# 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 1999.

## Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Füssen, Germany, from 9 to 15 December 2018.
As a result of the tournament, Germany were promoted to Top Division and France were relegated to Division I B for 2020.

### Participating teams

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

### Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

#### Referees

* Thomas Andersen
* Denis Naumov
* Vladimír Pešina
* Liam Sewell

#### Linesmen

* Thomas Caillot
* Gabriel Gaube
* Niklas Knosen
* Tommi Niittylä
* Ulrich Pardatscher
* Elias Seewald
* Dániel Soós

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 14 | Promoted to the 2020 Top Division |
| 2 | Belarus | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | Norway | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Latvia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 5 | |
| 6 | France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 3 | Relegated to the 2020 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 | Dominik Bokk | Germany | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +6 | 0 |
| 2 | Ivan Drozdov | Belarus | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | –1 | 0 |
| 3 | Justin Schütz | Germany | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +5 | 10 |
| 4 | Moritz Seider | Germany | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +8 | 4 |
| 5 | Samuel Solem | Norway | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 6 |
| 6 | Mathias Emilio Pettersen | Norway | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 2 |
| 7 | Viktors Jašunovs | Latvia | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 2 |
| 8 | Vladimir Alistrov | Belarus | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –1 | 4 |
| 9 | Robin Mathisen | Norway | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +3 | 2 |
| 10 | Nicolas Appendino | Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +8 | 4 |
| 10 | Alexei Protas | Belarus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –1 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Hendrik Hane | Germany | 305:00 | 5 | 94.90 | 0.98 | 1 |
| 2 | Jørgen Hanneborg | Norway | 180:00 | 6 | 94.12 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 3 | Jānis Voris | Latvia | 238:40 | 9 | 89.89 | 2.26 | 0 |
| 4 | Jonas Wikstøl | Norway | 123:00 | 6 | 89.47 | 2.93 | 0 |
| 5 | Gaëtan Richard | France | 239:04 | 16 | 89.40 | 4.02 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Hendrik Hane
* Defenceman: Moritz Seider
* Forward: Ivan Drozdov

## Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 8 to 14 December 2018.
As a result of the tournament, Slovenia were promoted to Division I A and Japan were relegated to Division II A for 2020.

### Participating teams

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

### Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

#### Referees

* Pierre Dehaen
* Christian Persson
* Maksim Toode
* Hub Van Grinsven

#### Linesmen

* Andreas Hofer
* Aleh Kliashcheunikau
* Andrei Korovkin
* Paweł Kosidło
* Rafał Noworyta
* Jakob Schauer
* Nikita Vilyugin

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 13 | Promoted to the 2020 Division I A |
| 2 | Poland (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 10 | |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 10 | |
| 4 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 6 | |
| 5 | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 5 | |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 1 | Relegated to the 2020 Division II A |
* 1 2 Hungary 2–4 Poland

### Match results

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

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| 1 | Jan Drozg | Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +3 | 14 |
| 2 | Kristóf Papp | Hungary | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +2 | 2 |
| 3 | Hunor Császár | Hungary | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +5 | 12 |
| 4 | Dominik Paś | Poland | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +5 | 14 |
| 5 | Necj Stojan | Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| 6 | Aljaž Predan | Slovenia | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 4 |
| 7 | Bálint Horváth | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 8 | Teruto Nakajima | Japan | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –3 | 4 |
| 9 | Andor Péter | Hungary | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +8 | 2 |
| 10 | Jaka Sodja | Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Jan Sołtys | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +5 | 25 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Žiga Kogovšek | Slovenia | 249:50 | 8 | 92.38 | 1.92 | 1 |
| 2 | Davide Fadani | Italy | 305:30 | 14 | 91.08 | 2.75 | 0 |
| 3 | Sebastian Lipiński | Poland | 303:44 | 14 | 90.97 | 2.77 | 0 |
| 4 | Artur Ohandzhanyan | Ukraine | 284:58 | 16 | 90.64 | 3.37 | 0 |
| 5 | Dávid Kovács | Hungary | 243:48 | 12 | 89.38 | 2.95 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Davide Fadani
* Defenceman: Olaf Bizacki
* Forward: Jan Drozg