The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; ; ) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 84 member countries.
The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey to ...
.
The Group A tournament was held in
Nur-Sultan
Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim ...
, Kazakhstan from 29 April to 5 May 2019 and the Group B tournament in
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
, Estonia from 28 April to 4 May 2019.
Belarus and Kazakhstan gained promotion to the top division, while Romania was promoted to Group A next year. Lithuania and the Netherlands were relegated to Group B and Division II by finishing last in their tournaments.
Group A tournament
Participants
Match officials
7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Standings
Results
''All times are local (
UTC+6
UTC+06:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +06:00. This time is used in:
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Bishkek, Chittagong, Dhaka, Omsk, Thimphu
South Asia
*Bangladesh – Bangladesh Standard Time
*Bhutan � ...
).''
Awards and statistics
Awards
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goaltender:
Matt Dalton
**Best Defenseman:
Darren Dietz
**Best Forward:
Geoff Platt
Source
IIHF.com
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*Media All-Stars:
** MVP: Nikita Mikhailis
** Goaltender: Matt Dalton
** Defenceman: Darren Dietz / Leonid Metalnikov
** Forwards: Nikita Mikhailis / Geoff Platt / Kim Sang-wook
Source
IIHF.com
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Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
Source
IIHF.com
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Goaltending leaders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 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
Goals against average (GAA), also known as average goals against (AGA), is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on spo ...
; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutout
In team sports, a shutout (North American English, US) or clean sheet (Commonwealth English, UK) is a game in which the losing team fails to score. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketba ...
s''
Source
IIHF.com
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Group B tournament
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Group B assignments
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Standings
Results
''All times are local (UTC+3
UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a UTC offset, time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Following the ISO 8601 standard, ...
).''
Awards and statistics
Awards
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goaltender: Patrik Polc
**Best Defenseman: Pavlo Borysenko
Pavlo Vitaliyovich Borysenko (; born 4 June 1987) is a Ukrainian-Romanian ice hockey player.
He started out playing for Sokil Kyiv in the 2001/2002 season before moving to North America for spells in the junior leagues, first in the Eastern Jun ...
**Best Forward: Patryk Wronka
Source
IIHF
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Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
Source
IIHF.com
/small>
Goaltending leaders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 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
Goals against average (GAA), also known as average goals against (AGA), is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on spo ...
; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutout
In team sports, a shutout (North American English, US) or clean sheet (Commonwealth English, UK) is a game in which the losing team fails to score. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketba ...
s''
Source
IIHF.com
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References
External links
Group A websiteGroup B website
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2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
Division I
2019 IIHF World Championship Division I
2019 IIHF World Championship Division I
Sports competitions in Astana
Sports competitions in Tallinn
2019 in Kazakhstani sport
2019 in Estonian sport
April 2019 sports events in Europe
May 2019 sports events in Europe