2022 IIHF World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovenia   Poland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	3–8 May 26 April – 1 May
Teams	10
←  2021 (cancelled) 2023 →

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. ^{[1] [2]}

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. ^[3] 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 during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. 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. ^[4]

Slovenia got promoted to the Top Division by winning the Group A tournament alongside Hungary. ^{[5] [6]} Poland won the Group B tournament and got promoted. ^[7] 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 amount of twelve teams (six in each group). ^[8]

Group A tournament

2022 IIHF World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	3–8 May
Teams	5
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	64 (6.4 per game)
Attendance	20,700 (2,070 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Žiga Jeglič (7 points)
MVP	Žiga Jeglič
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
South Korea	Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2019.
Slovenia	Host, placed 4th in Division I A in 2019.
Hungary	Placed 5th in Division I A in 2019.
Lithuania	Placed 6th in Division I A in 2019.
Romania	Placed 1st in Division I B in 2019 and was promoted.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Slovenia (H, P)	4	4	0	0	0	22	5	+17	12	Promoted to the 2023 Top Division
2	Hungary (P)	4	3	0	0	1	12	9	+3	9
3	Lithuania	4	2	0	0	2	13	13	0	6
4	South Korea	4	1	0	0	3	9	15	−6	3
5	Romania	4	0	0	0	4	8	22	−14	0

Results

All times are local ( UTC+2)

3 May 2022 15:30

Hungary

5–1 (2–0, 3–0, 0–1)

South Korea

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Mikael Holm Liam Sewell Linesmen: Joep Leermakers Gašper Zgonc
	Fejes ( Papp, Nagy) – 06:19 1–0 Sofron ( Garát, Erdély) – 07:42 2–0 Erdély (Sofron) – 23:19 3–0 Erdély ( Terbócs, Hári) (PP) – 27:38 4–0 Erdély ( Szirányi, Hári) – 30:27 5–0 5–1 57:49 – Kim S. ( Kim W., Ahn)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	20

3 May 2022 19:00

Slovenia

4–2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Lithuania

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Matija Pintarič	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referees: Christoph Sternat Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Barna Kis-Király Frederic Monnaie
	Verlič ( Jeglič, Urbas) – 13:44 1–0 Kuralt ( Podlipnik, Tičar) – 21:07 2–0 Tomaževič ( Koblar, Maver) – 29:53 3–0 Koblar (Maver, Podlipnik) – 52:59 4–0 4–1 55:18 – Bendžius ( Bosas) (PP) 4–2 59:51 – Krakauskas ( Kumeliauskas)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	48	Shots	20

4 May 2022 15:30

Lithuania

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Hungary

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Miklós Rajna	Referees: Christoph Sternat Milan Zrnić Linesmen: David Nothegger Park Jun-soo
	0–1 00:51 – Sebők ( Kulmala) 0–2 23:38 – Hári (PS) Ališauskas ( Krakauskas, Čižas) – 27:03 1–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	45

4 May 2022 19:00

Romania

1–9 (1–1, 0–6, 0–2)

Slovenia

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
	Patrik Polc Zoltán Tőke	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj Matija Pintarič	Referees: Mikael Holm Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Barna Kis-Király Joep Leermakers
	0–1 09:00 – Jeglič ( Ograjenšek, Urbas) (PP) Skachkov ( Péter, Borysenko) (PP) – 11:01 1–1 1–2 23:02 – Verlič (Urbas, Jeglič) 1–3 24:18 – Jeglič (Urbas, Pretnar) 1–4 32:56 – Ograjenšek (Jeglič, Gregorc) (PP) 1–5 35:33 – Maver ( Tomaževič, Gregorc) 1–6 39:03 – Verlič (Urbas, Jeglič) 1–7 40:00 – Čimžar (Ograjenšek) 1–8 44:00 – Tičar (PS) 1–9 50:19 – Verlič (Pretnar, Urbas)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	15	Shots	45

5 May 2022 15:30

Romania

1–4 (0–0, 1–2, 0–2)

South Korea

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Zoltán Tőke	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Liam Sewell Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Park Jun-soo
	0–1 21:41 – Kim W. ( Jeon) (PP) 0–2 25:48 – Jeon (Kim W., Kang Y.) Zagidullin ( Skachkov, Borysenko) (PP) – 38:53 1–2 1–3 45:46 – Kang M. ( Lee M., Jeon) 1–4 58:36 – Jeon (Kang Y.) (EN)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	30

6 May 2022 15:30

South Korea

3–5 (1–2, 1–1, 1–2)

Lithuania

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referees: Andrew Wilk Milan Zrnić Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Gašper Zgonc
	0–1 10:35 – Bosas ( Jasinevičius, Čižas) (PP) Jeon ( Lee C., Kim W.) (PP) – 12:12 1–1 1–2 16:54 – Krakauskas (PS) Lee C. ( Shin, Kim S.) (PP2) – 28:56 2–2 2–3 39:32 – Krakauskas ( Noreika, Grinius) (PP) 2–4 52:34 – Noreika (Grinius, Krakauskas) (PP) 2–5 57:11 – Čižas ( Ališauskas) (SH, EN) Lee Jo. (Shin, Kim W.) (PP) – 58:19 3–5
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	40

6 May 2022 19:00

Slovenia

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Hungary

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,200

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Miklós Rajna	Referees: Mikael Holm Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Joep Leermakers David Nothegger
	Jeglič ( Urbas, Gregorc) – 00:31 1–0 1–1 15:06 – Erdély ( Terbócs, Nagy) Sabolič ( Tičar, Robar) – 26:45 2–1 Pance – 26:50 3–1 Sabolič ( Maver) (PP) – 57:20 4–1 Ograjenšek ( Verlič) (PP) – 57:29 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	18

7 May 2022 15:30

Lithuania

5–4 (0–2, 3–1, 2–1)

Romania

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Patrik Polc	Referees: Christoph Sternat Milan Zrnić Linesmen: Barna Kis-Király Gašper Zgonc
	0–1 03:49 – Skachkov ( Bors, Zagidullin) 0–2 10:59 – Részegh ( Péter, Ferencz-Csibi) (SH) Noreika – 31:10 1–2 Jasinevičius ( Kumeliauskas) – 33:40 2–2 2–3 36:47 – Molnár (Részegh) (PP) Kumeliauskas ( Čižas, Gintautas) (PP) – 38:14 3–3 Krakauskas ( Kaleinikovas, Gusevas) – 43:35 4–3 Gintautas ( Četvertak) – 45:24 5–3 5–4 50:07 – S. Rokaly (Részegh, Yemelianenko)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	21

8 May 2022 15:30

Hungary

4–2 (2–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Romania

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Zoltán Tőke	Referees: Trpimir Piragić Liam Sewell Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Gašper Zgonc
	Nagy ( Szirányi, Terbócs) – 08:26 1–0 Magosi ( Sebők) – 12:47 2–0 2–1 20:30 – Gliga ( Skachkov, Farkas) 2–2 27:49 – Ferencz-Csibi ( Zagidullin, Skachkov) Kulmala (Magosi, Pozsgai) – 29:05 3–2 Sofron ( Hári, Fejes) (PP) – 56:59 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	19

8 May 2022 19:00

South Korea

1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Slovenia

Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,000

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Christoph Sternat Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie David Nothegger
	0–1 05:54 – Robar ( Tičar, Maver) (PP) 0–2 11:26 – Sabolič (Tičar, Kuralt) (PP) 0–3 35:35 – Sabolič (Tičar, Kuralt) 0–4 50:52 – Tičar Lee Jo. ( Song, Lee C.) – 55:23 1–4
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	29

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	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 [9]
Goaltender	Gašper Krošelj
Defenceman	Nerijus Ališauskas Kim Won-jun
Forward	Žiga Jeglič Csanád Erdély Miha Verlič

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Position	Player [10]
Goaltender	Mantas Armalis
Defenceman	Nándor Fejes
Forward	Žiga Jeglič

Group B tournament

2022 IIHF World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	26 April – 1 May
Teams	5
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	73 (7.3 per game)
Attendance	7,975 (798 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Yushiroh Hirano (10 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Poland	Host, placed 2nd in Division I B in 2019.
Japan	Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2019.
Estonia	Placed 4th in Division I B in 2019.
Ukraine	Placed 5th in Division I B in 2019.
Serbia	Placed 1st in Division II A in 2019 and was promoted.

Match officials

Six referees and six linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[11]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Poland (H, P)	4	3	1	0	0	18	4	+14	11	Promoted to the 2023 Division I A
2	Japan	4	3	0	0	1	23	9	+14	9
3	Ukraine	4	2	0	1	1	19	11	+8	7
4	Estonia	4	1	0	0	3	9	20	−11	3
5	Serbia	4	0	0	0	4	4	29	−25	0

Results

All times are local ( UTC+2)

26 April 2022 16:30

Serbia

0–8 (0–2, 0–5, 0–1)

Japan

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Attendance: 158

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Yuta Narisawa	Referees: Michał Baca Daniel Rencz Linesmen: Sergii Kharaberyush Rafał Noworyta
	0–1 05:13 – Nakayashiki ( Minoshima, Suzuki) (PP) 0–2 06:00 – Furuhashi ( Miura, Sato) 0–3 24:28 – Hirano ( Nakajima, Osawa) (PP) 0–4 29:54 – Hirano ( Denis, Hitosato) (PP) 0–5 30:06 – Furuhashi 0–6 37:47 – Irikura (Sato, Denis) 0–7 38:43 – Hirano (Nakajima, Minoshima) 0–8 49:44 – Suzuki (Miura, Furuhashi)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	53

26 April 2022 20:00

Poland

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Estonia

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Attendance: 808

Game reference
	John Murray	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referees: Stefan Hurlimann Andrii Kicha Linesmen: Daniel Konc Agris Ozoliņš
	Wałęga – 12:54 1–0 Zygmunt ( Wronka, Paś) – 29:51 2–0 Komorski ( Wajda, Jeziorski) – 45:53 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	36

27 April 2022 16:30

Ukraine

7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Serbia

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Attendance: 328

Game reference
	Dmytro Kubrytsky	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Turo Virta Linesmen: Mateusz Bucki Gregor Miklič
	Peresunko ( Mikhnov, Blagoy) (PP) – 01:24 1–0 Peresunko (Mikhnov, Pangelov-Yuldashev) – 10:51 2–0 Mazur ( Matusevych, Mikhnov) – 23:30 3–0 Mazur (Pangelov-Yuldashev, Mikhnov) (PP) – 29:00 4–0 Nimenko (Blagoy, Andreykiv) – 33:10 5–0 Morozov ( Vorona, Andreykiv) (SH) – 48:24 6–0 Lyalka ( Fadyeyev, Korenchuk) – 50:39 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	52	Shots	13

28 April 2022 16:30

Japan

7–5 (4–2, 1–3, 2–0)

Estonia

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Attendance: 264

Game reference
	Yuta Narisawa	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referees: Michał Baca Stefan Hurlimann Linesmen: Mateusz Bucki Rafał Noworyta
	K. Otsu ( Ishida) – 03:19 1–0 1–1 06:04 – Vasjonkin ( Sibirtsev, Ossipov) Halliday ( Hitosato, Nakajima) – 09:44 2–1 Hitosato ( Hirano, Nakajima) – 12:47 3–1 Irikura ( Kimura) – 14:08 4–1 4–2 19:49 – Rooba ( Kombe, Kulintsev) 4–3 20:42 – Rooba ( Slessarevski, Kombe) Y. Otsu (Hirano, Hitosato) – 26:43 5–3 5–4 28:28 – Kerna 5–5 36:54 – Rooba ( Arrak) Hirano (Nakajima, Y. Otsu) – 45:45 6–5 Hirano – 55:07 7–5
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	29

28 April 2022 20:00

Ukraine

2–3 GWS (1–2, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Poland

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Attendance: 1,930

Game reference
	Sergi Pysarenko	Goalies	John Murray	Referees: Daniel Rencz Turo Virta Linesmen: Gregor Miklič Agris Ozoliņš
	0–1 12:01 – Paś ( Zygmunt, Bryk) Fadyeyev ( Merezhko, Lyalka) (PP2) – 15:15 1–1 1–2 17:56 – Paś ( Wronka, Ciura) Simchuk – 44:38 2–2
	Peresunko Simchuk Lyalka Blagy Mikhnov	Shootout	Komorski Wałęga Bukowski Łyszczarczyk
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	31

29 April 2022 20:00

Serbia

2–10 (1–3, 0–3, 1–4)

Poland

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Attendance: 1,420

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković Neil Beaton	Goalies	David Zabolotny	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Andrii Kicha Linesmen: Sergii Kharaberyush Daniel Konc
	0–1 01:34 – Łyszczarczyk ( Komorski) 0–2 06:44 – Paś ( Wronka, Zygmunt) Đumić ( Dragović, Popović) – 11:16 1–2 1–3 17:36 – Komorski ( Wałęga, Łyszczarczyk) (PP) 1–4 29:05 – Michalski ( Gościński, Jaśkiewicz) 1–5 36:03 – Dziubiński (Łyszczarczyk) 1–6 38:44 – Komorski (Łyszczarczyk, Kruczek) 1–7 42:39 – Komorski (Łyszczarczyk) Đumić (Popović, Dragović) – 43:18 2–7 2–8 51:31 – Dziubiński (Komorski, Łyszczarczyk) 2–9 51:38 – Wałęga ( Jeziorski, Bukowski) 2–10 55:58 – Dziubiński (Łyszczarczyk)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	65

30 April 2022 16:30

Japan

8–2 (3–0, 3–2, 2–0)

Ukraine

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Yuta Narisawa	Goalies	Sergi Pysarenko Dmytro Kubrytsky	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Stefan Hurlimann Linesmen: Daniel Konc Rafał Noworyta
	Furuhashi ( Miura, Halliday) – 04:19 1–0 Minoshima – 04:52 2–0 Furuhashi – 09:08 3–0 Suzuki (Furuhashi, Minoshima) (PP) – 20:24 4–0 4–1 25:06 – Lyalka ( Merezhko, Korenchuk) Nakayashiki – 31:42 5–1 5–2 34:40 – Vorona ( Andreykiv, Lytvynov) Hitosato ( Hirano) – 39:56 6–2 Hitosato (Hirano) – 44:09 7–2 Hirano ( Nakajima, Hitosato) (PP) – 59:59 8–2
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	29	Shots	30

30 April 2022 20:00

Estonia

4–2 (2–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Serbia

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referees: Michał Baca Andrii Kicha Linesmen: Mateusz Bucki Agris Ozoliņš
	Vasjonkin ( Linde, Kerna) – 01:32 1–0 Kulintsev ( Kombe, Arrak) – 05:30 2–0 2–1 05:46 – Đumić ( Dragović, Podunavac) (PP) Rooba (Kulintsev, Lahesalu) – 28:08 3–1 Parras – 44:17 4–1 4–2 57:32 – Đumić (Dragović, Popović)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	10

1 May 2022 16:30

Poland

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Attendance: 2,422

Game reference
	John Murray	Goalies	Yuta Narisawa	Referees: Daniel Rencz Turo Virta Linesmen: Sergii Kharaberyush Gregor Miklič
	Kostek ( Bryk, Łyszczarczyk) – 25:50 1–0 Łyszczarczyk – 58:24 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	21

1 May 2022 20:00

Estonia

0–8 (0–1, 0–4, 0–3)

Ukraine

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Attendance: 185

Game reference
	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa Henrik Virro	Goalies	Dmytro Kubrytsky	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Stefan Hurlimann Linesmen: Daniel Konc Agris Ozoliņš
	0–1 12:53 – Merezhko ( Lyalka, Fadyeyev) 0–2 26:48 – Simchuk ( Vorona, Tolstushko) 0–3 28:30 – Peresunko ( Mazur) 0–4 37:19 – Lyalka (Peresunko, Mikhnov) (PP) 0–5 39:17 – Peresunko (Mikhnov) 0–6 44:12 – Simchuk ( Blagoy, Merezhko) (PP) 0–7 49:06 – Mazur ( Pangelov-Yuldashev, Borodai) 0–8 59:24 – Fadyeyev (Merezhko, Simchuk) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	18	Shots	38

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	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 [12]
Goaltender	John Murray
Defenceman	Ihor Merezhko
Forward	Yushiroh Hirano

References

External links

• Official website of Division IA
• Official website of Division IB