# 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2014 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.
Denmark won Division I A and were promoted to the Top Division for 2015, while Poland finished last and were relegated to Division I B. Italy won Division I B and were promoted to Division I A for 2015, while Japan finished last. However, Japan were not relegated, as Great Britain had used an ineligible player and thus saw their games later recorded as forfeits, and the team relegated.

## Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Sanok, Poland, from 15 to 21 December 2013.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Latvia | placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated |
| Belarus | placed 2nd in Division I A last year |
| Denmark | placed 3rd in Division I A last year |
| Slovenia | placed 4th in Division I A last year |
| Austria | placed 5th in Division I A last year |
| Poland | 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 | Denmark | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 15 | Promoted to the 2015 Top Division |
| 2 | Latvia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 12 | |
| 3 | Belarus | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 9 | |
| 4 | Austria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Slovenia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 2 | |
| 6 | Poland (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 1 | Relegated to the 2015 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 | Artur Gavrus | Belarus | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +6 | 0 |
| 2 | Ņikita Jevpalovs | Latvia | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | Dmitri Ambrozheichik | Belarus | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +3 | 0 |
| 4 | Mikkel Aagaard | Denmark | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +3 | 2 |
| 5 | Roberts Lipsbergs | Latvia | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Edgars Kulda | Latvia | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Matthias Asperup | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 0 |
| 7 | Oliver Bjorkstrand | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 2 |
| 9 | Nikolaj Ehlers | Denmark | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +6 | 4 |
| 9 | Alexander Karakulko | Belarus | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +3 | 2 |

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Ivars Punnenovs | Latvia | 171:39 | 1 | 98.31 | 0.35 | 2 |
| 2 | Georg Sørensen | Denmark | 240:00 | 8 | 92.79 | 2.00 | 0 |
| 3 | Elvis Merzļikins | Latvia | 127:09 | 5 | 90.00 | 2.36 | 1 |
| 4 | David Kickert | Austria | 280:00 | 14 | 89.78 | 3.00 | 0 |
| 5 | David Zabolotny | Poland | 305:00 | 20 | 87.73 | 3.93 | 0 |

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

* Goaltender: David Kickert
* Defenceman: Jānis Jaks
* Forward: Oliver Bjorkstrand

#### Best players of each team selected by the coaches

* Patrick Peter
* Artur Gavrus
* Georg Sorensen
* Artūrs Ševčenko
* David Zabolotny
* Luka Petelin

## Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 9 to 15 December 2013.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| France | placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated |
| Kazakhstan | placed 2nd in Division I B last year |
| Italy | placed 3rd in 20Division I B last year13 |
| Ukraine | placed 4th in Division I B last year |
| Great Britain | hosts; placed 5th in Division I B last year |
| Japan | 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 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 13 | Promoted to the 2015 Division I A |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 12 | |
| 3 | France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 0 | |
| 6 | Great Britain (D, H) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 6 | Relegated to the 2015 Division II A |
* ↑ Great Britain were disqualified due to use of an ineligible player and were relegated to the 2015 Division II A.

### Match results

All times are local (Greenwich Mean Time – UTC±0).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Nikita Mikhailis | Kazakhstan | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +7 | 0 |
| 2 | Yuri Sergiyenko | Kazakhstan | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +4 | 0 |
| 3 | Kirill Savitski | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +2 | 10 |
| 4 | Semyon Koshelev | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +3 | 0 |
| 5 | Giovanni Morini | Italy | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 6 | Tommaso Terzago | Italy | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 2 |
| 7 | Jordan Cownie | Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 2 |
| 8 | Joachim Ramoser | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +5 | 4 |
| 9 | Ivan Kinstler | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
| 10 | Yu Hikosaka | Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Ross Venus | Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Martin Rasbanser | Italy | 241:30 | 11 | 91.54 | 2.73 | 0 |
| 2 | Eduard Zakharchenko | Ukraine | 280:00 | 11 | 91.06 | 2.36 | 1 |
| 3 | Akira Sasaki | Japan | 191:17 | 12 | 90.77 | 3.76 | 0 |
| 4 | Antoine Bonvalot | France | 241:02 | 11 | 89.32 | 2.74 | 1 |
| 5 | Valeri Sevidor | Kazakhstan | 191:02 | 11 | 88.17 | 3.45 | 0 |

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

* Goaltender: Martin Rasbanser
* Defenceman: Yuri Sergiyenko
* Forward: Kirill Savitski

#### Best players of each team selected by the coaches

* Cedric di Dio Balsamo
* Adam Goss
* Martin Rasbanser
* Keita Kido
* Yuri Sergiyenko
* Eduard Zakharchenko

#### Division I B champions

| Division I B champions Italy | Andreas Alber, Ivan Althuber, Daniel Frank, Daniel Glira, Peter Hochkofler, Riccardo Lacedelli, Michele Marchetti, Luca Mattivi, Michael Messner, Matteo Mondon Marin, Daniel Morandell, Giovanni Morini, Paolo Morini, Fabrizio Pace, Jan Pavlu, Martin Rabanser, Andreas Radin, Joachim Ramoser, Oliver Schenk, Ivan Tauferer, Tommaso Terzago, Simon Vinatzer Head Coach: Robert Chizzali |