# 2005 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2005 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 17 to April 23, 2005. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Debrecen, Hungary. Group B's games were played in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Norway and Italy finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the Championship Division for 2006. While China finished last in Group A and Romania last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2006.

## Participants
### Group A

| Team | 2004 Result |
| Japan | Placed third in the relegation round of the Championship division and was relegated in 2004 |
| Norway | Placed second in Division I Group A in 2004 |
| Poland | Placed third in Division I Group B in 2004 |
| Hungary | Placed fourth in Division I Group A in 2004 |
| Great Britain | Placed fifth in Division I Group A in 2004 |
| China | Placed first in Division II Group A and was promoted in 2004 |

### Group B

| Team | 2004 Result |
| France | Placed fourth in the relegation round of the Championship division and was relegated in 2004 |
| Italy | Placed second in Division I Group B in 2004 |
| Netherlands | Placed third in Division I Group A in 2004 |
| Estonia | Placed fourth in Division I Group B in 2004 |
| Romania | Placed fifth in Division I Group B in 2004 |
| Lithuania | Placed first in Division II Group B and was promoted in 2004 |

## Group A tournament
### Standings

* Promoted to the Championship division for 2006
* Relegated to Division II for 2006
| Rk | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| 1 | Norway | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 35 | 9 |
| 2 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | China | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 61 | –56 | 0 |

### Fixtures

All times local.

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Morten Ask | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +11 | 18 | F |
| Anders Bastiansen | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +12 | 0 | F |
| Lars Erik Spets | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +5 | 12 | F |
| Marius Trygg | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 2 | F |
| Patrick Thoresen | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Tore Vikingstad | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +7 | 2 | F |
| David Clarke | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 4 | F |
| Martin Knold | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +8 | 4 | D |
| Jacek Płachta | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +4 | 6 | F |
| Leszek Laszkiewicz | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 4 | F |

### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
| Rafał Radziszewski | 238:49 | 114 | 5 | 1.26 | 95.61 | 1 |
| Stephen Murphy | 247:54 | 158 | 7 | 1.69 | 95.57 | 2 |
| Levente Szuper | 179:25 | 102 | 5 | 1.67 | 95.10 | 1 |
| Pål Grotnes | 299:55 | 91 | 8 | 1.60 | 91.21 | 1 |
| Naoya Kikuchi | 237:46 | 86 | 9 | 2.27 | 89.53 | 0 |

## Group B tournament
### Standings

* Promoted to the Championship division for 2006
* Relegated to Division II for 2006
| Rk | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| 1 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 9 |
| 2 | France | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Estonia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 17 | –1 | 4 |
| 6 | Romania | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 30 | –23 | 0 |

### Fixtures

All times local.

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Eduard Valiulin | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Dino Felicetti | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +2 | 6 | F |
| Darius Lelenas | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 6 | F |
| Roland Ramoser | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 2 | F |
| David Livingston | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 4 | F |
| Darius Pliskauskas | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 0 | F |
| François Rozenthal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –1 | 2 | F |
| Mario Chitarroni | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 12 | F |
| Lauri Lehesalu | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | D |
| Maksim Ivanov | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 4 | F |

### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
| Jason Muzzatti | 240:00 | 82 | 3 | 0.75 | 96.34 | 1 |
| Phil Groeneveld | 298:18 | 187 | 11 | 2.21 | 94.12 | 0 |
| Fabrice Lhenry | 298:49 | 111 | 9 | 1.81 | 91.89 | 1 |
| Andrei Šestakov | 152:28 | 74 | 6 | 2.36 | 91.89 | 1 |
| Aleksei Terentjev | 146:50 | 85 | 9 | 3.68 | 89.41 | 0 |