2023 IIHF World Championship Division I

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2023 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates29 April – 5 May
23–29 April
Teams12
  2022
2024  

The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. [1]

Contents

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
2023 IIHF World Championship Division I A.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates29 April – 5 May
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored99 (6.6 per game)
Attendance33,765 (2,251 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Poland.svg Krystian Dziubiński (11 points)
Website Website

Participants

TeamQualification
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Host, placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2022.
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Placed 4th in Division I A in 2022.
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Placed 5th in Division I A in 2022.
Flag of Poland.svg  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]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Flag of Austria.svg Christoph Sternat
  • Flag of Germany.svg Killian Hinterdobler
  • Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Dalton
  • Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Nagy
  • Flag of Norway.svg Roy Stian Hansen
  • Flag of Slovenia.svg Milan Zrnić
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Holm
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cedric Borga
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Nicklas Knosen
  • Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Thomann
  • Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Merten
  • Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ilia Kisil
  • Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Muzsik
  • Flag of Slovenia.svg Gašper Zgonc
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Nyqvist

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (H)54100247+1714Promoted to the 2024 Top Division
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 54010289+1913
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 530022316+79
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 52003820126
5Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 51004926173
6Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 50005721140Relegated 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  Flag of Poland.svg7–0
(3–0, 3–0, 1–0)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,352
Game reference
John Murray Goalies Mantas Armalis Referees:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Dalton
Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ilia Kisil
Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Thomann
Zygmunt (Wałęga, Paś) – 02:031–0
Kruczek (Wajda, Fraszko) – 03:262–0
Dziubiński (Wronka, Pasiut) (PP) – 07:023–0
Wronka (Fraszko, Pasiut) – 27:234–0
Wronka (Pasiut, Fraszko) (PP) – 37:185–0
Wronka (Dziubiński, Pasiut) (PP) – 39:476–0
Dziubiński (Wronka, Dronia) (PP) – 48:407–0
4 minPenalties12 min
34Shots9
29 April 2023
16:00
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg2–6
(0–2, 1–2, 1–2)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,001
Game reference
Patrik Polc Goalies Justin Fazio Referees:
Flag of Norway.svg Roy Stian Hansen
Flag of Germany.svg Killian Hinterdobler
Linesmen:
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicklas Knosen
Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Merten
0–100:59 – Larkin (Frigo)
0–207:55 – Larkin
0–325:58 – Brunner (Pietroniro)
0–426:51 – Miceli (Tedesco, Insam)
Zs. Molnár (Constantin) – 32:101–4
Kovács (Péter, Polc) – 47:202–4
2–552:57 – Miceli (Tedesco, Miglioranzi)
2–654:57 – Larkin (Traversa, McNally)
8 minPenalties4 min
18Shots52
29 April 2023
19:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 3,966
Game reference
Matt Dalton Goalies Ben Bowns Referees:
Flag of Austria.svg Christoph Sternat
Flag of Slovenia.svg Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Muzsik
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Nyqvist
0–101:44 – Lake (Waller, Hammond)
0–215:49 – Dowd (Waller, Mosey)
0–320:13 – Neilson (Kirk)
0–441:35 – Kirk
10 minPenalties2 min
17Shots35

30 April 2023
12:30
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg2–3
(2–1, 0–2, 0–0)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,958
Game reference
Mantas Armalis Goalies Patrik Polc Referees:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cedric Borga
Flag of Austria.svg Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Merten
Flag of Slovenia.svg Gašper Zgonc
Krakauskas (Gusevas, Grinius) – 01:091–0
Bendžius (Binkulis, Protčenko) – 15:382–0
2–116:55 – Kovács (Péter, Rasulov)
2–223:36 – Péter (Borysenko, Filip) (PP)
2–330:07 – Péter (Borysenko, Bors)
6 minPenalties6 min
34Shots30
30 April 2023
16:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg5–4 OT
(1–1, 2–0, 1–3)
(OT: 1–0)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 5,076
Game reference
Ben Bowns Goalies John Murray Referees:
Flag of Germany.svg Killian Hinterdobler
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicklas Knosen
Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Thomann
J. Phillips (Lachowicz) – 01:571–0
1–110:06 – Paś (Zygmunt, Kostek)
Neilson (Kirk, Halbert) – 23:362–1
Kirk (Neilson, Halbert) (PP) – 33:073–1
3–245:25 – Zygmunt (Jeziorski, Wałęga) (PP)
3–354:23 – Wałęga (Ciura, Zygmunt)
Hammond (Mosey, O'Connor) (PP) – 58:304–3
4–459:12 – Fraszko (Kolusz, Pasiut) (EA)
Lake (Halbert, Kirk) (PP) – 62:355–4
8 minPenalties31 min
42Shots27
30 April 2023
19:30
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg6–1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,572
Game reference
Damian Clara Goalies Matt Dalton Referees:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Dalton
Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ilia Kisil
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Nyqvist
Mantenuto (Pietroniro, Zanetti) – 04:311–0
Frigo (Mantenuto, Larkin) (SH) – 14:552–0
Larkin (Miceli, Tedesco) – 39:573–0
Frigo (Pietroniro) – 45:054–0
4–148:17 – Kim K. (Kim Sa.)
McNally (Traversa, Deluca) – 48:265–1
Mantenuto (Miglioranzi) (PP) – 50:056–1
10 minPenalties8 min
29Shots19

2 May 2023
12:30
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg2–5
(1–1, 0–2, 1–2)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 767
Game reference
Patrik Polc Goalies Matt Dalton Referees:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Dalton
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ilia Kisil
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicklas Knosen
0–104:52 – Shin (Park, Lee Yo.) (PP)
Filip (Fodor) – 15:151–1
1–224:03 – Kang Y. (Lee D.)
1–336:34 – Jeon (Ahn, Oh)
1–451:52 – Park (Lee Yo., Song) (PP)
1–554:45 – Kim Si. (Lee D., Jeon)
Kovács (Péter, Cășăneanu) – 55:242–5
6 minPenalties2 min
17Shots36
2 May 2023
16:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–2)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,318
Game reference
Justin Fazio Goalies John Murray Referees:
Flag of Norway.svg Roy Stian Hansen
Flag of Slovenia.svg Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Muzsik
Flag of Slovenia.svg Gašper Zgonc
0–105:23 – Michalski (Galant)
Trivellato (Mantenuto) – 06:281–1
1–222:10 – Dziubiński (Wronka, Pasiut) (PP)
Tedesco (Spornberger, Miceli) – 26:352–2
2–337:06 – Jeziorski (Dziubiński)
2–456:53 – Pasiut (Wronka, Kolusz) (PP)
29 minPenalties8 min
31Shots23
2 May 2023
19:30
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,606
Game reference
Ben Bowns Goalies Mantas Armalis Referees:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cedric Borga
Flag of Germany.svg Killian Hinterdobler
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Merten
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Nyqvist
Neilson (Mosey) – 01:071–0
Dowd (Neilson, Kirk) (PP) – 16:422–0
Halbert (Dowd) (ENG) – 58:103–0
4 minPenalties8 min
24Shots28

3 May 2023
12:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0–7
(0–2, 0–3, 0–2)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 710
Game reference
Matt Dalton
Lee Yeon-seung
Goalies John Murray Referees:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cedric Borga
Flag of Slovenia.svg Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ilia Kisil
Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Muzsik
0–109:42 – Łyszczarczyk (Zygmunt, Ciura)
0–219:12 – Jeziorski (Ciura, Dziubiński)
0–330:50 – Jeziorski (Zygmunt, Wałęga) (PP)
0–432:34 – Wałęga (Łyszczarczyk, Paś) (PP)
0–539:32 – Dziubiński (Wałęga, Łyszczarczyk) (PP)
0–652:19 – Kolusz (Łyszczarczyk, Kruczek)
0–753:58 – Dziubiński (PS)
8 minPenalties0 min
20Shots36
3 May 2023
16:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg4–6
(1–1, 2–4, 1–1)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 876
Game reference
Elvinas Karla Goalies Damian Clara Referees:
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Holm
Flag of Austria.svg Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Nyqvist
Flag of Slovenia.svg Gašper Zgonc
Gintautas (Grinius, Kaleinikovas) – 00:451–0
1–110:25 – Zanetti (Frigo, Mantenuto)
1–222:06 – Zanetti (Miglioranzi, Frigo)
1–326:47 – Pietroniro (Trivellato, Tedesco) (PP)
1–432:01 – Hannoun (Miceli, Pietroniro)
Bendžius (Gusevas, Krakauskas) (EA) – 33:392–4
Grinius (Kaleinikovas, Noreika) (PP2) – 37:433–4
3–539:38 – Pietroniro (Hannoun, Miceli) (PP)
3–647:04 – Mantenuto (Zanetti, Frigo)
Bendžius (Stankius, Čižas) – 48:044–6
4 minPenalties10 min
30Shots35
3 May 2023
19:30
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg7–0
(0–0, 3–0, 4–0)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,506
Game reference
Ben Bowns Goalies Zoltán Tőke Referees:
Flag of Norway.svg Roy Stian Hansen
Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Merten
Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Thomann
Perlini (Dowd, Kirk) – 30:181–0
Kirk (Halbert) (PP) – 32:592–0
J. Phillips (Tetlow, Jones) – 34:183–0
Curran (Mosey, O'Connor) – 46:164–0
Ruopp (Lachowicz, D. Phillips) (PP) – 51:175–0
Mosey (Perlini, O'Connor) (PP) – 56:276–0
Waller (Ruopp, Neilson) – 57:517–0
4 minPenalties12 min
43Shots13

5 May 2023
12:30
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg6–2
(0–1, 4–0, 2–1)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,441
Game reference
Maciej Miarka
David Zabolotny
Goalies Zoltán Tőke Referees:
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Holm
Flag of Slovenia.svg Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
Flag of Denmark.svg Nicklas Knosen
Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Merten
0–109:13 – Péter (Borysenko)
Pasiut (Kolusz, Fraszko) (PP) – 21:421–1
Jeziorski (Dziubiński) – 28:532–1
Fraszko (Pasiut, Wronka) – 37:263–1
Łyszczarczyk (Dziubiński, Ciura) – 38:484–1
4–254:20 – Gajdo (Molnár, Yemelianenko)
Dziubiński (Fraszko, Ciura) (ENG) – 58:155–2
Wałęga (Zygmunt, Dronia) – 59:246–2
0 minPenalties2 min
39Shots15
5 May 2023
16:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,078
Game reference
Mantas Armalis Goalies Matt Dalton Referees:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Dalton
Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Jussi Thomann
Flag of Slovenia.svg Gašper Zgonc
0–120:13 – Shin (Ahn)
Čižas (Jasinevičius, Krakauskas) – 33:471–1
1–259:27 – Kim Si. (Shin) (PP) (ENG)
12 minPenalties6 min
33Shots42
5 May 2023
19:30
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg3–5
(1–1, 2–3, 0–1)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 5,538
Game reference
Justin Fazio Goalies Ben Bowns Referees:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cedric Borga
Flag of Germany.svg Killian Hinterdobler
Linesmen:
Flag of Hungary.svg Norbert Muzsik
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Nyqvist
0–105:40 – Perlini (Hammond, Mosey)
Larkin (Tedesco) (EA) – 11:211–1
1–220:59 – Neilson (Dowd)
Petan – 24:342–2
2–328:43 – Hammond (Betteridge)
Glira (Frigo, Mantenuto) – 34:293–3
3–435:57 – Perlini (Hammond, Kirk)
3–557:50 – Neilson (Kirk) (ENG)
6 minPenalties0 min
22Shots23

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Flag of Poland.svg Krystian Dziubiński 56511+30F
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Kirk 53710+40F
Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Pasiut 5279+32F
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cade Neilson 5538+52F
Flag of Poland.svg Patryk Wronka 5538+32F
Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Mantenuto 5347+62F
Flag of Poland.svg Kamil Wałęga 5347+40F
Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Fraszko 5257+40F
Flag of Italy.svg Luca Frigo 5257+70F
Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Zygmunt 5257+40F

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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Bowns 302:3571.3910793.463
Flag of Poland.svg John Murray 242:3071.7310293.142
Flag of Italy.svg Damian Clara 120:0052.504989.800
Flag of Lithuania.svg Mantas Armalis 237:20133.2912789.760
Flag of Romania.svg Patrik Polc 180:00134.3312289.340

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

PositionPlayer [8]
Goaltender Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Bowns
Defenceman Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Larkin
Forward Flag of Poland.svg Krystian Dziubiński

Group B tournament

2023 IIHF World Championship Division I B
2023 IIHF World Championship Division I B.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates23–29 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored117 (7.8 per game)
Attendance19,336 (1,289 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Ukraine.svg Olexi Vorona (13 points)
Website Website

Participants

TeamQualification
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2022.
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2022.
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Host, placed 4th in Division I B in 2022.
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Placed 5th in Division I B in 2022.
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Placed 1st in Division II A in 2022 and was promoted.
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  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]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Christensen
  • Flag of Finland.svg Timo Ruuska
  • Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Hoppe
  • Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Moschen
  • Flag of Poland.svg Michał Baca
  • Flag of South Korea.svg Chae Young-jin
  • Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrii Kicha
  • Flag of Austria.svg Wolfgang Puff
  • Flag of Germany.svg Tobias Schwenk
  • Flag of Latvia.svg Renārs Davidonis
  • Flag of Latvia.svg Agris Ozoliņš
  • Flag of Lithuania.svg Laurynas Stepankevičius
  • Flag of Norway.svg Knut Bråten
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominik Altmann

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 550002910+1915Promoted to the 2024 Division I A
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 530113516+1910
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 521021918+18
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (H)51103131855
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 510131431174
6Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 50113724173Relegated 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  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–8
(0–2, 0–2, 1–4)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Ruud Leeuwesteijn Goalies Yuta Narisawa Referees:
Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Christensen
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Knut Bråten
Flag of Germany.svg Tobias Schwenk
0–115:33 – Suzuki (K. Otsu)
0–218:05 – Halliday (Osawa, Suzuki)
0–322:09 – Furuhashi (Yoneyama, T. Nakajima)
0–439:38 – T. Nakajima (Hanzawa, Ishida)
0–540:13 – S. Nakajima
0–645:07 – T. Nakajima (Hirano, H. Sato) (PP)
0–745:26 – Hirano (S. Nakajima, Hitosato)
0–857:22 – Irikura (Y. Otsu) (SH)
Hofland (Stempher, Van Nes) – 59:481–8
6 minPenalties8 min
16Shots47
23 April 2023
16:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg5–4 OT
(0–2, 4–0, 0–2)
(OT: 1–0)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 560
Game reference
Ouban Yongli Goalies Eduard Zakharchenko
Bogdan Dyachenko
Referees:
Flag of Poland.svg Michał Baca
Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominik Altmann
Flag of Latvia.svg Renārs Davidonis
0–106:19 – Vorona (Mazur, Merezhko) (PP)
0–219:15 – Vorona (Peresunko, Merezhko) (PP)
Zhou (Fu S., Luo) – 20:491–2
Ye (Wang, Fu J.) (PP) – 26:342–2
Wang (Ruian, Guo) – 35:473–2
Jieke – 38:454–2
4–346:33 – Merezhko (Peresunko, Vorona) (PP)
4–455:49 – Vorona (Trakht, Merezhko) (PP)
Jian (Ye, Wang) – 62:325–4
8 minPenalties31 min
30Shots37
23 April 2023
19:30
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1–2 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,564
Game reference
Arsenije Ranković Goalies Villem-Henrik Koitmaa Referees:
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Moschen
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Ruuska
Linesmen:
Flag of Latvia.svg Agris Ozoliņš
Flag of Austria.svg Wolfgang Puff
0–131:37 – Slessarevski (Kiik)
Đumić (Dragović, Ranković) – 42:421–1
Đumić Ice hockey puck.svg
Popović Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Leštarić Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Dragović Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Novaković Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck.svg Rooba
Ice hockey puck.svg Kombe
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Embrich
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Viitanen
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Arrak
6 minPenalties8 min
15Shots54

24 April 2023
12:30
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg5–2
(1–2, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 280
Game reference
Yuta Narisawa Goalies Sun Zehao Referees:
Flag of Poland.svg Michał Baca
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Ruuska
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Knut Bråten
Flag of Latvia.svg Renārs Davidonis
0–104:00 – Fu J. (Jieke) (PP)
Hanzawa (T. Nakajima, Furuhashi) – 05:231–1
1–216:45 – Jian (Yan J., Ruian)
Hitosato (H. Sato) – 35:152–2
T. Nakajima (Osawa, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 37:303–2
Osawa (Y. Otsu, K. Otsu) – 43:204–2
T. Nakajima (Irikura) (EN) – 59:225–2
14 minPenalties6 min
27Shots34
24 April 2023
16:00
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg7–0
(0–0, 2–0, 5–0)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 428
Game reference
Bogdan Dyachenko Goalies Akim Padalitsa Referees:
Flag of South Korea.svg Chae Young-jin
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Moschen
Linesmen:
Flag of Austria.svg Wolfgang Puff
Flag of Lithuania.svg Laurynas Stepankevičius
Trakht (Mazur, Pangelov-Yuldashev) – 26:271–0
Mazur (Vorona, Peresunko) (PP) – 28:472–0
Mazur (Merezhko, Andreikiv) – 44:283–0
Denyskin (Fadyeyv, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 47:064–0
Peresunko (Mazur, Trakht) (PP) – 49:395–0
Borodai (Merezhko, Sysak) – 54:196–0
Merezhko (Korenchuk, Nimenko) – 57:377–0
6 minPenalties35 min
66Shots10
24 April 2023
19:30
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg4–2
(1–1, 0–0, 3–1)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,349
Game reference
Conrad Mölder Goalies Martijn Oosterwijk Referees:
Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Christensen
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominik Altmann
Flag of Germany.svg Tobias Schwenk
0–104:12 – Van Nes
Viitanen (Linde) – 19:261–1
Kombe (Ossipov, Kulintsev) – 44:092–1
Rooba (Aleksandrov) – 50:003–1
3–253:57 – Van Gorp (Stempher, Van Nes) (PP, EA)
Viitanen (Aleksandrov) (EN) – 58:434–2
8 minPenalties10 min
56Shots12

26 April 2023
12:30
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg7–2
(3–0, 3–2, 1–0)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 215
Game reference
Ruud Leeuwesteijn Goalies Ouban Yongli Referees:
Flag of South Korea.svg Chae Young-jin
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Moschen
Linesmen:
Flag of Latvia.svg Agris Ozoliņš
Flag of Lithuania.svg Laurynas Stepankevičius
Van Soest (De Ruiter, Jongmans) – 07:551–0
Van Soest (De Ruiter, Huisman) – 10:412–0
Collard (De Bonth) (PP) – 15:443–0
Van Gorp – 32:084–0
4–133:06 – Fu S. (Zhou, Liu)
4–238:21 – Jian (Jieke, Ye) (PP)
Schoningh (De Bonth, Doop) – 38:305–2
Van Nes (Van Gorp) – 39:446–2
Hofland (Van Nes) – 52:267–2
10 minPenalties8 min
16Shots40
26 April 2023
16:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg8–3
(2–0, 1–2, 5–1)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 254
Game reference
Yutaka Fukufuji Goalies Arsenije Ranković
Akim Padalitsa
Referees:
Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Hoppe
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominik Altmann
Flag of Latvia.svg Renārs Davidonis
Hirano (Suzuki, Halliday) – 01:511–0
Takagi (Irikura, K. Sato) – 02:342–0
2–123:14 – Popović (Đumić, Podunavac) (PP)
2–226:42 – Podunavac (Dragović, Đumić) (PP)
Hirano (S. Nakajima) – 26:553–2
3–340:46 – Dragović (Novaković, Podunavac)
Hitosato (Osawa) – 44:214–3
T. Nakajima (Hanzawa, Furuhashi) – 46:055–3
Hirano (Hitosato, Yamada) – 46:546–3
T. Nakajima (Osawa, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 53:157–3
S. Nakajima (H. Sato, Hirano) (PP) – 55:168–3
10 minPenalties8 min
51Shots11
26 April 2023
19:30
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg7–4
(1–1, 4–1, 2–2)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,001
Game reference
Eduard Zakharchenko Goalies Villem-Henrik Koitmaa Referees:
Flag of Poland.svg Michał Baca
Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Christensen
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Knut Bråten
Flag of Germany.svg Tobias Schwenk
0–111:37 – Parras (Kiik, Puzakov)
Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 17:541–1
Pangelov-Yuldashev (Korenchuk, Peresunko) (PP) – 21:372–1
Lialka (Mazur, Merezhko) – 31:293–1
3–233:44 – Rooba (Novikov)
Pangelov-Yuldashev (Fadyeyv) – 39:124–2
Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 38:585–2
Mazur (Vorona, Peresunko) (PP) – 42:286–2
6–344:33 – Aleksandrov (Ossipov, Potšinok)
Trakht (Mazur, Peresunko) – 44:547–3
7–448:20 – Rooba (Embrich) (PP)
6 minPenalties8 min
37Shots18

27 April 2023
12:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 123
Game reference
Ouban Yongli Goalies Arsenije Ranković Referees:
Flag of South Korea.svg Chae Young-jin
Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Christensen
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominik Altmann
Flag of Norway.svg Knut Braten
Fu S. (Fu J., Luo) – 08:101–0
Jieke (Ruian, Fu J.) – 14:282–0
Jian (Ye, Jieke) – 23:153–0
Luo – 39:374–0
Liu (Luo, Zhou) – 50:015–0
4 minPenalties12 min
58Shots15
27 April 2023
16:00
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg14–2
(4–1, 6–1, 4–0)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 729
Game reference
Bogdan Dyachenko Goalies Martijn Oosterwijk Referees:
Flag of Poland.svg Michal Baca
Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Flag of Latvia.svg Renars Davidonis
Flag of Latvia.svg Agris Ozolins
Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 01:491–0
Korenchuk (Merezhko) – 08:082–0
Trakht (Merezhko) – 11:533–0
3–112:39 – Verkiel (Hessels, Van Gestel) (PP)
Nimenko (Korenchuk, Merezhko) – 18:524–1
Trakht (Sysak, Peresunko) – 20:325–1
Merezhko (Mazur) (PP) – 22:376–1
Ruzhnikov (Kutsevych, Hrebenyk) – 22:597–1
Denyskin (Korenchuk, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 31:388–1
8–236:02 – Van Nes (Stempher, Van Soest) (PP)
Panchenko (Ruzhnikov) – 36:119–2
Vorona (Trakht, Peresunko) (PP) – 38:0410–2
Denyskin (Lialka, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 44:3411–2
Korenchuk (Vorona, Dyachenko) – 49:2712–2
Trakht (Peresunko, Mazur) – 50:1713–2
Trakht – 58:0414–2
6 minPenalties12 min
60Shots11
27 April 2023
19:30
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg1–3
(0–1, 1–2, 0–0)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,432
Game reference
Conrad Mölder Goalies Yuta Narisawa Referees:
Flag of Latvia.svg Uldis Bušs
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Flag of Austria.svg Wolfgang Puff
Flag of Lithuania.svg Laurynas Stepankevičius
0–106:38 – Hitosato (Hirano, S. Nakajima)
0–224:47 – Halliday (K. Sato, Y. Otsu)
Viitanen (Embrich) – 24:561–2
1–335:43 – Hirano (S. Nakajima, Hitosato)
6 minPenalties10 min
20Shots27

29 April 2023
12:30
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg3–2 GWS
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 315
Game reference
Arsenije Ranković Goalies Ruud Leeuwesteijn Referees:
Flag of South Korea.svg Chae Young-jin
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominik Altmann
Flag of Latvia.svg Agris Ozoliņš
0–108:13 – Van Nes (Hofland, Muller)
Đumić (Podunavac, Popović) – 10:951–1
1–229:16 – Verkiel (Huisman, De Ruiter)
Vučurević (Leštarić, Gvozdenović) – 52:322–2
Vučurević Ice hockey puck.svg
Đumić Ice hockey puck.svg
Španjević Ice hockey puck.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Verkiel
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Van Nes
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Huisman
12 minPenalties10 min
27Shots40
29 April 2023
16:00
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg2–5
(0–3, 1–0, 1–2)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 4,066
Game reference
Conrad Mölder Goalies Ouban Yongli Referees:
Flag of Latvia.svg Uldis Bušs
Flag of Denmark.svg Martin Christensen
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Knut Bråten
Flag of Austria.svg Wolfgang Puff
0–101:13 – Fu S. (Zhang P.)
0–207:04 – Luo (Fu J., Fu S.)
0–315:37 – Liu (Wang, Luo) (PP)
Parras (Kiik, Novikov) (SH) – 28:061–3
1–440:25 – Fu S. (Fu J., Jieke)
1–544:45 – Fu S. (Fu J., Jieke) (PP2)
Arrak (Puzakov, Potšinok) (PP) – 54:522–5
37 minPenalties10 min
28Shots30
29 April 2023
19:30
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg5–3
(2–0, 2–0, 1–3)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,870
Game reference
Yuta Narisawa Goalies Bogdan Dyachenko
Eduard Zakharchenko
Referees:
Flag of Poland.svg Michał Baca
Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Flag of Latvia.svg Renārs Davidonis
Flag of Germany.svg Tobias Schwenk
Suzuki (Osawa) – 07:581–0
Hirano (H. Sato) (PP) – 19:292–0
Hirano (Sato, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 29:043–0
Takagi (Irikura, Halliday) – 29:254–0
K. Otsu – 40:465–0
5–145:12 – Vorona (Trakht, Merezhko) (PP)
5–252:45 – Liaka (Andreikiv)
5–356:33 – Korenchuk (Vorona, Zakharchenko)
8 minPenalties29 min
29Shots33

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Flag of Ukraine.svg Olexi Vorona 55813+60F
Flag of Ukraine.svg Igor Merezhko 531013+74D
Flag of Japan.svg Yushiroh Hirano 57310+64F
Flag of Ukraine.svg Illia Korenchuk 56410+64F
Flag of Ukraine.svg Danil Trakht 56410+40F
Flag of Ukraine.svg Vadym Mazur 53710+70F
Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Peresunko 51910+42F
Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Nakajima 5279+64F
Flag of Japan.svg Teruto Nakajima 5628+32F
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fu Jiang 5268+42F

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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Narisawa 240:0071.7510393.200
Flag of Serbia.svg Arsenije Ranković 214:51123.3515892.410
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud Leeuwesteijn 185:00123.8911389.380
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ouban Yongli 221:02112.998987.641
Flag of Estonia.svg Conrad Mölder 177:40103.386985.510

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

PositionPlayer [10]
Goaltender Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Narisawa
Defenceman Flag of Ukraine.svg Ihor Merezhko
Forward Flag of Japan.svg Yushiroh Hirano

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