2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

See also: 2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2026 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovenia   Italy
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	7–13 December 2025 8–14 December 2025
Teams	12
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The 2026 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 2006.

Division I A

2026 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
City	Bled
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	7–13 December 2025
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	134 (8.93 per game)
Attendance	2,810 (187 per game)
Scoring leader	Korney Korneyev (12 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 7 to 13 December 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Kazakhstan	placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated
Austria	placed 2nd in Division I A last year
Norway	placed 3rd in Division I A last year
Slovenia (hosts)	placed 4th in Division I A last year
France	placed 5th in Division I A last year
Ukraine	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	Norway	5	4	1	0	0	37	11	+26	14	Promotion to the 2027 Top Division
2	Kazakhstan	5	2	1	1	1	27	26	+1	9 [a]
3	Austria	5	3	0	0	2	25	18	+7	9 [a]
4	Slovenia (H)	5	1	1	1	2	17	26	−9	6 [b]
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	1	2	12	19	−7	6 [b]
6	France	5	0	0	1	4	16	34	−18	1	Relegation to the 2027 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. Head-to-head points: Kazakhstan 3, Austria 0
2. Head-to-head points: Slovenia 3, Ukraine 0

Results

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

7 December 2025 12:30

France

2–8 (2–3, 0–4, 0–1)

Norway

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 112

Game reference
	Baptiste Boudet Maxim Lavoie	Goalies	Albert Englund	Referees: Gergely Gebei Joe Sewell Linesmen: Michal Axman Wolfgang Puff
	0–1 01:38 – Koblar (Sørensen, Vatne) 0–2 02:32 – Myhre (Olsen Brekke, Kopperstad) 0–3 08:54 – Kiønig (Myhre) Terglav (Cal, Hostein) – 09:25 1–3 Djian (Nsonsa-Kitala, Guidoux) (PP) – 13:45 2–3 2–4 21:53 – Eriksen (Aaram-Olsen) 2–5 23:11 – Olsen Brekke (Vatne, Myhre) (PP) 2–6 27:43 – Nilsgård (Olsen Brekke, Määttänen) 2–7 32:24 – Aaram-Olsen (Solheim, Eriksen) 2–8 40:32 – Olsen Brekke (Bakkevig)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	31

7 December 2025 16:00

Slovenia

2–5 (1–3, 0–2, 1–0)

Austria

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 487

Game reference
	Bor Glavič	Goalies	Luca Haitzmann	Referees: Tyler Hascall Oskar Øvstedal Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Kenneth Englisch
	Petronijevič Lepša (Groznik, Bizjak) – 01:56 1–0 1–1 08:23 – Oschgan (I. Zelenov, Gruber) 1–2 13:55 – Neumann (Krainer, Konstantin Hutzinger) (PP) 1–3 17:57 – V. Zelenov (Hutzinger, Schnabl) 1–4 36:13 – Oberhauser (V. Zelenov, Biber) 1–5 37:52 – Hutzinger (Biber, Neumann) (PP) Plemelj (Zupančič, Petrovič) – 56:14 2–5
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	31

7 December 2025 19:30

Ukraine

2–1 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 123

Game reference
	Alexander Levshyn	Goalies	Dmitriy Ryashin	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Cyril Debuche Linesmen: Voldemārs Rava Brennan Walker
	0–1 06:52 – Korneyev (Kazhibekov, Imashev) Kulikov (Kosarev, Shybinskyi) (PP) – 41:55 1–1 Kuraiev (Haponenko, Stasiuk) – 62:33 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	47	Shots	30

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8 December 2025 12:30

Austria

4–2 (2–1, 2–0, 0–1)

France

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 187

Game reference
	Patrick Grascher	Goalies	Baptiste Boudet	Referees: Gergely Gebei Oskar Øvstedal Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Niko Jusi
	Hutzinger (V. Zelenov, Neumann) – 06:41 1–0 Hutzinger (Oberhauser, V. Zelenov) – 13:28 2–0 2–1 18:50 – Monarque (Guidoux, Nsonsa-Kitala) (PP) Oschgan (Sintschnig, I. Zelenov) – 21:57 3–1 Kolarik (Neumann) – 32:34 4–1 4–2 49:22 – Le Lem (Pfirter, Djian)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	19

8 December 2025 16:00

Norway

3–2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 2–1) (OT: 1–0)

Ukraine

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 135

Game reference
	Markus Walberg	Goalies	Alexander Levshyn	Referees: Cyril Debuche Joe Sewell Linesmen: Kenneth Englisch Brennan Walker
	0–1 04:05 – Shybinskyi (Yalovyi, Yevtiekhov) (PP) 0–2 46:52 – Kuraiev (Skorokhod, Haponenko) (PP) Vatne (Kopperstad, Olsen Brekke) (PP) – 54:39 1–2 Myhre (Koblar, Vatne) (PP) – 55:57 2–2 Aaram-Olsen) PS – 62:07 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	34

8 December 2025 19:30

Kazakhstan

5–4 GWS (0–2, 1–1, 3–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 222

Game reference
	Daulet Kuat	Goalies	Gal Hebar	Referees: Emīls Druseiks Tyler Hascall Linesmen: Michal Axman Wolfgang Puff
	0–1 03:15 – Plemelj (Petrovič) 0–2 08:18 – Petronijevič Lepša (Bizjak, Habjanič) Alibek – 20:14 1–2 1–3 33:21 – Leben (Petrovič, Plemelj) As. Sarkenov (Alibek) (PP) – 45:53 2–3 2–4 50:26 – Goličič (Petronijevič Lepša, Zupančič) Alibek (Al. Sarkenov, Kazhibekov) – 52:03 3–4 Al. Sarkenov (Cherkassov, Alibek) – 53:27 4–4
	Alibek Al. Sarkenov Bozhko Cherkassov	Shootout	Plemelj Petrovič Petronijevič Lepša Goličič
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	35

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10 December 2025 12:30

Austria

3–7 (0–2, 1–1, 2–4)

Norway

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 156

Game reference
	Luca Haitzmann	Goalies	Albert Englund	Referees: Gergely Gebei Tyler Hascall Linesmen: Michal Axman Brennan Walker
	0–1 09:56 – Myhre (Koblar, Olsen Brekke) 0–2 14:13 – Vatne (Eriksen, Sørensen) Hutzinger (V. Zelenov, Reiner) (PP) – 25:42 1–2 1–3 32:14 – Aaram-Olsen (Lafton) 1–4 48:26 – Finckenhagen (Aaram-Olsen, Eriksen) 1–5 53:11 – Bakkevig 1–6 56:26 – Aaram-Olsen (Eriksen, Lafton) (PP) 1–7 57:01 – Bannerud (Morken, Lunde) Reiner (Krainer, Hutzinger) (PP2) – 58:09 2–7 Neumann (Hutzinger) (PP) – 59:05 3–7
	22 min	Penalties	20 min
	39	Shots	23

10 December 2025 16:00

Ukraine

3–4 (0–1, 2–1, 1–2)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 206

Game reference
	Alexander Levshyn	Goalies	Gal Hebar	Referees: Oskar Øvstedal Joe Sewell Linesmen: Kenneth Englisch Wolfgang Puff
	0–1 17:40 – Berc Shybinskyi (Voroteliak) – 23:27 1–1 Kosarev (Haponenko, Shybinskyi) (PP2) – 31:48 2–1 2–2 34:08 – Leben (Petrovič, Goličič) (PP) Shybinskyi (Yevtiekhov, Yalovyi) (PP) – 41:04 3–2 3–3 56:25 – Plemelj (Leben) 3–4 58:03 – Bizjak (Mlakar)
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	31	Shots	24

10 December 2025 19:30

Kazakhstan

14–6 (1–2, 4–1, 9–3)

France

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 93

Game reference
	Daulet Kuat Dmitriy Ryashin	Goalies	Guillaume Schoch Baptiste Boudet	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Emīls Druseiks Linesmen: Niko Jusi Voldemars Rava
	0–1 5:57 – Fine (Cal, Hostein) 0–2 7:27 – Riu (Nsonsa-Kitala, Monarque) Bozhko (Alibek) – 16:44 1–2 Shipilin (Ziyash) – 24:28 2–2 Bozhko (Tussupbekov, As. Sarkenov) – 24:58 3–2 Simonov (Mindubayev, Shevchenko) – 35:53 4–2 4–3 36:36 – Fine (Hostein, Jribi-Chauviere) Korneyev (Bozhko) (PP) – 39:41 5–3 Cherkassov – 40:49 6–3 As. Sarkenov (Bozhko) (SH) – 44:22 7–3 7–4 44:48 – Monarque (Dufour, Nsonsa-Kitala) (PP) Alibek (Cherkassov, Al. Sarkenov) – 44:48 8–4 8–5 46:03 – Cal (Dufour) As. Sarkenov (Al. Sarkenov, Korneyev) (PP) – 47:14 9–5 Al. Sarkenov (Korneyev) – 51:03 10–5 As. Sarkenov – 51:12 11–5 11–6 52:32 – Cal (Fine, Hostein) Korneyev (Tussupbekov, Shevchenko) (PP) – 52:48 12–6 As. Sarkenov (Bozhko) – 55:09 13–6 Cherkassov (Alibek) (PP) – 57:27 14–6
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	44

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11 December 2025 12:30

Austria

9–2 (4–2, 4–0, 1–0)

Ukraine

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 112

Game reference
	Patrick Grascher	Goalies	Alexander Levshyn Nazr Boiko	Referees: Cyril Debuche Emīls Druseiks Linesmen: Niko Jusi Voldemars Rava
	Gesson (Oberhauser, Bohs) – 02:08 1–0 Gesson (Waschnig, Schnabl) – 10:12 2–0 Kolarik (V. Zelenov, I. Zelenov) – 10:52 3–0 3–1 13:36 – Kosarev (Haponenko) (PP) 3–2 13:45 – Skorkhod (Voroteliak, Kulikov) (EA) Waschnig (Schnabl, Neumann) – 15:55 4–2 Neumann (Hutzinger, Reiner) (PP) – 21:25 5–2 Hutzinger (V. Zelenov, Reiner) (PP) – 25:14 6–2 V. Zelenov (Neumann, Hutzinger) (PP) – 29:13 7–2 Kolarik (V. Zelenov, Bohs) – 36:06 8–2 Kolarik (Gesson, Oschgan) (PP) – 50:59 9–2
	8 min	Penalties	35 min
	31	Shots	21

11 December 2025 16:00

Norway

10–2 (3–0, 4–1, 3–1)

Kazakhstan

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 124

Game reference
	Albert Englund	Goalies	Dmitriy Ryashin Daulet Kuat	Referees: Gergely Gebei Joe Sewell Linesmen: Wolfgang Puff Brennan Walker
	Koblar (Vatne, Lafton) – 00:52 1–0 Aaram Olsen (Eriksen, Finckenhagen) – 08:00 (PP) 2–0 Aaram Olsen (Eriksen, Lafton) (PP2) – 12:14 3–0 3–1 22:31 – Korneyev (Mindubayev, As. Sarkenov) (EA) Vatne (Koblar, Sørensen) – 24:48 4–1 Koblar (Kiønig, Sunde) – 24:56 5–1 Eriksen (Lafton, Finckenhagen) – 29:06 6–1 Baanerud (Lunde) – 36:30 7–1 Sørensen (Koblar, Vatne) – 43:16 8–1 Koblar (Myhre, Kopperstad) (PP) – 45:11 9–1 Finckenhagen (Lafton, Aaram Olsen) – 47:41 10–1 10–2 51:52 – Imashev (As. Sarkenov, Korneyev)
	45 min	Penalties	51 min
	48	Shots	19

11 December 2025 19:30

Slovenia

5–4 OT (1–2, 2–2, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

France

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 235

Game reference
	Gal Hebar Bor Glavič	Goalies	Baptiste Boudet Guillaume Schoch	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Tyler Hascall Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Kenneth Englisch
	0–1 06:01 – Dufour (Haag, Pfirter) 0–2 13:03 – Dufour (Nsonsa-Kitala) Leben (Petrovič, Goličič) (PP) – 14:56 1–2 1–3 23:30 – Dufour (Guidoux, Djian) (PP) 1–4 24:50 – Le Lam (Vidal) Groznik (Gruškovnjak ) – 30:13 2–4 Spari Leben (Zalokar) – 33:35 3–4 Berc (Bizjak, Mlakar) (PP) – 43:31 4–4 Plemelj (Goličič, Petronijevič Lepša) – 63:14 5–4
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	45	Shots	23

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13 December 2025 12:30

France

2–3 (2–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Ukraine

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 98

Game reference
	Guillaume Schoch	Goalies	Nazar Boiko	Referees: Gergely Gebei Oskar Øvstedal Linesmen: Kenneth Englisch Niko Jusi
	Le Lem (Djian, Pfirter) – 04:01 1–0 Dufour (Nsonsa-Kitala, Monarque) (PP) – 04:35 2–0 2–1 22:06 – Kosarev (Shulha, Yevtiekhov) 2–2 34:08 – Yevtiekhov (Yalovyi, Shybinskyi) (PP) 2–3 59:39 – Denysenko (Shybinskyi, Voroteliak) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	36

13 December 2025 16:00

Kazakhstan

5–4 (2–4, 0–0, 3–0)

Austria

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 195

Game reference
	Dmitriy Ryashin	Goalies	Patrick Grascher	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Joe Sewell Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Brennan Walker
	0–1 03:41 – Waschnig (Hutzinger, Neumann) 0–2 07:13 – Kolarik (Schnabl, Oschgan) (PP) 0–3 08:05 – Schnabl (Kolarik, Gesson) (PP) 0–4 15:22 – Oschgan (Gesson, Schnabl) (PP) Al. Sarkenov (Cherkassov, Korneyev) – 17:40 1–4 Korneyev (Al. Sarkenov) – 19:40 2–4 Cherkassov (Korneyev, Al. Sarkenov) (PP) – 41:13 3–4 Shipilin (Korneyev, Al. Sarkenov) (PP) – 44:45 4–4 Korneyev (Al. Sarkenov) (EN) – 58:29 5–4
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	39

13 December 2025 19:30

Norway

9–2 (5–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 325

Game reference
	Albert Englund Markus Walberg	Goalies	Jon Kavčič Gal Hebar	Referees: Cyril Debuche Emīls Druseiks Linesmen: Michal Axman Voldemars Rava
	Myhre – 03:27 1–0 Sørensen (Koblar, Vatne) – 03:55 2–0 Kevvig (Myhre) – 09:09 3–0 Lafton (Myhre, Olsen Brekke) – 13:26 4–0 Lunde (Vatne, Lafton) – 14:48 5–0 Sørensen (Finckenhagen, Eriksen) (PP) – 24:26 6–0 Koblar (Kopperstad) – 27:34 7–0 7–1 32:40 – Petronijevič Lepša (Habjanič, Zupančič) 7–2 43:05 – Leben (Sturm) Eriksen (Lafton, Aaram Olsen) (PP) – 51:26 8–2 Myhre (Olsen Brekke, Määttänen) – 52:43 9–2
	8 min	Penalties	39 min
	29	Shots	9

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Korney Korneyev	Kazakhstan	5	6	6	12	+7	2
2	Konstantin Hutzinger	Austria	5	5	7	12	+2	2
3	Niklas Aaram Olsen	Norway	5	6	4	10	+4	2
4	Tinus Luc Koblar	Norway	5	5	5	10	+10	12
4	Jorgen Myhre	Norway	5	5	5	10	+7	4
6	Mikkel Eriksen	Norway	5	3	7	10	+5	2
6	Elias Vatne	Norway	5	3	7	10	+8	4
8	Johannes Neumann	Austria	5	3	6	9	–1	4
8	Alisher Sarkenov	Kazakhstan	5	3	6	9	0	6
10	Vasily Zelenov	Austria	5	2	7	9	+1	20

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	Albert Englund	Norway	210:24	7	92.22	2.00	0
2	Dmitriy Ryashin	Kazakhstan	181:26	12	89.83	3.97	0
3	Alexander Levshyn	Ukraine	208:20	14	87.83	4.03	0
4	Gal Hebar	Slovenia	157:07	11	87.36	4.20	0
5	Guillaume Schoch	France	164:00	14	86.41	5.12	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: Albert Englund
• Defenceman: Jan Goličič
• Forward: Tinus Luc Koblar

Source ^[3]

Division I B

2026 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
City	Milan
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–14 December 2025
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	82 (5.47 per game)
Attendance	8,212 (547 per game)
Scoring leader	David Timofejev (12 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Milan, Italy, from 8 to 14 December 2025. ^{[4] [5]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Hungary	placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
Japan	placed 2nd in Division I B last year
Italy (hosts)	placed 3rd in Division I B last year
Estonia	placed 4th in Division I B last year
Poland	placed 5th in Division I B last year
Lithuania	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	Hungary	5	3	1	0	1	18	9	+9	11	Promotion to the 2027 Division I A
2	Estonia	5	2	1	1	1	18	14	+4	9 [a]
3	Lithuania	5	3	0	0	2	10	11	−1	9 [a]
4	Poland	5	2	0	2	1	13	13	0	8
5	Japan	5	1	1	0	3	12	16	−4	5
6	Italy (H)	5	1	0	0	4	11	19	−8	3	Relegation to the 2027 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. Head-to-head points: Estonia 3, Lithuania 0

Results

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

8 December 2025 12:00

Estonia

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

Japan

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance:TBD

Game reference
	Simon Sildre	Goalies	Yuichiro Takase	Referees: Shauna Neary Zuzana Svobodová Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Kristýna Hájková
	Burkov (Morozov, D. Timofejev) – 00:28 1–0 Koltsov (Heitkov, Tammert) – 05:30 2–0 Tammert (Antonov, Koltsov) – 24:40 3–0 3–1 36:58 – Ibe (Takashima, Kudoh) 3–2 39:38 – Seki (Nakaya, Hotta) 3–3 46:25 – Nakaya (Seki, Takase)
	Tammert D. Timofejev Burkov Orlov	Shootout	Nakaya Hifumi Ibe Seki
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	26

8 December 2025 16:00

Poland

4–2 (1–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Italy

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance:TBD

Game reference
	Tobiasz Jaworski	Goalies	Carlo Giordani	Referees: Michelle McKenna Cianna Murray Linesmen: Justine Todd Erin Zach
	0–1 01:42 – Winkler (Rigoni, Tolomelli) (PP) McGovern (Onak, Stolarski) (SH) – 11:19 1–1 Gumiński (Wojciechowski) – 26:02 2–1 Janik (Skrzypski) – 39:33 3–1 3–2 55:35 – Meneghetti (Tolomelli, De Luca) Sawicki (Makuła) (PP) 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	22

8 December 2025 20:00

Lithuania

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Hungary

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance:TBD

Game reference
	Daniil Cepov	Goalies	Benedek Gyulai	Referees: Ida Henriksson Samantha Hiller Linesmen: Laura Gutauskas Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 11:15 – Szongoth (Mayer) 0–2 27:22 – Laskawy (Franyó) 0–3 27:41 – Fehér (Lobenwein, Vén) 0–4 59:13 – Fehér (Rapos) (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	20

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9 December 2025 12:15

Japan

1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Poland

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance: 2,891

Game reference
	Sazuku Kudo	Goalies	Igor Tyczyński	Referees: Cianna Murray Zuzana Svobodová Linesmen: Justine Todd Kirsten Welsh
	0–1 02:12 – Janik (Zachariasz, Skrzypski) 0–2 39:25 – Petrażycki Ishii – 51:47 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	25

9 December 2025 16:00

Hungary

3–1 (2–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Estonia

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance: 497

Game reference
	Benedek Gyulai	Goalies	Simon Sildre	Referees: Samantha Hiller Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Kristýna Hájková
	0–1 03:11 – D. Timofejev (Burkov) Baróti (Zimányi) – 09:25 1–1 Rapos (Lobenwein) – 09:46 2–1 Fehér (Lobenwein, Szongoth) – 41:25 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	22

9 December 2025 20:00

Italy

2–4 (1–0, 1–3, 0–1

Lithuania

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance: 1,123

Game reference
	Riccardo Santangelo	Goalies	Daniil Cepov	Referees: Ida Henriksson Michelle McKenna Linesmen: Laura Gutauskas Erin Zach
	Gesumaria (PP) – 16:33 1–0 1–1 34:03 – Čečekovas (Baltrūnas, Šulinskas) Ferretti (Meneghetti) – 35:54 2–1 2–2 37:11 – Jukna (Zeynalov, Sadauskas) 2–3 39:43 – Škadauskas (Kovalenko, Jaras) 2–4 55:28 – Čečekovas
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	29

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11 December 2025 12:00

Lithuania

1–4 (0–1, 0–0, 1–3)

Estonia

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance:TBD

Game reference
	Daniil Cepov	Goalies	Simon Sildre	Referees: Samantha Hiller Michelle McKenna Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Justine Todd
	0–1 10:30 – Morozov (Antonov, Timofejev) (PP2) Boravski (Škadauskas, Zeynalov) – 41:21 1–1 1–2 46:35 – Kookmaa (SH) 1–3 50:52 – Timofejev (Burkov, Antonov) (PP) 1–4 58:09 – Timofejev (Morozov) (ENG)
	43 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	26

11 December 2025 16:00

Hungary

4–3 OT (0–0, 2–2, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Poland

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance:TBD

Game reference
	Benedek Gyulai	Goalies	Igor Tyczyński	Referees: Cianna Murray Shauna Neary Linesmen: Kristýna Hájková Kirsten Welsh
	0–1 20:49 – Sawicki (McGovern, Stolarski) Lobenwein (Nagy) – 21:33 1–1 Mayer (Laskawy, Szivak) – 29:37 2–1 2–2 31:30 – Makula (Hanzel, McGovern) (PP) 2–3 52:16 – Drabik (Makula) Szongoth (Laskawy, Franyó) – 53:13 3–3 Ferenc (Szongoth, Horváth) – 62:32 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	21

11 December 2025 20:00

Japan

5–1 (1–1, 4–0, 0–0)

Italy

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance:TBD

Game reference
	Sazuku Kudo	Goalies	Carlo Giordani Riccardo Santangelo	Referees: Anniina Nurmi Zuzana Svobodová Linesmen: Laura Gutauskas Tiina Saarimäki
	0–1 4:08 – de Luca (Meneghetti, Gesumaria) (PP) Nakaya (Seki, Miura) – 15:20 1–1 Nakaya (Seki, Miura) (PP) – 26:01 2–1 Odermatt (Hifumi) – 27:57 3–1 Miura (Daikuhara, Seki) – 32:36 4–1 Ibe (Takashima) – 39:52 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	27

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13 December 2025 12:00

Estonia

5–4 OT (0–2, 3–2, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Poland

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance:TBD

Game reference
	Simon Sildre	Goalies	Tobiasz Jaworski	Referees: Ida Henriksson Shauna Neary Linesmen: Kristýna Hájková Justine Todd
	0–1 02:39 – Bieda 0–2 12:46 – Zachariasz (Janik) Abeljanov (Frolkov, Masljonov) – 21:56 1–2 1–3 22:28 – Petrażycki Frolkov – 27:28 2–3 Antonov (Tammert, Burkov) – 31:32 3–3 3–4 32:53 – Majkowski (Wilczok, Zachariasz) Burkov (Antonov, Timofejev) (EA) – 59:48 4–4 Timofejev (Burkov, Maslov) 5–4
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	23

13 December 2025 16:00

Japan

1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Lithuania

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance:TBD

Game reference
	Sazuku Kudo	Goalies	Naglis Vaišvila	Referees: Samantha Hiller Zuzana Svobodová Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Erin Zach
	0–1 03:31 – Jukna (Jaras, Čečekovas) 0–2 23:54 – Jukna (Baltrūnas, Čečekovas) Hifumi (Odermatt) – 27:59 1–2 1–3 34:38 – Krakauskas (Zeynalov, Škadauskas) (PP) 1–4 49:13 – Čečekovas (Jukna, Adakauskas)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	32

13 December 2025 20:00

Italy

4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Hungary

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance:TBD

Game reference
	Filippo Matonti	Goalies	Benedek Gyulai	Referees: Cianna Murray Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Tiina Saarimäki Kirsten Welsh
	Winkler (Pardatscher) – 04:01 1–0 1–1 16:02 – Laskawy (Szongoth, Nitz) (PP) Parco (Rigoni, Nitz) – 32:58 2–1 De Luca (Gesumaria, Pardatscher) (PP) – 47:08 3–1 De Luca (Meneghetti) – 54:00 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	37

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14 December 2025 12:00

Poland

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Lithuania

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance: 1,473

Game reference
	Igor Tyczyński	Goalies	Daniil Cepov	Referees: Shauna Neary Anniina Nurmi Linesmen: Sarah Buckner Laura Gutauskas
	0–1 30:38 – Sobolev (Krakauskas)
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	15	Shots	29

14 December 2025 16:00

Italy

2–5 (1–1, 1–1, 0–3)

Estonia

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance: 1,705

Game reference
	Filippo Ferretti	Goalies	Simon Sildre	Referees: Ida Henriksson Michelle McKenna Linesmen: Tiina Saarimäki Erin Zach
	Ferretti – 06:51 1–0 1–1 17:07 – Tammert (Morozov, Timofejev) (PP) 1–2 20:43 – Timofejev (Burkov) (SH) Ferretti (Parco) (SH) – 38:04 2–2 2–3 44:20 – Timofejev (Kalamees) 2–4 46:21 – Burkov (Timofejev) 2–5 53:17 – Timofejev (Antonov, Burkov)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	38

14 December 2025 20:00

Hungary

6–1 (2–0, 3–1, 1–0)

Japan

Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena, Milan Attendance: 523

Game reference
	Benedek Gyulai	Goalies	Yuichiro Takase Jei Yamabayashi	Referees: Samantha Hiller Cianna Murray Linesmen: Justine Todd Kirsten Welsh
	Fehér (Lobenwein, Vén) (SH) – 02:58 1–0 Laskawy (Szongoth) – 12:16 2–0 2–1 24:45 – Hifumi (Ibe) (PP) Szongoth (Laskawy, Mayer) – 21:51 3–1 Schwartz – 22:05 4–1 Ven (Lobenwein, Mayer) (PP) – 26:55 5–1 Laskawy (Horváth, Szongoth) – 53:57 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	25

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	David Timofejev	Estonia	5	7	5	12	+6	2
2	Maksim Burkov	Estonia	5	3	6	9	+5	4
3	Ferenc Laskawy	Hungary	5	5	3	8	+5	6
4	Domán Szongoth	Hungary	5	3	4	7	+4	4
5	Nikita Antonov	Estonia	5	1	5	6	+5	2
5	Balint Lobenwein	Hungary	5	1	5	6	+6	0
7	Danielius Čečekovas	Lithuania	5	3	2	5	+2	0
8	Ryota Seki	Japan	5	1	4	5	–1	0
9	Kolos Fehér	Hungary	5	4	0	4	+7	0
10	Jacopo de Luca	Italy	5	3	1	4	0	0
10	Dovydas Jukna	Lithuania	5	3	1	4	+4	2
10	Saishiro Nakaya	Japan	5	3	1	4	–1	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	Igor Tyczyński	Poland	181:32	6	93.02	1.98	0
2	Benedek Gyulai	Hungary	302:32	9	92.50	1.78	1
3	Sazuku Kudo	Japan	176:48	7	91.67	2.38	0
4	Daniil Cepov	Lithuania	238:36	8	90.00	2.01	1
5	Simon Sildre	Estonia	302:44	13	89.84	2.58	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: Igor Tyczyński
• Defenceman: Daniil Kovalenko
• Forward: Maksim Burkov

Source ^[6]

References

1. Division I A official website, www.iihf.com
2. Division I A statistics, stats.iihf.com
3. O'Brien, Derek (13 December 2025). "Norway U20s earn promotion". IIHF.com. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
4. Division I B official website, www.iihf.com
5. Division I B statistics, stats.iihf.com
6. "Best Players Selected By The Directorate" (PDF). IIHF.com. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.

External links

• Official website of IIHF