2023 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2023 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 Nottingham, United Kingdom from 29 April to 5 May and the Group B tournament in Tallinn, Estonia from 23 to 29 April 2023.
In Group A, Great Britain and Poland gained promotion to the Top Division while Lithuania finished last and was relegated. Japan won Group B and got promoted while Serbia was relegated after finishing last.
==Group A tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.
 	Host, placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2022.
 	Placed 4th in Division I A in 2022.
 	Placed 5th in Division I A in 2022.
 	Placed 1st in Division I B in 2022 and was promoted.
===Match officials===
Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees	Linesmen
* Christoph Sternat
* Killian Hinterdobler
* Andrew Dalton
* Attila Nagy
* Roy Stian Hansen
* Milan Zrnić
* Mikael Holm
* Cedric Borga	
* Nicklas Knosen
* Jussi Thomann
* Jonas Merten
* Ilia Kisil
* Norbert Muzsik
* Gašper Zgonc
* Andreas Nyqvist
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+1)
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===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Krystian Dziubiński	5 	6	5	11 	+3 	0 	F
Liam Kirk 	5 	3	7	10 	+4 	0 	F
Grzegorz Pasiut 	5 	2	7	9 	+3 	2 	F
Cade Neilson 	5 	5	3	8 	+5 	2 	F
Patryk Wronka 	5 	5	3	8 	+3 	2 	F
Daniel Mantenuto 	5 	3	4	7 	+6 	2 	F
Kamil Wałęga 	5 	3	4	7 	+4 	0 	F
Bartosz Fraszko 	5 	2	5	7 	+4 	0 	F
Luca Frigo 	5 	2	5	7 	+7 	0 	F
Paweł Zygmunt 	5 	2	5	7 	+4 	0 	F
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
Ben Bowns 	302:35	7 	1.39	107	93.46	3
John Murray 	242:30	7 	1.73	102	93.14	2
Damian Clara 	120:00	5 	2.50	49 	89.80	0
Mantas Armalis	237:20	13	3.29	127	89.76	0
Patrik Polc 	180:00	13	4.33	122	89.34	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	Ben Bowns
Defenceman	Thomas Larkin
Forward 	Krystian Dziubiński
==Group B tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2022.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2022.
 	Host, placed 4th in Division I B in 2022.
 	Placed 5th in Division I B in 2022.
 	Placed 1st in Division II A in 2022 and was promoted.
 	Placed 2nd in Division II A in 2022 and was promoted.
===Match officials===
Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees	Linesmen
* Martin Christensen
* Timo Ruuska
* Benjamin Hoppe
* Andrea Moschen
* Michał Baca
* Chae Young-jin
* Andrii Kicha	
* Wolfgang Puff
* Tobias Schwenk
* Renārs Davidonis
* Agris Ozoliņš
* Laurynas Stepankevičius
* Knut Bråten
* Dominik Altmann
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+3)
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===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Olexi Vorona 	5 	5	8 	13 	+6 	0 	F
Igor Merezhko 	5 	3	10	13 	+7 	4 	D
Yushiroh Hirano 	5 	7	3 	10 	+6 	4 	F
Illia Korenchuk 	5 	6	4 	10 	+6 	4 	F
Danil Trakht 	5 	6	4 	10 	+4 	0 	F
Vadym Mazur 	5 	3	7 	10 	+7 	0 	F
Oleksandr Peresunko	5 	1	9 	10 	+4 	2 	F
Shogo Nakajima 	5 	2	7 	9 	+6 	4 	F
Teruto Nakajima 	5 	6	2 	8 	+3 	2 	F
Fu Jiang 	5 	2	6 	8 	+4 	2 	F
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
Yuta Narisawa 	240:00	7 	1.75	103	93.20	0
Arsenije Ranković	214:51	12	3.35	158	92.41	0
Ruud Leeuwesteijn	185:00	12	3.89	113	89.38	0
Ouban Yongli 	221:02	11	2.99	89 	87.64	1
Conrad Mölder 	177:40	10	3.38	69 	85.51	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	Yuta Narisawa
Defenceman	Ihor Merezhko
Forward 	Yushiroh Hirano
==References==
==External links==
*Official website of Division IA
*Official website of Division IB
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