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2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

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See also: 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Slovenia
 Estonia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates9–15 December 2024
11–17 January 2025
Teams12
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consists of two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I A is the second tier and Division I B is the third tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team will be promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team will be relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2005.

Division I A

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2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A
Tournament details
Host country Slovenia
CityBled
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates9–15 December 2024
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored86 (5.73 per game)
Attendance2,127 (142 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Slovenia Filip Sitar (9 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 9 to 15 December 2024.[1][2]

Participating teams

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

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Denmark 5 4 0 1 0 17 12 +5 13 Promotion to the 2026 Top Division
2  Austria 5 4 0 0 1 16 10 +6 12
3  Norway 5 3 0 0 2 13 8 +5 9
4  Slovenia (H) 5 2 0 0 3 18 16 +2 6
5  France 5 1 1 0 3 15 20 −5 5
6  Hungary 5 0 0 0 5 7 20 −13 0 Relegation to the 2026 Division I B
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

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All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+01:00).

9 December 2024
12:30		Austria 4–2
(0–0, 4–0, 0–2)		 FranceBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 115
Game reference
Benedikt OschganGoaliesMartin NeckarReferees:
Slovakia Martin Jobbágy
United States John Lindner
Linesmen:
United States Matthew Heinen
Slovenia Filip Jeram
Scherzer (V. Zelenov, Kolarik) (EA) – 21:101–0
Sintschnig (I. Zelenov, Klassek) – 24:452–0
Klassek (Biber) (PP) – 31:033–0
Waschnig (Kogler, Lam) – 37:254–0
4–144:48 – Besnier (PS)
4–245:20 – Le Lem (Dufour, Nogaretto) (PP)
10 minPenalties10 min
43Shots27
9 December 2024
16:00		Hungary 1–2
(0–0, 0–0, 1–2)		 DenmarkBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 95
Game reference
Dániel KissGoaliesTobias VilykkeReferees:
Finland Otto Blomqvist
Sweden Johan Wedin
Linesmen:
Slovakia Tomáš Gegáň
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
0–147:35 – Olesen (Klyvø)
0–253:39 – Bundgaard (Rubin)
Mihalik (Ravasz) (EA) – 58:501–2
6 minPenalties10 min
21Shots31
9 December 2024
19:30		Slovenia 1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)		 NorwayBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 235
Game reference
Bor GlavičGoaliesMartin LundbergReferees:
Canada Adam Forbes
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Germany Vincent Brueggemann
Canada Shawn Oliver
0–104:59 – Eriksen (Vatne, Lafton) (PP)
0–214:43 – Aaram-Olsen
0–336:29 – Lafton (Øversveen, Granath)
0–441:25 – Aaram-Olsen (Eriksen, Lafton)
Sever (Petrovič, Sitar) (PP) – 56:101–4
8 minPenalties8 min
29Shots30
10 December 2024
12:30		France 5–2
(3–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 HungaryBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 102
Game reference
Martin NeckarGoaliesDániel KissReferees:
Finland Otto Blomqvist
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Slovakia Tomáš Gegáň
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
Riu (Toukmatchev, Guidoux) – 12:441–0
Djian (Chapuis, Lehmann) – 17:172–0
Besnier (Delvaille, Vidal) – 17:553–0
Nsonsa-Kitala (Nogaretto, Besnier) (PP) – 34:174–0
4–134:38 – Ravasz (Ven, Franyó)
4–256:40 – Nemes (Ravasz, Franyó)
Chapuis (ENG) – 58:085–2
4 minPenalties8 min
29Shots37
10 December 2024
16:00		Norway 1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)		 AustriaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 120
Game reference
Martin LundbergGoaliesBenedikt OschganReferees:
Canada Adam Forbes
Sweden Johan Wedin
Linesmen:
Slovenia Filip Jeram
Canada Shawn Oliver
0–102:02 – Biber (Klassek, Lanzinger) (PP)
0–218:14 – Gesson (Kogler, I. Zelenov)
Aaram-Olsen (Vatne, Lie) – 30:391–2
1–345:41 – Rupnik (V. Zelenov)
10 minPenalties6 min
34Shots17
10 December 2024
19:30		Denmark 3–2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–2)		 SloveniaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 210
Game reference
Kristers SteinbergsGoaliesJon DukaričReferees:
Slovakia Martin Jobbágy
United States John Lindner
Linesmen:
Germany Vincent Brueggemann
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
Andersen (Klyvø, Skovning) – 29:431–0
1–142:46 – Hebar (Sever, Sitar) (PP)
1–244:32 – Petrovič (Sever, Hebar)
Olsson (Olesen) – 47:422–2
Schioldan (Moelgaard, Thomsen) (PP) – 56:363–2
12 minPenalties14 min
21Shots24
12 December 2024
12:30		Norway 4–0
(2–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 HungaryBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Martin LundbergGoaliesOlivér KirályReferees:
United States John Lindner
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Slovakia Tomáš Gegáň
Slovenia Filip Jeram
Brekke (Hagen, Koblar) – 01:441–0
Dehli (Eriksen, Aaram-Olsen) (PP) – 17:572–0
Vatne (Evensen, Granath) (EA) – 36:123–0
Solberg (Lie, Vatne) – 39:334–0
12 minPenalties12 min
51Shots13
12 December 2024
16:00		Slovenia 2–3
(0–2, 1–1, 1–0)		 AustriaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Jon Dukarič
Bor Glavič		GoaliesBenedikt OschganReferees:
Slovakia Martin Jobbágy
Sweden Johan Wedin
Linesmen:
United States Matthew Heinen
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
0–106:07 – Lanzinger (V. Zelenov, Biber) (PP)
0–213:52 – Haiböck (Kolarik, Klassek)
0–331:45 – Haiböck (Reiner, Kolarik)
Sitar (Sever, Petrovič) – 33:181–3
Sever (Crnkič, Goličič) (PP) – 55:552–3
10 minPenalties6 min
34Shots25
12 December 2024
19:30		France 5–4 OT
(0–1, 3–2, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)		 DenmarkBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Martin NeckarGoaliesTobias VilykkeReferees:
Canada Adam Forbes
Switzerland Loic Ruprecht
Linesmen:
Canada Shawn Oliver
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
0–119:40 – Olsson (Klyvø, Jakobsen)
0–222:19 – Bundgaard (Petersen)
Nsonsa-Kitala (Le Lem, Besnier) – 25:401–2
Delvaille (Djian, Besnier) – 27:502–2
Nogaretto (Nsona-Kitala, Besnier) (PP) – 33:493–2
3–338:53 – Petersen (Bundgaard, Rubin)
3–452:19 – Thomsen
Delvaille – 58:304–4
Nsonsa-Kitala (Riu) – 63:525–4
12 minPenalties6 min
24Shots46
13 December 2024
12:30		Austria 2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 HungaryBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 85
Game reference
Benedikt OschganGoaliesDániel KissReferees:
Canada Adam Forbes
Slovakia Martin Jobbágy
Linesmen:
United States Matthew Heinen
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
Haiböck (Kolarik, Biber) – 42:531–0
V. Zelenov (Scherzer, Oschgan) (ENG) – 59:472–0
6 minPenalties8 min
26Shots24
13 December 2024
16:00		Denmark 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 NorwayBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Martin LundbergGoaliesKristers SteinbergsReferees:
United States John Linder
Sweden Johan Lindner
Linesmen:
Slovakia Tomáš Gegáň
Slovenia Filip Jeram
Linde (Thomsen, Schioldan) – 00:281–0
Olsson (Moelgaard, Andersen) (PP) – 31:442–0
Thomsen (Andersen, Moelgaard) (PP) – 51:023–0
2 minPenalties8 min
23Shots29
13 December 2024
19:30		France 2–6
(0–2, 2–2, 0–2)		 SloveniaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 180
Game reference
Martin Neckar
Cebald Debiak		GoaliesBor GlavičReferees:
Switzerland Loic Ruprecht
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Canada Shawn Oliver
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
0–116:28 – Mahmutović (Smolnikar, Zalokar)
0–218:43 – Smolnikar (Sitar, Goličič)
0–326:53 – Petrovič (Sitar, Sečkar)
0–427:57 – Goličič (Crnkič, Žeželj)
Delvaille (Guidoux, Fine) (PP) – 37:021–4
Dufour (Nsonsa-Kitala, Haag) – 37:442–4
2–551:39 – Rep (Perčič)
2–659:33 – Crnkič (Mahmutović, Žeželj)
4 minPenalties10 min
16Shots41
15 December 2024
12:30		Denmark 5–4
(3–1, 0–1, 2–2)		 AustriaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 210
Game reference
Kristers SteinbergsGoaliesBenedikt OschganReferees:
United States John Lindner
Sweden Johan Wedin
Linesmen:
United States Matthew Heinen
Canada Shawn Oliver
Moelgaard (Schioldan, Thomsen) (PP) – 04:321–0
1–108:35 – Scherzer (Rebernig, Gruber)
Linde (Thomsen) – 09:542–1
Rubin (Olsson, Thomsen) – 12:553–1
3–223:32 – Lanzinger (Scherzer)
3–342:02 – Gesson (Sintschnig)
Linde (Schioldan, Thomsen) (PP) – 51:114–3
Larson (Rubin, Jakobsen) (PP) – 51:555–3
5–455:22 – Neumann (Reiner)
6 minPenalties27 min
21Shots31
15 December 2024
16:00		Norway 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)		 FranceBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 80
Game reference
Martin LundbergGoaliesMartin NeckarReferees:
Slovakia Martin Jobbágy
Switzerland Loic Ruprecht
Linesmen:
Slovenia Filip Jeram
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
0–111:30 – Fine (Delvaille, Chapuis) (PP)
Pettersen (Eriksen, Aaram-Olsen) – 33:271–1
Vatne (Granath) – 34:522–1
Brandsegg-Nygård (Aaram-Olsen) – 48:513–1
Granath (SH,ENG) – 59:214–1
41 minPenalties18 min
43Shots15
15 December 2024
19:30		Hungary 4–7
(2–3, 2–3, 0–1)		 SloveniaBled Ice Arena, Bled
Attendance: 220
Game reference
Dániel Kiss
Olivér Király		GoaliesBor GlavičReferees:
Canada Adam Forbes
Austria Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Slovakia Tomáš Gegáň
Switzerland Dominik Schlegel
Laskawy (Ravasz) – 02:411–0
1–103:58 – Crnkič (Sitar, Goličič) (PP)
1–206:54 – Sitar (Rep, Sever)
Mihalik (Franyó) – 08:092–2
2–311:28 – Crnkič (Sitar, Goličič) (PP)
2–422:34 – Sever (Sitar, Goličič)
Szongoth (Ravasz, Ven) (PP2) – 25:423–4
3–530:15 – Sever (Sečkar, Frešer)
3–633:53 – Mahmutović (Žeželj, Rep) (PP)
Ven (Szongoth, Laskaway) (PP) – 36:244–6
4–755:40 – Žeželj (Mahmutović)
8 minPenalties6 min
25Shots27

Statistics

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Top 10 scorers

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Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Filip Sitar  Slovenia 5 2 7 9 +3 4
2 Mark Sever  Slovenia 5 4 4 8 +3 4
3 Hjalte Thomsen  Denmark 5 2 6 8 –1 2
4 Niklas Aaram-Olsen  Norway 5 3 3 6 +3 4
5 Teo Besnier  France 5 2 4 6 +2 4
6 Jan Goličič  Slovenia 5 1 5 6 +2 2
7 Maj Crnkič  Slovenia 5 3 2 5 +4 0
7 Arthur Delvaille  France 5 3 2 5 –4 0
7 Noa Nsonga-Kitala  France 5 3 2 5 –3 6
10 Elias Vatne  Norway 5 2 3 5 +4 0

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

Goaltending leaders

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(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Benedikt Oschgan  Austria 298:43 10 92.86 2.01 1
2 Kristers Steinbergs  Denmark 180:00 6 92.86 2.00 1
3 Martin Lundberg  Norway 300:00 8 91.75 1.60 1
4 Martin Neckar  France 269:11 17 90.81 3.79 0
5 Dániel Kiss  Hungary 209:18 13 87.13 3.73 0

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

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Source: IIHF

Division I B

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2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B
Tournament details
Host country Estonia
CityTallinn
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–17 January 2025
Teams6
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament will be played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 11 to 17 January 2025.[3][4]

Participating teams

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

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the 2026 Division I A
2  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Estonia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the 2026 Division II A
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

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All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

11 January 2025
12:30		Poland v ItalyTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
11 January 2025
16:00		Estonia v UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
11 January 2025
19:30		South Korea v JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
12 January 2025
12:30		Ukraine v PolandTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
12 January 2025
16:00		Japan v EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
12 January 2025
19:30		Italy v South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
14 January 2025
12:30		Japan v PolandTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
14 January 2025
16:00		Ukraine v ItalyTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
14 January 2025
19:30		South Korea v EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
16 January 2025
12:30		Italy v JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
16 January 2025
16:00		Ukraine v South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
16 January 2025
19:30		Estonia v PolandTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
17 January 2025
12:30		Japan v UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
17 January 2025
16:00		Poland v South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
17 January 2025
19:30		Italy v EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

References

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  1. ^ Division I A official website, www.iihf.com
  2. ^ Division I A statistics, stats.iihf.com
  3. ^ Division I B official website, www.iihf.com
  4. ^ Division I B statistics, stats.iihf.com
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