2015 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Kraków, Poland, after the original host, Donetsk, Ukraine, withdrew, from 19 to 25 April 2015 and Group B was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 to 19 April 2015.

In Group A Kazakhstan finished first, winning their group in Division I for the fourth time in their last four appearances, thereby securing promotion to the 2016 World Championship. Hungary surprised and placed second, defeating host Poland in the final game to secure promotion; it was the first time Hungary earned promotion to the top division since 2009, and only the second time since 1939. Ukraine finished last in the group and was relegated to Group B for 2016.

Group B saw South Korea finish first and win promotion. Great Britain finished second, losing out on first and promotion with a loss to Lithuania in the final game of the tournament. Host Netherlands ended the tournament in last place and was relegated to Division II A for the next year.

Match officials
7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * Andris Ansons
 * 🇭🇺 Péter Gebei
 * 🇨🇿 René Hradil
 * 🇸🇰 Daniel Konc
 * 🇸🇪 Marcus Linde
 * 🇸🇮 Viki Trilar
 * Marc Wiegand


 * Linesman
 * 🇬🇧 Andrew Dalton
 * 🇧🇾 Dmitri Golyak
 * 🇸🇮 Matjaž Hribar
 * Rene Jensen
 * 🇵🇱 Wojciech Moszczyński
 * 🇸🇰 Tibor Rovenský
 * 🇳🇴 Alexander Waldejer

Results
All times are local (UTC+2).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇵🇱 Przemysław Odrobny
 * Best Defenseman: 🇰🇿 Kevin Dallman
 * Best Forward: 🇰🇿 Roman Starchenko

Source: IIHF.com
 * Media All-Stars:
 * MVP: 🇰🇿 Roman Starchenko
 * Goalkeeper: 🇰🇿 Pavel Poluektov
 * Defenceman: 🇰🇿 Kevin Dallman / 🇵🇱 Mateusz Rompkowski
 * Forwards: 🇰🇿 Roman Starchenko / 🇭🇺 Andrew Sarauer / 🇵🇱 Marcin Kolusz

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

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; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * Jacob Grumsen
 * 🇨🇦 Jeff Ingram
 * 🇫🇮 Anssi Salonen
 * 🇦🇹 Shane Warschaw


 * Linesmen
 * Louis Beelen
 * 🇨🇿 Marek Hlavatý
 * 🇧🇪 Frederic Monnaie
 * 🇫🇮 Pasi Nieminen
 * 🇮🇹 Ulrich Pardatscher
 * 🇷🇸 David Perduv
 * 🇯🇵 Sotaro Yamaguchi

Results
All times are local (UTC+2).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇱🇹 Mantas Armalis
 * Best Defenseman: 🇬🇧 Ben O'Connor
 * Best Forward: 🇰🇷 Lee Yong-jun

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

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; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com