2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Hungary  Slovenia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	12–18 April 2015
Teams	12
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The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

The Division I A tournament was played in Debrecen, Hungary, from 12 to 18 April 2015.^[1]

Team	Qualification
Denmark	Placed 10th in 2014 Top Division and were relegated
Norway	Placed 2nd in 2014 Division I A
Kazakhstan	Placed 3rd in 2014 Division I A
Belarus	Placed 4th in 2014 Division I A
France	Placed 5th in 2014 Division I A
Hungary	Hosts, placed 1st in 2014 Division I B and were promoted

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Denmark	5	4	1	0	0	28	8	+20	14	Promoted to the 2016 Top Division
2	Belarus	5	3	1	1	0	19	11	+8	12
3	France	5	2	1	0	2	16	13	+3	8
4	Norway	5	2	0	2	1	14	12	+2	8
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	0	4	15	28	−13	3
6	Hungary	5	0	0	0	5	11	31	−20	0	Relegated to the 2016 Division I B

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

12 April 2015 13:00

Belarus

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) OT:(1–0)

Norway

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Alexander Osipkov	Goalies	Jakob Opsahl	Referee: Pizemyslav Kepa Linesmen: Yakow Paley Botond Palkovi
	0–1 05:35 – Krogdahl (Ronnild, Christensen) 0–2 32:44 – Gulliksen (Paulsen) (PP) Buinitski (Alexei Patsenkin, Alexa. Patsenkin) (PP) – 38:33 1–2 Gavrilenko (Vorobei, Buinitski) (PP) – 43:49 2–2 Vorobei (Alexei Patsenkin, Shikut) (PP) – 61:12 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	20

12 April 2015 16:30

Hungary

1–9 (1–3, 0–4, 0–2)

Denmark

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 560

Game reference
	Gergely Bors	Goalies	Lasse Petersen	Referee: Juris Balodis Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Kriss Kupcus
	0–1 01:13 – Boysen (O. Nielsen, D. Nielsen) 0–2 09:26 – Ladehoff (Weichel) (PP) 0–3 12:49 – True (Ladehoff, Korsgaard) Gaspar (Sagi, Simotics) (PP) 1–3 1–4 22:44 – Christensen (Brinkmann, Mieritz) 1–5 32:52 – Brinkmann (From, Christensen) 1–6 33:09 – D. Nielsen (Krag, Boysen) 1–7 39:37 – True (Weichel, Ladehoff) (PP) 1–8 52:46 – From (Brinkmann, M. Jensen) (PP) 1–9 56:56 – Korsgaard (K. Jensen, D. Nielsen)
	14 min	Penalties	26 min
	28	Shots	48

12 April 2015 20:00

France

7–1 (2–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Raphael Garnier	Goalies	Nikita Ustinovich	Referee: Tom Darnell Linesmen: Daniel Cohen Jonas Reimer
	Matima (Ville, Ritz) – 04:59 1–0 Colomban (SH) – 10:54 2–0 Matima (Ville) – 23:08 3–0 3–1 23:54 – Borovikov (Polokhov) Addamo (Coulaud) – 29:54 4–1 Addamo (Maia) – 36:39 5–1 Maia (Colomban) – 50:22 6–1 Addamo (Colomban, Maia) – 53:03 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	31 min
	43	Shots	26

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13 April 2015 16:30

Norway

2–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) OT (0–1)

France

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 185

Game reference
	Jakob Opsahl	Goalies	Raphael Garnier	Referee: Daniel Gamper Linesmen: David Nothegger Jonas Reimer
	Ekberg (Marthinsen) – 04:29 1–0 1–1 29:28 – Couland (Fritz-Dreysse, Ville) (PP) Paulsen (Jorgensen, Gronstad) – 43:44 2–1 2–2 46:29 – Torres (Colomban) 2–3 62:41 – Maia
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	38

13 April 2015 20:00

Denmark

4–3 OT (1–1, 1–2, 1–0) OT (1–0)

Belarus

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen	Goalies	Vladislav Verbitski	Referee: Tom Darnell Linesmen: Daniel Cohen Yakov Paley
	Ladehoff – 07:01 1–0 1–1 13:15 – Alexei Patsenkin 1–2 30:02 – Shikut (Alexei Patsenkin, Buinitski) (PP) 1–3 36:22 – Alexa. Patsenkin (Alexei Patsenkin) (SH) Krag – 39:59 2–3 Ladehoff (M. Jensen) (PP) – 57:43 3–3 Krag – 60:25 4–3
	29 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	33

14 April 2015 16:30

Kazakhstan

6–5 (2–3, 1–1, 3–1)

Hungary

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 370

Game reference
	Alexander Kutko Nikita Ustinovich	Goalies	Bence Kiss	Referee: Przemyslav Kepa Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Yakov Paley
	0–1 07:15 – Horvath 0–2 08:08 – Torok (Garat, P. Kiss) (PP) Smolyakov (Pavlov, Kiselyov) – 10:36 1–2 Demyanov (Melikhov, Solodovnikov) – 13:10 2–2 2–3 15:23 – Szita (Gaspar, Z. Kiss) 2–4 29:39 – Z. Kiss (Simotics, Torok) Makeyev (Panyukov) – 29:53 3–4 Borisevich (Panyukov) (PP) – 45:54 4–4 Demyanov (Kiselyov, Smolyakov) – 47:06 5–4 Demyanov (EA) – 48:26 6–4 6–5 58:59 – Stipsicz (Torok) (EA)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	52	Shots	41

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15 April 2015 13:00

Denmark

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

France

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 190

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen	Goalies	Raphael Garnier	Referee: Przemyslav Kepa Linesmen: David Nothegger Botond Palkovi
	Ladehoff (True, J. Roendbjerg) – 10:07 1–0 1–1 30:44 – Ville (Matima) Korsgaard (D. Nielsen, M. Roendbjerg) – 36:01 2–1 Brinkman (M. Roendbjerg) – 41:09 3–1 From (Mieritz) (ENG) – 59:01 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	19

15 April 2015 16:30

Hungary

2–7 (1–0, 2–4, 0–3)

Belarus

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 430

Game reference
	Gergely Bors	Goalies	Alexander Osipkov	Referee: Daniel Gamper Linesmen: Daniel Cohen Jonas Reimer
	Szita (Stipsicz, Gaspar) – 18:15 1–0 Garat (Szita, Gaspar) – 21:39 2–0 2–1 23:59 – Alexei Patsenkin (Buinitski) 2–2 23:59 – Gavrilenko (Borisov) 2–3 28:11 – Sushko (Buinitski, Alexei Patsenkin) (PP2) 2–4 31:49 – Alexa. Patsenkin (Shikut) 2–5 45:59 – Sushko (Shikut, Buinitski) (PP) 2–6 47:29 – Kutsyr 2–7 49:43 – Alexei Patsenkin (Sushko, Buinitski) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	21	Shots	47

15 April 2015 20:00

Norway

5–3 (1–1, 1–2, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Jakob Opsahl	Goalies	Christian Kaasastul	Referee: Tom Darnell Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Kriss Kupcus
	0–1 17:32 – Makeyev (Borisevich) Gronstad (Jorgensen, Marthinsen) – 17:58 1–1 1–2 24:05 – Panyukov 1–3 24:57 – Borisevich (Medvedev, Makeyev) Petter Gronstad (Gulliksen) (PP) – 38:12 2–3 Granholm (Johannessen, Marthinsen) – 41:48 3–3 Christensen (Ronnild, Karlsen) – 43:09 4–3 Marthinsen (Gronstad) – 50:52 5–3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	30

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16 April 2015 16:30

Belarus

4–0 (3–0, 0–0, 1–0)

France

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 220

Game reference
	Alexander Osipkov	Goalies	Raphael Garnier Quentin Papillon	Referee: Juris Balodis Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Botond Palkovi
	Shikut (Sushko, Alexei Patsenkin) (PP2) – 02:54 1–0 Sharangovich (Borisov) (PP) – 03:58 2–0 Buinitski (Lukashevich) – 12:28 3–0 Farafontov (Buinitski, Shushko) (ENG) – 58:43 4–0
	24 min	Penalties	42 min
	25	Shots	30

17 April 2015 13:00

Kazakhstan

2–5 (0–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Denmark

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Nikita Ustinovich	Goalies	Lasse Petersen	Referee: Daniel Gamper Linesmen: Daniel Cohen David Nothegger
	0–1 02:41 – D. Nielsen (Korsgaard, Brinkman) 0–2 14:57 – From (M. Roendbjerg) 0–3 18:13 – Korsgaard (D. Nielsen) Borovikov (Aidash, Solodovnikov) – 25:41 1–3 1–4 29:58 – Christensen (Weichel, True) (PP) Panyukov (Tanimov) – 40:28 2–4 2–5 44:37 – From (D. Nielsen, K. Jensen) (PP)
	36 min	Penalties	16 min
	22	Shots	34

17 April 2015 16:30

Norway

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Hungary

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 270

Game reference
	Jakob Opsahl Jens Kristian Lillegrend	Goalies	Bence Kiss	Referee: Przemyslav Kepa Linesmen: Yakov Paley Jonas Reimer
	Gulliksen (Karlsen, Christensen) – 01:20 1–0 Granholm (Ellingsen, Noer) – 07:14 2–0 Gulliksen (Jorgensen, Gronstad) (PP) – 30:21 3–0 3–1 36:57 – Szita (Garat, Stipsicz) Gronstad (Ellingsen) (ENG) – 59:06 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	21

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18 April 2015 13:00

Kazakhstan

3–6 (1–2, 1–2, 1–2)

Belarus

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Nikita Ustinovich	Goalies	Alexander Osipkov	Referee: Juris Balodis Linesmen: Kriss Kupcus Botond Palkovi
	0–1 14:10 – Sharangovich (Gavrilenko, Alexei Patsenkin) Demyanov (Dzhangazinov, Parkhomenko) – 15:15 1–1 1–2 19:23 – Sharangovich (Sushko, Borisov) 1–3 20:36 – Gavrilenko (Sharangovich) 1–4 23:53 – Astankov (Sharangovich) Melikhov (Borisevich) – 28:28 2–4 2–5 40:51 – Buinitski (Astankov) (PP) Dzhangazinov – 49:02 3–5 3–6 58:02 – Sharangovich (ENG)
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	47

18 April 2015 16:25

France

5–2 (2–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Hungary

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 380

Game reference
	Quentin Papillon	Goalies	Gergely Bors	Referee: Tom Darnell Linesmen: Daniel Cohen Artem Korepanov
	Bougro (Gleizes, Maia) – 04:32 1–0 Texier (Guebey, Couvat) – 12:19 2–0 Ville (Colomban, Maia) (PP) – 24:59 3–0 Gleizes (Bougro, Maia) – 26:19 4–0 4–1 33:31 – P. Kiss 4–2 39:34 – Nagy (P. Kiss, Stipsicz) (SH) Texier (Couvat, Fritz-Dreysse) – 55:06 5–2
	16 min	Penalties	45 min
	51	Shots	24

18 April 2015 20:00

Denmark

2–1 (0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Norway

Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 280

Game reference
	Lasse Petersen	Goalies	Jakob Opsahl	Referee: Daniel Gamper Linesmen: David Nothegger Yakov Paley
	J. Roendbjerg (True, O. Nielsen) – 36:55 1–0 1–1 37:18 – Noer (Ellingsen, Johannessen) Krag (Korsgaard) – 56:11 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	24

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Alexei Patsenkin	Belarus	5	3	8	11	+4	0
2	Dmitri Buinitski	Belarus	5	3	7	10	+2	6
3	Tobias Ladehoff	Denmark	5	4	3	7	+4	6
4	Bastien Maia	France	5	2	5	7	0	10
4	Daniel Nielsen	Denmark	5	2	5	7	+5	0
6	Mathias From	Denmark	5	4	2	6	0	0
6	Yegor Sharangovich	Belarus	5	4	2	6	+2	0
8	Petter Gronstad	Norway	5	3	3	6	+1	4
8	Jeppe Korsgaard	Denmark	5	3	3	6	+8	2
10	Ilya Sushko	Belarus	5	2	4	6	+1	18

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

Source: IIHF.com

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Lasse Petersen	Denmark	300:25	8	1.60	93.65	0
2	Alexander Osipkov	Belarus	241:12	7	1.74	92.47	1
3	Jakob Opsahl	Norway	301:20	12	2.39	91.89	0
4	Raphael Garnier	France	194:16	9	2.78	91.43	0
5	Gergely Bors	Hungary	180:00	21	7.00	85.62	0

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

Source: IIHF.com

• Goaltender: Alexander Osipkov
• Defenceman: Andreas Marthinsen
• Forward: Mathias From

The Division I B tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 12 to 18 April 2015.^[2]

Team	Qualification
Italy	Placed 6th in 2014 Division I A and were relegated
Austria	Placed 2nd in 2014 Division I B
Slovenia	Hosts, placed 3rd in 2014 Division I B
Japan	Placed 4th in 2014 Division I B
Ukraine	Placed 5th in 2014 Division I B
Lithuania	Placed 1st in 2014 Division II A and were promoted

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria	5	5	0	0	0	26	6	+20	15	Promoted to the 2016 Division I A
2	Slovenia	5	3	0	1	1	27	21	+6	10
3	Japan	5	2	1	0	2	16	16	0	8
4	Ukraine	5	2	0	0	3	13	14	−1	6
5	Italy	5	1	0	0	4	16	24	−8	3
6	Lithuania	5	1	0	0	4	8	25	−17	3	Relegated to the 2016 Division II A

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

12 April 2015 13:00

Japan

1–5 (0–4, 0–0, 1–1)

Austria

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 347

Game reference
	Shotaro Kaneko	Goalies	Dominic Divis	Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Gaspar-Jaka Zganc Maarten van der Acker
	0–1 09:17 – Kromp (B. Wolf) 0–2 12:59 – Kromp (Poschmann, Nussbaumer) 0–3 16:34 – Haudum (Poschmann, Baltram) 0–4 17:58 – Haudum (B. Wolf, Winkler) (PP) Matsui – 42:23 1–4 1–5 46:07 – Kragl (Kromp, Baltram) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	30 min
	19	Shots	22

12 April 2015 16:30

Lithuania

2–3 (1–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Italy

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 339

Game reference
	Artur Pavliukov	Goalies	Hannes Treibenreif	Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Vasili Kaliada
	0–1 06:30 – Delueg (Dal Sasso) (PP) Laukaitis (Benilov) (EA) – 08:52 1–1 Bogdziul (Krakauskas) (PP) – 22:29 2–1 2–2 27:04 – de Luca (Bernard) (PP) 2–3 31:41 – Pitschieler (Bernard)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	16	Shots	35

12 April 2015 20:00

Ukraine

3–5 (0–3, 2–1, 1–1)

Slovenia

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 627

Game reference
	Yuri Krasnopolskiy Bogdan Dyachenko	Goalies	Mark Vlahovic	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Yann Furet Slawomir Szachniewicz
	0–1 06:15 – Jezovsek 0–2 07:35 – Jezovsek (Glavic) 0–3 15:57 – Glavic (Grahut) 0–4 28:41 – Orehek (Simsic) (SH) Mazur (Fadieiev) (PP) – 30:55 1–4 Vorona (Nigmatullin) – 34:51 2–4 2–5 41:10 – Drozg Nigmatullin (Gerasymenko) – 45:24 3–5
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	25

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13 April 2015 13:00

Italy

5–6 (2–1, 2–4, 1–1)

Japan

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Hannes Treibenreif Luca Stevan	Goalies	Shotaro Kaneko Tomoya Numata	Referee: Trpimir Piragic Linesmen: Yann Furet Damir Rakovic
	Bernard (Delueg) – 02:53 1–0 Moroder (Berger, Bernard) – 08:41 2–0 2–1 09:47 – Kyoya 2–2 22:49 – Matsui (Nakayashiki) (PP) 2–3 23:54 – Konishi de Lorenzo-Meo (Dal Sasso, Pitshieler) (PP) – 26:32 3–3 3–4 28:02 – Ikeda 3–5 32:06 – Funaka Marzolini (Thum, Dal Sasso) (PP) – 35:53 4–5 4–6 41:35 – Kirie (Saito, Funaka) (PP) Delueg (Basso, Dal Sasso) (PP) – 56:54 5–6
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	24

13 April 2015 16:30

Austria

3–2 (0–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Ukraine

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 369

Game reference
	Dominic Divis	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Slawomir Szachniewicz Gasper-Jaka Zganc
	0–1 18:49 – Gerasymenko (Aleksandrov) 0–2 25:18 – Terchiev (Merzhko) Kromp (Witting) – 33:03 1–2 Kromp (B. Wolf) (PP) – 57:48 2–2 Winkler (Haudum) – 59:08 3–2
	33 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	19

13 April 2015 20:00

Slovenia

10–1 (0–0, 3–1, 7–0)

Lithuania

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 679

Game reference
	Mark Vlahovic	Goalies	Artur Pavliukov Elvinas Karla	Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Vasili Kaliada Maarten van den Acker
	Jezovsek – 20:51 1–0 Jezovsek (Simsic) (PP) – 33:01 2–0 2–1 33:35 – Bogdziul (Krakauskas) Jeklic (Glavic, Kuzman) (PP) – 39:59 3–1 Orehek (Simsic) – 41:20 4–1 Jeklic (Cepon) (PP) – 47:17 5–1 Simsic (Kapel) – 48:30 6–1 Jezovsek (SH) – 52:29 7–1 Orehek (Cepon, Zorko) (PP2) – 55:45 8–1 Jezovsek (Simsic) (PP2) – 56:23 9–1 Glavic (Zorko, Ulamec) (PP2) – 58:05 10–1
	24 min	Penalties	43 min
	39	Shots	28

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15 April 2015 13:00

Italy

1–3 (1–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Ukraine

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 368

Game reference
	Hannes Treibenreif	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Slawomir Szachniewicz Gaspar-Jaka Zganc
	Thum (Spinell) – 16:24 1–0 1–1 46:35 – Svyshev (Shcherbakov, Nigmatullin) (EA) 1–2 54:51 – Gerasymenko (Matvienko) 1–3 59:44 – Gerasymenko (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	27

15 April 2015 16:30

Lithuania

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Japan

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 390

Game reference
	Artur Pavliukov	Goalies	Shotaro Kaneko	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Damir Rakovic Maarten van den Acker
	Bucys (Krakauskas, Bogdziul) – 32:22 1–0 Kuzminov (Peliusenok, Zukauskas) – 50:57 2–0 2–1 52:51 – Nakayashki (Ishibashi)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	24

15 April 2015 20:00

Austria

6–1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Slovenia

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 681

Game reference
	Dominic Divis	Goalies	Mark Vlahovic	Referee: Trpimir Piragic Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Yann Furet
	Haudum (Huber) – 07:10 1–0 Baltram (B. Wolf) – 18:37 2–0 Kromp (Poschmann, Baltram) – 29:16 3–0 Poschmann (Kromp, Kragl) 4–0 4–1 53:23 – Glavic (Jeklic, Zorko) (PP) Kromp (Baltram) (ENG) – 57:12 5–1 Witting (SH) (ENG) – 59:41 6–1
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	29

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17 April 2015 13:00

Austria

7–2 (3–1, 1–1, 3–0)

Lithuania

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 379

Game reference
	Dominic Divis	Goalies	Artur Pavliukov	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Yann Furet Damir Rakovic
	Maxa (Winkler) (PP)– 10:22 1–0 Haudum (Wachter, B. Wolf) – 12:28 2–0 Winkler (Haudum) (PP) – 14:36 3–0 3–1 17:05 – Zukauskas (Kuzminov, Krakauskas) 3–2 31:45 – Cetvertak (Laukaitis) Baltram (Kromp) – 38:46 4–2 Winkler (Haudum) – 44:13 5–2 Wappis (Nissner) – 51:26 6–2 Baltram (Moidl) – 59:55 7–2
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	44	Shots	18

17 April 2015 16:30

Japan

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Ukraine

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 369

Game reference
	Shotaro Kaneko Tomoya Numata	Goalies	Yuri Krasnopolskiy Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Trpimir Piragic Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Maarten van den Acker
	Saito (Fuanaka, Kon) (PP) – 08:08 1–0 Ikeda (Nakayashiki) (PP) – 18:23 2–0 Nakayashiki – 30:01 3–0 3–1 42:42 – Mazur (Fadieiev, Grygoryev) (PP) Sawade (Funaka, Saito) – 49:00 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	34

17 April 2015 20:00

Slovenia

8–7 (3–0, 3–3, 2–4)

Italy

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 604

Game reference
	Mark Vlahovic	Goalies	Luca Steven Hannes Treibenreif	Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Vasili Kaliada Slawomir Szachniewicz
	Simsic (Jezovsek) (PP) – 04:53 1–0 Zorko (Drozg) (PP) – 08:46 2–0 Drozg (Jeklic) – 12:41 3–0 Drozg (Cepon) – 24:29 4–0 Glavic (Jeklic, Zorko) (PP) – 27:02 5–0 5–1 27:35 – Gasser (Delueg) 5–2 29:47 – de Luca (Pitschieler) (PP) 5–3 30:36 – de Lorenzo-Meo (Moroder) Tomazevic (Petek) (PP) – 35:00 6–3 6–4 48:34 – Spinell (Dal Sasso) 6–5 50:18 – Thum (Spinell) Potocnik (Cepon) (PP) – 53:15 7–5 7–6 54:55 – Bernard (de Luca) 7–7 55:23 – Spinell (Thum) Markic (Ulamec – 55:50 8–7
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	21

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18 April 2015 13:00

Ukraine

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 345

Game reference
	Bogdan Dyanchenko	Goalies	Artur Pavliukov	Referee: Trpimir Piragic Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Gasper Jaka Zganc
	Fadieiev (Terchiev) – 04:31 1–0 Vorona (Fadieiev, Mazur) – 13:34 2–0 Generalov (Mazur, Vorona) (PP) – 34:45 3–0 3–1 45:51 – Laukaitis (Bogdziul) (PP) Terchiev (ENG) – 59:54 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	20

18 April 2015 16:30

Italy

0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Austria

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 412

Game reference
	Hannes Treibenreif	Goalies	Marco Simair	Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Damir Rakovic Maarten van den Acker
	0-1 04:13 – Kromp (Kragl, Baltram) (PP) 0–2 17:42 – B. Wolf (Maxa, Wappis) 0–3 19:13 – Winkler (Jennes, Witting) 0–4 33:15 – B. Wolf (Baltram, S. Wolf) 0–5 58:22 – Wachter (Winkler)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	33

18 April 2015 20:00

Slovenia

3–4 GWS (1–1, 0–1, 2–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Japan

Tabor Ice Hall, Maribor Attendance: 575

Game reference
	Tilen Spreitzer	Goalies	Shotaro Kaneko	Referee: Chris Deweerdt Linesmen: Yann Furet Vaili Kaliada
	Tomazevic (Markic) – 01:59 1–0 1–1 04:58 – Nakayashiki (Ikeda) 1–2 26:22 – Sawade (Saito) 1–3 41:55 – Ishibashi (Ikeda) Drozg (Zorko, Cepon) (PP) – 45:10 2–3 Jezovsek (Mercina) – 55:38 3–3
	Jezovsek Simsic	Shootout	Nakayashiki T. Kaneko Shimizu
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	28

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Christof Kromp	Austria	5	7	3	10	+9	4
2	Florian Baltram	Austria	5	3	6	9	+6	2
3	Zan Jezovsek	Slovenia	5	7	1	8	–2	4
4	Lukas Haudum	Austria	5	4	3	7	+5	10
5	Nik Simsic	Slovenia	5	2	5	7	–2	14
5	Bernd Wolf	Austria	5	2	5	7	+8	4
7	Jan Drozg	Slovenia	5	4	2	6	+5	0
7	Gasper Glavic	Slovenia	5	4	2	6	+3	14
9	Matic Jeklic	Slovenia	5	3	3	6	+1	4
9	Dario Winkler	Austria	5	3	3	6	+5	0

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

Source: IIHF.com

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Dominic Divis	Austria	240:00	6	1.50	92.94	0
2	Bogdan Dyachenko	Ukraine	251:54	10	2.38	90.48	0
3	Shotaro Kaneko	Japan	247:59	13	3.15	87.96	0
4	Artur Pavliukov	Belarus	286:40	20	4.19	87.80	0
5	Mark Vlahovic	Slovenia	238:46	15	3.77	84.21	0

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

Source: IIHF.com

• Goaltender: Dominic Divis
• Defenceman: Mark Cepon
• Forward: Christof Kromp