2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I B
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Tournament details
Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000"> Italy
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25 April – 1 May
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	98 (6.53 per game)
Attendance	3,229 (215 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	<img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800"> Mykyta Sydorenko (10 points)

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I A
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Tournament details
Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Slovakia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–17 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	106 (7.07 per game)
Attendance	14,396 (960 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	<img alt="Norway" 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"> Martin Johnsen (14 points)

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries	Slovakia; Italy
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	11–17 April (Group A); 25 April – 1 May (Group B)
Teams	12
	← 2021 (cancelled); ← 2019 2023 →

The 2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Piešťany, Slovakia, from 11 to 17 April 2022.^[1]^[2]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Slovakia	hosts, placed 10th in 2019 Top Division and were relegated
Kazakhstan	placed 2nd in 2019 Division I A
Denmark	placed 3rd in 2019 Division I A
Norway	placed 4th in 2019 Division I A
France	placed 5th in 2019 Division I A
Japan	placed 1st in 2019 Division I B and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Slovakia (H)	5	5	0	27	11	+16	15	Promoted to the 2023 Top Division
2	Norway	5	4	1	26	12	+14	12	Promoted to the 2023 Top Division
3	France	5	3	2	16	17	−1	9
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	3	15	23	−8	6
5	Denmark	5	1	4	14	16	−2	3
6	Japan	5	0	5	8	27	−19	0

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+2).

11 April 2022
12:00

France

4–3
(2–1, 0–1, 2–1)

Denmark

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 112




16 min	Penalties	14 min
23	Shots	38

11 April 2022
15:30

Norway

9–2
(2–0, 2–1, 5–1)

Kazakhstan

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 105




8 min	Penalties	10 min
29	Shots	38

11 April 2022
19:00

Japan

2–8
(0–2, 1–4, 1–2)

Slovakia

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 1,714




6 min	Penalties	8 min
15	Shots	53

12 April 2022
12:00

Kazakhstan

2–4
(0–0, 1–2, 1–2)

France

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 90




8 min	Penalties	10 min
42	Shots	36

12 April 2022
15:30

Denmark

6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Japan

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 110




8 min	Penalties	8 min
35	Shots	24

12 April 2022
19:00

Slovakia

5–2
(1–2, 3–0, 1–0)

Norway

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 2,646




14 min	Penalties	18 min
35	Shots	29

14 April 2022
12:00

Japan

2–5
(1–2, 0–1, 1–2)

Norway

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 139




12 min	Penalties	10 min
29	Shots	38

14 April 2022
15:30

Kazakhstan

4–2
(0–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Denmark

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 182




8 min	Penalties	8 min
33	Shots	19

14 April 2022
19:00

Slovakia

6–3
(1–0, 3–3, 2–0)

France

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 2,738




6 min	Penalties	10 min
51	Shots	28

15 April 2022
12:00

Kazakhstan

4–3
(0–2, 1–0, 3–1)

Japan

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 183




12 min	Penalties	14 min
34	Shots	21

15 April 2022
15:30

Norway

6–1
(4–1, 1–0, 1–0)

France

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 374




14 min	Penalties	14 min
37	Shots	16

15 April 2022
19:00

Denmark

1–3
(1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 2,738




10 min	Penalties	10 min
17	Shots	35

17 April 2022
12:00

France

4–0
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Japan

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 168




8 min	Penalties	6 min
28	Shots	28

17 April 2022
15:30

Denmark

2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Norway

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 319




18 min	Penalties	35 min
25	Shots	26

17 April 2022
19:00

Slovakia

5–3
(1–0, 1–1, 3–2)

Kazakhstan

Easton Arena, Piešťany
Attendance: 2,778




12 min	Penalties	8 min
32	Shots	27

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 25 April to 1 May 2022.^[3]^[4]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Ukraine	placed 6th in 2019 Division I A and were relegated
Austria	placed 2nd in 2019 Division I B
Hungary	placed 3rd in 2019 Division I B
Italy	hosts, placed 4th in 2019 Division I B
Slovenia	placed 5th in 2019 Division I B
Poland	placed 1st in 2019 Division II A and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Hungary	5	5	0	19	3	+16	15	Promoted to the 2023 Division I A
2	Ukraine	5	4	1	30	11	+19	12	Promoted to the 2023 Division I A
3	Italy (H)	5	3	2	15	18	−3	9
4	Slovenia	5	2	3	12	12	0	6
5	Austria	5	1	4	11	24	−13	3
6	Poland	5	0	5	11	30	−19	0

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+2).

25 April 2022
12:30

Poland

1–6
(0–1, 0–1, 1–4)

Ukraine

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 70




4 min	Penalties	12 min
21	Shots	33

25 April 2022
16:00

Slovenia

0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Hungary

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 110




2 min	Penalties	4 min
28	Shots	25

25 April 2022
19:30

Italy

2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Austria

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 363




10 min	Penalties	8 min
30	Shots	45

26 April 2022
12:30

Hungary

5–2
(2–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Poland

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 107




10 min	Penalties	4 min
27	Shots	23

26 April 2022
16:00

Austria

1–4
(0–2, 1–2, 0–0)

Slovenia

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 86




37 min	Penalties	12 min
27	Shots	25

26 April 2022
19:30

Ukraine

6–3
(1–2, 4–1, 1–0)

Italy

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 250




4 min	Penalties	8 min
40	Shots	25

28 April 2022
12:30

Austria

0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Hungary

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 110




10 min	Penalties	12 min
22	Shots	21

28 April 2022
16:00

Poland

5–8
(2–3, 1–4, 2–1)

Italy

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 190




10 min	Penalties	12 min
28	Shots	27

28 April 2022
19:30

Ukraine

5–1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)

Slovenia

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 200




8 min	Penalties	12 min
32	Shots	26

29 April 2022
12:30

Austria

5–2
(1–0, 3–2, 1–0)

Poland

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 136




6 min	Penalties	10 min
45	Shots	14

29 April 2022
16:00

Hungary

2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Ukraine

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 313




8 min	Penalties	8 min
20	Shots	34

29 April 2022
19:30

Italy

2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Slovenia

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 430




4 min	Penalties	10 min
24	Shots	21

1 May 2022
12:30

Ukraine

12–4
(4–0, 5–2, 3–2)

Austria

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 344




10 min	Penalties	39 min
39	Shots	32

1 May 2022
16:00

Slovenia

6–1
(3–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Poland

Pala Hodegart, Asiago




8 min	Penalties	14 min
23	Shots	14

1 May 2022
19:30

Hungary

5–0
(0–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Italy

Pala Hodegart, Asiago
Attendance: 520




12 min	Penalties	8 min
23	Shots	24

References

[1] Division I A official website

[2] Division I A statistics

[3] Division I B official website

[4] Division I B statistics

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[2]

[3]

[4]

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovakia Italy
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	11–17 April (Group A) 25 April – 1 May (Group B)
Teams	12
← 2021 (cancelled) ← 2019 2023 →