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 was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ^[1]

The Group A tournament was 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]}

In Group A, Hungary and Slovenia gained promotion to the top division and South Korea was relegated. Ukraine won Group B and was promoted, while the Netherlands were relegated to Division II. ^[4]

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	15
Goals scored	83 (5.53 per game)
Attendance	34,530 (2,302 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Shin Sang-hoon (5 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. ^[5]

Referees	Linesmen
Mike Langin Mads Frandsen Geoffrey Barcelo Benjamin Hoppe Uldis Bušs Milan Zrnić Peter Staňo Sean Fernandez	Tommi Niittylä 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	Hungary	5	3	1	0	1	15	8	+7	11	Promoted to the 2025 Top Division
2	Slovenia	5	3	0	0	2	14	8	+6	9 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Italy (H)	5	2	1	1	1	20	10	+10	9 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Romania	5	3	0	0	2	11	17	−6	9 [lower-alpha 1]
5	Japan	5	1	0	1	3	11	17	−6	4
6	South Korea	5	1	0	0	4	12	23	−11	3	Relegated to the 2025 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. Slovenia 6 Pts, Italy 3 Pts, Romania 0 Pts.

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) T. 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 Niittylä
	0–1 17:03 – Salinitri (Trivellato, Seed) 0–2 19:46 – Catenacci (Salinitri, Pietroniro) 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, Spornberger)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	55

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30 April 2024 12:30

Slovenia

6–1 (1–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Romania

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 1,304

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Attila Adorján	Referees: Uldis Bušs Peter Staňo Linesmen: Knut Bråten Davide Mantovani
	0–1 03:40 – Zagidullin (Salló, Bors) Bohinc (Tomaževič, Macuh) – 15:43 1–1 Tičar (Sabolič) – 20:39 2–1 Török (Sabolič, Podlipnik) (PP) – 36:36 3–1 Mahkovec (Podlipnik, Beričič) – 37:47 4–1 Mahkovec (Crnovič, Ćosić) – 46:35 5–1 Tičar (Sabolič, Podlipnik) (PP) – 48:08 6–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	47	Shots	10

30 April 2024 16:00

Hungary

6–2 (2–1, 4–0, 0–1)

South Korea

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 1,450

Game reference
	Bence Bálizs	Goalies	Ha Jung-ho Lee Yeon-seung	Referees: Mads Frandsen Milan Zrnić Linesmen: Patrick Laguzov Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 01:28 – Lee Y. (Shin, Lee S.) Erdély (Papp, Kiss) – 13:35 1–1 Sofron (Varga, Szabó) – 16:40 2–1 Stipsicz (Sofron, Hári) (PP) – 24:25 3–1 Sebők (Nilsson, Szabó) – 27:31 4–1 Mihály (Ortenszky, Terbócs) – 28:07 5–1 Erdély (Papp, Sebők) – 30:13 6–1 6–2 48:31 – Shin (Kim Si., Kim Sang-w.) (PP)
	31 min	Penalties	35 min
	31	Shots	33

30 April 2024 19:30

Italy

4–3 OT (0–0, 2–2, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Japan

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 3,437

Game reference
	Damian Clara	Goalies	Yuta Narisawa	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Sean Fernandez Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Clément Goncalves
	Gazley (Catenacci, Salinitri) – 15:43 1–0 Kostner (De Luca, Gazley) – 29:48 2–0 2–1 31:19 – Y. Sato (T. Nakajima, Hanzawa) 2–2 34:38 – K. Sato (Irikura, Isogai) 2–3 52:55 – Yoneyama (Irikura, Isogai) Larkin (Spornberger, Marchetti) – 56:19 3–3 Frigo (Mantenuto) – 60:05 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	19

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1 May 2024 12:30

Hungary

1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Romania

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 2,212

Game reference
	Bence Bálizs	Goalies	Zoltán Tőke	Referees: Benjamin Hoppe Milan Zrnić Linesmen: Davide Mantovani Gašper Zgonc
	0–1 49:29 – Péter Hári (Hadobás, Stipsicz) – 55:40 1–1 1–2 59:09 – Sándor-Székely (Gliga, Ferencz-Csibi)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	19

1 May 2024 16:00

Japan

4–3 (0–1, 2–1, 2–1)

South Korea

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 1,738

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Lee Yeon-seung	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Mike Langin Linesmen: Knut Bråten Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 15:25 – Jee (Kang, Lee C.) Lawlor (Y. Sato, T. Nakajima) – 21:42 1–1 1–2 26:56 – Lee C. (Kang, Kim Sang-w.) Isogai (Y. Otsu) – 36:59 2–2 2–3 40:14 – Lee D. (Lee C., Kim Sang-w.) Y. Sato (T. Nakajima) – 51:40 3–3 Isogai (K. Sato, Lawlor) – 53:03 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	46

1 May 2024 19:30

Slovenia

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Italy

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 4,238

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Damian Clara	Referees: Mads Frandsen Peter Staňo Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Patrick Laguzov
	Tičar (Crnovič, Bohinc) – 15:52 1–0 Kuralt (Tomaževič, Mašič) – 44:08 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	30

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3 May 2024 12:30

South Korea

2–3 (0–1, 0–1, 2–1)

Romania

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 252

Game reference
	Lee Yeon-seung	Goalies	Zoltán Tőke	Referees: Benjamin Hoppe Milan Zrnić Linesmen: Clément Goncalves Patrick Laguzov
	0–1 14:38 – Gliga 0–2 38:01 – Sándor-Székely Shin (Lee Y.) – 43:02 1–2 Ahn (Lee Y., Nam) (PP) – 53:58 2–2 2–3 55:31 – Péter (Részegh) (SH)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	28

3 May 2024 16:00

Slovenia

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Japan

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 1,750

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Yuta Narisawa	Referees: Uldis Bušs Sean Fernandez Linesmen: Davide Mantovani Tommi Niittylä
	Mehle (Sodja) – 03:43 1–0 Simšič (Drozg) – 12:40 2–0 2–1 30:39 – S. Nakajima (K. Otsu, Yoneyama) Drozg (Macuh, Török) (PP) – 59:32 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	31

3 May 2024 19:30

Italy

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Hungary

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 5,394

Game reference
	Damian Clara	Goalies	Bence Bálizs	Referees: Mike Langin Peter Staňo Linesmen: Knut Bråten Gašper Zgonc
	0–1 30:27 – Sofron (Varga) Pietroniro (Trivellato, De Luca) (PP) – 38:56 1–1 1–2 42:35 – Mihály (Ortenszky) Frank (Mantenuto, Frigo) – 43:48 2–2 2–3 63:54 – Varga (Hári, Stipsicz)
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	41	Shots	21

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4 May 2024 12:30

Romania

4–2 (2–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Japan

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 1,015

Game reference
	Zoltán Tőke	Goalies	Yuta Narisawa	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Sean Fernandez Linesmen: Davide Mantovani Gašper Zgonc
	Gliga (Skachkov, Zagidullin) – 04:26 1–0 1–1 18:17 – Isogai Skachkov (Bors) – 18:35 2–1 Rokaly (Részegh, Péter) – 34:15 3–1 3–2 56:21 – Y. Sato (Hanzawa, Yamada) Haaranen (Gliga) (EN) – 59:03 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	30

4 May 2024 16:00

Italy

8–1 (4–0, 0–1, 4–0)

South Korea

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 4,225

Game reference
	Damian Clara	Goalies	Ha Jung-ho	Referees: Uldis Bušs Peter Staňo Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Clément Goncalves
	Frigo (Frank, Trivellato) – 00:21 1–0 Mantenuto (Frank, Frigo) – 06:27 2–0 Kostner (Marchetti, Pietroniro) (PP) – 13:21 3–0 Frank (Mantenuto, Larkin) – 19:51 4–0 4–1 21:10 – Shin (Nam, Ahn) Catenacci (Larkin, Gazley) (PP) – 41:10 5–1 Mantenuto (PP) – 43:05 6–1 Salinitri (Larkin, Catenacci) (PP) – 43:31 7–1 Marchetti (Kostner, Trivellato) (PP) – 44:00 8–1
	10 min	Penalties	29 min
	43	Shots	29

4 May 2024 19:30

Hungary

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Slovenia

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano Attendance: 2,169

Game reference
	Bence Bálizs	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Mads Frandsen Mike Langin Linesmen: Patrick Laguzov Tommi Niittylä
	Hári (Terbócs, Mihály) – 07:09 1–0 1–1 25:38 – Tičar (Sabolič, Török) Papp (Varga, Nilsson) (PP) – 57:09 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	36

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	15
Goals scored	79 (5.27 per game)
Attendance	16,654 (1,110 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Olexander Peresunko (11 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. ^[6]

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	5	5	0	0	0	31	2	+29	15	Promoted to the 2025 Division I A
2	Lithuania (H)	5	4	0	0	1	16	7	+9	12
3	Estonia	5	2	1	0	2	11	20	−9	8
4	China	5	2	0	0	3	11	16	−5	6
5	Spain	5	1	0	1	3	6	20	−14	4
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	0	5	4	14	−10	0	Relegated to the 2025 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).

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, Zuo) (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 06:03 – 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

9–0 (4–0, 2–0, 3–0)

China

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 175

Game reference
	Eduard Zakharchenko	Goalies	Chen Shifeng	Referees: Roy Hansen Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Agris Ozoliņš
	Merezhko (Vorona, Fadyeyev) – 02:08 1–0 Peresunko (Dakhnovsky, Pangelov-Yuldashev) – 09:46 2–0 Pangelov-Yuldashev (Dakhnovsky, Fadyeyev) – 11:33 3–0 Vorona (Merezhko, Mazur) (PP) – 13:18 4–0 Lialka (Sysak) – 23:38 5–0 Peresunko (Mazur, Merezhko) – 37:04 6–0 Lialka (Kryvoshapkin, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 42:11 7–0 Denyskin (Sysak, Fadyeyev) – 51:06 8–0 Merezhko (Zakharov) – 57:46 9–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	50	Shots	7

30 April 2024 16:00

Spain

3–4 OT (1–1, 1–2, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Estonia

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 241

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referees: Richard Magnusson Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Gustav Jönsson Aleksej Sascenkov
	0–1 03:02 – Jürgens (Kulintsev, Rooba) (PP) Baldris (Rubio) (PP) – 08:40 1–1 Zaballa (Donath, Muratet) – 20:18 2–1 2–2 23:23 – Rooba (Fursa) 2–3 36:55 – Viitanen (Kombe) Capillas (Burgos, De Bonilla) (PP) – 41:46 3–3 3–4 60:46 – Rooba (Kombe, Ossipov)
	10 min	Penalties	27 min
	16	Shots	25

30 April 2024 19:30

Lithuania

3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Netherlands

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 2,413

Game reference
	Faustas Nauseda	Goalies	Ruud Leeuwesteijn	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Anton Boryayev Linesmen: Frédéric Monnaie John Rey
	0–1 20:59 – Huisman (De Bonth, Sars) Kaleinikovas (Protčenko, Ališauskas) – 23:01 1–1 Ališauskas (Krakauskas, Čižas) – 35:31 2–1 Čižas (Kaleinikovas, Gintautas) – 48:20 3–1 3–2 53:26 – Vosmer
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	20

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1 May 2024 12:30

Ukraine

6–1 (0–0, 1–1, 5–0)

Spain

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 364

Game reference
	Bogdan Dyachenko	Goalies	Marco Hernández	Referees: Anton Boryayev Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Shawn Oliver Agris Ozoliņš
	0–1 23:13 – González (De Bonilla, Carbonell) (PP) Trakht (Peresunko) – 36:13 1–1 Sadovikov (Denyskin, Lialka)(PP) – 43:28 2–1 Kryvoshapkin (Dakhnovsky, Denyskin) – 45:12 3–1 Zakharov (Borodai, Dakhnovsky) – 49:25 4–1 Sadovikov (Fadyeyev, Lialka) (PP) – 51:12 5–1 Trakht (Peresunko, Merezhko) – 57:31 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	12

1 May 2024 16:00

Estonia

3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Netherlands

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 195

Game reference
	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk	Referees: Adam Bloski Nolan Bloyer Linesmen: Frédéric Monnaie Aleksej Sascenkov
	Jürgens (Fursa, Kombe) (PP) – 24:44 1–0 1–1 31:12 – Filippini (Huisman) Kombe (Kookmaa, Rooba) – 34:05 2–1 2–2 42:04 – Loginov (Sars, Van Gorp) (PP) Rooba (Kulintsev, Kombe) – 49:51 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	17

1 May 2024 19:30

China

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Lithuania

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 2,592

Game reference
	Chen Shifeng	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Gustav Jönsson John Rey
	0–1 04:10 – Kaleinikovas (Čižas, Gintautas) 0–2 40:53 – Gintautas (Čižas, Protčenko) 0–3 59:59 – Grinius (PS)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	35

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3 May 2024 12:30

Netherlands

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Spain

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 142

Game reference
	Martijn Oosterwijk	Goalies	Raul Barbo	Referees: Nolan Bloyer Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Gustav Jönsson Norbert Muzsik
	0–1 41:45 – Torralba (Baldris, Burgos) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	30

3 May 2024 16:00

China

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Estonia

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 236

Game reference
	Chen Shifeng	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referees: Rasmus Ankersen Anton Boryayev Linesmen: Agris Ozoliņš Aleksej Sascenkov
	0–1 13:02 – Rooba (Kombe, Kulintsev) (PP) 0–2 50:16 – Fursa (Jürgens, Kulintsev) (PP) Hou (Zhang Z., Wang J.) (PP) – 51:58 1–2 1–3 58:06 – Rooba (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	13	Shots	31

3 May 2024 19:30

Lithuania

1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Ukraine

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 4,260

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referees: Adam Bloski Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Shawn Oliver John Rey
	0–1 09:19 – Trakht (Merezhko, Peresunko) (PP) 0–2 30:56 – Trakht (Sysak, Peresunko) 0–3 53:54 – Denyskin (Pangelov-Yuldashev, Merezhko) (PP) Noreika (Krakauskas, Ališauskas) (PP, EA) – 57:11 1–3 1–4 57:51 – Peresunko (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	25

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Olexander Peresunko	5	5	6	11	+10	0	F
Igor Merezhko	5	4	5	9	+12	4	D
Robert Rooba	5	5	3	8	−3	2	F
Pylyp Pangelov-Yuldashev	5	2	5	7	+4	0	D
Kristjan Kombe	5	1	6	7	−2	0	F
Andri Denyskin	5	4	2	6	+7	0	F
Paulius Gintautas	5	3	3	6	+6	2	F
Hou Yuyang	4	3	3	6	−1	0	F
Vitali Lialka	5	2	4	6	+4	0	F
Ugnius Čižas	5	1	5	6	+6	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
Eduard Zakharchenko	120:00	0	0.00	22	100.00	2
Bogdan Dyachenko	180:00	2	0.67	46	95.65	1
Mantas Armalis	238:39	4	1.01	79	94.94	2
Martijn Oosterwijk	176:09	8	2.72	108	92.59	0
Chen Shifeng	298:24	15	3.02	174	91.38	1

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 [7]
Goaltender	Mantas Armalis
Defenceman	Igor Merezhko
Forward	Robert Rooba

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. "Ukraine up, Netherlands down". IIHF. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
5. "IA Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
6. "IB Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
7. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IB" (PDF). IIHF . Retrieved 3 May 2024.

External links

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