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2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

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2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Slovenia
 Estonia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates9–15 December 2024
11–17 January 2025
Teams12
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I were two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I A represents the second tier and Division I B the third tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. 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 couldn't be born earlier than 2005.

Division I A

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2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A
Tournament details
Host country Slovenia
CityBled
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates9–15 December 2024
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored86 (5.73 per game)
Attendance2,127 (142 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Slovenia Filip Sitar (9 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 9 to 15 December 2024.[1][2][3][4]

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
 Norway placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated
 France placed 2nd in Division I A last year
 Denmark placed 3rd in Division I A last year
 Austria placed 4th in Division I A last year
 Hungary placed 5th in Division I A last year
 Slovenia (hosts) placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Denmark 5 4 0 1 0 17 12 +5 13 Promotion to the 2026 Top Division
2  Austria 5 4 0 0 1 16 10 +6 12
3  Norway 5 3 0 0 2 13 8 +5 9
4  Slovenia (H) 5 2 0 0 3 18 16 +2 6
5  France 5 1 1 0 3 15 20 −5 5
6  Hungary 5 0 0 0 5 7 20 −13 0 Relegation to the 2026 Division I B
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

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All times are local (Central European TimeUTC+01:00).

9 December 2024
12:30
Austria 4–2
(0–0, 4–0, 0–2)
 FranceBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 115
Game reference
Benedikt OschganGoaliesMartin NeckarReferees:
Slovakia Martin Jobbágy
United States John Lindner
Linesmen:
United States Matthew Heinen
Slovenia Filip Jeram
Scherzer (V. Zelenov, Kolarik) (EA) – 21:101–0
Sintschnig (I. Zelenov, Klassek) – 24:452–0
Klassek (Biber) (PP) – 31:033–0
Waschnig (Kogler, Lam) – 37:254–0
4–144:48 – Besnier (PS)
4–245:20 – Le Lem (Dufour, Nogaretto) (PP)
10 minPenalties10 min
43Shots27
9 December 2024
16:00
Hungary 1–2
(0–0, 0–0, 1–2)
 DenmarkBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 95
Game reference
Dániel KissGoaliesTobias VilykkeReferees:
Finland Otto Blomqvist
Sweden Johan Wedin
Linesmen:
Slovakia Tomáš Gegáň
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
0–147:35 – Olesen (Klyvø)
0–253:39 – Bundgaard (Rubin)
Mihalik (Ravasz) (EA) – 58:501–2
6 minPenalties10 min
21Shots31
9 December 2024
19:30
Slovenia 1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)
 NorwayBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 235
Game reference
Bor GlavičGoaliesMartin LundbergReferees:
Canada Adam Forbes
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Germany Vincent Brueggemann
Canada Shawn Oliver
0–104:59 – Eriksen (Vatne, Lafton) (PP)
0–214:43 – Aaram-Olsen
0–336:29 – Lafton (Øversveen, Granath)
0–441:25 – Aaram-Olsen (Eriksen, Lafton)
Sever (Petrovič, Sitar) (PP) – 56:101–4
8 minPenalties8 min
29Shots30

10 December 2024
12:30
France 5–2
(3–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 HungaryBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 102
Game reference
Martin NeckarGoaliesDániel KissReferees:
Finland Otto Blomqvist
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Slovakia Tomáš Gegáň
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
Riu (Toukmatchev, Guidoux) – 12:441–0
Djian (Chapuis, Lehmann) – 17:172–0
Besnier (Delvaille, Vidal) – 17:553–0
Nsonsa-Kitala (Nogaretto, Besnier) (PP) – 34:174–0
4–134:38 – Ravasz (Ven, Franyó)
4–256:40 – Nemes (Ravasz, Franyó)
Chapuis (ENG) – 58:085–2
4 minPenalties8 min
29Shots37
10 December 2024
16:00
Norway 1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)
 AustriaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 120
Game reference
Martin LundbergGoaliesBenedikt OschganReferees:
Canada Adam Forbes
Sweden Johan Wedin
Linesmen:
Slovenia Filip Jeram
Canada Shawn Oliver
0–102:02 – Biber (Klassek, Lanzinger) (PP)
0–218:14 – Gesson (Kogler, I. Zelenov)
Aaram-Olsen (Vatne, Lie) – 30:391–2
1–345:41 – Rupnik (V. Zelenov)
10 minPenalties6 min
34Shots17
10 December 2024
19:30
Denmark 3–2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–2)
 SloveniaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 210
Game reference
Kristers SteinbergsGoaliesJon DukaričReferees:
Slovakia Martin Jobbágy
United States John Lindner
Linesmen:
Germany Vincent Brueggemann
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
Andersen (Klyvø, Skovning) – 29:431–0
1–142:46 – Hebar (Sever, Sitar) (PP)
1–244:32 – Petrovič (Sever, Hebar)
Olsson (Olesen) – 47:422–2
Schioldan (Moelgaard, Thomsen) (PP) – 56:363–2
12 minPenalties14 min
21Shots24

12 December 2024
12:30
Norway 4–0
(2–0, 2–0, 0–0)
 HungaryBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Martin LundbergGoaliesOlivér KirályReferees:
United States John Lindner
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Slovakia Tomáš Gegáň
Slovenia Filip Jeram
Brekke (Hagen, Koblar) – 01:441–0
Dehli (Eriksen, Aaram-Olsen) (PP) – 17:572–0
Vatne (Evensen, Granath) (EA) – 36:123–0
Solberg (Lie, Vatne) – 39:334–0
12 minPenalties12 min
51Shots13
12 December 2024
16:00
Slovenia 2–3
(0–2, 1–1, 1–0)
 AustriaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Jon Dukarič
Bor Glavič
GoaliesBenedikt OschganReferees:
Slovakia Martin Jobbágy
Sweden Johan Wedin
Linesmen:
United States Matthew Heinen
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
0–106:07 – Lanzinger (V. Zelenov, Biber) (PP)
0–213:52 – Haiböck (Kolarik, Klassek)
0–331:45 – Haiböck (Reiner, Kolarik)
Sitar (Sever, Petrovič) – 33:181–3
Sever (Crnkič, Goličič) (PP) – 55:552–3
10 minPenalties6 min
34Shots25
12 December 2024
19:30
France 5–4 OT
(0–1, 3–2, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
 DenmarkBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Martin NeckarGoaliesTobias VilykkeReferees:
Canada Adam Forbes
Switzerland Loic Ruprecht
Linesmen:
Canada Shawn Oliver
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
0–119:40 – Olsson (Klyvø, Jakobsen)
0–222:19 – Bundgaard (Petersen)
Nsonsa-Kitala (Le Lem, Besnier) – 25:401–2
Delvaille (Djian, Besnier) – 27:502–2
Nogaretto (Nsona-Kitala, Besnier) (PP) – 33:493–2
3–338:53 – Petersen (Bundgaard, Rubin)
3–452:19 – Thomsen
Delvaille – 58:304–4
Nsonsa-Kitala (Riu) – 63:525–4
12 minPenalties6 min
24Shots46

13 December 2024
12:30
Austria 2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0)
 HungaryBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 85
Game reference
Benedikt OschganGoaliesDániel KissReferees:
Canada Adam Forbes
Slovakia Martin Jobbágy
Linesmen:
United States Matthew Heinen
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
Haiböck (Kolarik, Biber) – 42:531–0
V. Zelenov (Scherzer, Oschgan) (ENG) – 59:472–0
6 minPenalties8 min
26Shots24
13 December 2024
16:00
Denmark 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 NorwayBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Martin LundbergGoaliesKristers SteinbergsReferees:
United States John Linder
Sweden Johan Lindner
Linesmen:
Slovakia Tomáš Gegáň
Slovenia Filip Jeram
Linde (Thomsen, Schioldan) – 00:281–0
Olsson (Moelgaard, Andersen) (PP) – 31:442–0
Thomsen (Andersen, Moelgaard) (PP) – 51:023–0
2 minPenalties8 min
23Shots29
13 December 2024
19:30
France 2–6
(0–2, 2–2, 0–2)
 SloveniaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 180
Game reference
Martin Neckar
Cebald Debiak
GoaliesBor GlavičReferees:
Switzerland Loic Ruprecht
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Canada Shawn Oliver
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
0–116:28 – Mahmutović (Smolnikar, Zalokar)
0–218:43 – Smolnikar (Sitar, Goličič)
0–326:53 – Petrovič (Sitar, Sečkar)
0–427:57 – Goličič (Crnkič, Žeželj)
Delvaille (Guidoux, Fine) (PP) – 37:021–4
Dufour (Nsonsa-Kitala, Haag) – 37:442–4
2–551:39 – Rep (Perčič)
2–659:33 – Crnkič (Mahmutović, Žeželj)
4 minPenalties10 min
16Shots41

15 December 2024
12:30
Denmark 5–4
(3–1, 0–1, 2–2)
 AustriaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 210
Game reference
Kristers SteinbergsGoaliesBenedikt OschganReferees:
United States John Lindner
Sweden Johan Wedin
Linesmen:
United States Matthew Heinen
Canada Shawn Oliver
Moelgaard (Schioldan, Thomsen) (PP) – 04:321–0
1–108:35 – Scherzer (Rebernig, Gruber)
Linde (Thomsen) – 09:542–1
Rubin (Olsson, Thomsen) – 12:553–1
3–223:32 – Lanzinger (Scherzer)
3–342:02 – Gesson (Sintschnig)
Linde (Schioldan, Thomsen) (PP) – 51:114–3
Larson (Rubin, Jakobsen) (PP) – 51:555–3
5–455:22 – Neumann (Reiner)
6 minPenalties27 min
21Shots31
15 December 2024
16:00
Norway 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 FranceBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 80
Game reference
Martin LundbergGoaliesMartin NeckarReferees:
Slovakia Martin Jobbágy
Switzerland Loic Ruprecht
Linesmen:
Slovenia Filip Jeram
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
0–111:30 – Fine (Delvaille, Chapuis) (PP)
Pettersen (Eriksen, Aaram-Olsen) – 33:271–1
Vatne (Granath) – 34:522–1
Brandsegg-Nygård (Aaram-Olsen) – 48:513–1
Granath (SH,ENG) – 59:214–1
41 minPenalties18 min
43Shots15
15 December 2024
19:30
Hungary 4–7
(2–3, 2–3, 0–1)
 SloveniaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 220
Game reference
Dániel Kiss
Olivér Király
GoaliesBor GlavičReferees:
Canada Adam Forbes
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Slovakia Tomáš Gegáň
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
Laskawy (Ravasz) – 02:411–0
1–103:58 – Crnkič (Sitar, Goličič) (PP)
1–206:54 – Sitar (Rep, Sever)
Mihalik (Franyó) – 08:092–2
2–311:28 – Crnkič (Sitar, Goličič) (PP)
2–422:34 – Sever (Sitar, Goličič)
Szongoth (Ravasz, Ven) (PP2) – 25:423–4
3–530:15 – Sever (Sečkar, Frešer)
3–633:53 – Mahmutović (Žeželj, Rep) (PP)
Ven (Szongoth, Laskaway) (PP) – 36:244–6
4–755:40 – Žeželj (Mahmutović)
8 minPenalties6 min
25Shots27

Statistics

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Top 10 scorers

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Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Filip Sitar  Slovenia 5 2 7 9 +3 4
2 Mark Sever  Slovenia 5 4 4 8 +3 4
3 Hjalte Thomsen  Denmark 5 2 6 8 –1 2
4 Niklas Aaram-Olsen  Norway 5 3 3 6 +3 4
5 Teo Besnier  France 5 2 4 6 +2 4
6 Jan Goličič  Slovenia 5 1 5 6 +2 2
7 Maj Crnkič  Slovenia 5 3 2 5 +4 0
7 Arthur Delvaille  France 5 3 2 5 –4 0
7 Noa Nsonga-Kitala  France 5 3 2 5 –3 6
10 Elias Vatne  Norway 5 2 3 5 +4 0

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

Goaltending leaders

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(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Benedikt Oschgan  Austria 298:43 10 92.86 2.01 1
2 Kristers Steinbergs  Denmark 180:00 6 92.86 2.00 1
3 Martin Lundberg  Norway 300:00 8 91.75 1.60 1
4 Martin Neckar  France 269:11 17 90.81 3.79 0
5 Dániel Kiss  Hungary 209:18 13 87.13 3.73 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

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Source: IIHF

Division I B

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2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B
Tournament details
Host country Estonia
CityTallinn
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–17 January 2025
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored118 (7.87 per game)
Attendance11,959 (797 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Japan Taisetsu Ushio (11 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 11 to 17 January 2025.[5][6][7][8]

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
 Japan placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
 Ukraine placed 2nd in Division I B last year
 Italy placed 3rd in Division I B last year
 Estonia (hosts) placed 4th in Division I B last year
 Poland placed 5th in Division I B last year
 South Korea placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Ukraine 5 5 0 0 0 29 10 +19 15 Promotion to the 2026 Division I A
2  Japan 5 2 1 1 1 26 24 +2 9[a]
3  Italy 5 3 0 0 2 23 21 +2 9[a]
4  Estonia (H) 5 2 0 0 3 16 23 −7 6
5  Poland 5 1 0 1 3 14 21 −7 4
6  South Korea 5 0 1 0 4 10 19 −9 2 Relegation to the 2026 Division II A
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Italy 4–7 Japan

Results

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All times are local (Eastern European TimeUTC+2).

11 January 2025
12:30
Poland 4–7
(0–2, 3–4, 1–1)
 ItalyTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 158
Game reference
Igor Tyczyński
Jakub Wieczorek
GoaliesCarlo GiordaniReferees:
Norway Torjis Brynildsen
Slovenia Milan Zrnic
Linesmen:
Estonia Savva Azarov
Slovakia Peter Jedlička
0–104:39 – Mbow (Pisetta, Remolato) (PP)
0–206:26 – Piechenstein (Esposito)
Petrażycki (Kashalevich, Łojas – 23:201–2
1–326:03 – Pisetta (Remolato, Mbow) (PP)
Ja. Hofman (Prokopiak, Hanzel) – 26:572–3
2–431:37 – Remolato (Mbow) (PP)
Sawicki (Lisowski) (PP) – 37:223–4
3–539:09 – Prast
3–639:40 – Garau (PP)
Jo. Hofman (Dawid, Ja. Hofman) (PP) – 49:574–6
4–758:32 – Mantinger (EN)
10 minPenalties10 min
38Shots24
11 January 2025
16:00
Estonia 1–8
(0–3, 0–2, 1–3)
 UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,541
Game reference
Georg Vladimirov
Cristopher Rembetti
GoaliesAlexander LevshinReferees:
Kazakhstan Anton Boryayev
Denmark Niclas Lundsgaard
Linesmen:
Hungary Péter Kovács
Finland Oskari Saarimäki
0–104:22 – Denysenko (Kulikov)
0–205:13 – Koida
0–315:10 – Yevtiekhov (SH)
0–430:09 – Kulikov
0–530:17 – Kuprianov (Haponenko, Shulha)
0–640:40 – Kosarev (Yevtiekhov) (PP)
0–744:41 – Koida
0–854:07 – Kulikov (Mironov, Denysenko)
Orlov (Ahman) – 58:021–8
4 minPenalties12 min
32Shots37
11 January 2025
19:30
South Korea 4–3 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 1–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–0)
 JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 321
Game reference
Oh Eun-yulGoaliesToya OtsukaReferees:
France Cyril Debuche
Hungary Gergely Gebei
Linesmen:
Austria Wolfgang Puff
Kazakhstan Vladislav Zotov
Sohn (Lim E.) – 32:521–0
1–137:47 – Suzuki (Fukuda, Okubo)
Chae (Kwon, Lim E.) – 39:262–1
Lim E. – 50:263–1
3–254:53 – Sasaki (Ushio, Suzuki)
3–356:45 – Mori (Iizuka, Tanahashi)
Kwon GOAL
Lee MISS
Sohn MISS
Chae GOAL
ShootoutMISS Sasaki
MISS Okubo
MISS Koiwa
MISS Suzuki
8 minPenalties2 min
26Shots39

12 January 2025
12:30
Ukraine 3–0
(0–0, 3–0, 0–0)
 PolandTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 210
Game reference
Alexander LevshinGoaliesJakub WieczorekReferees:
Norway Torjus Brynildsen
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Linesmen:
Austria Wolfgang Puff
Finland Oskari Saarimäki
Haponenko (Kosarev, Yevtiekhov) (PP) – 28:481–0
Yevtiekhov (Sukhytsky, Koida) – 30:182–0
Zherebko (Zdorovets, Shulha) – 33:533–0
8 minPenalties6 min
33Shots13
12 January 2025
16:00
Japan 7–3
(2–1, 3–1, 2–1)
 EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,478
Game reference
Jin YoshidaGoaliesCristopher Rembetti
Georg Vladimirov
Referees:
Hungary Gergely Gebei
Slovenia Milan Zrnic
Linesmen:
Slovakia Peter Jedlička
Kazakhstan Vladislav Zotov
0–101:12 – Burkov (Antonov, Vahi)
Suzuki (Sasaki) (PP) – 02:441–1
Okubo (Kokuwa) – 10:402–1
Okubo – 25:113–1
3–228:55 – Burkov (Antonov, Vahi)
Sasaki (Hotta, Koiwa) (PP) – 29:504–2
Kokuwa (Suzuki, Fukuda) – 32:405–2
Ushio (Suzuki, Sasaki) (PP) – 41:156–2
6–343:54 – Valja (Antonov, Timofejev)
Sasaki (Koiwa) (EN) – 54:447–3
6 minPenalties16 min
38Shots19
12 January 2025
19:30
Italy 3–1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1)
 South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 347
Game reference
Carlo GiordaniGoaliesPark Jin-hyeokReferees:
Kazakhstan Anton Boryayev
France Cyril Debuche
Linesmen:
Estonia Savva Azarov
France Quentin Ugolini
Gareau (Remolato, Pisetta) – 05:551–0
De Luca (Fauster) – 25:392–0
Mbow – 28:293–0
3–145:14 – Kwon (Jang) (PP)
10 minPenalties6 min
19Shots28

14 January 2025
12:30
Japan 7–6 OT
(3–2, 2–4, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)
 PolandTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 343
Game reference
Towa OtsukaGoaliesJakub Wieczorek
Igor Tyczyński
Referees:
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
France Cyril Debuche
Linesmen:
Hungary Péter Kovács
Finland Oskari Saarimäki
Ushio – 12:421–0
Tanahashi (Koiwa, Shirozu) – 15:012–0
2–115:56 – Dawid (Ja. Hofman, Jo. Hofman) (PP)
Ushio – 16:213–1
3–217:31 – Ja. Hofman (Dawid, Jo. Hofman)
3–320:38 – Hanzel
Sasaki (Koiwa, Ushio) – 22:534–3
4–423:57 – Ziarkowski (Bieda)
4–532:33 – Jo. Hofman
Ishigaki (Tanahashi) – 39:185–5
5–639:56 – Lisowski (Sobecki, Stolarski) (PP)
Ushio (Sasaki, Fukuda) (PP) – 42:316–6
Ushio (Fukuda) – 60:287–6
10 minPenalties6 min
38Shots28
14 January 2025
16:00
Ukraine 6–5
(4–2, 2–1, 0–2)
 ItalyTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 432
Game reference
Alexander LevshinGoaliesCarlo GiordaniReferees:
Kazakhstan Anton Boryayev
Hungary Gergely Gebei
Linesmen:
Estonia Savva Azarov
Kazakhstan Vladislav Zotov
0–102:29 – Pisetta (Garau, Remolato) (PP)
Shulha (Yevtiekhov, Kosarev) (PP2) – 06:481–1
Kuprianov (Kosarev) (PP) – 07:382–1
Zherebko – 07:513–1
3–212:20 – Mbow (Pisetta, Prast)
Koida (Kosarev, Yevtiekhov) – 12:294–2
Kosarev (Yevtiekhov) (PP2) – 21:195–2
Kuprianov (Sukhytsky, Polonytsky) – 26:296–2
6–328:35 – Mbow (Pisetta, Gesumaria) (PP2)
6–440:34 – Garau (Remolato, Frick)
6–552:04 – Garau (Remolato, Mbow) (PP)
37 minPenalties12 min
56Shots19
14 January 2025
19:30
South Korea 2–6
(1–2, 0–2, 1–2)
 EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,425
Game reference
Oh Eun-yul
Park Jin-hyeok
GoaliesGeorg VladimirovReferees:
Norway Torjis Brynildsen
Denmark Niclas Lundsgaard
Linesmen:
Austria Wolfgang Puff
France Quentin Ugolini
0–108:36 – Timofejev (Proskurin)
0–211:27 – Luht (Mättik, Abeljanov) (PP)
Kwon (Kim J., Chae) – 16:231–2
1–329:07 – Valja (Antonov)
1–432:09 – Burkov (Antonov, Timofejev) (PP)
Chae (Kwon) (SH) – 46:312–4
2–547:00 – Orlov (Mättik, Valja) (PP)
2–651:58 – Timofejev (SH)
6 minPenalties12 min
28Shots27

16 January 2025
12:30
Italy 4–7
(2–1, 0–2, 2–4)
 JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 335
Game reference
Carlo GiordaniGoaliesToya OtsukaReferees:
France Cyril Debuche
Denmark Niclas Lundsgaard
Linesmen:
Slovakia Peter Jedlička
France Quentin Ugolini
Mbow (Pisetta, Garau) (PP) – 10:421–0
Fauster (Esposito) – 12:442–0
2–114:39 – Suzuki (Sasaki)
2–224:09 – Suzuki (Ushio, Fukuda) (PP)
2–332:29 – Suzuki (Koiwa, Ushio) (PP)
2–446:56 – Ushio (Koiwa, Suzuki)
2–549:01 – Fukuda (Sasaki) (PP)
Pisetta (Garau) (PP) – 51:563–5
3–656:48 – Koiwa (SH, EN)
Miglioranzi (Mbow) (EA) – 57:494–6
4–759:54 – Ushio (PP, EN)
12 minPenalties10 min
26Shots56
16 January 2025
16:00
Ukraine 5–2
(3–2, 1–0, 1–0)
 South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 543
Game reference
Alexander LevshinGoaliesPark Jin-hyeok
An Yeo-jun
Referees:
Norway Torjis Brynildsen
Hungary Gergely Gebei
Linesmen:
Estonia Savva Azarov
Austria Wolfgang Puff
D. Baida – 01:251–0
1–105:26 – Lim S. (Lee J., Sohn)
Mironov (Polonytsky, Denysenko) – 14:312–1
2–217:13 – Kwon (Kim J.)
Shulha (Ivashchenko, Kuprianov) (PP) – 18:543–2
Ivashchenko (Zdorovets, Kuprianov) – 32:474–2
Koida (I. Baida, D. Baida) – 45:375–2
4 minPenalties6 min
60Shots18
16 January 2025
19:30
Estonia 3–2
(0–0, 0–1, 3–1)
 PolandTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,858
Game reference
Georg VladimirovGoaliesIgor TyczyńskiReferees:
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Slovenia Milan Zrnic
Linesmen:
Hungary Péter Kovács
Kazakhstan Vladislav Zotov
0–131:17 – Dawid (Ja. Hofman, Jo. Hofman) (PP)
0–250:43 – Petrażycki (Stolarski)
Orlov (Morozov, Proskurin) – 55:421–2
Morozov (Burkov, Antonov) (PP, EA) – 59:152–2
Timofejev (Ahman, Burkov) – 59:593–2
14 minPenalties14 min
33Shots20

17 January 2025
12:30
Japan 2–7
(0–2, 1–4, 1–1)
 UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 325
Game reference
Towa Otsuka
Jin Yoshida
GoaliesAlexander LevshinReferees:
Denmark Niclas Lundsgaard
Slovenia Milan Zrnic
Linesmen:
Slovakia Peter Jedlička
France Quentin Ugolini
0–109:25 – Yevtiekhov (Bodnar, Sukhytsky)
0–212:49 – Mironov (Kulikov, Denysenko)
0–324:05 – Haponenko
0–425:11 – Mironov (Denysenko, Kulikov)
0–525:33 – D. Baida (Shulha, Kosarev)
Kokuwa (Okubo, Mori) (PP) – 34:531–5
1–639:48 – Kuprianov
Ishigaki (Shirono, Mori) – 51:002–6
2–756:59 – Kosarev (Kuprianov, Shulha) (PP)
29 minPenalties12 min
28Shots44
17 January 2025
16:00
Poland 2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
 South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 182
Game reference
Igor TyczyńskiGoaliesOh Eun-yulReferees:
Kazakhstan Anton Boryayev
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Linesmen:
Finland Oskari Saarimäki
Kazakhstan Vladislav Zotov
Ja. Hofman (Dawid, Hanzel) – 06:351–0
1–121:02 – Lim S. (Lee J.)
Jo. Hofman (Ja. Hofman, Prokopiak) – 29:152–1
2 minPenalties4 min
34Shots23
17 January 2025
19:30
Italy 4–3
(1–2, 1–1, 2–0)
 EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,451
Game reference
Riccardo SantangeloGoaliesGeorg VladimirovReferees:
France Cyril Debuche
Hungary Gergely Gebei
Linesmen:
Hungary Péter Kovács
Austria Wolfgang Puff
0–103:42 – Timofejev (Burkov, Antonov) (PP)
0–207:20 – Luht (Vahi, Frolkov)
Curti (Garau, Pisetta) – 15:311–2
Nitz (Mbow) – 21:392–2
2–330:04 – Abeljanov (Frolkov, Koltsov)
Fauster (Graf, Perino) – 51:053–3
Perino – 52:484–3
4 minPenalties4 min
42Shots31

Statistics

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Top 10 scorers

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Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Taisetsu Ushio  Japan 5 7 4 11 0 2
2 Fallou Mbow  Italy 5 5 5 10 +2 0
3 Fuji Suzuki  Japan 5 5 5 10 +1 31
4 Kazumo Sasaki  Japan 5 4 5 9 −2 4
5 Thomas Pisetta  Italy 5 3 6 9 +3 10
6 Nathan Garau  Italy 5 4 4 8 +2 0
7 Mykola Kosarev  Ukraine 5 3 5 8 +4 4
7 Olexi Yevtiekhov  Ukraine 5 3 5 8 +3 2
9 Ilarion Kuprianov  Ukraine 5 4 3 7 +6 0
10 Jakub Hofman  Poland 5 3 4 7 0 4

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

Goaltending leaders

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(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Alexander Levshin  Ukraine 300:00 10 90.91 2.00 1
2 Carlo Giordani  Italy 238:18 16 90.86 4.03 0
3 Oh Eun-yul  South Korea 176:23 11 88.89 3.74 0
4 Georg Vladimirov  Estonia 223:06 13 88.29 3.50 0
5 Igor Tyczyński  Poland 200:28 14 85.42 4.19 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

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Source: [IIHF]

References

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