2024 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I

2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B
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Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Dates	11–17 December 2023
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	108 (7.2 per match)
Attendance	2,162 (144 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Mykyta Sydorenko; (12 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A
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Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Dates	10–16 December 2023
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	104 (6.93 per match)
Attendance	5,887 (392 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Albert Schioldan; (8 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries	Hungary; Slovenia
Dates	10–17 December 2023
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I competitions were two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It 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 the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2004.

Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 16 December 2023.^[1]^[2]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Austria	placed 10th in the Top Division last year and were relegated
Kazakhstan	placed 2nd in Division I A last year
France	placed 3rd in Division I A last year
Hungary	placed 4th in Division I A last year
Denmark	placed 5th in Division I A last year
Japan	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

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.

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Albert Schioldan	Denmark	5	4	4	8	+2	0
2	Emil Tavernier	France	5	3	4	7	–1	2
3	Valentin Grossetete	France	5	5	1	6	+2	2
4	Davlat Nurkenov	Kazakhstan	5	2	4	6	0	0
4	Philéas Perrenoud	France	5	2	4	6	+3	6
6	Hjalte Thomsen	Denmark	5	1	5	6	+1	2
7	Luca Erne	Austria	5	4	1	5	+4	0
8	Ian Scherzer	Austria	4	3	2	5	+2	2
9	Serino Maxner	Japan	5	3	2	5	+1	0
9	Daniel Olsson	Denmark	5	3	2	5	+6	4
9	Ruslan Osipov	Kazakhstan	5	3	2	5	+1	4
9	Egor Smoliyaninov	Kazakhstan	5	3	2	5	+3	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Vladimir Nikitin	Kazakhstan	283:10	7	94.44	146	1
2	Patrik Csala	Hungary	177:06	6	93.55	2.03	1
3	Sasuku Kudo	Japan	140:00	8	90.59	3.43	0
4	Kristers Steinbergs	Denmark	237:48	12	89.74	3.03	0
5	Antoine Keller	France	240:00	15	89.29	3.75	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: Vladimir Nikitin
Defenceman: Jamie Eyre
Forward: Emil Tavernier

Source: IIHF