The 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In each of the two groups, six teams played a round-robin tournament; the first-placed team was promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and third tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Denmark won Division I A and were promoted to the Top Division for 2015, while Poland finished last and were relegated to Division I B. Italy won Division I B and were promoted to Division I A for 2015, while Japan finished last. However, Japan were not relegated, as Great Britain had used an ineligible player and thus saw their games later recorded as forfeits, and the team relegated.
Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Sanok, Poland, from 15 to 21 December 2013.2014 Division I A statistics
Participating teams Team Qualificationplaced 10th in Top Division last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division I A last yearplaced 3rd in Division I A last yearplaced 4th in Division I A last yearplaced 5th in Division I A last yearhosts; placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
Statistics Top 10 scorers
PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts +/-PIM 1 Artur Gavrus 5 5 6 11 +6 0 2 Ņikita Jevpalovs 5 4 5 9 -1 4 3 Dmitri Ambrozheichik 5 3 6 9 +3 0 4 Mikkel Aagaard 5 3 5 8 +3 2 5 Roberts Lipsbergs 5 6 1 7 0 2 6 Edgars Kulda 5 1 6 7 0 2 7 Matthias Asperup 5 4 2 6 +1 0 7 Oliver Bjorkstrand 5 4 2 6 +2 2 9 Nikolaj Ehlers 5 2 4 6 +6 4 9 Alexander Karakulko 5 2 4 6 +3 2
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Ivars Punnenovs 171:39 1 98.31 0.35 2 2 Georg Sørensen 240:00 8 92.79 2.00 0 3 Elvis Merzļikins 127:09 5 90.00 2.36 1 4 David Kickert 280:00 14 89.78 3.00 0 5 David Zabolotny 305:00 20 87.73 3.93 0
Awards
Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: David Kickert Defenceman: Jānis Jaks Forward: Oliver Bjorkstrand
Best players of each team selected by the coaches Patrick Peter Artur Gavrus Georg Sorensen Artūrs Ševčenko David Zabolotny Luka Petelin
Division I B The Division I B tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 9 to 15 December 2013.2014 Division I B statistics
Participating teams Team Qualificationplaced 6th in Division I A last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division I B last yearplaced 3rd in 20Division I B last year13placed 4th in Division I B last yearhosts; placed 5th in Division I B last yearplaced 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Greenwich Mean Time – UTC±0).
Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts +/-PIM 1 Nikita Mikhailis 5 6 5 11 +7 0 2 Yuri Sergiyenko 5 7 3 10 +4 0 3 Kirill Savitski 5 3 7 10 +2 10 4 Semyon Koshelev 5 3 6 9 +3 0 5 Giovanni Morini 5 4 2 6 +4 4 6 Tommaso Terzago 5 3 3 6 +2 2 7 Jordan Cownie 5 2 4 6 +1 2 8 Joachim Ramoser 5 4 1 5 +5 4 9 Ivan Kinstler 5 3 2 5 +3 6 10 Yu Hikosaka 5 2 3 5 -2 6 10 Ross Venus 5 2 3 5 -2 0
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Martin Rasbanser 241:30 11 91.54 2.73 0 2 Eduard Zakharchenko 280:00 11 91.06 2.36 1 3 Akira Sasaki 191:17 12 90.77 3.76 0 4 Antoine Bonvalot 241:02 11 89.32 2.74 1 5 Valeri Sevidor 191:02 11 88.17 3.45 0
Awards Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Martin Rasbanser Defenceman: Yuri Sergiyenko Forward: Kirill Savitski
Best players of each team selected by the coaches Cedric di Dio Balsamo Adam Goss Martin Rasbanser Keita Kido Yuri Sergiyenko Eduard Zakharchenko
References
External links Official website of IIHF