2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Germany  Poland
Dates	9–15 December 2018 (Group A) 8–14 December 2018 (Group B)
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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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 team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last 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[]

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

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	9–15 December 2018
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	83 (5.53 per match)
Attendance	10,365 (691 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Dominik Bokk (8 points)

Participants[]

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

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[2]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany (H)	5	4	1	0	0	22	5	+17	14	Promoted to Top Division
2	Belarus	5	3	0	0	2	18	13	+5	9
3	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	15	13	+2	8
4	Latvia	5	2	0	0	3	11	13	−2	6
5	Austria	5	1	0	2	2	9	17	−8	5
6	France	5	1	0	0	4	8	22	−14	3	Relegation to Division I B

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

9 December 2018 13:00

France

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Attendance: 380

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Elias Seewald Dániel Soós
	(, ) (PP) – 08:37 1–0 (Mony, Onno) – 23:32 2–0 2–1 57:24 – Smirnovs () (EA) Loizeau () (ENG) – 58:51 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	34

9 December 2018 16:30

Austria

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

Germany

Attendance: 1,650

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 07:17 – (, Seider) (PP) (Baumgartner, ) (PP) – 19:29 1–1 1–2 28:21 – Seider (Bokk, ) – 51:10 2–2
	Baumgartner	Shootout	Gawanke Bokk
	24 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	23

9 December 2018 20:00

Norway

3–5 (2–0, 1–1, 0–4)

Belarus

Attendance: 400

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Thomas Andersen Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Niklas Knosen
	Solem (, ) (PP) – 08:02 1–0 Solem – 13:23 2–0 (, ) – 26:28 3–0 3–1 39:59 – (, ) 3–2 42:29 – () (PP) 3–3 46:51 – (Azhgirei) (PP) 3–4 54:25 – (Drozdov, Martynov) (PP) 3–5 59:32 – Anosov (Sushko) (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	33

10 December 2018 15:30

Belarus

6–2 (1–0, 1–2, 4–0)

France

Attendance: 275

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Ulrich Pardatscher Elias Seewald
	(PS) – 08:02 1–0 1–1 36:38 – () 1–2 39:04 – () (EA) – 39:55 2–2 Protas () – 42:53 3–2 (Protas, Alistrov) (PP) – 45:52 4–2 () – 48:11 5–2 Sushko () (SH) – 57:21 6–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	17

10 December 2018 19:00

Germany

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

Attendance: 1,030

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Niklas Knosen Dániel Soós
	(, Bokk) (PP) – 17:40 1–0 () – 32:03 2–0 Schütz (Bokk, ) – 34:21 3–0 Brunnhuber (Fischer, Seider) – 41:49 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	17

11 December 2018 19:00

Latvia

4–1 (0–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Austria

Attendance: 210

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Gabriel Gaube
	(Ģēģeris, Smirnovs) (PP) – 22:35 1–0 Bērziņš (, ) (PP) – 27:37 2–0 (Bērziņš, ) (PP) – 35:32 3–0 – 44:33 4–0 4–1 55:18 – (, ) (PP2)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	17

12 December 2018 13:00

Norway

5–0 (0–0, 1–0, 4–0)

France

Attendance: 195

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Elias Seewald
	Solem (Pettersen, ) – 35:04 1–0 Solem (, Lilleberg) – 47:12 2–0 Pettersen (Lilleberg, ) – 51:13 3–0 (Mathisen, ) (PP) – 58:30 4–0 (Lilleberg, ) – 59:07 5–0
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	21

12 December 2018 16:30

Latvia

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Germany

Attendance: 1,095

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Niklas Knosen Ulrich Pardatscher
	0–1 14:25 – (Gawanke, ) (PP) 0–2 32:18 – () 0–3 36:21 – (, Gawanke) 0–4 50:29 – (Seider, Bokk) (PP) (Smons) (PP) – 55:36 1–4
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	27

12 December 2018 20:00

Belarus

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Austria

Attendance: 250

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Thomas Andersen Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Dániel Soós
	(, ) – 12:26 1–0 Alistrov (Protas, Baltruk) (PP) – 23:26 2–0 (, ) – 43:58 3–0 Alistrov (Protas, Baltruk) (PP) – 48:21 4–0 Drozdov () – 58:53 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	16

13 December 2018 20:00

Germany

5–1 (3–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Belarus

Attendance: 1,700

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Ulrich Pardatscher
	(, Bokk) (PP) – 07:16 1–0 (, ) – 10:50 2–0 Wohlgemuth () – 11:54 3–0 3–1 28:01 – (Sushko, Yeryomenko) (PP) (, Seider) – 31:52 4–1 Bokk () – 56:33 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	16

14 December 2018 13:00

Latvia

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Norway

Attendance: 275

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Thomas Andersen Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Ulrich Pardatscher
	() – 03:54 1–0 1–1 06:06 – Pettersen (, ) (PP) Jašunovs (Smirnovs) – 29:14 2–1 2–2 38:00 – (Mathisen, Pettersen) 2–3 52:09 – Mathisen (Solem, ) (PP) 2–4 59:39 – (SH, ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	42	Shots	23

14 December 2018 16:30

France

2–4 (2–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Austria

Attendance: 275

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Niklas Knosen
	() (PP) – 09:04 1–0 1–1 16:14 – (Mocher, ) () – 16:47 2–1 2–2 30:31 – (, ) (PP) 2–3 46:35 – (, Baumgartner) 2–4 58:19 – Hochegger (Würschl, Baumgartner)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	32

15 December 2018 13:00

Austria

2–3 OT (2–2, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Norway

Attendance: 310

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 02:05 – (, ) (PP) (, ) – 09:41 1–1 1–2 17:02 – (, Pettersen) , , ) – 17:40 2–2 2–3 64:18 – Pettersen (Solem, Rødne)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	28

15 December 2018 16:30

Germany

6–1 (1–0, 2–1, 3–0)

France

Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Elias Seewald Dániel Soós
	(Gawanke, ) (PP) – 07:28 1–0 (, Seider) – 25:16 2–0 2–1 33:06 – (, ) (PP) (Appendino, ) – 33:49 3–1 Jentzsch (Schütz, Bokk) – 42:29 4–1 Jentzsch (Schütz, Bokk) – 51:37 5–1 (Seider, ) – 56:56 6–1
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	43	Shots	16

15 December 2018 20:00

Belarus

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Latvia

Attendance: 320

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Nicklas Knosen
	0–1 10:43 – Bērziņš () (PP) 0–2 36:43 – (Ģēģeris) Protas (, ) (PP) – 43:15 1–2 1–3 49:48 – Jašunovs (, )
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	27

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Dominik Bokk	Germany	5	1	7	8	+6	0
2		Belarus	5	4	3	7	–1	0
3		Germany	5	2	5	7	+5	10
4	Moritz Seider	Germany	5	1	6	7	+8	4
5	Samuel Solem	Norway	5	4	2	6	+2	6
6	Mathias Emilio Pettersen	Norway	4	3	3	6	+4	2
7		Latvia	5	3	3	6	+3	2
8		Belarus	5	2	4	6	–1	4
9		Norway	5	1	5	6	+3	2
10		Germany	5	2	3	5	+8	4
10	Alexei Protas	Belarus	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)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1		Germany	305:00	5	94.90	0.98	1
2		Norway	180:00	6	94.12	2.00	1
3		Latvia	238:40	9	89.89	2.26	0
4		Norway	123:00	6	89.47	2.93	0
5		France	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:
• Defenceman: Moritz Seider
• Forward:

Division I B[]

The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 8 to 14 December 2018.^[3]

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	8–14 December 2018
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	101 (6.73 per match)
Attendance	7,515 (501 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(12 points)

Participants[]

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

Match officials[]

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

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovenia	5	3	2	0	0	21	11	+10	13	Promoted to Division I A
2	Poland (H)	5	3	0	1	1	19	15	+4	10[a]
3	Hungary	5	3	0	1	1	24	15	+9	10[a]
4	Italy	5	1	1	1	2	10	15	−5	6
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	0	3	14	20	−6	5
6	Japan	5	0	0	1	4	13	25	−12	1	Relegation to Division II A

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 December 2018 13:00

Japan

1–3 (0–2, 0–1, 1–0)

Hungary

Attendance: 152

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Andrei Korovkin Paweł Kosidło
	0–1 01:44 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 06:58 – (, ) 0–3 27:53 – () (, ) (PP) – 59:07 1–3
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	31

8 December 2018 16:30

Ukraine

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Poland

Attendance: 1,232

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Jakob Schauer
	0–1 16:37 – (, ) (PP) () – 16:49 1–1 () – 24:19 2–1 2–2 32:18 – (Bizacki, Zygmunt) (PP2) 2–3 40:39 – (Paś) 2–4 45:21 – ()
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	30

8 December 2018 20:00

Italy

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovenia

Attendance: 115

Game reference
	Davide Fadani	Goalies		Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Rafał Noworyta
	0–1 16:53 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 41:09 – (, ) (PP) 0–3 43:29 – ()
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	22	Shots	42

9 December 2018 13:00

Slovenia

5–3 (1–2, 1–0, 3–1)

Japan

Attendance: 125

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Hub Van Grinsven Linesmen: Andrei Korovkin Paweł Kosidło
	0–1 05:03 – () (, ) (PP) – 15:37 1–1 1–2 18:10 – (, Nakajima) (PP) (, ) – 20:45 2–2 Drozg (Urukalo, ) (PP) – 41:49 3–2 Predan (Drozg) – 55:12 4–2 Predan (, Drozg) (PP) – 59:45 5–2 5–3 59:55 – (Nakajima, )
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	28

9 December 2018 16:30

Poland

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Italy

Attendance: 1,538

Game reference
		Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 17:36 – (, ) 0–2 49:45 – (, ) (PP) (, ) (EA) – 59:32 1–2 1–3 59:57 – Spinell () (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	23

9 December 2018 20:00

Hungary

9–3 (1–2, 4–0, 4–1)

Ukraine

Attendance: 215

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Rafał Noworyta
	0–1 01:12 – (, ) 0–2 03:11 – () (, ) – 11:37 1–2 (, ) (PP) – 27:59 2–2 (, ) – 31:16 3–2 Papp (, Mihály) – 36:03 4–2 (Dézsi, ) – 38:06 5–2 Horváth (A. Péter, Vértes) – 40:52 6–2 Császár () – 42:36 7–2 (A. Péter) – 56:53 8–2 8–3 57:12 – Peresunko () Papp (Mihály, ) – 59:35 9–3
	29 min	Penalties	49 min
	63	Shots	29

11 December 2018 13:00

Hungary

6–2 (2–1, 3–1, 1–0)

Italy

Attendance: 237

Game reference
		Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Hub Van Grinsven Linesmen: Paweł Kosidło Jakob Schauer
	(, ) – 01:00 1–0 1–1 06:05 – (, ) (, Szeles) – 06:59 2–1 Császár (, Fejes) – 22:54 3–1 3–2 23:42 – Berger (Pechlaner) () – 39:09 4–2 Madácsi () – 39:16 5–2 (, Horváth) – 59:27 6–2
	20 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	29

11 December 2018 16:30

Poland

3–4 OT (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) (OT: 0–1)

Slovenia

Attendance: 1,149

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Andrei Korovkin
	(, ) – 08:48 1–0 1–1 27:10 – Sołtys – 36:54 2–1 2–2 43:33 – (Drozg) 2–3 46:49 – (, ) (PP) (Wałęga, ) – 47:28 3–3 3–4 64:50 – Drozg (, Stojan) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	26 min
	26	Shots	36

11 December 2018 20:00

Japan

2–6 (0–1, 0–1, 2–4)

Ukraine

Attendance: 107

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 18:36 – () 0–2 35:02 – (Peresunko, ) (PP) 0–3 41:17 – (, ) (PP) 0–4 44:02 – (, ) 0–5 48:57 – Morozov (, Danylenko) (PP) (SH) – 53:21 1–5 1–6 54:05 – Danylenko (Buzoverya) (Sakuma, ) – 57:53 2–6
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	43

12 December 2018 13:00

Ukraine

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

Italy

Attendance: 118

Game reference
		Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Paweł Kosidło Jakob Schauer
	0–1 16:30 – Gios () – 22:11 1–1
		Shootout	Berger Gios
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	32

12 December 2018 16:30

Poland

7–4 (3–2, 1–1, 3–1)

Japan

Attendance: 980

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Hub Van Grinsven Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Andrei Korovkin
	(, ) – 01:09 1–0 – 01:29 2–0 2–1 05:19 – () (Paś, ) – 05:53 3–1 3–2 13:51 – (, ) (, ) – 26:15 4–2 4–3 35:27 – Hanzawa (, ) Wałęga (Bizacki, Sołtys) – 44:26 5–3 (Paś) (PP) – 50:29 6–3 Kamiński (Zygmunt) (ENG) – 56:59 7–3 7–4 59:38 –
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	25

12 December 2018 20:00

Slovenia

5–4 GWS (1–2, 0–2, 3–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Hungary

Attendance: 184

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Rafał Noworyta Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 05:12 – (, ) 0–2 07:33 – () (, ) (PP) – 12:59 1–2 1–3 28:23 – Császár (Szalma, ) 1–4 34:47 – Papp () (Drozg) (PP) – 47:23 2–4 (, Brus) – 50:25 3–4 Sodja (, Drozg) – 53:49 4–4
	Predan Drozg Svetina Kapel Predan	Shootout	Császár Papp Mihály Császár
	6 min	Penalties	22 min
	34	Shots	31

14 December 2018 13:00

Slovenia

4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Ukraine

Attendance: 128

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Jakob Schauer
	0–1 29:19 – (, ) (, ) – 30:23 1–1 () – 30:50 2–1 (Stojan, ) (PP) – 50:04 3–1 (Šturm, Stojan) – 57:26 4–1
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	26

14 December 2018 16:30

Hungary

2–4 (0–1, 1–3, 1–0)

Poland

Attendance: 1,120

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Andrei Korovkin Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 02:53 – (, ) 0–2 24:14 – () 0–3 33:41 – () 0–4 37:39 – (Olszewski) () – 38:44 1–4 (Horváth) (PP) – 41:26 2–4
	43 min	Penalties	49 min
	40	Shots	31

14 December 2018 20:00

Italy

4–3 OT (1–3, 0–0, 2–0) (OT: 1–0)

Japan

Attendance: 115

Game reference
	Davide Fadani	Goalies		Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Rafał Noworyta
	0–1 02:24 – () (PP) 0–2 05:30 – (Kobayashi, Nakajima) 0–3 09:35 – (Kobayashi, ) (PP) () – 19:01 1–3 (Spornberger) – 41:11 2–3 (SH) – 45:42 3–3 Spornberger () – 60:30 4–3
	22 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	24

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1		Slovenia	5	4	8	12	+3	14
2		Hungary	5	6	1	7	+2	2
3		Hungary	5	5	2	7	+5	12
4		Poland	5	3	4	7	+5	14
5		Slovenia	5	2	5	7	+2	6
6		Slovenia	5	4	2	6	+2	4
7		Hungary	5	3	3	6	+4	4
8		Japan	5	2	4	6	–3	4
9		Hungary	5	1	5	6	+8	2
10		Slovenia	5	3	2	5	0	12
10		Poland	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)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1		Slovenia	249:50	8	92.38	1.92	1
2	Davide Fadani	Italy	305:30	14	91.08	2.75	0
3		Poland	303:44	14	90.97	2.77	0
4		Ukraine	284:58	16	90.64	3.37	0
5		Hungary	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:
• Forward:

References[]

External links[]

• Division I A
• Division I B