2019 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

2019 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Kazakhstan
 Estonia
Dates29 April–5 May
28 April–4 May
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
2018
2020

The Group A tournament was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 29 April to 5 May and the Group B tournament in Tallinn, Estonia from 28 April to 4 May 2019.[1]

Belarus and Kazakhstan gained promotion to the top division, while Romania was promoted to Group A next year. Lithuania and the Netherlands were relegated to Group B and Division II by finishing last in their tournaments.[2][3][4][5]

Group A tournament

2019 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country Kazakhstan
Dates29 April–5 May
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored81 (5.4 per match)
Attendance41,554 (2,770 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Jan Drozg
(7 points)
MVP Nikita Mikhailis
WebsiteWebsite

Participants

Team Qualification
 Belarus Placed 15th in the Elite Division previous year and was relegated.
 South Korea Placed 16th in the Elite Division previous year and was relegated.
 Kazakhstan Host, placed 3rd in Division I A previous year.
 Hungary Placed 4th in Division I A previous year.
 Slovenia Placed 5th in Division I A previous year.
 Lithuania Placed 1st in Division I B previous year and was promoted.

Match officials

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6][7]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Alexandre Garon
  • Robin Šír
  • Kristian Vikman
  • Roy Stian Hansen
  • Yuri Oskirko
  • Marc Alain Wiegand
  • Christoffer Holm
  • Frederic Monnaie
  • Markus Hägerström
  • Nicolas Constantineau
  • Park Jun-soo
  • Alexander Waldejer
  • Roman Výleta
  • Tobias Nordlander

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Kazakhstan (H, P) 5 4 1 0 0 16 7 +9 14 2020 IIHF World Championship
2  Belarus (P) 5 3 0 1 1 14 12 +2 10
3  South Korea 5 3 0 0 2 16 11 +5 9
4  Slovenia 5 2 0 0 3 21 12 +9 6
5  Hungary 5 1 0 0 4 7 18 11 3[lower-alpha 1]
6  Lithuania (R) 5 1 0 0 4 7 21 14 3[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to 2020 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.
Notes:
  1. Lithuania 1–4 Hungary

Results

All times are local (UTC+6).

29 April 2019
12:30
Hungary 1–5
(1–1, 0–2, 0–2)
 South KoreaBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 922
29 April 2019
16:00
Lithuania 3–4
(2–3, 0–0, 1–1)
 BelarusBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 625
29 April 2019
19:30
Slovenia 2–3
(0–3, 2–0, 0–0)
 KazakhstanBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 7,923
30 April 2019
16:00
South Korea 5–3
(1–3, 3–0, 1–0)
 SloveniaBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 780
30 April 2019
19:30
Belarus 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 HungaryBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 648
1 May 2019
16:30
Kazakhstan 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 LithuaniaBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 7,265
2 May 2019
12:30
Lithuania 1–4
(1–2, 0–2, 0–0)
 HungaryBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 513
2 May 2019
16:00
Belarus 4–1
(1–0, 0–0, 3–1)
 SloveniaBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 555
2 May 2019
19:30
South Korea 1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)
 KazakhstanBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 5,766
3 May 2019
19:30
Hungary 0–6
(0–1, 0–3, 0–2)
 SloveniaBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 1,012
4 May 2019
14:00
South Korea 1–2
(0–1, 0–0, 1–1)
 LithuaniaBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 321
4 May 2019
17:30
Kazakhstan 3–2 OT
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
 BelarusBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 7,418
5 May 2019
12:30
Slovenia 9–0
(2–0, 4–0, 3–0)
 LithuaniaBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 361
5 May 2019
16:00
Belarus 1–4
(1–0, 0–1, 0–3)
 South KoreaBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 349
5 May 2019
19:30
Kazakhstan 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
 HungaryBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 7,096

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Jan Drozg5527+74F
Kim Sang-wook5437+30F
Geoff Platt5347+30F
Anže Kopitar5257+22F
Shin Sang-hoon5606+48F
Nikita Mikhailis5426+10F
Artem Demkov5325+30F
Robert Sabolič5325+24F
Kim Ki-sung5235+22F
Darren Dietz5145−42D

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
Luka Gračnar178:4731.018396.512
Matt Dalton299:30112.2016393.680
Henrik Karlsson243:4261.486591.550
Dmitri Milchakov237:4782.027890.700
Ádám Vay149:1783.226789.330

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

Group B tournament

2019 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country Estonia
Dates28 April–4 May
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored100 (6.67 per match)
Attendance16,174 (1,078 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Damian Kapica
(10 points)
WebsiteWebsite

Participants

Team Qualification
 Poland Placed 6th in Division I A previous year and was relegated.
 Japan Placed 2nd in Division I B previous year.
 Estonia Host, placed 3rd in Division I B previous year.
 Ukraine Placed 4th in Division I B previous year.
 Romania Placed 5th in Division I B previous year.
 Netherlands Placed 1st in Division II A previous year and was promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[8]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Kristijan Nikolic
  • Mads Frandsen
  • Geoffrey Barcelo
  • Miklós Haszonits

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Romania (P) 5 3 2 0 0 18 9 +9 13[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to 2020 Division I A
2  Poland 5 4 0 1 0 27 13 +14 13[lower-alpha 1]
3  Japan 5 2 0 0 3 16 17 1 6[lower-alpha 2]
4  Estonia (H) 5 1 1 1 2 15 16 1 6[lower-alpha 2]
5  Ukraine 5 1 0 1 3 17 20 3 4
6  Netherlands (R) 5 1 0 0 4 7 25 18 3 Relegation to 2020 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.
Notes:
  1. Poland 2–3 (OT) Romania
  2. Japan 5–2 Estonia

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

28 April 2019
13:00
Ukraine 2–3
(1–2, 1–1, 0–0)
 JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 450
28 April 2019
16:30
Romania 4–3 GWS
(2–0, 0–2, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,543
28 April 2019
20:00
Netherlands 1–8
(1–1, 0–2, 0–5)
 PolandTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 352
29 April 2019
13:00
Japan 2–3
(2–0, 0–2, 0–1)
 RomaniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 240
29 April 2019
16:30
Poland 7–3
(2–1, 4–1, 1–1)
 UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 579
29 April 2019
20:00
Estonia 4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
 NetherlandsTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,952
1 May 2019
13:00
Netherlands 1–8
(0–1, 1–4, 0–3)
 UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 398
1 May 2019
16:30
Japan 5–2
(4–1, 0–0, 1–1)
 EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,235
1 May 2019
20:00
Poland 2–3 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1)
(OT: 0–1)
 RomaniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 387
2 May 2019
13:00
Japan 2–3
(0–1, 0–1, 2–1)
 NetherlandsTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 238
2 May 2019
16:30
Ukraine 1–5
(0–2, 1–1, 0–2)
 RomaniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 450
2 May 2019
20:00
Estonia 2–3
(0–1, 0–0, 2–2)
 PolandTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,150
4 May 2019
13:00
Romania 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)
 NetherlandsTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 431
4 May 2019
16:30
Poland 7–4
(1–1, 4–0, 2–3)
 JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 842
4 May 2019
20:00
Estonia 4–3 OT
(1–3, 1–0, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)
 UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,927

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Damian Kapica56410+112F
Filip Komorski5617+62F
Vitali Lyalka5617+32F
Andriy Mikhnov5257+34F
Bartłomiej Neupauer5336+80F
Pavlo Borysenko5246+46D
Andrei Makrov5246+34F
Hiroto Sato5156+34D
Marcin Kolusz5066+110D
Yushi Nakayashiki5415+42F
Robert Rooba541500F

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
Zoltán Tőke124:0731.455394.340
Patrik Polc185:0061.959793.810
Martijn Oosterwijk198:03133.9413290.150
Michikazu Hata267:34122.6911789.740
Villem-Henrik Koitmaa243:31102.469389.250

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

References

  1. "Kazakhstan, Japan get top events". new-iihf.com. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. "Kazakhstan wins, Belarus up too". iihf.com. 4 May 2019.
  3. "Perfect ending for Kazakhstan". iihf.com. 5 May 2019.
  4. "Slovenia saved". iihf.com. 5 May 2019.
  5. "Remarkable Romania to Div. IA!". iihf.com. 4 May 2019.
  6. "Referees for Slovakia 2019 assigned". iihf.com. 1 March 2019.
  7. Group A assignments
  8. Group B assignments
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