Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2019

	U20 Junior World Championship
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	Winner: Finland

The 43rd Ice Hockey World Championships of the U20 Juniors of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of the year 2019 in the age group of the under-20s (U20). A total of 42 national teams took part in the six tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III between December 8, 2018 and January 21, 2019 . In contrast to the previous year, there was no qualification for Division III of the following year, but all the teams entered had been distributed to the divisions.

The world champions became the fifth time the team from Finland , who prevailed 3-2 in the final against the United States . It was Finland's third title in six years. The Switzerland finished in the top division ranked fourth, their best finish since 2010. In the A group of the Division I took the young German took first place and returned with it in four years in the top division. Austria came fifth in the same group.

Overview U20 Junior World Championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Vancouver Victoria	Dec 26, 2018 - Jan 5, 2019 0	10	304.393	30th	10.146
Division IA	Feet	0Dec 9, 2018 - Dec 15, 2018	6th	10,365	15th	691
Division IB	Tychy	0Dec 8, 2018 - Dec 14, 2018	6th	7,515	15th	501
Division II A	Tallinn	Jan 13, 2019 - Jan 19, 2019	6th	11,195	15th	746
Division II B	Zagreb	Jan 15, 2019 - Jan 21, 2019	6th	7,446	15th	496
Division III	Reykjavík	Jan 14, 2019 - Jan 20, 2019	8th	3,155	20th	157

Participants, venues and periods

• Top Division: December 26, 2018 to January 5, 2019 in Vancouver and Victoria , British Columbia , Canada

  Participants: Denmark , Finland , Canada (defending champion) , Kazakhstan (promoted) , Russia , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , the Czech Republic , USA            

• Division I.
  • Group A: December 9-15, 2018 in Füssen , Germany

    Participants: Germany , France , Latvia , Norway (promoted) , Austria , Belarus (relegated)       

  • Group B: December 8-14, 2018 in Tychy , Poland

    Participants: Italy , Japan (promoted) , Poland , Slovenia , Ukraine , Hungary (relegated)       

• Division II
  • Group A: January 13-19, 2019 in Tallinn , Estonia

    Participants: Estonia , Great Britain , Lithuania (relegated) , Romania , Spain (promoted) , South Korea        

  • Group B: January 15-21, 2019 in Zagreb , Croatia

    Participants: Belgium , Israel (promoted) , Croatia , Mexico , Netherlands (relegated) , Serbia        

• Division III: January 14-20, 2019 in Reykjavík , Iceland

  Participants: Australia , Bulgaria , Republic of China (Taiwan) (promoted) , People's Republic of China , Iceland , New Zealand , South Africa (promoted) , Turkey (relegated)          

mode

The ice hockey world championship is played in a total of six tournaments with different levels of participants. The top division plays with ten teams, divisions I and II with twelve each and division III with eight players.

In Divisions I and II, the twelve teams are divided into two groups of six teams. Division III will play with eight participants, as it did two years ago. Both participants in the qualification of the previous year were accepted into Division III and the last actually relegated, the New Zealand team, remained in Division III.

The last placed in the relegation round descends from the top division into group A of division I. For the same reason, the first-placed rider will be promoted to the top division next year, while the sixth-placed rider will be relegated to Group B of Division I. In return, the winner of Division IB moves up to Division IA. The last one from Division IB is also relegated to Division II A. The promotion regulation of Division IB with one promoted and relegated also applies to Division II A, II B and (as far as promotion is concerned) Division III. Whether teams from Division III have to be relegated depends on whether a qualifying tournament will be held again in 2020.

Top division

World Cup 2019 of the U20 Juniors
Number of nations	10
World Champion	Finland
silver	United States
bronze	Russia
Relegated	Denmark
Venue (s)	Vancouver & Victoria , British Columbia , Canada
opening	December 26, 2018
Endgame	5th January 2019
spectator	304,393 (10,146 per game)
Gates	176 (5.87 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Pyotr Kochetkov
Best defender	Alexander Romanov
Best striker	Ryan Poehling
Most valuable player	Ryan Poehling
Top scorer	Grigori Denissenko (9 points)

The top division of the U20 World Cup was held from December 26, 2018 to January 5, 2019 in the Canadian cities of Vancouver and Victoria in the western province of British Columbia . The game was played in the Rogers Arena (18,910 seats), the home ground of the Vancouver Canucks from the National Hockey League , and the Save-On-Foods Memorial Center , where the WHL team Victoria Royals plays its home games, with 7,006 seats. A total of 304,393 spectators attended the 30 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 10,146 per game.

Ten national teams took part in the tournament, playing in two groups of five teams each. The two groups were composed according to the positions of the national teams at the 2018 World Cup according to the following key:

Group A	Group B
Canada (1)	Sweden (2)
Czech Republic (4)	USA (3)
Russia (5)	Finland (6)
Switzerland (8)	Slovakia (7)
Denmark (9)	Kazakhstan (10)

Finland's U20s defeated the United States 3-2 in the tournament's final, winning their fifth U20 world title. It was the Finns' third title win in the past six years. This only left the USA in second place. The Russian team won the game for third place against Switzerland 5-2. Denmark, as the loser in the relegation against the Kazakh team, was relegated to Group A of Division I, while Germany was promoted to the top division.

mode

After the group matches - each team plays four of them - the preliminary round, the top four in each group qualify for the quarter-finals, which, like the other rounds, are then played in the knockout system. The fifth of the group games deny a relegation according to the " Best-of-Three " mode and determined who was relegated to Division I, Group A.

Venues

Vancouver	Vancouver Victoria Venues of the top division	Victoria
Rogers Arena Capacity: 18,910		Save-On-Foods Memorial Center Capacity: 7,006

Preliminary round

Group A

December 26, 2018 1:00 p.m. (local time)

December 26, 2018 10:00 p.m. (CET)

Czech Republic M. Kaut (29:02) D. Kvasnička (60:52)

2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Switzerland N. Eggenberger (27:45)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver spectators: 9,266

December 26, 2018 5:00 p.m.

December 27, 2018 2:00 am

Canada M. Frost (4:52) O. Tippett (8:32) M. Frost (19:17) M. Comtois (20:45) M. Frost (21:50) J. Studnicka (27:46) O Tippett (33:42) J. Anderson-Dolan (39:08) M. Comtois (42:52) M. Comtois (47:01) B. Leason (49:02) B. Leason (52:47) M. . Comtois (53:27) M. Entwistle (56:47)

14: 0 (3: 0, 5: 0, 6: 0) game report

Denmark

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 16,417

December 27, 2018 1 p.m.

December 27, 2018 10:00 p.m.

Russia W. Krawzow (6:28) A. Romanow (37:49) P. Schen (53:54) Iw. Morosow (58:34)

4: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Denmark

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 9,939

December 27, 2018 5:00 p.m.

December 28, 2018 2:00 am

Switzerland P. Kurashev (20:46) P. Kurashev (58:11)

2: 3 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0) match report

Canada C. Glass (0:36) M. Entwistle (25:55) N. Dobson (32:08)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 17,102

December 28, 2018 5:00 p.m.

December 29, 2018 2:00 am

Czech Republic J. Kondelík (35:50)

1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0) game report

Russia A. Galimow (17:05) N. Kowalenko (35:03)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 14,523

December 29, 2018 1 p.m.

December 29, 2018 10:00 p.m.

Denmark

0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Switzerland P. Kurashev (8:51) P. Kurashev (19:08) S. Le Coultre (33:29) P. Kurashev (41:38)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 10,279

December 29, 2018 5:00 p.m.

December 30, 2018 2:00 am

Canada M. Comtois (6:03) B. Leason (11:32) A. Lafrenière (16:39) M. Entwistle (34:41) M. Frost (49:01)

5: 1 (3: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Czech Republic O. Machala (6:40)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 17,012

December 30, 2018 5:00 p.m.

December 31, 2018 2:00 am

Switzerland M. Lehmann (0:49) V. Nussbaumer (9:06) M. Lehmann (25:46) Y. Brüschweiler (47:13)

4: 7 (2: 1, 1: 2, 1: 4) game report

Russia K. Martschenko (14:27) D. Samorukow (26:07) G. Denissenko (31:58) K. Slepez (42:04) A. Alexejew (46:38) P. Schen (51:42) W. . Krawzow (52:50)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 13,724

December 31, 2018 1:00 p.m.

December 31, 2018 10:00 p.m.

Denmark

0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Czech Republic J. Lauko (8:10) M. Nečas (11:59) M. Kaut (28:03) F. Král (57:46)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 10,204

December 31, 2018 5:00 p.m.

January 1, 2019 2:00 am

Russia G. Denissenko (5:21) P. Schen (51:00)

2: 1 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Canada C. Glass (2:20)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 17,556

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	4th	4th	0	0	0	15: 06	12
2.	Canada	4th	3	0	0	1	23: 05	9
3.	Czech Republic	4th	1	1	0	2	08: 08	5
4th	Switzerland	4th	1	0	1	2	11:12	4th
5.	Denmark	4th	0	0	0	4th	00:26	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: quarter-final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Group B

December 26, 2018 3:30 p.m. (local time)

December 27, 2018 0:30 a.m. (CET)

USA M. Anderson (41:10) E. Barratt (45:42)

2: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 0) game report

Slovakia M. Korenčík (37:17)

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 6,208

December 26, 2018 7:30 p.m.

December 27, 2018 4:30 am

Finland A. Talvitie (56:26)

1: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Sweden E. Brännström (13:14) E. Brännström (23:55)

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 6,319

December 27, 2018 3:30 p.m.

December 28, 2018 0:30 am

Slovakia A. Liška (13:43) M. Fafrák (48:57)

2: 5 (1: 2, 0: 1, 1: 2) game report

Sweden L. Elvenes (11:42) E. Bemström (16:12) E. Bemström (26:40) E. Brännström (45:09) I. Lundeström (52:37)

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 5,896

December 27, 2018 7:30 p.m.

December 28, 2018 4:30 am

Finland O. Latvala (12:52) A. Talvitie (15:08) S. Vainionpää (32:49) K. Kakko (47:17) A. Heponiemi (49:13)

5: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Kazakhstan

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 5,863

December 28, 2018 7:30 p.m.

December 29, 2018 4:30 am

Kazakhstan A. Bujalski (1:55) D. Mitenkow (49:56)

2: 8 (1: 4, 0: 3, 1: 1) match report

USA O. Wahlstrom (1:37) J. Farabee (5:13) J. Farabee (8:55) J. Farabee (12:05) A. Chmelevski (25:46) R. Poehling (30:50) T Madden (32:11) J. Norris (40:23)

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 6,185

December 29, 2018 3:30 p.m.

December 29, 2018 0:30 am

Slovakia M. Roman (36:24)

1: 5 (0: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report

Finland H. Jokiharju (12:24) S. Virtanen (16:43) V. Heinola (22:02) A. Lundell (33:53) O. Laaksonen (53:01)

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 6,045

December 29, 2018 7:30 p.m.

December 30, 2018 4:30 am

Sweden F. Westerlund (4:47) R. Hugg (29:21) E. Bemström (32:39) E. Brännström (42:33) A. Boqvist (63:51)

5: 4 n.V. (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 4, 1: 0) game report

USA M. Anderson (49:34) R. Poehling (53:25) R. Poehling (59:23) R. Poehling (59:36)

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 6,602

December 30, 2018 7:30 p.m.

December 31, 2018 4:30 am

Kazakhstan A. Gatiyatov (30:13) A. Gatiyatow (46:25)

2:11 (0: 6, 1: 3, 1: 2) game report

Slovakia A. Liška (0:22) A. Růžička (0:32) A. Růžička (5:26) A. Kollár (8:21) F. Krivošík (11:20) M. Dlugoš (14:17) A. . Kollár (22:17) M. Roman (27:41) P. Regenda (33:36) M. Dlugoš (54:13) A. Kollár (59:47)

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 5,685

December 31, 2018 3:30 p.m.

January 1, 2019 0:30 am

Sweden E. Bemström (7:10) R. Sandin (12:13) N. Lundkvist (16:49) R. Sandin (59:21)

4: 1 (3: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1) game report

Kazakhstan B. Muratow (49:46)

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 5,362

December 31, 2018 7:30 p.m.

January 1, 2019 4:30 am

USA J. Robertson (19:51) T. Madden (31:40) R. Poehling (36:42) T. Madden (42:02)

4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) game report

Finland J. Ylönen (53:16)

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 6,556

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	4th	3	1	0	0	16: 08	11
2.	United States	4th	3	0	1	0	18: 09	10
3.	Finland	4th	2	0	0	2	12: 07	6th
4th	Slovakia	4th	1	0	0	3	15:14	3
5.	Kazakhstan	4th	0	0	0	4th	05:28	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats

Explanations: quarter final qualifier , relegation round qualifier

Relegation round

The relegation to Group A of Division I was carried out in the " best-of-three " mode.

January 2, 2019 11:00 a.m. (local time)

January 2, 2019 8:00 p.m. (CET)

Kazakhstan O. Boiko (1:36) J. Mussabaev (11:16) Saj. Danijar (33:00) A. Gatiyatow (48:06)

4: 3 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 2) Match report as of: 1: 0

Denmark J. Røndbjerg (9:00) A. Grundtvig (41:29) M. Setkov (57:40)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver spectators: 5,975

January 4, 2019 9:00 am

January 4, 2019 6:00 p.m.

Denmark

0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 2) Match report as of: 0: 2

Kazakhstan Saj. Danijar (0:35) D. Makuzki (4:47) A. Gatiyatow (58:27) A. Gatiyatow (59:05)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 3,502

Final round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Russia

8th

B4

Slovakia

3

A1

Russia

1

B2

United States

2

B2

United States

3

A3

Czech Republic

1

B2

United States

2

B3

Finland

3

B1

Sweden

0

A4

Switzerland

2

A4

Switzerland

1

3rd place match

B3

Finland

6th

A2

Canada

1

A1

Russia

5

B3

Finland

2

A4

Switzerland

2

Quarter finals

January 2, 2019 1:00 p.m. (local time)

January 2, 2019 10:00 p.m. (CET)

Sweden

0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report

Switzerland Y. Brüschweiler (15:23) L. Wyss (33:59)

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 5,946

January 2, 2019 3:30 p.m.

January 3, 2019 0:30 am

Canada I. Mitchell (21:30)

1: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Finland A. Heponiemi (59:13) T. Utunen (65:17)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 17,047

January 2, 2019 5:00 p.m.

January 3, 2019 2:00 am

USA N. Cates (12:12) J. Norris (26:10) A. Chmelevski (59:21)

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

Czech Republic M. Kaut (51:29)

Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria Spectators: 6,263

January 2, 2019 7:00 p.m.

January 3, 2019 4:30 am

Russia G. Denissenko (5:36) S. Starkow (6:07) A. Alexejew (7:49) N. Schaschkow (10:56) K. Kostin (31:40) K. Kostin (38:20) K Slepez (39:38) Il. Morosow (52:03)

8: 3 (4: 0, 3: 0, 1: 3) game report

Slovakia M. Fehérváry (43:35) M. Roman (58:58) M. Ivan (59:51)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 11,317

Semifinals

January 4, 2019 1:00 p.m.

January 4, 2019 10:00 p.m.

Russia G. Denissenko (33:36)

1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0) game report

USA O. Wahlstrom (14:29) A. Chmelevski (24:20)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 14,355

January 4, 2019 5:00 p.m.

January 5, 2019 2:00 am

Finland J. Ylönen (0:40) A. Talvitie (2:55) A. Talvitie (5:53) H. Jokiharju (7:43) A. Heponiemi (27:56) R. Kupari (34:57)

6: 1 (4: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report

Switzerland P. Kurashev (16:40)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 14,014

3rd place match

January 5, 2019 1:00 p.m.

January 5, 2019 10:00 pm

Russia K. Slepez (4:25) N. Schaschkow (13:44) K. Kostin (32:53) K. Slepez (46:33) K. Slepez (57:59)

5: 2 (2: 0, 1: 2, 2: 0) game report

Switzerland V. Nussbaumer (24:54) Y. Brüschweiler (35:36)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 12,025

final

January 5, 2019 5:00 p.m.

January 6, 2019 2:00 am

USA A. Chmelevski (47:01) J. Norris (48:47)

2: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 2) game report

Finland J. Ylönen (31:31) O. Latvala (46:00) K. Kakko (58:34)

Rogers Arena, Vancouver Spectators: 17,206

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Grigory Denissenko	Russia	7th	4th	5	9	+3	4th
Aleksi Heponiemi	Finland	7th	3	6th	9	+7	4th
Artur Gatiyatov	Kazakhstan	6th	5	3	8th	± 0	0
Ryan Poehling	United States	7th	5	3	8th	+5	2
Morgan Frost	Canada	5	4th	4th	8th	+8	12
Alexander Romanov	Russia	7th	1	7th	8th	+12	0
Philipp Kurashev	Switzerland	7th	6th	1	7th	-5	4th
Kirill Slepez	Russia	7th	5	2	7th	+7	4th
Alexander Khmelevski	United States	7th	4th	3	7th	± 0	2
Aarne Talvitie	Finland	7th	4th	3	7th	+9	14th

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), SaT = shots on goal, GT = goals conceded, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded , SO = shutouts ; Bold: best tournament
value Only goalkeepers who have completed at least 40% of the total playing time of a team are recorded. Sorted by catch quota (Sv%).

player	team	Sp	Min	SaT	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Lukáš Dostál	Czech Republic	4th	239: 10	115	5	1	95.65	1.25
Pyotr Kochetkov	Russia	5	290: 31	149	7th	0	95.30	1.45
Michael DiPietro	Canada	4th	243: 16	103	5	1	95.15	1.23
Cayden Primeau	United States	5	298: 55	126	8th	0	93.65	1.61
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Finland	6th	367: 16	162	11	0	93.21	1.80

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Finland
2	United States
3	Russia
4th	Switzerland
5	Sweden
6th	Canada
7th	Czech Republic
8th	Slovakia
9	Kazakhstan
10	Denmark

Title, promotion and relegation

World champion Finland

Teemu Engberg , Ville Heinola , Aleksi Heponiemi , Anttoni Honka , Henri Jokiharju , Kaapo Kakko , Rasmus Kupari , Oskari Laaksonen , Otto Latvala , Lassi Lehtinen , Filip Lindberg , Anton Lundell , Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen , Sami Moilanen , Linus Nyman , Valtteri Puustinen , Aarne Talvitie , Eeli Tolvanen , Toni Utunen , Urho Vaakanainen , Samuli Vainionpää , Santeri Virtanen , Jesse Ylönen Head coach: Jussi Ahokas

Silver USA

Michael Anderson , Evan Barratt , Noah Cates , Alexander Chmelevski , Logan Cockerill , Jack Drury , Joel Farabee , Jack Hughes , Quinn Hughes , Philip Kemp , Kyle Keyser , Spencer Knight , Tyler Madden , K'Andre Miller , Josh Norris , Jay O ' Brien , Ryan Poehling , Cayden Primeau , Jason Robertson , Dylan Samberg , Mattias Samuelsson , Jack St. Ivany , Oliver Wahlstrom Head coach: Mike Hastings

Bronze Russia

Alexander Alexeyev , Grigory Denisenko , Artyom Galimov , Klim Kostin , Pyotr Kochetkov , Nikolai Kovalenko , Vitaly Kravtsov , Kirill Marchenko , Amir Miftachow , Ilya Morozov , Ivan Morozov , Ivan Muranow , Savely Olschanski , Vasily Podkolsin , Alexander Romanov , Mark Rubin Tschik , Dmitri Samorukow , Nikita Schaschkow , Pawel Schen , Daniil Schurawljow , Kirill Slepez , Stepan Starkow , Daniil Tarassow Coaching staff: Valeri Bragin , Juri Babenko , Alexander Boikow

Relegated to Division IA:	Denmark
Promoted to the top division:	Germany

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Ryan Poehling	United States
Best goalkeeper	Pyotr Kochetkov	Russia
Best defender	Alexander Romanov	Russia
Best striker	Ryan Poehling	United States

All-Star Team

Attack:	Grigori Denissenko - Philipp Kurashev - Ryan Poehling
Defense:	Erik Brännström - Alexander Romanow
Goal:	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Division I.

Group A in Füssen, Germany

World Cup 2019 of the U20 juniors of Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Germany
Relegated	France
Venue (s)	Fuessen , Germany
opening	December 9, 2018
Final day	15th December 2018
spectator	10,365 (691 per game)
Gates	83 (5.53 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Hendrik Hane
Best defender	Moritz Seider
Best striker	Ivan Drasdou
Top scorer	Dominik Bokk (8 points)

The group A tournament was held from December 9th to 15th, 2018 in the Bavarian-Swabian town of Füssen . The games took place in the 3,691-seat arena of the Federal Center for Ice Hockey and Curling . A total of 10,365 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 691 per game. The German selection managed to return to the top division four years after relegation. France , on the other hand, had to accept relegation to the B group.

venue

Fuessen , Germany

Feet World championship venue

Venues

Federal Center for Ice Hockey and Curling Capacity: 3,691

Inside view of the arena

December 9, 2018 1:00 p.m. (local time)

France L. Onno (8:37) T. Loizeau (23:32) T. Loizeau (58:51)

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

Latvia D. Smirnovs (57:24)

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 380

December 9, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Austria B. Lanzinger (19:29) L. Schreier (51:10)

2: 3 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Germany M. Fischer (7:17) M. Seider (28:21) A. Ehl (PS)

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 1,650

December 9, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Norway S. Solem (8:02) S. Solem (13:23) M. Vikingstad (26:28)

3: 5 (2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 4) game report

Belarus I. Drasdou (39:59) S. Sapeha (42:29) A. Baltruk (46:51) D. Dsjarabin (54:25) A. Anossau (59:32)

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 400

December 10, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Belarus I. Drasdou (0:16) J. Aksjanzjuk (39:55) A. Protas (42:53) S. Sapeha (45:52) W. Filjajeu (48:11) M. Suschko (57:21)

6: 2 (1: 0, 1: 2, 4: 0) game report

France B. Bruche (36:38) T. Sarliève-Fonfraid (39:04)

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 275

December 10, 2018 7:00 p.m.

Germany T. Jentzsch (17:40) T. Brunnhuber (32:03) J. Schütz (34:21) T. Brunnhuber (41:49)

4: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Norway

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 1,030

December 11, 2018 7:00 p.m.

Latvia R. Polcs (22:35) D. Bērziņš (27:37) H. Brants (35:32) J. Vizbelis (44:33)

4: 1 (0: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) game report

Austria F. Hochegger (55:18)

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 210

December 12, 2018 1 p.m.

Norway S. Solem (35:04) S. Solem (47:12) ME Pettersen (51:13) K. Marthinsen (58:30) F. Lalande (59:07)

5: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 4: 0) game report

France

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 195

December 12, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Latvia D. Fjodorovs (55:36)

1: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 1) game report

Germany T. Brunnhuber (14:25) N. Appendino (32:18) M. Bassler (36:21) D. Lobach (50:29)

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 1,095

December 12, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Belarus D. Dsjarabin (12:26) U. Alistrau (23:26) I. Martynau (43:58) U. Alistrau (48:21) I. Drasdou (9:04)

5: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

Austria

Federal Center for Ice Hockey, Füssen Spectators: 250

December 13, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Germany J. Schütz (7:16) M. Bassler (10:50) T. Wohlgemuth (11:54) Y. Valenti (31:52) D. Bokk (56:33)

5: 1 (3: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Belarus I. Drasdou (28:01)

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 1,700

December 14, 2018 1 p.m.

Latvia V. Jašunovs (3:54) V. Jašunovs (29:14)

2: 4 (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2) game report

Norway M. E. Pettersen (6:06) K. Marthinsen (38:00) R. Mathisen (52:09) S. Thoresen (59:39)

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 275

December 14, 2018 4:30 p.m.

France F. Dair (09:04) L. Olive (16:47)

2: 4 (2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2) game report

Austria L. Thaler (16:14) B. Lanzinger (30:31) J. Frowis (46:35) F. Hochegger (58:19)

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 275

December 15, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Austria V. Ploner (9:41) J. Pusnik (17:40)

2: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Norway S. Thoresen (2:05) LC Rødne (17:02) ME Pettersen (64:18)

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 310

December 15, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Germany Y. Valenti (7:28) N. Appendino (25:16) T. Jentzsch (33:49) T. Jentzsch (42:29) T. Jentzsch (51:37) D. Lobach (56:56)

6: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 3: 0) game report

France A. Plagnat (33:06)

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 2,000

December 15, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Belarus A. Protas (43:15)

1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1) game report

Latvia D. Bērziņš (10:43) N. Krollis (36:43) V. Jašunovs (49:48)

National ice hockey center, Füssen Spectators: 320

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Dominik Bokk	5	1	7th	8th	+6	0
Ivan Drasdou	5	4th	3	7th	−1	0
Justin Schütz	5	2	5	7th	+5	10
Moritz Seider	5	1	6th	7th	+8	4th
Samuel Solem	5	4th	2	6th	+2	6th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Hendrik Hane	5	305: 00	5	1	0.98	94.90
Jørgen Haneborg	3	180: 00	6th	1	2.00	94.12
Jānis Voris	4th	238: 40	9	0	2.26	89.89

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Germany	5	4th	1	0	0	22: 05	14th
2.	Belarus	5	3	0	0	2	18:13	9
3.	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	15:13	8th
4th	Latvia	5	2	0	0	3	11:13	6th
5.	Austria	5	1	0	2	2	09:17	5
6th	France	5	1	0	0	4th	08:22	3

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: promoted to the top division , relegated to the division IB

Division IA winning team

Division IA promoted Germany

Nicolas Appendino , Marco Bassler , Dominik Bokk , Tim Brunnhuber , Alexander Ehl , Mike Fischer , Leon Gawanke , Hendrik Hane , Niklas Heinzinger , Leon Hüttl , Taro Jentzsch , Tom Knobloch , Dennis Lobach , Florian Mnich , Pierre Preto , Justin Schütz , Moritz Seider , Sebastian Streu , Colin Ugbekile , Yannik Valenti , Moritz Wirth , Tim Wohlgemuth Trainer: Christian Künast

Group B in Tychy, Poland

World Cup 2019 of the U20 Juniors of Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Slovenia
Relegated	Japan
Venue (s)	Tychy , Poland
opening	December 8, 2018
Final day	December 14, 2018
spectator	7,515 (501 per game)
Gates	101 (6.73 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Davide Fadani
Best defender	Olaf Bizacki
Best striker	Jan Drozg
Top scorer	Jan Drozg (12 points)

The tournament Group B was from 8 to 14 December 2018 in the Polish Tychy discharged. The games took place in the Zimowy w Tychach stadium with a capacity of 2,753 . A total of 7,515 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 501 per game. The Slovenian team was promoted to the A group. Japan was already relegated after four out of five match days. The decisive factor was the game against Poland, which the Japanese lost 4-7.

venue

Tychy , Poland

Tychy Venue of the qualification

Venue

Stadion Zimowy Capacity: 2,753

Exterior view of the hall

December 8, 2018 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Japan T. Nakajima (59:01)

1: 3 (0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Hungary A. Mihaly (1:44) M. Seregély (6:58) M. Révész (27:56)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 152

December 8, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Ukraine F. Morozov (16:49) A. Mateitschenko (24:19)

2: 4 (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2) game report

Poland D. Paś (16:37) D. Tyczyński (32:18) Ł. Kamiński (40:39) K. Wałęga (45:21)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 1,232

December 8, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Italy

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2) game report

Slovenia N. Stojan (16:53) Ž. Urukalo (41:09) M. Stražišar (43:29)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 115

9 December 2018 1 p.m.

Slovenia T. Klofutar (15:37) A. Kujavec (15:05) J. Drozg (41:49) A. Predan (55:12) A. Predan (59:45)

5: 3 (1: 2, 1: 0, 3: 1) game report

Japan T. Nakajima (5:03) K. Hirota (18:10) K. Shimanuki (59:55)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 125

December 9, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Poland D. Paś (59:32)

1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 2) game report

Italy P. Demetz (17:36) P. Pechlaner (49:45) S. Spinell (59:57)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 1,538

December 9, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Hungary M. Vas (11:37) H. Császár (27:59) A. Péter (31:16) K. Papp (36:03) D. Péter (38:06) B. Horváth (40:52) H. . Császár (42:36) A. Kovács (56:53) K. Papp (59:35)

9: 3 (1: 2, 4: 0, 4: 1) match report

Ukraine F. Morosow (1:12) O. Peresunko (3:11) O. Peresunko (57:12)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 215

December 11, 2018 1:00 p.m.

Hungary K. Papp (1:00) H. Császár (6:59) H. Császár (22:54) B. Horváth (39:09) B. Madácsi (39:16) B. Dezsi (59:27)

6: 2 (2: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0) game report

Italy S. Spinell (6:05) S. Berger (23:42)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 237

December 11, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Poland J. Sołtys (8:48) J. Sołtys (36:54) S. Brynkus (47:28)

3: 4 a.d. (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report

Slovenia J. Drozg (27:10) N. Stojan (43:33) J. Sodja (46:49) J. Drozg (64:50)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 1,149

December 11, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Japan Y. Sakuma (53:21) K. Sugimoto (57:53)

2: 6 (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 4) game report

Ukraine O. Peresunko (18:36) O. Firsow (35:02) D. Danylenko (41:17) I. Shevchenko (44:02) F. Morosow (48:57) D. Danylenko (54:05)

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Spectators: 107

December 12, 2018 1 p.m.

Ukraine I. Shevchenko (22:11) F. Morozov (PS)

2: 1 n.P. (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Italy G. Gios (16:30)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 118

December 12, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Poland S. Brynkus (1:09) D. Paś (1:29) Ł. Kamiński (5:53) O. Bizacki (26:15) K. Wałęga (44:26) D. Tyczyński (50:29) L. Kamiński (56:59)

7: 4 (3: 2, 1: 1, 3: 1) game report

Japan T. Kobayashi (5:19) C. Hanzawa (13:51) C. Hanzawa (35:27) K. Sugimoto (59:38)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 980

December 12, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Slovenia J. Drozg (12:59) A. Predan (47:23) R. Kapel (50:25) J. Sodja (53:49) A. Predan (PS)

5: 4 n.P. (1: 2, 0: 2, 3: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Hungary B. Madácsi (5:12) K. Papp (7:33) H. Császár (28:23) K. Papp (34:47)

Stadion Zimowy, Tychy Spectators: 184

December 14, 2018 1 p.m.

Slovenia A. Predan (30:23) J. Šturm (30:50) J. Sodja (50:04) M. Bohinc (57:26)

4: 1 (0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0) game report

Ukraine I. Shevchenko (29:19)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 128

December 14, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Hungary B. Horváth (38:44) K. Papp (41:26)

2: 4 (0: 1, 1: 3, 1: 0) match report

Poland J. Sołtys (2:53) D. Olszewski (24:14) S. Brynkus (33:41) I. Smal (37:39)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 1,120

December 14, 2018 8:00 p.m.

Italy D. Schiavone (19:01) M. Luisetti (41:11) S. De Luca (45:42) P. Spornberger (60:30)

4: 3 n.V. (1: 3, 0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Japan T. Kobayashi (2:24) S. Takai (5:30) D. Aoyama (9:35)

Zimowy Stadium, Tychy Spectators: 115

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Jan Drozg	5	4th	8th	12	+3	14th
Hunor Császár	5	6th	1	7th	+3	2
Kristóf Papp	5	5	2	7th	+5	12
Dominik Paś	5	3	4th	7th	+5	14th
Nejc Stojan	5	2	5	7th	+2	6th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Žiga Kogovšek	4th	249:50	8th	1	1.92	92.38
Davide Fadani	5	305: 30	14th	0	2.75	91.08
Sebastian Lipiński	5	303: 44	14th	0	2.77	90.97

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovenia	5	3	2	0	0	21:11	13
2.	Poland	5	3	0	1	1	19:15	10
3.	Hungary	5	3	0	1	1	24:15	10
4th	Italy	5	1	1	1	2	10:15	6th
5.	Ukraine	5	1	1	0	3	14:20	5
6th	Japan	5	0	0	1	4th	13:25	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IA , relegated to Division IIA

Division IB winning team

Division IB promoted Slovenia

Martin Bohinc , Nik Brglez , Lan Brun Rauh , Nejc Brus , Aljoša Crnovič , January Drozg , Rok Kapel , Tine Klofutar , Žiga Kogovšek , Anej Kujavec , Peter PAVC , Aljaž Predan , Gašper Sersen , Jaka Sodja , Nejc Stojan , Mark Stražišar , Jaka Šturm , Erik Svetina , Maj Tavčar , Patrik Tišlar , Žiga Urukalo , Val Usnik Trainer: Aleš Burnik

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IA:	Denmark
Promoted to the top division:	Germany
Relegated to Division IB:	France
Promoted to Division IA:	Slovenia
Relegated to Division IIA:	Japan
Promoted to Division IB:	Estonia

Division II

Group A in Tallinn, Estonia

World Cup 2019 of the U20 Juniors of Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Estonia
Relegated	South Korea
Venue (s)	Tallinn , Estonia
opening	January 13, 2019
Final day	19th January 2019
spectator	11,195 (746 per game)
Gates	105 (7.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Laurynas Lubys
Best defender	Saveli Novikov
Best striker	Liam Kirk
Top scorer	Liam Kirk (14 points)

The Group A tournament was held from January 13-19, 2019 in the Estonian capital Tallinn . The games took place in Tondiraba Jäähall with a capacity of 5,840 . A total of 11,195 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 746 per game. The Estonian team used their home advantage and rose to Group B of Division I unbeaten. The Estonians' first ascent to Division I since 2009 was already clear on the penultimate matchday, which means that Lithuania missed direct promotion. The team from South Korea had to make the way to Group B of Division II, while newly promoted Spain managed to stay in the league by winning the direct duel.

venue

Tallinn , Estonia

Tallinn World championship venue

Venue

Tondiraba Jäähall Capacity: 5,840

Exterior view of the Tondiraba Jäähall

January 13, 2019 1:00 p.m. (local time)

South Korea

1: 2 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Romania

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 153

January 13, 2019 4:30 p.m.

Spain

1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0) game report

Estonia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 1,514

January 13, 2019 8:00 p.m.

Great Britain

4: 6 (0: 4, 2: 1, 2: 1) game report

Lithuania

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 356

January 14, 2019 1:00 p.m.

Romania

3: 2 (1: 2, 1: 0, 1: 0) match report

Spain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 103

January 14, 2019 4:30 p.m.

South Korea

1:13 (0: 3, 0: 5, 1: 5) match report

Great Britain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 235

January 14, 2019 8:00 p.m.

Lithuania

1: 2 n.P. (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Estonia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 1,830

January 16, 2019 1:00 p.m.

Lithuania

4: 5 a.d. (1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Romania

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 150

January 16, 2019 4:30 p.m.

South Korea

2: 3 (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1) match report

Spain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 201

January 16, 2019 8:00 p.m.

Great Britain

2: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 2) game report

Estonia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 1,558

January 17, 2019 1:00 p.m.

Spain

0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Lithuania

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 225

January 17, 2019 4:30 p.m.

Romania

2: 4 (0: 1, 2: 3, 0: 0) match report

Great Britain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 354

January 17, 2019 8:00 p.m.

Estonia

7: 2 (0: 0, 2: 0, 5: 2) game report

South Korea

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn spectators: 1,730

January 19, 2019 1:00 p.m.

Great Britain

7: 2 (2: 2, 2: 0, 3: 0) match report

Spain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 115

January 19, 2019 4:30 p.m.

Lithuania

7: 1 (2: 0, 3: 1, 2: 0) game report

South Korea

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn Spectators: 121

January 19, 2019 8:00 p.m.

Estonia

9: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 6: 0) game report

Romania

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn spectators: 2,550

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Liam Kirk	5	5	9	14th	+8	4th
Joshua Waller	5	5	4th	9	+5	0
Lukas Vashco	4th	4th	4th	8th	+4	4th
Jordan Buesa	5	5	2	7th	+2	2
Martynas Grinius	5	3	4th	7th	+6	16
Kristofer Jõgi	5	3	4th	7th	+3	6th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi	3	183: 00	4th	0	1.31	94.37
Laurynas Lubys	5	309: 45	11	1	2.13	93.79
Oliver Soovik	3	122: 00	3	0	1.48	92.50

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Estonia	5	4th	1	0	0	25: 07	14th
2.	Lithuania	5	3	0	2	0	22:12	11
3.	Great Britain	5	3	0	0	2	30:16	9
4th	Romania	5	1	2	0	2	13:20	7th
5.	Spain	5	1	0	0	4th	08:18	3
6th	South Korea	5	0	0	1	4th	07:32	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IB , relegated to Division IIB

Group B in Zagreb, Croatia

World Cup 2019 of the U20 Juniors of Division II, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Serbia
Relegated	Mexico
Venue (s)	Zagreb , Croatia
opening	15th January 2019
Final day	January 21, 2019
spectator	7,446 (496 per game)
Gates	109 (7.27 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Domagoj Troha
Best defender	Andrija Španjević
Best striker	Marko Dragović
Top scorer	Dominic Čanić (11 points)

The group B tournament was held from January 15 to 21, 2019 in the Croatian capital Zagreb . The games took place in the 6,300-seat Dom sportova . A total of 7,446 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 496 per game. After five wins in as many games, the Serbian team achieved their first promotion to Group A of Division II, while the Netherlands, relegated from last year, had to make do with third place. Newcomer Israel managed to stay up with a clear 5-1 win over Mexico. The Mexicans, on the other hand, had to relegate to Division III after three years in Division II.

venue

Zagreb , Croatia

Zagreb World championship venue

Venue

Dom športova Capacity: 6,300

Exterior view of the Dom Sportova

January 15, 2019 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Israel

3: 6 (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 4) game report

Belgium

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 100

January 15, 2019 4:30 p.m.

Serbia

6: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 4: 0) game report

Mexico

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 132

January 15, 2019 8:00 p.m.

Croatia

7: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0) game report

Netherlands

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 966

January 16, 2019 1:00 p.m.

Mexico

1: 5 (0: 2, 0: 2, 1: 1) game report

Israel

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 197

January 16, 2019 4:30 p.m.

Netherlands

9: 4 (3: 1, 4: 1, 2: 2) game report

Belgium

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 146

January 16, 2019 8:00 p.m.

Serbia

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1) game report

Croatia

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 2.234

January 18, 2019 1:00 p.m.

Netherlands

7: 2 (1: 0, 3: 2, 3: 0) match report

Mexico

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 115

January 18, 2019 4:30 p.m.

Serbia

5: 0 (4: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Israel

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 65

January 18, 2019 8:00 p.m.

Croatia

5: 4 (1: 1, 1: 1, 3: 2) game report

Belgium

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 1.120

January 19, 2019 1:00 p.m.

Belgium

1: 5 (0: 0, 0: 3, 1: 2) game report

Serbia

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 123

January 19, 2019 4:30 p.m.

Israel

3: 7 (0: 1, 1: 4, 2: 2) game report

Netherlands

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 80

January 19, 2019 8:00 p.m.

Mexico

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Croatia

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 1,133

January 21, 2019 1:00 p.m.

Netherlands

2: 6 (1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 2) game report

Serbia

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 222

January 21, 2019 4:30 p.m.

Belgium

7: 2 (2: 2, 0: 0, 5: 0) match report

Mexico

Dom sportova, Zagreb spectators: 135

January 21, 2019 8:00 p.m.

Croatia

2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Israel

Dom sportova, Zagreb Spectators: 578

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Dominic Čanić	5	2	9	11	+3	2
Marko Dragović	5	7th	3	10	+12	2
Wouter Sars	5	7th	3	10	+6	14th
Mirko Đumić	5	3	7th	10	+7	6th
Jacques de Ceuster	5	6th	3	9	+3	2
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Jug Mitic	5	246: 28	5	0	1.22	94.38
Domagoj Troha	4th	240: 00	8th	2	2.00	92.79
Yehonatan Reisinger	3	164: 29	9	0	3.28	92.44

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Serbia	5	5	0	0	0	26: 05	15th
2.	Croatia	5	4th	0	0	1	18: 09	12
3.	Netherlands	5	3	0	0	2	25:22	9
4th	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	22:24	6th
5.	Israel	5	1	0	0	4th	12:21	3
6th	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	06:28	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IIA , relegated to Division III

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IIA:	Japan
Promoted to Division IB:	Estonia
Relegated to Division IIB:	South Korea
Promoted to Division IIA:	Serbia
Relegated to Division III:	Mexico
Promoted to Division IIB:	People's Republic of China

Division III

World Cup 2019 of the U20 Juniors of Division III
Number of nations	8th
Climbers	People's Republic of China
Venue (s)	Reykjavík , Iceland
opening	January 14, 2019
Final day	20th January 2019
spectator	3,155 (157 per game)
Gates	165 (8.25 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Sheng-Chun Huang
Best defender	Zhang Dehan
Best striker	Heiðar Örn Kristveigarson
Top scorer	Yan Juncheng (20 points)

The Division III tournament was held from January 14th to 20th, 2019 in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík . The games took place in Skautahöllin í Laugardal with a capacity of 1,500 . A total of 3,155 spectators attended the 20 tournament games, which corresponds to an average of 157 per game.

In contrast to the previous year, eight teams took part in the tournament this time, since in addition to the relegated from Division II, Turkey, and the four remaining nations of the previous year, New Zealand was actually relegated from the previous year as well as the promoted South Africa and subsequently also the Republic of China (Taiwan ), were admitted to participate in Division III. Therefore, the mode of the tournament was changed: the eight teams were divided into two groups of four. While the first two teams each crossed the semifinals, in which the participants of the final and game for third place were determined, the third and fourth placed teams also played the participants in the placement games for fifth and seventh place crosswise.

venue

Reykjavík , Iceland

Reykjavík World championship venue

Venue

Skautahöllin í Laugardal Capacity: 1,500

Interior view of the hall

Preliminary round

Group A

January 14, 2019 5:00 p.m. (local time)

Iceland

5: 4 a.d. (2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0) game report

Australia

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 532

January 14, 2019 8:30 p.m.

Turkey

4: 1 (3: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 27

January 15, 2019 5:00 p.m.

Iceland

4: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 350

January 15, 2019 8:30 p.m.

Australia

5: 3 (1: 0, 0: 2, 4: 1) game report

Turkey

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 58

January 17, 2019 10:00 a.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

2: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 1) game report

Australia

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 38

January 17, 2019 5:00 p.m.

Turkey

4: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0) game report

Iceland

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 400

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Australia	3	2	0	1	0	12:10	7th
2.	Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	11: 08	6th
3.	Iceland	3	1	1	0	1	11: 08	5
4th	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3	0	0	0	3	03:11	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Participants in the semifinals , participants in the placement round for 5th place till 8

Group B

January 14, 2019 10:00 a.m. (local time)

Bulgaria

10: 1 (2: 0, 4: 1, 4: 0) game report

South Africa

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 53

January 14, 2019 1:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China

12: 1 (2: 0, 5: 0, 5: 1) game report

New Zealand

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 196

January 15, 2019 10:00 a.m.

Bulgaria

9: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0) game report

New Zealand

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 33

January 15, 2019 1:30 p.m.

South Africa

1:14 (0: 5, 0: 6, 1: 3) game report

People's Republic of China

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 45

January 17, 2019 1:30 p.m.

New Zealand

0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

South Africa

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 42

January 17, 2019 8:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China

6: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 3: 0) game report

Bulgaria

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 143

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	3	3	0	0	0	32: 03	9
2.	Bulgaria	3	2	0	0	1	20: 07	6th
3.	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	03:24	3
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	01:22	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Participants in the semifinals , participants in the placement round for 5th place till 8

Placement round places 5 to 8

	Placement round places 5 to 8					Play for 5th place
	A3	Iceland	11
	B4	New Zealand	1
						A3	Iceland	5
						A4	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3
	B3	South Africa	1
	A4	Republic of China (Taiwan)	7th
						Game for 7th place
						B3	South Africa	5
						B4	New Zealand	3

January 19, 2019 10:00 a.m. (local time)

Iceland

11: 1 (6: 0, 3: 0, 2: 1) game report

New Zealand

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 258

January 19, 2019 1:30 p.m.

South Africa

1: 7 (0: 3, 1: 2, 0: 2) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 42

Game for 7th place

January 20, 2019 10:00 a.m.

South Africa

5: 3 (3: 1, 0: 2, 2: 0) game report

New Zealand

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 43

Play for 5th place

January 20, 2019 1:30 p.m.

Iceland

5: 3 (2: 1, 2: 1, 1: 1) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 295

Final round

The winner of the final will be promoted to Group B of Division II.

	Semifinals					final
	A1	Australia	7th
	B2	Bulgaria	4th
						A1	Australia	1
						B1	People's Republic of China	5
	B1	People's Republic of China	12
	A2	Turkey	1
						3rd place match
						B2	Bulgaria	0
						A2	Turkey	6th

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Yan Juncheng	5	7th	13	20th	+19	0
Huang Qianyi	5	11	8th	19th	+17	32
Wang Jing	5	5	10	15th	+16	0
Zhang Dehan	5	1	14th	15th	+19	0
Guo Jianing	5	7th	7th	14th	+15	2
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
Wu Siming	4th	240: 00	4th	0	1.00	93.94
Sheng-Chun Huang	5	283: 23	16	0	3.39	93.73
Maksymilian Mojzyszek	3	179: 30	7th	1	2.34	89.86

Semifinals

January 19, 2019 5:00 p.m. (local time)

Australia

7: 4 (2: 1, 1: 2, 4: 1) game report

Bulgaria

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 75

January 19, 2019 8:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China

12: 1 (1: 1, 5: 0, 6: 0) game report

Turkey

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 100

3rd place match

January 20, 2019 5:00 p.m.

Bulgaria

0: 6 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

Turkey

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 69

final

January 20, 2019 8:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China

5: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1) game report

Australia

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 356

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	People's Republic of China
2	Australia
3	Turkey
4th	Bulgaria
5	Iceland
6th	Republic of China (Taiwan)
7th	South Africa
8th	New Zealand

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	Mexico
Promoted to Division IIB:	People's Republic of China

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championship 2019 (overview)
• Men's ice hockey world championship 2019
• Ice Hockey World Cup 2019 for the U18 juniors
• Women's Ice Hockey World Cup 2019
• Ice Hockey World Cup 2019 for the U18 women

Web links

• Overview of all U20 World Cup tournaments 2019 at iihf.com, accessed on December 10, 2018
• Official website of the top division