2017 IIHF World Championship Division I

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2017 IIHF World Championship Division I
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Tournament details
Host nations  Ukraine /  Great Britain
Dates 22–28 April (Group A)
23–29 April (Group B)
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Kiev, Ukraine from 22 to 28 April 2017 and Group B in Belfast, United Kingdom from 23 to 29 April 2017.[1] South Korea and Austria were promoted to the 2018 World Championship. It marked the first time South Korea had earned promotion to the top tier of the World Championship.[2]

Bids

There were two official bids to host Group A Championships.

Ukraine has never hosted these championships, however, they did host an Olympic Pre-Qualification round in 2012. The proposed arena was the Palace of Sports.

The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 20, 2016. The bid from Ukraine gained a majority vote against the Austrian entry.[1]

There were also two official bids to host Group B Championships.

Estonia last hosted these championships in 2006. The proposed arena was Tallinn Arena.
The United Kingdom has never hosted these championships, however, they did play host to the IIHF Group B Championships in 1952, and again in 1993. The proposed arena was the Odyssey Arena.

The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 20, 2016.[1] The bid from the United Kingdom received 18 votes, whilst the Estonia bid received 7.[3]

Group A tournament

2017 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host nation  Ukraine
Dates 22–28 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 70  (4.67 per game)
Attendance 51,851  (3,457 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Kazakhstan Nigel Dawes
MVP Flag of Austria Thomas Raffl

Participants

Team Qualification
 Hungary Placed 15th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
 Kazakhstan Placed 16th in the Elite Division and was relegated.
 Poland Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
 Austria Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
 South Korea Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
 Ukraine Placed 1st in Division I B last year and was promoted.

Match officials

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Referees
  • Flag of Latvia Andris Ansons
  • Flag of Italy Daniel Gamper
  • Flag of Denmark Jacob Grumsen
  • Flag of Norway Roy Stian Hansen
  • Flag of Sweden Andreas Harnebring
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Vladimír Pešina
  • Flag of United States Jeremy Tufts
Linesmen
  • Flag of United States Riley Bowles
  • Flag of Switzerland Franco Castelli
  • Flag of Canada Maxime Chaput
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
  • Flag of Ukraine Artem Korepanov
  • Flag of Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
  • Flag of Sweden Daniel Persson

Standings

Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1.  Austria 5 4 0 0 1 22:04 12
2.  South Korea 5 3 1 0 1 14:11 11
3.  Kazakhstan 5 3 1 0 1 13:10 11
4.  Poland 5 2 0 1 2 06:17 7
5.  Hungary 5 1 0 0 4 08:14 3
6.  Ukraine 5 0 0 1 4 07:14 1

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

22 April 2017
13:30 		Ukraine  3–5
(1–1, 2–1, 0–3) 		 Hungary Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 4,612
22 April 2017
17:00 		South Korea  4–2
(1–0, 1–1, 2–1) 		 Poland Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 2,257
22 April 2017
20:30 		Austria  2–3
(0–2, 2–0, 0–1) 		 Kazakhstan Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 2,819
23 April 2017
17:00 		Kazakhstan  2–5
(1–1, 1–0, 0–4) 		 South Korea Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 2,463
23 April 2017
20:30 		Poland  2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0) 		 Ukraine Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 5,291
24 April 2017
20:30 		Hungary  1–3
(1–1, 0–0, 0–2) 		 Austria Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 2,861
25 April 2017
13:30 		Kazakhstan  1–0 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
OT: (1–0) 		 Poland Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 1,536
25 April 2017
17:00 		Hungary  1–3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2) 		 South Korea Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 2,713
25 April 2017
20:30 		Ukraine  0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0) 		 Austria Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 5,005
26 April 2017
20:30 		Kazakhstan  4–2
(2–0, 0–2, 2–0) 		 Ukraine Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 4,806
27 April 2017
17:00 		Poland  2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0) 		 Hungary Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 2,874
27 April 2017
20:30 		Austria  5–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0) 		 South Korea Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 3,511
28 April 2017
13:30 		Hungary  1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1) 		 Kazakhstan Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 2,323
28 April 2017
17:00 		Poland  0–11
(0–3, 0–4, 0–4) 		 Austria Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 3,453
28 April 2017
20:30 		South Korea  2–1 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Ukraine Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 5,327

Group B tournament

2017 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host nation  Great Britain
Dates 23–29 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 103  (6.87 per game)
Attendance 21,208  (1,414 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Japan Daisuke Obara

Participants

Team Qualification
 Japan Placed 6th in Division I A and was relegated.
 Great Britain Host, Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
 Lithuania Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
 Croatia Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
 Estonia Placed 5th in Division I B last year.
 Netherlands Placed 1st in Division II A last year and was promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Referees
  • Flag of France Geoffrey Barcelo
  • Flag of Hungary Gergely Kincses
  • Flag of Austria Kristijan Nikolic
  • Flag of Slovenia Milan Zrnić
Linesmen
  • Flag of the United Kingdom Ally Flockhart
  • Flag of the United Kingdom James Kavanagh
  • Flag of Hungary Márton Németh
  • Flag of Austria David Nothegger
  • Flag of Poland Mariusz Smura
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Vladimir Suslov
  • Flag of Russia Alexander Sysuev

Standings

Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1.  Great Britain 5 5 0 0 0 32:05 15
2.  Japan 5 4 0 0 1 22:11 12
3.  Lithuania 5 3 0 0 2 18:12 9
4.  Estonia 5 2 0 0 3 11:20 6
5.  Croatia 5 1 0 0 4 14:17 3
6.  Netherlands 5 0 0 0 5 06:38 0

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

23 April 2017
12:30 		Netherlands  1–6
(0–2, 1–2, 0–2) 		 Japan Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 943
23 April 2017
16:00 		Croatia  2–4
(0–1, 1–0, 1–3) 		 Great Britain Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 1,830
23 April 2017
19:30 		Estonia  0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0) 		 Lithuania Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 914
24 April 2017
12:30 		Japan  4–2
(2–0, 1–0, 1–2) 		 Croatia Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 351
24 April 2017
16:00 		Lithuania  8–0
(2–0, 4–0, 2–0) 		 Netherlands Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 519
24 April 2017
19:30 		Great Britain  5–1
(2–0, 0–1, 3–0) 		 Estonia Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 1,437
26 April 2017
12:30 		Japan  6–2
(1–0, 3–1, 2–1) 		 Estonia Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 575
26 April 2017
16:00 		Netherlands  2–6
(0–4, 1–1, 1–1) 		 Croatia Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 703
26 April 2017
19:30 		Great Britain  5–2
(4–1, 0–0, 1–1) 		 Lithuania Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 1,787
28 April 2017
12:30 		Lithuania  2–6
(0–1, 2–2, 0–3) 		 Japan Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 811
28 April 2017
16:00 		Croatia  3–4
(0–1, 3–2, 0–1) 		 Estonia Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 922
28 April 2017
19:30 		Great Britain  14–0
(3–0, 5–0, 6–0) 		 Netherlands Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 3,005
29 April 2017
12:30 		Lithuania  3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Croatia Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 1,343
29 April 2017
16:00 		Estonia  4–3
(1–2, 1–1, 2–0) 		 Netherlands Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 1,608
29 April 2017
19:30 		Japan  0–4
(0–1, 0–3, 0–0) 		 Great Britain Odyssey, Belfast
Attendance: 4,460

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Tournaments Assigned". iihfworlds2016.com. 23 May 2016. http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/news/tournaments-assigned/. 
  2. ↑ Merk, Martin (2017-04-29). "Korea Promoted!". IIHF.com. http://wmia2017.iihf.com/en/news/kor-ukr/. Retrieved 2017-04-29. 
  3. ↑ "Belfast wins bid to host 2017 World Ice Hockey Championship competition". BBC.co.uk. 23 May 2016. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/36340930. 
  4. ↑ IA Assignsments
  5. ↑ IB Assignsments


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