2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovenia  Poland
Dates	3–9 April 2005 2–8 April 2005
Teams	12
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The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 3 April and 9 April 2005 in Maribor, Slovenia and the Group B tournament took place between 2 April and 8 April 2005 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Belarus and Norway won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Great Britain finished last in Group A and Italy last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2006.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 3 April 2005 in Maribor, Slovenia. Austria, France, Kazakhstan, and Slovenia all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. Great Britain gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group B tournament and Belarus was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship.

Belarus won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Slovenia finished in second place and Kazakhstan finished third after only losing to Belarus and Slovenia. Great Britain finished in last place, managing only to win one game and lose the other four and were relegated back to Division II for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Anže Kopitar of Slovenia finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 11 points, including six goals and five assists. France's Mickael Gasnier and Belarus' Dzmitry Zhurauski finished as the tournaments leading goaltenders with a save percentage of 90.57.

Standings

	Promoted to the Championship Division for 2006
	Relegated to Division II for 2006

Rk	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
1	Belarus	5	4	0	1	23	10	+13	8
2	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	22	14	+8	6
3	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	2	19	14	+5	6
4	France	5	2	0	3	11	14	–3	4
5	Austria	5	2	0	3	15	25	–10	4
6	United Kingdom	5	1	0	4	10	23	–13	2

Fixtures

All times local.

3 April 2005 13:00

United Kingdom

0 – 5 (forfeit)

Belarus

Ledna dvorana TABOR

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3 April 2005 16:30

France

4 – 1 (1–0, 3–1, 0–0)

Austria

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 413

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3 April 2005 20:00

Kazakhstan

3 – 5 (1–1, 0–3, 2–1)

Slovenia

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 653

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4 April 2005 13:00

Austria

5 – 4 (1–2, 0–0, 4–2)

United Kingdom

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 392

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4 April 2005 16:30

Belarus

3 – 2 (1–0, 0–0, 2–2)

Kazakhstan

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 402

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4 April 2005 20:00

Slovenia

4 – 1 (3–1, 0–0, 1–0)

France

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 812

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6 April 2005 13:00

Belarus

2 – 3 (0–0, 0–3, 2–0)

France

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 413

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6 April 2005 16:30

United Kingdom

2 – 4 (1–0, 1–2, 0–2)

Kazakhstan

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 405

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6 April 2005 20:00

Slovenia

3 – 4 (2–0, 1–2, 0–2)

Austria

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 877

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7 April 2005 13:00

Kazakhstan

4 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 3–0)

France

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 390

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7 April 2005 16:30

Austria

2 – 8 (0–1, 0–3, 2–4)

Belarus

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 435

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7 April 2005 20:00

Slovenia

7 – 1 (2–1, 2–0, 3–0)

United Kingdom

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 820

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9 April 2005 13:00

Austria

3 – 6 (1–2, 1–3, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 415

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9 April 2005 16:30

France

2 – 3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

United Kingdom

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 456

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9 April 2005 20:00

Belarus

5 – 3 (2–0, 2–2, 1–1)

Slovenia

Ledna dvorana TABOR Attendance: 822

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Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Kopitar, AnžeAnže Kopitar	5	6	5	11	–1	14	F
Tron, SergeySergey Tron	5	3	5	8	+5	4	F
Zbontar, KlemenKlemen Zbontar	5	3	5	8	–1	6	F
Rotter, RafaelRafael Rotter	5	3	4	7	0	6	F
Kostitsyn, SergeiSergei Kostitsyn	4	1	5	6	+5	4	F
Grabner, MichaelMichael Grabner	4	4	1	5	0	29	F
Schlacher, MarkusMarkus Schlacher	5	3	2	5	0	0	F
Chtchourko, AlexandreAlexandre Chtchourko	4	2	3	5	+6	0	F
Modic, MaticMatic Modic	5	2	3	5	–2	0	F
Abakunchyk, AliaksandrAliaksandr Abakunchyk	4	2	3	5	+5	8	F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have at least played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Gasnier, MickaelMickael Gasnier	238:36	106	10	2.51	90.57	0
Zhurauski, DzmitryDzmitry Zhurauski	236:52	106	10	2.53	90.57	0
Sila, AlesAles Sila	298:52	127	13	2.61	89.76	0
Khudyakov, SergeySergey Khudyakov	295:10	116	12	2.44	89.66	0
Dollin, JoeJoe Dollin	164:28	98	14	5.11	85.71	0

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 2 April 2005 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Italy, Japan, Latvia and Poland all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships. Ukraine gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group A tournament and Norway was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship.

Norway won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion back to the Championship Division for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Latvia finished second after losing only to Norway and Poland and Ukraine finished in third place. Italy finished in last place, managing only to tie two of their games and lose the other three and were relegated to Division II for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Grzegorz Pasiut of Poland finished as the top scorer of the tournament with seven points including six goals and one assist. Norways' Lars Simon Paulgaard fished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 92.50.

Standings

	Promoted to the Championship Division for 2006
	Relegated to Division II for 2006

Rk	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
1	Norway	5	4	0	1	18	10	+8	8
2	Latvia	5	3	0	2	14	13	+1	6
3	Ukraine	5	3	0	2	16	12	+4	6
4	Poland	5	2	1	2	15	20	–5	5
5	Japan	5	1	1	3	12	17	–5	3
6	Italy	5	0	2	3	14	17	–3	2

Fixtures

All times local.

2 April 2005 13:00

Latvia

3 – 2 (0–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Japan

Winter Stadium Attendance: 100

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2 April 2005 16:30

Ukraine

5 – 1 (2–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Norway

Winter Stadium

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2 April 2005 20:00

Poland

3 – 3 (1–1, 0–0, 2–2)

Italy

Winter Stadium Attendance: 700

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3 April 2005 13:00

Norway

2 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Winter Stadium Attendance: 100

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3 April 2005 16:30

Italy

3 – 4 (1–1, 2–0, 0–3)

Ukraine

Winter Stadium Attendance: 150

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3 April 2005 20:00

Japan

4 – 6 (1–3, 1–2, 2–1)

Poland

Winter Stadium

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5 April 2005 13:00

Japan

2 – 2 (0–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Italy

Winter Stadium

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5 April 2005 16:30

Ukraine

2 – 3 (2–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Latvia

Winter Stadium Attendance: 150

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5 April 2005 20:00

Norway

7 – 0 (4–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Poland

Winter Stadium Attendance: 500

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6 April 2005 13:00

Japan

2 – 1 (0–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Ukraine

Winter Stadium Attendance: 150

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6 April 2005 16:30

Italy

2 – 3 (0–1, 0–0, 2–2)

Norway

Winter Stadium Attendance: 200

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6 April 2005 20:00

Latvia

2 – 3 (2–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Poland

Winter Stadium

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7 April 2005 13:00

Norway

5 – 2 (0–1, 4–0, 1–1)

Japan

Winter Stadium

Game reference

7 April 2005 16:30

Italy

4 – 5 (2–1, 2–1, 0–3)

Latvia

Winter Stadium Attendance: 100

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7 April 2005 20:00

Poland

3 – 4 (0–0, 1–1, 2–3)

Ukraine

Winter Stadium Attendance: 1000

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Scoring leaders

Mats Frøshaug finished seventh in scoring after recording three goals and one assist.

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Pasiut, GrzegorzGrzegorz Pasiut	5	6	1	7	0	4	F
Ogleznev, FillipFillip Ogleznev	5	2	3	5	+2	4	D
Aasen, MatsMats Aasen	5	2	3	5	+1	6	F
Kaneko, RyosukeRyosuke Kaneko	5	1	4	5	-4	6	F
Yegorov, YegorYegor Yegorov	5	4	0	4	+1	2	F
Kuji, ShuheiShuhei Kuji	5	3	1	4	-2	0	F
Frøshaug, MatsMats Frøshaug	5	3	1	4	+2	2	F
Holøs, JonasJonas Holøs	5	3	1	4	+1	14	D
Borysenko, PavloPavlo Borysenko	5	2	2	4	+4	2	F
Bomba, BartlomiejBartlomiej Bomba	5	2	2	4	+1	4	F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Paulgaard, Lars SimomLars Simom Paulgaard	259:59	80	6	1.38	92.50	1
Ohshima, RyohsukeRyohsuke Ohshima	291:54	126	14	2.88	88.89	0
Stigis, KristapsKristaps Stigis	220:00	81	9	2.45	88.89	0
Sorocolat, SergeiSergei Sorocolat	300:00	106	12	2.40	88.68	0
Kosowski, KamilKamil Kosowski	254:01	122	15	3.54	87.70	0

External links

• International Ice Hockey Federation