2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B
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Tournament details
Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800"> Poland
City	Bytom
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–17 December 2022
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	104 (6.93 per game)
Attendance	6,350 (423 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	<img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800"> Krzysztof Maciaś (10 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A
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Tournament details
Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372"> Norway
City	Asker
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–17 December 2022
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	91 (6.07 per game)
Attendance	7,785 (519 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	<img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"> Zétény Hadobás (11 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries	Norway; Poland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	11–17 December 2022
Teams	12
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The 2023 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 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 first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2003.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Asker, Norway, from 11 to 17 December 2022.^[1]^[2]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Norway	hosts; placed 3rd in Division I A last year
Kazakhstan	placed 4th in Division I A last year
Denmark	placed 5th in Division I A last year
Hungary	placed 6th in Division I A last year
France	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted
Slovenia	placed 2nd in Division I B last year and were promoted

Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Referees

Pierre Dehaen
Niclas Lundsgaard
Mark Pearce
Christian Persson
Gregor Rezek
Daniel Soós
Jack Young

Linesmen

Renārs Davidonis
Christopher Dehn
Tim Heffner
Herman Johansen
Davids Rozitis
Christopher Williams
Vincent Zede

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Norway (H)	5	5	0	0	0	19	8	+11	15	Promoted to the 2024 Top Division
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	0	2	14	11	+3	9
3	France	5	2	0	1	2	16	14	+2	7
4	Hungary	5	1	1	1	2	18	18	0	6
5	Denmark	5	1	1	0	3	9	19	−10	5
6	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	15	21	−6	3	Relegated to the 2024 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

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

11 December 2022
13:00

Hungary

2–3 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)

Denmark

Risenga Ishall, Asker
Attendance: 110


Levente Hegedüs	Goalies	Kristers Steinbergs	Referees: Pierre Dehaen Christian Persson Linesmen: Renārs Davidonis Christopher Williams


32	Shots	33

11 December 2022
16:30

Slovenia

0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Norway

Risenga Ishall, Asker
Attendance: 1,750


Luka Kolin	Goalies	Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud	Referees: Mark Pearce Jack Young Linesmen: Tim Heffner Vincent Zede


14	Shots	44

11 December 2022
20:00

France

2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Risenga Ishall, Asker
Attendance: 85


Antoine Keller	Goalies	Roman Shefer	Referees: Niclas Lundsgaard Gregor Rezek Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Herman Johansen


29	Shots	28

12 December 2022
13:00

Denmark

1–6
(1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Slovenia

Risenga Ishall, Asker
Attendance: 139


Kristers Steinbergs	Goalies	Luka Kolin	Referees: Daniel Soós Jack Young Linesmen: Tim Heffner Davids Rozitis


31	Shots	29

12 December 2022
16:30

Kazakhstan

3–2
(0–0, 0–2, 3–0)

Hungary

Risenga Ishall, Asker
Attendance: 114


Roman Shefer	Goalies	Levente Hegedüs	Referees: Pierre Dehaen Niclas Lundsgaard Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Vincent Zede


30	Shots	25

12 December 2022
20:00

Norway

3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

France

Risenga Ishall, Asker
Attendance: 954


Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud	Goalies	Antoine Keller	Referees: Mark Pearce Gregor Rezek Linesmen: Renārs Davidonis Christopher Williams


33	Shots	29

14 December 2022
13:00

Slovenia

2–5
(1–2, 1–2, 0–1)

France

Risenga Ishall, Asker


Luka Kolin Jakob Župančič	Goalies	Antoine Keller	Referees: Niclas Lundsgaard Daniel Soós Linesmen: Herman Johansen Davids Rozitis


16	Shots	42

14 December 2022
16:30

Norway

3–2
(0–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Hungary

Risenga Ishall, Asker


Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud	Goalies	Tamas Antek


38	Shots	23

14 December 2022
20:00

Kazakhstan

4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Risenga Ishall, Asker

Game reference

15 December 2022
13:00

France

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

Hungary

Risenga Ishall, Asker
Attendance: 137


Martin Neckar	Goalies	Levente Hegedüs	Referees: Niclas Lundsgaard Christian Persson Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Davids Rozitis

10 min	Penalties	4 min
27	Shots	37

15 December 2022
16:30

Kazakhstan

4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Slovenia

Risenga Ishall, Asker
Attendance: 139


Roman Shefer	Goalies	Jakob Župančič Luka Kolin	Referees: Pierre Dehaen Jack Young Linesmen: Renārs Davidonis Herman Johansen

2 min	Penalties	4 min
29	Shots	29

15 December 2022
20:00

Denmark

1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Norway

Risenga Ishall, Asker
Attendance: 1498


Kristers Seinbergs	Goalies	Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud	Referees: Mark Pearce Daniel Soós Linesmen: Tim Heffner Christopher Williams

8 min	Penalties	4 min
19	Shots	33

17 December 2022
13:00

Hungary

7–5
(1–2, 3–1, 3–2)

Slovenia

Risenga Ishall, Asker





27	Shots	31

17 December 2022
16:30

Denmark

4–3
(1–1, 1–1, 2–1)

France

Risenga Ishall, Asker





25	Shots	29

17 December 2022
20:00

Norway

5–3
(1–0, 3–2, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Risenga Ishall, Asker





28	Shots	26

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Zétény Hadobás	Hungary	5	1	10	11	+2	2
2	Bence Horváth	Hungary	5	4	3	7	+1	0
3	Matias Bachelet	France	5	2	5	7	+2	0
3	Petter Vesterheim	Norway	5	2	5	7	+6	0
5	Nal Brodnik	Slovenia	5	3	3	6	0	2
6	Nace Langus	Slovenia	5	2	4	6	+1	2
7	Emil Tavernier	France	5	4	1	5	+4	4
7	Roman Yermak	Kazakhstan	5	4	1	5	+6	2
9	Vsevolod Logvin	Kazakhstan	5	3	2	5	+7	4
9	Balázs Varga	Hungary	5	3	2	5	+2	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Roman Shefer	Kazakhstan	269:56	9	92.80	2.00	1
2	Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud	Norway	300:00	8	92.79	1.60	1
3	Antoine Keller	France	238:02	8	92.08	2.02	0
4	Luka Kolin	Slovenia	238:35	16	87.88	4.02	0
5	Levente Hegedüs	Hungary	246:21	15	87.60	3.65	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Source: IIHF

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Bytom, Poland, from 11 to 17 December 2022.^[4]^[5]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Japan	placed 3rd in Division I B last year
Ukraine	placed 4th in Division I B last year
Estonia	placed 5th in Division I B last year
Poland	hosts; placed 6th in Division I B last year
Italy	placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted
South Korea	placed 2nd in Division II A last year and were promoted

Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Referees

Andreas Huber
Juraj Konč
Paweł Kosidło
Troy Murray
Jiří Ondráček
Omar Piniè
Vladimir Yefremov

Linesmen

Sebastian Bedynek
Timur Iskakov
Peter Jedlička
Barna Kis-Király
Mateusz Kucharewicz
Andrzej Nenko
Quentin Ugolini

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	5	4	0	1	0	25	16	+9	13	Promoted to the 2024 Division I A
2	Ukraine	5	4	0	0	1	23	12	+11	12
3	Italy	5	2	1	0	2	12	13	−1	8
4	Poland (H)	5	1	1	0	3	21	19	+2	5
5	Estonia	5	1	0	1	3	11	14	−3	4
6	South Korea	5	1	0	0	4	12	30	−18	3	Relegated to the 2024 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

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

11 December 2022
13:00

South Korea

3–5
(2–1, 0–4, 1–0)

Japan

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink,^[7] Bytom
Attendance: 70


Jaewon Song	Goalies	Issa Otsuka	Referees: Andreas Huber Troy Murray Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Barna Kis-Király


19	Shots	40

11 December 2022
16:30

Poland

4–3 OT
(0–0, 3–2, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)

Estonia

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 1,000


Mikolaj Szczepkowski	Goalies	Fjodor Aganezovs	Referees: Omar Piniè Vladimir Yefremov Linesmen: Timur Iskakov Quentin Ugolini


25	Shots	23

11 December 2022
20:00

Italy

0–4
(0–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Ukraine

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 120


Damian Clara	Goalies	Savva Serdiuk	Referees: Juraj Konč Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Andrzej Nenko


11	Shots	35

12 December 2022
13:00

Estonia

1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

South Korea

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 100


Henrik Virro	Goalies	Jaewon Song	Referees: Juraj Konč Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Andrzej Nenko


30	Shots	24

12 December 2022
16:30

Ukraine

5–2
(2–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Poland

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 1,000


Savva Serdiuk	Goalies	Szymon Klimowski	Referees: Andreas Huber Troy Murray Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Barna Kis-Király


28	Shots	26

12 December 2022
20:00

Japan

2–3 OT
(1–1, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)

Italy

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 60


Issa Tamura	Goalies	Damian Clara	Referees: Paweł Kosidło Vladimir Yefremov Linesmen: Timur Iskakov Mateusz Kucharewicz


32	Shots	29

14 December 2022
13:00

South Korea

4–6
(1–0, 1–3, 2–3)

Italy

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 60


Jaewon Song Taeyang Lim	Goalies	Damian Clara	Referees: Andreas Huber Juraj Konč Linesmen: Barna Kis-Király Quentin Ugolini


29	Shots	30

14 December 2022
16:30

Japan

7–3
(1–1, 3–1, 3–1)

Poland

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 980


Issa Otsuka Issa Tamura	Goalies	Mikolaj Szczepkowski


53	Shots	30

14 December 2022
20:00

Ukraine

3–2
(1–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Estonia

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 90

Game reference

16 December 2022
13:00

Estonia

3–4
(1–1, 2–2, 0–1)

Japan

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 60





27	Shots	47

16 December 2022
16:30

Italy

2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Poland

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 870


Damian Clara	Goalies	Mikolaj Szczepkowski

12 min	Penalties	12 min
21	Shots	33

16 December 2022
20:00

Ukraine

7–1
(1–0, 3–1, 3–0)

South Korea

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 120

Game reference

17 December 2022
13:00

Estonia

2–1
(0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Italy

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 70





27	Shots	30

17 December 2022
16:30

Poland

11–2
(3–0, 4–1, 4–1)

South Korea

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 1,000





35	Shots	21

17 December 2022
20:00

Japan

7–4
(1–1, 4–0, 2–3)

Ukraine

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom
Attendance: 750





31	Shots	23

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Krzysztof Maciaś	Poland	5	7	3	10	+4	4
2	Kotaro Murase	Japan	5	2	8	10	+3	0
3	Rukia Morita	Japan	5	5	3	8	+2	0
4	Alessandro Segafredo	Italy	5	4	4	8	+7	2
5	Yuto Taneichi	Japan	5	1	7	8	+2	10
6	Kacper Maciaś	Poland	5	1	6	7	+4	6
7	KIm Sangyeob	South Korea	5	5	1	6	–7	6
8	Mykyta Sydorenko	Ukraine	5	4	2	6	+5	8
9	Tommy Purdeller	Italy	5	1	5	6	+5	8
10	Junya Owa	Japan	5	1	5	6	+1	10

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Damian Clara	Italy	302:51	13	91.67	2.58	0
2	Fjodor Aganezov	Estonia	240:26	12	91.24	2.99	0
3	Hlib Artsatbanov	Ukraine	123:03	5	89.13	2.44	0
4	Savva Serdiuk	Ukraine	176:57	7	88.71	2.37	1
5	Mikołaj Szczepkowski	Poland	222:31	13	88.29	3.51	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Goaltender: Damian Clara
Defenceman: Junya Owa
Forward: Danylo Korzhyletsky

Source: IIHF

References

^ 2023 World Championship Division I A official website
^ 2023 World Championship Division I A statistics
^ "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ 2023 World Championship Division I B official website
^ 2023 World Championship Division I B statistics
^ "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ Bytom welcomes IIHF

External links

Official website of IIHF

[1] 2023 World Championship Division I A official website

[2] 2023 World Championship Division I A statistics

[3] "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

[4] 2023 World Championship Division I B official website

[5] 2023 World Championship Division I B statistics

[6] "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[7] Bytom welcomes IIHF

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Tournament details
Host countries	Norway Poland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	11–17 December 2022
Teams	12
← 2022 2024 →