IIHF World Championship Division I

The IIHF World Championship Division I is an annual sports event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The divisional championship is played in two groups.
From 2001 until 2011 the two national teams that lost the relegation round at the IIHF World Championship were relegated to Division I for the following year's World Championships. At the Division I Championship, the winner of each group was promoted to the following year's IIHF World Championship, while the loser of each group was relegated to the Division II. Beginning in 2012, the last place team from each group in the world championship will be relegated to Division I A, to be replaced by first and second place in Division I A. Sixth place in I A is relegated (now) to group I B, replaced by its winner, while sixth in I B is relegated to Division II.
The Division I World Championship was formed in 2001 from Pool B and the top four Pool C teams. Beginning in 2012 the two groups became tiered rather than parallel. Group A teams were the nations who either were relegated from the World Championship, or placed 2nd and 3rd in their 2011 groups. Group B was formed from the 4th and 5th placed teams, as well as the teams promoted from Division II. Japan qualified for group A because the IIHF council voted unanimously to allow Japan to maintain their seeded position (3rd) in their respective tournaments for 2012.
==Division I==
===Group A===
Played in late April 2014 in Seoul, South Korea.
National Team	Ranking^	In 2013
 	15th 	Elite Division
 	17th 	Elite Division
 	19th 	Division I Group A
 	21st 	Division I Group A
 	25th 	Division I Group A
 	20th 	Division I Group B
===Group B===
Played April 20–26, 2014 in Vilnius, Lithuania.Pasaulio ledo ritulio čempionato I-ojo diviziono varžybos - Vilniuje
National Team	Ranking^	In 2013
 	22nd 	Division I Group A
 	23rd 	Division I Group B
 	24th 	Division I Group B
 	27th 	Division I Group B
 	26th 	Division I Group B
 	29th 	Division II Group A
^ – World Ranking
===Results===
Year	Promoted 	Promoted 	Relegated 	Relegated
Year	To Top Division	To Division I A	To Division I B	To Division II
2001	, 	 	 	,
2002	, 	 	 	,
2003	, 	 	 	,
2004	, 	 	 	,
2005	, 	 	 	,
2006	, 	 	 	,
2007	, 	 	 	,
2008	, 	 	 	,
2009	, 	 	 	,
2010	, 	 	 	,
2011	, 	 	 	,
2012	, 	 	 	
2013	, 	 	 	
==Pool B==
===Champions 1951–2000===
Year	National team
1951	
1952	
1953	
1955	
1956	
1959	
1961	
1962	
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1965	
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1983	
1985	
1986	
1987	
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1990	
1991	
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1995	
1996	
1997	
1998	
1999	
2000	
==Summary of participation==
54 championships
*Division I teams (2001–present) are ranked one through twelve, with this chart assessing gold, silver, and bronze to the nations who ranked 17th, 18th, and 19th overall.
Team	Times	First	Last	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish (first/last)	Hosted
 	3 	1962 	2012	0 	0 	0 	0 	5th (1962) 	0
 	31 	1951 	2012	3 	6 	5 	14 	1st (1992/2010) 	5
 	5 	1951 	2004	0 	0 	1 	1 	3rd (1956) 	1
 	4 	1996 	2004	2 	1 	1 	4 	1st (1997/2002) 	0
 	4 	1970 	1993	0 	0 	0 	0 	5th (1992) 	0
 	10 	1979 	2007	0 	0 	0 	0 	6th (1982) 	1
 	7 	2001 	2010	0 	0 	0 	0 	8th (2001) 	1
 	14 	1949 	2002	1 	1 	0 	2 	1st (1999) 	2
 	1 	2011 	2011	0 	0 	0 	0 	10th (2011) 	0
 	12 	1998 	2013	0 	0 	1 	1 	3rd (1998) 	1
 	18 	1951 	2007	0 	3 	4 	7 	2nd (1951/2007) 	4
 	26 	1952 	2013	2 	3 	2 	7 	1st (1952/1993) 	0
 	14 	1956 	1990	6 	1 	3 	10 	1st (1956/1982) 	1
 	9 	1965 	2006	3 	2 	2 	7 	1st (1966/2006) 	1
 	22 	1959 	2013	0 	2 	4 	6 	2nd (1959/2008) 	5
 	1 	2006 	2006	0 	0 	0 	0 	12th (2006) 	0
 	26 	1951 	2013	5 	7 	3 	15 	1st (1951/1991) 	2
 	21 	1962 	2013	1 	2 	2 	5 	1st (1962) 	4
 	11 	1997 	2013	4 	2 	1 	7 	1st (2003/2013) 	0
 	7 	2002 	2013	0 	0 	0 	0 	5th (2013) 	0
 	3 	1994 	1996	1 	2 	0 	3 	1st (1996) 	0
 	11 	2001 	2013	0 	0 	1 	1 	3rd (2006) 	1
 	36 	1951 	2013	1 	1 	3 	5 	1st (1979) 	6
 	27 	1956 	2005	4 	4 	4 	12 	1st (1963/2005) 	2
 	36 	1961 	2013	6 	7 	5 	18 	1st (1965/1987) 	5
 	28 	1959 	2013	2 	2 	2 	6 	1st (1959/1976) 	3
 	1 	2010 	2010	0 	0 	0 	0 	11th (2010) 	0
 	9 	1998 	2012	4 	2 	1 	7 	1st (2001/2012) 	5
 	23 	1961 	1997	4 	5 	4 	13 	1st (1971/1990) 	5
 	1 	1995 	1995	1 	0 	0 	1 	1st (1995) 	1
 	7 	1998 	2013	1 	0 	2 	3 	1st (1998) 	2
 	5 	1970 	1983	3 	2 	0 	5 	1st (1970/1983) 	1
 	21 	1951 	1992	0 	1 	3 	4 	2nd (1974) 	5
*Note 1. The Federal Republic of Germany competed as West Germany from 1953 until 1990.
*Note 2. Czechoslovakia, Sweden, and Finland each hosted this level on one occasion each.
==See also==
*Ice Hockey World Championships
*IIHF World Championship Division II
*IIHF World Championship Division III
==Citations==
==External links==
*2010 IIHF Championship Program on iihf.com
==References==
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