The 2024 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 Bolzano, Italy from 28 April to 4 May and the Group B tournament in Vilnius, Lithuania from 27 April to 3 May 2024.
In Group A, Hungary and Slovenia gained promotion to the Top Division and South Korea was relegated. Ukraine won Group B and was promoted, while the Netherlands were relegated to Division II.
Group A tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 15th in the Elite Division in 2023 and was relegated.Placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2023 and was relegated.Host, placed 3rd in Division I A in 2023.Placed 4th in Division I A in 2023.Placed 5th in Division I A in 2023.Placed 1st in Division I B in 2023 and was promoted.
Match officials Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Mike Langin Mads Frandsen Geoffrey Barcelo Benjamin Hoppe Uldis Bušs Milan Zrnić Peter Staňo Sean Fernandez Tommi Niittylä Clément Goncalves Patrick Laguzov Daniel Beresford Davide Mantovani Knut Bråten Gašper Zgonc
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS János Hári 5 3 3 6 +5 2 F Shin Sang-hoon 5 4 1 5 +1 6 F Daniel Frank 5 3 2 5 +5 2 F Sota Isogai 5 3 2 5 +3 0 F Anthony Salinitri 5 3 2 5 −1 0 F Luca Frigo 5 2 3 5 +5 2 F Daniel Mantenuto 5 2 3 5 +6 4 F Michele Marchetti 4 2 3 5 +2 0 F Balázs Varga 5 2 3 5 +3 6 F Lee Young-jun 5 1 4 5 −3 0 F Robert Sabolič 5 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 238:20 4 1.01 100 96.00 1 Bence Bálizs 303:09 8 1.58 160 95.00 0 Zoltán Tőke 240:00 11 2.75 147 92.52 0 Damian Clara 241:12 9 2.24 94 90.43 0 Lee Yeon-seung 209:05 10 2.87 93 89.25 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 Gašper Krošelj Defenceman Thomas Larkin Forward Rok Tičar
Group B tournament
Participants Team QualificationHost, placed 6th in Division I A in 2023 and was relegated.Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2023.Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2023.Placed 4th in Division I B in 2023.Placed 5th in Division I B in 2023.Placed 1st in Division II A in 2023 and was promoted.
Match officials Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Adam Bloski Trpimir Piragić Rasmus Ankersen Bastian Steingross Anton Boryayev Roy Hansen Richard Magnusson Nolan Bloyer Frédéric Monnaie Shawn Oliver Norbert Muzsik Agris Ozoliņš Aleksej Sascenkov Gustav Jönsson John Rey
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+3).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Olexander Peresunko 5 5 6 11 +10 0 F Igor Merezhko 5 4 5 9 +12 4 D Robert Rooba 5 5 3 8 −3 2 F Pylyp Pangelov-Yuldashev 5 2 5 7 +4 0 D Kristjan Kombe 5 1 6 7 −2 0 F Andri Denyskin 5 4 2 6 +7 0 F Paulius Gintautas 5 3 3 6 +6 2 F Hou Yuyang 4 3 3 6 −1 0 F Vitali Lialka 5 2 4 6 +4 0 F Ugnius Čižas 5 1 5 6 +6 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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Eduard Zakharchenko 120:00 0 0.00 22 100.00 2 Bogdan Dyachenko 180:00 2 0.67 46 95.65 1 Mantas Armalis 238:39 4 1.01 79 94.94 2 Martijn Oosterwijk 176:09 8 2.72 108 92.59 0 Chen Shifeng 298:24 15 3.02 174 91.38 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
Awards Position Player Goaltender Mantas Armalis Defenceman Igor Merezhko Forward Robert Rooba
References
External links Official website of Division IA Official website of Division IB