2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

The 2023 IIHF U20 World Championship Division I was a pair of international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 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 2003.

Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Asker, Norway, from 11 to 17 December 2022.

Match officials
Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇫🇷 Pierre Dehaen
 * Niclas Lundsgaard
 * 🇨🇦 Mark Pearce
 * 🇳🇴 Christian Persson
 * Gregor Rezek
 * 🇭🇺 Daniel Soós
 * 🇺🇸 Jack Young


 * Linesmen
 * Renārs Davidonis
 * 🇳🇴 Christopher Dehn
 * 🇩🇪 Tim Heffner
 * 🇳🇴 Herman Johansen
 * Davids Rozitis
 * 🇺🇸 Christopher Williams
 * 🇫🇷 Vincent Zede

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; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

 * Goaltender: 🇳🇴 Markus Røhnebæk Stensrud
 * Defenceman: 🇭🇺 Zétény Hadobás
 * Forward: 🇫🇷 Matias Bachelet

Source: IIHF

Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Bytom, Poland, from 11 to 17 December 2022.

Match officials
Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇦🇹 Andreas Huber
 * 🇸🇰 Juraj Konč
 * 🇵🇱 Paweł Kosidło
 * 🇨🇦 Troy Murray
 * 🇨🇿 Jiří Ondráček
 * 🇮🇹 Omar Piniè
 * 🇰🇿 Vladimir Yefremov


 * Linesmen
 * 🇦🇹 Sebastian Bedynek
 * 🇰🇿 Timur Iskakov
 * 🇸🇰 Peter Jedlička
 * 🇭🇺 Barna Kis-Király
 * 🇵🇱 Mateusz Kucharewicz
 * 🇵🇱 Andrzej Nenko
 * 🇫🇷 Quentin Ugolini

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; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

 * Goaltender: 🇮🇹 Damian Clara
 * Defenceman: 🇯🇵 Junya Owa
 * Forward: 🇺🇦 Danylo Korzhyletsky

Source: IIHF