2024 IIHF World Championship Division I

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2024 IIHF World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Italy   Lithuania
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	28 April – 4 May 27 April – 3 May
Teams	12
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The 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I is an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ^[1]

The Group A tournament is being held in Bolzano, Italy from 28 April to 4 May and the Group B tournament in Vilnius, Lithuania from 27 April to 3 May 2024. ^{[2] [3]}

Group A tournament

2024 IIHF World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	28 April – 4 May
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	3
Goals scored	17 (5.67 per game)
Attendance	5,346 (1,782 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Anthony Salintri (3 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Hungary	Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2023 and was relegated.
Slovenia	Placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2023 and was relegated.
Italy	Host, placed 3rd in Division I A in 2023.
South Korea	Placed 4th in Division I A in 2023.
Romania	Placed 5th in Division I A in 2023.
Japan	Placed 1st in Division I B in 2023 and was promoted.

Match officials

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

Referees	Linesmen
Mike Langin Mads Frandsen Geoffrey Barcelo Benjamin Hoppe Uldis Bušs Milan Zrnić Peter Staňo Sean Fernandez	Tommi Niittyla Clément Goncalves Patrick Laguzov Daniel Beresford Davide Mantovani Knut Bråten Gašper Zgonc

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Italy (H)	1	1	0	0	0	6	1	+5	3	Promoted to the 2025 Top Division
2	South Korea	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	+2	3
3	Hungary	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	+2	3
4	Slovenia	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	−2	0
5	Japan	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
6	Romania	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	−5	0	Relegated to the 2025 Division I B

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. 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+2).

28 April 2024 12:30

South Korea

4–2 (2–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Slovenia

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 283

Game reference
	Lee Yeon-seung	Goalies	Matija Pintarič	Referees: Sean Fernandez Mike Langin Linesmen: Knut Bråten Patrick Laguzov
	0–1 03:34 – Sabolič (Tomaževič, Čepon) Kong (Kim Sang-w., Lee D.) – 15:43 1–1 Shin (Ahn, Lee Y.) – 16:48 2–1 2–2 22:25 – Sodja (Beričič, Magovac) Lee C. (Nam, Lee Y.) (PP) – 48:17 3–2 Kim Sang-y. (Kim Si.) – 55:15 4–2
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	32

28 April 2024 16:00

Japan

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Hungary

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 2,052

Game reference
	Yuta Narisawa	Goalies	Bence Bálizs	Referees: Uldis Bušs Mads Frandsen Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Gašper Zgonc
	0–1 07:57 – Varga (Szabó, Hári) 0–2 41:58 – Terbócs (Németh, Ortenszky) Nakajima (Hitosato, Yoneyama) (PP) – 46:52 1–2 1–3 59:12 – Hári (Galló, Nilsson) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	19

28 April 2024 19:30

Romania

1–6 (0–2, 1–2, 0–2)

Italy

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 3,011

Game reference
	Zoltán Tőke	Goalies	Andreas Bernard	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Clément Goncalves Tommi Niittyla
	0–1 17:03 – Salinitri (Trivellato, Seed) 0–2 19:46 – Catenacci (Salinitri, Gazley) Részegh (SH) – 26:15 1–2 1–3 35:27 – Frank 1–4 38:50 – Salinitri (Frigo) (PP) 1–5 47:44 – Marchetti 1–6 51:27 – Kostner (Marchetti)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	55

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30 April 2024 12:30

Slovenia

v

Romania

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

30 April 2024 16:00

Hungary

v

South Korea

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

30 April 2024 19:30

Italy

v

Japan

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

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1 May 2024 12:30

Hungary

v

Romania

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

1 May 2024 16:00

Japan

v

South Korea

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

1 May 2024 19:30

Slovenia

v

Italy

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

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3 May 2024 12:30

South Korea

v

Romania

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

3 May 2024 16:00

Slovenia

v

Japan

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

3 May 2024 19:30

Italy

v

Hungary

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

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4 May 2024 12:30

Romania

v

Japan

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

4 May 2024 16:00

Italy

v

South Korea

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

4 May 2024 19:30

Hungary

v

Slovenia

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

Group B tournament

2024 IIHF World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Lithuania
City	Vilnius
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 April – 3 May
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	33 (5.5 per game)
Attendance	6,036 (1,006 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Hou Yuyang (5 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Lithuania	Host, placed 6th in Division I A in 2023 and was relegated.
Ukraine	Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2023.
China	Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2023.
Estonia	Placed 4th in Division I B in 2023.
Netherlands	Placed 5th in Division I B in 2023.
Spain	Placed 1st in Division II A in 2023 and was promoted.

Match officials

Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[5]

Referees	Linesmen
Adam Bloski Trpimir Piragić Rasmus Ankersen Bastian Steingross Anton Boryayev Roy Hansen Richard Magnusson Nolan Bloyer	Frédéric Monnaie Shawn Oliver Norbert Muzsik Agris Ozoliņš Aleksej Sascenkov Gustav Jönsson John Rey

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ukraine	2	2	0	0	0	12	0	+12	6	Promoted to the 2025 Division I A
2	China	2	2	0	0	0	10	1	+9	6
3	Lithuania (H)	2	2	0	0	0	9	1	+8	6
4	Netherlands (E)	2	0	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
5	Spain (E)	2	0	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0
6	Estonia (E)	2	0	0	0	2	1	14	−13	0	Relegated to the 2025 Division II A

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. 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.
(E) Eliminated; (H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

27 April 2024 12:30

Netherlands

0–3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

China

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 212

Game reference
	Ruud Leeuwesteijn	Goalies	Chen Shifeng	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Adam Bloski Linesmen: Gustav Jönsson Frédéric Monnaie
	0–1 24:12 – Hou (Chen Z., Chen S.) 0–2 49:35 – Zheng (Hou, Wang J.) (PP) 0–3 55:33 – Zhang Z. (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	28

27 April 2024 16:00

Spain

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Lithuania

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 2,516

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referees: Nolan Bloyer Anton Boryayev Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Shawn Oliver
	0–1 22:07 – Kumeliauskas (Četvertak) 0–2 37:09 – Gintautas (Čižas, Rumševičius) 0–3 54:23 – Kudrevičius (Ališauskas, Noreika)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	38

27 April 2024 19:30

Estonia

0–8 (0–1, 0–3, 0–4)

Ukraine

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 227

Game reference
	Conrad Mölder	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referees: Roy Hansen Richard Magnusson Linesmen: John Rey Aleksej Sascenkov
	0–1 11:44 – Peresunko (Ratushny, Mazur) 0–2 21:36 – Sadovikov (Zakharov, Lialka) (PP) 0–3 21:47 – Denyskin (Ratushny, Fadyeyev) 0–4 25:27 – Trakht (Peresunko, Pangelov-Yuldashev) 0–5 47:24 – Kryvoshapkin (Vorona, Yanishevsky) 0–6 52:41 – Merezhko (Peresunko, Tolstushko) 0–7 54:58 – Denyskin (Yanishevsky) 0–8 55:55 – Morozov (Sadovikov)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	34

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28 April 2024 12:30

China

7–1 (2–1, 1–0, 4–0)

Spain

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 253

Game reference
	Chen Shifeng	Goalies	Raul Barbo Marco Hernández	Referees: Trpimir Piragić Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Agris Ozoliņš Aleksej Sascenkov
	Yan J. (Zuo, Zhang P.) – 03:10 1–0 1–1 Capillas (González, Torralba) – 17:58 Hou (Wang J.) – 19:14 2–1 Guo J. (Wang J., Hou) – 36:51 3–1 Chen Z. (Hou) – 40:53 4–1 Zuo (SH) – 44:43 5–1 Yan J. (Guo S., Zhang P.) – 49:04 6–1 Li Zhih. (Wang G., Zuo) – 56:31 7–1
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	31

28 April 2024 16:00

Lithuania

6–1 (3–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Estonia

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 2,545

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Conrad Mölder Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referees: Adam Bloski Roy Hansen Linesmen: Frédéric Monnaie Shawn Oliver
	Kaleinikovas (Ališauskas, Gintautas) – 00:38 1–0 1–1 11:44 – Jürgens (Rooba, Kombe) Gintautas (Grinius, Noreika) (PP) – 07:37 2–1 Verenis (Kumeliauskas) – 13:02 3–1 Kaleinikovas (Krakauskas, Laimutis) – 35:18 4–1 Četvertak (Kumeliauskas) – 40:49 5–1 Verenis (Čižas, Seniut) – 55:45 6–1
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	17

28 April 2024 19:30

Ukraine

4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Netherlands

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 283

Game reference
	Eduard Zakharchenko	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk	Referees: Nolan Bloyer Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Gustav Jönsson Norbert Muzsik
	Pangelov-Yuldashev (Sadovikov, Zakharov) (PP) – 07:13 1–0 Merezhko (Yanishevsky, Morozov) – 12:41 2–0 Zakharov (Lialka, Pangelov-Yuldashev) – 33:11 3–0 Peresunko (Morozov, Sysak) – 45:44 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	44	Shots	15

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30 April 2024 12:30

Ukraine

v

China

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius

30 April 2024 16:00

Spain

v

Estonia

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius

30 April 2024 19:30

Lithuania

v

Netherlands

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius

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1 May 2024 12:30

Ukraine

v

Spain

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius

1 May 2024 16:00

Estonia

v

Netherlands

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius

1 May 2024 19:30

China

v

Lithuania

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius

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3 May 2024 12:30

Netherlands

v

Spain

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius

3 May 2024 16:00

China

v

Estonia

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius

3 May 2024 19:30

Lithuania

v

Ukraine

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius

References

1. "And 2027 goes to …". IIHF. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
2. "WM in Bozen! Die Eishockey-Welt kommt nach Südtirol". sportnews.bz. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
3. "2024 metų IB diviziono pasaulio vyrų ledo ritulio čempionatas bus surengtas Vilniuje". lrt.lt. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
4. "IA Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
5. "IB Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

External links

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