2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division IA and the third-tier Division IB. For each tier's tournament, the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.

Main article: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Germany  Poland
Dates	9–15 December 2018 (Group A) 8–14 December 2018 (Group B)
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 1999.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Füssen, Germany, from 9 to 15 December 2018.[1]

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	9–15 December 2018
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	83 (5.53 per match)
Attendance	10,365 (691 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Dominik Bokk (8 points)

Participants

Team	Qualification
Belarus	placed 10th in the Top Division last year and were relegated
Latvia	placed 2nd in Division I A last year
Germany	placed 3rd in Division I A last year
France	placed 4th in Division I A last year
Austria	placed 5th in Division I A last year
Norway	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]

Referees Thomas Andersen Denis Naumov Vladimír Pešina Liam Sewell

Linesmen Thomas Caillot Gabriel Gaube Niklas Knosen Tommi Niittylä Ulrich Pardatscher Elias Seewald Dániel Soós

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany (H)	5	4	1	0	0	22	5	+17	14	Promoted to Top Division
2	Belarus	5	3	0	0	2	18	13	+5	9
3	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	15	13	+2	8
4	Latvia	5	2	0	0	3	11	13	−2	6
5	Austria	5	1	0	2	2	9	17	−8	5
6	France	5	1	0	0	4	8	22	−14	3	Relegation to 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.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

9 December 2018 13:00

France

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Füssen Arena Attendance: 380

Game reference
	Gaëtan Richard	Goalies	Niklavs Rauza	Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Elias Seewald Dániel Soós
	Onno (Mony, Fabre) (PP) – 08:37 1–0 Loizeau (Mony, Onno) – 23:32 2–0 2–1 57:24 – Smirnovs (Jašunovs) (EA) Loizeau (Bruche) (ENG) – 58:51 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	34

9 December 2018 16:30

Austria

2–3 GWS (1–1, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Germany

Füssen Arena Attendance: 1,650

Game reference
	Paul Mocher	Goalies	Hendrik Hane	Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 07:17 – Fischer (Schütz, Seider) (PP) Lanzinger (Baumgartner, Maier) (PP) – 19:29 1–1 1–2 28:21 – Seider (Bokk, Appendino) Schreier – 51:10 2–2
	Maxa Hochegger Baumgartner Ploner Würschl	Shootout	Gawanke Brunnhuber Jentzsch Bokk Ehl
	24 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	23

9 December 2018 20:00

Norway

3–5 (2–0, 1–1, 0–4)

Belarus

Füssen Arena Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Jonas Wikstøl	Goalies	Andrei Grischenko	Referee: Thomas Andersen Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Niklas Knosen
	Solem (Thoresen, Meisingset) (PP) – 08:02 1–0 Solem – 13:23 2–0 Vikingstad (Birkheim, Rødne) – 26:28 3–0 3–1 39:59 – Drozdov (Martynov, Anosov) 3–2 42:29 – Sapego (Azhgirei) (PP) 3–3 46:51 – Baltruk (Azhgirei) (PP) 3–4 54:25 – Deryabin (Drozdov, Martynov) (PP) 3–5 59:32 – Anosov (Sushko) (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	33

10 December 2018 15:30

Belarus

6–2 (1–0, 1–2, 4–0)

France

Füssen Arena Attendance: 275

Game reference
	Nikita Tolopilo	Goalies	Valentin Duquenne	Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Ulrich Pardatscher Elias Seewald
	Drozdov (PS) – 08:02 1–0 1–1 36:38 – Bruche (Gallet) 1–2 39:04 – Sarliève-Fonfraid (Olive) Oxentyuk (EA) – 39:55 2–2 Protas (Alistrov) – 42:53 3–2 Sapego (Protas, Alistrov) (PP) – 45:52 4–2 Filyayev (Baltruk) – 48:11 5–2 Sushko (Anosov) (SH) – 57:21 6–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	17

10 December 2018 19:00

Germany

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

Füssen Arena Attendance: 1,030

Game reference
	Hendrik Hane	Goalies	Jørgen Hanneborg	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Niklas Knosen Dániel Soós
	Jentzsch (Schütz, Bokk) (PP) – 17:40 1–0 Brunnhuber (Appendino) – 32:03 2–0 Schütz (Bokk, Fischer) – 34:21 3–0 Brunnhuber (Fischer, Seider) – 41:49 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	17

11 December 2018 19:00

Latvia

4–1 (0–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Austria

Füssen Arena Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Jānis Voris	Goalies	Paul Mocher	Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Gabriel Gaube
	Polcs (Ģēģeris, Smirnovs) (PP) – 22:35 1–0 Bērziņš (Melnalksnis, Kārkls) (PP) – 27:37 2–0 Brants (Bērziņš, Jašunovs) (PP) – 35:32 3–0 Vizbelis – 44:33 4–0 4–1 55:18 – Hochegger (Würschl, Pusnik) (PP2)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	17

12 December 2018 13:00

Norway

5–0 (0–0, 1–0, 4–0)

France

Füssen Arena Attendance: 195

Game reference
	Jørgen Hanneborg	Goalies	Gaëtan Richard	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Elias Seewald
	Solem (Pettersen, Thoresen) – 35:04 1–0 Solem (Vaaler, Lilleberg) – 47:12 2–0 Pettersen (Lilleberg, Mathisen) – 51:13 3–0 Marthinsen (Mathisen, Meisingset) (PP) – 58:30 4–0 Lalande (Lilleberg, Paulsen) – 59:07 5–0
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	21

12 December 2018 16:30

Latvia

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Germany

Füssen Arena Attendance: 1,095

Game reference
	Jānis Voris	Goalies	Hendrik Hane	Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Niklas Knosen Ulrich Pardatscher
	0–1 14:25 – Brunnhuber (Gawanke, Wohlgemuth) (PP) 0–2 32:18 – Appendino (Knobloch) 0–3 36:21 – Baßler (Valenti, Gawanke) 0–4 50:29 – Lobach (Seider, Bokk) (PP) Fjodorovs (Smons) (PP) – 55:36 1–4
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	27

12 December 2018 20:00

Belarus

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Austria

Füssen Arena Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Andrei Grischenko	Goalies	Florian Vorauer	Referee: Thomas Andersen Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Dániel Soós
	Deryabin (Baltruk, Alistrov) – 12:26 1–0 Alistrov (Protas, Baltruk) (PP) – 23:26 2–0 Martynov (Drozdov, Savritski) – 43:58 3–0 Alistrov (Protas, Baltruk) (PP) – 48:21 4–0 Drozdov (Filyayev) – 58:53 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	16

13 December 2018 20:00

Germany

5–1 (3–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Belarus

Füssen Arena Attendance: 1,700

Game reference
	Hendrik Hane	Goalies	Andrei Grischenko Nikita Tolopilo	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Ulrich Pardatscher
	Schütz (Lobach, Bokk) (PP) – 07:16 1–0 Baßler (Brunnhuber, Wohlgemuth) – 10:50 2–0 Wohlgemuth (Hüttl) – 11:54 3–0 3–1 28:01 – Drozdov (Sushko, Yeryomenko) (PP) Valenti (Fischer, Seider) – 31:52 4–1 Bokk (Ehl) – 56:33 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	16

14 December 2018 13:00

Latvia

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Norway

Füssen Arena Attendance: 275

Game reference
	Jānis Voris	Goalies	Jørgen Hanneborg	Referee: Thomas Andersen Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Ulrich Pardatscher
	Jašunovs (Krollis) – 03:54 1–0 1–1 06:06 – Pettersen (Meisingset, Mathisen) (PP) Jašunovs (Smirnovs) – 29:14 2–1 2–2 38:00 – Marthinsen (Mathisen, Pettersen) 2–3 52:09 – Mathisen (Solem, Vikingstad) (PP) 2–4 59:39 – Thoresen (SH, ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	42	Shots	23

14 December 2018 16:30

France

2–4 (2–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Austria

Füssen Arena Attendance: 275

Game reference
	Gaëtan Richard	Goalies	Paul Mocher	Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Niklas Knosen
	Dair (Fabre) (PP) – 09:04 1–0 1–1 16:14 – Thaler (Mocher, Hochegger) Olive (Sarlin) – 16:47 2–1 2–2 30:31 – Lanzinger (Pusnik, Wallenta) (PP) 2–3 46:35 – Frowis (Würschl, Baumgartner) 2–4 58:19 – Hochegger (Würschl, Baumgartner)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	32

15 December 2018 13:00

Austria

2–3 OT (2–2, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Norway

Füssen Arena Attendance: 310

Game reference
	Paul Mocher	Goalies	Jonas Wikstøl	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 02:05 – Thoresen (Birkheim, Edvardsen) (PP) Ploner (Maxa, Maier) – 09:41 1–1 1–2 17:02 – Rødne (Mathisen, Pettersen) Pusnik, Wallenta, Lanzinger) – 17:40 2–2 2–3 64:18 – Pettersen (Solem, Rødne)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	28

15 December 2018 16:30

Germany

6–1 (1–0, 2–1, 3–0)

France

Füssen Arena Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
	Hendrik Hane	Goalies	Gaëtan Richard	Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Elias Seewald Dániel Soós
	Valenti (Gawanke, Wohlgemuth) (PP) – 07:28 1–0 Appendino (Baßler, Seider) – 25:16 2–0 2–1 33:06 – Plagnat (Schmitt, Bruche) (PP) Jentzsch (Appendino, Schütz) – 33:49 3–1 Jentzsch (Schütz, Bokk) – 42:29 4–1 Jentzsch (Schütz, Bokk) – 51:37 5–1 Lobach (Seider, Streu) – 56:56 6–1
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	43	Shots	16

15 December 2018 20:00

Belarus

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Latvia

Füssen Arena Attendance: 320

Game reference
	Nikita Tolopilo	Goalies	Jānis Voris	Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Nicklas Knosen
	0–1 10:43 – Bērziņš (Jašunovs) (PP) 0–2 36:43 – Krollis (Ģēģeris) Protas (Drozdov, Alistrov) (PP) – 43:15 1–2 1–3 49:48 – Jašunovs (Melnalksnis, Bergmanis)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	27

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Dominik Bokk	Germany	5	1	7	8	+6	0
2	Ivan Drozdov	Belarus	5	4	3	7	–1	0
3	Justin Schütz	Germany	5	2	5	7	+5	10
4	Moritz Seider	Germany	5	1	6	7	+8	4
5	Samuel Solem	Norway	5	4	2	6	+2	6
6	Mathias Emilio Pettersen	Norway	4	3	3	6	+4	2
7	Viktors Jašunovs	Latvia	5	3	3	6	+3	2
8	Vladimir Alistrov	Belarus	5	2	4	6	–1	4
9	Robin Mathisen	Norway	5	1	5	6	+3	2
10	Nicolas Appendino	Germany	5	2	3	5	+8	4
10	Alexei Protas	Belarus	5	2	3	5	–1	0

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Hendrik Hane	Germany	305:00	5	94.90	0.98	1
2	Jørgen Hanneborg	Norway	180:00	6	94.12	2.00	1
3	Jānis Voris	Latvia	238:40	9	89.89	2.26	0
4	Jonas Wikstøl	Norway	123:00	6	89.47	2.93	0
5	Gaëtan Richard	France	239:04	16	89.40	4.02	0

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Hendrik Hane
• Defenceman: Moritz Seider
• Forward: Ivan Drozdov

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 8 to 14 December 2018.[3]

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	8–14 December 2018
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	101 (6.73 per match)
Attendance	7,515 (501 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Jan Drozg (12 points)

Participants

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

Match officials

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

Referees Pierre Dehaen Christian Persson Maksim Toode Hub Van Grinsven

Linesmen Andreas Hofer Aleh Kliashcheunikau Andrei Korovkin Paweł Kosidło Rafał Noworyta Jakob Schauer Nikita Vilyugin

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovenia	5	3	2	0	0	21	11	+10	13	Promoted to Division I A
2	Poland (H)	5	3	0	1	1	19	15	+4	10[lower-alpha 1]
3	Hungary	5	3	0	1	1	24	15	+9	10[lower-alpha 1]
4	Italy	5	1	1	1	2	10	15	−5	6
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	0	3	14	20	−6	5
6	Japan	5	0	0	1	4	13	25	−12	1	Relegation to 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.
Notes:

1. Hungary 2–4 Poland

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 December 2018 13:00

Japan

1–3 (0–2, 0–1, 1–0)

Hungary

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 152

Game reference
	Eiki Sato	Goalies	Dávid Kovács	Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Andrei Korovkin Paweł Kosidło
	0–1 01:44 – Mihály (Császár, A. Péter) (PP) 0–2 06:58 – Seregély (A. Kovács, Bugár) 0–3 27:53 – Révész (Vas) Nakajima (Hanzawa, Aoyama) (PP) – 59:07 1–3
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	31

8 December 2018 16:30

Ukraine

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Poland

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 1,232

Game reference
	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Goalies	Sebastian Lipiński	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Jakob Schauer
	0–1 16:37 – Paś (Zygmunt, Bizacki) (PP) Morozov (Buzoverya) – 16:49 1–1 Mateichenko (Kryvoshapkin) – 24:19 2–1 2–2 32:18 – Tyczyński (Bizacki, Zygmunt) (PP2) 2–3 40:39 – Kamiński (Paś) 2–4 45:21 – Wałęga (Brynkus)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	30

8 December 2018 20:00

Italy

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovenia

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 115

Game reference
	Davide Fadani	Goalies	Žiga Kogovšek	Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Rafał Noworyta
	0–1 16:53 – Stojan (Svetina, Brus) (PP) 0–2 41:09 – Urukalo (Drozg, Predan) (PP) 0–3 43:29 – Stražišar (Brglez)
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	22	Shots	42

9 December 2018 13:00

Slovenia

5–3 (1–2, 1–0, 3–1)

Japan

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 125

Game reference
	Val Usnik	Goalies	Eiki Sato	Referee: Hub Van Grinsven Linesmen: Andrei Korovkin Paweł Kosidło
	0–1 05:03 – Nakajima (Hanzawa) Klofutar (Drozg, Urukalo) (PP) – 15:37 1–1 1–2 18:10 – Hirota (Ishida, Nakajima) (PP) Kujavec (Kapel, Sodja) – 20:45 2–2 Drozg (Urukalo, Predan) (PP) – 41:49 3–2 Predan (Drozg) – 55:12 4–2 Predan (Stojan, Drozg) (PP) – 59:45 5–2 5–3 59:55 – Shimanuki (Nakajima, Yasuda)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	28

9 December 2018 16:30

Poland

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Italy

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 1,538

Game reference
	Sebastian Lipiński	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 17:36 – Demetz (Tomasini, Alverà) 0–2 49:45 – Pechlaner (Spinell, Berger) (PP) Paś (Noworyta, Tyczyński) (EA) – 59:32 1–2 1–3 59:57 – Spinell (Leitner) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	23

9 December 2018 20:00

Hungary

9–3 (1–2, 4–0, 4–1)

Ukraine

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 215

Game reference
	Dávid Kovács	Goalies	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Rafał Noworyta
	0–1 01:12 – Morozov (Buzoverya, Danylenko) 0–2 03:11 – Peresunko (Kruhlyakov) Vas (Papp, Mihály) – 11:37 1–2 Császár (Dézsi, Sándor) (PP) – 27:59 2–2 A. Péter (Vértes, Horváth) – 31:16 3–2 Papp (Seregély, Mihály) – 36:03 4–2 D. Péter (Dézsi, Kreisz) – 38:06 5–2 Horváth (A. Péter, Vértes) – 40:52 6–2 Császár (Madácsi) – 42:36 7–2 A. Kovács (A. Péter) – 56:53 8–2 8–3 57:12 – Peresunko (Kryvoshapkin) Papp (Mihály, Szalma) – 59:35 9–3
	29 min	Penalties	49 min
	63	Shots	29

11 December 2018 13:00

Hungary

6–2 (2–1, 3–1, 1–0)

Italy

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 237

Game reference
	Martin Szeles	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Hub Van Grinsven Linesmen: Paweł Kosidło Jakob Schauer
	Papp (Szalma, Bugár) – 01:00 1–0 1–1 06:05 – Spinell (Berger, Pechlaner) Császár (Fejes, Szeles) – 06:59 2–1 Császár (Madácsi, Fejes) – 22:54 3–1 3–2 23:42 – Berger (Pechlaner) Horváth (Vértes) – 39:09 4–2 Madácsi (Révész) – 39:16 5–2 Dézsi (A. Péter, Horváth) – 59:27 6–2
	20 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	29

11 December 2018 16:30

Poland

3–4 OT (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) (OT: 0–1)

Slovenia

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 1,149

Game reference
	Sebastian Lipiński	Goalies	Žiga Kogovšek	Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Andrei Korovkin
	Sołtys (Smal, Wałęga) – 08:48 1–0 1–1 27:10 – Drozg Sołtys – 36:54 2–1 2–2 43:33 – Stojan (Drozg) 2–3 46:49 – Sodja (Kapel, Svetina) (PP) Brynkus (Wałęga, Khoperia) – 47:28 3–3 3–4 64:50 – Drozg (Urukalo, Stojan) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	26 min
	26	Shots	36

11 December 2018 20:00

Japan

2–6 (0–1, 0–1, 2–4)

Ukraine

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 107

Game reference
	Eiki Sato Toshiki Nakamura	Goalies	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 18:36 – Peresunko (Kryvoshapkin) 0–2 35:02 – Firsov (Peresunko, Sukhonos) (PP) 0–3 41:17 – Danylenko (Morozov, Kozachuk) (PP) 0–4 44:02 – Shevchenko (Syrotenko, Serednytsky) 0–5 48:57 – Morozov (Buzoverya, Danylenko) (PP) Sakuma (SH) – 53:21 1–5 1–6 54:05 – Danylenko (Buzoverya) Sugimoto (Sakuma, Hirota) – 57:53 2–6
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	43

12 December 2018 13:00

Ukraine

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

Italy

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 118

Game reference
	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Paweł Kosidło Jakob Schauer
	0–1 16:30 – Gios (Berger) Shevchenko – 22:11 1–1
	Mateichenko Morozov Kryvoshapkin Peresunko	Shootout	Berger Gios Deluca Tomasini
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	32

12 December 2018 16:30

Poland

7–4 (3–2, 1–1, 3–1)

Japan

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 980

Game reference
	Sebastian Lipiński	Goalies	Eiki Sato	Referee: Hub Van Grinsven Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Andrei Korovkin
	Brynkus (Sołtys, Wałęga) – 01:09 1–0 Paś – 01:29 2–0 2–1 05:19 – Kobayashi (Sakuma) Kamiński (Paś, Zygmunt) – 05:53 3–1 3–2 13:51 – Hanzawa (Takai, Miura) Bizacki (Smal, Worwa) – 26:15 4–2 4–3 35:27 – Hanzawa (Hirota, Kimura) Wałęga (Bizacki, Sołtys) – 44:26 5–3 Tyczyński (Paś) (PP) – 50:29 6–3 Kamiński (Zygmunt) (ENG) – 56:59 7–3 7–4 59:38 – Sugimoto
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	25

12 December 2018 20:00

Slovenia

5–4 GWS (1–2, 0–2, 3–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Hungary

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 184

Game reference
	Žiga Kogovšek	Goalies	Dávid Kovács	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Rafał Noworyta Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 05:12 – Madácsi (Császár, Fejes) 0–2 07:33 – Papp (Szalma) Drozg (Svetina, Brus) (PP) – 12:59 1–2 1–3 28:23 – Császár (Szalma, Mihály) 1–4 34:47 – Papp (A. Kovács) Predan (Drozg) (PP) – 47:23 2–4 Kapel (Sodja, Brus) – 50:25 3–4 Sodja (Klofutar, Drozg) – 53:49 4–4
	Predan Drozg Tavčar Svetina Kapel Predan	Shootout	Császár Papp Horváth Mihály Vértes Császár
	6 min	Penalties	22 min
	34	Shots	31

14 December 2018 13:00

Slovenia

4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Ukraine

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 128

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	Žiga Kogovšek	Goalies	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Jakob Schauer
	0–1 29:19 – Shevchenko (Serednytsky, Syrotenko) Predan (Kujavec, Drozg) – 30:23 1–1 Šturm (Stojan) – 30:50 2–1 Sodja (Stojan, Kapel) (PP) – 50:04 3–1 Bohinc (Šturm, Stojan) – 57:26 4–1
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	26

14 December 2018 16:30

Hungary

2–4 (0–1, 1–3, 1–0)

Poland

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 1,120

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	Dávid Kovács	Goalies	Sebastian Lipiński	Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Andrei Korovkin Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 02:53 – Sołtys (Paś, Libik) 0–2 24:14 – Olszewski (Wysocki) 0–3 33:41 – Brynkus (Obłoński) 0–4 37:39 – Smal (Olszewski) Horváth (A. Péter) – 38:44 1–4 Papp (Horváth) (PP) – 41:26 2–4
	43 min	Penalties	49 min
	40	Shots	31

14 December 2018 20:00

Italy

4–3 OT (1–3, 0–0, 2–0) (OT: 1–0)

Japan

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 115

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	Davide Fadani	Goalies	Toshiki Nakamura	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Rafał Noworyta
	0–1 02:24 – Kobayashi (Nakajima) (PP) 0–2 05:30 – Takai (Kobayashi, Nakajima) 0–3 09:35 – Aoyama (Kobayashi, Yoneyama) (PP) Schiavone (Alvera) – 19:01 1–3 Luisetti (Spornberger) – 41:11 2–3 Deluca (SH) – 45:42 3–3 Spornberger (Berger) – 60:30 4–3
	22 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	24

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Jan Drozg	Slovenia	5	4	8	12	+3	14
2	Kristóf Papp	Hungary	5	6	1	7	+2	2
3	Hunor Császár	Hungary	5	5	2	7	+5	12
4	Dominik Paś	Poland	5	3	4	7	+5	14
5	Necj Stojan	Slovenia	5	2	5	7	+2	6
6	Aljaž Predan	Slovenia	5	4	2	6	+2	4
7	Bálint Horváth	Hungary	5	3	3	6	+4	4
8	Teruto Nakajima	Japan	5	2	4	6	–3	4
9	Andor Péter	Hungary	5	1	5	6	+8	2
10	Jaka Sodja	Slovenia	5	3	2	5	0	12
10	Jan Sołtys	Poland	5	3	2	5	+5	25

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Žiga Kogovšek	Slovenia	249:50	8	92.38	1.92	1
2	Davide Fadani	Italy	305:30	14	91.08	2.75	0
3	Sebastian Lipiński	Poland	303:44	14	90.97	2.77	0
4	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Ukraine	284:58	16	90.64	3.37	0
5	Dávid Kovács	Hungary	243:48	12	89.38	2.95	0

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Davide Fadani
• Defenceman: Olaf Bizacki
• Forward: Jan Drozg

References

1. "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div I Group A – Competition schedule" (PDF). IIHF. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
2. "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div I Group A – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
3. "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div I Group B – Competition schedule" (PDF). IIHF. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
4. "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div I Group B – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

External links

• Division I A
• Division I B