The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Kyiv, Ukraine from 22 to 28 April 2017 and Group B in Belfast, United Kingdom from 23 to 29 April 2017. South Korea and Austria were promoted to the 2018 World Championship. It marked the first time South Korea had earned promotion to the top tier of the World Championship.
Bids There were two official bids to host Group A Championships.
Austria Ukraine Kyiv Ukraine had never hosted these championships, however, they did host an Olympic Pre-Qualification round in 2012. The proposed arena was the Palace of Sports.
The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 20, 2016. The bid from Ukraine gained a majority vote against the Austrian entry.
There were also two official bids to host Group B Championships.
Estonia Tallinn Estonia last hosted these championships in 2006. The proposed arena was Tallinn Arena.
United Kingdom Belfast The United Kingdom had never hosted these championships, however, they did play host to the IIHF Group B Championships in 1952, and again in 1993. The proposed arena was the Odyssey Arena.
The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 20, 2016. The bid from the United Kingdom received 18 votes, whilst the Estonia bid received 7.
Venues Group A Group BKyivBelfastPalace of SportsCapacity: 7,000SSE ArenaCapacity: 11,000
Group A tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 15th in the Elite Division and was relegated.Placed 16th in the Elite Division and was relegated.Placed 3rd in Division I A the previous year.Placed 4th in Division I A the previous year.Placed 5th in Division I A the previous year.Placed 1st in Division I B the previous year and was promoted.
Match officials 7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IA Assignsments
Referees Andris Ansons Daniel Gamper Jacob Grumsen Roy Stian Hansen Andreas Harnebring Vladimír Pešina Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen Riley Bowles Franco Castelli Maxime Chaput Daniel Hynek Artem Korepanov Ulrich Pardatscher Daniel Persson
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+3).
Awards and statistics Awards
Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Bernhard Starkbaum Best Defenseman: Dominique Heinrich Best Forward: Nigel Dawes Source: IIHF.com
Media All-Stars: MVP: Thomas Raffl Goalkeeper: Bernhard Starkbaum Defenceman: Dominique Heinrich / Alex Plante Forwards: Nigel Dawes / Thomas Raffl / Konstantin Komarek Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Nigel Dawes 5 5 4 9 +5 0 F Konstantin Komarek 5 4 5 9 +10 0 F Brandon Bochenski 5 2 5 7 +3 4 F Thomas Raffl 5 3 3 6 +6 2 F Martin Schumnig 5 0 6 6 +8 0 D Brian Lebler 5 4 1 5 +7 4 F Ahn Jin-hui 5 2 3 5 +5 0 F Dominique Heinrich 5 2 3 5 +12 0 D Fabio Hofer 5 2 3 5 +7 2 F Lukas Haudum 5 3 1 4 +5 2 F Kim Ki-sung 5 3 1 4 +3 2 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Bernhard Starkbaum 299:05 4 0.80 137 97.08 3 Eduard Zakharchenko 242:32 9 2.23 158 94.30 0 Przemysław Odrobny 260:42 9 2.07 124 92.74 1 Matt Dalton 269:36 10 2.23 133 92.48 0 Vitali Kolesnik 301:39 10 1.99 128 92.19 1 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Group B tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I A and was relegated.Host, Placed 2nd in Division I B the previous year.Placed 3rd in Division I B the previous year.Placed 4th in Division I B the previous year.Placed 5th in Division I B the previous year. Placed 1st in Division II A the previous year and was promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.IB Assignsments
Referees Geoffrey Barcelo Gergely Kincses Kristijan Nikolic Milan Zrnić
Linesmen Ally Flockhart James Kavanagh Márton Németh David Nothegger Mariusz Smura Vladimir Suslov Alexander Sysuev
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+1).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Yutaka Fukufuji Best Defenseman: Ben O'Connor Best Forward: Colin Shields Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Daisuke Obara 5 5 5 10 +7 4 F Robert Dowd 5 4 4 8 +6 4 F Colin Shields 5 4 4 8 +9 2 F Evan Mosey 5 3 5 8 +10 2 F Borna Rendulić 5 3 5 8 +1 16 F Robert Rooba 5 4 3 7 −4 25 F Yushiroh Hirano 5 1 6 7 +7 2 F Matthew Myers 5 3 3 6 +6 4 F David Clarke 5 2 4 6 +5 2 F Andrei Makrov 5 2 4 6 −2 10 F Hiroki Ueno 5 2 4 6 +6 4 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Stephen Murphy 120:00 1 0.50 33 96.97 1 Ben Bowns 180:00 4 1.33 82 95.12 1 Yutaka Fukufuji 280:04 11 2.36 140 92.14 0 Artur Pavliukov 287:42 12 2.50 136 91.18 1 Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 234:24 14 3.58 135 89.63 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
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