2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2020 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Belarus   Ukraine
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	9–15 December 2019 12–18 December 2019
Teams	12
←  2019 (cancelled) 2021 → 2022  →

See also: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship 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 2000.

Division I A

2020 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Belarus
City	Minsk
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–15 December 2019
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	79 (5.27 per game)
Attendance	47,412 (3,161 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Benjamin Baumgartner (11 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 15 December 2019. ^{[1] [2]}

Participating teams

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

Match officials

Four referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[3]

Referees

• Michał Baca
• Andrea Moschen
• Alexey Roshchyn
• Marcus Wannerstedt

Linesmen

• Pavel Badyl
• Nicola Basso
• Thomas Caillot
• Dario Fuchs
• Lukáš Kacej
• Mikita Paliakou
• Toivo Tilku

Final standings

Division I A Venue

Minsk

Čyžoŭka-Arena Capacity: 8,807

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	18	10	+8	12	Promoted to the 2021 Top Division
2	Latvia	5	3	1	0	1	18	5	+13	11 [a]
3	Belarus (H)	5	3	0	2	0	19	12	+7	11 [a]
4	Norway	5	1	2	0	2	12	11	+1	7
5	Denmark	5	0	1	1	3	6	16	−10	3
6	Slovenia	5	0	0	1	4	6	25	−19	1	Relegated to the 2022 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
Notes:

1. Latvia 3–2 (OT) Belarus

Match results

All times are local (Moscow time – UTC+3).

9 December 2019 12:30

Norway

6–2 (1–0, 5–2, 0–0)

Slovenia

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 1,512

Game reference
	Tobias Breivold	Goalies	Žiga Kogovšek	Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Thomas Caillot
	Rødne (Finstad, Hafsmoe) – 04:30 1–0 Finstad (Mikkelsen, Rødne) – 21:10 2–0 Frøberg (Hansen, Granath) – 23:10 3–0 3–1 32:00 – Markun (Jakupović, Sojer) Finstad (Rødne, Thomassen) – 33:38 4–1 Hermansson (Thomassen, Løkkeberg) – 38:22 5–1 5–2 37:06 – Tőrők (Poklukar, Vodlan) Halmrast (Lilleberg, Strandborg) – 39:35 6–2
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	11

9 December 2019 16:00

Denmark

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Latvia

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 1,341

Game reference
	Mads Søgaard	Goalies	Jānis Voris	Referee: Michał Baca Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Mikita Paliakou
	0–1 12:01 – Prohorenkovs (Zabusovs, Jevdokimovs) 0–2 31:54 – Bucenieks (Fjodorovs, Švanenbergs) 0–3 54:29 – Bucenieks (Grīnbergs, Švanenbergs)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	35

9 December 2019 19:30

Belarus

4–3 (2–3, 1–0, 1–0)

Austria

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 5,546

Game reference
	Nikita Tolopilo	Goalies	Alexander Schmidt	Referee: Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Nicola Basso Lukáš Kacej
	0–1 04:55 – Ploner (Antal) Pinchuk (Kolyachonok (Alistrov) (PP) – 06:42 1–1 1–2 09:29 – Baumgartner (Lindner, Maier) Usov (Demchenko, Oxentyuk) (PP) – 17:59 2–2 2–3 18:41 – Huber (Baumgartner, Peeters) Pavlenko (Azhgirei, Pyshkailo) – 30:29 3–3 Protas (Pinchuk) – 41:29 4–3
	20 min	Penalties	24 min
	41	Shots	22

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10 December 2019 12:30

Slovenia

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Denmark

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 1,348

Game reference
	Val Usnik	Goalies	Frederik Dichow	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Mikita Paliakou Toivo Tilku
	Tőrők (Predan, Razingar) (PP) – 07:00 1–0 1–1 27:49 – Almquist (Schultz) (PP2) 1–2 61:08 – Almquist (Larsen, Schultz)
	22 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	42

10 December 2019 16:30

Austria

5–2 (1–2, 0–0, 4–0)

Norway

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 1,542

Game reference
	Alexander Schmidt	Goalies	Tobias Breivold	Referee: Michał Baca Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Thomas Caillot
	0–1 01:55 – Spaberg Olsen (Løkkeberg) 0–2 04:02 – Hermansson (Løkkeberg, Spaberg Olsen) Payr (Nickl, Baumgartner) – 16:49 1–2 Huber (Lindner, Baumgartner) – 44:55 2–2 Harnisch (Lanzinger, Maier) – 48:55 3–2 Baumgartner (SH, EN) – 59:12 4–2 Baumgartner (Payr) (SH, EN) – 59:54 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	16

10 December 2019 19:30

Latvia

3–2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 2–1) (OT: 1–0)

Belarus

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 6,541

Game reference
	Jānis Voris	Goalies	Nikita Tolopilo	Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Nicola Basso Dario Fuchs
	0–1 06:11 – Kotelovski (Oxentyuk, Usov) (PP) Prohorenkovs (Mateiko, Polcs) – 44:57 1–1 Zabusovs (Prohorenkovs, Jevdokimovs) – 46:11 2–1 2–2 57:50 – Denisov (Oxentyuk, Buyalski) (PP) Švanenbergs (Ošenieks) – 60:13 3–2
	22 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	20

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12 December 2019 12:30

Slovenia

1–9 (0–5, 1–1, 0–3)

Latvia

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 1,314

Game reference
	Val Usnik Žiga Kogovšek	Goalies	Jānis Voris Bruno Brūveris	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Dario Fuchs
	0–1 00:48 – Švanenbergs (Grīnbergs, Bucenieks) 0–2 02:25 – Siņegubovs (Fjodorovs, Švanenbergs) (PP) 0–3 05:01 – Jašunovs (Skrastiņš, Polcs) 0–4 08:50 – Zabusovs (Prohorenkovs) 0–5 11:32 – Švanenbergs (Grīnbergs, Tumānovs) Primožič (Mašič, Mežnar) (PP) – 32:30 1–5 1–6 36:39 – Fjodorovs (Spilva, Ošenieks) 1–7 50:05 – Fjodorovs (Jašunovs, Siņegubovs) 1–8 50:47 – Tumānovs (Grīnbergs, Švanenbergs) 1–9 58:02 – Jašunovs (Grīnbergs, Ošenieks) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	11	Shots	37

12 December 2019 16:00

Denmark

2–4 (1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Austria

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 1,359

Game reference
	Mads Søgaard	Goalies	Alexander Schmidt	Referee: Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Mikita Paliakou Toivo Tilku
	0–1 04:16 – Maier (Schmid) (EA) Jensen (Biel) – 19:35 1–1 1–2 20:35 – Peeters (Huber, Baumgartner) 1–3 26:30 – Baumgartner (Huber) Schultz (True) – 35:24 2–3 2–4 47:00 – Peeters (Baumgartner)
	20 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	39

12 December 2019 19:30

Belarus

2–3 OT (0–2, 1–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Norway

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 6,888

Game reference
	Nikita Tolopilo	Goalies	Henrik Fayen Vestavik	Referee: Michał Baca Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Lukáš Kacej
	0–1 06:55 – Hafsmoe (Strandborg, Elvsveen) 0–2 19:06 – Rødne (Rønningen, Granath) (PP) Pinchuk (Protas, Alistrov) – 31:38 1–2 Oxentyuk (Shyochin, Shkrabov) (EA) – 59:20 2–2 2–3 61:48 – Hermansson (Lilleberg, Hafsmoe)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	32

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13 December 2019 12:30

Latvia

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Austria

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 1,582

Game reference
	Jānis Voris	Goalies	Alexander Schmidt	Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Nicola Basso Toivo Tilku
	Zabusovs (Ozols, Brants) – 05:07 1–0 1–1 09:44 – Baumgartner (Payr, Huber) (PP2) 1–2 24:40 – Lindner (Harnisch, Peeters) (PP)
	60 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	23

13 December 2019 16:00

Norway

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

Denmark

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 1,593

Game reference
	Henrik Fayen Vestavik	Goalies	Mads Søgaard	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Lukáš Kacej Mikita Paliakou
	Hermansson Rødne Rønningen Spaberg Olsen Finstad	Shootout	Jensen True Schultz Green Brinkman
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	29

13 December 2019 19:30

Belarus

4–1 (0–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Slovenia

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 6,318

Game reference
	Alexei Kolosov	Goalies	Val Usnik	Referee: Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Dario Fuchs
	Kashelovski (Buyalski, Kozorez) – 30:08 1–0 Pavlenko (Denisov, Azhgirei) – 40:52 2–0 Solovyov (Oxentyuk) – 41:52 3–0 Protas (Usov) – 58:50 4–0 4–1 59:30 – Bohinc (Razingar, Predan)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	46	Shots	14

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15 December 2019 12:30

Austria

4–1 (2–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Slovenia

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 1,491

Game reference
	Alexander Schmidt	Goalies	Val Usnik	Referee: Michał Baca Linesmen: Pavel Badyl Nicola Basso
	Peeters (Nickl, Huber) (PP) – 16:51 1–0 Huber (Nickl, Baumgartner) – 19:28 2–0 2–1 52:40 – Tavčar (Jakupović, Markun) Rebernig (Lanzinger, Payr) – 55:36 3–1 Huber (Peeters, Maier) (ENG) – 58:13 4–1
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	26

15 December 2019 16:00

Norway

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Latvia

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 2,035

Game reference
	Henrik Fayen Vestavik	Goalies	Jānis Voris	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Mikita Paliakou Toivo Tilku
	0–1 25:05 – Grīnbergs (Švanenbergs, Tumānovs) 0–2 48:08 – Polcs (Ošenieks, Jevdokimovs)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	13	Shots	23

15 December 2019 19:30

Denmark

2–7 (0–4, 0–1, 2–2)

Belarus

Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 7,002

Game reference
	Mads Søgaard Frederik Dichow	Goalies	Alexei Kolosov	Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Lukáš Kacej
	0–1 01:16 – Shyochin (Protas, Oxentyuk) 0–2 02:42 – Shkrabov (Pyshkailo, Pavlenko) 0–3 15:12 – Alistrov (Kachelovski, Protas) (PP2) 0–4 16:06 – Protas (Solovyov, Alistrov) (PP2) 0–5 30:49 – Pyshkailo (Solovyov, Krylovich) True (Brinkman, Schultz) (PP) – 45:42 1–5 Schultz (Green, Jensen) – 48:41 2–5 2–6 50:14 – Protas (Oxentyuk, Kotelovski) 2–7 53:27 – Barkovski (Azhgirei, Denisov)
	22 min	Penalties	18 min
	24	Shots	30

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Benjamin Baumgartner	Austria	5	5	6	11	+10	10
2	Paul Huber	Austria	5	4	4	8	+8	0
3	Jānis Švanenbergs	Latvia	5	3	5	8	+7	6
4	Aliaksei Protas	Belarus	5	4	3	7	+3	6
5	Yevgeni Oxentyuk	Belarus	5	1	6	7	+4	6
6	Senna Peeters	Austria	5	3	3	6	+9	4
7	Ričards Grīnbergs	Latvia	5	1	5	6	+8	6
8	Phillip Schultz	Denmark	5	2	3	5	0	8
9	Patriks Zabusovs	Latvia	5	3	1	4	+6	2
10	Deniss Fjodorovs	Latvia	4	2	2	4	+3	22

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	Henrik Fayen Vestavik	Norway	184:37	4	95.40	1.30	1
2	Jānis Voris	Latvia	278:56	5	93.90	1.08	2
3	Alexei Kolosov	Belarus	161:25	4	92.98	1.49	0
4	Alexander Schmidt	Austria	299:50	10	92.65	2.00	0
5	Val Usnik	Slovenia	189:43	13	90.65	4.11	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: Jānis Voris
• Defenceman: Ilya Solovyov
• Forward: Benjamin Baumgartner

Source: IIHF.com

Division I B

2020 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Ukraine
City	Kyiv
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–18 December 2019
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	121 (8.07 per game)
Attendance	35,295 (2,353 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jakub Lewandowski (13 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2019. ^{[4] [5]}

Participating teams

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

Match officials

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

Referees

• Miha Bulovec
• Richard Magnusson
• Andrew Miller
• Rasmus Toppel

Linesmen

• Roman Kaderli
• Ilya Khohlov
• Ilia Kisil
• Artem Korepanov
• Andreas Weise Krøyer
• Patrick Laguzov
• Nazar Slezov

Final standings

Division I B Venue

Kyiv

Palace of Sports Capacity: 7,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	0	29	16	+13	15	Promoted to the 2022 Division I A
2	France	5	4	0	0	1	22	7	+15	12
3	Ukraine (H)	5	2	1	0	2	14	12	+2	8
4	Poland	5	2	0	0	3	29	26	+3	6
5	Estonia	5	1	0	0	4	14	27	−13	3
6	Italy	5	0	0	1	4	13	33	−20	1	Relegated to the 2022 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 (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

12 December 2019 13:00

Italy

3–15 (1–3, 1–8, 1–4)

Poland

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 330

Game reference
	Davide Fadani Jakob Rabanser	Goalies	Sebastian Lipiński Maciej Miarka	Referee: Andrew Miller Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Andreas Weise Krøyer
	0–1 07:51 – Lewandowski (Wałęga, Krzyżek) 0–2 09:44 – Brynkus (Lewandowski, Krzyżek) (PP) 0–3 12:31 – Witan (Tyczyński, Naróg) (PP) Sölva (Großrubatscher) – 17:01 1–3 S. Deluca – 20:14 2–3 2–4 22:13 – Filipek (Tyczyński, Bezwiński) 2–5 23:19 – Wałęga (Lewandowski) 2–6 27:18 – Smal (Witan, Tyczyński) 2–7 29:31 – Bieniek (Lewandowski) 2–8 31:53 – Gruźla (Ubowski) 2–9 32:05 – Brynkus (Wałęga, Lewandowski) 2–10 33:03 – Filipek (Blanik, Witan) 2–11 39:27 – Lewandowski (Wałęga) (PP) Großrubatscher – 44:46 3–11 3–12 48:24 – Blanik (Filipek, Bezwiński) 3–13 48:53 – Wałęga 3–14 55:54 – Wałęga (Tyczyński, Witan) (PP2) 3–15 56:15 – Wałęga (Lewandowski, Brynkus) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	33

12 December 2019 16:30

Estonia

1–6 (0–2, 1–1, 0–3)

France

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 567

Game reference
	Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi	Goalies	Valentin Duquenne	Referee: Miha Bulovec Linesmen: Ilya Khohlov Artem Korepanov
	0–1 08:15 – Fabre (Dubé, Plagnat) (PP) 0–2 11:07 – Dubé (Plagnat, Schmitt) Rae (Kiik, Kr. Jõgi) – 31:36 1–2 1–3 33:36 – Joubert (Vialatte, Coulaud) 1–4 42:51 – Zago (Vialatte, Schmitt) 1–5 43:40 – Coulaud (Plagnat, Dubé) (PP) 1–6 59:29 – Schmitt (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	29

12 December 2019 20:00

Ukraine

1–5 (0–1, 1–3, 0–1)

Hungary

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 4,567

Game reference
	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Goalies	Levente Márkus	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Patrick Laguzov Nazar Slezov
	0–1 19:19 – Kovács (L. Horváth) Arkhypenko (Danylenko) – 22:05 1–1 1–2 22:43 – Németh (Rétfalvi) 1–3 32:08 – Vértes (Dézsi) 1–4 33:57 – Ambrus 1–5 55:13 – Dézsi (Péter, Vértes)
	10 min	Penalties	30 min
	22	Shots	24

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14 December 2019 13:00

Hungary

4–2 (1–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Estonia

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,470

Game reference
	Dominik Horváth	Goalies	Mark Teor	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Patrick Laguzov
	Vértes (Dézsi, M. Horváth) (PP) – 18:04 1–0 1–1 24:54 – Lodeikin (Kiik, Kr. Jõgi) (PP) M. Horváth (Vértes, Péter) (PP2) – 34:53 2–1 2–2 36:59 – Kl. Jõgi (Appelberg, Rae) (PP) Keresztes (Páterka, Csollák) – 49:50 3–2 Keresztes (Páterka, Révész) – 54:57 4–2
	20 min	Penalties	20 min
	41	Shots	26

14 December 2019 16:30

France

4–1 (0–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Italy

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,134

Game reference
	Valentin Duquenne	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Ilya Khohlov Nazar Slezov
	0–1 21:52 – De Toni Plagnat (Fabre, Dubé) – 27:19 1–1 Dubé (Coulaud) – 43:40 2–1 Plagnat (Fabre) – 46:31 3–1 Fabre – 59:25 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	43	Shots	15

14 December 2019 20:00

Poland

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 5,450

Game reference
	Sebastian Lipiński	Goalies	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Referee: Miha Bulovec Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Ilia Kisil
	0–1 05:44 – Peresunko (Morozov, Matusevych) 0–2 44:32 – Danylenko (Morozov, Vasylyev) 0–3 56:15 – Peresunko (PS)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	28

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15 December 2019 13:00

Estonia

5–4 (0–3, 3–1, 2–0)

Italy

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,587

Game reference
	Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi Mark Teor	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Ilia Kisil Artem Korepanov
	0–1 01:44 – Demetz (De Toni) (PP) 0–2 04:50 – De Toni 0–3 15:32 – Demetz (Ma. Sölva) Lodeikin (Alexandrov) – 21:50 1–3 Rae (Mürkel) – 22:01 2–3 2–4 27:39 – Tomasini (Großrubatscher, R. Deluca) (PP) Lodeikin (Stetski, Alexandrov) – 32:00 3–4 Kombe (Lodeikin) (PP) – 46:29 4–4 Lodeikin (Kulintsev) (PP) – 59:53 5–4
	33 min	Penalties	26 min
	23	Shots	19

15 December 2019 16:30

Poland

7–10 (3–4, 2–5, 2–1)

Hungary

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,124

Game reference
	Sebastian Lipiński Maciej Miarka	Goalies	Levente Márkus	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Andreas Weise Krøyer Nazar Slezov
	Lewandowski (Libik) – 01:24 1–0 Smal (Brynkus) – 05:58 2–0 2–1 07:51 – Rétfalvi (Pokornyi, Ambrus) 2–2 08:15 – Vértes (Dézsi) Bezwiński (Lewandowski) – 09:19 3–2 3–3 11:03 – Péter (Vértes, Dézsi) (PP) 3–4 19:18 – Keresztes (Páterka, Révész) 3–5 23:37 – Ambrus (Németh, Rétfalvi) 3–6 28:14 – Vértes (Pokornyi, Bogesic) 3–7 31:53 – Révész (Páterka, Keresztes) Wałęga (Smal) – 33:01 4–7 4–8 37:47 – Révész (Pokornyi, Páterka) 4–9 38:21 – Németh (Rétfalvi, Seregély) Lewandowski (Khoperia) – 39:28 5–9 Luszniak (Witan, Biłas) – 50:44 6–9 Brynkus (Smal, Wałęga) (PP) – 53:48 7–9 7–10 59:28 – Péter (Ambrus, Szécsi)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	31

15 December 2019 20:00

France

3–1 (2–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 4,098

Game reference
	Valentin Duquenne	Goalies	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Referee: Andrew Miller Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Patrick Laguzov
	Rousseau (Schmitt, Tomasino) – 04:21 1–0 Dubé (Fabre) – 05:25 2–0 2–1 19:00 – Arkhypenko (Morozov, Danylenko) Dubé (Fabre, Plagnat) – 53:19 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	43	Shots	19

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17 December 2019 13:00

Hungary

3–2 (2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

France

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 698

Game reference
	Dominik Horváth	Goalies	Valentin Duquenne	Referee: Miha Bulovec Linesmen: Ilia Kisil Patrick Laguzov
	Keresztes (Révész, Pokornyi) – 06:10 1–0 Révész (Páterka) – 08:58 2–0 Dóczi (Keresztes, Páterka) (PP) – 26:59 3–0 3–1 34:46 – Tomasino (Boscq) (PP) 3–2 51:47 – Rousseau
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	32

17 December 2019 16:30

Poland

6–3 (2–1, 1–2, 3–0)

Estonia

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,498

Game reference
	Maciej Miarka	Goalies	Mark Teor	Referee: Andrew Miller Linesmen: Ilya Khohlov Andreas Weise Krøyer
	0–1 01:20 – Lodeikin (Alexandrov) Lewandowski (Khoperia, Tyczyński) – 07:43 1–1 Biłas (Smal, Bieniek) – 16:55 2–1 2–2 31:31 – Kombe (Kiik, Kr. Jõgi) Tyczyński (Witan, Lewandowski) – 35:52 3–2 3–3 37:56 – Kiik (Stetski) Wałęga (Lewandowski) – 41:40 4–3 Smal (Brynkus, Blanik) – 57:57 5–3 Gruźla (ENG) – 58:57 6–3
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	41	Shots	17

17 December 2019 20:00

Italy

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

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 4,587

Game reference
	Davide Fadani	Goalies	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Nazar Slezov
	0–1 12:15 – Kryvoshapkin (Mateichenko, Peresunko) Öhler (Ma. Sölva) – 12:49 1–1
	S. Deluca De Toni Öhler Ma. Sölva	Shootout	Kryvoshapkin Morozov Peresunko Arkhypenko
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	33

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18 December 2019 13:00

France

7–1 (1–0, 2–0, 4–1)

Poland

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 453

Game reference
	Florian Gourdin	Goalies	Sebastian Lipiński Maciej Miarka	Referees: Richard Magnusson Andrew Miller Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Andreas Weise Krøyer
	Bruche (Dubé) (PP2) – 19:31 1–0 Dubé (Plagnat, Fabre) – 33:40 2–0 Zago (Vialatte, Joubert) – 34:41 3–0 Fabre (Mainot, Plagnat) (PP) – 44:32 4–0 Dair (Bruche, Vitou) – 44:37 5–0 5–1 50:48 – Brynkus (Bieniek, Blanik) Vitou (Bruche) – 55:13 6–1 Zago (Vialatte, Joubert) – 55:58 7–1
	12 min	Penalties	41 min
	39	Shots	22

18 December 2019 16:30

Hungary

7–4 (3–1, 2–2, 2–1)

Italy

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,342

Game reference
	Dominik Horváth	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Ilya Khohlov
	Révész (Keresztes, Páterka) (PP) – 06:47 1–0 Rétfalvi (Ambrus) – 07:58 2–0 Keresztes (Csollák, Ambrus) – 08:36 3–0 3–1 10:02 – Ma. Sölva (Öhler) Dézsi (Vértes) – 26:38 4–1 4–2 28:35 – Mi. Sölva (Demetz) 4–3 30:32 – Andreotti (Zecchetto, Bossi) Vértes (Péter, Szécsi) – 33:03 5–3 5–4 48:23 – Tomasini (S. Deluca, R. Deluca) (PP) Vértes (Dézsi, Péter) (ENG) – 57:03 6–4 Páterka (Keresztes, Révész) – 57:41 7–4
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	38

18 December 2019 20:00

Ukraine

7–3 (2–2, 4–0, 1–1)

Estonia

Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 4,390

Game reference
	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Goalies	Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi Mark Teor	Referee: Miha Bulovec Linesmen: Ilia Kisil Nazar Slezov
	0–1 10:14 – Kl. Jõgi (Kr. Jõgi, Kiik) 0–2 16:23 – Lodeikin (Kiik, Kombe) (PP) Morozov (Lohach, Ratushnyi) – 17:22 1–2 Kryvoshapkin (Mateichenko, Peresunko) – 19:04 2–2 Morozov (Danylenko, Arkhypenko) – 26:59 3–2 Peresunko (Mateichenko, Kryvoshapkin) – 27:49 4–2 Matusevych – 28:37 5–2 Morozov (Arkhypenko, Danylenko) – 28:47 6–2 6–3 41:22 – Lodeikin (Kombe, Medvedev) Morozov (Arkhypenko, Danylenko) (ENG) – 57:02 7–3
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	20

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Jakub Lewandowski	Poland	5	5	8	13	+7	4
2	Kamil Wałęga	Poland	5	6	5	11	+1	12
3	Nátán Vértes	Hungary	5	6	4	10	+6	8
4	Pierrick Dubé	France	5	5	4	9	+7	8
4	Levente Keresztes	Hungary	5	5	4	9	+3	0
6	Marcell Révész	Hungary	5	4	5	9	+6	12
7	Bence Páterka	Hungary	5	1	8	9	+5	2
8	Kirill Lodeikin	Estonia	5	7	1	8	–3	6
9	Dylan Fabre	France	5	3	5	8	+7	0
10	Antonin Plagnat	France	5	2	6	8	+8	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	Valentin Duquenne	France	240:00	6	92.21	1.50	0
2	Dominik Horváth	Hungary	180:00	8	91.67	2.67	0
3	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Ukraine	303:49	12	90.98	2.37	1
4	Mark Teor	Estonia	182:02	10	90.29	3.30	0
5	Levente Márkus	Hungary	120:00	8	85.45	4.00	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: Artur Ohandzhanyan
• Defenceman: Dávid Pokornyi
• Forward: Pierrick Dubé

Source: IIHF.com

References

1. 2020 World Championship Division I A official website
2. 2020 World Championship Division I A statistics
3. "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div I Group A – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF . 20 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
4. 2020 World Championship Division I B official website
5. 2020 World Championship Division I B statistics
6. "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div I Group B – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF . 20 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

External links

• Official website of IIHF