2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

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

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Belarus 5 4 0 1 23 10 +13 8 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2006
2  Slovenia 5 3 0 2 22 14 +8 6
3  Kazakhstan 5 3 0 2 19 14 +5 6
4  France 5 2 0 3 11 14 −3 4
5  Austria 5 2 0 3 15 25 −10 4
6  Great Britain 5 1 0 4 10 23 −13 2 Relegated to Division II for 2006
Source:[citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

3 April 2005
13:00		Great Britain 0 – 5 (forfeit) BelarusLedna dvorana TABOR
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3 April 2005
16:30		France 4 – 1
(1–0, 3–1, 0–0)		 AustriaLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 413
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3 April 2005
20:00		Kazakhstan 3 – 5
(1–1, 0–3, 2–1)		 SloveniaLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 653
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4 April 2005
13:00		Austria 5 – 4
(1–2, 0–0, 4–2)		 Great BritainLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 392
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4 April 2005
16:30		Belarus 3 – 2
(1–0, 0–0, 2–2)		 KazakhstanLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 402
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4 April 2005
20:00		Slovenia 4 – 1
(3–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 FranceLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 812
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6 April 2005
13:00		Belarus 2 – 3
(0–0, 0–3, 2–0)		 FranceLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 413
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6 April 2005
16:30		Great Britain 2 – 4
(1–0, 1–2, 0–2)		 KazakhstanLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 405
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6 April 2005
20:00		Slovenia 3 – 4
(2–0, 1–2, 0–2)		 AustriaLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 877
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7 April 2005
13:00		Kazakhstan 4 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 3–0)		 FranceLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 390
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7 April 2005
16:30		Austria 2 – 8
(0–1, 0–3, 2–4)		 BelarusLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 435
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7 April 2005
20:00		Slovenia 7 – 1
(2–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 Great BritainLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 820
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9 April 2005
13:00		Austria 3 – 6
(1–2, 1–3, 1–1)		 KazakhstanLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 415
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9 April 2005
16:30		France 2 – 3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1)		 Great BritainLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 456
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9 April 2005
20:00		Belarus 5 – 3
(2–0, 2–2, 1–1)		 SloveniaLedna dvorana TABOR
Attendance: 822
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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
Slovenia Anže Kopitar 5 6 5 11 –1 14 F
Kazakhstan Sergey Tron 5 3 5 8 +5 4 F
Slovenia Klemen Zbontar 5 3 5 8 –1 6 F
Austria Rafael Rotter 5 3 4 7 0 6 F
Belarus Sergei Kostitsyn 4 1 5 6 +5 4 F
Austria Michael Grabner 4 4 1 5 0 29 F
Austria Markus Schlacher 5 3 2 5 0 0 F
Belarus Alexandre Chtchourko 4 2 3 5 +6 0 F
Slovenia Matic Modic 5 2 3 5 –2 0 F
Belarus Aliaksandr Abakunchyk 4 2 3 5 +5 8 F

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
France Mickael Gasnier 238:36 106 10 2.51 90.57 0
Belarus Dzmitry Zhurauski 236:52 106 10 2.53 90.57 0
Slovenia Ales Sila 298:52 127 13 2.61 89.76 0
Kazakhstan Sergey Khudyakov 295:10 116 12 2.44 89.66 0
United Kingdom Joe Dollin 164:28 98 14 5.11 85.71 0

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] Norway's Lars Simon Paulgaard finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 92.50.[11]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Norway 5 4 0 1 18 10 +8 8 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2006
2  Latvia 5 3 0 2 14 13 +1 6
3  Ukraine 5 3 0 2 16 12 +4 6
4  Poland 5 2 1 2 15 20 −5 5
5  Japan 5 1 1 3 12 17 −5 3
6  Italy 5 0 2 3 14 17 −3 2 Relegated to Division II for 2006
Source:[citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

2 April 2005
13:00		Latvia 3 – 2
(0–1, 3–1, 0–0)		 JapanWinter Stadium
Attendance: 100
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2 April 2005
16:30		Ukraine 5 – 1
(2–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 NorwayWinter Stadium
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2 April 2005
20:00		Poland 3 – 3
(1–1, 0–0, 2–2)		 ItalyWinter Stadium
Attendance: 700
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3 April 2005
13:00		Norway 2 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 LatviaWinter Stadium
Attendance: 100
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3 April 2005
16:30		Italy 3 – 4
(1–1, 2–0, 0–3)		 UkraineWinter Stadium
Attendance: 150
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3 April 2005
20:00		Japan 4 – 6
(1–3, 1–2, 2–1)		 PolandWinter Stadium
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5 April 2005
13:00		Japan 2 – 2
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 ItalyWinter Stadium
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5 April 2005
16:30		Ukraine 2 – 3
(2–0, 0–3, 0–0)		 LatviaWinter Stadium
Attendance: 150
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5 April 2005
20:00		Norway 7 – 0
(4–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 PolandWinter Stadium
Attendance: 500
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6 April 2005
13:00		Japan 2 – 1
(0–0, 2–0, 0–1)		 UkraineWinter Stadium
Attendance: 150
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6 April 2005
16:30		Italy 2 – 3
(0–1, 0–0, 2–2)		 NorwayWinter Stadium
Attendance: 200
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6 April 2005
20:00		Latvia 2 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 0–1)		 PolandWinter Stadium
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7 April 2005
13:00		Norway 5 – 2
(0–1, 4–0, 1–1)		 JapanWinter Stadium
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7 April 2005
16:30		Italy 4 – 5
(2–1, 2–1, 0–3)		 LatviaWinter Stadium
Attendance: 100
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7 April 2005
20:00		Poland 3 – 4
(0–0, 1–1, 2–3)		 UkraineWinter Stadium
Attendance: 1000
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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
Poland Grzegorz Pasiut 5 6 1 7 0 4 F
Ukraine Fillip Ogleznev 5 2 3 5 +2 4 D
Norway Mats Aasen 5 2 3 5 +1 6 F
Japan Ryosuke Kaneko 5 1 4 5 -4 6 F
Ukraine Yegor Yegorov 5 4 0 4 +1 2 F
Japan Shuhei Kuji 5 3 1 4 -2 0 F
Norway Mats Frøshaug 5 3 1 4 +2 2 F
Norway Jonas Holøs 5 3 1 4 +1 14 D
Ukraine Pavlo Borysenko 5 2 2 4 +4 2 F
Poland Bartlomiej Bomba 5 2 2 4 +1 4 F

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
Norway Lars Simom Paulgaard 259:59 80 6 1.38 92.50 1
Japan Ryohsuke Ohshima 291:54 126 14 2.88 88.89 0
Latvia Kristaps Stigis 220:00 81 9 2.45 88.89 0
Ukraine Sergei Sorocolat 300:00 106 12 2.40 88.68 0
Poland Kamil Kosowski 254:01 122 15 3.54 87.70 0

References

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  2. ^ a b "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  3. ^ a b "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  4. ^ "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  5. ^ a b "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  6. ^ a b "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  7. ^ a b "Goalkeepers". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  8. ^ a b c "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  9. ^ "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  10. ^ "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-12-26. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  11. ^ "Goalkeepers". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-12-26. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
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