2024 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION I

2024 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country	Lithuania
City	Vilnius
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 April – 3 May
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	3
Goals scored	14 (4.67 per game)
Attendance	2,955 (985 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Olexander Peresunko (3 points)
Website	Website

2024 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	28 April – 4 May
Teams	6
Website	Website

2024 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries	Italy; Lithuania
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	28 April – 4 May; 27 April – 3 May
Teams	12
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The 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I is an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.^[1]

The Group A tournament is being 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.^[2]^[3]

Group A tournament

Participants

Team	Qualification
Hungary	Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2023 and was relegated.
Slovenia	Placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2023 and was relegated.
Italy	Host, placed 3rd in Division I A in 2023.
South Korea	Placed 4th in Division I A in 2023.
Romania	Placed 5th in Division I A in 2023.
Japan	Placed 1st in Division I B in 2023 and was promoted.

Match officials

Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Referees	Linesmen
Mike Langin Mads Frandsen Geoffrey Barcelo Benjamin Hoppe Uldis Bušs Milan Zrnić Peter Staňo Sean Fernandez	Tommi Niittyla Clément Goncalves Patrick Laguzov Daniel Beresford Davide Mantovani Knut Bråten Gašper Zgonc

Standings

Pos	Team	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	Promoted to the 2025 Top Division
2	Slovenia	Promoted to the 2025 Top Division
3	Italy (H)
4	South Korea
5	Romania
6	Japan	Relegated to the 2025 Division I B

First match(es) will be played: 28 April 2024. Source: ^{[
citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local ( UTC+2).

28 April 2024
12:30

South Korea

v

Slovenia

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

28 April 2024
16:00

Japan

v

Hungary

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

28 April 2024
19:30

Romania

v

Italy

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

30 April 2024
12:30

Slovenia

v

Romania

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

30 April 2024
16:00

Hungary

v

South Korea

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

30 April 2024
19:30

Italy

v

Japan

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

1 May 2024
12:30

Hungary

v

Romania

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

1 May 2024
16:00

Japan

v

South Korea

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

1 May 2024
19:30

Slovenia

v

Italy

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

3 May 2024
12:30

South Korea

v

Romania

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

3 May 2024
16:00

Slovenia

v

Japan

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

3 May 2024
19:30

Italy

v

Hungary

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

4 May 2024
12:30

Romania

v

Japan

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

4 May 2024
16:00

Italy

v

South Korea

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

4 May 2024
19:30

Hungary

v

Slovenia

Sparkasse Arena, Bolzano

Group B tournament

Participants

Team	Qualification
Lithuania	Host, placed 6th in Division I A in 2023 and was relegated.
Ukraine	Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2023.
China	Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2023.
Estonia	Placed 4th in Division I B in 2023.
Netherlands	Placed 5th in Division I B in 2023.
Spain	Placed 1st in Division II A in 2023 and was promoted.

Match officials

Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[5]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ukraine	1	1	0	8	0	+8	3	Promoted to the 2025 Division I A
2	China	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3
3	Lithuania (H)	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3
4	Spain	1	0	1	0	3	−3	0
5	Netherlands	1	0	1	0	3	−3	0
6	Estonia	1	0	1	0	8	−8	0	Relegated to the 2025 Division II A

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local ( UTC+3).

27 April 2024
12:30

Netherlands

0–3
(0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

China

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 212

Game reference

Ruud Leeuwesteijn

Goalies

Chen Shifeng

Referees:

Rasmus Ankersen

Adam Bloski
Linesmen:

Gustav Jönsson

Frédéric Monnaie

	0–1	24:12 – Hou ( Chen Z., Chen S.)
	0–2	49:35 – Zheng (Hou, Wang J.) (PP)
	0–3	55:33 – Zhang Z. (EN)

10 min

Penalties

4 min

28

Shots

28

27 April 2024
16:00

Spain

0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Lithuania

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,516

Game reference

Raul Barbo

Goalies

Mantas Armalis

Referees:

Nolan Bloyer

Anton Boryayev
Linesmen:

Norbert Muzsik

Shawn Oliver

	0–1	22:07 – Kumeliauskas ( Četvertak)
	0–2	37:09 – Gintautas ( Čižas, Rumševičius)
	0–3	54:23 – Kudrevičius ( Ališauskas, Noreika)

4 min

Penalties

8 min

23

Shots

38

27 April 2024
19:30

Estonia

0–8
(0–1, 0–3, 0–4)

Ukraine

Twinsbet Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 227

Game reference

Conrad Mölder

Goalies

Bogdan Dyachenko

Referees:

Roy Hansen

Richard Magnusson
Linesmen:

John Rey

Aleksej Sascenkov

	0–1	11:44 – Peresunko ( Ratushny, Mazur)
	0–2	21:36 – Sadovikov ( Zakharov, Lialka) (PP)
	0–3	21:47 – Denyskin (Ratushny, Fadyeyev)
	0–4	25:27 – Trakht (Peresunko, Pangelov-Yuldashev)
	0–5	47:24 – Kryvoshapkin ( Vorona, Yanishevsky)
	0–6	52:41 – Merezhko (Peresunko, Tolstushko)
	0–7	54:58 – Denyskin (Yanishevsky)
	0–8	55:55 – Morozov (Sadovikov)