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2019 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Flag of Estonia Estonia
Dates 29 April–5 May
28 April–4 May
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
2018
2020

The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 29 April to 5 May and the Group B tournament in Tallinn, Estonia from 28 April to 4 May 2019.[1]

Belarus and Kazakhstan gained promotion to the top division, while Romania was promoted to Group A next year. Lithuania and the Netherlands were relegated to Group B and Division II by finishing last in their tournaments.[2][3][4][5]

Group A tournament[]

2019 IIHF World Championship Division I A
2019 IIHF World Championship Division I A logo
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 29 April–5 May
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 81 (5.4 per game)
Attendance 41,554 (2,770 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Slovenia Jan Drozg (7 points)
MVP Flag of Kazakhstan Nikita Mikhailis
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Belarus Belarus Placed 15th in the Elite Division previous year and was relegated.
Flag of Korea South Korea Placed 16th in the Elite Division previous year and was relegated.
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Host, placed 3rd in Division I A previous year.
Flag of Hungary Hungary Placed 4th in Division I A previous year.
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Placed 5th in Division I A previous year.
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Placed 1st in Division I B previous year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6][7]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Canada Alexandre Garon
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Robin Šír
  • Flag of Finland Kristian Vikman
  • Flag of Norway Roy Stian Hansen
  • Flag of Russia Yuri Oskirko
  • Flag of Switzerland Marc Alain Wiegand
  • Flag of Sweden Christoffer Holm
  • Flag of Belgium Frederic Monnaie
  • Flag of Finland Markus Hägerström
  • Flag of France Nicolas Constantineau
  • Flag of South Korea Park Jun-soo
  • Flag of Norway Alexander Waldejer
  • Flag of Slovakia Roman Výleta
  • Flag of Sweden Tobias Nordlander

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (H, P) 5 4 1 0 0 16 7 +9 14 2020 IIHF World Championship
2 Flag of Belarus Belarus (P) 5 3 0 1 1 14 12 +2 10
3 Flag of Korea South Korea 5 3 0 0 2 16 11 +5 9
4 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 5 2 0 0 3 21 12 +9 6
5 Flag of Hungary Hungary 5 1 0 0 4 7 18 −11 3[lower-alpha 1]
6 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania (R) 5 1 0 0 4 7 21 −14 3[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to 2020 Division I B
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Kazakhstan, Japan get top events. new-iihf.com (18 May 2018).
  2. Kazakhstan wins, Belarus up too. iihf.com (4 May 2019).
  3. Perfect ending for Kazakhstan. iihf.com (5 May 2019).
  4. Slovenia saved. iihf.com (5 May 2019).
  5. Remarkable Romania to Div. IA!. iihf.com (4 May 2019).
  6. Referees for Slovakia 2019 assigned. iihf.com (1 March 2019).
  7. Group A assignments

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+6).

29 April 2019
12:30
Hungary Flag of Hungary 1–5
(1–1, 0–2, 0–2)
Flag of Korea South Korea Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 922
29 April 2019
16:00
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 3–4
(2–3, 0–0, 1–1)
Flag of Belarus Belarus Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 625
29 April 2019
19:30
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 2–3
(0–3, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 7,923
30 April 2019
16:00
South Korea Flag of Korea 5–3
(1–3, 3–0, 1–0)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 780
30 April 2019
19:30
Belarus Flag of Belarus 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Hungary Hungary Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 648
1 May 2019
16:30
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 7,265
2 May 2019
12:30
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 1–4
(1–2, 0–2, 0–0)
Flag of Hungary Hungary Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 513
2 May 2019
16:00
Belarus Flag of Belarus 4–1
(1–0, 0–0, 3–1)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 555
2 May 2019
19:30
South Korea Flag of Korea 1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 5,766
3 May 2019
19:30
Hungary Flag of Hungary 0–6
(0–1, 0–3, 0–2)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 1,012
4 May 2019
14:00
South Korea Flag of Korea 1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 321
4 May 2019
17:30
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 3–2 OT
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
Flag of Belarus Belarus Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 7,418
5 May 2019
12:30
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 9–0
(2–0, 4–0, 3–0)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 361
5 May 2019
16:00
Belarus Flag of Belarus 1–4
(1–0, 0–1, 0–3)
Flag of Korea South Korea Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 349
5 May 2019
19:30
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Hungary Hungary Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 7,096

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Slovenia Jan Drozg 5 5 2 7 +7 4 F
Flag of South Korea Kim Sang-wook 5 4 3 7 +3 0 F
Flag of Belarus Geoff Platt 5 3 4 7 +3 0 F
Flag of Slovenia Anže Kopitar 5 2 5 7 +2 2 F
Flag of South Korea Shin Sang-hoon 5 6 0 6 +4 8 F
Flag of Kazakhstan Nikita Mikhailis 5 4 2 6 +1 0 F
Flag of Belarus Artem Demkov 5 3 2 5 +3 0 F
Flag of Slovenia Robert Sabolič 5 3 2 5 +2 4 F
Flag of South Korea Kim Ki-sung 5 2 3 5 +2 2 F
Flag of Kazakhstan Darren Dietz 5 1 4 5 −4 2 D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

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

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Flag of Slovenia Luka Gračnar 178:47 3 1.01 83 96.51 2
Flag of South Korea Matt Dalton 299:30 11 2.20 163 93.68 0
Flag of Kazakhstan Henrik Karlsson 243:42 6 1.48 65 91.55 0
Flag of Belarus Dmitri Milchakov 237:47 8 2.02 78 90.70 0
Flag of Hungary Ádám Vay 149:17 8 3.22 67 89.33 0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament[]

2019 IIHF World Championship Division I B
2019 IIHF World Championship Division I B logo
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Estonia Estonia
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 28 April–4 May
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 100 (6.67 per game)
Attendance 16,174 (1,078 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Poland Damian Kapica (10 points)
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Poland Poland Placed 6th in Division I A previous year and was relegated.
Flag of Japan Japan Placed 2nd in Division I B previous year.
Flag of Estonia Estonia Host, placed 3rd in Division I B previous year.
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Placed 4th in Division I B previous year.
Flag of Romania Romania Placed 5th in Division I B previous year.
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Placed 1st in Division II A previous year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[1]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Austria Kristijan Nikolic
  • Flag of Denmark Mads Frandsen
  • Flag of France Geoffrey Barcelo
  • Flag of Hungary Miklós Haszonits

  • Flag of Austria David Nothegger
  • Flag of Estonia Toivo Tilku
  • Flag of Germany Jonas Merten
  • Flag of Russia Yevgeni Yudin

  • Flag of Serbia Ivan Nedeljković
  • Flag of Slovenia Gašper Zganc
  • Flag of the United States Jake Davis

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Romania Romania (P) 5 3 2 0 0 18 9 +9 13[lower-alpha 2] Promotion to 2020 Division I A
2 Flag of Poland Poland 5 4 0 1 0 27 13 +14 13[lower-alpha 2]
3 Flag of Japan Japan 5 2 0 0 3 16 17 −1 6[lower-alpha 3]
4 Flag of Estonia Estonia (H) 5 1 1 1 2 15 16 −1 6[lower-alpha 3]
5 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 5 1 0 1 3 17 20 −3 4
6 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands (R) 5 1 0 0 4 7 25 −18 3 Relegation to 2020 Division II A
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

28 April 2019
13:00
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 2–3
(1–2, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of Japan Japan Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 450
28 April 2019
16:30
Romania Flag of Romania 4–3 GWS
(2–0, 0–2, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Estonia Estonia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,543
28 April 2019
20:00
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 1–8
(1–1, 0–2, 0–5)
Flag of Poland Poland Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 352
29 April 2019
13:00
Japan Flag of Japan 2–3
(2–0, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Romania Romania Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 240
29 April 2019
16:30
Poland Flag of Poland 7–3
(2–1, 4–1, 1–1)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 579
29 April 2019
20:00
Estonia Flag of Estonia 4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,952
1 May 2019
13:00
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 1–8
(0–1, 1–4, 0–3)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 398
1 May 2019
16:30
Japan Flag of Japan 5–2
(4–1, 0–0, 1–1)
Flag of Estonia Estonia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,235
1 May 2019
20:00
Poland Flag of Poland 2–3 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1)
(OT: 0–1)
Flag of Romania Romania Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 387
2 May 2019
13:00
Japan Flag of Japan 2–3
(0–1, 0–1, 2–1)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 238
2 May 2019
16:30
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 1–5
(0–2, 1–1, 0–2)
Flag of Romania Romania Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 450
2 May 2019
20:00
Estonia Flag of Estonia 2–3
(0–1, 0–0, 2–2)
Flag of Poland Poland Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,150
4 May 2019
13:00
Romania Flag of Romania 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 431
4 May 2019
16:30
Poland Flag of Poland 7–4
(1–1, 4–0, 2–3)
Flag of Japan Japan Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 842
4 May 2019
20:00
Estonia Flag of Estonia 4–3 OT
(1–3, 1–0, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,927

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

Source: IIHF

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Poland Damian Kapica 5 6 4 10 +11 2 F
Flag of Poland Filip Komorski 5 6 1 7 +6 2 F
Flag of Ukraine Vitali Lyalka 5 6 1 7 +3 2 F
Flag of Ukraine Andriy Mikhnov 5 2 5 7 +3 4 F
Flag of Poland Bartłomiej Neupauer 5 3 3 6 +8 0 F
Flag of Romania Pavlo Borysenko 5 2 4 6 +4 6 D
Flag of Estonia Andrei Makrov 5 2 4 6 +3 4 F
Flag of Japan Hiroto Sato 5 1 5 6 +3 4 D
Flag of Poland Marcin Kolusz 5 0 6 6 +11 0 D
Flag of Japan Yushi Nakayashiki 5 4 1 5 +4 2 F
Flag of Estonia Robert Rooba 5 4 1 5 0 0 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

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

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Flag of Romania Zoltán Tőke 124:07 3 1.45 53 94.34 0
Flag of Romania Patrik Polc 185:00 6 1.95 97 93.81 0
Flag of Netherlands Martijn Oosterwijk 198:03 13 3.94 132 90.15 0
Flag of Japan Michikazu Hata 267:34 12 2.69 117 89.74 0
Flag of Estonia Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 243:31 10 2.46 93 89.25 0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

References[]

External links[]


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