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2023 IIHF World Championship Division I

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2023 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries United Kingdom
 Estonia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates29 April – 5 May
23–29 April
Teams12
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The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

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.[2][3][4] Japan won Group B and got promoted while Serbia was relegated after finishing last.[5][6]

Group A tournament

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2023 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country Great Britain
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates29 April – 5 May
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored99 (6.6 per game)
Attendance33,765 (2,251 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Poland Krystian Dziubiński (11 points)
Official website
Website

Participants

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Team Qualification
 Italy Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.
 Great Britain Host, placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.
 Lithuania Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2022.
 South Korea Placed 4th in Division I A in 2022.
 Romania Placed 5th in Division I A in 2022.
 Poland Placed 1st in Division I B in 2022 and was promoted.

Match officials

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Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[7]

Referees Linesmen
  • Austria Christoph Sternat
  • Germany Killian Hinterdobler
  • United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
  • Hungary Attila Nagy
  • Norway Roy Stian Hansen
  • Slovenia Milan Zrnić
  • Sweden Mikael Holm
  • Switzerland Cedric Borga
  • Denmark Nicklas Knosen
  • Finland Jussi Thomann
  • Germany Jonas Merten
  • United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
  • Hungary Norbert Muzsik
  • Slovenia Gašper Zgonc
  • Sweden Andreas Nyqvist

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Great Britain (H) 5 4 1 0 0 24 7 +17 14 Promoted to the 2024 Top Division
2  Poland 5 4 0 1 0 28 9 +19 13
3  Italy 5 3 0 0 2 23 16 +7 9
4  South Korea 5 2 0 0 3 8 20 −12 6
5  Romania 5 1 0 0 4 9 26 −17 3
6  Lithuania 5 0 0 0 5 7 21 −14 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division I B
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

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All times are local (UTC+1)

29 April 2023
12:30
Poland 7–0
(3–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 LithuaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,352
Game reference
John MurrayGoaliesMantas ArmalisReferees:
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Hungary Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Finland Jussi Thomann
Zygmunt (Wałęga, Paś) – 02:031–0
Kruczek (Wajda, Fraszko) – 03:262–0
Dziubiński (Wronka, Pasiut) (PP) – 07:023–0
Wronka (Fraszko, Pasiut) – 27:234–0
Wronka (Pasiut, Fraszko) (PP) – 37:185–0
Wronka (Dziubiński, Pasiut) (PP) – 39:476–0
Dziubiński (Wronka, Dronia) (PP) – 48:407–0
4 minPenalties12 min
34Shots9
29 April 2023
16:00
Romania 2–6
(0–2, 1–2, 1–2)
 ItalyMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,001
Game reference
Patrik PolcGoaliesJustin FazioReferees:
Norway Roy Stian Hansen
Germany Killian Hinterdobler
Linesmen:
Denmark Nicklas Knosen
Germany Jonas Merten
0–100:59 – Larkin (Frigo)
0–207:55 – Larkin
0–325:58 – Brunner (Pietroniro)
0–426:51 – Miceli (Tedesco, Insam)
Zs. Molnár (Constantin) – 32:101–4
Kovács (Péter, Polc) – 47:202–4
2–552:57 – Miceli (Tedesco, Miglioranzi)
2–654:57 – Larkin (Traversa, McNally)
8 minPenalties4 min
18Shots52
29 April 2023
19:30
South Korea 0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)
 Great BritainMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 3,966
Game reference
Matt DaltonGoaliesBen BownsReferees:
Austria Christoph Sternat
Slovenia Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
Hungary Norbert Muzsik
Sweden Andreas Nyqvist
0–101:44 – Lake (Waller, Hammond)
0–215:49 – Dowd (Waller, Mosey)
0–320:13 – Neilson (Kirk)
0–441:35 – Kirk
10 minPenalties2 min
17Shots35

30 April 2023
12:30
Lithuania 2–3
(2–1, 0–2, 0–0)
 RomaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,958
Game reference
Mantas ArmalisGoaliesPatrik PolcReferees:
Switzerland Cedric Borga
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Germany Jonas Merten
Slovenia Gašper Zgonc
Krakauskas (Gusevas, Grinius) – 01:091–0
Bendžius (Binkulis, Protčenko) – 15:382–0
2–116:55 – Kovács (Péter, Rasulov)
2–223:36 – Péter (Borysenko, Filip) (PP)
2–330:07 – Péter (Borysenko, Bors)
6 minPenalties6 min
34Shots30
30 April 2023
16:00
Great Britain 5–4 OT
(1–1, 2–0, 1–3)
(OT: 1–0)
 PolandMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 5,076
Game reference
Ben BownsGoaliesJohn MurrayReferees:
Germany Killian Hinterdobler
Sweden Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Denmark Nicklas Knosen
Finland Jussi Thomann
J. Phillips (Lachowicz) – 01:571–0
1–110:06 – Paś (Zygmunt, Kostek)
Neilson (Kirk, Halbert) – 23:362–1
Kirk (Neilson, Halbert) (PP) – 33:073–1
3–245:25 – Zygmunt (Jeziorski, Wałęga) (PP)
3–354:23 – Wałęga (Ciura, Zygmunt)
Hammond (Mosey, O'Connor) (PP) – 58:304–3
4–459:12 – Fraszko (Kolusz, Pasiut) (EA)
Lake (Halbert, Kirk) (PP) – 62:355–4
8 minPenalties31 min
42Shots27
30 April 2023
19:30
Italy 6–1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1)
 South KoreaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,572
Game reference
Damian ClaraGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Hungary Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Sweden Andreas Nyqvist
Mantenuto (Pietroniro, Zanetti) – 04:311–0
Frigo (Mantenuto, Larkin) (SH) – 14:552–0
Larkin (Miceli, Tedesco) – 39:573–0
Frigo (Pietroniro) – 45:054–0
4–148:17 – Kim K. (Kim Sa.)
McNally (Traversa, Deluca) – 48:265–1
Mantenuto (Miglioranzi) (PP) – 50:056–1
10 minPenalties8 min
29Shots19

2 May 2023
12:30
Romania 2–5
(1–1, 0–2, 1–2)
 South KoreaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 767
Game reference
Patrik PolcGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Sweden Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Denmark Nicklas Knosen
0–104:52 – Shin (Park, Lee Yo.) (PP)
Filip (Fodor) – 15:151–1
1–224:03 – Kang Y. (Lee D.)
1–336:34 – Jeon (Ahn, Oh)
1–451:52 – Park (Lee Yo., Song) (PP)
1–554:45 – Kim Si. (Lee D., Jeon)
Kovács (Péter, Cășăneanu) – 55:242–5
6 minPenalties2 min
17Shots36
2 May 2023
16:00
Italy 2–4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–2)
 PolandMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,318
Game reference
Justin FazioGoaliesJohn MurrayReferees:
Norway Roy Stian Hansen
Slovenia Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
Hungary Norbert Muzsik
Slovenia Gašper Zgonc
0–105:23 – Michalski (Galant)
Trivellato (Mantenuto) – 06:281–1
1–222:10 – Dziubiński (Wronka, Pasiut) (PP)
Tedesco (Spornberger, Miceli) – 26:352–2
2–337:06 – Jeziorski (Dziubiński)
2–456:53 – Pasiut (Wronka, Kolusz) (PP)
29 minPenalties8 min
31Shots23
2 May 2023
19:30
Great Britain 3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 LithuaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,606
Game reference
Ben BownsGoaliesMantas ArmalisReferees:
Switzerland Cedric Borga
Germany Killian Hinterdobler
Linesmen:
Germany Jonas Merten
Sweden Andreas Nyqvist
Neilson (Mosey) – 01:071–0
Dowd (Neilson, Kirk) (PP) – 16:422–0
Halbert (Dowd) (ENG) – 58:103–0
4 minPenalties8 min
24Shots28

3 May 2023
12:30
South Korea 0–7
(0–2, 0–3, 0–2)
 PolandMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 710
Game reference
Matt Dalton
Lee Yeon-seung
GoaliesJohn MurrayReferees:
Switzerland Cedric Borga
Slovenia Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Hungary Norbert Muzsik
0–109:42 – Łyszczarczyk (Zygmunt, Ciura)
0–219:12 – Jeziorski (Ciura, Dziubiński)
0–330:50 – Jeziorski (Zygmunt, Wałęga) (PP)
0–432:34 – Wałęga (Łyszczarczyk, Paś) (PP)
0–539:32 – Dziubiński (Wałęga, Łyszczarczyk) (PP)
0–652:19 – Kolusz (Łyszczarczyk, Kruczek)
0–753:58 – Dziubiński (PS)
8 minPenalties0 min
20Shots36
3 May 2023
16:00
Lithuania 4–6
(1–1, 2–4, 1–1)
 ItalyMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 876
Game reference
Elvinas KarlaGoaliesDamian ClaraReferees:
Sweden Mikael Holm
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Sweden Andreas Nyqvist
Slovenia Gašper Zgonc
Gintautas (Grinius, Kaleinikovas) – 00:451–0
1–110:25 – Zanetti (Frigo, Mantenuto)
1–222:06 – Zanetti (Miglioranzi, Frigo)
1–326:47 – Pietroniro (Trivellato, Tedesco) (PP)
1–432:01 – Hannoun (Miceli, Pietroniro)
Bendžius (Gusevas, Krakauskas) (EA) – 33:392–4
Grinius (Kaleinikovas, Noreika) (PP2) – 37:433–4
3–539:38 – Pietroniro (Hannoun, Miceli) (PP)
3–647:04 – Mantenuto (Zanetti, Frigo)
Bendžius (Stankius, Čižas) – 48:044–6
4 minPenalties10 min
30Shots35
3 May 2023
19:30
Great Britain 7–0
(0–0, 3–0, 4–0)
 RomaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,506
Game reference
Ben BownsGoaliesZoltán TőkeReferees:
Norway Roy Stian Hansen
Hungary Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
Germany Jonas Merten
Finland Jussi Thomann
Perlini (Dowd, Kirk) – 30:181–0
Kirk (Halbert) (PP) – 32:592–0
J. Phillips (Tetlow, Jones) – 34:183–0
Curran (Mosey, O'Connor) – 46:164–0
Ruopp (Lachowicz, D. Phillips) (PP) – 51:175–0
Mosey (Perlini, O'Connor) (PP) – 56:276–0
Waller (Ruopp, Neilson) – 57:517–0
4 minPenalties12 min
43Shots13

5 May 2023
12:30
Poland 6–2
(0–1, 4–0, 2–1)
 RomaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,441
Game reference
Maciej Miarka
David Zabolotny
GoaliesZoltán TőkeReferees:
Sweden Mikael Holm
Slovenia Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
Denmark Nicklas Knosen
Germany Jonas Merten
0–109:13 – Péter (Borysenko)
Pasiut (Kolusz, Fraszko) (PP) – 21:421–1
Jeziorski (Dziubiński) – 28:532–1
Fraszko (Pasiut, Wronka) – 37:263–1
Łyszczarczyk (Dziubiński, Ciura) – 38:484–1
4–254:20 – Gajdo (Molnár, Yemelianenko)
Dziubiński (Fraszko, Ciura) (ENG) – 58:155–2
Wałęga (Zygmunt, Dronia) – 59:246–2
0 minPenalties2 min
39Shots15
5 May 2023
16:00
Lithuania 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
 South KoreaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,078
Game reference
Mantas ArmalisGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Hungary Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
Finland Jussi Thomann
Slovenia Gašper Zgonc
0–120:13 – Shin (Ahn)
Čižas (Jasinevičius, Krakauskas) – 33:471–1
1–259:27 – Kim Si. (Shin) (PP) (ENG)
12 minPenalties6 min
33Shots42
5 May 2023
19:30
Italy 3–5
(1–1, 2–3, 0–1)
 Great BritainMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 5,538
Game reference
Justin FazioGoaliesBen BownsReferees:
Switzerland Cedric Borga
Germany Killian Hinterdobler
Linesmen:
Hungary Norbert Muzsik
Sweden Andreas Nyqvist
0–105:40 – Perlini (Hammond, Mosey)
Larkin (Tedesco) (EA) – 11:211–1
1–220:59 – Neilson (Dowd)
Petan – 24:342–2
2–328:43 – Hammond (Betteridge)
Glira (Frigo, Mantenuto) – 34:293–3
3–435:57 – Perlini (Hammond, Kirk)
3–557:50 – Neilson (Kirk) (ENG)
6 minPenalties0 min
22Shots23

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Poland Krystian Dziubiński 5 6 5 11 +3 0 F
United Kingdom Liam Kirk 5 3 7 10 +4 0 F
Poland Grzegorz Pasiut 5 2 7 9 +3 2 F
United Kingdom Cade Neilson 5 5 3 8 +5 2 F
Poland Patryk Wronka 5 5 3 8 +3 2 F
Italy Daniel Mantenuto 5 3 4 7 +6 2 F
Poland Kamil Wałęga 5 3 4 7 +4 0 F
Poland Bartosz Fraszko 5 2 5 7 +4 0 F
Italy Luca Frigo 5 2 5 7 +7 0 F
Poland 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

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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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
United Kingdom Ben Bowns 302:35 7 1.39 107 93.46 3
Poland John Murray 242:30 7 1.73 102 93.14 2
Italy Damian Clara 120:00 5 2.50 49 89.80 0
Lithuania Mantas Armalis 237:20 13 3.29 127 89.76 0
Romania 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

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Position Player[8]
Goaltender United Kingdom Ben Bowns
Defenceman Italy Thomas Larkin
Forward Poland Krystian Dziubiński

Group B tournament

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2023 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country Estonia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates23–29 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored117 (7.8 per game)
Attendance19,336 (1,289 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Ukraine Olexi Vorona (13 points)
Official website
Website

Participants

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Team Qualification
 Japan Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2022.
 Ukraine Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2022.
 Estonia Host, placed 4th in Division I B in 2022.
 Serbia Placed 5th in Division I B in 2022.
 China Placed 1st in Division II A in 2022 and was promoted.
 Netherlands Placed 2nd in Division II A in 2022 and was promoted.

Match officials

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Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[9]

Referees Linesmen
  • Denmark Martin Christensen
  • Finland Timo Ruuska
  • Germany Benjamin Hoppe
  • Italy Andrea Moschen
  • Poland Michał Baca
  • South Korea Chae Young-jin
  • Ukraine Andrii Kicha
  • Austria Wolfgang Puff
  • Germany Tobias Schwenk
  • Latvia Renārs Davidonis
  • Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
  • Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
  • Norway Knut Bråten
  • Switzerland Dominik Altmann

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Japan 5 5 0 0 0 29 10 +19 15 Promoted to the 2024 Division I A
2  Ukraine 5 3 0 1 1 35 16 +19 10
3  China 5 2 1 0 2 19 18 +1 8
4  Estonia (H) 5 1 1 0 3 13 18 −5 5
5  Netherlands 5 1 0 1 3 14 31 −17 4
6  Serbia 5 0 1 1 3 7 24 −17 3 Relegated to the 2024 Division II A
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

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All times are local (UTC+3)

23 April 2023
12:30
Netherlands 1–8
(0–2, 0–2, 1–4)
 JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Ruud LeeuwesteijnGoaliesYuta NarisawaReferees:
Denmark Martin Christensen
Ukraine Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Norway Knut Bråten
Germany Tobias Schwenk
0–115:33 – Suzuki (K. Otsu)
0–218:05 – Halliday (Osawa, Suzuki)
0–322:09 – Furuhashi (Yoneyama, T. Nakajima)
0–439:38 – T. Nakajima (Hanzawa, Ishida)
0–540:13 – S. Nakajima
0–645:07 – T. Nakajima (Hirano, H. Sato) (PP)
0–745:26 – Hirano (S. Nakajima, Hitosato)
0–857:22 – Irikura (Y. Otsu) (SH)
Hofland (Stempher, Van Nes) – 59:481–8
6 minPenalties8 min
16Shots47
23 April 2023
16:00
China 5–4 OT
(0–2, 4–0, 0–2)
(OT: 1–0)
 UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 560
Game reference
Ouban YongliGoaliesEduard Zakharchenko
Bogdan Dyachenko
Referees:
Poland Michał Baca
Germany Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Switzerland Dominik Altmann
Latvia Renārs Davidonis
0–106:19 – Vorona (Mazur, Merezhko) (PP)
0–219:15 – Vorona (Peresunko, Merezhko) (PP)
Zhou (Fu S., Luo) – 20:491–2
Ye (Wang, Fu J.) (PP) – 26:342–2
Wang (Ruian, Guo) – 35:473–2
Jieke – 38:454–2
4–346:33 – Merezhko (Peresunko, Vorona) (PP)
4–455:49 – Vorona (Trakht, Merezhko) (PP)
Jian (Ye, Wang) – 62:325–4
8 minPenalties31 min
30Shots37
23 April 2023
19:30
Serbia 1–2 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,564
Game reference
Arsenije RankovićGoaliesVillem-Henrik KoitmaaReferees:
Italy Andrea Moschen
Finland Timo Ruuska
Linesmen:
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
Austria Wolfgang Puff
0–131:37 – Slessarevski (Kiik)
Đumić (Dragović, Ranković) – 42:421–1
Đumić GOAL
Popović MISS
Leštarić MISS
Dragović MISS
Novaković MISS
ShootoutGOAL Rooba
GOAL Kombe
MISS Embrich
MISS Viitanen
MISS Arrak
6 minPenalties8 min
15Shots54

24 April 2023
12:30
Japan 5–2
(1–2, 2–0, 2–0)
 ChinaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 280
Game reference
Yuta NarisawaGoaliesSun ZehaoReferees:
Poland Michał Baca
Finland Timo Ruuska
Linesmen:
Norway Knut Bråten
Latvia Renārs Davidonis
0–104:00 – Fu J. (Jieke) (PP)
Hanzawa (T. Nakajima, Furuhashi) – 05:231–1
1–216:45 – Jian (Yan J., Ruian)
Hitosato (H. Sato) – 35:152–2
T. Nakajima (Osawa, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 37:303–2
Osawa (Y. Otsu, K. Otsu) – 43:204–2
T. Nakajima (Irikura) (EN) – 59:225–2
14 minPenalties6 min
27Shots34
24 April 2023
16:00
Ukraine 7–0
(0–0, 2–0, 5–0)
 SerbiaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 428
Game reference
Bogdan DyachenkoGoaliesAkim PadalitsaReferees:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Italy Andrea Moschen
Linesmen:
Austria Wolfgang Puff
Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
Trakht (Mazur, Pangelov-Yuldashev) – 26:271–0
Mazur (Vorona, Peresunko) (PP) – 28:472–0
Mazur (Merezhko, Andreikiv) – 44:283–0
Denyskin (Fadyeyv, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 47:064–0
Peresunko (Mazur, Trakht) (PP) – 49:395–0
Borodai (Merezhko, Sysak) – 54:196–0
Merezhko (Korenchuk, Nimenko) – 57:377–0
6 minPenalties35 min
66Shots10
24 April 2023
19:30
Estonia 4–2
(1–1, 0–0, 3–1)
 NetherlandsTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,349
Game reference
Conrad MölderGoaliesMartijn OosterwijkReferees:
Denmark Martin Christensen
Ukraine Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Switzerland Dominik Altmann
Germany Tobias Schwenk
0–104:12 – Van Nes
Viitanen (Linde) – 19:261–1
Kombe (Ossipov, Kulintsev) – 44:092–1
Rooba (Aleksandrov) – 50:003–1
3–253:57 – Van Gorp (Stempher, Van Nes) (PP, EA)
Viitanen (Aleksandrov) (EN) – 58:434–2
8 minPenalties10 min
56Shots12

26 April 2023
12:30
Netherlands 7–2
(3–0, 3–2, 1–0)
 ChinaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 215
Game reference
Ruud LeeuwesteijnGoaliesOuban YongliReferees:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Italy Andrea Moschen
Linesmen:
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
Van Soest (De Ruiter, Jongmans) – 07:551–0
Van Soest (De Ruiter, Huisman) – 10:412–0
Collard (De Bonth) (PP) – 15:443–0
Van Gorp – 32:084–0
4–133:06 – Fu S. (Zhou, Liu)
4–238:21 – Jian (Jieke, Ye) (PP)
Schoningh (De Bonth, Doop) – 38:305–2
Van Nes (Van Gorp) – 39:446–2
Hofland (Van Nes) – 52:267–2
10 minPenalties8 min
16Shots40
26 April 2023
16:00
Japan 8–3
(2–0, 1–2, 5–1)
 SerbiaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 254
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Yutaka FukufujiGoaliesArsenije Ranković
Akim Padalitsa
Referees:
Germany Benjamin Hoppe
Ukraine Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Switzerland Dominik Altmann
Latvia Renārs Davidonis
Hirano (Suzuki, Halliday) – 01:511–0
Takagi (Irikura, K. Sato) – 02:342–0
2–123:14 – Popović (Đumić, Podunavac) (PP)
2–226:42 – Podunavac (Dragović, Đumić) (PP)
Hirano (S. Nakajima) – 26:553–2
3–340:46 – Dragović (Novaković, Podunavac)
Hitosato (Osawa) – 44:214–3
T. Nakajima (Hanzawa, Furuhashi) – 46:055–3
Hirano (Hitosato, Yamada) – 46:546–3
T. Nakajima (Osawa, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 53:157–3
S. Nakajima (H. Sato, Hirano) (PP) – 55:168–3
10 minPenalties8 min
51Shots11
26 April 2023
19:30
Ukraine 7–4
(1–1, 4–1, 2–2)
 EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,001
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Eduard ZakharchenkoGoaliesVillem-Henrik KoitmaaReferees:
Poland Michał Baca
Denmark Martin Christensen
Linesmen:
Norway Knut Bråten
Germany Tobias Schwenk
0–111:37 – Parras (Kiik, Puzakov)
Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 17:541–1
Pangelov-Yuldashev (Korenchuk, Peresunko) (PP) – 21:372–1
Lialka (Mazur, Merezhko) – 31:293–1
3–233:44 – Rooba (Novikov)
Pangelov-Yuldashev (Fadyeyv) – 39:124–2
Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 38:585–2
Mazur (Vorona, Peresunko) (PP) – 42:286–2
6–344:33 – Aleksandrov (Ossipov, Potšinok)
Trakht (Mazur, Peresunko) – 44:547–3
7–448:20 – Rooba (Embrich) (PP)
6 minPenalties8 min
37Shots18

27 April 2023
12:30
China 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 SerbiaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 123
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Ouban YongliGoaliesArsenije RankovićReferees:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Denmark Martin Christensen
Linesmen:
Switzerland Dominik Altmann
Norway Knut Braten
Fu S. (Fu J., Luo) – 08:101–0
Jieke (Ruian, Fu J.) – 14:282–0
Jian (Ye, Jieke) – 23:153–0
Luo – 39:374–0
Liu (Luo, Zhou) – 50:015–0
4 minPenalties12 min
58Shots15
27 April 2023
16:00
Ukraine 14–2
(4–1, 6–1, 4–0)
 NetherlandsTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 729
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Bogdan DyachenkoGoaliesMartijn OosterwijkReferees:
Poland Michal Baca
Germany Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Latvia Renars Davidonis
Latvia Agris Ozolins
Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 01:491–0
Korenchuk (Merezhko) – 08:082–0
Trakht (Merezhko) – 11:533–0
3–112:39 – Verkiel (Hessels, Van Gestel) (PP)
Nimenko (Korenchuk, Merezhko) – 18:524–1
Trakht (Sysak, Peresunko) – 20:325–1
Merezhko (Mazur) (PP) – 22:376–1
Ruzhnikov (Kutsevych, Hrebenyk) – 22:597–1
Denyskin (Korenchuk, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 31:388–1
8–236:02 – Van Nes (Stempher, Van Soest) (PP)
Panchenko (Ruzhnikov) – 36:119–2
Vorona (Trakht, Peresunko) (PP) – 38:0410–2
Denyskin (Lialka, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 44:3411–2
Korenchuk (Vorona, Dyachenko) – 49:2712–2
Trakht (Peresunko, Mazur) – 50:1713–2
Trakht – 58:0414–2
6 minPenalties12 min
60Shots11
27 April 2023
19:30
Estonia 1–3
(0–1, 1–2, 0–0)
 JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,432
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Conrad MölderGoaliesYuta NarisawaReferees:
Latvia Uldis Bušs
Ukraine Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Austria Wolfgang Puff
Lithuania Laurynas Stepankevičius
0–106:38 – Hitosato (Hirano, S. Nakajima)
0–224:47 – Halliday (K. Sato, Y. Otsu)
Viitanen (Embrich) – 24:561–2
1–335:43 – Hirano (S. Nakajima, Hitosato)
6 minPenalties10 min
20Shots27

29 April 2023
12:30
Serbia 3–2 GWS
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 NetherlandsTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 315
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Arsenije RankovićGoaliesRuud LeeuwesteijnReferees:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Ukraine Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Switzerland Dominik Altmann
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
0–108:13 – Van Nes (Hofland, Muller)
Đumić (Podunavac, Popović) – 10:951–1
1–229:16 – Verkiel (Huisman, De Ruiter)
Vučurević (Leštarić, Gvozdenović) – 52:322–2
Vučurević GOAL
Đumić GOAL
Španjević GOAL
ShootoutMISS Verkiel
MISS Van Nes
MISS Huisman
12 minPenalties10 min
27Shots40
29 April 2023
16:00
Estonia 2–5
(0–3, 1–0, 1–2)
 ChinaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 4,066
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Conrad MölderGoaliesOuban YongliReferees:
Latvia Uldis Bušs
Denmark Martin Christensen
Linesmen:
Norway Knut Bråten
Austria Wolfgang Puff
0–101:13 – Fu S. (Zhang P.)
0–207:04 – Luo (Fu J., Fu S.)
0–315:37 – Liu (Wang, Luo) (PP)
Parras (Kiik, Novikov) (SH) – 28:061–3
1–440:25 – Fu S. (Fu J., Jieke)
1–544:45 – Fu S. (Fu J., Jieke) (PP2)
Arrak (Puzakov, Potšinok) (PP) – 54:522–5
37 minPenalties10 min
28Shots30
29 April 2023
19:30
Japan 5–3
(2–0, 2–0, 1–3)
 UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,870
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Yuta NarisawaGoaliesBogdan Dyachenko
Eduard Zakharchenko
Referees:
Poland Michał Baca
Germany Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Latvia Renārs Davidonis
Germany Tobias Schwenk
Suzuki (Osawa) – 07:581–0
Hirano (H. Sato) (PP) – 19:292–0
Hirano (Sato, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 29:043–0
Takagi (Irikura, Halliday) – 29:254–0
K. Otsu – 40:465–0
5–145:12 – Vorona (Trakht, Merezhko) (PP)
5–252:45 – Liaka (Andreikiv)
5–356:33 – Korenchuk (Vorona, Zakharchenko)
8 minPenalties29 min
29Shots33

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Ukraine Olexi Vorona 5 5 8 13 +6 0 F
Ukraine Igor Merezhko 5 3 10 13 +7 4 D
Japan Yushiroh Hirano 5 7 3 10 +6 4 F
Ukraine Illia Korenchuk 5 6 4 10 +6 4 F
Ukraine Danil Trakht 5 6 4 10 +4 0 F
Ukraine Vadym Mazur 5 3 7 10 +7 0 F
Ukraine Oleksandr Peresunko 5 1 9 10 +4 2 F
Japan Shogo Nakajima 5 2 7 9 +6 4 F
Japan Teruto Nakajima 5 6 2 8 +3 2 F
China 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

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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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Japan Yuta Narisawa 240:00 7 1.75 103 93.20 0
Serbia Arsenije Ranković 214:51 12 3.35 158 92.41 0
Netherlands Ruud Leeuwesteijn 185:00 12 3.89 113 89.38 0
China Ouban Yongli 221:02 11 2.99 89 87.64 1
Estonia 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

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Position Player[10]
Goaltender Japan Yuta Narisawa
Defenceman Ukraine Ihor Merezhko
Forward Japan Yushiroh Hirano

References

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  1. ^ "To Tampere/Riga in '23, to Switzerland in '26". IIHF. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Poland powers to promotion". IIHF. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ^ "GB takes the crown". IIHF. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Korea wins to send Lithuania down". IIHF. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Japan wins Group B, earns promotion". IIHF. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Serbs win in S.O. but relegated". IIHF. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
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  8. ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IA" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  9. ^ "IB Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IB" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
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