The 2020 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 team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2000.
Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in
Minsk
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Belarus
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, from 9 to 15 December 2019.
Participants
Match officials
Four referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
* Michał Baca
* Andrea Moschen
* Alexey Roshchyn
* Marcus Wannerstedt
;Linesmen
* Pavel Badyl
* Nicola Basso
* Thomas Caillot
* Dario Fuchs
* Lukáš Kacej
* Mikita Paliakou
* Toivo Tilku
Standings
Results
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Statistics
Top 10 scorers
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
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Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
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Source
IIHF.com
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Best Players Selected by the Directorate
* Goaltender:
Jānis Voris
* Defenceman:
Ilya Solovyov
* Forward:
Benjamin Baumgartner
Source
IIHF.com
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Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in
Kyiv
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Ukraine
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, from 12 to 18 December 2019.
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
* Miha Bulovec
* Richard Magnusson
* Andrew Miller
* Rasmus Toppel
;Linesmen
* Roman Kaderli
* Ilya Khohlov
* Ilia Kisil
* Artem Korepanov
* Andreas Weise Krøyer
* Patrick Laguzov
* Nazar Slezov
Standings
Results
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Statistics
Top 10 scorers
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''
Source
IIHF.com
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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 = Shutout
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
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Source
IIHF.com
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Best Players Selected by the Directorate
* Goaltender:
Artur Ohandzhanyan
* Defenceman:
Dávid Pokornyi
* Forward:
Pierrick Dubé
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Source
IIHF.com
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References
External links
Division I ADivision I B
{{DEFAULTSORT:2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division I
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World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
International ice hockey competitions hosted by Belarus
International ice hockey competitions hosted by Ukraine
2019–20 in Belarusian ice hockey
2019–20 in Ukrainian ice hockey
Sports competitions in Minsk
Sports competitions in Kyiv
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