2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 3 April and 9 April 2005 in Maribor, Slovenia and the Group B tournament took place between 2 April and 8 April 2005 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Belarus and Norway won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Great Britain finished last in Group A and Italy last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2006.

2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Slovenia
 Poland
Dates3–9 April 2005
2–8 April 2005
Teams12
← 2004
2006 →

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 3 April 2005 in Maribor, Slovenia.[1] Austria, France, Kazakhstan, and Slovenia all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[2][3] Great Britain gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group B tournament and Belarus was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship.[4][5]

Belarus won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Slovenia finished in second place and Kazakhstan finished third after only losing to Belarus and Slovenia.[1] Great Britain finished in last place, managing only to win one game and lose the other four and were relegated back to Division II for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Anže Kopitar of Slovenia finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 11 points, including six goals and five assists.[6] France's Mickael Gasnier and Belarus' Dzmitry Zhurauski finished as the tournaments leading goaltenders with a save percentage of 90.57.[7]

Standings
Promoted to the Championship Division for 2006
Relegated to Division II for 2006
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Belarus54012310+138
2 Slovenia53022214+86
3 Kazakhstan53021914+56
4 France52031114–34
5 Austria52031525–104
6 Great Britain51041023–132

Fixtures

All times local.

3 April 2005
13:00		Great Britain 0 – 5 (forfeit) BelarusLedna dvorana TABOR
3 April 2005
16:30		France 4 – 1
(1–0, 3–1, 0–0)		 AustriaLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 413
3 April 2005
20:00		Kazakhstan 3 – 5
(1–1, 0–3, 2–1)		 SloveniaLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 653
4 April 2005
13:00		Austria 5 – 4
(1–2, 0–0, 4–2)		 Great BritainLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 392
4 April 2005
16:30		Belarus 3 – 2
(1–0, 0–0, 2–2)		 KazakhstanLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 402
4 April 2005
20:00		Slovenia 4 – 1
(3–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 FranceLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 812
6 April 2005
13:00		Belarus 2 – 3
(0–0, 0–3, 2–0)		 FranceLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 413
6 April 2005
16:30		Great Britain 2 – 4
(1–0, 1–2, 0–2)		 KazakhstanLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 405
6 April 2005
20:00		Slovenia 3 – 4
(2–0, 1–2, 0–2)		 AustriaLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 877
7 April 2005
13:00		Kazakhstan 4 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 3–0)		 FranceLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 390
7 April 2005
16:30		Austria 2 – 8
(0–1, 0–3, 2–4)		 BelarusLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 435
7 April 2005
20:00		Slovenia 7 – 1
(2–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 Great BritainLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 820
9 April 2005
13:00		Austria 3 – 6
(1–2, 1–3, 1–1)		 KazakhstanLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 415
9 April 2005
16:30		France 2 – 3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)		 Great BritainLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 456
9 April 2005
20:00		Belarus 5 – 3
(2–0, 2–2, 1–1)		 SloveniaLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 822

Scoring leaders
Anže Kopitar scored six goals and five assists to finish first in scoring.

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[6]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Anže Kopitar56511–114F
Sergey Tron5358+54F
Klemen Zbontar5358–16F
Rafael Rotter534706F
Sergei Kostitsyn4156+54F
Michael Grabner4415029F
Markus Schlacher532500F
Alexandre Chtchourko4235+60F
Matic Modic5235–20F
Aliaksandr Abakunchyk4235+58F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have at least played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[7]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Mickael Gasnier238:36106102.5190.570
Dzmitry Zhurauski236:52106102.5390.570
Ales Sila298:52127132.6189.760
Sergey Khudyakov295:10116122.4489.660
Joe Dollin164:2898145.1185.710

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 2 April 2005 in Sosnowiec, Poland.[8] Italy, Japan, Latvia and Poland all returned to compete in this years Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[2][3] Ukraine gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in last years Division II Group A tournament and Norway was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship.[5][9]

Norway won the tournament after winning four of their five games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion back to the Championship Division for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Latvia finished second after losing only to Norway and Poland and Ukraine finished in third place.[8] Italy finished in last place, managing only to tie two of their games and lose the other three and were relegated to Division II for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Grzegorz Pasiut of Poland finished as the top scorer of the tournament with seven points including six goals and one assist.[10] Norways' Lars Simon Paulgaard fished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 92.50.[11]

Standings
Promoted to the Championship Division for 2006
Relegated to Division II for 2006
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Norway54011810+88
2 Latvia53021413+16
3 Ukraine53021612+46
4 Poland52121520–55
5 Japan51131217–53
6 Italy50231417–32

Fixtures

All times local.

2 April 2005
13:00		Latvia 3 – 2
(0–1, 3–1, 0–0)		 JapanWinter Stadium
Attendance: 100
2 April 2005
16:30		Ukraine 5 – 1
(2–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 NorwayWinter Stadium
2 April 2005
20:00		Poland 3 – 3
(1–1, 0–0, 2–2)		 ItalyWinter Stadium
Attendance: 700
3 April 2005
13:00		Norway 2 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 LatviaWinter Stadium
Attendance: 100
3 April 2005
16:30		Italy 3 – 4
(1–1, 2–0, 0–3)		 UkraineWinter Stadium
Attendance: 150
3 April 2005
20:00		Japan 4 – 6
(1–3, 1–2, 2–1)		 PolandWinter Stadium
5 April 2005
13:00		Japan 2 – 2
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 ItalyWinter Stadium
5 April 2005
16:30		Ukraine 2 – 3
(2–0, 0–3, 0–0)		 LatviaWinter Stadium
Attendance: 150
5 April 2005
20:00		Norway 7 – 0
(4–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 PolandWinter Stadium
Attendance: 500
6 April 2005
13:00		Japan 2 – 1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–1)		 UkraineWinter Stadium
Attendance: 150
6 April 2005
16:30		Italy 2 – 3
(0–1, 0–0, 2–2)		 NorwayWinter Stadium
Attendance: 200
6 April 2005
20:00		Latvia 2 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 0–1)		 PolandWinter Stadium
7 April 2005
13:00		Norway 5 – 2
(0–1, 4–0, 1–1)		 JapanWinter Stadium
7 April 2005
16:30		Italy 4 – 5
(2–1, 2–1, 0–3)		 LatviaWinter Stadium
Attendance: 100
7 April 2005
20:00		Poland 3 – 4
(0–0, 1–1, 2–3)		 UkraineWinter Stadium
Attendance: 1000

Scoring leaders
Mats Frøshaug finished seventh in scoring after recording three goals and one assist.

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

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Grzegorz Pasiut561704F
Fillip Ogleznev5235+24D
Mats Aasen5235+16F
Ryosuke Kaneko5145-46F
Yegor Yegorov5404+12F
Shuhei Kuji5314-20F
Mats Frøshaug5314+22F
Jonas Holøs5314+114D
Pavlo Borysenko5224+42F
Bartlomiej Bomba5224+14F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Lars Simom Paulgaard259:598061.3892.501
Ryohsuke Ohshima291:54126142.8888.890
Kristaps Stigis220:008192.4588.890
Sergei Sorocolat300:00106122.4088.680
Kamil Kosowski254:01122153.5487.700

References
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  2. "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  3. "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
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