WC Division I 2022

Group A

Host country: Slovenia

City: Ljubljana

Dates: 3-8 May

Arenas: Arena Tivoli (capacity 7,000)

Final standings

1. Slovenia (Promoted to the Top Division)

2. Hungary (Promoted to the Top Division)

3. Lithuania

4. Korea

5. Romania (Relegated to the Division I B)

Best Players:

• Goaltender → Gašper Krošelj

• Defenceman → Nándor Fejes

• Forward → Žiga Jeglič

Group B

Host country: Poland

City: Tychy

Dates: 26 April - 1 May.

Arenas: Stadion Zimowy w Tychach (capacity 2750).

Final standings

1. Poland (Promoted to the Division I A)

2. Japan

3. Ukraine

4. Estonia

5. Serbia (Relegated to the Division II A)

Best Players:

• Goaltender → John Murray

• Defenceman → Ihor Merezhko

• Forward → Yushiroh Hirano

The IIHF Council determined that France and Austria, the next-ranked countries in the 2021 IIHF Men’s World Ranking, will take part in the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. With France and Austria moving up, the setup of the Division I tournaments with the ten remaining teams will be adjusted to include five teams in each group.

Organizer: International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)

Games schedule and Results

Group stage

Tuesday, 26 April

end

Serbia Japan

0:8 (0:2, 0:5, 0:1)

end

Poland Estonia

3:0 (1:0, 1:0, 1:0)

Wednesday, 27 April

end

Ukraine Serbia

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

Thursday, 28 April

end

Japan Estonia

7:5 (4:2, 1:3, 2:0)

end

Ukraine Poland

2:3 SO (1:2, 0:0, 1:0, 0:0, 0:1)

Friday, 29 April

end

Serbia Poland

2:10 (1:3, 0:3, 1:4)

Saturday, 30 April

end

Japan Ukraine

8:2 (3:0, 3:2, 2:0)

end

Estonia Serbia

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

Sunday, 1 May

end

Poland Japan

2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)

end

Estonia Ukraine

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

Tuesday, 3 May

end

Hungary South Korea

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

end

Slovenia Lithuania

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

Wednesday, 4 May

end

Lithuania Hungary

1:2 (0:1, 1:1, 0:0)

end

Romania Slovenia

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

Thursday, 5 May

end

Romania South Korea

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

Friday, 6 May

end

South Korea Lithuania

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

end

Slovenia Hungary

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

Saturday, 7 May

end

Lithuania Romania

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

Sunday, 8 May

end

Hungary Romania

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

end

South Korea Slovenia

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

International

World Championship

WC Division I

World Junior Championship

U18 World Championship

Womens World

Champions League

Euro Hockey Tour

Euro Hockey Challenge

Hockey Olympics

Hockey Olympics Women

IIHF World Ranking