The 2020 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 2000.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 15 December 2019.2020 World Championship Division I A official website2020 World Championship Division I A statistics

Participating teams Team Qualification placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated hosts; placed 2nd in Division I A last year placed 3rd in Division I A last year placed 4th in Division I A last year placed 5th in Division I A last year placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Match officials Four referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees Michał Baca Andrea Moschen Alexey Roshchyn Marcus Wannerstedt

Linesmen Pavel Badyl Nicola Basso Thomas Caillot Dario Fuchs Lukáš Kacej Mikita Paliakou Toivo Tilku

Final standings Division I A VenueMinskČyžoŭka-ArenaCapacity: 8,807

Match results All times are local (Moscow time – UTC+3).

Statistics

Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Benjamin Baumgartner 5 5 6 11 +10 10 2 Paul Huber 5 4 4 8 +8 0 3 Jānis Švanenbergs 5 3 5 8 +7 6 4 Aliaksei Protas 5 4 3 7 +3 6 5 Yevgeni Oxentyuk 5 1 6 7 +4 6 6 Senna Peeters 5 3 3 6 +9 4 7 Ričards Grīnbergs 5 1 5 6 +8 6 8 Phillip Schultz 5 2 3 5 0 8 9 Patriks Zabusovs 5 3 1 4 +6 2 10 Deniss Fjodorovs 4 2 2 4 +3 22 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 Henrik Fayen Vestavik 184:37 4 95.40 1.30 1 2 Jānis Voris 278:56 5 93.90 1.08 2 3 Alexei Kolosov 161:25 4 92.98 1.49 0 4 Alexander Schmidt 299:50 10 92.65 2.00 0 5 Val Usnik 189:43 13 90.65 4.11 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: Jānis Voris Defenceman: Ilya Solovyov Forward: Benjamin Baumgartner

Source: IIHF.com

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2019.2020 World Championship Division I B official website2020 World Championship Division I B statistics

Participating teams Team Qualification placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated placed 2nd in Division I B last year placed 3rd in Division I B last year placed 4th in Division I B last year hosts; placed 5th in Division I B last year placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees Miha Bulovec Richard Magnusson Andrew Miller Rasmus Toppel

Linesmen Roman Kaderli Ilya Khohlov Ilia Kisil Artem Korepanov Andreas Weise Krøyer Patrick Laguzov Nazar Slezov

Final standings Division I B VenueKyivPalace of SportsCapacity: 7,000

Match results All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

Statistics

Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Jakub Lewandowski 5 5 8 13 +7 4 2 Kamil Wałęga 5 6 5 11 +1 12 3 Nátán Vértes 5 6 4 10 +6 8 4 Pierrick Dubé 5 5 4 9 +7 8 4 Levente Keresztes 5 5 4 9 +3 0 6 Marcell Révész 5 4 5 9 +6 12 7 Bence Páterka 5 1 8 9 +5 2 8 Kirill Lodeikin 5 7 1 8 –3 6 9 Dylan Fabre 5 3 5 8 +7 0 10 Antonin Plagnat 5 2 6 8 +8 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 Valentin Duquenne 240:00 6 92.21 1.50 0 2 Dominik Horváth 180:00 8 91.67 2.67 0 3 Artur Ohandzhanyan 303:49 12 90.98 2.37 1 4 Mark Teor 182:02 10 90.29 3.30 0 5 Levente Márkus 120:00 8 85.45 4.00 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: Artur Ohandzhanyan Defenceman: Dávid Pokornyi Forward: Pierrick Dubé

Source: IIHF.com

References

External links Official website of IIHF