# 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was 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.
In Group A, Hungary and Slovenia gained promotion to the top division and South Korea was relegated. Ukraine won Group B and was promoted, while the Netherlands were relegated to Division II.

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

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 11 | Promoted to the 2025 Top Division |
| 2 | Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | Promoted to the 2025 Top Division |
| 3 | Italy (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 9 | |
| 4 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 9 | |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 4 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 3 | Relegated to the 2025 Division I B |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Slovenia 6 Pts, Italy 3 Pts, Romania 0 Pts.

### Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| János Hári | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 2 | F |
| Shin Sang-hoon | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 6 | F |
| Daniel Frank | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +5 | 2 | F |
| Sota Isogai | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 0 | F |
| Anthony Salinitri | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 0 | F |
| Luca Frigo | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 2 | F |
| Daniel Mantenuto | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +6 | 4 | F |
| Michele Marchetti | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 0 | F |
| Balázs Varga | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 6 | F |
| Lee Young-jun | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −3 | 0 | F |
| Robert Sabolič | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 0 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

#### 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.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Gašper Krošelj | 238:20 | 4 | 1.01 | 100 | 96.00 | 1 |
| Bence Bálizs | 303:09 | 8 | 1.58 | 160 | 95.00 | 0 |
| Zoltán Tőke | 240:00 | 11 | 2.75 | 147 | 92.52 | 0 |
| Damian Clara | 241:12 | 9 | 2.24 | 94 | 90.43 | 0 |
| Lee Yeon-seung | 209:05 | 10 | 2.87 | 93 | 89.25 | 0 |
TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts Source: IIHF.com

### Awards

| Position | Player |
| Goaltender | Gašper Krošelj |
| Defenceman | Thomas Larkin |
| Forward | Rok Tičar |

## 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.
| 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 | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ukraine | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | +29 | 15 | Promoted to the 2025 Division I A |
| 2 | Lithuania (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 12 | |
| 3 | Estonia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 20 | −9 | 8 | |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 6 | |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 4 | |
| 6 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 | Relegated to the 2025 Division II A |

### Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Olexander Peresunko | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +10 | 0 | F |
| Igor Merezhko | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +12 | 4 | D |
| Robert Rooba | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −3 | 2 | F |
| Pylyp Pangelov-Yuldashev | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +4 | 0 | D |
| Kristjan Kombe | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −2 | 0 | F |
| Andri Denyskin | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +7 | 0 | F |
| Paulius Gintautas | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +6 | 2 | F |
| Hou Yuyang | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 0 | F |
| Vitali Lialka | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +4 | 0 | F |
| Ugnius Čižas | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +6 | 2 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

#### 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.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Eduard Zakharchenko | 120:00 | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | 100.00 | 2 |
| Bogdan Dyachenko | 180:00 | 2 | 0.67 | 46 | 95.65 | 1 |
| Mantas Armalis | 238:39 | 4 | 1.01 | 79 | 94.94 | 2 |
| Martijn Oosterwijk | 176:09 | 8 | 2.72 | 108 | 92.59 | 0 |
| Chen Shifeng | 298:24 | 15 | 3.02 | 174 | 91.38 | 1 |
TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts Source: IIHF.com

### Awards

| Position | Player |
| Goaltender | Mantas Armalis |
| Defenceman | Igor Merezhko |
| Forward | Robert Rooba |