# 2010 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division I was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournaments were contested between 17 and 25 April 2010. Participants in this championship were drawn into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Tilburg, Netherlands. Group B's games were played in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Austria won the Group A tournament while Slovenia won the Group B tournament to earn promotion to the Top Division of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Serbia and Croatia finished last in each group and will be relegated to Division II at the 2011 World Championships. Spain and Estonia earned promotion from the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II and replaced Serbia and Croatia in Division I in 2011.

## Group A

The Group A tournament was played in Tilburg, the Netherlands, from 19 to 25 April 2010.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Austria | Placed 14th in Top Division last year and were relegated |
| Ukraine | Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year |
| Japan | Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year |
| Lithuania | Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year |
| Netherlands | Hosts; placed 5th in Division I Group B last year |
| Serbia | Placed 1st in Division II Group A last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Austria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 15 | Promoted to the 2011 Top Division |
| 2 | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 12 | +27 | 12 | |
| 3 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 9 | |
| 4 | Netherlands (H) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 5 | |
| 5 | Lithuania | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 3 | |
| 6 | Serbia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 46 | −38 | 1 | Relegated to the 2011 Division II |

### Match results

All times are local.

### Tournament awards
#### Best players selected by the directorate

* Best Goalkeeper: Yutaka Fukufuji Japan
* Best Forward: Kostiantyn Kasianchuk Ukraine
* Best Defenseman: Matthias Trattnig Austria

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Kostiantyn Kasianchuk | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +9 | 6 |
| Andri Mikhnov | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +7 | 2 |
| Oliver Setzinger | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | +8 | 0 |
| Oleksandr Materukhin | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +8 | 12 |
| Thomas Koch | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +8 | 0 |
| Tadas Kumeliauskas | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 33 |
| Matthias Trattnig | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +10 | 4 |
| Oleg Timchenko | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +7 | 14 |
| Vadym Shakhraychuk | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +9 | 6 |
| Daniel Welser | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +9 | 2 |
| Takahito Suzuki | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +3 | 4 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

### Leading goalkeepers

Only the top five goalkeepers, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Masahito Haruna | 120:00 | 41 | 1 | 0.50 | 97.56 | 1 |
| Reinhard Divis | 300:00 | 103 | 5 | 1.00 | 95.15 | 1 |
| Yutaka Fukufuji | 176:47 | 98 | 6 | 2.04 | 93.88 | 0 |
| Kostiantyn Simchuk | 199:50 | 77 | 6 | 1.80 | 92.21 | 0 |
| Phil Groeneveld | 211:34 | 134 | 12 | 3.40 | 91.04 | 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

## Group B

The Group A tournament was played in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 17 to 23 April 2010.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Hungary | Placed 16th in Top Division last year and were relegated |
| Slovenia | Hosts; placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year |
| Great Britain | Placed 3rd in Division I Group B last year |
| Poland | Placed 4th in Division I Group B last year |
| Croatia | Placed 5th in Division I Group A last year |
| South Korea | Placed 1st in Division II Group B last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Slovenia (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 14 | Promoted to the 2011 Top Division |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 12 | |
| 3 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 9 | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |
| 5 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 3 | |
| 6 | Croatia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 33 | −29 | 0 | Relegated to the 2011 Division II |

### Match results

All times are local.

### Tournament awards
#### Best players selected by the directorate

* Best Goalkeeper: Stephen Murphy Great Britain
* Best Forward: Žiga Jeglič Slovenia
* Best Defenseman: András Horváth Hungary

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Žiga Jeglič | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | +5 | 0 |
| Rok Tičar | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +4 | 2 |
| Kim Ki-sung | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +3 | 2 |
| Jan Muršak | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +4 | 2 |
| Song Dong-hwan | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +5 | 2 |
| Jan Urbas | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +5 | 6 |
| Balázs Ladányi | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +2 | 0 |
| Marcel Rodman | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +4 | 6 |
| Mitja Šivic | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +7 | 6 |
| Márton Vas | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +3 | 0 |
| Kim Woo-jae | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 4 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

### Leading goalkeepers

Only the top five goalkeepers, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| Zoltán Hetényi | 280:00 | 131 | 6 | 1.29 | 95.52 | 2 |
| Stephen Murphy | 240:20 | 133 | 9 | 2.25 | 93.23 | 0 |
| Krzyszstof Zborowski | 279:54 | 122 | 9 | 1.93 | 92.62 | 1 |
| Andrej Hočevar | 291:03 | 110 | 10 | 2.06 | 90.91 | 0 |
| Vanja Belić | 300:00 | 223 | 33 | 6.60 | 85.20 | 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

## IIHF Broadcasting rights

| Country | Broadcaster |
| Austria | ORF Sport Plus |
| Hungary | Sport 1 |
| Poland | Polsat Sport |
| Serbia | Arena Sport |
| Slovenia | RTV Slovenia |
| Ukraine | Sport 1 |