2019 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
# 2019 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

The 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

## Division I A

The Division I A tournament was played in Grenoble, France, from 14 to 20 April 2019.

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| - | - |
| France | placed 10th in 2018 Top Division and were relegated |
| Germany | placed 2nd in 2018 Division I A |
| Denmark | placed 3rd in 2018 Division I A |
| Kazakhstan | placed 4th in 2018 Division I A |
| Norway | placed 5th in 2018 Division I A |
| Ukraine | placed 1st in 2018 Division I B and were promoted |

### Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 15 | Promoted to the 2021 Top Division |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 11 | |
| 3 | Denmark | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 10 | |
| 4 | Norway | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | France (H) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 2 | |
| 6 | Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 30 | −23 | 1 | Relegated to the 2022 Division I B |

### Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Statistics

**Scoring leaders**

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dias Guseinov | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +10 | 2 | F |
| Nino Kinder | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +3 | 0 | F |
| Tim Stützle | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +2 | 12 | F |
| Filip Varejcka | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +2 | 0 | F |
| John-Jason Peterka | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +8 | 0 | F |
| Simon Gnyp | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +10 | 2 | D |
| Mikkel Jensen | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | F |
| Pierrick Dubé | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –1 | 0 | F |
| Elias Lindner | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 6 | F |
| Marcus Almquist | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | F |

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF

**Leading goaltenders**

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Roman Kalmykov | 258:26 | 98 | 7 | 1.63 | 92.86 | 0 |
| Frederik Nissen | 303:57 | 153 | 12 | 2.37 | 92.16 | 0 |
| Tobias Ancicka | 240:00 | 86 | 9 | 2.25 | 89.53 | 0 |
| Tobias Breivold | 192:48 | 77 | 9 | 2.80 | 88.31 | 0 |
| Valentin Duquenne | 194:24 | 113 | 15 | 4.63 | 86.73 | 0 |

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

### Awards

**Best Players Selected by the Directorate**

* Goaltender: Frederik Nissen
* Defenceman: Madi Dikhanbek
* Forward: Tim Stützle

Source: IIHF

## Division I B

The Division I B tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 14 to 20 April 2019.

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| - | - |
| Slovenia | placed 6th in 2018 Division I A and were relegated |
| Austria | placed 2nd in 2018 Division I B |
| Japan | placed 3rd in 2018 Division I B |
| Hungary | placed 4th in 2018 Division I B |
| Italy | placed 5th in 2018 Division I B |
| Great Britain | placed 1st in 2018 Division II A and were promoted |

### Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 12 | Promoted to the 2022 Division I A |
| 2 | Austria | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 11 | |
| 3 | Hungary (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 6 | |
| 5 | Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 5 | |
| 6 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 4 | Relegated to the 2022 Division II A |

### Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Statistics

**Scoring leaders**

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Márk Schlekmann | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +3 | 0 | F |
| Thimo Nickl | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +5 | 20 | D |
| Kieran Brown | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +3 | 12 | F |
| Alex Graham | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 6 | F |
| Yusaku Ando | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +1 | 0 | F |
| Tim Harnisch | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 6 | F |
| Fabian Hochegger | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 4 | F |
| Levente Keresztes | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 12 | F |
| Daisuke Miyata | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +2 | 0 | F |
| Mason Alderson | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 43 | F |
| Teppei Ueno | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 2 | F |

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF

**Leading goaltenders**

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

| Player | TOI | SA | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eiki Sato | 180:00 | 72 | 4 | 1.33 | 94.44 | 1 |
| Felix Beck | 241:31 | 99 | 6 | 1.49 | 93.94 | 1 |
| Val Usnik | 277:04 | 133 | 13 | 2.82 | 90.23 | 0 |
| Davide Fadani | 280:00 | 161 | 16 | 3.43 | 90.06 | 1 |
| Dominik Horváth | 303:30 | 140 | 15 | 2.97 | 89.29 | 0 |

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

### Awards

**Best Players Selected by the Directorate**

* Goaltender: Eiki Sato
* Defenceman: Thimo Nickl
* Forward: Chikara Hanzawa

Source: IIHF

