The 2005 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 17 to April 23, 2005. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Debrecen, Hungary. Group B's games were played in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Norway and Italy finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the Championship Division for 2006. While China finished last in Group A and Romania last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2006.

Participants Group A Team 2004 Result Placed third in the relegation round of the Championship division and was relegated in 2004 Placed second in Division I Group A in 2004 Placed third in Division I Group B in 2004 Placed fourth in Division I Group A in 2004 Placed fifth in Division I Group A in 2004 Placed first in Division II Group A and was promoted in 2004

Group B Team 2004 Result Placed fourth in the relegation round of the Championship division and was relegated in 2004 Placed second in Division I Group B in 2004 Placed third in Division I Group A in 2004 Placed fourth in Division I Group B in 2004 Placed fifth in Division I Group B in 2004 Placed first in Division II Group B and was promoted in 2004

Group A tournament Standings Promoted to the Championship division for 2006 Relegated to Division II for 2006 Team1 5 4 1 0 43 8 35 92 5 3 1 1 16 8 8 73 5 2 2 1 15 6 9 64 5 2 0 3 14 14 0 45 5 2 0 3 19 15 4 46 5 0 0 5 5 61 –56 0

Fixtures All times local.

Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player Morten Ask 5 6 6 12 +11 18 F Anders Bastiansen 5 5 5 10 +12 0 F Lars Erik Spets 5 4 5 9 +5 12 F Marius Trygg 5 5 3 8 +5 2 F Patrick Thoresen 5 4 4 8 +4 2 F Tore Vikingstad 5 4 4 8 +7 2 F David Clarke 5 2 6 8 –2 4 F Martin Knold 5 4 3 7 +8 4 D Jacek Płachta 5 4 3 7 +4 6 F Leszek Laszkiewicz 5 3 4 7 +4 4 F

Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player Rafał Radziszewski 238:49 114 5 1.26 95.61 1 Stephen Murphy 247:54 158 7 1.69 95.57 2 Levente Szuper 179:25 102 5 1.67 95.10 1 Pål Grotnes 299:55 91 8 1.60 91.21 1 Naoya Kikuchi 237:46 86 9 2.27 89.53 0

Group B tournament Standings Promoted to the Championship division for 2006 Relegated to Division II for 2006 Team1 5 4 1 0 17 3 14 92 5 3 1 1 16 9 7 73 5 1 3 1 13 11 2 54 5 1 3 1 16 15 1 55 5 1 2 2 16 17 –1 46 5 0 0 5 7 30 –23 0

Fixtures All times local.

Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player Eduard Valiulin 5 2 4 6 +4 2 F Dino Felicetti 5 1 5 6 +2 6 F Darius Lelenas 5 5 0 5 +1 6 F Roland Ramoser 5 3 2 5 +1 2 F David Livingston 5 3 2 5 +1 4 F Darius Pliskauskas 5 2 3 5 +1 0 F François Rozenthal 5 2 3 5 –1 2 F Mario Chitarroni 5 1 4 5 +3 12 F Lauri Lehesalu 5 0 5 5 0 2 D Maksim Ivanov 5 4 0 4 +2 4 F

Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player Jason Muzzatti 240:00 82 3 0.75 96.34 1 Phil Groeneveld 298:18 187 11 2.21 94.12 0 Fabrice Lhenry 298:49 111 9 1.81 91.89 1 Andrei Šestakov 152:28 74 6 2.36 91.89 1 Aleksei Terentjev 146:50 85 9 3.68 89.41 0

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