2023 IIHF World Championship Division I

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2023 IIHF World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	United Kingdom   Estonia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	29 April – 5 May 23–29 April
Teams	12
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The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ^[1]

The Group A tournament was held at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 29 April to 5 May and the Group B tournament in Tallinn, Estonia from 23 to 29 April 2023.

In Group A, Great Britain and Poland gained promotion to the Top Division while Lithuania finished last and was relegated. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Japan won Group B and got promoted while Serbia was relegated after finishing last. ^{[5] [6]}

Group A tournament

2023 IIHF World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Great Britain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	29 April – 5 May
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	99 (6.6 per game)
Attendance	33,765 (2,251 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Krystian Dziubiński (11 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Italy	Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.
Great Britain	Host, placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.
Lithuania	Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2022.
South Korea	Placed 4th in Division I A in 2022.
Romania	Placed 5th in Division I A in 2022.
Poland	Placed 1st in Division I B in 2022 and was promoted.

Match officials

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

Referees	Linesmen
Christoph Sternat Killian Hinterdobler Andrew Dalton Attila Nagy Roy Stian Hansen Milan Zrnić Mikael Holm Cedric Borga	Nicklas Knosen Jussi Thomann Jonas Merten Ilia Kisil Norbert Muzsik Gašper Zgonc Andreas Nyqvist

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Great Britain (H)	5	4	1	0	0	24	7	+17	14	Promoted to the 2024 Top Division
2	Poland	5	4	0	1	0	28	9	+19	13
3	Italy	5	3	0	0	2	23	16	+7	9
4	South Korea	5	2	0	0	3	8	20	−12	6
5	Romania	5	1	0	0	4	9	26	−17	3
6	Lithuania	5	0	0	0	5	7	21	−14	0	Relegated to the 2024 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)

29 April 2023 12:30

Poland

7–0 (3–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Lithuania

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 1,352

Game reference
	John Murray	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referees: Andrew Dalton Attila Nagy Linesmen: Ilia Kisil Jussi Thomann
	Zygmunt (Wałęga, Paś) – 02:03 1–0 Kruczek (Wajda, Fraszko) – 03:26 2–0 Dziubiński (Wronka, Pasiut) (PP) – 07:02 3–0 Wronka (Fraszko, Pasiut) – 27:23 4–0 Wronka (Pasiut, Fraszko) (PP) – 37:18 5–0 Wronka (Dziubiński, Pasiut) (PP) – 39:47 6–0 Dziubiński (Wronka, Dronia) (PP) – 48:40 7–0
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	9

29 April 2023 16:00

Romania

2–6 (0–2, 1–2, 1–2)

Italy

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 2,001

Game reference
	Patrik Polc	Goalies	Justin Fazio	Referees: Roy Stian Hansen Killian Hinterdobler Linesmen: Nicklas Knosen Jonas Merten
	0–1 00:59 – Larkin (Frigo) 0–2 07:55 – Larkin 0–3 25:58 – Brunner (Pietroniro) 0–4 26:51 – Miceli (Tedesco, Insam) Zs. Molnár (Constantin) – 32:10 1–4 Kovács (Péter, Polc) – 47:20 2–4 2–5 52:57 – Miceli (Tedesco, Miglioranzi) 2–6 54:57 – Larkin (Traversa, McNally)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	52

29 April 2023 19:30

South Korea

0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Great Britain

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 3,966

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Christoph Sternat Milan Zrnić Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Andreas Nyqvist
	0–1 01:44 – Lake (Waller, Hammond) 0–2 15:49 – Dowd (Waller, Mosey) 0–3 20:13 – Neilson (Kirk) 0–4 41:35 – Kirk
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	35

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30 April 2023 12:30

Lithuania

2–3 (2–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Romania

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 1,958

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Patrik Polc	Referees: Cedric Borga Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Jonas Merten Gašper Zgonc
	Krakauskas (Gusevas, Grinius) – 01:09 1–0 Bendžius (Binkulis, Protčenko) – 15:38 2–0 2–1 16:55 – Kovács (Péter, Rasulov) 2–2 23:36 – Péter (Borysenko, Filip) (PP) 2–3 30:07 – Péter (Borysenko, Bors)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	30

30 April 2023 16:00

Great Britain

5–4 OT (1–1, 2–0, 1–3) (OT: 1–0)

Poland

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 5,076

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	John Murray	Referees: Killian Hinterdobler Mikael Holm Linesmen: Nicklas Knosen Jussi Thomann
	J. Phillips (Lachowicz) – 01:57 1–0 1–1 10:06 – Paś (Zygmunt, Kostek) Neilson (Kirk, Halbert) – 23:36 2–1 Kirk (Neilson, Halbert) (PP) – 33:07 3–1 3–2 45:25 – Zygmunt (Jeziorski, Wałęga) (PP) 3–3 54:23 – Wałęga (Ciura, Zygmunt) Hammond (Mosey, O'Connor) (PP) – 58:30 4–3 4–4 59:12 – Fraszko (Kolusz, Pasiut) (EA) Lake (Halbert, Kirk) (PP) – 62:35 5–4
	8 min	Penalties	31 min
	42	Shots	27

30 April 2023 19:30

Italy

6–1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

South Korea

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 1,572

Game reference
	Damian Clara	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Andrew Dalton Attila Nagy Linesmen: Ilia Kisil Andreas Nyqvist
	Mantenuto (Pietroniro, Zanetti) – 04:31 1–0 Frigo (Mantenuto, Larkin) (SH) – 14:55 2–0 Larkin (Miceli, Tedesco) – 39:57 3–0 Frigo (Pietroniro) – 45:05 4–0 4–1 48:17 – Kim K. (Kim Sa.) McNally (Traversa, Deluca) – 48:26 5–1 Mantenuto (Miglioranzi) (PP) – 50:05 6–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	19

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2 May 2023 12:30

Romania

2–5 (1–1, 0–2, 1–2)

South Korea

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 767

Game reference
	Patrik Polc	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Andrew Dalton Mikael Holm Linesmen: Ilia Kisil Nicklas Knosen
	0–1 04:52 – Shin (Park, Lee Yo.) (PP) Filip (Fodor) – 15:15 1–1 1–2 24:03 – Kang Y. (Lee D.) 1–3 36:34 – Jeon (Ahn, Oh) 1–4 51:52 – Park (Lee Yo., Song) (PP) 1–5 54:45 – Kim Si. (Lee D., Jeon) Kovács (Péter, Cășăneanu) – 55:24 2–5
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	36

2 May 2023 16:00

Italy

2–4 (1–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Poland

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 1,318

Game reference
	Justin Fazio	Goalies	John Murray	Referees: Roy Stian Hansen Milan Zrnić Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Gašper Zgonc
	0–1 05:23 – Michalski (Galant) Trivellato (Mantenuto) – 06:28 1–1 1–2 22:10 – Dziubiński (Wronka, Pasiut) (PP) Tedesco (Spornberger, Miceli) – 26:35 2–2 2–3 37:06 – Jeziorski (Dziubiński) 2–4 56:53 – Pasiut (Wronka, Kolusz) (PP)
	29 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	23

2 May 2023 19:30

Great Britain

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Lithuania

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 2,606

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referees: Cedric Borga Killian Hinterdobler Linesmen: Jonas Merten Andreas Nyqvist
	Neilson (Mosey) – 01:07 1–0 Dowd (Neilson, Kirk) (PP) – 16:42 2–0 Halbert (Dowd) (ENG) – 58:10 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	28

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3 May 2023 12:30

South Korea

0–7 (0–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Poland

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 710

Game reference
	Matt Dalton Lee Yeon-seung	Goalies	John Murray	Referees: Cedric Borga Milan Zrnić Linesmen: Ilia Kisil Norbert Muzsik
	0–1 09:42 – Łyszczarczyk (Zygmunt, Ciura) 0–2 19:12 – Jeziorski (Ciura, Dziubiński) 0–3 30:50 – Jeziorski (Zygmunt, Wałęga) (PP) 0–4 32:34 – Wałęga (Łyszczarczyk, Paś) (PP) 0–5 39:32 – Dziubiński (Wałęga, Łyszczarczyk) (PP) 0–6 52:19 – Kolusz (Łyszczarczyk, Kruczek) 0–7 53:58 – Dziubiński (PS)
	8 min	Penalties	0 min
	20	Shots	36

3 May 2023 16:00

Lithuania

4–6 (1–1, 2–4, 1–1)

Italy

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 876

Game reference
	Elvinas Karla	Goalies	Damian Clara	Referees: Mikael Holm Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Andreas Nyqvist Gašper Zgonc
	Gintautas (Grinius, Kaleinikovas) – 00:45 1–0 1–1 10:25 – Zanetti (Frigo, Mantenuto) 1–2 22:06 – Zanetti (Miglioranzi, Frigo) 1–3 26:47 – Pietroniro (Trivellato, Tedesco) (PP) 1–4 32:01 – Hannoun (Miceli, Pietroniro) Bendžius (Gusevas, Krakauskas) (EA) – 33:39 2–4 Grinius (Kaleinikovas, Noreika) (PP2) – 37:43 3–4 3–5 39:38 – Pietroniro (Hannoun, Miceli) (PP) 3–6 47:04 – Mantenuto (Zanetti, Frigo) Bendžius (Stankius, Čižas) – 48:04 4–6
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	35

3 May 2023 19:30

Great Britain

7–0 (0–0, 3–0, 4–0)

Romania

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 2,506

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Zoltán Tőke	Referees: Roy Stian Hansen Attila Nagy Linesmen: Jonas Merten Jussi Thomann
	Perlini (Dowd, Kirk) – 30:18 1–0 Kirk (Halbert) (PP) – 32:59 2–0 J. Phillips (Tetlow, Jones) – 34:18 3–0 Curran (Mosey, O'Connor) – 46:16 4–0 Ruopp (Lachowicz, D. Phillips) (PP) – 51:17 5–0 Mosey (Perlini, O'Connor) (PP) – 56:27 6–0 Waller (Ruopp, Neilson) – 57:51 7–0
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	13

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5 May 2023 12:30

Poland

6–2 (0–1, 4–0, 2–1)

Romania

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 1,441

Game reference
	Maciej Miarka David Zabolotny	Goalies	Zoltán Tőke	Referees: Mikael Holm Milan Zrnić Linesmen: Nicklas Knosen Jonas Merten
	0–1 09:13 – Péter (Borysenko) Pasiut (Kolusz, Fraszko) (PP) – 21:42 1–1 Jeziorski (Dziubiński) – 28:53 2–1 Fraszko (Pasiut, Wronka) – 37:26 3–1 Łyszczarczyk (Dziubiński, Ciura) – 38:48 4–1 4–2 54:20 – Gajdo (Molnár, Yemelianenko) Dziubiński (Fraszko, Ciura) (ENG) – 58:15 5–2 Wałęga (Zygmunt, Dronia) – 59:24 6–2
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	39	Shots	15

5 May 2023 16:00

Lithuania

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

South Korea

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 2,078

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Andrew Dalton Attila Nagy Linesmen: Jussi Thomann Gašper Zgonc
	0–1 20:13 – Shin (Ahn) Čižas (Jasinevičius, Krakauskas) – 33:47 1–1 1–2 59:27 – Kim Si. (Shin) (PP) (ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	42

5 May 2023 19:30

Italy

3–5 (1–1, 2–3, 0–1)

Great Britain

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham Attendance: 5,538

Game reference
	Justin Fazio	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Cedric Borga Killian Hinterdobler Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Andreas Nyqvist
	0–1 05:40 – Perlini (Hammond, Mosey) Larkin (Tedesco) (EA) – 11:21 1–1 1–2 20:59 – Neilson (Dowd) Petan – 24:34 2–2 2–3 28:43 – Hammond (Betteridge) Glira (Frigo, Mantenuto) – 34:29 3–3 3–4 35:57 – Perlini (Hammond, Kirk) 3–5 57:50 – Neilson (Kirk) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	0 min
	22	Shots	23

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Krystian Dziubiński	5	6	5	11	+3	0	F
Liam Kirk	5	3	7	10	+4	0	F
Grzegorz Pasiut	5	2	7	9	+3	2	F
Cade Neilson	5	5	3	8	+5	2	F
Patryk Wronka	5	5	3	8	+3	2	F
Daniel Mantenuto	5	3	4	7	+6	2	F
Kamil Wałęga	5	3	4	7	+4	0	F
Bartosz Fraszko	5	2	5	7	+4	0	F
Luca Frigo	5	2	5	7	+7	0	F
Paweł Zygmunt	5	2	5	7	+4	0	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
Ben Bowns	302:35	7	1.39	107	93.46	3
John Murray	242:30	7	1.73	102	93.14	2
Damian Clara	120:00	5	2.50	49	89.80	0
Mantas Armalis	237:20	13	3.29	127	89.76	0
Patrik Polc	180:00	13	4.33	122	89.34	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

Awards

Position	Player [8]
Goaltender	Ben Bowns
Defenceman	Thomas Larkin
Forward	Krystian Dziubiński

Group B tournament

2023 IIHF World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Estonia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23–29 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	117 (7.8 per game)
Attendance	19,336 (1,289 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Olexi Vorona (13 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Japan	Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2022.
Ukraine	Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2022.
Estonia	Host, placed 4th in Division I B in 2022.
Serbia	Placed 5th in Division I B in 2022.
China	Placed 1st in Division II A in 2022 and was promoted.
Netherlands	Placed 2nd in Division II A in 2022 and was promoted.

Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[9]

Referees	Linesmen
Martin Christensen Timo Ruuska Benjamin Hoppe Andrea Moschen Michał Baca Chae Young-jin Andrii Kicha	Wolfgang Puff Tobias Schwenk Renārs Davidonis Agris Ozoliņš Laurynas Stepankevičius Knut Bråten Dominik Altmann

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	29	10	+19	15	Promoted to the 2024 Division I A
2	Ukraine	5	3	0	1	1	35	16	+19	10
3	China	5	2	1	0	2	19	18	+1	8
4	Estonia (H)	5	1	1	0	3	13	18	−5	5
5	Netherlands	5	1	0	1	3	14	31	−17	4
6	Serbia	5	0	1	1	3	7	24	−17	3	Relegated to the 2024 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

Results

All times are local (UTC+3)

23 April 2023 12:30

Netherlands

1–8 (0–2, 0–2, 1–4)

Japan

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Ruud Leeuwesteijn	Goalies	Yuta Narisawa	Referees: Martin Christensen Andrii Kicha Linesmen: Knut Bråten Tobias Schwenk
	0–1 15:33 – Suzuki (K. Otsu) 0–2 18:05 – Halliday (Osawa, Suzuki) 0–3 22:09 – Furuhashi (Yoneyama, T. Nakajima) 0–4 39:38 – T. Nakajima (Hanzawa, Ishida) 0–5 40:13 – S. Nakajima 0–6 45:07 – T. Nakajima (Hirano, H. Sato) (PP) 0–7 45:26 – Hirano (S. Nakajima, Hitosato) 0–8 57:22 – Irikura (Y. Otsu) (SH) Hofland (Stempher, Van Nes) – 59:48 1–8
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	47

23 April 2023 16:00

China

5–4 OT (0–2, 4–0, 0–2) (OT: 1–0)

Ukraine

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 560

Game reference
	Ouban Yongli	Goalies	Eduard Zakharchenko Bogdan Dyachenko	Referees: Michał Baca Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Dominik Altmann Renārs Davidonis
	0–1 06:19 – Vorona (Mazur, Merezhko) (PP) 0–2 19:15 – Vorona (Peresunko, Merezhko) (PP) Zhou (Fu S., Luo) – 20:49 1–2 Ye (Wang, Fu J.) (PP) – 26:34 2–2 Wang (Ruian, Guo) – 35:47 3–2 Jieke – 38:45 4–2 4–3 46:33 – Merezhko (Peresunko, Vorona) (PP) 4–4 55:49 – Vorona (Trakht, Merezhko) (PP) Jian (Ye, Wang) – 62:32 5–4
	8 min	Penalties	31 min
	30	Shots	37

23 April 2023 19:30

Serbia

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

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,564

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referees: Andrea Moschen Timo Ruuska Linesmen: Agris Ozoliņš Wolfgang Puff
	0–1 31:37 – Slessarevski (Kiik) Đumić (Dragović, Ranković) – 42:42 1–1
	Đumić Popović Leštarić Dragović Novaković	Shootout	Rooba Kombe Embrich Viitanen Arrak
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	54

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24 April 2023 12:30

Japan

5–2 (1–2, 2–0, 2–0)

China

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 280

Game reference
	Yuta Narisawa	Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referees: Michał Baca Timo Ruuska Linesmen: Knut Bråten Renārs Davidonis
	0–1 04:00 – Fu J. (Jieke) (PP) Hanzawa (T. Nakajima, Furuhashi) – 05:23 1–1 1–2 16:45 – Jian (Yan J., Ruian) Hitosato (H. Sato) – 35:15 2–2 T. Nakajima (Osawa, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 37:30 3–2 Osawa (Y. Otsu, K. Otsu) – 43:20 4–2 T. Nakajima (Irikura) (EN) – 59:22 5–2
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	34

24 April 2023 16:00

Ukraine

7–0 (0–0, 2–0, 5–0)

Serbia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 428

Game reference
	Bogdan Dyachenko	Goalies	Akim Padalitsa	Referees: Chae Young-jin Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Wolfgang Puff Laurynas Stepankevičius
	Trakht (Mazur, Pangelov-Yuldashev) – 26:27 1–0 Mazur (Vorona, Peresunko) (PP) – 28:47 2–0 Mazur (Merezhko, Andreikiv) – 44:28 3–0 Denyskin (Fadyeyv, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 47:06 4–0 Peresunko (Mazur, Trakht) (PP) – 49:39 5–0 Borodai (Merezhko, Sysak) – 54:19 6–0 Merezhko (Korenchuk, Nimenko) – 57:37 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	35 min
	66	Shots	10

24 April 2023 19:30

Estonia

4–2 (1–1, 0–0, 3–1)

Netherlands

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,349

Game reference
	Conrad Mölder	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk	Referees: Martin Christensen Andrii Kicha Linesmen: Dominik Altmann Tobias Schwenk
	0–1 04:12 – Van Nes Viitanen (Linde) – 19:26 1–1 Kombe (Ossipov, Kulintsev) – 44:09 2–1 Rooba (Aleksandrov) – 50:00 3–1 3–2 53:57 – Van Gorp (Stempher, Van Nes) (PP, EA) Viitanen (Aleksandrov) (EN) – 58:43 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	56	Shots	12

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26 April 2023 12:30

Netherlands

7–2 (3–0, 3–2, 1–0)

China

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 215

Game reference
	Ruud Leeuwesteijn	Goalies	Ouban Yongli	Referees: Chae Young-jin Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Agris Ozoliņš Laurynas Stepankevičius
	Van Soest (De Ruiter, Jongmans) – 07:55 1–0 Van Soest (De Ruiter, Huisman) – 10:41 2–0 Collard (De Bonth) (PP) – 15:44 3–0 Van Gorp – 32:08 4–0 4–1 33:06 – Fu S. (Zhou, Liu) 4–2 38:21 – Jian (Jieke, Ye) (PP) Schoningh (De Bonth, Doop) – 38:30 5–2 Van Nes (Van Gorp) – 39:44 6–2 Hofland (Van Nes) – 52:26 7–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	40

26 April 2023 16:00

Japan

8–3 (2–0, 1–2, 5–1)

Serbia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 254

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković Akim Padalitsa	Referees: Benjamin Hoppe Andrii Kicha Linesmen: Dominik Altmann Renārs Davidonis
	Hirano (Suzuki, Halliday) – 01:51 1–0 Takagi (Irikura, K. Sato) – 02:34 2–0 2–1 23:14 – Popović (Đumić, Podunavac) (PP) 2–2 26:42 – Podunavac (Dragović, Đumić) (PP) Hirano (S. Nakajima) – 26:55 3–2 3–3 40:46 – Dragović (Novaković, Podunavac) Hitosato (Osawa) – 44:21 4–3 T. Nakajima (Hanzawa, Furuhashi) – 46:05 5–3 Hirano (Hitosato, Yamada) – 46:54 6–3 T. Nakajima (Osawa, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 53:15 7–3 S. Nakajima (H. Sato, Hirano) (PP) – 55:16 8–3
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	51	Shots	11

26 April 2023 19:30

Ukraine

7–4 (1–1, 4–1, 2–2)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 3,001

Game reference
	Eduard Zakharchenko	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referees: Michał Baca Martin Christensen Linesmen: Knut Bråten Tobias Schwenk
	0–1 11:37 – Parras (Kiik, Puzakov) Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 17:54 1–1 Pangelov-Yuldashev (Korenchuk, Peresunko) (PP) – 21:37 2–1 Lialka (Mazur, Merezhko) – 31:29 3–1 3–2 33:44 – Rooba (Novikov) Pangelov-Yuldashev (Fadyeyv) – 39:12 4–2 Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 38:58 5–2 Mazur (Vorona, Peresunko) (PP) – 42:28 6–2 6–3 44:33 – Aleksandrov (Ossipov, Potšinok) Trakht (Mazur, Peresunko) – 44:54 7–3 7–4 48:20 – Rooba (Embrich) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	18

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27 April 2023 12:30

China

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Serbia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 123

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	Ouban Yongli	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referees: Chae Young-jin Martin Christensen Linesmen: Dominik Altmann Knut Braten
	Fu S. (Fu J., Luo) – 08:10 1–0 Jieke (Ruian, Fu J.) – 14:28 2–0 Jian (Ye, Jieke) – 23:15 3–0 Luo – 39:37 4–0 Liu (Luo, Zhou) – 50:01 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	58	Shots	15

27 April 2023 16:00

Ukraine

14–2 (4–1, 6–1, 4–0)

Netherlands

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 729

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	Bogdan Dyachenko	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk	Referees: Michal Baca Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Renars Davidonis Agris Ozolins
	Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 01:49 1–0 Korenchuk (Merezhko) – 08:08 2–0 Trakht (Merezhko) – 11:53 3–0 3–1 12:39 – Verkiel (Hessels, Van Gestel) (PP) Nimenko (Korenchuk, Merezhko) – 18:52 4–1 Trakht (Sysak, Peresunko) – 20:32 5–1 Merezhko (Mazur) (PP) – 22:37 6–1 Ruzhnikov (Kutsevych, Hrebenyk) – 22:59 7–1 Denyskin (Korenchuk, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 31:38 8–1 8–2 36:02 – Van Nes (Stempher, Van Soest) (PP) Panchenko (Ruzhnikov) – 36:11 9–2 Vorona (Trakht, Peresunko) (PP) – 38:04 10–2 Denyskin (Lialka, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 44:34 11–2 Korenchuk (Vorona, Dyachenko) – 49:27 12–2 Trakht (Peresunko, Mazur) – 50:17 13–2 Trakht – 58:04 14–2
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	60	Shots	11

27 April 2023 19:30

Estonia

1–3 (0–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Japan

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 2,432

Game reference
	Conrad Mölder	Goalies	Yuta Narisawa	Referees: Uldis Bušs Andrii Kicha Linesmen: Wolfgang Puff Laurynas Stepankevičius
	0–1 06:38 – Hitosato (Hirano, S. Nakajima) 0–2 24:47 – Halliday (K. Sato, Y. Otsu) Viitanen (Embrich) – 24:56 1–2 1–3 35:43 – Hirano (S. Nakajima, Hitosato)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	27

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29 April 2023 12:30

Serbia

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

Netherlands

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 315

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	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Ruud Leeuwesteijn	Referees: Chae Young-jin Andrii Kicha Linesmen: Dominik Altmann Agris Ozoliņš
	0–1 08:13 – Van Nes (Hofland, Muller) Đumić (Podunavac, Popović) – 10:95 1–1 1–2 29:16 – Verkiel (Huisman, De Ruiter) Vučurević (Leštarić, Gvozdenović) – 52:32 2–2
	Vučurević Đumić Španjević	Shootout	Verkiel Van Nes Huisman
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	40

29 April 2023 16:00

Estonia

2–5 (0–3, 1–0, 1–2)

China

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 4,066

Game reference
	Conrad Mölder	Goalies	Ouban Yongli	Referees: Uldis Bušs Martin Christensen Linesmen: Knut Bråten Wolfgang Puff
	0–1 01:13 – Fu S. (Zhang P.) 0–2 07:04 – Luo (Fu J., Fu S.) 0–3 15:37 – Liu (Wang, Luo) (PP) Parras (Kiik, Novikov) (SH) – 28:06 1–3 1–4 40:25 – Fu S. (Fu J., Jieke) 1–5 44:45 – Fu S. (Fu J., Jieke) (PP2) Arrak (Puzakov, Potšinok) (PP) – 54:52 2–5
	37 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	30

29 April 2023 19:30

Japan

5–3 (2–0, 2–0, 1–3)

Ukraine

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 3,870

Game reference
	Yuta Narisawa	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko Eduard Zakharchenko	Referees: Michał Baca Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Renārs Davidonis Tobias Schwenk
	Suzuki (Osawa) – 07:58 1–0 Hirano (H. Sato) (PP) – 19:29 2–0 Hirano (Sato, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 29:04 3–0 Takagi (Irikura, Halliday) – 29:25 4–0 K. Otsu – 40:46 5–0 5–1 45:12 – Vorona (Trakht, Merezhko) (PP) 5–2 52:45 – Liaka (Andreikiv) 5–3 56:33 – Korenchuk (Vorona, Zakharchenko)
	8 min	Penalties	29 min
	29	Shots	33

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Olexi Vorona	5	5	8	13	+6	0	F
Igor Merezhko	5	3	10	13	+7	4	D
Yushiroh Hirano	5	7	3	10	+6	4	F
Illia Korenchuk	5	6	4	10	+6	4	F
Danil Trakht	5	6	4	10	+4	0	F
Vadym Mazur	5	3	7	10	+7	0	F
Oleksandr Peresunko	5	1	9	10	+4	2	F
Shogo Nakajima	5	2	7	9	+6	4	F
Teruto Nakajima	5	6	2	8	+3	2	F
Fu Jiang	5	2	6	8	+4	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
Yuta Narisawa	240:00	7	1.75	103	93.20	0
Arsenije Ranković	214:51	12	3.35	158	92.41	0
Ruud Leeuwesteijn	185:00	12	3.89	113	89.38	0
Ouban Yongli	221:02	11	2.99	89	87.64	1
Conrad Mölder	177:40	10	3.38	69	85.51	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

Awards

Position	Player [10]
Goaltender	Yuta Narisawa
Defenceman	Ihor Merezhko
Forward	Yushiroh Hirano

References

1. "To Tampere/Riga in '23, to Switzerland in '26". IIHF. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
2. "Poland powers to promotion". IIHF. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
3. "GB takes the crown". IIHF. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
4. "Korea wins to send Lithuania down". IIHF. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
5. "Japan wins Group B, earns promotion". IIHF. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
6. "Serbs win in S.O. but relegated". IIHF. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
7. "IA Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
8. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IA" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
9. "IB Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
10. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IB" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

External links

• Official website of Division IA
• Official website of Division IB