IIHF World Championship Division I

Second tier of the IIHF World Championships

See also: Ice Hockey World Championships

IIHF World Championship Division IUpcoming season or competition:
2025 IIHF World Championship Division I

Sport| Ice hockey
Founded| 1951 (Pool B)
2001 (Division I)
No. of teams| 12
Most recent
champion(s)|  Hungary (Group A)
Ukraine (Group B)
Most titles|  Slovenia (Group A) (8)
Promotion to| Top-League
Relegation to| Division II
Official website| IIHF.com

The IIHF World Championship Division I is an annual sports event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The divisional championship is played in two groups.

## History

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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. 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 group was relegated to the Division II. Beginning in 2012, the last place team from each group in the world championship is relegated to Division I A, to be replaced by first and second place in Division I A. Sixth place in I A is relegated (now) to group I B, replaced by its winner, while sixth in I B is relegated to Division II.

The Division I World Championship was formed in 2001 from Pool B and the top four Pool C teams. Beginning in 2012 the two groups became tiered rather than parallel. Group A teams were the nations who either were relegated from the World Championship, or placed 2nd and 3rd in their 2011 groups. Group B was formed from the 4th and 5th placed teams, as well as the teams promoted from Division II. Japan qualified for group A because the IIHF council voted unanimously to allow Japan to maintain their seeded position (3rd) in their respective tournaments for 2012.[1]

## Results

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Year  | Promoted  | Relegated

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To Top Division | To Division I A  | To Division I B  | To Division II
2001 |  Poland,  Slovenia |  |  |  Estonia,  Lithuania
2002 |  Belarus,  Denmark |  |  |  China South Korea
2003 |  France,  Kazakhstan |  |  |  Croatia,  Lithuania
2004 |  Belarus,  Slovenia |  |  |  Belgium,  South Korea
2005 |  Italy,  Norway |  |  |  China,  Romania
2006 |  Austria,  Germany |  |  |  Croatia,  Israel
2007 |  France,  Slovenia |  |  |  China,  Romania
2008 |  Austria,  Hungary |  |  |  Estonia,  South Korea
2009 |  Italy,  Kazakhstan |  |  |  Australia, Romania
2010 |  Austria,  Slovenia |  |  |  Croatia,  Serbia
2011 |  Italy,  Kazakhstan |  |  |  Estonia,  Spain
2012 |  Slovenia,  Austria |  South Korea |  Ukraine |  Australia
2013 |  Kazakhstan,  Italy |  Ukraine |  Great Britain |  Estonia
2014 |  Slovenia,  Austria |  Poland |  South Korea |  Romania
2015 |  Kazakhstan,  Hungary |  South Korea |  Ukraine |  Netherlands
2016 |  Slovenia,  Italy |  Ukraine |  Japan |  Romania
2017 |  Austria,  South Korea |  Great Britain |  Ukraine |  Netherlands
2018 |  Great Britain,  Italy |  Lithuania |  Poland |  Croatia
2019 |  Kazakhstan,  Belarus |  Romania |  Lithuania |  Netherlands
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 |  Slovenia,  Hungary |  Poland |  |
2023 |  Great Britain,  Poland |  Japan |  Lithuania |  Serbia
2024 |  Hungary,  Slovenia |  Ukraine |  South Korea |  Netherlands
2025 |  |  |  |

## Pool B

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### Champions (1951–2000)

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Year  | National team

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1951 |  Italy
1952 |  Great Britain
1953 |  Italy
1955 |  Italy
1956 |  East Germany
1959 |  Romania
1961 |  Norway
1962 |  Japan
1963 |  Norway
1965 |  Poland
1966 |  West Germany
1967 |  Poland
1969 |  East Germany
1970 |  United States
1971 |  Switzerland
1972 |  Poland
1973 |  East Germany
1974 |  United States
1975 |  East Germany
1976 |  Romania
1977 |  East Germany
1978 |  Poland
1979 |  Netherlands
1981 |  Italy
1982 |  East Germany
1983 |  United States
1985 |  Poland
1986 |  Switzerland
1987 |  Poland
1989 |  Norway
1990 |  Switzerland
1991 |  Italy
1992 |  Austria
1993 |  Great Britain
1994 |  Switzerland
1995 |  Slovakia
1996 |  Latvia
1997 |  Belarus
1998 |  Ukraine
1999 |  Denmark
2000 |  Germany

## Summary of participation

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59 championships

* Division I teams (2001–present) are ranked one through twelve, with this chart assessing gold, silver, and bronze to the nations who ranked 17th, 18th, and 19th overall.

Team | Times | First | Last | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Best finish (first/last) | Hosted[N2]

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Australia | 3 | 1962 | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th (1962) | 0
Austria | 34 | 1951 | 2017 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 1st (1992/2017) | 5
Belgium | 5 | 1951 | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3rd (1956) | 1
Belarus | 5 | 1996 | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1st (1997/2002) | 0
Bulgaria | 4 | 1970 | 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th (1992) | 0
China | 12 | 1979 | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th (1982) | 1
Croatia | 11 | 2001 | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th (2001/2014) | 1
Denmark | 14 | 1949 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1st (1999) | 2
Estonia | 19 | 1998 | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3rd (1998) | 3
France | 18 | 1951 | 2007 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2nd (1951/2007) | 4
Great Britain | 31 | 1952 | 2023 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1st (1952/2023) | 2
East Germany | 14 | 1956 | 1990 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1st (1956/1982) | 1
Germany[N1] | 9 | 1965 | 2006 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1st (1966/2006) | 1
Hungary | 28 | 1959 | 2024 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1st (2024) | 6
Israel | 1 | 2006 | 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12th (2006) | 0
Italy | 30 | 1951 | 2024 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 1st (1951/1991) | 3
Japan | 29 | 1962 | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1st (1962) | 4
Kazakhstan | 14 | 1997 | 2019 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1st (2003/2019) | 1
Latvia | 3 | 1994 | 1996 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1st (1996) | 0
Lithuania | 19 | 2001 | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3rd (2006/2022) | 3
Netherlands | 41 | 1951 | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1st (1979) | 6
Norway | 27 | 1956 | 2005 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1st (1963/2005) | 2
Poland | 43 | 1961 | 2023 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 1st (1965/1987) | 6
Romania | 35 | 1959 | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1st (1959/1976) | 3
Serbia | 3 | 2010 | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10th (2022) | 0
Slovenia | 15 | 1998 | 2024 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1st (2001/2022) | 6
Slovakia | 1 | 1995 | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1st (1995) | 1
South Korea | 14 | 2002 | 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2nd (2017) | 1
Spain | 2 | 2011 | 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10th (2011) | 0
Switzerland | 23 | 1961 | 1997 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1st (1971/1990) | 5
Ukraine | 15 | 1998 | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1st (1998) | 3
United States | 5 | 1970 | 1983 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1st (1970/1983) | 1
Yugoslavia | 21 | 1951 | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2nd (1974) | 5

* ^ Note 1. The Federal Republic of Germany competed as West Germany from 1953 until 1990.
* ^ Note 2. Czechoslovakia, Sweden, and Finland each hosted this level on one occasion each.

## See also

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* Ice Hockey World Championships
* IIHF World Championship Division II
* IIHF World Championship Division III

## References

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1. ^ IIHF (29 March 2011). "Japan withdraws from events". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
2. ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

* Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. pp. 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9.
* Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.

## External links

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* 2010 IIHF Championship Program on iihf.com

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* ~~2020~~
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Championships
(Top Division)|

| Editions|

* Switzerland 1998
* Norway 1999
* Russia 2000
* Germany 2001
* Sweden 2002
* Finland 2003
* Czech Republic 2004
* Austria 2005
* Latvia 2006
* Russia 2007
* Canada 2008
* Switzerland 2009
* Germany 2010
* Slovakia 2011
* Finland / Sweden 2012
* Sweden / Finland 2013
* Belarus 2014
* Czech Republic 2015
* Russia 2016
* Germany / France 2017
* Denmark 2018
* Slovakia 2019
* ~~Switzerland 2020~~
* Latvia 2021
* Finland 2022
* Finland / Latvia 2023
* Czechia 2024
* Sweden / Denmark 2025
* Switzerland 2026
* Germany 2027
* France 2028
* TBD 2029

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Finals|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Rosters|

* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Division I|

* 1998(B)/(C)
* 1999(B)/(C)
* 2000(B)/(C)
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Division II|

* 1998(D)
* 1999(D)
* 2000(D)
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Division III|

* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Division IV|

* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

* Team appearances
* Medalists
* Attendance
* Awards winners

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