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2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Slovenia  Estonia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	9–15 December 2024 11–17 January 2025
Teams	12
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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

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
City	Bled
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–15 December 2024
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	86 (5.73 per game)
Attendance	2,127 (142 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	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.

Participating teams

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

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

Results

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

9 December 2024 12:30

Austria

4–2 (0–0, 4–0, 0–2)

France

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 115

Game reference
	Benedikt Oschgan	Goalies	Martin Neckar	Referees: Martin Jobbágy John Lindner Linesmen: Matthew Heinen Filip Jeram
	Scherzer (V. Zelenov, Kolarik) (EA) – 21:10 1–0 Sintschnig (I. Zelenov, Klassek) – 24:45 2–0 Klassek (Biber) (PP) – 31:03 3–0 Waschnig (Kogler, Lam) – 37:25 4–0 4–1 44:48 – Besnier (PS) 4–2 45:20 – Le Lem (Dufour, Nogaretto) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	27

9 December 2024 16:00

Hungary

1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Denmark

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 95

Game reference
	Dániel Kiss	Goalies	Tobias Vilykke	Referees: Otto Blomqvist Johan Wedin Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 47:35 – Olesen (Klyvø) 0–2 53:39 – Bundgaard (Rubin) Mihalik (Ravasz) (EA) – 58:50 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	31

9 December 2024 19:30

Slovenia

1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Norway

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 235

Game reference
	Bor Glavič	Goalies	Martin Lundberg	Referees: Adam Forbes Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Vincent Brueggemann Shawn Oliver
	0–1 04:59 – Eriksen (Vatne, Lafton) (PP) 0–2 14:43 – Aaram-Olsen 0–3 36:29 – Lafton (Øversveen, Granath) 0–4 41:25 – Aaram-Olsen (Eriksen, Lafton) Sever (Petrovič, Sitar) (PP) – 56:10 1–4
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	30

10 December 2024 12:30

France

5–2 (3–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Hungary

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Martin Neckar	Goalies	Dániel Kiss	Referees: Otto Blomqvist Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Agris Ozoliņš
	Riu (Toukmatchev, Guidoux) – 12:44 1–0 Djian (Chapuis, Lehmann) – 17:17 2–0 Besnier (Delvaille, Vidal) – 17:55 3–0 Nsonsa-Kitala (Nogaretto, Besnier) (PP) – 34:17 4–0 4–1 34:38 – Ravasz (Ven, Franyó) 4–2 56:40 – Nemes (Ravasz, Franyó) Chapuis (ENG) – 58:08 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	37

10 December 2024 16:00

Norway

1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Austria

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Benedikt Oschgan	Referees: Adam Forbes Johan Wedin Linesmen: Filip Jeram Shawn Oliver
	0–1 02:02 – Biber (Klassek, Lanzinger) (PP) 0–2 18:14 – Gesson (Kogler, I. Zelenov) Aaram-Olsen (Vatne, Lie) – 30:39 1–2 1–3 45:41 – Rupnik (V. Zelenov)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	17

10 December 2024 19:30

Denmark

3–2 (0–0, 1–0, 2–2)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Kristers Steinbergs	Goalies	Jon Dukarič	Referees: Martin Jobbágy John Lindner Linesmen: Vincent Brueggemann Dominik Schlegel
	Andersen (Klyvø, Skovning) – 29:43 1–0 1–1 42:46 – Hebar (Sever, Sitar) (PP) 1–2 44:32 – Petrovič (Sever, Hebar) Olsson (Olesen) – 47:42 2–2 Schioldan (Moelgaard, Thomsen) (PP) – 56:36 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	24

12 December 2024 12:30

Norway

4–0 (2–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Hungary

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Olivér Király	Referees: John Lindner Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Filip Jeram
	Brekke (Hagen, Koblar) – 01:44 1–0 Dehli (Eriksen, Aaram-Olsen) (PP) – 17:57 2–0 Vatne (Evensen, Granath) (EA) – 36:12 3–0 Solberg (Lie, Vatne) – 39:33 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	51	Shots	13

12 December 2024 16:00

Slovenia

2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Austria

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Jon Dukarič Bor Glavič	Goalies	Benedikt Oschgan	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Johan Wedin Linesmen: Matthew Heinen Agris Ozoliņš
	0–1 06:07 – Lanzinger (V. Zelenov, Biber) (PP) 0–2 13:52 – Haiböck (Kolarik, Klassek) 0–3 31:45 – Haiböck (Reiner, Kolarik) Sitar (Sever, Petrovič) – 33:18 1–3 Sever (Crnkič, Goličič) (PP) – 55:55 2–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	25

12 December 2024 19:30

France

5–4 OT (0–1, 3–2, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Denmark

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Martin Neckar	Goalies	Tobias Vilykke	Referees: Adam Forbes Loic Ruprecht Linesmen: Shawn Oliver Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 19:40 – Olsson (Klyvø, Jakobsen) 0–2 22:19 – Bundgaard (Petersen) Nsonsa-Kitala (Le Lem, Besnier) – 25:40 1–2 Delvaille (Djian, Besnier) – 27:50 2–2 Nogaretto (Nsona-Kitala, Besnier) (PP) – 33:49 3–2 3–3 38:53 – Petersen (Bundgaard, Rubin) 3–4 52:19 – Thomsen Delvaille – 58:30 4–4 Nsonsa-Kitala (Riu) – 63:52 5–4
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	46

13 December 2024 12:30

Austria

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Hungary

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Benedikt Oschgan	Goalies	Dániel Kiss	Referees: Adam Forbes Martin Jobbágy Linesmen: Matthew Heinen Dominik Schlegel
	Haiböck (Kolarik, Biber) – 42:53 1–0 V. Zelenov (Scherzer, Oschgan) (ENG) – 59:47 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	24

13 December 2024 16:00

Denmark

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Norway

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Kristers Steinbergs	Referees: John Linder Johan Lindner Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Filip Jeram
	Linde (Thomsen, Schioldan) – 00:28 1–0 Olsson (Moelgaard, Andersen) (PP) – 31:44 2–0 Thomsen (Andersen, Moelgaard) (PP) – 51:02 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	29

13 December 2024 19:30

France

2–6 (0–2, 2–2, 0–2)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 180

Game reference
	Martin Neckar Cebald Debiak	Goalies	Bor Glavič	Referees: Loic Ruprecht Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Shawn Oliver Agris Ozoliņš
	0–1 16:28 – Mahmutović (Smolnikar, Zalokar) 0–2 18:43 – Smolnikar (Sitar, Goličič) 0–3 26:53 – Petrovič (Sitar, Sečkar) 0–4 27:57 – Goličič (Crnkič, Žeželj) Delvaille (Guidoux, Fine) (PP) – 37:02 1–4 Dufour (Nsonsa-Kitala, Haag) – 37:44 2–4 2–5 51:39 – Rep (Perčič) 2–6 59:33 – Crnkič (Mahmutović, Žeželj)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	41

15 December 2024 12:30

Denmark

5–4 (3–1, 0–1, 2–2)

Austria

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Kristers Steinbergs	Goalies	Benedikt Oschgan	Referees: John Lindner Johan Wedin Linesmen: Matthew Heinen Shawn Oliver
	Moelgaard (Schioldan, Thomsen) (PP) – 04:32 1–0 1–1 08:35 – Scherzer (Rebernig, Gruber) Linde (Thomsen) – 09:54 2–1 Rubin (Olsson, Thomsen) – 12:55 3–1 3–2 23:32 – Lanzinger (Scherzer) 3–3 42:02 – Gesson (Sintschnig) Linde (Schioldan, Thomsen) (PP) – 51:11 4–3 Larson (Rubin, Jakobsen) (PP) – 51:55 5–3 5–4 55:22 – Neumann (Reiner)
	6 min	Penalties	27 min
	21	Shots	31

15 December 2024 16:00

Norway

4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

France

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Martin Neckar	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Loic Ruprecht Linesmen: Filip Jeram Agris Ozoliņš
	0–1 11:30 – Fine (Delvaille, Chapuis) (PP) Pettersen (Eriksen, Aaram-Olsen) – 33:27 1–1 Vatne (Granath) – 34:52 2–1 Brandsegg-Nygård (Aaram-Olsen) – 48:51 3–1 Granath (SH,ENG) – 59:21 4–1
	41 min	Penalties	18 min
	43	Shots	15

15 December 2024 19:30

Hungary

4–7 (2–3, 2–3, 0–1)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Arena, Bled Attendance: 220

Game reference
	Dániel Kiss Olivér Király	Goalies	Bor Glavič	Referees: Adam Forbes Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Tomáš Gegáň Dominik Schlegel
	Laskawy (Ravasz) – 02:41 1–0 1–1 03:58 – Crnkič (Sitar, Goličič) (PP) 1–2 06:54 – Sitar (Rep, Sever) Mihalik (Franyó) – 08:09 2–2 2–3 11:28 – Crnkič (Sitar, Goličič) (PP) 2–4 22:34 – Sever (Sitar, Goličič) Szongoth (Ravasz, Ven) (PP2) – 25:42 3–4 3–5 30:15 – Sever (Sečkar, Frešer) 3–6 33:53 – Mahmutović (Žeželj, Rep) (PP) Ven (Szongoth, Laskaway) (PP) – 36:24 4–6 4–7 55:40 – Žeželj (Mahmutović)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	27

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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

(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

• Goaltender: Benedikt Oschgan
• Defenceman: Teo Besnier
• Forward: Hjalte Thomsen

Source: IIHF

Division I B

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Estonia
City	Tallinn
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–17 January 2025
Teams	6
Official website
www.iihf.com

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

Participating teams

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

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

Results

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

11 January 2025 12:30

Poland

v

Italy

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

11 January 2025 16:00

Estonia

v

Ukraine

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

11 January 2025 19:30

South Korea

v

Japan

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

12 January 2025 12:30

Ukraine

v

Poland

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

12 January 2025 16:00

Japan

v

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

12 January 2025 19:30

Italy

v

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

14 January 2025 12:30

Japan

v

Poland

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

14 January 2025 16:00

Ukraine

v

Italy

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

14 January 2025 19:30

South Korea

v

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

16 January 2025 12:30

Italy

v

Japan

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

16 January 2025 16:00

Ukraine

v

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

16 January 2025 19:30

Estonia

v

Poland

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

17 January 2025 12:30

Japan

v

Ukraine

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

17 January 2025 16:00

Poland

v

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

17 January 2025 19:30

Italy

v

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

References

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

External links

• Official website of IIHF

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