The 2022 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 3 to 8 May and the Group B tournament in Tychy, Poland from 26 April to 1 May 2022.
After the tournament was cancelled the two previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams were set to remain in their groups for the 2022 edition. However, France and Austria, who were relegated to Division IA in 2019, were called back up to the top division to replace Russia and Belarus, who were suspended by the IIHF. Lithuania, who were relegated to Division IB in 2019, were called back up to Division IA so that there would be an equal number of teams in each group.
Slovenia got promoted to the Top Division by winning the Group A tournament alongside Hungary. Poland won the Group B tournament and got promoted. Following the tournament, the IIHF decided not to relegate Romania or Serbia, who finished last in groups A and B respectively, in order for the division to fill up to its normal number of twelve teams (six in each group).
Group A tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 3rd in Division I A in 2019.Host, placed 4th in Division I A in 2019.Placed 5th in Division I A in 2019.Placed 6th in Division I A in 2019.Placed 1st in Division I B in 2019 and was promoted.
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2)
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Žiga Jeglič 4 3 4 7 +5 2 F Jan Urbas 4 0 7 7 +5 0 F Emilijus Krakauskas 4 4 2 6 0 0 F Rok Tičar 4 2 4 6 +5 0 F Csanád Erdély 4 4 1 5 0 6 F Robert Sabolič 4 4 1 5 +4 2 F Miha Verlič 4 4 1 5 +6 0 F Jeon Jung-woo 4 3 2 5 +1 0 F Evgeny Skachkov 4 2 3 5 −3 6 F Kim Won-jun 4 1 4 5 +3 6 D Luka Maver 4 1 4 5 +1 0 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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Gašper Krošelj 160:00 3 1.13 43 93.02 0 Miklós Rajna 240:00 9 2.25 113 92.04 0 Mantas Armalis 239:09 13 3.26 140 90.71 0 Matt Dalton 239:38 14 3.51 120 88.33 0 Zoltán Tőke 139:49 9 3.86 70 87.14 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
Awards Media All-stars Position Player Goaltender Gašper Krošelj Defenceman Nerijus Ališauskas Kim Won-jun Forward Žiga Jeglič Csanád Erdély Miha Verlič
Best Players Selected by the Directorate Position Player Goaltender Mantas Armalis Defenceman Nándor Fejes Forward Žiga Jeglič
Group B tournament
Participants Team QualificationHost, placed 2nd in Division I B in 2019.Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2019.Placed 4th in Division I B in 2019.Placed 5th in Division I B in 2019.Placed 1st in Division II A in 2019 and was promoted.
Match officials Six referees and six linesmen were selected for the tournament.IB game officials
Referees Linesmen Geoffrey Barcelo Daniel Rencz Turo Virta Michał Baca Stefan Hurlimann Andrii Kicha Agris Ozoliņš Mateusz Bucki Rafał Noworyta Daniel Konc Gregor Miklič Serhii Kharaberyush
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2)
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Yushiroh Hirano 4 6 4 10 +8 0 F Alan Łyszczarczyk 4 2 7 9 +9 2 F Shigeki Hitosato 4 3 4 7 +8 2 F Makuru Furuhashi 4 4 2 6 +4 2 F Filip Komorski 4 4 2 6 +7 0 F Andriy Mikhnov 4 0 6 6 +1 0 F Shogo Nakajima 4 0 6 6 +7 2 F Oleksandr Peresunko 4 4 1 5 +3 4 F Vitalii Lialka 4 3 2 5 +3 4 F Ihor Merezhko 4 1 4 5 +2 2 D 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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Dmytro Kubrytskyi 121:54 0 0.00 34 100.00 2 John Murray 185:00 2 0.65 90 97.78 2 Yuta Narisawa 238:39 9 2.26 99 90.91 1 Arsenije Ranković 235:04 29 7.40 195 85.13 0 Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 220:00 17 4.64 104 83.65 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
Awards Position Player Goaltender John Murray Defenceman Ihor Merezhko Forward Yushiroh Hirano
References
External links Official website of Division IA Official website of Division IB