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. The Group A tournament was held in

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, Slovenia from 3 to 8 May and the Group B tournament in Tychy, Poland from 26 April to 1 May 2022. After the tournament was cancelled the two previous years due to the

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, all teams were set to remain in their groups for the 2022 edition. However,

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, who were relegated to Division IA in

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, were called back up to the top division to replace

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, who were suspended by the IIHF during the

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, who were relegated to Division IB in 2019, were called back up to Division IA so that there would be an equal number of teams in each group. Slovenia got promoted to the Top Division by winning the Group A tournament alongside Hungary. Poland won the Group B tournament and got promoted. Following the tournament, the IIHF decided not to relegate Romania or Serbia, who finished last in groups A and B respectively, in order for the division to fill up to its normal amount of twelve teams (six in each group).

Group A tournament

Participants

Standings

Results

''All times are local (

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Statistics

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''
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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 =

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; Sv% = save percentage; SO =

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Source
IIHF.com
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Awards

Media All-stars Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Group B tournament

Participants

Match officials

Six referees and six linesmen were selected for the tournament.IB game officials
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Standings

Results

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

Goaltending leaders

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Awards

References

External links

Official website of Division IA

Official website of Division IB
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Division I

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