# 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In each of the two groups, six teams played a round-robin tournament; the first-placed team was promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower level. Divisions I A and I B represent the second and third tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
The winners of Division I A, Belarus, were promoted to the 2016 Top Division and the winners of Division I B, Kazakhstan, were promoted to the 2016 Division I A.

## Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, from 14 to 20 December 2014.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Norway | placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated |
| Latvia | placed 2nd in Division I A last year |
| Belarus | placed 3rd in Division I A last year |
| Austria | placed 4th in Division I A last year |
| Slovenia | placed 5th in Division I A last year |
| Italy | hosts; placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Belarus | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 14 | Promoted to the 2016 Top Division |
| 2 | Norway | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 10 | |
| 3 | Latvia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 7 | |
| 4 | Italy (H) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 5 | |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 5 | |
| 6 | Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 4 | Relegated to the 2016 Division I B |

### Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Dmitri Ambrozheichik | Belarus | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +3 | 0 |
| 2 | Artur Buinitski | Belarus | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 | +2 | 0 |
| 3 | Ludvig Hoff | Norway | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +1 | 31 |
| 4 | Mario Huber | Austria | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 2 |
| 5 | Marco Richter | Austria | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +4 | 0 |
| 6 | Lukas Haudum | Austria | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +2 | 12 |
| 7 | Giovanni Morini | Italy | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +1 | 2 |
| 8 | Markus Soberg | Norway | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 2 |
| 9 | Maximilian Reiginger | Austria | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +1 | 8 |
| 10 | Riccardo Lacedelli | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +3 | 0 |
| 10 | Mattias Norstebo | Norway | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Theodor Hestnes | Norway | 159:28 | 2 | 96.49 | 0.75 | 1 |
| 2 | Maxim Gorodetski | Belarus | 140:00 | 3 | 93.62 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 3 | Matiss Kivlenieks | Latvia | 240:33 | 7 | 92.78 | 1.75 | 0 |
| 4 | Daniel Morandell | Italy | 234:52 | 16 | 87.88 | 4.09 | 0 |
| 5 | Stefan Muller | Austria | 142:48 | 13 | 86.46 | 5.46 | 0 |

### Awards
#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Matiss Kivlenieks
* Defenceman: Mattias Norstebo
* Forward: Dmitri Ambrozheichik

## Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Dunaújváros, Hungary, from 14 to 20 December 2014.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Poland | placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated |
| Kazakhstan | placed 2nd in Division I B last year |
| France | placed 3rd in Division I B last year |
| Ukraine | placed 4th in Division I B last year |
| Japan | placed 5th in Division I B last year |
| Hungary | hosts; placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 15 | Promoted to the 2016 Division I A |
| 2 | Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 8 | |
| 3 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 7 | |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 5 | |
| 6 | Hungary (H) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | Relegated to the 2016 Division II A |

### Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Nikita Mikhailis | Kazakhstan | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +9 | 0 |
| 2 | Arkadi Shestakov | Kazakhstan | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +9 | 4 |
| 3 | Yushiroh Hirano | Japan | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +5 | 4 |
| 4 | Kirill Savitski | Kazakhstan | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +5 | 2 |
| 5 | Patryk Wronka | Poland | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 2 |
| 6 | Peter Vincze | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 6 | Bartosz Fraszko | Poland | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 0 |
| 6 | Guillaume Leclerc | France | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 2 |
| 9 | Radoslaw Sawicki | Poland | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 2 |
| 10 | Yevgeni Korolinski | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 2 |
| 10 | Serhii Kuzmyk | Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 4 |

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Eduard Zakharchenko | Ukraine | 304:12 | 11 | 94.74 | 2.17 | 0 |
| 2 | Yuri Volosenko | Kazakhstan | 240:00 | 6 | 94.64 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 3 | Michael Luba | Poland | 304:25 | 15 | 93.30 | 2.96 | 0 |
| 4 | Victor Goy | France | 243:01 | 10 | 92.54 | 2.47 | 1 |
| 5 | Shun Furukawa | Japan | 269:29 | 13 | 91.10 | 2.89 | 0 |

### Awards
#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Michael Luba
* Defenceman: Pierre Crinon
* Forward: Kirill Savitski