2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

See also: 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovenia   Estonia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	9–15 December 2024 11–17 January 2025
Teams	12
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The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I were two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I A represents the second tier and Division I B the third tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-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 2005.

Division I A

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
City	Bled
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–15 December 2024
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	86 (5.73 per game)
Attendance	2,127 (142 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Filip Sitar (9 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 9 to 15 December 2024. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Participating teams

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Denmark	5	4	0	1	0	17	12	+5	13	Promotion to the 2026 Top Division
2	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	16	10	+6	12
3	Norway	5	3	0	0	2	13	8	+5	9
4	Slovenia (H)	5	2	0	0	3	18	16	+2	6
5	France	5	1	1	0	3	15	20	−5	5
6	Hungary	5	0	0	0	5	7	20	−13	0	Relegation to the 2026 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 (Central European Time – UTC+01:00).

9 December 2024 12:30

Austria

4–2 (0–0, 4–0, 0–2)

France

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 115

Game reference
	Benedikt Oschgan	Goalies	Martin Neckar	Referees: Martin Jobbágy John Lindner Linesmen: Matthew Heinen Filip Jeram
	Scherzer (V. Zelenov, Kolarik) (EA) – 21:10 1–0 Sintschnig (I. Zelenov, Klassek) – 24:45 2–0 Klassek (Biber) (PP) – 31:03 3–0 Waschnig (Kogler, Lam) – 37:25 4–0 4–1 44:48 – Besnier (PS) 4–2 45:20 – Le Lem (Dufour, Nogaretto) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	27

9 December 2024 16:00

Hungary

1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Denmark

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 95

Game reference
	Dániel Kiss	Goalies	Tobias Vilykke	Referees: Otto Blomqvist Johan Wedin Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 47:35 – Olesen (Klyvø) 0–2 53:39 – Bundgaard (Rubin) Mihalik (Ravasz) (EA) – 58:50 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	31

9 December 2024 19:30

Slovenia

1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Norway

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 235

Game reference
	Bor Glavič	Goalies	Martin Lundberg	Referees: Adam Forbes Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Vincent Brueggemann Shawn Oliver
	0–1 04:59 – Eriksen (Vatne, Lafton) (PP) 0–2 14:43 – Aaram-Olsen 0–3 36:29 – Lafton (Øversveen, Granath) 0–4 41:25 – Aaram-Olsen (Eriksen, Lafton) Sever (Petrovič, Sitar) (PP) – 56:10 1–4
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	30

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10 December 2024 12:30

France

5–2 (3–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Hungary

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Martin Neckar	Goalies	Dániel Kiss	Referees: Otto Blomqvist Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Agris Ozoliņš
	Riu (Toukmatchev, Guidoux) – 12:44 1–0 Djian (Chapuis, Lehmann) – 17:17 2–0 Besnier (Delvaille, Vidal) – 17:55 3–0 Nsonsa-Kitala (Nogaretto, Besnier) (PP) – 34:17 4–0 4–1 34:38 – Ravasz (Ven, Franyó) 4–2 56:40 – Nemes (Ravasz, Franyó) Chapuis (ENG) – 58:08 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	37

10 December 2024 16:00

Norway

1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Austria

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Benedikt Oschgan	Referees: Adam Forbes Johan Wedin Linesmen: Filip Jeram Shawn Oliver
	0–1 02:02 – Biber (Klassek, Lanzinger) (PP) 0–2 18:14 – Gesson (Kogler, I. Zelenov) Aaram-Olsen (Vatne, Lie) – 30:39 1–2 1–3 45:41 – Rupnik (V. Zelenov)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	17

10 December 2024 19:30

Denmark

3–2 (0–0, 1–0, 2–2)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Kristers Steinbergs	Goalies	Jon Dukarič	Referees: Martin Jobbágy John Lindner Linesmen: Vincent Brueggemann Dominik Schlegel
	Andersen (Klyvø, Skovning) – 29:43 1–0 1–1 42:46 – Hebar (Sever, Sitar) (PP) 1–2 44:32 – Petrovič (Sever, Hebar) Olsson (Olesen) – 47:42 2–2 Schioldan (Moelgaard, Thomsen) (PP) – 56:36 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	24

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12 December 2024 12:30

Norway

4–0 (2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Hungary

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Olivér Király	Referees: John Lindner Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Filip Jeram
	Brekke (Hagen, Koblar) – 01:44 1–0 Dehli (Eriksen, Aaram-Olsen) (PP) – 17:57 2–0 Vatne (Evensen, Granath) (EA) – 36:12 3–0 Solberg (Lie, Vatne) – 39:33 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	51	Shots	13

12 December 2024 16:00

Slovenia

2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Austria

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Jon Dukarič Bor Glavič	Goalies	Benedikt Oschgan	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Johan Wedin Linesmen: Matthew Heinen Agris Ozoliņš
	0–1 06:07 – Lanzinger (V. Zelenov, Biber) (PP) 0–2 13:52 – Haiböck (Kolarik, Klassek) 0–3 31:45 – Haiböck (Reiner, Kolarik) Sitar (Sever, Petrovič) – 33:18 1–3 Sever (Crnkič, Goličič) (PP) – 55:55 2–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	25

12 December 2024 19:30

France

5–4 OT (0–1, 3–2, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Denmark

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Martin Neckar	Goalies	Tobias Vilykke	Referees: Adam Forbes Loic Ruprecht Linesmen: Shawn Oliver Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 19:40 – Olsson (Klyvø, Jakobsen) 0–2 22:19 – Bundgaard (Petersen) Nsonsa-Kitala (Le Lem, Besnier) – 25:40 1–2 Delvaille (Djian, Besnier) – 27:50 2–2 Nogaretto (Nsona-Kitala, Besnier) (PP) – 33:49 3–2 3–3 38:53 – Petersen (Bundgaard, Rubin) 3–4 52:19 – Thomsen Delvaille – 58:30 4–4 Nsonsa-Kitala (Riu) – 63:52 5–4
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	46

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13 December 2024 12:30

Austria

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Hungary

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Benedikt Oschgan	Goalies	Dániel Kiss	Referees: Adam Forbes Martin Jobbágy Linesmen: Matthew Heinen Dominik Schlegel
	Haiböck (Kolarik, Biber) – 42:53 1–0 V. Zelenov (Scherzer, Oschgan) (ENG) – 59:47 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	24

13 December 2024 16:00

Denmark

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Norway

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Kristers Steinbergs	Referees: John Linder Johan Lindner Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Filip Jeram
	Linde (Thomsen, Schioldan) – 00:28 1–0 Olsson (Moelgaard, Andersen) (PP) – 31:44 2–0 Thomsen (Andersen, Moelgaard) (PP) – 51:02 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	29

13 December 2024 19:30

France

2–6 (0–2, 2–2, 0–2)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 180

Game reference
	Martin Neckar Cebald Debiak	Goalies	Bor Glavič	Referees: Loic Ruprecht Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Shawn Oliver Agris Ozoliņš
	0–1 16:28 – Mahmutović (Smolnikar, Zalokar) 0–2 18:43 – Smolnikar (Sitar, Goličič) 0–3 26:53 – Petrovič (Sitar, Sečkar) 0–4 27:57 – Goličič (Crnkič, Žeželj) Delvaille (Guidoux, Fine) (PP) – 37:02 1–4 Dufour (Nsonsa-Kitala, Haag) – 37:44 2–4 2–5 51:39 – Rep (Perčič) 2–6 59:33 – Crnkič (Mahmutović, Žeželj)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	41

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15 December 2024 12:30

Denmark

5–4 (3–1, 0–1, 2–2)

Austria

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Kristers Steinbergs	Goalies	Benedikt Oschgan	Referees: John Lindner Johan Wedin Linesmen: Matthew Heinen Shawn Oliver
	Moelgaard (Schioldan, Thomsen) (PP) – 04:32 1–0 1–1 08:35 – Scherzer (Rebernig, Gruber) Linde (Thomsen) – 09:54 2–1 Rubin (Olsson, Thomsen) – 12:55 3–1 3–2 23:32 – Lanzinger (Scherzer) 3–3 42:02 – Gesson (Sintschnig) Linde (Schioldan, Thomsen) (PP) – 51:11 4–3 Larson (Rubin, Jakobsen) (PP) – 51:55 5–3 5–4 55:22 – Neumann (Reiner)
	6 min	Penalties	27 min
	21	Shots	31

15 December 2024 16:00

Norway

4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

France

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Martin Neckar	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Loic Ruprecht Linesmen: Filip Jeram Agris Ozoliņš
	0–1 11:30 – Fine (Delvaille, Chapuis) (PP) Pettersen (Eriksen, Aaram-Olsen) – 33:27 1–1 Vatne (Granath) – 34:52 2–1 Brandsegg-Nygård (Aaram-Olsen) – 48:51 3–1 Granath (SH,ENG) – 59:21 4–1
	41 min	Penalties	18 min
	43	Shots	15

15 December 2024 19:30

Hungary

4–7 (2–3, 2–3, 0–1)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 220

Game reference
	Dániel Kiss Olivér Király	Goalies	Bor Glavič	Referees: Adam Forbes Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Dominik Schlegel
	Laskawy (Ravasz) – 02:41 1–0 1–1 03:58 – Crnkič (Sitar, Goličič) (PP) 1–2 06:54 – Sitar (Rep, Sever) Mihalik (Franyó) – 08:09 2–2 2–3 11:28 – Crnkič (Sitar, Goličič) (PP) 2–4 22:34 – Sever (Sitar, Goličič) Szongoth (Ravasz, Ven) (PP2) – 25:42 3–4 3–5 30:15 – Sever (Sečkar, Frešer) 3–6 33:53 – Mahmutović (Žeželj, Rep) (PP) Ven (Szongoth, Laskaway) (PP) – 36:24 4–6 4–7 55:40 – Žeželj (Mahmutović)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	27

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Filip Sitar	Slovenia	5	2	7	9	+3	4
2	Mark Sever	Slovenia	5	4	4	8	+3	4
3	Hjalte Thomsen	Denmark	5	2	6	8	–1	2
4	Niklas Aaram-Olsen	Norway	5	3	3	6	+3	4
5	Teo Besnier	France	5	2	4	6	+2	4
6	Jan Goličič	Slovenia	5	1	5	6	+2	2
7	Maj Crnkič	Slovenia	5	3	2	5	+4	0
7	Arthur Delvaille	France	5	3	2	5	–4	0
7	Noa Nsonga-Kitala	France	5	3	2	5	–3	6
10	Elias Vatne	Norway	5	2	3	5	+4	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Benedikt Oschgan	Austria	298:43	10	92.86	2.01	1
2	Kristers Steinbergs	Denmark	180:00	6	92.86	2.00	1
3	Martin Lundberg	Norway	300:00	8	91.75	1.60	1
4	Martin Neckar	France	269:11	17	90.81	3.79	0
5	Dániel Kiss	Hungary	209:18	13	87.13	3.73	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Benedikt Oschgan
• Defenceman: Teo Besnier
• Forward: Hjalte Thomsen

Source: IIHF

Division I B

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Estonia
City	Tallinn
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–17 January 2025
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	118 (7.87 per game)
Attendance	11,959 (797 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Taisetsu Ushio (11 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 11 to 17 January 2025. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Japan	placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
Ukraine	placed 2nd in Division I B last year
Italy	placed 3rd in Division I B last year
Estonia (hosts)	placed 4th in Division I B last year
Poland	placed 5th in Division I B last year
South Korea	placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ukraine	5	5	0	0	0	29	10	+19	15	Promotion to the 2026 Division I A
2	Japan	5	2	1	1	1	26	24	+2	9 [a]
3	Italy	5	3	0	0	2	23	21	+2	9 [a]
4	Estonia (H)	5	2	0	0	3	16	23	−7	6
5	Poland	5	1	0	1	3	14	21	−7	4
6	South Korea	5	0	1	0	4	10	19	−9	2	Relegation to the 2026 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
Notes:

1. Italy 4–7 Japan

Results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

11 January 2025 12:30

Poland

4–7 (0–2, 3–4, 1–1)

Italy

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 158

Game reference
	Igor Tyczyński Jakub Wieczorek	Goalies	Carlo Giordani	Referees: Torjis Brynildsen Milan Zrnic Linesmen: Savva Azarov Peter Jedlička
	0–1 04:39 – Mbow (Pisetta, Remolato) (PP) 0–2 06:26 – Piechenstein (Esposito) Petrażycki (Kashalevich, Łojas – 23:20 1–2 1–3 26:03 – Pisetta (Remolato, Mbow) (PP) Ja. Hofman (Prokopiak, Hanzel) – 26:57 2–3 2–4 31:37 – Remolato (Mbow) (PP) Sawicki (Lisowski) (PP) – 37:22 3–4 3–5 39:09 – Prast 3–6 39:40 – Garau (PP) Jo. Hofman (Dawid, Ja. Hofman) (PP) – 49:57 4–6 4–7 58:32 – Mantinger (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	24

11 January 2025 16:00

Estonia

1–8 (0–3, 0–2, 1–3)

Ukraine

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,541

Game reference
	Georg Vladimirov Cristopher Rembetti	Goalies	Alexander Levshin	Referees: Anton Boryayev Niclas Lundsgaard Linesmen: Péter Kovács Oskari Saarimäki
	0–1 04:22 – Denysenko (Kulikov) 0–2 05:13 – Koida 0–3 15:10 – Yevtiekhov (SH) 0–4 30:09 – Kulikov 0–5 30:17 – Kuprianov (Haponenko, Shulha) 0–6 40:40 – Kosarev (Yevtiekhov) (PP) 0–7 44:41 – Koida 0–8 54:07 – Kulikov (Mironov, Denysenko) Orlov (Ahman) – 58:02 1–8
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	37

11 January 2025 19:30

South Korea

4–3 GWS (0–0, 2–1, 1–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–0)

Japan

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 321

Game reference
	Oh Eun-yul	Goalies	Toya Otsuka	Referees: Cyril Debuche Gergely Gebei Linesmen: Wolfgang Puff Vladislav Zotov
	Sohn (Lim E.) – 32:52 1–0 1–1 37:47 – Suzuki (Fukuda, Okubo) Chae (Kwon, Lim E.) – 39:26 2–1 Lim E. – 50:26 3–1 3–2 54:53 – Sasaki (Ushio, Suzuki) 3–3 56:45 – Mori (Iizuka, Tanahashi)
	Kwon Lee Sohn Chae	Shootout	Sasaki Okubo Koiwa Suzuki
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	39

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12 January 2025 12:30

Ukraine

3–0 (0–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Poland

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Alexander Levshin	Goalies	Jakub Wieczorek	Referees: Torjus Brynildsen Andrew Dalton Linesmen: Wolfgang Puff Oskari Saarimäki
	Haponenko (Kosarev, Yevtiekhov) (PP) – 28:48 1–0 Yevtiekhov (Sukhytsky, Koida) – 30:18 2–0 Zherebko (Zdorovets, Shulha) – 33:53 3–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	13

12 January 2025 16:00

Japan

7–3 (2–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,478

Game reference
	Jin Yoshida	Goalies	Cristopher Rembetti Georg Vladimirov	Referees: Gergely Gebei Milan Zrnic Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Vladislav Zotov
	0–1 01:12 – Burkov (Antonov, Vahi) Suzuki (Sasaki) (PP) – 02:44 1–1 Okubo (Kokuwa) – 10:40 2–1 Okubo – 25:11 3–1 3–2 28:55 – Burkov (Antonov, Vahi) Sasaki (Hotta, Koiwa) (PP) – 29:50 4–2 Kokuwa (Suzuki, Fukuda) – 32:40 5–2 Ushio (Suzuki, Sasaki) (PP) – 41:15 6–2 6–3 43:54 – Valja (Antonov, Timofejev) Sasaki (Koiwa) (EN) – 54:44 7–3
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	19

12 January 2025 19:30

Italy

3–1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 347

Game reference
	Carlo Giordani	Goalies	Park Jin-hyeok	Referees: Anton Boryayev Cyril Debuche Linesmen: Savva Azarov Quentin Ugolini
	Gareau (Remolato, Pisetta) – 05:55 1–0 De Luca (Fauster) – 25:39 2–0 Mbow – 28:29 3–0 3–1 45:14 – Kwon (Jang) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	28

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14 January 2025 12:30

Japan

7–6 OT (3–2, 2–4, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Poland

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 343

Game reference
	Towa Otsuka	Goalies	Jakub Wieczorek Igor Tyczyński	Referees: Andrew Dalton Cyril Debuche Linesmen: Péter Kovács Oskari Saarimäki
	Ushio – 12:42 1–0 Tanahashi (Koiwa, Shirozu) – 15:01 2–0 2–1 15:56 – Dawid (Ja. Hofman, Jo. Hofman) (PP) Ushio – 16:21 3–1 3–2 17:31 – Ja. Hofman (Dawid, Jo. Hofman) 3–3 20:38 – Hanzel Sasaki (Koiwa, Ushio) – 22:53 4–3 4–4 23:57 – Ziarkowski (Bieda) 4–5 32:33 – Jo. Hofman Ishigaki (Tanahashi) – 39:18 5–5 5–6 39:56 – Lisowski (Sobecki, Stolarski) (PP) Ushio (Sasaki, Fukuda) (PP) – 42:31 6–6 Ushio (Fukuda) – 60:28 7–6
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	28

14 January 2025 16:00

Ukraine

6–5 (4–2, 2–1, 0–2)

Italy

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 432

Game reference
	Alexander Levshin	Goalies	Carlo Giordani	Referees: Anton Boryayev Gergely Gebei Linesmen: Savva Azarov Vladislav Zotov
	0–1 02:29 – Pisetta (Garau, Remolato) (PP) Shulha (Yevtiekhov, Kosarev) (PP2) – 06:48 1–1 Kuprianov (Kosarev) (PP) – 07:38 2–1 Zherebko – 07:51 3–1 3–2 12:20 – Mbow (Pisetta, Prast) Koida (Kosarev, Yevtiekhov) – 12:29 4–2 Kosarev (Yevtiekhov) (PP2) – 21:19 5–2 Kuprianov (Sukhytsky, Polonytsky) – 26:29 6–2 6–3 28:35 – Mbow (Pisetta, Gesumaria) (PP2) 6–4 40:34 – Garau (Remolato, Frick) 6–5 52:04 – Garau (Remolato, Mbow) (PP)
	37 min	Penalties	12 min
	56	Shots	19

14 January 2025 19:30

South Korea

2–6 (1–2, 0–2, 1–2)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,425

Game reference
	Oh Eun-yul Park Jin-hyeok	Goalies	Georg Vladimirov	Referees: Torjis Brynildsen Niclas Lundsgaard Linesmen: Wolfgang Puff Quentin Ugolini
	0–1 08:36 – Timofejev (Proskurin) 0–2 11:27 – Luht (Mättik, Abeljanov) (PP) Kwon (Kim J., Chae) – 16:23 1–2 1–3 29:07 – Valja (Antonov) 1–4 32:09 – Burkov (Antonov, Timofejev) (PP) Chae (Kwon) (SH) – 46:31 2–4 2–5 47:00 – Orlov (Mättik, Valja) (PP) 2–6 51:58 – Timofejev (SH)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	27

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16 January 2025 12:30

Italy

4–7 (2–1, 0–2, 2–4)

Japan

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 335

Game reference
	Carlo Giordani	Goalies	Toya Otsuka	Referees: Cyril Debuche Niclas Lundsgaard Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Quentin Ugolini
	Mbow (Pisetta, Garau) (PP) – 10:42 1–0 Fauster (Esposito) – 12:44 2–0 2–1 14:39 – Suzuki (Sasaki) 2–2 24:09 – Suzuki (Ushio, Fukuda) (PP) 2–3 32:29 – Suzuki (Koiwa, Ushio) (PP) 2–4 46:56 – Ushio (Koiwa, Suzuki) 2–5 49:01 – Fukuda (Sasaki) (PP) Pisetta (Garau) (PP) – 51:56 3–5 3–6 56:48 – Koiwa (SH, EN) Miglioranzi (Mbow) (EA) – 57:49 4–6 4–7 59:54 – Ushio (PP, EN)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	56

16 January 2025 16:00

Ukraine

5–2 (3–2, 1–0, 1–0)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 543

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	Alexander Levshin	Goalies	Park Jin-hyeok An Yeo-jun	Referees: Torjis Brynildsen Gergely Gebei Linesmen: Savva Azarov Wolfgang Puff
	D. Baida – 01:25 1–0 1–1 05:26 – Lim S. (Lee J., Sohn) Mironov (Polonytsky, Denysenko) – 14:31 2–1 2–2 17:13 – Kwon (Kim J.) Shulha (Ivashchenko, Kuprianov) (PP) – 18:54 3–2 Ivashchenko (Zdorovets, Kuprianov) – 32:47 4–2 Koida (I. Baida, D. Baida) – 45:37 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	60	Shots	18

16 January 2025 19:30

Estonia

3–2 (0–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Poland

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,858

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	Georg Vladimirov	Goalies	Igor Tyczyński	Referees: Andrew Dalton Milan Zrnic Linesmen: Péter Kovács Vladislav Zotov
	0–1 31:17 – Dawid (Ja. Hofman, Jo. Hofman) (PP) 0–2 50:43 – Petrażycki (Stolarski) Orlov (Morozov, Proskurin) – 55:42 1–2 Morozov (Burkov, Antonov) (PP, EA) – 59:15 2–2 Timofejev (Ahman, Burkov) – 59:59 3–2
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	20

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17 January 2025 12:30

Japan

2–7 (0–2, 1–4, 1–1)

Ukraine

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 325

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	Towa Otsuka Jin Yoshida	Goalies	Alexander Levshin	Referees: Niclas Lundsgaard Milan Zrnic Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Quentin Ugolini
	0–1 09:25 – Yevtiekhov (Bodnar, Sukhytsky) 0–2 12:49 – Mironov (Kulikov, Denysenko) 0–3 24:05 – Haponenko 0–4 25:11 – Mironov (Denysenko, Kulikov) 0–5 25:33 – D. Baida (Shulha, Kosarev) Kokuwa (Okubo, Mori) (PP) – 34:53 1–5 1–6 39:48 – Kuprianov Ishigaki (Shirono, Mori) – 51:00 2–6 2–7 56:59 – Kosarev (Kuprianov, Shulha) (PP)
	29 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	44

17 January 2025 16:00

Poland

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 182

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	Igor Tyczyński	Goalies	Oh Eun-yul	Referees: Anton Boryayev Andrew Dalton Linesmen: Oskari Saarimäki Vladislav Zotov
	Ja. Hofman (Dawid, Hanzel) – 06:35 1–0 1–1 21:02 – Lim S. (Lee J.) Jo. Hofman (Ja. Hofman, Prokopiak) – 29:15 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	23

17 January 2025 19:30

Italy

4–3 (1–2, 1–1, 2–0)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 2,451

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	Riccardo Santangelo	Goalies	Georg Vladimirov	Referees: Cyril Debuche Gergely Gebei Linesmen: Péter Kovács Wolfgang Puff
	0–1 03:42 – Timofejev (Burkov, Antonov) (PP) 0–2 07:20 – Luht (Vahi, Frolkov) Curti (Garau, Pisetta) – 15:31 1–2 Nitz (Mbow) – 21:39 2–2 2–3 30:04 – Abeljanov (Frolkov, Koltsov) Fauster (Graf, Perino) – 51:05 3–3 Perino – 52:48 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	42	Shots	31

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Taisetsu Ushio	Japan	5	7	4	11	0	2
2	Fallou Mbow	Italy	5	5	5	10	+2	0
3	Fuji Suzuki	Japan	5	5	5	10	+1	31
4	Kazumo Sasaki	Japan	5	4	5	9	−2	4
5	Thomas Pisetta	Italy	5	3	6	9	+3	10
6	Nathan Garau	Italy	5	4	4	8	+2	0
7	Mykola Kosarev	Ukraine	5	3	5	8	+4	4
7	Olexi Yevtiekhov	Ukraine	5	3	5	8	+3	2
9	Ilarion Kuprianov	Ukraine	5	4	3	7	+6	0
10	Jakub Hofman	Poland	5	3	4	7	0	4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Alexander Levshin	Ukraine	300:00	10	90.91	2.00	1
2	Carlo Giordani	Italy	238:18	16	90.86	4.03	0
3	Oh Eun-yul	South Korea	176:23	11	88.89	3.74	0
4	Georg Vladimirov	Estonia	223:06	13	88.29	3.50	0
5	Igor Tyczyński	Poland	200:28	14	85.42	4.19	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Alexander Levshin
• Defenceman: Mykola Kosarev
• Forward: Taisetsu Ushio

Source: [IIHF]

References

1. Division I A official website, www.iihf.com
2. Division I A statistics, stats.iihf.com
3. Mladi risi U20 četrti na domačem prvenstvu (in Slovene), hokej.si
4. Guld og oprykning til Danmarks U20-landshold (in Danish), ishockey.dk
5. Division I B official website, www.iihf.com
6. Division I B statistics, stats.iihf.com
7. Eesti noortekoondis jäi kodustel maailmameistrivõistlustel medalita (in Estonian), www.sekundomer.ee
8. Збірна України U20 обіграла Японію і виграла чемпіонат світу з хокею у дивізіоні ІВ (in Ukrainian), suspilne.media

External links

• Official website of IIHF