2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

Main article: 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

2017 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	7–13 April 2017 15–21 April 2017
Teams	12

The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship. For the 2017 schedule, both tournaments took place at the Bled Ice Hall in Slovenia.

Division I A

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	7–13 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	103 (6.87 per game)
Attendance	2,830 (189 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Mathias Emilio Pettersen (12 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

The Division I A tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 7 to 13 April 2017. As none of the participating countries submitted a bid to host the tournament, Bled was asked to host both the Division IA and IB tournaments.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Denmark	placed 10th in 2016 Top Division and were relegated
Germany	placed 2nd in 2016 Division I A
Kazakhstan	placed 3rd in 2016 Division I A
France	placed 4th in 2016 Division I A
Norway	placed 5th in 2016 Division I A
Hungary	placed 1st in 2016 Division I B and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees

• Andrea Benvegnu
• Christoffer Holm
• Paweł Meszyński
• Viktor Trilar

Linesmen

• Anže Bergant
• Matjaž Hribar
• Raivis Jučers
• Ludvig Lundgren
• Shaun Morgan
• Tommi Niittylä
• Viktor Zinchenko

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	France	5	4	0	0	1	17	14	+3	12	Promoted to the 2018 Top Division
2	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	0	1	18	8	+10	11
3	Denmark	5	3	0	1	1	17	15	+2	10
4	Norway	5	2	1	0	2	22	13	+9	8
5	Germany	5	1	0	1	3	23	21	+2	4
6	Hungary	5	0	0	0	5	6	32	−26	0	Relegated to the 2018 Division I B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

Results

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

7 April 2017 13:00

France

4–2 (1–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Germany

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 140

Game reference
	Gaetan Richard	Goalies	Benjamain Beck	Referee: Andrea Benvegnu Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Viktor Zinchenko
	Sarlieve-Fonfraid (Rousseau) – 08:14 1–0 1–1 13:49 – Knobloch (Fischer) (PP) 1–2 18:23 – Appendino (Schiemenz) (PP) Loizeau (Koudri) – 33:37 2–2 Gallet (Olive, Texier) – 44:20 3–2 Olive (Texier) – 54:38 4–2
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	28

7 April 2017 16:30

Norway

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 160

Game reference
	Jonas Wikstøl	Goalies	Denis Karatayev	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Raivis Jučers
	Pettersen (Ratejczak, Marthinsen) – 09:48 1–0 Pettersen (Meyer, Mathisen) (PP) – 39:12 2–0 2–1 45:13 – Atakhanov (Muratov, Gatiyatov)
	12 min	Penalties	29 min
	14	Shots	21

7 April 2017 20:00

Hungary

1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Denmark

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Martin Szeles	Goalies	William Rørth	Referee: Viktor Trilar Linesmen: Anže Bergant Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 09:34 – Setkov (Dietz-Larsen) (PP) 0–2 21:48 – Philip 0–3 31:26 –Røndbjerg (Petersen) Kovács (Kreisz) – 35:22 1–3 1–4 45:48 – Grundtvig (Madsen, Røndbjerg) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	14	Shots	39

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8 April 2017 13:00

Germany

5–6 OT (2–2, 1–2, 2–1) OT: (0–1)

Norway

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Benjamin Beck	Goalies	Jonas Wikstøl	Referee: Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Shaun Morgan Viktor Zinchenko
	0–1 02:01 – Marthinsen (Mathisen, Pettersen) Pietschmann (Gams) – 13:41 1–1 Bappert (Appendino) – 17:47 2–1 2–2 19:48 – Edvardsen (Meisingset, Solem) 2–3 26:37 – Marthinsen (Pettersen, Mathisen) Bokk (Streu, Wohlgemuth) (PP) – 28:55 3–3 3–4 32:42 – Pettersen (Meyer, Vikingstad) (PP) Schiemenz (Koziol) – 41:24 4–4 Streu (Bokk) – 49:39 5–4 5–5 51:32 – Marthinsen (Meyer, Mathisen) (PP) 5–6 62:20 – Mathisen (Meisingset)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	26

8 April 2017 16:30

Kazakhstan

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Hungary

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 160

Game reference
	Demid Yeremeyev	Goalies	David Mark Kovács	Referee: Andrea Benvegnu Linesmen: Anže Bergant Raivis Jučers
	Vereshagin – 02:51 1–0 1–1 11:26 – Dézsi (Bugár) (PP) Shinkaretski (Pavlov, Zhorabek) (PP) – 30:46 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	29

8 April 2017 20:00

Denmark

2–4 (1–2, 1–0, 0–2)

France

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 260

Game reference
	Mads Søgaard	Goalies	Gaetan Richard	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 05:23 – Sarlin (Berard, Guebey) D. Andersen (Madsen, Olesen) – 06:55 1–1 1–2 19:16 – Olive (Gallet, Texier) Røndbjerg (L. Andersen) – 29:01 2–2 2–3 58:36 – Texier (Gallet, Sarlin) 2–4 58:59 – Texier (Sarlin)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	40

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10 April 2017 13:00

Hungary

3–6 (2–3, 1–2, 0–1)

France

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 170

Game reference
	Martin Szeles	Goalies	Gaetan Richard	Referee: Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Shaun Morgan
	Bugar (Lőczi, Horváth) – 02:18 1–0 1–1 03:36 – Sarlin (Lecomte) Szigeti – 11:21 2–1 2–2 14:05 – Loizeau (Lefebvre, Berard) 2–3 15:25 – Rousseau (Sarliève-Fonfraid) 2–4 32:16 – Berard (Sarlin, Lecomte) Kreisz (Mihály) – 35:55 3–4 3–5 39:33 – Sarlin (Lefebvre, Koudri) 3–6 59:56 – Gallet (Penz) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	35

10 April 2017 16:30

Denmark

3–2 (2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Norway

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 270

Game reference
	Mads Søgaard	Goalies	Jørgen Hanneborg	Referee: Viktor Trilar Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Tommi Niittylä
	L. Andersen (Røndbjerg, Grundtvig) (PP) – 07:27 1–0 Røndbjerg (Grundtvig) – 12:28 2–0 2–1 23:39 – Thoresen (Solem, Edvardsen) Green (L. Andersen, Wittendorf) – 33:57 3–1 3–2 56:22 – Mathisen (Marthinsen, Pettersen)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	17

10 April 2017 20:00

Germany

2–6 (0–1, 0–3, 2–2)

Kazakhstan

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 230

Game reference
	Mark Arnsperger Benjamin Beck	Goalies	Demid Yeremeyev	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Raivis Jučers Viktor Zinchenko
	0–1 02:08 – Gatiyatov (Muratov, Atakhanov) 0–2 22:25 – Demin (Buyalski, Makutski) 0–3 31:38 – Samat Daniyar (Pryakhin) 0–4 34:55 – Zhorabek (Pryakhin, Pavlov) (PP) 0–5 43:18 – Makutski (Buyalski, Neroyev) (SH) Pietschmann (Ehl, Bappert) – 49:58 1–5 1–6 50:37 – Muratov (Sayan Daniyar, Vereshagin) (PP) Bappert (Wohlgemuth) (PP) – 55:47 2–6
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	28

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11 April 2017 13:00

Kazakhstan

4–3 OT (1–2, 2–1, 0–0) OT: (1–0)

Denmark

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Denis Karatayev	Goalies	William Rørth	Referee: Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Shaun Morgan Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 08:03 – Praem (Grundtvig, L. Andersen) (PP) 0–2 11:04 – Kragh (Gath, D. Andersen) Neroyev (Mussabaev, Buyalski) (PP2) – 16:54 1–2 Makutski (Buyalski) (PP) – 23:09 2–2 Muratov (Sayan Daniyar) – 24:57 3–2 3–3 27:47 – Røndbjerg (L. Andersen) (PP) Sayan Daniyar (Orekhov, Samat Daniyar) – 62:32 4–3
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	28	Shots	18

11 April 2017 16:30

Germany

10–0 (5–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Hungary

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 160

Game reference
	Benjamin Beck	Goalies	Martin Szeles David Mark Kovács	Referee: Viktor Trilar Linesmen: Anže Bergant Viktor Zinchenko
	Bokk (Fischer, Bappert) – 05:38 1–0 Fischer (Streu) – 05:48 2–0 Pietschmann (Wohlgemuth, Ehl) – 06:20 3–0 Streu (Fischer, Dersch) – 12:35 4–0 Bokk (Fischer) – 17:48 5–0 Bokk (Schiemenz) – 25:05 6–0 Fischer (Bokk, Schiemenz) – 31:08 7–0 Wohlgemuth (Ehl, Stauffert) – 39:17 8–0 Bokk (Streu, Fischer) – 43:38 9–0 Schiemenz (Bokk, Pietschmann) (PP) – 48:34 10–0
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	15

11 April 2017 20:00

France

3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Norway

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Gaetan Richard	Goalies	Jonas Wikstøl	Referee: Andrea Benvegnu Linesmen: Raivis Jučers Ludvig Lundgren
	Loizeau (Sarlin, Convert) (PP) – 22:02 1–0 1–1 28:12 – Solem (Hermansen, Thoresen) (PP) Olive (Rousseau) – 34:13 2–1 2–2 54:57 – Marthinsen (Pettersen) Guebey (ENG) – 59:59 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	41

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13 April 2017 13:00

Norway

10–1 (3–0, 4–1, 3–0)

Hungary

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 130

Game reference
	Jonas Wikstøl	Goalies	Martin Szeles David Mark Kovács	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Shaun Morgan
	Hermansen (Billet, Vikingstad) – 01:18 1–0 Vikingstad (Pettersen, Mathisen) (PP) – 05:08 2–0 Meyer (Rekstad, Jenssen) – 09:45 3–0 Marthinsen (Pettersen, Vaaler) – 20:34 4–0 Edvardsen (Thoresen, Meisingset) (PP) – 28:52 5–0 Solem (Edvardsen, Meisingset) (PP) – 33:58 6–0 6–1 34:12 – Kiss (Nagy, Pokornyi) Mathisen (Pettersen, Marthinsen) – 36:19 7–1 Mathisen (Pettersen, Vikingstad) (PP) – 47:32 8–1 Pettersen (Meyer, Mathisen) (PP) – 53:29 9–1 Solem (Hermansen, Wikstøl) (SH) – 58:22 10–1
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	22

13 April 2017 16:30

Kazakhstan

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

France

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 140

Game reference
	Demid Yeremeyev	Goalies	Lucas Mugnier	Referee: Viktor Trilar Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Tommi Niittylä
	Orekhov (Makutski) – 19:31 1–0 Pryakhin (Shinkaretski, Vereshagin) (PP) – 28:52 2–0 Sayan Daniyar (Samat Daniyar, Orekhov) – 42:39 3–0 Muratov (Sayan Daniyar, Gatiyatov) – 49:47 4–0 Samat Daniyar (Orekhov, Gatiyatov) – 55:32 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	34

13 April 2017 20:00

Denmark

5–4 (0–2, 1–1, 4–1)

Germany

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 210

Game reference
	William Rørth	Goalies	Benjamain Beck	Referee: Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Anže Bergant Raivis Jučers
	0–1 04:14 – Koziol (Pietschmann) 0–2 13:53 – Stauffert (Seider, Fischer) (PP) 0–3 30:39 – Bokk Madsen (L. Andersen, Røndbjerg) (PP) – 31:37 1–3 Marcussen (Setkov, Reuter) – 41:55 2–3 2–4 42:48 – Bokk (Schiemenz, Appendino) (PP) L. Andersen (D. Andersen, Røndbjerg) – 49:05 3–4 L. Andersen (Rørth) (PP) – 50:46 4–4 Grundtvig (Madsen, Røndbjerg) (PP) – 52:30 5–4
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	42

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Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

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

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Mathias Emilio Pettersen	Norway	5	4	8	12	+5	4	F
2	Dominik Bokk	Germany	5	7	3	10	+4	2	F
3	Robin Mathisen	Norway	5	4	6	10	+6	4	F
4	Jonas Røndbjerg	Denmark	5	4	5	9	–2	2	F
5	Kristian Marthinsen	Norway	5	5	3	8	+5	6	F
6	Lucas Andersen	Denmark	5	3	5	8	–2	4	F
7	Mike Fischer	Germany	5	2	6	8	+6	6	F
8	Hugo Sarlin	France	5	3	4	7	+6	2	F
9	Cedric Schiemenz	Germany	5	2	4	6	–1	2	F
10	Batyrian Muratov	Kazakhstan	5	3	2	5	+7	2	F
10	Max Pietschmann	Germany	5	3	2	5	+2	0	F
10	Samuel Solem	Norway	5	3	2	5	+1	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position

Source: IIHF.com

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.

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Demid Yeremeyev	Kazakhstan	180:00	95	3	1.00	96.84	1
2	Gaetan Richard	France	240:00	138	9	2.25	93.48	0
3	Jonas Wikstøl	Norway	241:06	96	9	2.24	90.62	0
4	William Rørth	Denmark	182:22	82	9	2.96	89.02	0
5	Denis Karatayev	Kazakhstan	121:45	32	5	2.46	84.38	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Demid Yeremeyev
• Defenceman: Daniel Andersen
• Forward: Alexandre Texier

Source: IIHF.com

Division I B

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	15–21 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	92 (6.13 per game)
Attendance	3,540 (236 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jan Drozg (13 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

The Division I B tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 15 to 21 April 2017.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Austria	placed 6th in 2016 Division I A and were relegated
Japan	placed 2nd in 2016 Division I B
Ukraine	placed 3rd in 2016 Division I B
Slovenia	hosts; placed 4th in 2016 Division I B
Italy	placed 5th in 2016 Division I B
Poland	placed 1st in 2016 Division II A and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees

• Damian Bliek
• Stian Halm
• Miklós Haszonits
• Sergei Sobolev

Linesmen

• Knut Einar Bråten
• Andreas Weise Krøyer
• Gregor Miklič
• Damir Rakovič
• Marko Šaković
• Dmitry Shishlo
• Áron Soltész

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Slovenia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	22	8	+14	12	Promoted to the 2018 Division I A
2	Austria	5	2	2	0	1	14	13	+1	10
3	Japan	5	1	2	1	1	15	23	−8	8
4	Italy	5	2	0	1	2	17	17	0	7
5	Ukraine	5	1	1	1	2	15	15	0	6
6	Poland	5	0	0	2	3	9	16	−7	2	Relegated to the 2018 Division II A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)

15 April 2017 13:00

Italy

2–4 (0–1, 2–0, 0–3)

Ukraine

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Leo Kostner	Goalies	Mykyta Petlenko	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Knut Einar Bråten Damir Raković
	0–1 16:43 – Peresunko (Mateichenko, Krivoshapkin) Glück (Kasslatter, Pföstl) – 22:10 1–1 Forte (Berger, Deluca) – 25:16 2–1 2–2 43:19 – Firsov (Peresunko, Mateichenko) (PP) 2–3 48:03 – Danylenko (Lesnikov, Moroz) 2–4 57:12 – Krivoshapkin (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	32

15 April 2017 16:30

Slovenia

10–0 (6–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Japan

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Žiga Kogovšek	Goalies	Kai Tomita	Referee: Damian Bliek Linesmen: Dmitry Shishlo Áron Soltész
	Stražišar (Drozg, Kujavec) – 01:01 1–0 Jugovic (Sodja, Drozg) (PP) – 03:06 2–0 Kapel (Sodja, Drozg) (PP) – 05:09 3–0 Stražišar (Drozg) – 09:48 4–0 Šturm (Drozg) (PP2) – 15:24 5–0 Drozg (Kapel) (SH) – 18:31 6–0 Sersen (Brun Rauh, Svetina) (PP) – 25:31 7–0 Drozg (Kapel) (PP) – 43:07 8–0 Drozg (Kujavec) – 45:25 9–0 Kapel – 51:21 10–0
	4 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	15

15 April 2017 20:00

Poland

2–3 OT (0–0, 2–2, 0–0) OT: (0–1)

Austria

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Oskar Prokop	Goalies	Marvin Kortin	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Andreas Weise Krøyer Gregor Miklič
	0–1 24:03 – Peskoller (Rossi) Wysocki (Worwa, Sołtys) – 36:15 1–1 Kiedewicz (Zygmunt) – 36:54 2–1 2–2 39:18 – Trothan (Maier) (SH) 2–3 61:54 – Zitz
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	19	Shots	38

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16 April 2017 13:00

Ukraine

3–2 OT (0–2, 2–0, 0–0) OT: (1–0)

Poland

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Mykyta Petlenko Artur Ohandzhanyan	Goalies	Oskar Prokop	Referee: Sergei Sobolev Linesmen: Marko Šaković Dmitry Shishlo
	0–1 08:17 – Zygmunt (Kiedewicz) 0–2 09:51 – Duszak (Niedlich) Stupak (Volobuev, Firsov) (PP) – 24:17 1–2 Moroz (Mateichenko, Horlushko) (PP) – 25:46 2–2 Peresunko – 64:30 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	41 min
	33	Shots	22

16 April 2017 16:30

Austria

4–3 (2–1, 0–2, 2–0)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 620

Game reference
	Marvin Kortin	Goalies	Žiga Kogovšek	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Knut Einar Bråten Andreas Weise Krøyer
	Rossi – 06:57 1–0 1–1 08:08 – Tišlar (Sodja) Maier (Gehringer, Zitz) (PP) – 14:54 2–1 2–2 24:51 – Drozg (Kujavec, Stražišar) 2–3 39:14 – Kapel (Kujavec, Drozg) Baumgartner (Schreier) – 43:29 3–3 Rossi (Zitz, Baumgartner) – 53:33 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	25

16 April 2017 20:00

Japan

5–4 GWS (2–2, 0–0, 2–2) OT: (0–0) SO: (1–0)

Italy

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 180

Game reference
	Shuto Hatanaka	Goalies	Robin Quagliato	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Gregor Miklič Damir Raković
	0–1 02:51 – Berger (SH) Sakuma (Nakamura, Nagai) – 06:30 1–1 Kume (Kobayashi, Aoyama) – 13:19 2–1 2–2 17:45 – Deluca (Berger, Defrancesco) 2–3 43:37 – Kosmac (Kasslatter, Gios) (PP) 2–4 46:16 – Deluca (Defrancesco) Aoyama (Kume, Kobayashi) (PP) – 55:13 3–4 Kobori (PS) – 57:01 4–4
	Kobori Kobayashi Sugimoto Sugimoto Kobayashi	Shootout	Gluek Berger Kasslatter Gluek Berger
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	21

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18 April 2017 13:00

Japan

5–4 OT (0–2, 2–1, 2–1) OT: (1–0)

Ukraine

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 70

Game reference
	Kai Tomita	Goalies	Artur Ohandzhanyan	Referee: Damian Bliek Linesmen: Gregor Miklič Áron Soltész
	0–1 10:10 – Peresunko (Babchuk, Mateichenko) 0–2 14:34 – Krivoshapkin (PP) Kume (Aoyama, Fukuda) (PP) – 24:16 1–2 Sugimoto (Obara, Sakuma) (PP) – 31:41 2–2 2–3 36:21 – Peresunko (Krivoshapkin) 2–4 42:00 – Krivoshapkin (Peresunko, Shymansky) Miura (Sugimoto, Sakuma) – 47:24 3–4 Miura (Aoyama) – 56:29 4–4 Miura (Obara, Kume) – 64:06 5–4
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	47	Shots	21

18 April 2017 16:30

Poland

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 310

Game reference
	Oskar Prokop	Goalies	Žiga Kogovšek	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Marko Šaković Dmitry Shishlo
	0–1 08:21 – Sodja (Drozg, Jugovic) 0–2 49:57 – Drozg (Jugovic) (PP)
	41 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	43

18 April 2017 20:00

Austria

2–5 (2–3, 0–2, 0–0)

Italy

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 170

Game reference
	Marvin Kortin Alexander Schmidt	Goalies	Robin Quagliato	Referee: Sergei Sobolev Linesmen: Knut Einar Bråten Damir Raković
	0–1 02:49 – Alvera (Pechlaner, Demetz) 0–2 15:15 – Spinell (Berger, Deluca) Zitz (Rossi, Maier) – 16:22 1–2 1–3 17:48 – Berger (Deluca, Spinell) Rossi (Vonbun, Zitz) – 18:05 2–3 2–4 34:55 – Deluca (Defrancesco, Spinell) (PP) 2–5 36:14 – Kosmac
	8 min	Penalties	39 min
	35	Shots	17

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19 April 2017 13:00

Japan

3–2 (1–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Poland

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Shuto Hatanaka	Goalies	Oskar Prokop	Referee: Sergei Sobolev Linesmen: Andreas Weise Krøyer Marko Šaković
	Ishida (Kobayashi, Miura) (PP) – 16:49 1–0 1–1 19:46 – Jóźwik (Slowakiewicz, Obłoński) Sakuma (Sugimoto, Obara) – 40:28 2–1 2–2 48:30 – Obłoński (Slowakiewicz) Miura (Obara) (PP) – 59:59 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	18 min
	38	Shots	31

19 April 2017 16:30

Slovenia

3–1 (1–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Italy

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 310

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	Žiga Kogovšek	Goalies	Robin Quagliato	Referee: Damian Bliek Linesmen: Knut Einar Bråten Dmitry Shishlo
	0–1 10:24 – Spornberger (Leitner, Deluca) (PP) Kapel (Sersen) (PP) – 19:59 1–1 Stojan (Drozg) – 48:56 2–1 Šturm (ENG) – 59:32 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	23

19 April 2017 20:00

Ukraine

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Austria

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 220

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	Mykyta Petlenko	Goalies	Alexander Schmidt	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Gregor Miklič Áron Soltész
	Morozov (Danylenko) – 20:07 1–0 1–1 28:04 – Pusnik (Stückler, Wohlfahrt) (PP) 1–2 40:27 – Rossi (Baumgartner)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	23

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21 April 2017 13:00

Italy

5–3 (2–0, 3–1, 0–2)

Poland

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 90

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	Robin Quagliato	Goalies	Oskar Prokop Paweł Bizub	Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Knut Einar Bråten Marko Šaković
	Deluca – 05:08 1–0 Berger (Spinell) (SH) – 06:35 2–0 Berger (Spinell) – 20:12 3–0 Deluca (Spinell) – 20:38 4–0 4–1 28:11 – Sołtys (Bizacki, Olszewski) Kasslatter (Kosmac) (PP) – 31:15 5–1 5–2 46:09 – Bizacki (PP) 5–3 50:52 – Obłoński (Wysocki)
	24 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	44

21 April 2017 16:30

Ukraine

3–4 (0–2, 3–1, 0–1)

Slovenia

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 520

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	Artur Ohandzhanyan Mykyta Petlenko	Goalies	Žiga Kogovšek	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Andreas Weise Krøyer Dmitry Shishlo
	0–1 01:16 – Tišlar (Jugovic, Sodja) (PP) 0–2 01:44 – Šturm (Urukalo, Sersen) 0–3 21:09 – Kapel (Svetina, Stojan) (PP) Chorny (Firsov) (PP) – 27:56 1–3 Moroz (Chorny, Shymansky) – 36:12 2–3 Peresunko (Krivoshapkin, Buzoverya) – 36:55 3–3 3–4 51:17 – Jugovic (Svetina, Urukalo)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	33

21 April 2017 20:00

Austria

3–2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 1–2) OT: (1–0)

Japan

Bled Ice Hall Attendance: 180

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	Alexander Schmidt	Goalies	Shuto Hatanaka	Referee: Damian Bliek Linesmen: Damir Raković Áron Soltész
	Pusnik (Lanzinger, Zitz) (PP) – 29:22 1–0 1–1 43:03 – Kobori (Kobayashi, Aoyama) (PP) 1–2 52:04 – Nagai Rossi (Schreier, Maier) (EA) – 58:26 2–2 Rossi – 62:28 3–2
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	36

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Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

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

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Jan Drozg	Slovenia	5	5	8	13	+7	4	F
2	Stephan Deluca	Italy	5	5	4	9	+4	4	F
3	Marco Rossi	Austria	5	6	2	8	+4	4	F
4	Rok Kapel	Slovenia	5	5	2	7	+4	0	F
4	Olexander Peresunko	Ukraine	5	5	2	7	+5	2	F
6	Simon Berger	Italy	5	4	3	7	+6	6	F
7	Hlib Krivoshapkin	Ukraine	5	3	3	6	+2	2	F
8	Marcel Zitz	Austria	5	2	4	6	+2	4	F
9	Stefan Spinell	Italy	5	1	5	6	+7	2	F
10	Daiki Miura	Japan	5	3	2	5	−1	6	D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position

Source: IIHF.com

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.

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Žiga Kogovšek	Slovenia	298:21	116	8	1.61	93.10	2
2	Alexander Schmidt	Austria	162:23	66	5	1.85	92.42	0
3	Robin Quagliato	Italy	244:25	146	12	2.95	91.78	0
4	Mykyta Petlenko	Ukraine	195:47	97	8	2.45	91.75	0
5	Oskar Prokop	Poland	265:48	166	14	3.16	91.57	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

• Goaltender: Žiga Kogovšek
• Defenceman: Daiki Miura
• Forward: Jan Drozg

Source: IIHF.com