2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 1999.

Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Füssen, Germany, from 9 to 15 December 2018.

As a result of the tournament, Germany were promoted to Top Division and France were relegated to Division I B for 2020.

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


 * Referees
 * Thomas Andersen
 * 🇷🇺 Denis Naumov
 * 🇨🇿 Vladimír Pešina
 * 🇬🇧 Liam Sewell


 * Linesmen
 * 🇫🇷 Thomas Caillot
 * 🇩🇪 Gabriel Gaube
 * Niklas Knosen
 * 🇫🇮 Tommi Niittylä
 * 🇮🇹 Ulrich Pardatscher
 * 🇦🇹 Elias Seewald
 * 🇭🇺 Dániel Soós

Final standings


Match results
All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

 * Goaltender: 🇩🇪 Hendrik Hane
 * Defenceman: 🇩🇪 Moritz Seider
 * Forward: 🇧🇾 Ivan Drozdov

Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 8 to 14 December 2018.

As a result of the tournament, Slovenia were promoted to Division I A and Japan were relegated to Division II A for 2020.

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


 * Referees
 * 🇫🇷 Pierre Dehaen
 * 🇳🇴 Christian Persson
 * 🇪🇪 Maksim Toode
 * 🇧🇪 Hub Van Grinsven


 * Linesmen
 * 🇩🇪 Andreas Hofer
 * 🇧🇾 Aleh Kliashcheunikau
 * 🇰🇿 Andrei Korovkin
 * 🇵🇱 Paweł Kosidło
 * 🇵🇱 Rafał Noworyta
 * 🇦🇹 Jakob Schauer
 * 🇷🇺 Nikita Vilyugin

Final standings


Match results
All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

 * Goaltender: 🇮🇹 Davide Fadani
 * Defenceman: 🇵🇱 Olaf Bizacki
 * Forward: Jan Drozg