The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 1999.
Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Füssen, Germany, from 9 to 15 December 2018.2019 World Championship Division I A official website2019 World Championship Division I A statistics
As a result of the tournament, Germany were promoted to Top Division and France were relegated to Division I B for 2020.
Participating teams Team Qualificationplaced 10th in Top Division last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division I A last yearhosts; placed 3rd in Division I A last yearplaced 4th in Division I A last yearplaced 5th in Division I A last yearplaced 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Thomas Andersen Denis Naumov Vladimír Pešina Liam Sewell
Linesmen Thomas Caillot Gabriel Gaube Niklas Knosen Tommi Niittylä Ulrich Pardatscher Elias Seewald Dániel Soós
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Dominik Bokk 5 1 7 8 +6 0 2 Ivan Drozdov 5 4 3 7 –1 0 3 Justin Schütz 5 2 5 7 +5 10 4 Moritz Seider 5 1 6 7 +8 4 5 Samuel Solem 5 4 2 6 +2 6 6 Mathias Emilio Pettersen 4 3 3 6 +4 2 7 Viktors Jašunovs 5 3 3 6 +3 2 8 Vladimir Alistrov 5 2 4 6 –1 4 9 Robin Mathisen 5 1 5 6 +3 2 10 Nicolas Appendino 5 2 3 5 +8 4 10 Alexei Protas 5 2 3 5 –1 0 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Hendrik Hane 305:00 5 94.90 0.98 1 2 Jørgen Hanneborg 180:00 6 94.12 2.00 1 3 Jānis Voris 238:40 9 89.89 2.26 0 4 Jonas Wikstøl 123:00 6 89.47 2.93 0 5 Gaëtan Richard 239:04 16 89.40 4.02 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Hendrik Hane Defenceman: Moritz Seider Forward: Ivan Drozdov
Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 8 to 14 December 2018.2019 World Championship Division I B official website2019 World Championship Division I B statistics
As a result of the tournament, Slovenia were promoted to Division I A and Japan were relegated to Division II A for 2020.
Participating teams Team Qualificationplaced 6th in Division I A last year and were relegatedhosts; placed 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 yearplaced 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Pierre Dehaen Christian Persson Maksim Toode Hub Van Grinsven
Linesmen Andreas Hofer Aleh Kliashcheunikau Andrei Korovkin Paweł Kosidło Rafał Noworyta Jakob Schauer Nikita Vilyugin
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Jan Drozg 5 4 8 12 +3 14 2 Kristóf Papp 5 6 1 7 +2 2 3 Hunor Császár 5 5 2 7 +5 12 4 Dominik Paś 5 3 4 7 +5 14 5 Necj Stojan 5 2 5 7 +2 6 6 Aljaž Predan 5 4 2 6 +2 4 7 Bálint Horváth 5 3 3 6 +4 4 8 Teruto Nakajima 5 2 4 6 –3 4 9 Andor Péter 5 1 5 6 +8 2 10 Jaka Sodja 5 3 2 5 0 12 10 Jan Sołtys 5 3 2 5 +5 25 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Žiga Kogovšek 249:50 8 92.38 1.92 1 2 Davide Fadani 305:30 14 91.08 2.75 0 3 Sebastian Lipiński 303:44 14 90.97 2.77 0 4 Artur Ohandzhanyan 284:58 16 90.64 3.37 0 5 Dávid Kovács 243:48 12 89.38 2.95 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Davide Fadani Defenceman: Olaf Bizacki Forward: Jan Drozg
References
External links Official website of IIHF