The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 29 April to 5 May and the Group B tournament in Tallinn, Estonia from 23 to 29 April 2023.
In Group A, Great Britain and Poland gained promotion to the Top Division while Lithuania finished last and was relegated. Japan won Group B and got promoted while Serbia was relegated after finishing last.
Group A tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 15th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.Host, placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2022.Placed 4th in Division I A in 2022.Placed 5th in Division I A in 2022.Placed 1st in Division I B in 2022 and was promoted.
Match officials Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Christoph Sternat Killian Hinterdobler Andrew Dalton Attila Nagy Roy Stian Hansen Milan Zrnić Mikael Holm Cedric Borga Nicklas Knosen Jussi Thomann Jonas Merten Ilia Kisil Norbert Muzsik Gašper Zgonc Andreas Nyqvist
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+1)
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Krystian Dziubiński 5 6 5 11 +3 0 F Liam Kirk 5 3 7 10 +4 0 F Grzegorz Pasiut 5 2 7 9 +3 2 F Cade Neilson 5 5 3 8 +5 2 F Patryk Wronka 5 5 3 8 +3 2 F Daniel Mantenuto 5 3 4 7 +6 2 F Kamil Wałęga 5 3 4 7 +4 0 F Bartosz Fraszko 5 2 5 7 +4 0 F Luca Frigo 5 2 5 7 +7 0 F Paweł Zygmunt 5 2 5 7 +4 0 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Ben Bowns 302:35 7 1.39 107 93.46 3 John Murray 242:30 7 1.73 102 93.14 2 Damian Clara 120:00 5 2.50 49 89.80 0 Mantas Armalis 237:20 13 3.29 127 89.76 0 Patrik Polc 180:00 13 4.33 122 89.34 0 TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Awards Position Player Goaltender Ben Bowns Defenceman Thomas Larkin Forward Krystian Dziubiński
Group B tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 2nd in Division I B in 2022.Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2022.Host, placed 4th in Division I B in 2022.Placed 5th in Division I B in 2022.Placed 1st in Division II A in 2022 and was promoted.Placed 2nd in Division II A in 2022 and was promoted.
Match officials Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Martin Christensen Timo Ruuska Benjamin Hoppe Andrea Moschen Michał Baca Chae Young-jin Andrii Kicha Wolfgang Puff Tobias Schwenk Renārs Davidonis Agris Ozoliņš Laurynas Stepankevičius Knut Bråten Dominik Altmann
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+3)
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Olexi Vorona 5 5 8 13 +6 0 F Igor Merezhko 5 3 10 13 +7 4 D Yushiroh Hirano 5 7 3 10 +6 4 F Illia Korenchuk 5 6 4 10 +6 4 F Danil Trakht 5 6 4 10 +4 0 F Vadym Mazur 5 3 7 10 +7 0 F Oleksandr Peresunko 5 1 9 10 +4 2 F Shogo Nakajima 5 2 7 9 +6 4 F Teruto Nakajima 5 6 2 8 +3 2 F Fu Jiang 5 2 6 8 +4 2 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Yuta Narisawa 240:00 7 1.75 103 93.20 0 Arsenije Ranković 214:51 12 3.35 158 92.41 0 Ruud Leeuwesteijn 185:00 12 3.89 113 89.38 0 Ouban Yongli 221:02 11 2.99 89 87.64 1 Conrad Mölder 177:40 10 3.38 69 85.51 0 TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Awards Position Player Goaltender Yuta Narisawa Defenceman Ihor Merezhko Forward Yushiroh Hirano
References
External links Official website of Division IA Official website of Division IB