2023 IIHF World Championship Division I


The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 29 April to 5 May and the Group B tournament in Tallinn, Estonia from 23 to 29 April 2023.
In Group A, Great Britain and Poland gained promotion to the Top Division while Lithuania finished last and was relegated. Japan won Group B and got promoted while Serbia was relegated after finishing last.

Group A tournament

Match officials

Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
RefereesLinesmen

Standings


Results

All times are local
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Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Krystian Dziubiński56511+30F
Liam Kirk53710+40F
Grzegorz Pasiut5279+32F
Cade Neilson5538+52F
Patryk Wronka5538+32F
Daniel Mantenuto5347+62F
Kamil Wałęga5347+40F
Bartosz Fraszko5257+40F
Luca Frigo5257+70F
Paweł Zygmunt5257+40F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position

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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
Ben Bowns302:3571.3910793.463
John Murray242:3071.7310293.142
Damian Clara120:0052.504989.800
Mantas Armalis237:20133.2912789.760
Patrik Polc180:00134.3312289.340

TOI = time on ice ; SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts

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Group B tournament

Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
RefereesLinesmen

Standings


Results

All times are local
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Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Olexi Vorona55813+60F
Igor Merezhko531013+74D
Yushiroh Hirano57310+64F
Illia Korenchuk56410+64F
Danil Trakht56410+40F
Vadym Mazur53710+70F
Oleksandr Peresunko51910+42F
Shogo Nakajima5279+64F
Teruto Nakajima5628+32F
Fu Jiang5268+42F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position

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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
Yuta Narisawa240:0071.7510393.200
Arsenije Ranković214:51123.3515892.410
Ruud Leeuwesteijn185:00123.8911389.380
Ouban Yongli221:02112.998987.641
Conrad Mölder177:40103.386985.510

TOI = time on ice ; SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts

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