2005 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2005 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 17 to April 23, 2005. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Debrecen, Hungary. Group B's games were played in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Norway and Italy finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the Championship Division for 2006. While China finished last in Group A and Romania last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2006.
==Participants==
===Group A===
Team	2004 Result
 	Placed third in the relegation round of the Championship division and was relegated in 2004
 	Placed second in Division I Group A in 2004
 	Placed third in Division I Group B in 2004
 	Placed fourth in Division I Group A in 2004
 	Placed fifth in Division I Group A in 2004
 	Placed first in Division II Group A and was promoted in 2004
===Group B===
Team	2004 Result
 	Placed fourth in the relegation round of the Championship division and was relegated in 2004
 	Placed second in Division I Group B in 2004
 	Placed third in Division I Group A in 2004
 	Placed fourth in Division I Group B in 2004
 	Placed fifth in Division I Group B in 2004
 	Placed first in Division II Group B and was promoted in 2004
==Group A tournament==
===Standings===
	Promoted to the Championship division for 2006
	Relegated to Division II for 2006
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	5	4	1	0	43	8 	35 	9
2	 	5	3	1	1	16	8 	8 	7
3	 	5	2	2	1	15	6 	9 	6
4	 	5	2	0	3	14	14	0 	4
5	 	5	2	0	3	19	15	4 	4
6	 	5	0	0	5	5 	61	–56	0
===Fixtures===
All times local.
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Morten Ask 	5	6	6	12	+11	18	F
Anders Bastiansen 	5	5	5	10	+12	0 	F
Lars Erik Spets 	5	4	5	9 	+5 	12	F
Marius Trygg 	5	5	3	8 	+5 	2 	F
Patrick Thoresen 	5	4	4	8 	+4 	2 	F
Tore Vikingstad 	5	4	4	8 	+7 	2 	F
David Clarke 	5	2	6	8 	–2 	4 	F
Martin Knold 	5	4	3	7 	+8 	4 	D
Jacek Plachta 	5	4	3	7 	+4 	6 	F
Leszek Laszkiewicz	5	3	4	7 	+4 	4 	F
===Leading goaltenders===
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	
Rafal Radziszewski	238:49	114	5	1.26	95.61	1
Stephen Murphy 	247:54	158	7	1.69	95.57	2
Levente Szuper 	179:25	102	5	1.67	95.10	1
Pål Grotnes 	299:55	91 	8	1.60	91.21	1
Naoya Kikuchi 	237:46	86 	9	2.27	89.53	0
==Group B tournament==
===Standings===
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	5	4	1	0	17	3 	14 	9
2	 	5	3	1	1	16	9 	7 	7
3	 	5	1	3	1	13	11	2 	5
4	 	5	1	3	1	16	15	1 	5
5	 	5	1	2	2	16	17	–1 	4
6	 	5	0	0	5	7 	30	–23	0
	Promoted to the Championship division for 2006
	Relegated to Division II for 2006
===Fixtures===
All times local.
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eduard Valiulin 	5	2	4	6	+4	2 	F
Dino Felicetti 	5	1	5	6	+2	6 	F
Darius Lelenas 	5	5	0	5	+1	6 	F
Roland Ramoser 	5	3	2	5	+1	2 	F
David Livingston 	5	3	2	5	+1	4 	F
Darius Pliskauskas	5	2	3	5	+1	0 	F
Francois Rozenthal	5	2	3	5	–1	2 	F
Mario Chitarroni 	5	1	4	5	+3	12	F
Lauri Lehesalu 	5	0	5	5	0 	2 	D
Maksim Ivanov 	5	4	0	4	+2	4 	F
===Leading goaltenders===
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jason Muzzatti 	240:00	82 	3 	0.75	96.34	1
Phil Groeneveld 	298:18	187	11	2.21	94.12	0
Fabrice Lhenry 	298:49	111	9 	1.81	91.89	1
Andrei Sestakov 	152:28	74 	6 	2.36	91.89	1
Aleksei Terentjev	146:50	85 	9 	3.68	89.41	0
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==Reference==
Category:IIHF World Championships
Category:2005 in hockey