2022 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2022 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 3 to 8 May and the Group B tournament in Tychy, Poland from 26 April to 1 May 2022.
After the tournament was cancelled the two previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams remained in their divisions for the 2022 edition.
Slovenia got promoted to the top division by winning the Group A tournament alongside Hungary, while Romania were relegated. Poland won the Group B tournament and got promoted while Serbia were relegated to Division II.
==Group A tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2019.
 	Host, placed 4th in Division I A in 2019.
 	Placed 5th in Division I A in 2019.
 	Placed 1st in Division I B in 2019 and was promoted.
 	Placed 6th in Division I A in 2019.
===Final standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2)
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===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Žiga Jeglič 	4 	3	4	7 	+5 	2 	F
Jan Urbas 	4 	0	7	7 	+5 	0 	F
Emilijus Krakauskas	4 	4	2	6 	0 	0 	F
Rok Tičar 	4 	2	4	6 	+5 	0 	F
Csanád Erdély 	4 	4	1	5 	0 	6 	F
Robert Sabolič 	4 	4	1	5 	+4 	2 	F
Miha Verlič 	4 	4	1	5 	+6 	0 	F
Jeon Jung-woo 	4 	3	2	5 	+1 	0 	F
Evgeny Skachkov 	4 	2	3	5 	−3 	6 	F
Kim Won-jun 	4 	1	4	5 	+3 	6 	D
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
====Goaltending leaders====
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Gašper Krošelj	160:00	3 	1.13	43 	93.02	0
Miklós Rajna 	240:00	9 	2.25	113	92.04	0
Mantas Armalis	239:09	13	3.26	140	90.71	0
Matt Dalton 	239:38	14	3.51	120	88.33	0
Zoltán Tőke 	139:49	9 	3.86	70 	87.14	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
===Awards===
Media All-stars
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Gašper Krošelj
Defenceman	Nerijus Ališauskas Kim Won-jun
Forward 	Žiga Jeglič Csanád Erdély Miha Verlič
Best Players Selected by the Directorate
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Mantas Armalis
Defenceman	Nándor Fejes
Forward 	Žiga Jeglič
==Group B tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Host, placed 2nd in Division I B in 2019.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2019.
 	Placed 4th in Division I B in 2019.
 	Placed 5th in Division I B in 2019.
 	Placed 1st in Division II A in 2019 and was promoted.
===Match officials===
Six referees and six linesmen were selected for the tournament.IB game officials
Referees	Linesmen
* Geoffrey Barcelo
* Daniel Rencz
* Turo Virta
* Michał Baca
* Stefan Hurlimann
* Andrii Kicha	
* Agris Ozoliņš
* Mateusz Bucki
* Rafał Noworyta
* Daniel Konc
* Gregor Miklič
* Serhii Kharaberyush
===Final standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2)
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===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Yushiroh Hirano 	4 	6	4	10 	+8 	0 	F
Alan Łyszczarczyk 	4 	2	7	9 	+9 	2 	F
Shigeki Hitosato 	4 	3	4	7 	+8 	2 	F
Makuru Furuhashi 	4 	4	2	6 	+4 	2 	F
Filip Komorski 	4 	4	2	6 	+7 	0 	F
Andriy Mikhnov 	4 	0	6	6 	+1 	0 	F
Shogo Nakajima 	4 	0	6	6 	+7 	2 	F
Oleksandr Peresunko	4 	4	1	5 	+3 	4 	F
Vitalii Lialka 	4 	3	2	5 	+3 	4 	F
Ihor Merezhko 	4 	1	4	5 	+2 	2 	D
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
====Goaltending leaders====
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Dmytro Kubrytskyi 	121:54	0 	0.00	34 	100.00	2
John Murray 	185:00	2 	0.65	90 	97.78 	2
Yuta Narisawa 	238:39	9 	2.26	99 	90.91 	1
Arsenije Ranković 	235:04	29	7.40	195	85.13 	0
Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	220:00	17	4.64	104	83.65 	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
===Awards===
Position 	Player
Goaltender	John Murray
Defenceman	Ihor Merezhko
Forward 	Yushiroh Hirano
==References==
==External links==
* Official website of Division IA
* Official website of Division IB
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