The 2023 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 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 2003.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Asker, Norway, from 11 to 17 December 2022.2023 World Championship Division I A official website2023 World Championship Division I A statistics

Participating teams Team Qualification hosts; placed 3rd in Division I A last year placed 4th in Division I A last year placed 5th in Division I A last year placed 6th in Division I A last year placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted placed 2nd in Division I B last year and were promoted

Match officials Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees Pierre Dehaen Niclas Lundsgaard Mark Pearce Christian Persson Gregor Rezek Daniel Soós Jack Young

Linesmen Renārs Davidonis Christopher Dehn Tim Heffner Herman Johansen Davids Rozitis Christopher Williams Vincent Zede

Final standings

Match results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/–PIM 1 Zétény Hadobás 5 1 10 11 +2 2 2 Bence Horváth 5 4 3 7 +1 0 3 Matias Bachelet 5 2 5 7 +2 0 3 Petter Vesterheim 5 2 5 7 +6 0 5 Nal Brodnik 5 3 3 6 0 2 6 Nace Langus 5 2 4 6 +1 2 7 Emil Tavernier 5 4 1 5 +4 4 7 Roman Yermak 5 4 1 5 +6 2 9 Vsevolod Logvin 5 3 2 5 +7 4 9 Balázs Varga 5 3 2 5 +2 2 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Roman Shefer 269:56 9 92.80 2.00 1 2 Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud 300:00 8 92.79 1.60 1 3 Antoine Keller 238:02 8 92.08 2.02 0 4 Luka Kolin 238:35 16 87.88 4.02 0 5 Levente Hegedüs 246:21 15 87.60 3.65 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud Defenceman: Zétény Hadobás Forward: Matias Bachelet

Source: IIHF

Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Bytom, Poland, from 11 to 17 December 2022.2023 World Championship Division I B official website2023 World Championship Division I B statistics

Participating teams Team Qualification placed 3rd in Division I B last year placed 4th in Division I B last year placed 5th in Division I B last year hosts; placed 6th in Division I B last year placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted placed 2nd in Division II A last year and were promoted

Match officials Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees Andreas Huber Juraj Konč Paweł Kosidło Troy Murray Jiří Ondráček Omar Piniè Vladimir Yefremov

Linesmen Sebastian Bedynek Timur Iskakov Peter Jedlička Barna Kis-Király Mateusz Kucharewicz Andrzej Nenko Quentin Ugolini

Final standings

Match results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/–PIM 1 Krzysztof Maciaś 5 7 3 10 +4 4 2 Kotaro Murase 5 2 8 10 +3 0 3 Rukia Morita 5 5 3 8 +2 0 4 Alessandro Segafredo 5 4 4 8 +7 2 5 Yuto Taneichi 5 1 7 8 +2 10 6 Kacper Maciaś 5 1 6 7 +4 6 7 KIm Sangyeob 5 5 1 6 –7 6 8 Mykyta Sydorenko 5 4 2 6 +5 8 9 Tommy Purdeller 5 1 5 6 +5 8 10 Junya Owa 5 1 5 6 +1 10 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Damian Clara 302:51 13 91.67 2.58 0 2 Fjodor Aganezov 240:26 12 91.24 2.99 0 3 Hlib Artsatbanov 123:03 5 89.13 2.44 0 4 Savva Serdiuk 176:57 7 88.71 2.37 1 5 Mikołaj Szczepkowski 222:31 13 88.29 3.51 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Damian Clara Defenceman: Junya Owa Forward: Danylo Korzhyletsky

Source: IIHF

References

External links Official website of IIHF