2017 IIHF World Championship Division I

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2017 IIHF World Championship Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Ukraine   United Kingdom
Venue(s)	2  (in 2 host cities)
Dates	22–28 April (Group A) 23–29 April (Group B)
Teams	12
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The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Kyiv, Ukraine from 22 to 28 April 2017 and Group B in Belfast, United Kingdom from 23 to 29 April 2017. ^[1] South Korea and Austria were promoted to the 2018 World Championship. It marked the first time South Korea had earned promotion to the top tier of the World Championship. ^[2]

Bids

There were two official bids to host Group A Championships.

• Austria
• Ukraine
  • Kyiv

Ukraine had never hosted these championships, however, they did host an Olympic Pre-Qualification round in 2012. The proposed arena was the Palace of Sports.

The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 20, 2016. The bid from Ukraine gained a majority vote against the Austrian entry. ^[1]

There were also two official bids to host Group B Championships.

• Estonia
  • Tallinn

Estonia last hosted these championships in 2006. The proposed arena was Tallinn Arena.

• United Kingdom
  • Belfast

The United Kingdom had never hosted these championships, however, they did play host to the IIHF Group B Championships in 1952, and again in 1993. The proposed arena was the Odyssey Arena.

The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 20, 2016. ^[1] The bid from the United Kingdom received 18 votes, whilst the Estonia bid received 7. ^[3]

Venues

Group A		Group B
Kyiv	Kyiv Belfast	Belfast
Palace of Sports Capacity: 7,000		SSE Arena Capacity: 11,000

Group A tournament

2017 IIHF World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Ukraine
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–28 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	70 (4.67 per game)
Attendance	51,851 (3,457 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Nigel Dawes (9 points)
MVP	Thomas Raffl
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Hungary	Placed 15th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
Kazakhstan	Placed 16th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
Poland	Placed 3rd in Division I A the previous year.
Austria	Placed 4th in Division I A the previous year.
South Korea	Placed 5th in Division I A the previous year.
Ukraine	Placed 1st in Division I B the previous year and was promoted.

Match officials

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

Referees Andris Ansons Daniel Gamper Jacob Grumsen Roy Stian Hansen Andreas Harnebring Vladimír Pešina Jeremy Tufts

Linesmen Riley Bowles Franco Castelli Maxime Chaput Daniel Hynek Artem Korepanov Ulrich Pardatscher Daniel Persson

Standings

Poland - Ukraine

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Austria (P)	5	4	0	0	1	22	4	+18	12	2018 IIHF World Championship
2	South Korea (P)	5	3	1	0	1	14	11	+3	11 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	13	10	+3	11 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Poland	5	2	0	1	2	6	17	−11	7
5	Hungary	5	1	0	0	4	8	14	−6	3
6	Ukraine (H, R)	5	0	0	1	4	7	14	−7	1	Relegation to 2018 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. Kazakhstan 2–5 South Korea

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

22 April 2017 13:30

Ukraine

3–5 (1–1, 2–1, 0–3)

Hungary

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 4,612

Game reference
	Eduard Zakharchenko	Goalies	Miklós Rajna	Referees: Jacob Grumsen Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Riley Bowles Daniel Persson
	Kuzmik – 13:48 1–0 1–1 14:35 – Bartalis (Erdély, Szirányi) 1–2 20:20 – Vas (Szirányi) Butsenko (Katrych) (PP) – 27:33 2–2 Butsenko (Lyalka) – 38:51 3–2 3–3 50:41 – Sarauer (Wehrs, Kóger) 3–4 52:53 – Dansereau (Sarauer, Wehrs) 3–5 59:49 – Hári (Galló, Sagert) (PP, ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	51

22 April 2017 17:00

South Korea

4–2 (1–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Poland

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,257

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies	Przemysław Odrobny	Referees: Andris Ansons Daniel Gamper Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Ulrich Pardatscher
	Kim K. (Ahn) – 07:51 1–0 Sin (Park W., Kim Won-jun) – 27:07 2–0 2–1 34:40 – Bryk (Pasiut, Wronka) (PP2) Lee Y. (Swift) – 42:07 3–1 Kim S. – 46:02 4–1 4–2 49:48 – Pociecha (Zapała)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	38

22 April 2017 20:30

Austria

2–3 (0–2, 2–0, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,819

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Franco Castelli Daniel Hynek
	0–1 08:26 – Dawes (Dallman, St. Pierre) (PP) 0–2 14:56 – Dawes (Boyd, Bochenski) Komarek (Raffl, Schlacher) – 24:32 1–2 Raffl (Hofer, Komarek) – 37:31 2–2 2–3 43:38 – Markelov (Savchenko, Starchenko) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	32

23 April 2017 17:00

Kazakhstan

2–5 (1–1, 1–0, 0–4)

South Korea

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,463

Game reference
	Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Jacob Grumsen Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Daniel Persson
	Bochenski (Dawes) – 08:01 1–0 1–1 15:56 – Ahn (Kim K.) Dawes (Bochenski, St. Pierre) – 33:25 2–1 2–2 45:49 – Plante (Cho, Swift) 2–3 47:03 – Shin S. (Cho, Lee D.) 2–4 49:58 – Plante (Kim S., Ahn) 2–5 51:41 – Kim K (Plante, Kim S.) (PP2)
	31 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	21

23 April 2017 20:30

Poland

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 5,291

Game reference
	Przemysław Odrobny	Goalies	Eduard Zakharchenko	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Franco Castelli Maxime Chaput
	Malasiński (Pasiut, Wronka) (PP) – 19:56 1–0 1–1 38:30 – Blagoy (Kuzmik) Kapica (Kruczek, Dziubiński) – 46:34 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	38

24 April 2017 20:30

Hungary

1–3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Austria

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,861

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Andris Ansons Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Riley Bowles Ulrich Pardatscher
	0–1 03:51 – Raffl (Komarek) (SH) Dansereau (Erdély, Bartalis) (PP) – 06:23 1–1 1–2 44:33 – Hofer (Schumnig, Komarek) (PP) 1–3 47:21 – Heinrich (Komarek, Schumnig) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	28

25 April 2017 13:30

Kazakhstan

1–0 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) OT: (1–0)

Poland

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,536

Game reference
	Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Przemysław Odrobny	Referees: Roy Stian Hansen Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Franco Castelli Artem Korepanov
	Dallman (Dawes) – 61:39 1–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	30

25 April 2017 17:00

Hungary

1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2)

South Korea

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,713

Game reference
	Bence Bálizs	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Daniel Hynek
	Kóger (Szirányi, Hári) (PP2) – 23:45 1–0 1–1 35:43 – Kim K. (Kim S., Ahn) 1–2 46:31 – Shin S. (Seo, Swift) 1–3 55:13 – Sin
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	33

25 April 2017 20:30

Ukraine

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Austria

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 5,005

Game reference
	Eduard Zakharchenko	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Daniel Gamper Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Riley Bowles Daniel Persson
	0–1 35:57 – Woger (Schumnig, Hundertpfund) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	43

26 April 2017 20:30

Kazakhstan

4–2 (2–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 4,806

Game reference
	Vitali Kolesnik	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referees: Andris Ansons Daniel Gamper Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Ulrich Pardatscher
	Dawes (Semyonov, Bochenski) – 03:21 1–0 St. Pierre (Bochenski, Boyd) (PP) – 19:59 2–0 2–1 34:25 – Nimenko (Pobiedonostsev, Lyalka) 2–2 35:16 – Babynets (Katrych, Varyvoda) Mikhalis (Starchenko) – 41:59 3–2 Bochenski (Dawes, Stepavnov) (PP) – 57:04 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	47	Shots	22

27 April 2017 17:00

Poland

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Hungary

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,874

Game reference
	Przemysław Odrobny	Goalies	Bence Bálizs	Referees: Daniel Gamper Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Franco Castelli Daniel Hynek
	Zapała (Malasiński, Bryk) – 25:01 1–0 Malasiński (SH) – 25:50 2–0
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	25

27 April 2017 20:30

Austria

5–0 (3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

South Korea

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 3,511

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Matt Dalton Park Sung-je	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Ulrich Pardatscher
	Haudum – 12:09 1–0 Lebler (Ganahl, Hundertpfund) – 12:57 2–0 Heinrich (Lebler, Ganahl) – 16:26 3–0 Komarek (Heinrich, Raffl) – 24:36 4–0 Strong (Schlacher) – 49:09 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	25

28 April 2017 13:30

Hungary

1–3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,323

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Daniel Hynek
	0–1 02:48 – Dallman (Dawes, Boyd) 0–2 10:25 – Mikhalis (Sagadeyev) Sagert (Galló) (PP) – 17:34 1–2 1–3 59:47 – Dawes (Bochenski) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	27

28 April 2017 17:00

Poland

0–11 (0–3, 0–4, 0–4)

Austria

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 3,453

Game reference
	Przemysław Odrobny Rafał Radziszewski	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Roy Stian Hansen Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Riley Bowles Artem Korepanov
	0–1 01:44 – M. Ulmer 0–2 07:01 – Lebler (Komarek, Hofer) 0–3 10:02 – Hofer (Raffl, Schumnig) 0–4 28:36 – Raffl (Heinrich, Schumnig) (PP) 0–5 29:07 – Haudum (S. Ulmer, Kirchschlager) 0–6 35:39 – Komarek (Hofer, Schumnig) 0–7 39:51 – Komarek (Haudum) 0–8 46:52 – Strong 0–9 48:27 – Haudum (Heinrich) 0–10 50:31 – Lebler (Hundertpfund, Kirchschlager) 0–11 55:20 – Lebler
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	30

28 April 2017 20:30

South Korea

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

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 5,327

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies	Eduard Zakharchenko	Referees: Andris Ansons Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Franco Castelli Daniel Persson
	Ahn (Sin, Park W.) – 24:59 1–0 1–1 33:24 – Babynets
	Swift Cho Shin S.	Shootout	Butsenko Lyalka
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	23

Awards and statistics

Awards

The match between Poland and Ukraine. Poland won the game 2–1.

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Bernhard Starkbaum
  • Best Defenseman: Dominique Heinrich
  • Best Forward: Nigel Dawes

Source: IIHF.com

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Thomas Raffl
  • Goalkeeper: Bernhard Starkbaum
  • Defenceman: Dominique Heinrich / Alex Plante
  • Forwards: Nigel Dawes / Thomas Raffl / Konstantin Komarek

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Nigel Dawes	5	5	4	9	+5	0	F
Konstantin Komarek	5	4	5	9	+10	0	F
Brandon Bochenski	5	2	5	7	+3	4	F
Thomas Raffl	5	3	3	6	+6	2	F
Martin Schumnig	5	0	6	6	+8	0	D
Brian Lebler	5	4	1	5	+7	4	F
Ahn Jin-hui	5	2	3	5	+5	0	F
Dominique Heinrich	5	2	3	5	+12	0	D
Fabio Hofer	5	2	3	5	+7	2	F
Lukas Haudum	5	3	1	4	+5	2	F
Kim Ki-sung	5	3	1	4	+3	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
Bernhard Starkbaum	299:05	4	0.80	137	97.08	3
Eduard Zakharchenko	242:32	9	2.23	158	94.30	0
Przemysław Odrobny	260:42	9	2.07	124	92.74	1
Matt Dalton	269:36	10	2.23	133	92.48	0
Vitali Kolesnik	301:39	10	1.99	128	92.19	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

Group B tournament

2017 IIHF World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	United Kingdom
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23–29 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	103 (6.87 per game)
Attendance	21,208 (1,414 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Daisuke Obara (10 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Japan	Placed 6th in Division I A and was relegated.
Great Britain	Host, Placed 2nd in Division I B the previous year.
Lithuania	Placed 3rd in Division I B the previous year.
Croatia	Placed 4th in Division I B the previous year.
Estonia	Placed 5th in Division I B the previous year.
Netherlands	Placed 1st in Division II A the previous year and was promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[5]

Referees Geoffrey Barcelo Gergely Kincses Kristijan Nikolic Milan Zrnić

Linesmen Ally Flockhart James Kavanagh Márton Németh David Nothegger Mariusz Smura Vladimir Suslov Alexander Sysuev

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Great Britain (H, P)	5	5	0	0	0	32	5	+27	15	Promoted to 2018 Division I A
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	22	11	+11	12
3	Lithuania	5	3	0	0	2	18	12	+6	9
4	Estonia	5	2	0	0	3	11	20	−9	6
5	Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	14	17	−3	3
6	Netherlands (R)	5	0	0	0	5	6	38	−32	0	Relegation to 2018 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

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

23 April 2017 12:30

Netherlands

1–6 (0–2, 1–2, 0–2)

Japan

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 943

Game reference
	Fabian Schotel	Goalies	Yutaka Fukufuji	Referee: Milan Zrnic Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Márton Németh
	0–1 05:21 – H. Sato (Furuhashi, Takagi) 0–2 13:59 – Takagi (Furuhashi, Ushu) 0–3 24:15 – Furuhashi (Takagi, Ushu) 0–4 32:31 – Obara (Ueno, Haga) Mason (Bruijsten, Van Haren) (PP) – 37:02 1–4 1–5 41:39 – Obara (Ueno, Hirano) 1–6 57:20 – Ueno (Obara, Minoshima)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	39

23 April 2017 16:00

Croatia

2–4 (0–1, 1–0, 1–3)

Great Britain

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 1,830

Game reference
	Mate Tomljenović	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: David Nothegger Alexander Sysuev
	0–1 15:30 – Dowd (Richardson, Farmer) (PP) Blagus (Brine, Perkovich) (PP) – 28:17 1–1 1–2 43:46 – Clarke (Peacock, Dowd) 1–3 46:45 – Mosey (Dowd) Brine (Rendulić, Sertich) (PP2) – 54:25 2–3 2–4 58:56 – Cowley (Lachowicz, J. Phillips)
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	32	Shots	35

23 April 2017 19:30

Estonia

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Lithuania

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 914

Game reference
	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	Artur Pavliukov	Referee: Milan Zrnic Linesmen: James Kavanagh Mariusz Smura
	0–1 14:28 – Rulevičius (Gintautas) 0–2 30:18 – Bendžius (Verenis) 0–3 37:56 – Čižas (Pliskauskas, Bosas)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	13	Shots	33

24 April 2017 12:30

Japan

4–2 (2–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Croatia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 351

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Vilim Rosandić	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: James Kavanagh Vladimir Suslov
	Koizumi (Iwatsuki, Terao) – 08:40 1–0 S. Sato (Tanaka, H. Sato) (PP) – 16:40 2–0 Tanaka (S. Sato, Hashimoto) (PP) – 26:41 3–0 3–1 45:36 – Sertich (Brine, Vedlin) (PP) Hirano (Minoshima, Haga) – 46:57 4–1 4–2 58:39 – Sertich (Rendulić, Perkovich) (PP2)
	16 min	Penalties	24 min
	31	Shots	31

24 April 2017 16:00

Lithuania

8–0 (2–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Netherlands

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 519

Game reference
	Artur Pavliukov Simas Baltrūnas	Goalies	Sjoerd Idzenga Fabian Schotel	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Ally Flockhart David Nothegger
	Čypas (Rybakov, Bendžius) – 03:27 1–0 Rulevičius (Bogdziul, Protcenko) – 14:27 2–0 Čižas (Bosas, Pliskauskas) – 30:45 3–0 Krakauskas (Kaleinikovas, Cetvertak) – 34:48 4–0 Rybakov (Čypas, Verenis) – 35:26 5–0 Pliskauskas (Čižas, Protcenko) – 36:08 6–0 Bendžius (Verenis, Protcenko) – 42:35 7–0 Gintautas (Protcenko, Rulevičius) – 53:52 8–0
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	48	Shots	25

24 April 2017 19:30

Great Britain

5–1 (2–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Estonia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 1,437

Game reference
	Stephen Murphy	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Márton Németh Mariusz Smura
	Garside (Clarke) – 04:38 1–0 D. Phillips (Myers, Shields) – 19:19 2–0 2–1 29:20 – Andrejev (Lahesalu, Makrov) (PP) Stewart (Lee, Brooks) – 41:16 3–1 Clarke (Lee, Dowd) – 44:02 4–1 Mosey (Myers, Garside) – 44:28 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	43	Shots	22

26 April 2017 12:30

Japan

6–2 (1–0, 3–1, 2–1)

Estonia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 575

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji Takuto Onoda	Goalies	Roman Šumihhin	Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: James Kavanagh David Nothegger
	Obara (Haga, Ueno) (PP) – 19:06 1–0 Minoshima (Hirano, Obara) – 20:43 2–0 Obara (Ueno, Hirano) (PP) – 31:48 3–0 Nakajima (H. Sato) – 33:29 4–0 4–1 34:26 – Embrich (Rooba, Makrov) 4–2 41:55 – Vasjonkin (Parras, Sorokin) Ueno (Hirano, Obara) – 42:49 5–2 Tanaka (Terao, Hashimoto) – 44:13 6–2
	31 min	Penalties	35 min
	31	Shots	30

26 April 2017 16:00

Netherlands

2–6 (0–4, 1–1, 1–1)

Croatia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 703

Game reference
	Fabian Schotel Sjoerd Idzenga	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Milan Zrnic Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Mariusz Smura
	0–1 01:59 – Janković (Kanaet, Ljubić) 0–2 13:29 – Rendulić (Blagus, Jačmenjak) (PP) 0–3 13:41 – Miličić 0–4 13:50 – Jarčov (Brine, Perkovich) 0–5 21:35 – Blagus (Rendulić) Van der Schuit (Melissant, Verschuren) – 37:25 1–5 Van der Schuit (Mason, Hermens) (PP2) – 55:25 2–5 2–6 58:33 – Rendulić (Šakić) (SH)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	47

26 April 2017 19:30

Great Britain

5–2 (4–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 1,787

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Artur Pavliukov	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Alexander Sysuev Vladimir Suslov
	Shields (O'Connor, Richardson) (PP) – 01:41 1–0 1–1 02:12 – Bosas (Pliskauskas, Kieras) (PP) J. Phillips (Swindlehurst, Mosey) – 07:26 2–1 Mosey – 12:55 3–1 Farmer (O'Connor) (PP) – 16:15 4–1 4–2 40:33 – Čižas (Bosas, Kieras) O'Connor – 47:47 5–2
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	30

28 April 2017 12:30

Lithuania

2–6 (0–1, 2–2, 0–3)

Japan

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 811

Game reference
	Artur Pavliukov	Goalies	Yutaka Fukufuji Takuto Onoda	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Alexander Sysuev
	0–1 02:23 – Furuhashi (Hirano, Obara) Krakauskas (Kaleinikovas) – 21:52 1–1 1–2 23:47 – Obara (Hirano) Kaleinikovas (Katulis, Krakauskas) – 25:16 2–2 2–3 32:50 – Takagi (Haga, Obara) (PP) 2–4 47:13 – Nakayashiki (Iwatsuki, Nishiwaki) 2–5 47:52 – Takagi (Ushu) 2–6 54:51 – Tanaka (S. Sato)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	42

28 April 2017 16:00

Croatia

3–4 (0–1, 3–2, 0–1)

Estonia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 922

Game reference
	Mate Tomljenović	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Márton Németh Vladimir Suslov
	0–1 05:04 – Makrov (Lahesalu, Rooba) (PP) Blagus (Jačmenjak, Rendulić) (PP) – 22:18 1–1 1–2 26:45 – Rooba (Novikov, A. Petrov) 1–3 28:06 – Sibirtsev (Andrejev, Titarenko) Kanaet (Rendulić, Jačmenjak) – 30:25 2–3 Rendulić (Blagus) (PP) – 38:01 3–3 3–4 40:23 – Makrov (Rooba)
	4 min	Penalties	35 min
	35	Shots	25

28 April 2017 19:30

Great Britain

14–0 (3–0, 5–0, 6–0)

Netherlands

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 3,005

Game reference
	Stephen Murphy	Goalies	Sjoerd Idzenga Fabian Schotel	Referee: Milan Zrnic Linesmen: David Nothegger Mariusz Smura
	Shields (O'Connor, Richardson) (PP) – 04:14 1–0 J. Phillips – 04:50 2–0 Duggan (Lachowicz) – 18:39 3–0 Brooks (Farmer) – 21:34 4–0 Peacock (Brooks, Weaver) (PP) – 31:02 5–0 Lachowicz (J. Phillips, Duggan) – 31:23 6–0 Shields (Myers) – 32:17 7–0 Duggan (Lachowicz) – 34:51 8–0 Stewart (Mosey, Shields) – 43:25 9–0 Dowd (Clarke, Weaver) (PP) – 47:23 10–0 Shields (Mosey) – 49:32 11–0 Myers (Mosey, Garside) – 53:00 12–0 Brooks (Stewart, Farmer) – 54:16 13–0 Dowd (Clarke) – 56:16 14–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	56	Shots	11

29 April 2017 12:30

Lithuania

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Croatia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 1,343

Game reference
	Artur Pavliukov	Goalies	Vilim Rosandić	Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Alexander Sysuev Vladimir Suslov
	0–1 10:18 – Mikulić (Brenčun, Mirić) Kieras (Pliskauskas, Bosas) (PP) – 16:41 1–1 Protcenko (Aliukonis, Rybakov) – 24:23 2–1 Čižas (Bosas) – 45:13 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	26

29 April 2017 16:00

Estonia

4–3 (1–2, 1–1, 2–0)

Netherlands

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 1,608

Game reference
	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	Fabian Schotel	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: James Kavanagh Mariusz Smura
	0–1 15:12 – Van Nes (Nagtzaam) 0–2 16:43 – Melissant (Van der Schuit) Rooba (Ossipov, Makrov) (PP) – 17:54 1–2 1–3 28:40 – Bruijsten (Mason, Nagtzaam) Rooba (Lahesalu, A. Petrov) – 37:08 2–3 A. Petrov (Makrov, Lahesalu) – 47:58 3–3 Rooba (Gornostajev, Švarõgin) – 53:38 4–3
	56 min	Penalties	62 min
	35	Shots	24

29 April 2017 19:30

Japan

0–4 (0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

Great Britain

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 4,460

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Márton Németh David Nothegger
	0–1 17:42 – Dowd (Farmer, O'Connor) (PP2) 0–2 24:37 – Brooks (Dowd, Clarke) (PP) 0–3 29:19 – Myers (Shields, D. Phillips) 0–4 37:55 – Myers (Mosey, Shields)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	38

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Yutaka Fukufuji
  • Best Defenseman: Ben O'Connor
  • Best Forward: Colin Shields

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Daisuke Obara	5	5	5	10	+7	4	F
Robert Dowd	5	4	4	8	+6	4	F
Colin Shields	5	4	4	8	+9	2	F
Evan Mosey	5	3	5	8	+10	2	F
Borna Rendulić	5	3	5	8	+1	16	F
Robert Rooba	5	4	3	7	−4	25	F
Yushiroh Hirano	5	1	6	7	+7	2	F
Matthew Myers	5	3	3	6	+6	4	F
David Clarke	5	2	4	6	+5	2	F
Andrei Makrov	5	2	4	6	−2	10	F
Hiroki Ueno	5	2	4	6	+6	4	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
Stephen Murphy	120:00	1	0.50	33	96.97	1
Ben Bowns	180:00	4	1.33	82	95.12	1
Yutaka Fukufuji	280:04	11	2.36	140	92.14	0
Artur Pavliukov	287:42	12	2.50	136	91.18	1
Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	234:24	14	3.58	135	89.63	0

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. "Tournaments Assigned". iihfworlds2016.com. 23 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
2. Merk, Martin (29 April 2017). "Korea Promoted!". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
3. "Belfast wins bid to host 2017 World Ice Hockey Championship competition". BBC.co.uk. 23 May 2016.
4. IA Assignsments
5. IB Assignsments