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2024 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Italy Italy
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates 28 April – 4 May
27 April – 3 May
Teams 12
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The 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

The Group A tournament was held in Bolzano, Italy from 28 April to 4 May and the Group B tournament in Vilnius, Lithuania from 27 April to 3 May 2024.[2][3]

In Group A, Hungary and Slovenia gained promotion to the top division and South Korea was relegated. Ukraine won Group B and was promoted, while the Netherlands were relegated to Division II.[4]

Group A tournament[]

2024 IIHF World Championship Division I A
2024 IIHF World Championship Division I A logo
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Italy Italy
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 28 April – 4 May
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 83 (5.53 per game)
Attendance 34,530 (2,302 per game)
Scoring leader(s) South Korea Shin Sang-hoon (5 points)
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Hungary Hungary Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2023 and was relegated.
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2023 and was relegated.
Flag of Italy Italy Host, placed 3rd in Division I A in 2023.
Flag of Korea South Korea Placed 4th in Division I A in 2023.
Flag of Romania Romania Placed 5th in Division I A in 2023.
Flag of Japan Japan Placed 1st in Division I B in 2023 and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Canada Mike Langin
  • Flag of Denmark Mads Frandsen
  • Flag of France Geoffrey Barcelo
  • Flag of Germany Benjamin Hoppe
  • Flag of Latvia Uldis Bušs
  • Flag of Slovenia Milan Zrnić
  • Flag of Slovakia Peter Staňo
  • Flag of the United States Sean Fernandez
  • Flag of Finland Tommi Niittylä
  • Flag of France Clément Goncalves
  • Flag of Germany Patrick Laguzov
  • Flag of United Kingdom Daniel Beresford
  • Flag of Italy Davide Mantovani
  • Flag of Norway Knut Bråten
  • Flag of Slovenia Gašper Zgonc

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Hungary Hungary 5 3 1 0 1 15 8 +7 11 Promoted to the 2025 Top Division
2 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 5 3 0 0 2 14 8 +6 9[lower-alpha 1]
3 Flag of Italy Italy (H) 5 2 1 1 1 20 10 +10 9[lower-alpha 1]
4 Flag of Romania Romania 5 3 0 0 2 11 17 −6 9[lower-alpha 1]
5 Flag of Japan Japan 5 1 0 1 3 11 17 −6 4
6 Flag of Korea South Korea 5 1 0 0 4 12 23 −11 3 Relegated to the 2025 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.
Notes:

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

28 April 2024
12:30
South Korea Flag of Korea 4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 283
28 April 2024
16:00
Japan Flag of Japan 1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2)
Flag of Hungary Hungary Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 2,052
28 April 2024
19:30
Romania Flag of Romania 1–6
(0–2, 1–2, 0–2)
Flag of Italy Italy Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 3,011

30 April 2024
12:30
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 6–1
(1–1, 3–0, 2–0)
Flag of Romania Romania Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,304
30 April 2024
16:00
Hungary Flag of Hungary 6–2
(2–1, 4–0, 0–1)
Flag of Korea South Korea Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,450
30 April 2024
19:30
Italy Flag of Italy 4–3 OT
(0–0, 2–2, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
Flag of Japan Japan Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 3,437

1 May 2024
12:30
Hungary Flag of Hungary 1–2
(0–0, 0–0, 1–2)
Flag of Romania Romania Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 2,212
1 May 2024
16:00
Japan Flag of Japan 4–3
(0–1, 2–1, 2–1)
Flag of Korea South Korea Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,738
1 May 2024
19:30
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Italy Italy Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 4,238

3 May 2024
12:30
South Korea Flag of Korea 2–3
(0–1, 0–1, 2–1)
Flag of Romania Romania Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 252
3 May 2024
16:00
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 3–1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)
Flag of Japan Japan Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,750
3 May 2024
19:30
Italy Flag of Italy 2–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)
Flag of Hungary Hungary Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 5,394

4 May 2024
12:30
Romania Flag of Romania 4–2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Japan Japan Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,015
4 May 2024
16:00
Italy Flag of Italy 8–1
(4–0, 0–1, 4–0)
Flag of Korea South Korea Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 4,225
4 May 2024
19:30
Hungary Flag of Hungary 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano
Attendance: 2,169

Group B tournament[]

2024 IIHF World Championship Division I B
2024 IIHF World Championship Division I B logo
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Lithuania Lithuania
City Vilnius
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 27 April – 3 May
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 79 (5.27 per game)
Attendance 16,654 (1,110 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Ukraine Olexander Peresunko (11 points)
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Host, placed 6th in Division I A in 2023 and was relegated.
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2023.
Flag of China China Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2023.
Flag of Estonia Estonia Placed 4th in Division I B in 2023.
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Placed 5th in Division I B in 2023.
Flag of Spain Spain Placed 1st in Division II A in 2023 and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[1]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Canada Adam Bloski
  • Flag of Croatia Trpimir Piragić
  • Flag of Denmark Rasmus Ankersen
  • Flag of Germany Bastian Steingross
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Anton Boryayev
  • Flag of Norway Roy Hansen
  • Flag of Sweden Richard Magnusson
  • Flag of the United States Nolan Bloyer
  • Flag of Belgium Frédéric Monnaie
  • Flag of Canada Shawn Oliver
  • Flag of Hungary Norbert Muzsik
  • Flag of Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
  • Flag of Lithuania Aleksej Sascenkov
  • Flag of Sweden Gustav Jönsson
  • Flag of the United States John Rey

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 5 5 0 0 0 31 2 +29 15 Promoted to the 2025 Division I A
2 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania (H) 5 4 0 0 1 16 7 +9 12
3 Flag of Estonia Estonia 5 2 1 0 2 11 20 −9 8
4 Flag of China China 5 2 0 0 3 11 16 −5 6
5 Flag of Spain Spain 5 1 0 1 3 6 20 −14 4
6 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 5 0 0 0 5 4 14 −10 0 Relegated to the 2025 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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

27 April 2024
12:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 0–3
(0–0, 0–1, 0–2)
Flag of China China Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 212
27 April 2024
16:00
Spain Flag of Spain 0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,516
27 April 2024
19:30
Estonia Flag of Estonia 0–8
(0–1, 0–3, 0–4)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 227

28 April 2024
12:30
China Flag of China 7–1
(2–1, 1–0, 4–0)
Flag of Spain Spain Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 253
28 April 2024
16:00
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 6–1
(3–1, 1–0, 2–0)
Flag of Estonia Estonia Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,545
28 April 2024
19:30
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 283

30 April 2024
12:30
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 9–0
(4–0, 2–0, 3–0)
Flag of China China Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 175
30 April 2024
16:00
Spain Flag of Spain 3–4 OT
(1–1, 1–2, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1)
Flag of Estonia Estonia Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 241
30 April 2024
19:30
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,413

1 May 2024
12:30
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 6–1
(0–0, 1–1, 5–0)
Flag of Spain Spain Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 364
1 May 2024
16:00
Estonia Flag of Estonia 3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 195
1 May 2024
19:30
China Flag of China 0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,592

3 May 2024
12:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of Spain Spain Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 142
3 May 2024
16:00
China Flag of China 1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2)
Flag of Estonia Estonia Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 236
3 May 2024
19:30
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 4,260

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Ukraine Olexander Peresunko 5 5 6 11 +10 0 F
Ukraine Igor Merezhko 5 4 5 9 +12 4 D
Estonia Robert Rooba 5 5 3 8 −3 2 F
Ukraine Pylyp Pangelov-Yuldashev 5 2 5 7 +4 0 D
Estonia Kristjan Kombe 5 1 6 7 −2 0 F
Ukraine Andri Denyskin 5 4 2 6 +7 0 F
Lithuania Paulius Gintautas 5 3 3 6 +6 2 F
China Hou Yuyang 4 3 3 6 −1 0 F
Ukraine Vitali Lialka 5 2 4 6 +4 0 F
Lithuania Ugnius Čižas 5 1 5 6 +6 2 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
Ukraine Eduard Zakharchenko 120:00 0 0.00 22 100.00 2
Ukraine Bogdan Dyachenko 180:00 2 0.67 46 95.65 1
Lithuania Mantas Armalis 238:39 4 1.01 79 94.94 2
Netherlands Martijn Oosterwijk 176:09 8 2.72 108 92.59 0
China Chen Shifeng 298:24 15 3.02 174 91.38 1

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[2]
Goaltender Lithuania Mantas Armalis
Defenceman Ukraine Igor Merezhko
Forward Estonia Robert Rooba

References[]

External links[]

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