2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Germany Poland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	9–15 December 2018 8–14 December 2018
Teams	12

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 1999.

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Füssen
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–15 December 2018
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	83 (5.53 per game)
Attendance	10,365 (691 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Dominik Bokk (8 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Füssen, Germany, from 9 to 15 December 2018.^[1][2]

As a result of the tournament, Germany were promoted to Top Division and France were relegated to Division I B for 2020.

Team	Qualification
Belarus	placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated
Latvia	placed 2nd in Division I A last year
Germany	hosts; placed 3rd in Division I A last year
France	placed 4th in Division I A last year
Austria	placed 5th in Division I A last year
Norway	placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Germany (H)	5	4	1	0	0	22	5	+17	14	Promoted to the 2020 Top Division
2	Belarus	5	3	0	0	2	18	13	+5	9
3	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	15	13	+2	8
4	Latvia	5	2	0	0	3	11	13	−2	6
5	Austria	5	1	0	2	2	9	17	−8	5
6	France	5	1	0	0	4	8	22	−14	3	Relegated to the 2020 Division I B

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

9 December 2018 13:00

France

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Füssen Arena Attendance: 380

Game reference
	Gaëtan Richard	Goalies	Niklavs Rauza	Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Elias Seewald Dániel Soós
	Onno (Mony, Fabre) (PP) – 08:37 1–0 Loizeau (Mony, Onno) – 23:32 2–0 2–1 57:24 – Smirnovs (Jašunovs) (EA) Loizeau (Bruche) (ENG) – 58:51 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	34

9 December 2018 16:30

Austria

2–3 GWS (1–1, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Germany

Füssen Arena Attendance: 1,650

Game reference
	Paul Mocher	Goalies	Hendrik Hane	Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 07:17 – Fischer (Schütz, Seider) (PP) Lanzinger (Baumgartner, Maier) (PP) – 19:29 1–1 1–2 28:21 – Seider (Bokk, Appendino) Schreier – 51:10 2–2
	Maxa Hochegger Baumgartner Ploner Würschl	Shootout	Gawanke Brunnhuber Jentzsch Bokk Ehl
	24 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	23

9 December 2018 20:00

Norway

3–5 (2–0, 1–1, 0–4)

Belarus

Füssen Arena Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Jonas Wikstøl	Goalies	Andrei Grischenko	Referee: Thomas Andersen Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Niklas Knosen
	Solem (Thoresen, Meisingset) (PP) – 08:02 1–0 Solem – 13:23 2–0 Vikingstad (Birkheim, Rødne) – 26:28 3–0 3–1 39:59 – Drozdov (Martynov, Anosov) 3–2 42:29 – Sapego (Azhgirei) (PP) 3–3 46:51 – Baltruk (Azhgirei) (PP) 3–4 54:25 – Deryabin (Drozdov, Martynov) (PP) 3–5 59:32 – Anosov (Sushko) (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	33

10 December 2018 15:30

Belarus

6–2 (1–0, 1–2, 4–0)

France

Füssen Arena Attendance: 275

Game reference
	Nikita Tolopilo	Goalies	Valentin Duquenne	Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Ulrich Pardatscher Elias Seewald
	Drozdov (PS) – 08:02 1–0 1–1 36:38 – Bruche (Gallet) 1–2 39:04 – Sarliève-Fonfraid (Olive) Oxentyuk (EA) – 39:55 2–2 Protas (Alistrov) – 42:53 3–2 Sapego (Protas, Alistrov) (PP) – 45:52 4–2 Filyayev (Baltruk) – 48:11 5–2 Sushko (Anosov) (SH) – 57:21 6–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	17

10 December 2018 19:00

Germany

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

Füssen Arena Attendance: 1,030

Game reference
	Hendrik Hane	Goalies	Jørgen Hanneborg	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Niklas Knosen Dániel Soós
	Jentzsch (Schütz, Bokk) (PP) – 17:40 1–0 Brunnhuber (Appendino) – 32:03 2–0 Schütz (Bokk, Fischer) – 34:21 3–0 Brunnhuber (Fischer, Seider) – 41:49 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	17

11 December 2018 19:00

Latvia

4–1 (0–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Austria

Füssen Arena Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Jānis Voris	Goalies	Paul Mocher	Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Gabriel Gaube
	Polcs (Ģēģeris, Smirnovs) (PP) – 22:35 1–0 Bērziņš (Melnalksnis, Kārkls) (PP) – 27:37 2–0 Brants (Bērziņš, Jašunovs) (PP) – 35:32 3–0 Vizbelis – 44:33 4–0 4–1 55:18 – Hochegger (Würschl, Pusnik) (PP2)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	17

12 December 2018 13:00

Norway

5–0 (0–0, 1–0, 4–0)

France

Füssen Arena Attendance: 195

Game reference
	Jørgen Hanneborg	Goalies	Gaëtan Richard	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Elias Seewald
	Solem (Pettersen, Thoresen) – 35:04 1–0 Solem (Vaaler, Lilleberg) – 47:12 2–0 Pettersen (Lilleberg, Mathisen) – 51:13 3–0 Marthinsen (Mathisen, Meisingset) (PP) – 58:30 4–0 Lalande (Lilleberg, Paulsen) – 59:07 5–0
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	21

12 December 2018 16:30

Latvia

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Germany

Füssen Arena Attendance: 1,095

Game reference
	Jānis Voris	Goalies	Hendrik Hane	Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Niklas Knosen Ulrich Pardatscher
	0–1 14:25 – Brunnhuber (Gawanke, Wohlgemuth) (PP) 0–2 32:18 – Appendino (Knobloch) 0–3 36:21 – Baßler (Valenti, Gawanke) 0–4 50:29 – Lobach (Seider, Bokk) (PP) Fjodorovs (Smons) (PP) – 55:36 1–4
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	27

12 December 2018 20:00

Belarus

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Austria

Füssen Arena Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Andrei Grischenko	Goalies	Florian Vorauer	Referee: Thomas Andersen Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Dániel Soós
	Deryabin (Baltruk, Alistrov) – 12:26 1–0 Alistrov (Protas, Baltruk) (PP) – 23:26 2–0 Martynov (Drozdov, Savritski) – 43:58 3–0 Alistrov (Protas, Baltruk) (PP) – 48:21 4–0 Drozdov (Filyayev) – 58:53 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	16

13 December 2018 20:00

Germany

5–1 (3–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Belarus

Füssen Arena Attendance: 1,700

Game reference
	Hendrik Hane	Goalies	Andrei Grischenko Nikita Tolopilo	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Ulrich Pardatscher
	Schütz (Lobach, Bokk) (PP) – 07:16 1–0 Baßler (Brunnhuber, Wohlgemuth) – 10:50 2–0 Wohlgemuth (Hüttl) – 11:54 3–0 3–1 28:01 – Drozdov (Sushko, Yeryomenko) (PP) Valenti (Fischer, Seider) – 31:52 4–1 Bokk (Ehl) – 56:33 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	16

14 December 2018 13:00

Latvia

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Norway

Füssen Arena Attendance: 275

Game reference
	Jānis Voris	Goalies	Jørgen Hanneborg	Referee: Thomas Andersen Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Ulrich Pardatscher
	Jašunovs (Krollis) – 03:54 1–0 1–1 06:06 – Pettersen (Meisingset, Mathisen) (PP) Jašunovs (Smirnovs) – 29:14 2–1 2–2 38:00 – Marthinsen (Mathisen, Pettersen) 2–3 52:09 – Mathisen (Solem, Vikingstad) (PP) 2–4 59:39 – Thoresen (SH, ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	42	Shots	23

14 December 2018 16:30

France

2–4 (2–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Austria

Füssen Arena Attendance: 275

Game reference
	Gaëtan Richard	Goalies	Paul Mocher	Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Niklas Knosen
	Dair (Fabre) (PP) – 09:04 1–0 1–1 16:14 – Thaler (Mocher, Hochegger) Olive (Sarlin) – 16:47 2–1 2–2 30:31 – Lanzinger (Pusnik, Wallenta) (PP) 2–3 46:35 – Frowis (Würschl, Baumgartner) 2–4 58:19 – Hochegger (Würschl, Baumgartner)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	32

15 December 2018 13:00

Austria

2–3 OT (2–2, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Norway

Füssen Arena Attendance: 310

Game reference
	Paul Mocher	Goalies	Jonas Wikstøl	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Gabriel Gaube Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 02:05 – Thoresen (Birkheim, Edvardsen) (PP) Ploner (Maxa, Maier) – 09:41 1–1 1–2 17:02 – Rødne (Mathisen, Pettersen) Pusnik, Wallenta, Lanzinger) – 17:40 2–2 2–3 64:18 – Pettersen (Solem, Rødne)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	28

15 December 2018 16:30

Germany

6–1 (1–0, 2–1, 3–0)

France

Füssen Arena Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
	Hendrik Hane	Goalies	Gaëtan Richard	Referee: Denis Naumov Linesmen: Elias Seewald Dániel Soós
	Valenti (Gawanke, Wohlgemuth) (PP) – 07:28 1–0 Appendino (Baßler, Seider) – 25:16 2–0 2–1 33:06 – Plagnat (Schmitt, Bruche) (PP) Jentzsch (Appendino, Schütz) – 33:49 3–1 Jentzsch (Schütz, Bokk) – 42:29 4–1 Jentzsch (Schütz, Bokk) – 51:37 5–1 Lobach (Seider, Streu) – 56:56 6–1
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	43	Shots	16

15 December 2018 20:00

Belarus

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Latvia

Füssen Arena Attendance: 320

Game reference
	Nikita Tolopilo	Goalies	Jānis Voris	Referee: Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Nicklas Knosen
	0–1 10:43 – Bērziņš (Jašunovs) (PP) 0–2 36:43 – Krollis (Ģēģeris) Protas (Drozdov, Alistrov) (PP) – 43:15 1–2 1–3 49:48 – Jašunovs (Melnalksnis, Bergmanis)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	27

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Dominik Bokk	Germany	5	1	7	8	+6	0
2	Ivan Drozdov	Belarus	5	4	3	7	–1	0
3	Justin Schütz	Germany	5	2	5	7	+5	10
4	Moritz Seider	Germany	5	1	6	7	+8	4
5	Samuel Solem	Norway	5	4	2	6	+2	6
6	Mathias Emilio Pettersen	Norway	4	3	3	6	+4	2
7	Viktors Jašunovs	Latvia	5	3	3	6	+3	2
8	Vladimir Alistrov	Belarus	5	2	4	6	–1	4
9	Robin Mathisen	Norway	5	1	5	6	+3	2
10	Nicolas Appendino	Germany	5	2	3	5	+8	4
10	Alexei Protas	Belarus	5	2	3	5	–1	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Hendrik Hane	Germany	305:00	5	94.90	0.98	1
2	Jørgen Hanneborg	Norway	180:00	6	94.12	2.00	1
3	Jānis Voris	Latvia	238:40	9	89.89	2.26	0
4	Jonas Wikstøl	Norway	123:00	6	89.47	2.93	0
5	Gaëtan Richard	France	239:04	16	89.40	4.02	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

• Goaltender: Hendrik Hane
• Defenceman: Moritz Seider
• Forward: Ivan Drozdov

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
City	Tychy
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–14 December 2018
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	101 (6.73 per game)
Attendance	7,515 (501 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jan Drozg (12 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 8 to 14 December 2018.^[4][5]

As a result of the tournament, Slovenia were promoted to Division I A and Japan were relegated to Division II A for 2020.

Team	Qualification
Hungary	placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
Poland	hosts; placed 2nd in Division I B last year
Slovenia	placed 3rd in Division I B last year
Ukraine	placed 4th in Division I B last year
Italy	placed 5th in Division I B last year
Japan	placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Slovenia	5	3	2	0	0	21	11	+10	13	Promoted to the 2020 Division I A
2	Poland (H)	5	3	0	1	1	19	15	+4	10[a]
3	Hungary	5	3	0	1	1	24	15	+9	10[a]
4	Italy	5	1	1	1	2	10	15	−5	6
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	0	3	14	20	−6	5
6	Japan	5	0	0	1	4	13	25	−12	1	Relegated to the 2020 Division II A

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

8 December 2018 13:00

Japan

1–3 (0–2, 0–1, 1–0)

Hungary

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 152

Game reference
	Eiki Sato	Goalies	Dávid Kovács	Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Andrei Korovkin Paweł Kosidło
	0–1 01:44 – Mihály (Császár, A. Péter) (PP) 0–2 06:58 – Seregély (A. Kovács, Bugár) 0–3 27:53 – Révész (Vas) Nakajima (Hanzawa, Aoyama) (PP) – 59:07 1–3
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	31

8 December 2018 16:30

Ukraine

2–4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Poland

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 1,232

Game reference
	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Goalies	Sebastian Lipiński	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Jakob Schauer
	0–1 16:37 – Paś (Zygmunt, Bizacki) (PP) Morozov (Buzoverya) – 16:49 1–1 Mateichenko (Kryvoshapkin) – 24:19 2–1 2–2 32:18 – Tyczyński (Bizacki, Zygmunt) (PP2) 2–3 40:39 – Kamiński (Paś) 2–4 45:21 – Wałęga (Brynkus)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	30

8 December 2018 20:00

Italy

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovenia

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 115

Game reference
	Davide Fadani	Goalies	Žiga Kogovšek	Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Rafał Noworyta
	0–1 16:53 – Stojan (Svetina, Brus) (PP) 0–2 41:09 – Urukalo (Drozg, Predan) (PP) 0–3 43:29 – Stražišar (Brglez)
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	22	Shots	42

9 December 2018 13:00

Slovenia

5–3 (1–2, 1–0, 3–1)

Japan

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 125

Game reference
	Val Usnik	Goalies	Eiki Sato	Referee: Hub Van Grinsven Linesmen: Andrei Korovkin Paweł Kosidło
	0–1 05:03 – Nakajima (Hanzawa) Klofutar (Drozg, Urukalo) (PP) – 15:37 1–1 1–2 18:10 – Hirota (Ishida, Nakajima) (PP) Kujavec (Kapel, Sodja) – 20:45 2–2 Drozg (Urukalo, Predan) (PP) – 41:49 3–2 Predan (Drozg) – 55:12 4–2 Predan (Stojan, Drozg) (PP) – 59:45 5–2 5–3 59:55 – Shimanuki (Nakajima, Yasuda)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	28

9 December 2018 16:30

Poland

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Italy

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 1,538

Game reference
	Sebastian Lipiński	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 17:36 – Demetz (Tomasini, Alverà) 0–2 49:45 – Pechlaner (Spinell, Berger) (PP) Paś (Noworyta, Tyczyński) (EA) – 59:32 1–2 1–3 59:57 – Spinell (Leitner) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	23

9 December 2018 20:00

Hungary

9–3 (1–2, 4–0, 4–1)

Ukraine

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 215

Game reference
	Dávid Kovács	Goalies	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Rafał Noworyta
	0–1 01:12 – Morozov (Buzoverya, Danylenko) 0–2 03:11 – Peresunko (Kruhlyakov) Vas (Papp, Mihály) – 11:37 1–2 Császár (Dézsi, Sándor) (PP) – 27:59 2–2 A. Péter (Vértes, Horváth) – 31:16 3–2 Papp (Seregély, Mihály) – 36:03 4–2 D. Péter (Dézsi, Kreisz) – 38:06 5–2 Horváth (A. Péter, Vértes) – 40:52 6–2 Császár (Madácsi) – 42:36 7–2 A. Kovács (A. Péter) – 56:53 8–2 8–3 57:12 – Peresunko (Kryvoshapkin) Papp (Mihály, Szalma) – 59:35 9–3
	29 min	Penalties	49 min
	63	Shots	29

11 December 2018 13:00

Hungary

6–2 (2–1, 3–1, 1–0)

Italy

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 237

Game reference
	Martin Szeles	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Hub Van Grinsven Linesmen: Paweł Kosidło Jakob Schauer
	Papp (Szalma, Bugár) – 01:00 1–0 1–1 06:05 – Spinell (Berger, Pechlaner) Császár (Fejes, Szeles) – 06:59 2–1 Császár (Madácsi, Fejes) – 22:54 3–1 3–2 23:42 – Berger (Pechlaner) Horváth (Vértes) – 39:09 4–2 Madácsi (Révész) – 39:16 5–2 Dézsi (A. Péter, Horváth) – 59:27 6–2
	20 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	29

11 December 2018 16:30

Poland

3–4 OT (1–0, 1–1, 1–2) (OT: 0–1)

Slovenia

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 1,149

Game reference
	Sebastian Lipiński	Goalies	Žiga Kogovšek	Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Andrei Korovkin
	Sołtys (Smal, Wałęga) – 08:48 1–0 1–1 27:10 – Drozg Sołtys – 36:54 2–1 2–2 43:33 – Stojan (Drozg) 2–3 46:49 – Sodja (Kapel, Svetina) (PP) Brynkus (Wałęga, Khoperia) – 47:28 3–3 3–4 64:50 – Drozg (Urukalo, Stojan) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	26 min
	26	Shots	36

11 December 2018 20:00

Japan

2–6 (0–1, 0–1, 2–4)

Ukraine

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 107

Game reference
	Eiki Sato Toshiki Nakamura	Goalies	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 18:36 – Peresunko (Kryvoshapkin) 0–2 35:02 – Firsov (Peresunko, Sukhonos) (PP) 0–3 41:17 – Danylenko (Morozov, Kozachuk) (PP) 0–4 44:02 – Shevchenko (Syrotenko, Serednytsky) 0–5 48:57 – Morozov (Buzoverya, Danylenko) (PP) Sakuma (SH) – 53:21 1–5 1–6 54:05 – Danylenko (Buzoverya) Sugimoto (Sakuma, Hirota) – 57:53 2–6
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	43

12 December 2018 13:00

Ukraine

2–1 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Italy

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 118

Game reference
	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Paweł Kosidło Jakob Schauer
	0–1 16:30 – Gios (Berger) Shevchenko – 22:11 1–1
	Mateichenko Morozov Kryvoshapkin Peresunko	Shootout	Berger Gios Deluca Tomasini
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	32

12 December 2018 16:30

Poland

7–4 (3–2, 1–1, 3–1)

Japan

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 980

Game reference
	Sebastian Lipiński	Goalies	Eiki Sato	Referee: Hub Van Grinsven Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Andrei Korovkin
	Brynkus (Sołtys, Wałęga) – 01:09 1–0 Paś – 01:29 2–0 2–1 05:19 – Kobayashi (Sakuma) Kamiński (Paś, Zygmunt) – 05:53 3–1 3–2 13:51 – Hanzawa (Takai, Miura) Bizacki (Smal, Worwa) – 26:15 4–2 4–3 35:27 – Hanzawa (Hirota, Kimura) Wałęga (Bizacki, Sołtys) – 44:26 5–3 Tyczyński (Paś) (PP) – 50:29 6–3 Kamiński (Zygmunt) (ENG) – 56:59 7–3 7–4 59:38 – Sugimoto
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	25

12 December 2018 20:00

Slovenia

5–4 GWS (1–2, 0–2, 3–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Hungary

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 184

Game reference
	Žiga Kogovšek	Goalies	Dávid Kovács	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Rafał Noworyta Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 05:12 – Madácsi (Császár, Fejes) 0–2 07:33 – Papp (Szalma) Drozg (Svetina, Brus) (PP) – 12:59 1–2 1–3 28:23 – Császár (Szalma, Mihály) 1–4 34:47 – Papp (A. Kovács) Predan (Drozg) (PP) – 47:23 2–4 Kapel (Sodja, Brus) – 50:25 3–4 Sodja (Klofutar, Drozg) – 53:49 4–4
	Predan Drozg Tavčar Svetina Kapel Predan	Shootout	Császár Papp Horváth Mihály Vértes Császár
	6 min	Penalties	22 min
	34	Shots	31

14 December 2018 13:00

Slovenia

4–1 (0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Ukraine

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 128

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	Žiga Kogovšek	Goalies	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Referee: Maksim Toode Linesmen: Aleh Kliashcheunikau Jakob Schauer
	0–1 29:19 – Shevchenko (Serednytsky, Syrotenko) Predan (Kujavec, Drozg) – 30:23 1–1 Šturm (Stojan) – 30:50 2–1 Sodja (Stojan, Kapel) (PP) – 50:04 3–1 Bohinc (Šturm, Stojan) – 57:26 4–1
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	26

14 December 2018 16:30

Hungary

2–4 (0–1, 1–3, 1–0)

Poland

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 1,120

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	Dávid Kovács	Goalies	Sebastian Lipiński	Referee: Pierre Dehaen Linesmen: Andrei Korovkin Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 02:53 – Sołtys (Paś, Libik) 0–2 24:14 – Olszewski (Wysocki) 0–3 33:41 – Brynkus (Obłoński) 0–4 37:39 – Smal (Olszewski) Horváth (A. Péter) – 38:44 1–4 Papp (Horváth) (PP) – 41:26 2–4
	43 min	Penalties	49 min
	40	Shots	31

14 December 2018 20:00

Italy

4–3 OT (1–3, 0–0, 2–0) (OT: 1–0)

Japan

Winter Stadium, Tychy Attendance: 115

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	Davide Fadani	Goalies	Toshiki Nakamura	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Rafał Noworyta
	0–1 02:24 – Kobayashi (Nakajima) (PP) 0–2 05:30 – Takai (Kobayashi, Nakajima) 0–3 09:35 – Aoyama (Kobayashi, Yoneyama) (PP) Schiavone (Alvera) – 19:01 1–3 Luisetti (Spornberger) – 41:11 2–3 Deluca (SH) – 45:42 3–3 Spornberger (Berger) – 60:30 4–3
	22 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	24

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Jan Drozg	Slovenia	5	4	8	12	+3	14
2	Kristóf Papp	Hungary	5	6	1	7	+2	2
3	Hunor Császár	Hungary	5	5	2	7	+5	12
4	Dominik Paś	Poland	5	3	4	7	+5	14
5	Necj Stojan	Slovenia	5	2	5	7	+2	6
6	Aljaž Predan	Slovenia	5	4	2	6	+2	4
7	Bálint Horváth	Hungary	5	3	3	6	+4	4
8	Teruto Nakajima	Japan	5	2	4	6	–3	4
9	Andor Péter	Hungary	5	1	5	6	+8	2
10	Jaka Sodja	Slovenia	5	3	2	5	0	12
10	Jan Sołtys	Poland	5	3	2	5	+5	25

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Žiga Kogovšek	Slovenia	249:50	8	92.38	1.92	1
2	Davide Fadani	Italy	305:30	14	91.08	2.75	0
3	Sebastian Lipiński	Poland	303:44	14	90.97	2.77	0
4	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Ukraine	284:58	16	90.64	3.37	0
5	Dávid Kovács	Hungary	243:48	12	89.38	2.95	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

• Goaltender: Davide Fadani
• Defenceman: Olaf Bizacki
• Forward: Jan Drozg

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