2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
International ice hockey tournament
2020 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I Host countries Belarus Ukraine Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Dates 9–15 December 2019 12–18 December 2019 Teams 12
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
2020 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I A Host country Belarus City Minsk Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 9–15 December 2019 Teams 6 Games played 15 Goals scored 79 (5.27 per game) Attendance 47,412 (3,161 per game) Scoring leader(s) Benjamin Baumgartner (11 points)www.iihf.com
The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk , Belarus, from 9 to 15 December 2019.[ 1] [ 2]
Participating teams
Team
Qualification
Denmark
placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated
Belarus
hosts; placed 2nd in Division I A last year
Norway
placed 3rd in Division I A last year
Latvia
placed 4th in Division I A last year
Austria
placed 5th in Division I A last year
Slovenia
placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted
Match officials
Four referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[ 3]
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
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
Notes:
^ a b Latvia 3–2 (OT) Belarus
Match results
All times are local (Moscow time – UTC+3 ).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers
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)
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
Source: IIHF.com
Division I B
2020 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I B Host country Ukraine City Kyiv Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 12–18 December 2019 Teams 6 Games played 15 Goals scored 121 (8.07 per game) Attendance 35,295 (2,353 per game) Scoring leader(s) Jakub Lewandowski (13 points)www.iihf.com
The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv , Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2019.[ 4] [ 5]
Participating teams
Team
Qualification
France
placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
Poland
placed 2nd in Division I B last year
Hungary
placed 3rd in Division I B last year
Italy
placed 4th in Division I B last year
Ukraine
hosts; placed 5th in Division I B last year
Estonia
placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[ 6]
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
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 (Eastern European Time – UTC+2 ).
Game reference Davide Fadani Jakob Rabanser Goalies Sebastian Lipiński Maciej Miarka Referee: Andrew MillerLinesmen: Roman Kaderli Andreas Weise Krøyer0–1 07:51 – Lewandowski (Wałęga , Krzyżek ) 0–2 09:44 – Brynkus (Lewandowski, Krzyżek) (PP) 0–3 12:31 – Witan (Tyczyński , Naróg ) (PP) Sölva (Großrubatscher ) – 17:011–3 S. Deluca – 20:142–3 2–4 22:13 – Filipek (Tyczyński, Bezwiński ) 2–5 23:19 – Wałęga (Lewandowski) 2–6 27:18 – Smal (Witan, Tyczyński) 2–7 29:31 – Bieniek (Lewandowski) 2–8 31:53 – Gruźla (Ubowski ) 2–9 32:05 – Brynkus (Wałęga, Lewandowski) 2–10 33:03 – Filipek (Blanik , Witan) 2–11 39:27 – Lewandowski (Wałęga) (PP) Großrubatscher – 44:46 3–11 3–12 48:24 – Blanik (Filipek, Bezwiński) 3–13 48:53 – Wałęga 3–14 55:54 – Wałęga (Tyczyński, Witan) (PP2) 3–15 56:15 – Wałęga (Lewandowski, Brynkus) (PP)
14 min Penalties 4 min 19 Shots 33
Game reference Sebastian Lipiński Maciej Miarka Goalies Levente Márkus Referee: Rasmus ToppelLinesmen: Andreas Weise Krøyer Nazar SlezovLewandowski (Libik ) – 01:241–0 Smal (Brynkus ) – 05:582–0 2–1 07:51 – Rétfalvi (Pokornyi , Ambrus ) 2–2 08:15 – Vértes (Dézsi ) Bezwiński (Lewandowski) – 09:193–2 3–3 11:03 – Péter (Vértes, Dézsi) (PP) 3–4 19:18 – Keresztes (Páterka , Révész ) 3–5 23:37 – Ambrus (Németh , Rétfalvi) 3–6 28:14 – Vértes (Pokornyi, Bogesic ) 3–7 31:53 – Révész (Páterka, Keresztes) Wałęga (Smal) – 33:014–7 4–8 37:47 – Révész (Pokornyi, Páterka) 4–9 38:21 – Németh (Rétfalvi, Seregély ) Lewandowski (Khoperia ) – 39:28 5–9 Luszniak (Witan , Biłas ) – 50:446–9 Brynkus (Smal, Wałęga) (PP) – 53:48 7–9 7–10 59:28 – Péter (Ambrus, Szécsi )
20 min Penalties 10 min 33 Shots 31
Statistics
Top 10 scorers
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)
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
Source: IIHF.com
References
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