The 2017 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. To be eligible as a "junior" a player couldn't be born earlier than 1997.
Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Bremerhaven, Germany, from 11 to 17 December 2016.2017 World Championship Division I A official website2017 World Championship 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 yearhosts; placed 5th in Division I A last yearplaced 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 PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/-PIM 1 Gabin Ville 5 4 8 12 +1 0 2 Bastien Maia 5 5 5 10 +2 2 3 Ruslan Vasilchuk 5 4 6 10 +7 2 4 Andrei Belevich 5 6 3 9 +5 6 5 Alexandre Texier 5 1 7 8 +1 4 6 Jakob Mayenschein 5 3 3 6 +4 16 7 Tobias Eder 5 2 4 6 +4 8 8 Yevgeni Astankov 5 1 5 6 +5 0 9 Sebastian Johansen 5 3 2 5 –1 4 10 Lukas Haudum 5 2 3 5 –1 12 10 Christoph Korner 5 2 3 5 +4 2 10 Christof Kromp 5 2 3 5 –2 4 10 Kirill Panyukov 5 2 3 5 –4 28 10 Christof Wappis 5 2 3 5 +5 4 source:IIHF Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Jens Kristian Lillegrend 296:39 15 89.93 3.03 0 2 Raphael Garnier 159:53 9 89.77 3.38 0 3 Nikita Boyarkin 299:23 15 89.73 3.01 0 4 Mirko Pantkowski 216:23 7 89.71 1.94 1 5 Alexander Osipkov 305:00 10 88.37 1.97 1 source:IIHF
Awards
Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Mirko Pantkowski Defenceman: Pavel Vorobei Forward: Andrei Belevich
Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 17 December 2016.2017 World Championship Division I B official website2017 World Championship 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 Division I B last yearplaced 4th in Division I B last yearplaced 5th in Division I B last yearhosts; placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/-PIM 1 Alan Łyszczarczyk 5 4 7 11 0 6 2 Bartłomiej Jeziorski 5 6 4 10 +2 2 3 Andor Peter 5 3 5 8 +5 0 3 Marcell Revesz 5 3 5 8 +6 2 5 Nik Simsic 5 2 6 8 +3 12 6 Martin Sagi 5 6 1 7 +8 2 7 Zan Jezovsek 5 4 3 7 +3 16 8 Blaz Tomazevic 5 2 4 6 +3 2 9 Kamil Wróbel 5 4 1 5 +7 2 10 Luka Maver 5 2 3 5 +3 4 10 Mateusz Gościński 5 2 3 5 +7 4 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Bogdan Dyachenko 180:00 8 92.59 2.67 0 2 Mark Vlahovic 241:41 8 92.38 1.99 1 3 Mykyta Petlenko 120:46 5 92.19 2.48 0 4 David Mark Kovacs 191:38 8 91.75 2.50 0 5 Hannes Treibenreif 180:00 10 91.15 3.33 0 Source: IIHF.com
Awards
Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Mark Vlahovic Defenceman: Bence Stipsicz Forward: Alan Lyszczarczyk
References
External links Official website of IIHF