2019 IIHF World Championship Division I

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The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

2019 IIHF World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Kazakhstan  Estonia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	29 April–5 May 28 April–4 May
Teams	12
← 2018 2020 (cancelled) →

The Group A tournament was held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 29 April to 5 May 2019 and the Group B tournament in Tallinn, Estonia from 28 April to 4 May 2019.^[1]

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.^[2][3][4][5]

Group A tournament

2019 IIHF World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Kazakhstan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	29 April–5 May
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	81 (5.4 per game)
Attendance	41,554 (2,770 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jan Drozg (7 points)
MVP	Nikita Mikhailis
Official website
Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Belarus	Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2018 and was relegated.
South Korea	Placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2018 and was relegated.
Kazakhstan	Host, placed 3rd in Division I A in 2018.
Hungary	Placed 4th in Division I A in 2018.
Slovenia	Placed 5th in Division I A in 2018.
Lithuania	Placed 1st in Division I B in 2018 and was promoted.

Match officials

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6][7]

Referees	Linesmen
Alexandre Garon Robin Šír Kristian Vikman Roy Stian Hansen Yuri Oskirko Marc Alain Wiegand Christoffer Holm	Frederic Monnaie Markus Hägerström Nicolas Constantineau Park Jun-soo Alexander Waldejer Roman Výleta Tobias Nordlander

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kazakhstan (H, P)	5	4	1	0	0	16	7	+9	14	2020 IIHF World Championship
2	Belarus (P)	5	3	0	1	1	14	12	+2	10
3	South Korea	5	3	0	0	2	16	11	+5	9
4	Slovenia	5	2	0	0	3	21	12	+9	6
5	Hungary	5	1	0	0	4	7	18	−11	3[a]
6	Lithuania (R)	5	1	0	0	4	7	21	−14	3[a]	Relegation to 2020 Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lithuania 1–4 Hungary

Results

All times are local (UTC+6).

29 April 2019 12:30

Hungary

1–5 (1–1, 0–2, 0–2)

South Korea

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 922

Game reference
	Bence Bálizs	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Alexandre Garon Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Markus Hägerström
	0–1 15:01 – Shin Sang-h. Hári (Galló, Stipsicz) – 15:46 1–1 1–2 21:42 – Ahn (Kim S., Kim K.) 1–3 28:06 – Kim S. (Jeon, Ahn) (PP) 1–4 48:48 – Kim K. (Kim S., Ahn) 1–5 49:29 – Kim S. (Ahn)
	20 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	28

29 April 2019 16:00

Lithuania

3–4 (2–3, 0–0, 1–1)

Belarus

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 625

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Dmitri Milchakov	Referees: Christoffer Holm Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Tobias Nordlander
	Bogdziul (SH) – 02:52 1–0 Zubrus (Krakauskas, Bogdziul) – 08:23 2–0 2–1 08:51 – Lopachuk 2–2 15:52 – S. Malyavko (A. Malyavko) 2–3 16:35 – Platt (Kovyrshin) 2–4 43:00 – Feoktistov (Lisovets, Bailen) Gintautas (Četvertak, Čižas) – 52:34 3–4
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	13	Shots	39

29 April 2019 19:30

Slovenia

2–3 (0–3, 2–0, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 7,923

Game reference
	Matija Pintarič	Goalies	Henrik Karlsson	Referees: Robin Šír Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Roman Výleta Alexander Waldejer
	0–1 03:54 – Mikhailis (Dietz, St. Pierre) (PP) 0–2 09:45 – Nekryach 0–3 15:09 – Mikhailis (Boyd, Dietz) (PP) Kuralt (Ograjenšek) – 38:03 1–3 Rodman (Kopitar, Podlipnik) (PP) – 38:24 2–3
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	34

30 April 2019 16:00

South Korea

5–3 (1–3, 3–0, 1–0)

Slovenia

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 780

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies	Matija Pintarič	Referees: Christoffer Holm Marc Alain Wiegand Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Tobias Nordlander
	Kim K. (Kim S.) – 04:35 1–0 1–1 08:32 – Podlipnik (Kopitar) (PP) 1–2 12:05 – Ograjenšek (Gregorc, Magovac) (PP) 1–3 16:03 – Sabolič (Rodman, Kopitar) Kim Won-jun (Park J., Jeon) – 27:40 2–3 Kim S. (Kim K.) (PP) – 29:32 3–3 Kim Hyun-s. (Lee Yo., Kim Won-jung) – 30:08 4–3 Shin Sang-h. (Plante) (EN) – 59:22 5–3
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	44

30 April 2019 19:30

Belarus

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Hungary

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 648

Game reference
	Dmitri Milchakov	Goalies	Ádám Vay	Referees: Robin Šír Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Roman Výleta
	Feoktistov (Kitarov, Bokun) – 04:32 1–0 Lisovets (Platt, Kovyrshin) – 29:49 2–0 Platt (Bailen, Demkov) (PP2) – 45:29 3–0 3–1 54:31 – Galló (Vas, Stipsicz) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	30

1 May 2019 16:30

Kazakhstan

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 7,265

Game reference
	Henrik Karlsson	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referees: Alexandre Garon Marc Alain Wiegand Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Alexander Waldejer
	Boyd (Bochenski, Sagadeyev) (PP) – 10:13 1–0 Kleshchenko (Sagadeyev, Bochenski) – 31:21 2–0 2–1 41:25 – Domeika (Četvertak, Čižas) Dietz (Metalnikov, Karlsson) (PP) – 59:21 3–1
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	13

2 May 2019 12:30

Lithuania

1–4 (1–2, 0–2, 0–0)

Hungary

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 513

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Ádám Vay	Referees: Roy Stian Hansen Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Tobias Nordlander
	0–1 08:42 – Bartalis (Nagy, Stipsicz) 0–2 15:26 – Bartalis (Szirányi, Wehrs) Kumeliauskas (Bosas) (PP) – 18:59 1–2 1–3 26:14 – Erdély (Vas, Hári) (PP) 1–4 36:04 – Sofron (Bartalis)
	4 min	Penalties	31 min
	24	Shots	41

2 May 2019 16:00

Belarus

4–1 (1–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Slovenia

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 555

Game reference
	Dmitri Milchakov	Goalies	Luka Gračnar	Referees: Alexandre Garon Marc Alain Wiegand Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Park Jun-soo
	Sharangovich (Lisovets, Kisly) (PP) – 03:24 1–0 1–1 43:30 – Sabolič (Rodman) Yevenko (Platt, Kovyrshin) – 45:42 2–1 Platt (Demkov, Kovyrshin) – 49:12 3–1 Demkov (EN) – 58:49 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	21

2 May 2019 19:30

South Korea

1–4 (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 5,766

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies	Henrik Karlsson	Referees: Yuri Oskirko Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Roman Výleta
	0–1 03:57 – Akolzin (Maklyukov, Metalnikov) 0–2 16:46 – Metalnikov (Mikhailis, Bochenski) 0–3 29:45 – Shevchenko (Zhailauov, Dietz) Shin Sang-w. (Kim Hyun-s., Cho) – 50:13 1–3 1–4 52:30 – Kleshenko (Mikhailis, St. Pierre)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	39

3 May 2019 19:30

Hungary

0–6 (0–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Slovenia

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 1,012

Game reference
	Ádám Vay Bence Bálizs	Goalies	Luka Gračnar	Referees: Roy Stian Hansen Yuri Oskirko Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Park Jun-soo
	0–1 13:57 – Štebih (Drozg, Goličič) 0–2 20:59 – Drozg (Sabolič, Kopitar) (PP) 0–3 23:16 – Drozg (Zajc, Goličič) 0–4 30:22 – Kuralt (Magovac) 0–5 54:11 – Kopitar (Rodman) 0–6 58:33 – Hebar (Pance) (SH)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	34

4 May 2019 14:00

South Korea

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 321

Game reference
	Matt Dalton	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referees: Christoffer Holm Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Roman Výleta Alexander Waldejer
	0–1 13:16 – Kumeliauskas (Ališauskas, Bosas) (PP) Kim S. (Kim K., Lee D.) – 42:26 1–1 1–2 49:32 – Gintautas (Katulis)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	24

4 May 2019 17:30

Kazakhstan

3–2 OT (2–0, 0–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Belarus

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 7,418

Game reference
	Henrik Karlsson	Goalies	Dmitri Milchakov	Referees: Alexandre Garon Robin Šír Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Frederic Monnaie
	Mikhailis (St. Pierre, Bochenski) – 08:36 1–0 Zhailauov (Rymarev) – 15:12 2–0 2–1 26:49 – Demkov (Platt) 2–2 44:16 – Feoktistov (Volkov, Kitarov) Shestakov (Asetov, Metalnikov) – 63:42 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	17

5 May 2019 12:30

Slovenia

9–0 (2–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Lithuania

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 361

Game reference
	Luka Gračnar	Goalies	Mantas Armalis Laurynas Lubys	Referees: Yuri Oskirko Marc Alain Wiegand Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Park Jun-soo
	Sabolič (Kovačevič, Kopitar) – 03:54 1–0 Drozg (Zajc, Repe) – 16:16 2–0 Kopitar (Kovačevič, Sabolič) – 28:16 3–0 Čimžar (Podlipnik, Hebar) – 28:48 4–0 Goličič (Drozg, Zajc) – 34:47 5–0 Ograjenšek (Kuralt, Verlič) – 39:29 6–0 Drozg (Zajc, Goličič) – 49:05 7–0 Magovac (Kalan) – 55:23 8–0 Drozg (Kalan) – 59:01 9–0
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	31

5 May 2019 16:00

Belarus

1–4 (1–0, 0–1, 0–3)

South Korea

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 349

Game reference
	Dmitri Milchakov	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Roy Stian Hansen Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Alexander Waldejer
	Demkov (Platt) – 02:39 1–0 1–1 28:48 – Shin Sang-h. 1–2 49:07 – Shin Sang-h. (Plante, Cho) 1–3 56:36 – Shin Sang-h. (Lee C.) 1–4 58:47 – Shin Sang-h. (Cho) (EN)
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	23

5 May 2019 19:30

Kazakhstan

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Hungary

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 7,096

Game reference
	Sergei Kudryavtsev	Goalies	Bence Bálizs	Referees: Christoffer Holm Robin Šír Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Tobias Nordlander
	Mikhailis (Kleshenko, Kudryavtsev) – 23:50 1–0 Nekryach (Rymarev, Zhailauov) (PP) – 41:52 2–0 2–1 45:51 – Sofron (Szirányi) Rymarev (Zhailauov, Dietz) (PP) – 57:15 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	32

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

• 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

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Jan Drozg	5	5	2	7	+7	4	F
Kim Sang-wook	5	4	3	7	+3	0	F
Geoff Platt	5	3	4	7	+3	0	F
Anže Kopitar	5	2	5	7	+2	2	F
Shin Sang-hoon	5	6	0	6	+4	8	F
Nikita Mikhailis	5	4	2	6	+1	0	F
Artem Demkov	5	3	2	5	+3	0	F
Robert Sabolič	5	3	2	5	+2	4	F
Kim Ki-sung	5	2	3	5	+2	2	F
Darren Dietz	5	1	4	5	−4	2	D

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

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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Luka Gračnar	178:47	3	1.01	83	96.51	2
Matt Dalton	299:30	11	2.20	163	93.68	0
Henrik Karlsson	243:42	6	1.48	65	91.55	0
Dmitri Milchakov	237:47	8	2.02	78	90.70	0
Ádám Vay	149:17	8	3.22	67	89.33	0

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

Group B tournament

2019 IIHF World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Estonia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	28 April–4 May
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	100 (6.67 per game)
Attendance	16,174 (1,078 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Damian Kapica (10 points)
Official website
Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Poland	Placed 6th in Division I A in 2018 and was relegated.
Japan	Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2018.
Estonia	Host, placed 3rd in Division I B in 2018.
Ukraine	Placed 4th in Division I B in 2018.
Romania	Placed 5th in Division I B in 2018.
Netherlands	Placed 1st in Division II A in 2018 and was promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[8]

Referees	Linesmen
Kristijan Nikolic Mads Frandsen Geoffrey Barcelo Miklós Haszonits	David Nothegger Toivo Tilku Jonas Merten Yevgeni Yudin Ivan Nedeljković Gašper Zganc Jake Davis

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Romania (P)	5	3	2	0	0	18	9	+9	13[a]	Promotion to 2020 Division I A
2	Poland	5	4	0	1	0	27	13	+14	13[a]
3	Japan	5	2	0	0	3	16	17	−1	6[b]
4	Estonia (H)	5	1	1	1	2	15	16	−1	6[b]
5	Ukraine	5	1	0	1	3	17	20	−3	4
6	Netherlands (R)	5	1	0	0	4	7	25	−18	3	Relegation to 2020 Division II A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Poland 2–3 (OT) Romania
2. Japan 5–2 Estonia

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

28 April 2019 13:00

Ukraine

2–3 (1–2, 1–1, 0–0)

Japan

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Bogdan Dyachenko	Goalies	Michikazu Hata	Referee: Mads Frandsen Linesmen: Toivo Tilku Yevgeni Yudin
	0–1 04:43 – Hirano (H. Sato, Y. Terao) Lyalka (Mikhnov) – 08:16 1–1 1–2 12:52 – H. Sato (Hirano) 1–3 37:42 – Saito (Nakayashiki, K. Sato) Pangelov-Yuldashev – 39:46 2–3
	6 min	Penalties	22 min
	22	Shots	26

28 April 2019 16:30

Romania

4–3 GWS (2–0, 0–2, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,543

Game reference
	Patrik Polc	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Jake Davis Jonas Merten
	Rokaly (Részegh, Butochnov) – 07:22 1–0 Góga (Bors, Gliga) – 18:14 2–0 2–1 27:26 – Makrov (Ossipov) 2–2 30:33 – Rooba (Makrov, Novikov) Borysenko (Gliga) – 42:24 3–2 3–3 49:24 – Kerna (Rooba)
	Rokaly Constantin Butochnov Részegh Borysenko Borysenko Tranca Rokaly	Shootout	Sibirtsev Makrov Rooba Petrov Arrak Makrov Rooba Rooba
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	39

28 April 2019 20:00

Netherlands

1–8 (1–1, 0–2, 0–5)

Poland

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 352

Game reference
	Tomislav Hrelja Martijn Oosterwijk	Goalies	Przemysław Odrobny	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljković Gašper Zganc
	Klem (Oosterveld) – 13:06 1–0 1–1 17:40 – Neupauer (Kostek, Kapica) 1–2 33:34 – Komorski (Jeziorski) 1–3 35:42 – Łyszczarczyk (Gościński) 1–4 41:59 – Komorski (Łyszczarczyk, Kapica) (PP) 1–5 44:00 – Wronka (Kolusz, Jaśkiewicz) 1–6 46:31 – Dziubiński (Kolusz) 1–7 48:00 – Domogała 1–8 50:03 – Neupauer (Łyszczarczyk)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	7	Shots	61

29 April 2019 13:00

Japan

2–3 (2–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 240

Game reference
	Michikazu Hata	Goalies	Patrik Polc	Referee: Miklos Haszonits Linesmen: Jonas Merten Toivo Tilku
	Nakayashiki (Saito, Minoshima) – 13:16 1–0 K. Sato (Minoshima, Ito) – 17:59 2–0 2–1 33:15 – Részegh (PP) 2–2 34:04 – Bíró (Balázs, Constantin) 2–3 56:37 – Salló (Bíró, Borysenko)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	27

29 April 2019 16:30

Poland

7–3 (2–1, 4–1, 1–1)

Ukraine

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 579

Game reference
	John Murray	Goalies	Artur Ohandzhanyan Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: David Nothegger Gašper Zganc
	Kapica (Wronka, Bryk) – 15:56 1–0 1–1 17:53 – Tolstushko (Zadoyenko) Kapica (Łyszczarczyk, Kolusz) – 19:02 2–1 Domogała (Jaśkiewicz, Michalski) – 22:39 3–1 Kapica (Neupauer) – 24:00 4–1 4–2 26:26 – Lyalka (Petrukhno) Kapica (Bryk, Neupauer) – 27:07 5–2 Komorski (Gościński) – 27:32 6–2 Kapica – 41:06 7–2 7–3 48:56 – Babynets (Peresunko, Tolstushko) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	21

29 April 2019 20:00

Estonia

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Netherlands

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,952

Game reference
	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk	Referee: Mads Frandsen Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljković Yevgeni Yudin
	Sibirtsev – 04:10 1–0 1–1 20:11 – Oosterveld (Bison) Usov (Andrejev, Petrov) – 20:50 2–1 Sorokin (Embrich) – 30:30 3–1 Rooba (Lahesalu, Makrov) (PP) – 46:20 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	14

1 May 2019 13:00

Netherlands

1–8 (0–1, 1–4, 0–3)

Ukraine

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 398

Game reference
	Tomislav Hrelja	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Jake Davis Yevgeni Yudin
	0–1 19:33 – Mikhnov Mason (Klem) (PP) – 27:23 1–1 1–2 32:40 – Skrypets (Peresunko, Babynets) 1–3 32:51 – Merezhko (Zadoyenko, Danylenko) 1–4 33:25 – Lyalka (Tolstushko, Mikhnov) 1–5 36:00 – Mazur (Grygoryev, Mikhnov) 1–6 44:34 – Mikhnov (Lyalka, Mazur) (PP) 1–7 49:49 – Lyalka (Mikhnov, Pangelov-Yuldashev) (PP) 1–8 58:49 – Lyalka (Mikhnov, Mazur) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	10	Shots	48

1 May 2019 16:30

Japan

5–2 (4–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 2,235

Game reference
	Michikazu Hata	Goalies	Roman Shumikhin	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Jonas Merten Gašper Zganc
	Iwamoto (Furuhashi, H. Sato) (PP) – 00:44 1–0 1–1 03:37 – Slessarevski (Makrov, Arrak) Hashiba (H. Terao, Y. Terao) (PP) – 08:06 2–1 Hirano (Furuhashi, Hashimoto) (PP2) – 16:34 3–1 Yamada (H. Terao, Y. Terao) – 18:22 4–1 K. Sato (Hashiba, Saito) – 54:46 5–1 5–2 57:49 – Embrich (Ossipov, Shumikhin) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	23

1 May 2019 20:00

Poland

2–3 OT (0–1, 0–0, 2–1) (OT: 0–1)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 387

Game reference
	Przemysław Odrobny	Goalies	Zoltán Tőke	Referee: Mads Frandsen Linesmen: David Nothegger Toivo Tilku
	0–1 08:37 – Rokaly (Részegh, Butochnov) (PP2) Kapica (Dronia, Wronka) (PP) – 51:56 1–1 1–2 53:25 – Butochnov Dziubiński (Dronia, Neupauer) (EA) – 59:37 2–2 2–3 64:07 – Borysenko (Gliga) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	23

2 May 2019 13:00

Japan

2–3 (0–1, 0–1, 2–1)

Netherlands

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 238

Game reference
	Michikazu Hata	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljković David Nothegger
	0–1 09:27 – De Hondt (Vogelaar) (PP) 0–2 31:02 – Vogelaar (Stempher, Mason) (SH) H. Terao (Y. Terao, Hayata) – 54:12 1–2 1–3 58:28 – Stempher (Vogelaar) (EN) Nakayashiki (Furuhashi, H. Sato) (EA) – 59:28 2–3
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	24

2 May 2019 16:30

Ukraine

1–5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Bogdan Dyachenko	Goalies	Patrik Polc	Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Toivo Tilku Yevgeni Yudin
	0–1 03:52 – Balázs (Tranca) (PP) 0–2 19:50 – Bíró (Borysenko, Gliga) (PP) Babynets (Butsenko, Gavryk) – 37:18 1–2 1–3 39:21 – Constantin (Tranca, Rokaly) 1–4 47:39 – Butochnov (Borysenko, Bíró) 1–5 57:28 – Rokaly (PS)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	20

2 May 2019 20:00

Estonia

2–3 (0–1, 0–0, 2–2)

Poland

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 2,150

Game reference
	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	John Murray	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Jake Davis Gašper Zganc
	0–1 14:57 – Komorski (Marzec, Dronia) 0–2 45:44 – Komorski 0–3 47:29 – Neupauer (Kolusz, Starzyński) Makrov (Ossipov) (PP) – 50:13 1–3 Rooba (Arrak, Sibirtsev) – 52:52 2–3
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	33

4 May 2019 13:00

Romania

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Netherlands

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 431

Game reference
	Zoltán Tőke	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk	Referee: Geoffrey Barcelo Linesmen: Jonas Merten Ivan Nedeljković
	Bíró (Borysenko, Yemelianenko) (PP) – 03:58 1–0 Góga (Butochnov, Rokaly) (PP) – 20:46 2–0 2–1 37:26 – Boer (Nordemann) Balázs (Yemelianenko, Tranca) (EN) – 58:16 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	32	Shots	15

4 May 2019 16:30

Poland

7–4 (1–1, 4–0, 2–3)

Japan

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 842

Game reference
	John Murray	Goalies	Takuto Onoda Michikazu Hata	Referee: Kristijan Nikolic Linesmen: Jake Davis Yevgeni Yudin
	Marzec (Michalski, Kolusz) – 05:07 1–0 1–1 07:10 – Y. Terao (Hashiba) (PP) Dziubiński – 22:55 2–1 Gościński – 23:13 3–1 Wronka (Kapica, Kolusz) – 29:07 4–1 Jeziorski (Malasiński, Bryk) – 38:21 5–1 5–2 42:48 – Nakayashiki (H. Sato, K. Sato) (SH) Bryk (Wronka, Komorski) (PP) – 52:00 6–2 6–3 52:24 – Shinohara (H. Sato, Furuhashi) Komorski (Kapica) – 59:30 7–3 7–4 59:58 – Nakayashiki (Furuhashi)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	25

4 May 2019 20:00

Estonia

4–3 OT (1–3, 1–0, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Ukraine

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 3,927

Game reference
	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referee: Mads Frandsen Linesmen: David Nothegger Gašper Zganc
	0–1 01:35 – Merezhko (Hrytsenko, Nimenko) 0–2 01:55 – Lyalka (Pangelov-Yuldashev, Merezhko) Petrov (Makrov) – 03:51 1–2 1–3 14:59 – Babynets (Cherdak) (PP) Vitanen (Embrich, Svarogin) – 39:24 2–3 Andrejev (Petrov) – 50:54 3–3 Rooba (Lahesalu, Petrov) (PP) – 61:22 4–3
	2 min	Penalties	18 min
	38	Shots	17

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Patrik Polc
  • Best Defenseman: Pavlo Borysenko
  • Best Forward: Patryk Wronka

Source: IIHF

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Damian Kapica	5	6	4	10	+11	2	F
Filip Komorski	5	6	1	7	+6	2	F
Vitali Lyalka	5	6	1	7	+3	2	F
Andriy Mikhnov	5	2	5	7	+3	4	F
Bartłomiej Neupauer	5	3	3	6	+8	0	F
Pavlo Borysenko	5	2	4	6	+4	6	D
Andrei Makrov	5	2	4	6	+3	4	F
Hiroto Sato	5	1	5	6	+3	4	D
Marcin Kolusz	5	0	6	6	+11	0	D
Yushi Nakayashiki	5	4	1	5	+4	2	F
Robert Rooba	5	4	1	5	0	0	F

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

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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Zoltán Tőke	124:07	3	1.45	53	94.34	0
Patrik Polc	185:00	6	1.95	97	93.81	0
Martijn Oosterwijk	198:03	13	3.94	132	90.15	0
Michikazu Hata	267:34	12	2.69	117	89.74	0
Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	243:31	10	2.46	93	89.25	0

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

References

1. "Kazakhstan, Japan get top events". new-iihf.com. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
2. "Kazakhstan wins, Belarus up too". IIHF. 4 May 2019.
3. "Perfect ending for Kazakhstan". IIHF. 5 May 2019.
4. "Slovenia saved". IIHF. 5 May 2019.
5. "Remarkable Romania to Div. IA!". IIHF. 4 May 2019.
6. "Referees for Slovakia 2019 assigned". IIHF. 1 March 2019.
7. Group A assignments
8. Group B assignments

External links

• Group A website
• Group B website