2017 IIHF World Championship Division I

See also: 2017 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

2017 IIHF World Championship Division I
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. 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.

Bids

There were two official bids to host Group A Championships.

• Austria
• Ukraine
  • Kiev

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.

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

• Estonia
  • Tallinn

Estonia last hosted these championships in 2006. The proposed arena was Tallinn Arena.

• United Kingdom
  • Belfast

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. The bid from the United Kingdom received 18 votes, whilst the Estonia bid received 7.

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)	Nigel Dawes
MVP	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.

Referees Andris Ansons Daniel Gamper Jacob Grumsen Roy Stian Hansen Andreas Harnebring Vladimír Pešina Jeremy Tufts

Linesmen Riley Bowles Franco Castelli Maxime Chaput Daniel Hynek Artem Korepanov Ulrich Pardatscher 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

Game reference
				Referees: Jacob Grumsen Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Riley Bowles Daniel Persson
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	51

22 April 2017 17:00

South Korea

4–2 (1–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Poland

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 2,257

Game reference
				Referees: Andris Ansons Daniel Gamper Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Ulrich Pardatscher
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	38

22 April 2017 20:30

Austria

2–3 (0–2, 2–0, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 2,819

Game reference
				Referees: Vladimír Pešina Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Franco Castelli Daniel Hynek
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	32

23 April 2017 17:00

Kazakhstan

2–5 (1–1, 1–0, 0–4)

South Korea

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 2,463

Game reference
				Referees: Jacob Grumsen Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Artem Korepanov Daniel Persson
	31 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	21

23 April 2017 20:30

Poland

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 5,291

Game reference
				Referees: Andreas Harnebring Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Franco Castelli Maxime Chaput
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	38

24 April 2017 20:30

Hungary

1–3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Austria

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 2,861

Game reference
				Referees: Andris Ansons Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Riley Bowles Ulrich Pardatscher
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	28

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

Game reference
				Referees: Roy Stian Hansen Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Franco Castelli Artem Korepanov
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	30

25 April 2017 17:00

Hungary

1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2)

South Korea

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 2,713

Game reference
				Referees: Vladimír Pešina Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Daniel Hynek
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	33

25 April 2017 20:30

Ukraine

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Austria

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 5,005

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Gamper Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Riley Bowles Daniel Persson
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	43

26 April 2017 20:30

Kazakhstan

4–2 (2–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 4,806

Game reference
				Referees: Andris Ansons Daniel Gamper Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Ulrich Pardatscher
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	47	Shots	22

27 April 2017 17:00

Poland

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Hungary

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 2,874

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Gamper Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Franco Castelli Daniel Hynek
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	25

27 April 2017 20:30

Austria

5–0 (3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

South Korea

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 3,511

Game reference
				Referees: Andreas Harnebring Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Ulrich Pardatscher
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	25

28 April 2017 13:30

Hungary

1–3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 2,323

Game reference
				Referees: Andreas Harnebring Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Daniel Hynek
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	27

28 April 2017 17:00

Poland

0–11 (0–3, 0–4, 0–4)

Austria

Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 3,453

Game reference
				Referees: Roy Stian Hansen Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Riley Bowles Artem Korepanov
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	30

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

Game reference
				Referees: Andris Ansons Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Franco Castelli Daniel Persson
		1–0 / 1–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	23

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)	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.

Referees Geoffrey Barcelo Gergely Kincses Kristijan Nikolic Milan Zrnić

Linesmen Ally Flockhart James Kavanagh Márton Németh David Nothegger Mariusz Smura Vladimir Suslov 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

Game reference
				Referee: Milan Zrnic Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Márton Németh
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	39

23 April 2017 16:00

Croatia

2–4 (0–1, 1–0, 1–3)

Great Britain

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 1,830

Game reference
				Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: David Nothegger Alexander Sysuev
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	32	Shots	35

23 April 2017 19:30

Estonia

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Lithuania

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 914

Game reference
				Referee: Milan Zrnic Linesmen: James Kavanagh Mariusz Smura
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	13	Shots	33

24 April 2017 12:30

Japan

4–2 (2–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Croatia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 351

Game reference
				Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: James Kavanagh Vladimir Suslov
	16 min	Penalties	24 min
	31	Shots	31

24 April 2017 16:00

Lithuania

8–0 (2–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Netherlands

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 519

Game reference
				Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Ally Flockhart David Nothegger
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	48	Shots	25

24 April 2017 19:30

Great Britain

5–1 (2–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Estonia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 1,437

Game reference
				Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Márton Németh Mariusz Smura
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	43	Shots	22

26 April 2017 12:30

Japan

6–2 (1–0, 3–1, 2–1)

Estonia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 575

Game reference
				Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: James Kavanagh David Nothegger
	31 min	Penalties	35 min
	31	Shots	30

26 April 2017 16:00

Netherlands

2–6 (0–4, 1–1, 1–1)

Croatia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 703

Game reference
				Referee: Milan Zrnic Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Mariusz Smura
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	47

26 April 2017 19:30

Great Britain

5–2 (4–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 1,787

Game reference
				Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Alexander Sysuev Vladimir Suslov
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	30

28 April 2017 12:30

Lithuania

2–6 (0–1, 2–2, 0–3)

Japan

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 811

Game reference
				Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Alexander Sysuev
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	42

28 April 2017 16:00

Croatia

3–4 (0–1, 3–2, 0–1)

Estonia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 922

Game reference
				Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Márton Németh Vladimir Suslov
	4 min	Penalties	35 min
	35	Shots	25

28 April 2017 19:30

Great Britain

14–0 (3–0, 5–0, 6–0)

Netherlands

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 3,005

Game reference
				Referee: Milan Zrnic Linesmen: David Nothegger Mariusz Smura
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	56	Shots	11

29 April 2017 12:30

Lithuania

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Croatia

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 1,343

Game reference
				Referee: Gergely Kincses Linesmen: Alexander Sysuev Vladimir Suslov
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	26

29 April 2017 16:00

Estonia

4–3 (1–2, 1–1, 2–0)

Netherlands

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 1,608

Game reference
				Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: James Kavanagh Mariusz Smura
	56 min	Penalties	62 min
	35	Shots	24

29 April 2017 19:30

Japan

0–4 (0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

Great Britain

Odyssey, Belfast Attendance: 4,460

Game reference
				Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Márton Németh David Nothegger
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	38