The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournaments were contested between 17 and 25 April 2010. Participants in this championship were drawn into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Tilburg, Netherlands. Group B's games were played in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Austria won the Group A tournament while Slovenia won the Group B tournament to earn promotion to the Top Division of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Serbia and Croatia finished last in each group and will be relegated to Division II at the 2011 World Championships. Spain and Estonia earned promotion from the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II and replaced Serbia and Croatia in Division I in 2011.
Group A The Group A tournament was played in Tilburg, the Netherlands, from 19 to 25 April 2010.Division I Group A statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 14th in Top Division last year and were relegatedPlaced 2nd in Division I Group B last yearPlaced 3rd in Division I Group A last yearPlaced 4th in Division I Group A last yearHosts; placed 5th in Division I Group B last yearPlaced 1st in Division II Group A last year and were promoted
Final standings
Match results All times are local.
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate Best Goalkeeper: Yutaka Fukufuji Best Forward: Kostiantyn Kasianchuk Best Defenseman: Matthias Trattnig
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Kostiantyn Kasianchuk 5 6 7 13 +9 6 Andri Mikhnov 5 3 9 12 +7 2 Oliver Setzinger 5 1 9 10 +8 0 Oleksandr Materukhin 5 6 3 9 +8 12 Thomas Koch 5 5 4 9 +8 0 Tadas Kumeliauskas 5 5 4 9 0 33 Matthias Trattnig 5 3 6 9 +10 4 Oleg Timchenko 5 2 7 9 +7 14 Vadym Shakhraychuk 5 4 4 8 +9 6 Daniel Welser 5 4 4 8 +9 2 Takahito Suzuki 5 3 5 8 +3 4GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: IIHF.com
Leading goalkeepers Only the top five goalkeepers, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO Masahito Haruna 120:00 41 1 0.50 97.56 1 Reinhard Divis 300:00 103 5 1.00 95.15 1 Yutaka Fukufuji 176:47 98 6 2.04 93.88 0 Kostiantyn Simchuk 199:50 77 6 1.80 92.21 0 Phil Groeneveld 211:34 134 12 3.40 91.04 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
Group B The Group A tournament was played in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 17 to 23 April 2010.Division I Group B statistics
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 16th in Top Division last year and were relegatedHosts; placed 2nd in Division I Group A last yearPlaced 3rd in Division I Group B last yearPlaced 4th in Division I Group B last yearPlaced 5th in Division I Group A last yearPlaced 1st in Division II Group B last year and were promoted
Final standings
Match results All times are local.
Tournament awards Best players selected by the directorate Best Goalkeeper: Stephen Murphy Best Forward: Žiga Jeglič Best Defenseman: András Horváth
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Žiga Jeglič 5 2 9 11 +5 0 Rok Tičar 5 7 3 10 +4 2 Kim Ki-sung 5 3 5 8 +3 2 Jan Muršak 5 5 2 7 +4 2 Song Dong-hwan 5 4 3 7 +5 2 Jan Urbas 5 2 5 7 +5 6 Balázs Ladányi 5 2 4 6 +2 0 Marcel Rodman 5 1 5 6 +4 6 Mitja Šivic 5 1 5 6 +7 6 Márton Vas 5 4 1 5 +3 0 Kim Woo-jae 5 1 4 5 +2 4GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = PositionSource: IIHF.com
Leading goalkeepers Only the top five goalkeepers, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO Zoltán Hetényi 280:00 131 6 1.29 95.52 2 Stephen Murphy 240:20 133 9 2.25 93.23 0 Krzyszstof Zborowski 279:54 122 9 1.93 92.62 1 Andrej Hočevar 291:03 110 10 2.06 90.91 0 Vanja Belić 300:00 223 33 6.60 85.20 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
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