2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Norway Poland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	11–17 December 2022
Teams	12

See also: 2023 Junior Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2023 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 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 2003.

Division I A

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Norway
City	Asker
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–17 December 2022
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	91 (6.07 per game)
Attendance	7,785 (519 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Zétény Hadobás (11 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Asker, Norway, from 11 to 17 December 2022.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Norway	hosts; placed 3rd in Division I A last year
Kazakhstan	placed 4th in Division I A last year
Denmark	placed 5th in Division I A last year
Hungary	placed 6th in Division I A last year
France	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted
Slovenia	placed 2nd in Division I B last year and were promoted

Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees

• Pierre Dehaen
• Niclas Lundsgaard
• Mark Pearce
• Christian Persson
• Gregor Rezek
• Daniel Soós
• Jack Young

Linesmen

• Renārs Davidonis
• Christopher Dehn
• Tim Heffner
• Herman Johansen
• Davids Rozitis
• Christopher Williams
• Vincent Zede

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Norway (H)	5	5	0	0	0	19	8	+11	15	Promoted to the 2024 Top Division
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	0	0	2	14	11	+3	9
3	France	5	2	0	1	2	16	14	+2	7
4	Hungary	5	1	1	1	2	18	18	0	6
5	Denmark	5	1	1	0	3	9	19	−10	5
6	Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	15	21	−6	3	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

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

11 December 2022 13:00

Hungary

2–3 OT (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Denmark

Risenga Ishall, Asker Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Levente Hegedüs	Goalies	Kristers Steinbergs	Referees: Pierre Dehaen Christian Persson Linesmen: Renārs Davidonis Christopher Williams
	32	Shots	33

11 December 2022 16:30

Slovenia

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Norway

Risenga Ishall, Asker Attendance: 1,750

Game reference
	Luka Kolin	Goalies	Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud	Referees: Mark Pearce Jack Young Linesmen: Tim Heffner Vincent Zede
	14	Shots	44

11 December 2022 20:00

France

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Risenga Ishall, Asker Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Antoine Keller	Goalies	Roman Shefer	Referees: Niclas Lundsgaard Gregor Rezek Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Herman Johansen
	29	Shots	28

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12 December 2022 13:00

Denmark

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Slovenia

Risenga Ishall, Asker Attendance: 139

Game reference
	Kristers Steinbergs	Goalies	Luka Kolin	Referees: Daniel Soós Jack Young Linesmen: Tim Heffner Davids Rozitis
	31	Shots	29

12 December 2022 16:30

Kazakhstan

3–2 (0–0, 0–2, 3–0)

Hungary

Risenga Ishall, Asker Attendance: 114

Game reference
	Roman Shefer	Goalies	Levente Hegedüs	Referees: Pierre Dehaen Niclas Lundsgaard Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Vincent Zede
	30	Shots	25

12 December 2022 20:00

Norway

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

France

Risenga Ishall, Asker Attendance: 954

Game reference
	Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud	Goalies	Antoine Keller	Referees: Mark Pearce Gregor Rezek Linesmen: Renārs Davidonis Christopher Williams
	33	Shots	29

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14 December 2022 13:00

Slovenia

2–5 (1–2, 1–2, 0–1)

France

Risenga Ishall, Asker

Game reference
	Luka Kolin Jakob Župančič	Goalies	Antoine Keller	Referees: Niclas Lundsgaard Daniel Soós Linesmen: Herman Johansen Davids Rozitis
	16	Shots	42

14 December 2022 16:30

Norway

3–2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Hungary

Risenga Ishall, Asker

Game reference
	Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud	Goalies	Tamas Antek
	38	Shots	23

14 December 2022 20:00

Kazakhstan

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Risenga Ishall, Asker

Game reference

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15 December 2022 13:00

France

4–5 GWS (2–2, 2–0, 0–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Hungary

Risenga Ishall, Asker Attendance: 137

Game reference
	Martin Neckar	Goalies	Levente Hegedüs	Referees: Niclas Lundsgaard Christian Persson Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Davids Rozitis
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	37

15 December 2022 16:30

Kazakhstan

4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Slovenia

Risenga Ishall, Asker Attendance: 139

Game reference
	Roman Shefer	Goalies	Jakob Župančič Luka Kolin	Referees: Pierre Dehaen Jack Young Linesmen: Renārs Davidonis Herman Johansen
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	29

15 December 2022 20:00

Denmark

1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Norway

Risenga Ishall, Asker Attendance: 1498

Game reference
	Kristers Seinbergs	Goalies	Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud	Referees: Mark Pearce Daniel Soós Linesmen: Tim Heffner Christopher Williams
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	33

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17 December 2022 13:00

Hungary

7–5 (1–2, 3–1, 3–2)

Slovenia

Risenga Ishall, Asker

Game reference
	27	Shots	31

17 December 2022 16:30

Denmark

4–3 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1)

France

Risenga Ishall, Asker

Game reference
	25	Shots	29

17 December 2022 20:00

Norway

5–3 (1–0, 3–2, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Risenga Ishall, Asker

Game reference
	28	Shots	26

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Zétény Hadobás	Hungary	5	1	10	11	+2	2
2	Bence Horváth	Hungary	5	4	3	7	+1	0
3	Matias Bachelet	France	5	2	5	7	+2	0
3	Petter Vesterheim	Norway	5	2	5	7	+6	0
5	Nal Brodnik	Slovenia	5	3	3	6	0	2
6	Nace Langus	Slovenia	5	2	4	6	+1	2
7	Emil Tavernier	France	5	4	1	5	+4	4
7	Roman Yermak	Kazakhstan	5	4	1	5	+6	2
9	Vsevolod Logvin	Kazakhstan	5	3	2	5	+7	4
9	Balázs Varga	Hungary	5	3	2	5	+2	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Roman Shefer	Kazakhstan	269:56	9	92.80	2.00	1
2	Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud	Norway	300:00	8	92.79	1.60	1
3	Antoine Keller	France	238:02	8	92.08	2.02	0
4	Luka Kolin	Slovenia	238:35	16	87.88	4.02	0
5	Levente Hegedüs	Hungary	246:21	15	87.60	3.65	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud
• Defenceman: Zétény Hadobás
• Forward: Matias Bachelet

Source: IIHF

Division I B

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
City	Bytom
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–17 December 2022
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	104 (6.93 per game)
Attendance	6,350 (423 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Krzysztof Maciaś (10 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Bytom, Poland, from 11 to 17 December 2022.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Japan	placed 3rd in Division I B last year
Ukraine	placed 4th in Division I B last year
Estonia	placed 5th in Division I B last year
Poland	hosts; placed 6th in Division I B last year
Italy	placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted
South Korea	placed 2nd in Division II A last year and were promoted

Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees

• Andreas Huber
• Juraj Konč
• Paweł Kosidło
• Troy Murray
• Jiří Ondráček
• Omar Piniè
• Vladimir Yefremov

Linesmen

• Sebastian Bedynek
• Timur Iskakov
• Peter Jedlička
• Barna Kis-Király
• Mateusz Kucharewicz
• Andrzej Nenko
• Quentin Ugolini

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	5	4	0	1	0	25	16	+9	13	Promoted to the 2024 Division I A
2	Ukraine	5	4	0	0	1	23	12	+11	12
3	Italy	5	2	1	0	2	12	13	−1	8
4	Poland (H)	5	1	1	0	3	21	19	+2	5
5	Estonia	5	1	0	1	3	11	14	−3	4
6	South Korea	5	1	0	0	4	12	30	−18	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

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

11 December 2022 13:00

South Korea

3–5 (2–1, 0–4, 1–0)

Japan

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 70

Game reference
	Jaewon Song	Goalies	Issa Otsuka	Referees: Andreas Huber Troy Murray Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Barna Kis-Király
	19	Shots	40

11 December 2022 16:30

Poland

4–3 OT (0–0, 3–2, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Estonia

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Mikolaj Szczepkowski	Goalies	Fjodor Aganezovs	Referees: Omar Piniè Vladimir Yefremov Linesmen: Timur Iskakov Quentin Ugolini
	25	Shots	23

11 December 2022 20:00

Italy

0–4 (0–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Ukraine

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Damian Clara	Goalies	Savva Serdiuk	Referees: Juraj Konč Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Andrzej Nenko
	11	Shots	35

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12 December 2022 13:00

Estonia

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

South Korea

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Henrik Virro	Goalies	Jaewon Song	Referees: Juraj Konč Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Andrzej Nenko
	30	Shots	24

12 December 2022 16:30

Ukraine

5–2 (2–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Poland

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Savva Serdiuk	Goalies	Szymon Klimowski	Referees: Andreas Huber Troy Murray Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Barna Kis-Király
	28	Shots	26

12 December 2022 20:00

Japan

2–3 OT (1–1, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Italy

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Issa Tamura	Goalies	Damian Clara	Referees: Paweł Kosidło Vladimir Yefremov Linesmen: Timur Iskakov Mateusz Kucharewicz
	32	Shots	29

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14 December 2022 13:00

South Korea

4–6 (1–0, 1–3, 2–3)

Italy

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Jaewon Song Taeyang Lim	Goalies	Damian Clara	Referees: Andreas Huber Juraj Konč Linesmen: Barna Kis-Király Quentin Ugolini
	29	Shots	30

14 December 2022 16:30

Japan

7–3 (1–1, 3–1, 3–1)

Poland

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 980

Game reference
	Issa Otsuka Issa Tamura	Goalies	Mikolaj Szczepkowski
	53	Shots	30

14 December 2022 20:00

Ukraine

3–2 (1–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Estonia

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 90

Game reference

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16 December 2022 13:00

Estonia

3–4 (1–1, 2–2, 0–1)

Japan

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 60

Game reference
	27	Shots	47

16 December 2022 16:30

Italy

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Poland

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 870

Game reference
	Damian Clara	Goalies	Mikolaj Szczepkowski
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	33

16 December 2022 20:00

Ukraine

7–1 (1–0, 3–1, 3–0)

South Korea

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 120

Game reference

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17 December 2022 13:00

Estonia

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Italy

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 70

Game reference
	27	Shots	30

17 December 2022 16:30

Poland

11–2 (3–0, 4–1, 4–1)

South Korea

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	35	Shots	21

17 December 2022 20:00

Japan

7–4 (1–1, 4–0, 2–3)

Ukraine

Nikodemowicz Brothers Ice Rink, Bytom Attendance: 750

Game reference
	31	Shots	23

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Krzysztof Maciaś	Poland	5	7	3	10	+4	4
2	Kotaro Murase	Japan	5	2	8	10	+3	0
3	Rukia Morita	Japan	5	5	3	8	+2	0
4	Alessandro Segafredo	Italy	5	4	4	8	+7	2
5	Yuto Taneichi	Japan	5	1	7	8	+2	10
6	Kacper Maciaś	Poland	5	1	6	7	+4	6
7	KIm Sangyeob	South Korea	5	5	1	6	–7	6
8	Mykyta Sydorenko	Ukraine	5	4	2	6	+5	8
9	Tommy Purdeller	Italy	5	1	5	6	+5	8
10	Junya Owa	Japan	5	1	5	6	+1	10

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Damian Clara	Italy	302:51	13	91.67	2.58	0
2	Fjodor Aganezov	Estonia	240:26	12	91.24	2.99	0
3	Hlib Artsatbanov	Ukraine	123:03	5	89.13	2.44	0
4	Savva Serdiuk	Ukraine	176:57	7	88.71	2.37	1
5	Mikołaj Szczepkowski	Poland	222:31	13	88.29	3.51	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Damian Clara
• Defenceman: Junya Owa
• Forward: Danylo Korzhyletsky

Source: IIHF

External links

• Official website of IIHF