Ice Hockey World Championship Division I

The group a tournament was held in nur sultan kazakhstan from 29 april to 5 may and the group b tournament in tallinn estonia from 28 april to 4 may 2019.

Ice hockey world championship division i. The iihf world championship division i is an annual sports event organized by the international ice hockey federation. 2021 iihf ice hockey women s world. The group a tournament will be held in ljubljana slovenia from 9 to 15 may and the group b tournament in katowice poland from 26 april to 2 may 2021. At the division i championship the winner of each group was promoted to the following year s iihf world championship while the loser of each grou.

As the iihf grew more teams began to participate at the world championships so more pools later renamed divisions were introduced. Belarus and kazakhstan gained promotion to the top division while romania was promoted to group a next year. The 2019 iihf world championship division i was an international ice hockey tournament run by the international ice hockey federation. The 2020 world junior ice hockey championship division i consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each.

Hungary 2019 iihf ice hockey world championship division i group a kazakhstan beat hungary 3 1 in a tight game to finish the tournament with a perfect record. 2021 iihf ice hockey women s world championship division ii group a. The second tier division ia and the third tier division ib. All divisions stayed put after all events last year were cancelled due to the covid 19 pandemic.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments a player cannot be born earlier than 2000. Lithuania and the netherlands were relegated to group b and division ii by finishing last in their. Division i countries test for april. Iihf cancels division i tournaments.

From 2001 until 2011 the two national teams that lost the relegation round at the iihf world championship were relegated to division i for the following year s world championships. The group a tournament was scheduled to be held in ljubljana slovenia and the group b tournament in katowice poland from 27 april to 3 may 2020 1. 2021 iihf ice hockey women s world championship division ii group b. Iihf home 2020 iihf ice hockey world championship division i group b.

Kaz hun 05 may 2019. The modern format for the world championship features 16 teams in the championship group 12 teams in division i and 12 teams in division ii. The 2021 iihf world championship division i will be an international ice hockey tournament run by the international ice hockey federation. Iihf home 2020 iihf ice hockey world championship division i group b.

The 2020 iihf world championship division i was a scheduled international ice hockey tournament run by the international ice hockey federation. 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.