2023 IIHF World Championship Division I

Main article: 2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2023 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries United Kingdom
Estonia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates29 April – 5 May
23–29 April
Teams12

The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

The Group A tournament was held at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 29 April to 5 May and the Group B tournament in Tallinn, Estonia from 23 to 29 April 2023.

In Group A, Great Britain and Poland gained promotion to the Top Division while Lithuania finished last and was relegated.[2][3][4] Japan won Group B and got promoted while Serbia was relegated after finishing last.[5][6]

Group A tournament

2023 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country Great Britain
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates29 April – 5 May
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored99 (6.6 per game)
Attendance33,765 (2,251 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Krystian Dziubiński (11 points)
Official website
Website

Participants

Team Qualification
 Italy Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.
 Great Britain Host, placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2022 and was relegated.
 Lithuania Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2022.
 South Korea Placed 4th in Division I A in 2022.
 Romania Placed 5th in Division I A in 2022.
 Poland Placed 1st in Division I B in 2022 and was promoted.

Match officials

Eight referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[7]

Referees Linesmen
  • Christoph Sternat
  • Killian Hinterdobler
  • Andrew Dalton
  • Attila Nagy
  • Roy Stian Hansen
  • Milan Zrnić
  • Mikael Holm
  • Cedric Borga
  • Nicklas Knosen
  • Jussi Thomann
  • Jonas Merten
  • Ilia Kisil
  • Norbert Muzsik
  • Gašper Zgonc
  • Andreas Nyqvist

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Great Britain (H) 5 4 1 0 0 24 7 +17 14 Promoted to the 2024 Top Division
2  Poland 5 4 0 1 0 28 9 +19 13
3  Italy 5 3 0 0 2 23 16 +7 9
4  South Korea 5 2 0 0 3 8 20 −12 6
5  Romania 5 1 0 0 4 9 26 −17 3
6  Lithuania 5 0 0 0 5 7 21 −14 0 Relegated to the 2024 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

All times are local (UTC+1)

29 April 2023
12:30		Poland 7–0
(3–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 LithuaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,352
Game reference
John MurrayGoaliesMantas ArmalisReferees:
Andrew Dalton
Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
Ilia Kisil
Jussi Thomann
Zygmunt (Wałęga, Paś) – 02:031–0
Kruczek (Wajda, Fraszko) – 03:262–0
Dziubiński (Wronka, Pasiut) (PP) – 07:023–0
Wronka (Fraszko, Pasiut) – 27:234–0
Wronka (Pasiut, Fraszko) (PP) – 37:185–0
Wronka (Dziubiński, Pasiut) (PP) – 39:476–0
Dziubiński (Wronka, Dronia) (PP) – 48:407–0
4 minPenalties12 min
34Shots9
29 April 2023
16:00		Romania 2–6
(0–2, 1–2, 1–2)		 ItalyMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,001
Game reference
Patrik PolcGoaliesJustin FazioReferees:
Roy Stian Hansen
Killian Hinterdobler
Linesmen:
Nicklas Knosen
Jonas Merten
0–100:59 – Larkin (Frigo)
0–207:55 – Larkin
0–325:58 – Brunner (Pietroniro)
0–426:51 – Miceli (Tedesco, Insam)
Zs. Molnár (Constantin) – 32:101–4
Kovács (Péter, Polc) – 47:202–4
2–552:57 – Miceli (Tedesco, Miglioranzi)
2–654:57 – Larkin (Traversa, McNally)
8 minPenalties4 min
18Shots52
29 April 2023
19:30		South Korea 0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)		 Great BritainMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 3,966
Game reference
Matt DaltonGoaliesBen BownsReferees:
Christoph Sternat
Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
Norbert Muzsik
Andreas Nyqvist
0–101:44 – Lake (Waller, Hammond)
0–215:49 – Dowd (Waller, Mosey)
0–320:13 – Neilson (Kirk)
0–441:35 – Kirk
10 minPenalties2 min
17Shots35
30 April 2023
12:30		Lithuania 2–3
(2–1, 0–2, 0–0)		 RomaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,958
Game reference
Mantas ArmalisGoaliesPatrik PolcReferees:
Cedric Borga
Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Jonas Merten
Gašper Zgonc
Krakauskas (Gusevas, Grinius) – 01:091–0
Bendžius (Binkulis, Protčenko) – 15:382–0
2–116:55 – Kovács (Péter, Rasulov)
2–223:36 – Péter (Borysenko, Filip) (PP)
2–330:07 – Péter (Borysenko, Bors)
6 minPenalties6 min
34Shots30
30 April 2023
16:00		Great Britain 5–4 OT
(1–1, 2–0, 1–3)
(OT: 1–0)		 PolandMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 5,076
Game reference
Ben BownsGoaliesJohn MurrayReferees:
Killian Hinterdobler
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Nicklas Knosen
Jussi Thomann
J. Phillips (Lachowicz) – 01:571–0
1–110:06 – Paś (Zygmunt, Kostek)
Neilson (Kirk, Halbert) – 23:362–1
Kirk (Neilson, Halbert) (PP) – 33:073–1
3–245:25 – Zygmunt (Jeziorski, Wałęga) (PP)
3–354:23 – Wałęga (Ciura, Zygmunt)
Hammond (Mosey, O'Connor) (PP) – 58:304–3
4–459:12 – Fraszko (Kolusz, Pasiut) (EA)
Lake (Halbert, Kirk) (PP) – 62:355–4
8 minPenalties31 min
42Shots27
30 April 2023
19:30		Italy 6–1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1)		 South KoreaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,572
Game reference
Damian ClaraGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
Andrew Dalton
Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
Ilia Kisil
Andreas Nyqvist
Mantenuto (Pietroniro, Zanetti) – 04:311–0
Frigo (Mantenuto, Larkin) (SH) – 14:552–0
Larkin (Miceli, Tedesco) – 39:573–0
Frigo (Pietroniro) – 45:054–0
4–148:17 – Kim K. (Kim Sa.)
McNally (Traversa, Deluca) – 48:265–1
Mantenuto (Miglioranzi) (PP) – 50:056–1
10 minPenalties8 min
29Shots19
2 May 2023
12:30		Romania 2–5
(1–1, 0–2, 1–2)		 South KoreaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 767
Game reference
Patrik PolcGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
Andrew Dalton
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Ilia Kisil
Nicklas Knosen
0–104:52 – Shin (Park, Lee Yo.) (PP)
Filip (Fodor) – 15:151–1
1–224:03 – Kang Y. (Lee D.)
1–336:34 – Jeon (Ahn, Oh)
1–451:52 – Park (Lee Yo., Song) (PP)
1–554:45 – Kim Si. (Lee D., Jeon)
Kovács (Péter, Cășăneanu) – 55:242–5
6 minPenalties2 min
17Shots36
2 May 2023
16:00		Italy 2–4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–2)		 PolandMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,318
Game reference
Justin FazioGoaliesJohn MurrayReferees:
Roy Stian Hansen
Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
Norbert Muzsik
Gašper Zgonc
0–105:23 – Michalski (Galant)
Trivellato (Mantenuto) – 06:281–1
1–222:10 – Dziubiński (Wronka, Pasiut) (PP)
Tedesco (Spornberger, Miceli) – 26:352–2
2–337:06 – Jeziorski (Dziubiński)
2–456:53 – Pasiut (Wronka, Kolusz) (PP)
29 minPenalties8 min
31Shots23
2 May 2023
19:30		Great Britain 3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 LithuaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,606
Game reference
Ben BownsGoaliesMantas ArmalisReferees:
Cedric Borga
Killian Hinterdobler
Linesmen:
Jonas Merten
Andreas Nyqvist
Neilson (Mosey) – 01:071–0
Dowd (Neilson, Kirk) (PP) – 16:422–0
Halbert (Dowd) (ENG) – 58:103–0
4 minPenalties8 min
24Shots28
3 May 2023
12:30		South Korea 0–7
(0–2, 0–3, 0–2)		 PolandMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 710
Game reference
Matt Dalton
Lee Yeon-seung		GoaliesJohn MurrayReferees:
Cedric Borga
Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
Ilia Kisil
Norbert Muzsik
0–109:42 – Łyszczarczyk (Zygmunt, Ciura)
0–219:12 – Jeziorski (Ciura, Dziubiński)
0–330:50 – Jeziorski (Zygmunt, Wałęga) (PP)
0–432:34 – Wałęga (Łyszczarczyk, Paś) (PP)
0–539:32 – Dziubiński (Wałęga, Łyszczarczyk) (PP)
0–652:19 – Kolusz (Łyszczarczyk, Kruczek)
0–753:58 – Dziubiński (PS)
8 minPenalties0 min
20Shots36
3 May 2023
16:00		Lithuania 4–6
(1–1, 2–4, 1–1)		 ItalyMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 876
Game reference
Elvinas KarlaGoaliesDamian ClaraReferees:
Mikael Holm
Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Andreas Nyqvist
Gašper Zgonc
Gintautas (Grinius, Kaleinikovas) – 00:451–0
1–110:25 – Zanetti (Frigo, Mantenuto)
1–222:06 – Zanetti (Miglioranzi, Frigo)
1–326:47 – Pietroniro (Trivellato, Tedesco) (PP)
1–432:01 – Hannoun (Miceli, Pietroniro)
Bendžius (Gusevas, Krakauskas) (EA) – 33:392–4
Grinius (Kaleinikovas, Noreika) (PP2) – 37:433–4
3–539:38 – Pietroniro (Hannoun, Miceli) (PP)
3–647:04 – Mantenuto (Zanetti, Frigo)
Bendžius (Stankius, Čižas) – 48:044–6
4 minPenalties10 min
30Shots35
3 May 2023
19:30		Great Britain 7–0
(0–0, 3–0, 4–0)		 RomaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,506
Game reference
Ben BownsGoaliesZoltán TőkeReferees:
Roy Stian Hansen
Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
Jonas Merten
Jussi Thomann
Perlini (Dowd, Kirk) – 30:181–0
Kirk (Halbert) (PP) – 32:592–0
J. Phillips (Tetlow, Jones) – 34:183–0
Curran (Mosey, O'Connor) – 46:164–0
Ruopp (Lachowicz, D. Phillips) (PP) – 51:175–0
Mosey (Perlini, O'Connor) (PP) – 56:276–0
Waller (Ruopp, Neilson) – 57:517–0
4 minPenalties12 min
43Shots13
5 May 2023
12:30		Poland 6–2
(0–1, 4–0, 2–1)		 RomaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,441
Game reference
Maciej Miarka
David Zabolotny		GoaliesZoltán TőkeReferees:
Mikael Holm
Milan Zrnić
Linesmen:
Nicklas Knosen
Jonas Merten
0–109:13 – Péter (Borysenko)
Pasiut (Kolusz, Fraszko) (PP) – 21:421–1
Jeziorski (Dziubiński) – 28:532–1
Fraszko (Pasiut, Wronka) – 37:263–1
Łyszczarczyk (Dziubiński, Ciura) – 38:484–1
4–254:20 – Gajdo (Molnár, Yemelianenko)
Dziubiński (Fraszko, Ciura) (ENG) – 58:155–2
Wałęga (Zygmunt, Dronia) – 59:246–2
0 minPenalties2 min
39Shots15
5 May 2023
16:00		Lithuania 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)		 South KoreaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,078
Game reference
Mantas ArmalisGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
Andrew Dalton
Attila Nagy
Linesmen:
Jussi Thomann
Gašper Zgonc
0–120:13 – Shin (Ahn)
Čižas (Jasinevičius, Krakauskas) – 33:471–1
1–259:27 – Kim Si. (Shin) (PP) (ENG)
12 minPenalties6 min
33Shots42
5 May 2023
19:30		Italy 3–5
(1–1, 2–3, 0–1)		 Great BritainMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 5,538
Game reference
Justin FazioGoaliesBen BownsReferees:
Cedric Borga
Killian Hinterdobler
Linesmen:
Norbert Muzsik
Andreas Nyqvist
0–105:40 – Perlini (Hammond, Mosey)
Larkin (Tedesco) (EA) – 11:211–1
1–220:59 – Neilson (Dowd)
Petan – 24:342–2
2–328:43 – Hammond (Betteridge)
Glira (Frigo, Mantenuto) – 34:293–3
3–435:57 – Perlini (Hammond, Kirk)
3–557:50 – Neilson (Kirk) (ENG)
6 minPenalties0 min
22Shots23

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Krystian Dziubiński 5 6 5 11 +3 0 F
Liam Kirk 5 3 7 10 +4 0 F
Grzegorz Pasiut 5 2 7 9 +3 2 F
Cade Neilson 5 5 3 8 +5 2 F
Patryk Wronka 5 5 3 8 +3 2 F
Daniel Mantenuto 5 3 4 7 +6 2 F
Kamil Wałęga 5 3 4 7 +4 0 F
Bartosz Fraszko 5 2 5 7 +4 0 F
Luca Frigo 5 2 5 7 +7 0 F
Paweł Zygmunt 5 2 5 7 +4 0 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
Ben Bowns 302:35 7 1.39 107 93.46 3
John Murray 242:30 7 1.73 102 93.14 2
Damian Clara 120:00 5 2.50 49 89.80 0
Mantas Armalis 237:20 13 3.29 127 89.76 0
Patrik Polc 180:00 13 4.33 122 89.34 0

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[8]
Goaltender Ben Bowns
Defenceman Thomas Larkin
Forward Krystian Dziubiński

Group B tournament

2023 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country Estonia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates23–29 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored117 (7.8 per game)
Attendance19,336 (1,289 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Olexi Vorona (13 points)
Official website
Website

Participants

Team Qualification
 Japan Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2022.
 Ukraine Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2022.
 Estonia Host, placed 4th in Division I B in 2022.
 Serbia Placed 5th in Division I B in 2022.
 China Placed 1st in Division II A in 2022 and was promoted.
 Netherlands Placed 2nd in Division II A in 2022 and was promoted.

Match officials

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[9]

Referees Linesmen
  • Martin Christensen
  • Timo Ruuska
  • Benjamin Hoppe
  • Andrea Moschen
  • Michał Baca
  • Chae Young-jin
  • Andrii Kicha
  • Wolfgang Puff
  • Tobias Schwenk
  • Renārs Davidonis
  • Agris Ozoliņš
  • Laurynas Stepankevičius
  • Knut Bråten
  • Dominik Altmann

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Japan 5 5 0 0 0 29 10 +19 15 Promoted to the 2024 Division I A
2  Ukraine 5 3 0 1 1 35 16 +19 10
3  China 5 2 1 0 2 19 18 +1 8
4  Estonia (H) 5 1 1 0 3 13 18 −5 5
5  Netherlands 5 1 0 1 3 14 31 −17 4
6  Serbia 5 0 1 1 3 7 24 −17 3 Relegated to the 2024 Division II A
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

All times are local (UTC+3)

23 April 2023
12:30		Netherlands 1–8
(0–2, 0–2, 1–4)		 JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Ruud LeeuwesteijnGoaliesYuta NarisawaReferees:
Martin Christensen
Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Knut Bråten
Tobias Schwenk
0–115:33 – Suzuki (K. Otsu)
0–218:05 – Halliday (Osawa, Suzuki)
0–322:09 – Furuhashi (Yoneyama, T. Nakajima)
0–439:38 – T. Nakajima (Hanzawa, Ishida)
0–540:13 – S. Nakajima
0–645:07 – T. Nakajima (Hirano, H. Sato) (PP)
0–745:26 – Hirano (S. Nakajima, Hitosato)
0–857:22 – Irikura (Y. Otsu) (SH)
Hofland (Stempher, Van Nes) – 59:481–8
6 minPenalties8 min
16Shots47
23 April 2023
16:00		China 5–4 OT
(0–2, 4–0, 0–2)
(OT: 1–0)		 UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 560
Game reference
Ouban YongliGoaliesEduard Zakharchenko
Bogdan Dyachenko		Referees:
Michał Baca
Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Dominik Altmann
Renārs Davidonis
0–106:19 – Vorona (Mazur, Merezhko) (PP)
0–219:15 – Vorona (Peresunko, Merezhko) (PP)
Zhou (Fu S., Luo) – 20:491–2
Ye (Wang, Fu J.) (PP) – 26:342–2
Wang (Ruian, Guo) – 35:473–2
Jieke – 38:454–2
4–346:33 – Merezhko (Peresunko, Vorona) (PP)
4–455:49 – Vorona (Trakht, Merezhko) (PP)
Jian (Ye, Wang) – 62:325–4
8 minPenalties31 min
30Shots37
23 April 2023
19:30		Serbia 1–2 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,564
Game reference
Arsenije RankovićGoaliesVillem-Henrik KoitmaaReferees:
Andrea Moschen
Timo Ruuska
Linesmen:
Agris Ozoliņš
Wolfgang Puff
0–131:37 – Slessarevski (Kiik)
Đumić (Dragović, Ranković) – 42:421–1
Đumić
Popović
Leštarić
Dragović
Novaković 		Shootout Rooba
Kombe
Embrich
Viitanen
Arrak
6 minPenalties8 min
15Shots54
24 April 2023
12:30		Japan 5–2
(1–2, 2–0, 2–0)		 ChinaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 280
Game reference
Yuta NarisawaGoaliesSun ZehaoReferees:
Michał Baca
Timo Ruuska
Linesmen:
Knut Bråten
Renārs Davidonis
0–104:00 – Fu J. (Jieke) (PP)
Hanzawa (T. Nakajima, Furuhashi) – 05:231–1
1–216:45 – Jian (Yan J., Ruian)
Hitosato (H. Sato) – 35:152–2
T. Nakajima (Osawa, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 37:303–2
Osawa (Y. Otsu, K. Otsu) – 43:204–2
T. Nakajima (Irikura) (EN) – 59:225–2
14 minPenalties6 min
27Shots34
24 April 2023
16:00		Ukraine 7–0
(0–0, 2–0, 5–0)		 SerbiaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 428
Game reference
Bogdan DyachenkoGoaliesAkim PadalitsaReferees:
Chae Young-jin
Andrea Moschen
Linesmen:
Wolfgang Puff
Laurynas Stepankevičius
Trakht (Mazur, Pangelov-Yuldashev) – 26:271–0
Mazur (Vorona, Peresunko) (PP) – 28:472–0
Mazur (Merezhko, Andreikiv) – 44:283–0
Denyskin (Fadyeyv, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 47:064–0
Peresunko (Mazur, Trakht) (PP) – 49:395–0
Borodai (Merezhko, Sysak) – 54:196–0
Merezhko (Korenchuk, Nimenko) – 57:377–0
6 minPenalties35 min
66Shots10
24 April 2023
19:30		Estonia 4–2
(1–1, 0–0, 3–1)		 NetherlandsTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,349
Game reference
Conrad MölderGoaliesMartijn OosterwijkReferees:
Martin Christensen
Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Dominik Altmann
Tobias Schwenk
0–104:12 – Van Nes
Viitanen (Linde) – 19:261–1
Kombe (Ossipov, Kulintsev) – 44:092–1
Rooba (Aleksandrov) – 50:003–1
3–253:57 – Van Gorp (Stempher, Van Nes) (PP, EA)
Viitanen (Aleksandrov) (EN) – 58:434–2
8 minPenalties10 min
56Shots12
26 April 2023
12:30		Netherlands 7–2
(3–0, 3–2, 1–0)		 ChinaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 215
Game reference
Ruud LeeuwesteijnGoaliesOuban YongliReferees:
Chae Young-jin
Andrea Moschen
Linesmen:
Agris Ozoliņš
Laurynas Stepankevičius
Van Soest (De Ruiter, Jongmans) – 07:551–0
Van Soest (De Ruiter, Huisman) – 10:412–0
Collard (De Bonth) (PP) – 15:443–0
Van Gorp – 32:084–0
4–133:06 – Fu S. (Zhou, Liu)
4–238:21 – Jian (Jieke, Ye) (PP)
Schoningh (De Bonth, Doop) – 38:305–2
Van Nes (Van Gorp) – 39:446–2
Hofland (Van Nes) – 52:267–2
10 minPenalties8 min
16Shots40
26 April 2023
16:00		Japan 8–3
(2–0, 1–2, 5–1)		 SerbiaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 254
Game reference
Yutaka FukufujiGoaliesArsenije Ranković
Akim Padalitsa		Referees:
Benjamin Hoppe
Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Dominik Altmann
Renārs Davidonis
Hirano (Suzuki, Halliday) – 01:511–0
Takagi (Irikura, K. Sato) – 02:342–0
2–123:14 – Popović (Đumić, Podunavac) (PP)
2–226:42 – Podunavac (Dragović, Đumić) (PP)
Hirano (S. Nakajima) – 26:553–2
3–340:46 – Dragović (Novaković, Podunavac)
Hitosato (Osawa) – 44:214–3
T. Nakajima (Hanzawa, Furuhashi) – 46:055–3
Hirano (Hitosato, Yamada) – 46:546–3
T. Nakajima (Osawa, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 53:157–3
S. Nakajima (H. Sato, Hirano) (PP) – 55:168–3
10 minPenalties8 min
51Shots11
26 April 2023
19:30		Ukraine 7–4
(1–1, 4–1, 2–2)		 EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,001
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Eduard ZakharchenkoGoaliesVillem-Henrik KoitmaaReferees:
Michał Baca
Martin Christensen
Linesmen:
Knut Bråten
Tobias Schwenk
0–111:37 – Parras (Kiik, Puzakov)
Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 17:541–1
Pangelov-Yuldashev (Korenchuk, Peresunko) (PP) – 21:372–1
Lialka (Mazur, Merezhko) – 31:293–1
3–233:44 – Rooba (Novikov)
Pangelov-Yuldashev (Fadyeyv) – 39:124–2
Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 38:585–2
Mazur (Vorona, Peresunko) (PP) – 42:286–2
6–344:33 – Aleksandrov (Ossipov, Potšinok)
Trakht (Mazur, Peresunko) – 44:547–3
7–448:20 – Rooba (Embrich) (PP)
6 minPenalties8 min
37Shots18
27 April 2023
12:30		China 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 SerbiaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 123
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Ouban YongliGoaliesArsenije RankovićReferees:
Chae Young-jin
Martin Christensen
Linesmen:
Dominik Altmann
Knut Braten
Fu S. (Fu J., Luo) – 08:101–0
Jieke (Ruian, Fu J.) – 14:282–0
Jian (Ye, Jieke) – 23:153–0
Luo – 39:374–0
Liu (Luo, Zhou) – 50:015–0
4 minPenalties12 min
58Shots15
27 April 2023
16:00		Ukraine 14–2
(4–1, 6–1, 4–0)		 NetherlandsTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 729
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Bogdan DyachenkoGoaliesMartijn OosterwijkReferees:
Michal Baca
Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Renars Davidonis
Agris Ozolins
Korenchuk (Nimenko, Vorona) – 01:491–0
Korenchuk (Merezhko) – 08:082–0
Trakht (Merezhko) – 11:533–0
3–112:39 – Verkiel (Hessels, Van Gestel) (PP)
Nimenko (Korenchuk, Merezhko) – 18:524–1
Trakht (Sysak, Peresunko) – 20:325–1
Merezhko (Mazur) (PP) – 22:376–1
Ruzhnikov (Kutsevych, Hrebenyk) – 22:597–1
Denyskin (Korenchuk, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 31:388–1
8–236:02 – Van Nes (Stempher, Van Soest) (PP)
Panchenko (Ruzhnikov) – 36:119–2
Vorona (Trakht, Peresunko) (PP) – 38:0410–2
Denyskin (Lialka, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) – 44:3411–2
Korenchuk (Vorona, Dyachenko) – 49:2712–2
Trakht (Peresunko, Mazur) – 50:1713–2
Trakht – 58:0414–2
6 minPenalties12 min
60Shots11
27 April 2023
19:30		Estonia 1–3
(0–1, 1–2, 0–0)		 JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 2,432
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Conrad MölderGoaliesYuta NarisawaReferees:
Uldis Bušs
Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Wolfgang Puff
Laurynas Stepankevičius
0–106:38 – Hitosato (Hirano, S. Nakajima)
0–224:47 – Halliday (K. Sato, Y. Otsu)
Viitanen (Embrich) – 24:561–2
1–335:43 – Hirano (S. Nakajima, Hitosato)
6 minPenalties10 min
20Shots27
29 April 2023
12:30		Serbia 3–2 GWS
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 NetherlandsTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 315
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Arsenije RankovićGoaliesRuud LeeuwesteijnReferees:
Chae Young-jin
Andrii Kicha
Linesmen:
Dominik Altmann
Agris Ozoliņš
0–108:13 – Van Nes (Hofland, Muller)
Đumić (Podunavac, Popović) – 10:951–1
1–229:16 – Verkiel (Huisman, De Ruiter)
Vučurević (Leštarić, Gvozdenović) – 52:322–2
Vučurević
Đumić
Španjević 		Shootout Verkiel
Van Nes
Huisman
12 minPenalties10 min
27Shots40
29 April 2023
16:00		Estonia 2–5
(0–3, 1–0, 1–2)		 ChinaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 4,066
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Conrad MölderGoaliesOuban YongliReferees:
Uldis Bušs
Martin Christensen
Linesmen:
Knut Bråten
Wolfgang Puff
0–101:13 – Fu S. (Zhang P.)
0–207:04 – Luo (Fu J., Fu S.)
0–315:37 – Liu (Wang, Luo) (PP)
Parras (Kiik, Novikov) (SH) – 28:061–3
1–440:25 – Fu S. (Fu J., Jieke)
1–544:45 – Fu S. (Fu J., Jieke) (PP2)
Arrak (Puzakov, Potšinok) (PP) – 54:522–5
37 minPenalties10 min
28Shots30
29 April 2023
19:30		Japan 5–3
(2–0, 2–0, 1–3)		 UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,870
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Yuta NarisawaGoaliesBogdan Dyachenko
Eduard Zakharchenko		Referees:
Michał Baca
Benjamin Hoppe
Linesmen:
Renārs Davidonis
Tobias Schwenk
Suzuki (Osawa) – 07:581–0
Hirano (H. Sato) (PP) – 19:292–0
Hirano (Sato, S. Nakajima) (PP) – 29:043–0
Takagi (Irikura, Halliday) – 29:254–0
K. Otsu – 40:465–0
5–145:12 – Vorona (Trakht, Merezhko) (PP)
5–252:45 – Liaka (Andreikiv)
5–356:33 – Korenchuk (Vorona, Zakharchenko)
8 minPenalties29 min
29Shots33

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Olexi Vorona 5 5 8 13 +6 0 F
Igor Merezhko 5 3 10 13 +7 4 D
Yushiroh Hirano 5 7 3 10 +6 4 F
Illia Korenchuk 5 6 4 10 +6 4 F
Danil Trakht 5 6 4 10 +4 0 F
Vadym Mazur 5 3 7 10 +7 0 F
Oleksandr Peresunko 5 1 9 10 +4 2 F
Shogo Nakajima 5 2 7 9 +6 4 F
Teruto Nakajima 5 6 2 8 +3 2 F
Fu Jiang 5 2 6 8 +4 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
Yuta Narisawa 240:00 7 1.75 103 93.20 0
Arsenije Ranković 214:51 12 3.35 158 92.41 0
Ruud Leeuwesteijn 185:00 12 3.89 113 89.38 0
Ouban Yongli 221:02 11 2.99 89 87.64 1
Conrad Mölder 177:40 10 3.38 69 85.51 0

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[10]
Goaltender Yuta Narisawa
Defenceman Ihor Merezhko
Forward Yushiroh Hirano

References

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