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. The tournaments were contested between 17 and 25 April 2010. Participants in this championship were drawn into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in

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. Group B's games were played in

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won the Group A tournament while

won the Group B tournament to earn promotion to the Top Division of the

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finished last in each group and will be relegated to Division II at the 2011 World Championships.

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earned promotion from the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II and replaced Serbia and Croatia in Division I in 2011.

Group A

The Group A tournament was played in

, the Netherlands, from 19 to 25 April 2010.

Participating teams

Final standings

Match results

All times are local.

Tournament awards

; Best players selected by the directorate: *Best Goalkeeper:

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*Best Forward: Kostiantyn Kasianchuk *Best Defenseman: Matthias Trattnig

Scoring leaders

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Leading goalkeepers

Only the top five goalkeepers, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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Group B

The Group A tournament was played in

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, Slovenia, from 17 to 23 April 2010.Division I Group B statistics
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Participating teams

Final standings

Match results

All times are local.

Tournament awards

; Best players selected by the directorate: *Best Goalkeeper: Stephen Murphy *Best Forward:

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*Best Defenseman: András Horváth

Scoring leaders

Leading goalkeepers

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IIHF Broadcasting rights

References

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