2024 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2024 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 Bolzano, Italy from 28 April to 4 May and the Group B tournament in Vilnius, Lithuania from 27 April to 3 May 2024.
In Group A, Hungary and Slovenia gained promotion to the top division and South Korea was relegated. Ukraine won Group B and was promoted, while the Netherlands were relegated to Division II.
==Group A tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2023 and was relegated.
 	Placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2023 and was relegated.
 	Host, placed 3rd in Division I A in 2023.
 	Placed 4th in Division I A in 2023.
 	Placed 5th in Division I A in 2023.
 	Placed 1st in Division I B in 2023 and was promoted.
===Match officials===
Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees	Linesmen
* Mike Langin
* Mads Frandsen
* Geoffrey Barcelo
* Benjamin Hoppe
* Uldis Bušs
* Milan Zrnić
* Peter Staňo
* Sean Fernandez	
* Tommi Niittylä
* Clément Goncalves
* Patrick Laguzov
* Daniel Beresford
* Davide Mantovani
* Knut Bråten
* Gašper Zgonc
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2).
----
----
----
----
==Group B tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Host, placed 6th in Division I A in 2023 and was relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2023.
 	Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2023.
 	Placed 4th in Division I B in 2023.
 	Placed 5th in Division I B in 2023.
 	Placed 1st in Division II A in 2023 and was promoted.
===Match officials===
Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees	Linesmen
* Adam Bloski
* Trpimir Piragić
* Rasmus Ankersen
* Bastian Steingross
* Anton Boryayev
* Roy Hansen
* Richard Magnusson
* Nolan Bloyer	
* Frédéric Monnaie
* Shawn Oliver
* Norbert Muzsik
* Agris Ozoliņš
* Aleksej Sascenkov
* Gustav Jönsson
* John Rey
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+3).
----
----
----
----
===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Olexander Peresunko 	5 	5	6	11 	+10	0 	F
Igor Merezhko 	5 	4	5	9 	+12	4 	D
Robert Rooba 	5 	5	3	8 	−3 	2 	F
Pylyp Pangelov-Yuldashev	5 	2	5	7 	+4 	0 	D
Kristjan Kombe 	5 	1	6	7 	−2 	0 	F
Andri Denyskin 	5 	4	2	6 	+7 	0 	F
Paulius Gintautas 	5 	3	3	6 	+6 	2 	F
Hou Yuyang 	4 	3	3	6 	−1 	0 	F
Vitali Lialka 	5 	2	4	6 	+4 	0 	F
Ugnius Čižas 	5 	1	5	6 	+6 	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
Eduard Zakharchenko	120:00	0 	0.00	22 	100.00	2
Bogdan Dyachenko 	180:00	2 	0.67	46 	95.65 	1
Mantas Armalis 	238:39	4 	1.01	79 	94.94 	2
Martijn Oosterwijk 	176:09	8 	2.72	108	92.59 	0
Chen Shifeng 	298:24	15	3.02	174	91.38 	1
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	Mantas Armalis
Defenceman	Igor Merezhko
Forward 	Robert Rooba
==References==
==External links==
*Official website of Division IA
*Official website of Division IB
2024
Division I