2017 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Kyiv, Ukraine from 22 to 28 April 2017 and Group B in Belfast, United Kingdom from 23 to 29 April 2017. South Korea and Austria were promoted to the 2018 World Championship. It marked the first time South Korea had earned promotion to the top tier of the World Championship.

Bids
There were two official bids to host Group A Championships.


 * 🇦🇹 Austria
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine
 * Kyiv
 * Ukraine had never hosted these championships, however, they did host an Olympic Pre-Qualification round in 2012. The proposed arena was the Palace of Sports.

The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 20, 2016. The bid from Ukraine gained a majority vote against the Austrian entry.

There were also two official bids to host Group B Championships.


 * 🇪🇪 Estonia
 * Tallinn
 * Estonia last hosted these championships in 2006. The proposed arena was Tallinn Arena.


 * United Kingdom
 * Belfast
 * The United Kingdom had never hosted these championships, however, they did play host to the IIHF Group B Championships in 1952, and again in 1993. The proposed arena was the Odyssey Arena.

The decision on who hosts the tournament was decided on May 20, 2016. The bid from the United Kingdom received 18 votes, whilst the Estonia bid received 7.

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


 * Referees
 * Andris Ansons
 * 🇮🇹 Daniel Gamper
 * Jacob Grumsen
 * 🇳🇴 Roy Stian Hansen
 * 🇸🇪 Andreas Harnebring
 * 🇨🇿 Vladimír Pešina
 * 🇺🇸 Jeremy Tufts


 * Linesmen
 * 🇺🇸 Riley Bowles
 * Franco Castelli
 * 🇨🇦 Maxime Chaput
 * 🇨🇿 Daniel Hynek
 * 🇺🇦 Artem Korepanov
 * 🇮🇹 Ulrich Pardatscher
 * 🇸🇪 Daniel Persson

Results
All times are local (UTC+3).

Awards


Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇦🇹 Bernhard Starkbaum
 * Best Defenseman: 🇦🇹 Dominique Heinrich
 * Best Forward: 🇰🇿 Nigel Dawes

Source: IIHF.com
 * Media All-Stars:
 * MVP: 🇦🇹 Thomas Raffl
 * Goalkeeper: 🇦🇹 Bernhard Starkbaum
 * Defenceman: 🇦🇹 Dominique Heinrich / 🇰🇷 Alex Plante
 * Forwards: 🇰🇿 Nigel Dawes / 🇦🇹 Thomas Raffl / 🇦🇹 Konstantin Komarek

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
 * 🇫🇷 Geoffrey Barcelo
 * 🇭🇺 Gergely Kincses
 * 🇦🇹 Kristijan Nikolic
 * 🇸🇮 Milan Zrnić


 * Linesmen
 * 🇬🇧 Ally Flockhart
 * 🇬🇧 James Kavanagh
 * 🇭🇺 Márton Németh
 * 🇦🇹 David Nothegger
 * 🇵🇱 Mariusz Smura
 * 🇰🇿 Vladimir Suslov
 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Sysuev

Results
All times are local (UTC+1).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇯🇵 Yutaka Fukufuji
 * Best Defenseman: 🇬🇧 Ben O'Connor
 * Best Forward: 🇬🇧 Colin Shields

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