# 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2023 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 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 2003.

## Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Asker, Norway, from 11 to 17 December 2022.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Norway | hosts; placed 3rd in Division I A last year |
| Kazakhstan | placed 4th in Division I A last year |
| Denmark | placed 5th in Division I A last year |
| Hungary | placed 6th in Division I A last year |
| France | placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted |
| Slovenia | placed 2nd in Division I B last year and were promoted |

### Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.

#### Referees

* Pierre Dehaen
* Niclas Lundsgaard
* Mark Pearce
* Christian Persson
* Gregor Rezek
* Daniel Soós
* Jack Young

#### Linesmen

* Renārs Davidonis
* Christopher Dehn
* Tim Heffner
* Herman Johansen
* Davids Rozitis
* Christopher Williams
* Vincent Zede

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Norway (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 15 | Promoted to the 2024 Top Division |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 9 | |
| 3 | France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | Denmark | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 5 | |
| 6 | Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 3 | Relegated to the 2024 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 | Zétény Hadobás | Hungary | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | +2 | 2 |
| 2 | Bence Horváth | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +1 | 0 |
| 3 | Matias Bachelet | France | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +2 | 0 |
| 3 | Petter Vesterheim | Norway | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +6 | 0 |
| 5 | Nal Brodnik | Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Nace Langus | Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 2 |
| 7 | Emil Tavernier | France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +4 | 4 |
| 7 | Roman Yermak | Kazakhstan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +6 | 2 |
| 9 | Vsevolod Logvin | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +7 | 4 |
| 9 | Balázs Varga | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Roman Shefer | Kazakhstan | 269:56 | 9 | 92.80 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 2 | Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud | Norway | 300:00 | 8 | 92.79 | 1.60 | 1 |
| 3 | Antoine Keller | France | 238:02 | 8 | 92.08 | 2.02 | 0 |
| 4 | Luka Kolin | Slovenia | 238:35 | 16 | 87.88 | 4.02 | 0 |
| 5 | Levente Hegedüs | Hungary | 246:21 | 15 | 87.60 | 3.65 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud
* Defenceman: Zétény Hadobás
* Forward: Matias Bachelet
Source: IIHF

## Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Bytom, Poland, from 11 to 17 December 2022.

### Participating teams

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

### Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.

#### Referees

* Andreas Huber
* Juraj Konč
* Paweł Kosidło
* Troy Murray
* Jiří Ondráček
* Omar Piniè
* Vladimir Yefremov

#### Linesmen

* Sebastian Bedynek
* Timur Iskakov
* Peter Jedlička
* Barna Kis-Király
* Mateusz Kucharewicz
* Andrzej Nenko
* Quentin Ugolini

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 13 | Promoted to the 2024 Division I A |
| 2 | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 12 | |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Poland (H) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 5 | |
| 5 | Estonia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 4 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 30 | −18 | 3 | Relegated to the 2024 Division II A |

### Match results

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

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| 1 | Krzysztof Maciaś | Poland | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +4 | 4 |
| 2 | Kotaro Murase | Japan | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +3 | 0 |
| 3 | Rukia Morita | Japan | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +2 | 0 |
| 4 | Alessandro Segafredo | Italy | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +7 | 2 |
| 5 | Yuto Taneichi | Japan | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +2 | 10 |
| 6 | Kacper Maciaś | Poland | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +4 | 6 |
| 7 | KIm Sangyeob | South Korea | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | –7 | 6 |
| 8 | Mykyta Sydorenko | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +5 | 8 |
| 9 | Tommy Purdeller | Italy | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +5 | 8 |
| 10 | Junya Owa | Japan | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +1 | 10 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Damian Clara | Italy | 302:51 | 13 | 91.67 | 2.58 | 0 |
| 2 | Fjodor Aganezov | Estonia | 240:26 | 12 | 91.24 | 2.99 | 0 |
| 3 | Hlib Artsatbanov | Ukraine | 123:03 | 5 | 89.13 | 2.44 | 0 |
| 4 | Savva Serdiuk | Ukraine | 176:57 | 7 | 88.71 | 2.37 | 1 |
| 5 | Mikołaj Szczepkowski | Poland | 222:31 | 13 | 88.29 | 3.51 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Damian Clara
* Defenceman: Junya Owa
* Forward: Danylo Korzhyletsky
Source: IIHF