2024 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
International ice hockey tournaments
2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I Host countries Denmark Estonia Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Dates 14–20 April 2024 Teams 12
The 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I is two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation . The Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship .
Division I A
2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I A Host country Denmark City Frederikshavn Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 14–20 April 2024 Teams 6 Games played 15 Goals scored 106 (7.07 per game) Attendance 3,992 (266 per game) Scoring leader(s) Ferenc Laskawy (11 points)www.iihf.com
The Division I Group A tournament was played in Frederikshavn , Denmark, from 14 to 20 April 2024.[ 1] [ 2]
Participating teams
Team
Qualification
Germany
Placed 10th in 2023 Top Division and were relegated
Denmark
Hosts; placed 2nd in 2023 Division I A
Japan
Placed 3rd in 2023 Division I A
Hungary
Placed 4th in 2023 Division I A
Ukraine
Placed 5th in 2023 Division I A
Austria
Placed 1st in 2023 Division I B and were promoted
Standings
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Germany
5
4
1
0
0
25
11
+14
14
Promoted to the 2025 Top Division
2
Ukraine
5
4
0
1
0
18
10
+8
13
3
Austria
5
2
1
0
2
21
14
+7
8
4
Hungary
5
2
0
1
2
21
25
−4
7
5
Denmark (H)
5
1
0
0
4
10
20
−10
3
6
Japan
5
0
0
0
5
11
26
−15
0
Relegated to the 2025 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 and schedule
Source:[ 3]
All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2 )
14 April 2024 13:00 Austria 2–3 (1–0, 1–1, 0–2) Germany Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 225
14 April 2024 16:30 Hungary 4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0) Denmark Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 485
14 April 2024 20:00 Ukraine 4–1 (0–0, 3–0, 1–1) Japan Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 140
15 April 2024 13:00 Germany 8–2 (2–1, 4–1, 2–0) Hungary Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 145
15 April 2024 16:30 Japan 3–6 (0–3, 1–2, 2–1) Austria Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 120
15 April 2024 20:00 Denmark 1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1) Ukraine Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 515
17 April 2024 13:00 Austria 6–5 GWS (0–1, 2–2, 3–2)OT : (0–0)SO : (1–0) Hungary Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 147
17 April 2024 16:30 Germany 2–1 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0)OT : (1–0) Ukraine Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 208
17 April 2024 20:00 Denmark 4–2 (2–1, 0–1, 2–0) Japan Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 367
18 April 2024 13:00 Hungary 4–7 (0–1, 1–4, 3–2) Ukraine Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 115
18 April 2024 16:30 Japan 2–6 (1–2, 0–3, 1–1) Germany Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 148
18 April 2024 20:00 Denmark 0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2) Austria Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 385
20 April 2024 13:00 Ukraine 3–2 (0–0, 1–2, 2–0) Austria Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 147
20 April 2024 16:30 Japan 3–6 (0–1, 0–2, 3–3) Hungary Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 115
20 April 2024 20:00 Germany 6–4 (0–1, 2–2, 4–1) Denmark Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn Attendance: 730
Division I B
2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I B Host country Estonia City Tallinn Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 14–20 April 2024 Teams 6 Games played 15 Goals scored 98 (6.53 per game) Attendance 10,399 (693 per game) Scoring leader(s) Nik Petrović (13 points)www.iihf.com
The Division I Group B tournament was played in Tallinn , Estonia, from 14 to 20 April 2024.[ 4] [ 5]
Participating teams
Team
Qualification
France
Placed 6th in 2023 Division I A and were relegated
Slovenia
Placed 2nd in 2023 Division I B
Italy
Placed 3rd in 2023 Division I B
South Korea
Placed 4th in 2023 Division I B
Estonia
Hosts; placed 5th in 2023 Division I B
Lithuania
Placed 1st in 2023 Division II A and were promoted
Standings
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Slovenia
5
4
0
0
1
29
14
+15
12
Promoted to the 2025 Division I A
2
Lithuania
5
3
1
0
1
16
12
+4
11
3
Estonia (H)
5
2
0
0
3
13
20
−7
6[ a]
4
France
5
2
0
0
3
15
19
−4
6[ a]
5
South Korea
5
2
0
0
3
15
17
−2
6[ a]
6
Italy
5
1
0
1
3
10
16
−6
4
Relegated to the 2025 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
Notes:
^ a b c Estonia 6 Pts, France 3 Pts, South Korea 0 Pts
Results and schedule
Source:[ 6]
All times are local. (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+3 )
14 April 2024 12:30 Lithuania 3–1 (0–0, 1–0 , 2–1) France Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 387
14 April 2024 16:00 Estonia 0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1) Italy Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 2,287
14 April 2024 19:30 South Korea 5–3 (1–0, 1–1, 3–2) Slovenia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 232
15 April 2024 12:30 Italy 1–2 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1)OT : (0–1) Lithuania Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 235
15 April 2024 16:00 France 3–1 (1–1, 2–0, 0–0) South Korea Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 318
15 April 2024 19:30 Slovenia 6–2 (1–1, 2–0, 3–1) Estonia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 743
17 April 2024 12:30 Slovenia 4–3 (2–1, 2–0, 0–2) Italy Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 173
17 April 2024 16:00 Lithuania 5–2 (0–1, 1–1, 4–0) South Korea Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 297
17 April 2024 19:30 France 3–4 (2–2, 1–1, 0–1) Estonia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1327
19 April 2024 12:30 Italy 0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2) France Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 632
19 April 2024 16:00 Slovenia 5–2 (2–1, 2–0, 1–1) Lithuania Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 701
19 April 2024 19:30 South Korea 3–4 (1–2, 0–2, 2–0) Estonia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 998
20 April 2024 12:30 France 2–11 (0–6, 0–3, 2–2) Slovenia Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 291
20 April 2024 16:00 Estonia 3–4 (3–2, 0–2, 0–0) Lithuania Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,123
20 April 2024 19:30 Italy 2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2) South Korea Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 655
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