, ) (PP) – 39:42 3–1 3–2 41:41 – Revesz (Peter, ) 3–3 42:27 – Stipsicz (, ) 3–4 44:07 – (Revesz, ) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	39

17 December 2015 20:00

Great Britain

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Ukraine

, Budapest Attendance: 42

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Yuriy Oskirko Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik David Vaczi
	0–1 04:06 – 0–2 37:03 – (, ) (, ) – 50:56 1–2 1–3 59:19 – (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	32

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1		Poland	5	4	7	11	0	6
2		Poland	5	6	4	10	+2	2
3		Hungary	5	3	5	8	+5	0
3		Hungary	5	3	5	8	+6	2
5		Slovenia	5	2	6	8	+3	12
6		Hungary	5	6	1	7	+8	2
7		Slovenia	5	4	3	7	+3	16
8		Slovenia	5	2	4	6	+3	2
9		Poland	5	4	1	5	+7	2
10		Slovenia	5	2	3	5	+3	4
10		Poland	5	2	3	5	+7	4

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)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1		Ukraine	180:00	8	92.59	2.67	0
2		Slovenia	241:41	8	92.38	1.99	1
3		Ukraine	120:46	5	92.19	2.48	0
4		Hungary	191:38	8	91.75	2.50	0
5		Italy	180:00	10	91.15	3.33	0

Source: IIHF.com

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate[]

• Goaltender:
• Defenceman: Bence Stipsicz
• Forward:

References[]

External links[]

• IIHF.com