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2022 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
Flag of Poland Poland
Dates 3–8 May
26 April – 1 May
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
2021 (cancelled)
2023

The 2022 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 Ljubljana, Slovenia from 3 to 8 May and the Group B tournament in Tychy, Poland from 26 April to 1 May 2022.[1][2]

After the tournament was cancelled the two previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams remained in their divisions for the 2022 edition.[3]

Slovenia got promoted to the top division by winning the Group A tournament alongside Hungary, while Romania were relegated.[4][5] Poland won the Group B tournament and got promoted while Serbia were relegated to Division II.[6]

Group A tournament[]

2022 IIHF World Championship Division I A
2022 IIHF World Championship Division I-A
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 3–8 May
Teams 5
Tournament statistics
Games played 10
Goals scored 64 (6.4 per game)
Attendance 20,700 (2,070 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Slovenia Žiga Jeglič (7 points)
MVP Slovenia Žiga Jeglič
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Korea South Korea Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2019.
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Host, placed 4th in Division I A in 2019.
Flag of Hungary Hungary Placed 5th in Division I A in 2019.
Flag of Romania Romania Placed 1st in Division I B in 2019 and was promoted.
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Placed 6th in Division I A in 2019.

Final standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia (H, P) 4 4 0 0 0 22 5 +17 12 Promoted to the 2023 Top Division
2 Flag of Hungary Hungary (P) 4 3 0 0 1 12 9 +3 9
3 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 4 2 0 0 2 13 13 0 6
4 Flag of Korea South Korea 4 1 0 0 3 9 15 −6 3
5 Flag of Romania Romania (R) 4 0 0 0 4 8 22 −14 0 Relegated to the 2023 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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2)

3 May 2022
15:30
Hungary Flag of Hungary 5–1
(2–0, 3–0, 0–1)
Flag of Korea South Korea Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,500
3 May 2022
19:00
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 4–2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–2)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 2,500

4 May 2022
15:30
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of Hungary Hungary Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,500
4 May 2022
19:00
Romania Flag of Romania 1–9
(1–1, 0–6, 0–2)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 2,000

5 May 2022
15:30
Romania Flag of Romania 1–4
(0–0, 1–2, 0–2)
Flag of Korea South Korea Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,000

6 May 2022
15:30
South Korea Flag of Korea 3–5
(1–2, 1–1, 1–2)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 500
6 May 2022
19:00
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Hungary Hungary Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,200

7 May 2022
15:30
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 5–4
(0–2, 3–1, 2–1)
Flag of Romania Romania Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,000

8 May 2022
15:30
Hungary Flag of Hungary 4–2
(2–0, 1–2, 1–0)
Flag of Romania Romania Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 2,500
8 May 2022
19:00
South Korea Flag of Korea 1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 4,000

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Slovenia Žiga Jeglič 4 3 4 7 +5 2 F
Slovenia Jan Urbas 4 0 7 7 +5 0 F
Lithuania Emilijus Krakauskas 4 4 2 6 0 0 F
Slovenia Rok Tičar 4 2 4 6 +5 0 F
Hungary Csanád Erdély 4 4 1 5 0 6 F
Slovenia Robert Sabolič 4 4 1 5 +4 2 F
Slovenia Miha Verlič 4 4 1 5 +6 0 F
South Korea Jeon Jung-woo 4 3 2 5 +1 0 F
Romania Evgeny Skachkov 4 2 3 5 −3 6 F
South Korea Kim Won-jun 4 1 4 5 +3 6 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
Slovenia Gašper Krošelj 160:00 3 1.13 43 93.02 0
Hungary Miklós Rajna 240:00 9 2.25 113 92.04 0
Lithuania Mantas Armalis 239:09 13 3.26 140 90.71 0
South Korea Matt Dalton 239:38 14 3.51 120 88.33 0
Romania Zoltán Tőke 139:49 9 3.86 70 87.14 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

Awards[]

Media All-stars

Position Player[7]
Goaltender Slovenia Gašper Krošelj
Defenceman Lithuania Nerijus Ališauskas
South Korea Kim Won-jun
Forward Slovenia Žiga Jeglič
Hungary Csanád Erdély
Slovenia Miha Verlič

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Position Player[8]
Goaltender Lithuania Mantas Armalis
Defenceman Hungary Nándor Fejes
Forward Slovenia Žiga Jeglič

Group B tournament[]

2022 IIHF World Championship Division I B
2022 IIHF World Championship Division I.B
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Poland Poland
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 26 April – 1 May
Teams 5
Tournament statistics
Games played 10
Goals scored 73 (7.3 per game)
Attendance 7,975 (798 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Japan Yushiroh Hirano (10 points)
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Poland Poland Host, placed 2nd in Division I B in 2019.
Flag of Japan Japan Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2019.
Flag of Estonia Estonia Placed 4th in Division I B in 2019.
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Placed 5th in Division I B in 2019.
Flag of Serbia Serbia Placed 1st in Division II A in 2019 and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Six referees and six linesmen were selected for the tournament.[9]

Referees Linesmen

  • Flag of France Geoffrey Barcelo
  • Flag of Hungary Daniel Rencz
  • Flag of Italy Turo Virta

  • Flag of Poland Michał Baca
  • Flag of Switzerland Stefan Hurlimann
  • Flag of Ukraine Andrii Kicha

  • Flag of Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
  • Flag of Poland Mateusz Bucki
  • Flag of Poland Rafał Noworyta

  • Flag of Slovakia Daniel Konc
  • Flag of Slovenia Gregor Miklič
  • Flag of Ukraine Serhii Kharaberyush

Final standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Poland Poland (H, P) 4 3 1 0 0 18 4 +14 11 Promoted to the 2023 Division I A
2 Flag of Japan Japan 4 3 0 0 1 23 9 +14 9
3 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 4 2 0 1 1 19 11 +8 7
4 Flag of Estonia Estonia 4 1 0 0 3 9 20 −11 3
5 Flag of Serbia Serbia (R) 4 0 0 0 4 4 29 −25 0 Relegated to the 2023 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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2)

26 April 2022
16:30
Serbia Flag of Serbia 0–8
(0–2, 0–5, 0–1)
Flag of Japan Japan Stadion Zimowy, Tychy
Attendance: 158
26 April 2022
20:00
Poland Flag of Poland 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of Estonia Estonia Stadion Zimowy, Tychy
Attendance: 808

27 April 2022
16:30
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 7–0
(2–0, 3–0, 2–0)
Flag of Serbia Serbia Stadion Zimowy, Tychy
Attendance: 328

28 April 2022
16:30
Japan Flag of Japan 7–5
(4–2, 1–3, 2–0)
Flag of Estonia Estonia Stadion Zimowy, Tychy
Attendance: 264
28 April 2022
20:00
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 2–3 GWS
(1–2, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Poland Poland Stadion Zimowy, Tychy
Attendance: 1,930

29 April 2022
20:00
Serbia Flag of Serbia 2–10
(1–3, 0–3, 1–4)
Flag of Poland Poland Stadion Zimowy, Tychy
Attendance: 1,420

30 April 2022
16:30
Japan Flag of Japan 8–2
(3–0, 3–2, 2–0)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Stadion Zimowy, Tychy
Attendance: 350
30 April 2022
20:00
Estonia Flag of Estonia 4–2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Serbia Serbia Stadion Zimowy, Tychy
Attendance: 110

1 May 2022
16:30
Poland Flag of Poland 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of Japan Japan Stadion Zimowy, Tychy
Attendance: 2,422
1 May 2022
20:00
Estonia Flag of Estonia 0–8
(0–1, 0–4, 0–3)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Stadion Zimowy, Tychy
Attendance: 185

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Japan Yushiroh Hirano 4 6 4 10 +8 0 F
Poland Alan Łyszczarczyk 4 2 7 9 +9 2 F
Japan Shigeki Hitosato 4 3 4 7 +8 2 F
Japan Makuru Furuhashi 4 4 2 6 +4 2 F
Poland Filip Komorski 4 4 2 6 +7 0 F
Ukraine Andriy Mikhnov 4 0 6 6 +1 0 F
Japan Shogo Nakajima 4 0 6 6 +7 2 F
Ukraine Oleksandr Peresunko 4 4 1 5 +3 4 F
Ukraine Vitalii Lialka 4 3 2 5 +3 4 F
Ukraine Ihor Merezhko 4 1 4 5 +2 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
Ukraine Dmytro Kubrytskyi 121:54 0 0.00 34 100.00 2
Poland John Murray 185:00 2 0.65 90 97.78 2
Japan Yuta Narisawa 238:39 9 2.26 99 90.91 1
Serbia Arsenije Ranković 235:04 29 7.40 195 85.13 0
Estonia Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 220:00 17 4.64 104 83.65 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

Awards[]

Position Player[10]
Goaltender Poland John Murray
Defenceman Ukraine Ihor Merezhko
Forward Japan Yushiroh Hirano

References[]

  1. U18 Worlds in Germany. International Ice Hockey Federation (5 June 2021).
  2. Tournaments. International Ice Hockey Federation (10 August 2021).
  3. Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). IIHF Council announces more cancellations. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  4. Speedy Slovenia wins Division I. International Ice Hockey Federation (6 May 2022).
  5. Bronze for Lithuania moves up Hungary. International Ice Hockey Federation (7 May 2022).
  6. Gold for Poland!. International Ice Hockey Federation (1 May 2022).
  7. Media All-stars. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  8. Best Players Selected by the Directorate IA. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  9. IB game officials
  10. Best Players Selected by the Directorate IB. International Ice Hockey Federation.

External links[]

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