2010 IIHF World Championship Division I

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox international hockey competition | tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division I | year = 2010 | image = 2010 IIHF World Championship Division I Logo.png | size = 243px | caption = | country = Netherlands | country2 = Slovenia | dates = 19–25 April 2010 (A) 17–23 April 2010 (B) | num_teams = 12 | venues = 2 | cities = 2 | prevseason = 2009 | nextseason = 2011 }}

'''The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division I''' was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournaments were contested between 17 and 25 April 2010. Participants in this championship were drawn into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Tilburg, Netherlands.<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501010855/http://www.iihf.com/channels0910/wm-ia|title=2010 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A official website}}</ref> Group B's games were played in Ljubljana, Slovenia.<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424061720/http://www.iihf.com/channels0910/wm-ib|title=2010 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B official website}}</ref> Austria won the Group A tournament while Slovenia won the Group B tournament to earn promotion to the Top Division of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Serbia and Croatia finished last in each group and will be relegated to Division II at the 2011 World Championships. Spain and Estonia earned promotion from the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II and replaced Serbia and Croatia in Division I in 2011.

==Group A== The Group A tournament was played in Tilburg, the Netherlands, from 19 to 25 April 2010.<ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/ Division I Group A statistics]</ref>

===Participating teams=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Team ! Qualification |- |{{ih|AUT}} |Placed 14th in Top Division last year and were relegated<ref name="2009WC">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/statistics.html | title = 2009 IIHF World Championship | access-date = 2009-12-08| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091126003031/http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/statistics.html| archive-date= 26 November 2009 | work = IIHF | url-status= live}}</ref> |- |{{ih|UKR}} |Placed 2nd in Division I Group B last year<ref name="2009DIB">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/division-i/group-b-statistics.html | title = 2009 IIHF World Championship Div. I Group B | access-date = 2009-12-08| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100109210255/http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/division-i/group-b-statistics.html| archive-date= 9 January 2010 | work = IIHF | url-status= live}}</ref> |- |{{ih|JPN}} |Placed 3rd in Division I Group A last year<ref name="2009DIA">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/division-i/group-a-statistics.html | title = 2009 IIHF World Championship Div. I Group A | access-date = 2009-12-08| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100109211049/http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/division-i/group-a-statistics.html| archive-date= 9 January 2010 | work = IIHF | url-status= live}}</ref> |- |{{ih|LTU}} |Placed 4th in Division I Group A last year<ref name="2009DIA"/> |- |{{ih|NED}} |'''Hosts;''' placed 5th in Division I Group B last year<ref name="2009DIB"/> |- |{{ih|SRB}} |Placed 1st in Division II Group A last year and were promoted<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/channels0809/wm-iia | title = 2009 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090428113022/http://www.iihf.com/channels0809/wm-iia | archive-date= 28 April 2009 | work = IIHF}}</ref> |}

===Final standings=== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT |update=complete |source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224200_76_16_0.pdf IIHF]

|team1=AUT|name_AUT={{ih|AUT}} |team2=UKR|name_UKR={{ih|UKR}} |team3=JPN|name_JPN={{ih|JPN}} |team4=NED|name_NED={{ih|NED}} |team5=LTU|name_LTU={{ih|LTU}} |team6=SRB|name_SRB={{ih|SRB}}

|res_col_header=PR |result1=P|result6=R |col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2011 Top Division |col_R=red1 |text_R=Relegated to the 2011 Division II }}

===Match results=== All times are local. {{Ice hockey box | date = 19 April 2010 | time = 13:30 | team1 = {{ih-rt|LTU}} | team2 = '''{{ih|UKR}}''' | score = 5–12 | periods = (0–2, 4–4, 1–6) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224901_74_4_0.pdf | goalie1 = Arturas Kuzmicius | goalie2 = Vadryn Seliverstov Kostiantyn Simchuk | progression = 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 1–4 1–5 2–5 3–5 4–5 4–6 4–7 4–8 5–8 5–9 5–10 5–11 5–12 | goals1 = 22:25 – Kumeliauskas (Alisauskas, Verenis) 25:34 – Kumeliauskas (Katulis) (PP2) 32:04 – Slikas (Katulis, Visockas) 35:10 – Kumeliauskas (Verenis, Kulevicius) 53:20 – Kulevicius (Kumeliauskas, Alisauskas) | goals2 = 3:35 – Materukhin (Shafarenko, Timchenko) 14:17 – Mikhnov (Kasianchuk, Klymentiev) 21:07 – Varlamov (Salnikov, Sriubko) (PP) 22:00 – Timchenko (Materukhin, Pobiedonostsev) 23:59 – Salnikov (Varlamov, Navarenko) 36:35 – Kasianchuk (Mikhnov, Shakhraychuk) 43:10 – Bondariev (Isayenko, Nimenko) 44:27 – Shafarenko (Timchenko, Pobiedonostsev) 54:44 – Shakhraychuk (Mikhnov, Kasianchuk) 57:10 – Kasianchuk 58:48 – Tsyrul (Salnikov, Varlamov) 59:46 – Materukhin (Shafarenko, Timchenko) | official = {{flagicon|FRA}} Jimmy Bergamelli | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum Tilburg | attendance = 500 | penalties1 = 12 | penalties2 = 10 | shots1 = 35 | shots2 = 43 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 19 April 2010 | time = 17:00 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = {{ih-rt|SRB}} | team2 = '''{{ih|AUT}}''' | score = 0–13 | periods = (0–7, 0–3, 0–3) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224902_74_5_0.pdf | goalie1 = Milan Lukovic | goalie2 = Reinhard Divis | progression = 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8 0–9 0–10 0–11 0–12 0–13 | goals1 = | goals2 = 3:57 – Hager (Kaspitz, Harland) (PP) 6:28 – Unterluggauer (Koch, Welser) 9:14 – Setzinger (Koch, Welser) 13:16 – Tratting (Setzinger, Koch) (PP) 17:00 – Koch (Setzinger, Welser) 17:18 – Pock (Kaspitz, Unterluggauer) 19:33 – Harrand (Schuller) 25:18 – Schuller (SH) 35:03 – Werenka (Tratting, Welser) 39:13 – Welser (Tratting, Setzinger) 44:02 – Welser (Werenka, Setzinger) 53:42 – Welser (Harand, Unterluggauer) 59:46 – Welser (Werenka, Setzinger) | official = {{flagicon|BEL}} Swen Bergman | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 800 | penalties1 = 12 | penalties2 = 20 | shots1 = 17 | shots2 = 51 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 19 April 2010 | time = 20:30 | team1 = {{ih-rt|NED}} | team2 = '''{{ih|JPN}}''' | score = 1–3 | periods = (0–1, 0–2, 1–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224903_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Phil Groeneveld | goalie2 = Yutaka Fukufuji | progression = 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 | goals1 = 59:59 – Dalhuisen (Houkes, Willemse) | goals2 = 3:39 – Tanaka (Suzuki, Yamashita) 25:14 – Suzuki (Kawashima, Domeki) (PP) 39:29 – Domeki (Suzuki) | official = {{flagicon|GER}} Lars Brueggemann | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 2500 | penalties1 = 16 | penalties2 = 8 | shots1 = 30 | shots2 = 47 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 20 April 2010 | time = 13:30 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|AUT}}''' | team2 = {{ih|LTU}} | score = 6–2 | periods = (1–1, 3–0, 2–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224904_74_5_0.pdf | goalie1 = Reinhard Divis | goalie2 = Nerijus Dauksevicius Arturas Kuzmicius | progression = 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 6–2 | goals1 = 18:10 – Trattnig (Werenka, Setzinger) (PP2) 28:16 – Latusa (Pewal, Lukas) 34:45 – Koch (Werenka, Tratting) (PP) 35:49 – Pock (Harand, Reichel) 43:01 – Peintner (Kirisits) 47:04 – Harand (Kaspitz, Hager) | goals2 = 14:29 – Katulis (Kuliesius, Bauba) (PP) 49:40 – Vaiciukevicius | official = {{flagicon|DEN}} Jacob Grumsen | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 500 | penalties1 = 28 | penalties2 = 32 | shots1 = 55 | shots2 = 23 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 20 April 2010 | time = 17:00 | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|JPN}}''' | team2 = {{ih|SRB}} | score = 5–0 | periods = (1–0, 3–0, 1–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224905_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Masahito Haruna | goalie2 = Milan Lukovic Zvezdan Vidakovic | progression = 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 | goals1 = 0:53 – Ueno (Tonosaki) (PP) 29:37 – Iimura (Shigeno) (SH) 35:40 – Nishiwaki (Ueno, Iimura) 39:08 – Saito (Domeki) (SH) 46:02 – Sato (Shigeno, Keller) | goals2 = | official = {{flagicon|GER}} Lars Brueggemann | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 350 | penalties1 = 18 | penalties2 = 14 | shots1 = 41 | shots2 = 18 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 20 April 2010 | time = 20:30 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|UKR}}''' | team2 = {{ih|NED}} | score = 9–2 | periods = (3–0, 4–1, 2–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224906_74_4_0.pdf | goalie1 = Kostiantyn Simchuk | goalie2 = Phil Groeneveld Ian Meierdres | progression = 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 6–1 7–1 8–1 8–2 9–2 | goals1 = 3:00 – Matvichuk (Blagoi) 14:40 – Kasianchuk (Mikhnov, Isayenko) 16:54 – Bondariev (Blagoi, Nimenko) 22:08 – Kasianchuk (Shakhraychuk, Mikhnov) 24:29 – Mikhnov (Kasianchuk) 28:37 – Shakhraychuk (Mikhnov, Kasianchuk) 35:57 – Isayenko (Shafarenko, Materukhin) (SH) 49:56 – Bondariev (Ostroushko, Nimenko) 54:19 – Nimenko (Isayenko) | goals2 = 35:11 – van Biezen (Dalhuisen, Willemse) (PP2) 52:46 – de Jong (Wurm, Kars) | official = {{flagicon|FRA}} Jimmy Bergamelli | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 2250 | penalties1 = 24 | penalties2 = 26 | shots1 = 48 | shots2 = 23 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 22 April 2010 | time = 13:30 | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|UKR}}''' | team2 = {{ih|SRB}} | score = 15–2 | periods = (1–1, 6–0, 8–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224907_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Vadym Seliverstov | goalie2 = Zvezdan Vidakovic Milan Lukovic | progression = 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 8–1 9–1 10–1 11–1 12–1 12–2 13–2 14–2 15–2 | goals1 = 13:03 – Sriubko (Tsyrul, Varlamov) 21:44 – Materukhin (Timchenko, Shafarenko) 23:39 – Tolkunov (Isayenko, Shakhraychuk) (PP) 23:58 – Materukhin (Timchenko, Shafarenko) 26:31 – Shakhraychuk (Kasianchuk, Mikhnov) 29:45 – Shakhraychuk (Mikhnov) (PP) 33:34 – Timchenko (Materukhin, Klymentiev) 42:18 – Matvichuk (Salnikov, Varlamov) 44:04 – Materukhin (Timchenko, Navarenko) (PP) 46:01 – Kasianchuk (Nimenko) 46:45 – Kasianchuk (Mikhnov, Isayenko) 49:33 – Navarenko (Tolkunov, Shakhraychuk) (PP) 55:52 – Varlamov (Salnikov, Matvichuk) 56:53 – Mikhnov (Kasianchuk, Ostroushko) 58:17 – Matvichuk | goals2 = 7:07 – Sretovic 52:54 – Jankovic (Mamic) | official = {{flagicon|GER}} Lars Brueggemann | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 350 | penalties1 = 8 | penalties2 = 18 | shots1 = 50 | shots2 = 20 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 22 April 2010 | time = 17:00 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = {{ih-rt|JPN}} | team2 = '''{{ih|AUT}}''' | score = 1–3 | periods = (0–2, 1–0, 0–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224908_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Yutaka Fukufuji | goalie2 = Reinhard Divis | progression = 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 | goals1 = 30:35 – Saito (PP) | goals2 = 5:00 – Koch (Setzinger, Trattnig) (PP) 8:28 – Koch (Setzinger, Trattnig) (PP) 55:47 – Kaspitz (Harand, Trattnig) (SH) | official = {{flagicon|BEL}} Sven Bergman | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 680 | penalties1 = 18 | penalties2 = 16 | shots1 = 17 | shots2 = 32 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 22 April 2010 | time = 20:30 | team1 = {{ih-rt|LTU}} | team2 = '''{{ih|NED}}''' | score = 1–4 | periods = (1–1, 0–2, 0–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224909_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Nerijus Dauskevicius | goalie2 = Phil Groeneveld | progression = 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 | goals1 = 13:40 – Pliskauskas (Vysniauskas, Katulis) (PP) | goals2 = 18:41 – van Biezen (van Sloun, Nazarov) (PP2) 27:34 – van Sloun (van Biezen) 31:18 – Teunissen (van Sloun, van Biezen) (PP) 58:20 – Hagemeijer (EN) | official = {{flagicon|DEN}} Jacob Grumsen | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 2500 | penalties1 = 36 | penalties2 = 63 | shots1 = 30 | shots2 = 44 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 24 April 2010 | time = 13:30 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|UKR}}''' | team2 = {{ih|JPN}} | score = 2–1 | periods = (0–0, 1–0, 1–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224910_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Konstiantyn Simchuk | goalie2 = Yutaka Fukufuji | progression = 1–0 1–1 2–1 | goals1 = 32:24 – Tolkunov (Mikhnov, Kasianchuk) (PP2) 58:35 – Materukhin (Timchenko, Shafarenko) | goals2 = 57:31 – Suzuki (Saito, Yamshita) | official = {{flagicon|BEL}} Sven Bergman | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 650 | penalties1 = 16 | penalties2 = 12 | shots1 = 36 | shots2 = 17 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 24 April 2010 | time = 17:00 | team1 = {{ih-rt|SRB}} | team2 = '''{{ih|LTU}}''' | score = 4–10 | periods = (0–3, 1–3, 3–4) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224911_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Milan Lukovic Zvezdan Vidakovic | goalie2 = Nerijus Dauksevicius Arturas Kuzmicius | progression = 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 1–6 2–6 3–6 4–6 4–7 4–8 4–9 4–10 | goals1 = 39:25 – Jacob (Milovanovic, Fournier) 43:19 – Kosic (Prokic, Gabric) 44:13 – Vucurevic (Babic, Bibic) 45:15 – Sretovic (Gabric, Milovanovic) | goals2 = 5:36 – Aliukonis (Vaiciukevicius, Pliskauskas) (PP) 17:05 – Katulis (Vaiciukevicius, Kumeliauskas) 19:29 – Kumeliauskas (Verenis, Lelenas) 27:09 – Pliskauskas (Vaiciukevicius, Lelenas) 28:26 – Kumeliauskas (Verenis, Kulevicius) 38:23 – Verenis (Kumeliauskas, Alisauskas) (PP) 47:04 – Katulis (Pliskauskas, Kumeliauskas) 56:16 – Bauba (Kumeliauskas, Kuliesius) 59:08 – Alisauskas (Bauba, Kumeliauskas) (SH) 59:57 – Vaiciukevicius (Kulevicius, Pliskauskas) | official = {{flagicon|FRA}} Jimmy Bergamelli | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 900 | penalties1 = 28 | penalties2 = 22 | shots1 = 27 | shots2 = 53 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 24 April 2010 | time = 20:30 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|AUT}}''' | team2 = {{ih|NED}} | score = 4–1 | periods = (2–1, 2–0, 0–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224912_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Reinhard Divis | goalie2 = Ian Meierdres | progression = 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 | goals1 = 0:33 – Werenka (Koch, Setzinger) 14:36 – Latusa (Pewal, Harand) 26:35 – Koch (PS) 27:33 – Reichel (Harand, Schuller) | goals2 = 6:40 – Bruinsma (Houkes, Willemse) | official = {{flagicon|GER}} Lars Brueggemann | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 2500 | penalties1 = 24 | penalties2 = 8 | shots1 = 43 | shots2 = 18 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 25 April 2010 | time = 13:30 | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|JPN}}''' | team2 = {{ih|LTU}} | score = 7–1 | periods = (2–0, 2–1, 3–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224913_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Masahito Haruna | goalie2 = Nerijus Dauksevicius Arturas Kuzmicius | progression = 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 | goals1 = 14:45 – Tanaka (Suzuki, Keller) (PP2) 15:22 – Tonosaki (Osawa, Ueno) (PP) 24:04 – Kawashima (Suzuki, Tanaka) (PP) 36:21 – Suzuki (Kawai, Iimura) 42:18 – Ishioka (Tanaka, Sato) 45:11 – Kawai (Iimura, Suzuki) 59:20 – Ueno (Shigeno, Osawa) | goals2 = 22:08 – Kieras (Verenis, Kumeliauskas) | official = {{flagicon|BEL}} Sven Bergman | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 1000 | penalties1 = 16 | penalties2 = 16 | shots1 = 27 | shots2 = 23 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 25 April 2010 | time = 17:00 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|NED}}''' | team2 = {{ih|SRB}} | score = 3–2 OT | periods = (2–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224914_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Phil Groeneveld | goalie2 = Milan Lukovic | progression = 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 | goals1 = 4:38 – Kars (Houkes) 7:15 – van Schagen (Kars, Wurm) 62:57 – Kars (Dalhuisen) | goals2 = 15:45 – Mirkovic (Sretovic, Milovanovic) 35:14 – Mirkovic (Milovanovic, Sretovic) (PP) | official = {{flagicon|FRA}} Jimmy Bergamelli | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 2120 | penalties1 = 20 | penalties2 = 48 | shots1 = 50 | shots2 = 28 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 25 April 2010 | time = 20:30 | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|AUT}}''' | team2 = {{ih|UKR}} | score = 2–1 | periods = (1–0, 0–0, 1–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224915_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Reinhard Divis | goalie2 = Konstiantyn Simchuk | progression = 1–0 1–1 2–1 | goals1 = 1:56 – Raffl (Kaspitz, Unterluggauer) (PP) 51:55 – Trattnig (Kaspitz, Raffl) | goals2 = 50:06 – Sriubko (Tolkunov) (PP) | official = {{flagicon|GER}} Lars Brueggemann | official2 = | stadium = IJssportcentrum | attendance = 1750 | penalties1 = 35 | penalties2 = 76 | shots1 = 22 | shots2 = 28 }}

===Tournament awards=== ; Best players selected by the directorate: *Best Goalkeeper: Yutaka Fukufuji {{ih|JPN}} *Best Forward: Kostiantyn Kasianchuk {{ih|UKR}} *Best Defenseman: Matthias Trattnig {{ih|AUT}}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width="175px"| Player !width="50px" | GP !width="50px" | G !width="50px" | A !width="60px" | Pts !width="60px" | +/− !width="50px" | PIM |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Kostiantyn Kasianchuk || 5 || 6 || 7 || '''13''' || +9 || 6 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Andri Mikhnov || 5 || 3 || 9 || '''12''' || +7 || 2 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Oliver Setzinger|| 5 || 1 || 9 || '''10''' || +8 || 0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Materukhin || 5 || 6 || 3 || '''9''' || +8 || 12 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Thomas Koch || 5 || 5 || 4 || '''9''' || +8 || 0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|LTU}} Tadas Kumeliauskas || 5 || 5 || 4 || '''9''' || 0 || 33 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Matthias Trattnig || 5 || 3 || 6 || '''9''' || +10 || 4 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleg Timchenko || 5 || 2 || 7 || '''9''' || +7 || 14 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vadym Shakhraychuk || 5 || 4 || 4 || '''8''' || +9 || 6 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Daniel Welser || 5 || 4 || 4 || '''8''' || +9 || 2 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Takahito Suzuki || 5 || 3 || 5 || '''8''' || +3 || 4 |}''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position'' Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224000_85B_5_0.pdf IIHF.com]

===Leading goalkeepers=== Only the top five goalkeepers, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width="170px" | Player !width="60px" | TOI !width="50px" | SA !width="50px" | GA !width="60px" | GAA !width="60px" | Sv% !width="50px" | SO |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Masahito Haruna || 120:00 || 41 || 1 || 0.50 || '''97.56''' || 1 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Reinhard Divis || 300:00 || 103 || 5 || 1.00 || '''95.15''' || 1 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yutaka Fukufuji || 176:47 || 98 || 6 || 2.04 || '''93.88''' || 0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Kostiantyn Simchuk || 199:50 || 77 || 6 || 1.80 || '''92.21''' || 0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED}} Phil Groeneveld|| 211:34 || 134 || 12 || 3.40 || '''91.04''' || 0 |- |}''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts'' Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/224/IHM224000_85A_5_0.pdf IIHF.com]

==Group B== The Group A tournament was played in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 17 to 23 April 2010.<ref>[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/ Division I Group B statistics]</ref>

===Participating teams=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Team ! Qualification |- |{{ih|HUN}} |Placed 16th in Top Division last year and were relegated<ref name="2009WC"/> |- |{{ih|SLO}} |'''Hosts;''' placed 2nd in Division I Group A last year<ref name="2009DIA"/> |- |{{ih|GBR}} |Placed 3rd in Division I Group B last year<ref name="2009DIB"/> |- |{{ih|POL}} |Placed 4th in Division I Group B last year<ref name="2009DIB"/> |- |{{ih|CRO}} |Placed 5th in Division I Group A last year<ref name="2009DIA"/> |- |{{ih|KOR}} |Placed 1st in Division II Group B last year and were promoted<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/channels0809/wm-iib | title = 2009 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091126005212/http://www.iihf.com/channels0809/wm-iib | archive-date= 26 November 2009 | work = IIHF}}</ref> |}

===Final standings=== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WL OT |update=complete |source=[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225200_76_15_0.pdf IIHF]

|team1=SLO|name_SLO={{ih|SLO}} |team2=HUN|name_HUN={{ih|HUN}} |team3=POL|name_POL={{ih|POL}} |team4=GBR|name_GBR={{ih|GBR}} |team5=KOR|name_KOR={{ih|KOR}} |team6=CRO|name_CRO={{ih|CRO}}

|res_col_header=PR |result1=P|result6=R |col_P=green1|text_P=Promoted to the 2011 Top Division |col_R=red1 |text_R=Relegated to the 2011 Division II }}

===Match results=== All times are local. {{Ice hockey box | date = 17 April 2010 | time = 13:00 | team1 = {{ih-rt|KOR}} | team2 = '''{{ih|HUN}}''' | score = 2–4 | periods = (0–0, 1–3, 1–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225901_74_4_0.pdf | goalie1 = Hyun Seung Eum Sung Je Park | goalie2 = Zoltán Hetényi | progression = 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 2–4 | goals1 = 20:36 – Kim KS (Song DH, Kim WJ) 49:32 – Kim KS (Cho MH, Kim WJ) | goals2 = 23:09 – Holéczy (Magosi, Kóger) 28:51 – Vas (Kóger, Nagy) 31:28 – Peterdi (Vas) 41:36 – Kovács (Fekete) (SH) | official = {{flagicon|BLR}} Vladimir Nalivaiko | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 510 | penalties1 = 6 | penalties2 = 12 | shots1 = 23 | shots2 = 27 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 17 April 2010 | time = 16:30 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = {{ih-rt|CRO}} | team2 = '''{{ih|GBR}}''' | score = 1–4 | periods = (1–1, 0–2, 0–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225902_74_4_0.pdf | goalie1 = Vanja Belic | goalie2 = Stephen Murphy | progression = 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 | goals1 = 12:45 – Kanaet (Rendulic, Glavota) (PP2) | goals2 = 4:48 – Phillips (Dowd) 30:56 – O'Connor (Shields) 37:07 – Chambers (Phillips) 56:29 – Dowd (Hill, Tait) (PP) | official = {{flagicon|SLO}} Viki Trilar | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 530 | penalties1 = 16 | penalties2 = 12 | shots1 = 21 | shots2 = 43 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 17 April 2010 | time = 20:00 | team1 = {{ih-rt|POL}} | team2 = '''{{ih|SLO}}''' | score = 2–3 | periods = (1–3, 1–0, 0–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225903_74_4_0.pdf | goalie1 = Krzysztof Zborowski | goalie2 = Andrej Hocevar | progression = 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 | goals1 = 13:44 – Csorich (Drzewiecki) (PP) 24:03 – Klys (Malasinski, Proszkiewicz)(PP) | goals2 = 2:56 – Kovacevic (Sivic) 14:17 – Razingar (Sivic, Hebar) 19:49 – Urbas (Kuznik, Jeglic) (PP) | official = {{flagicon|CZE}} Miroslav Jebavy | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 3000 | penalties1 = 10 | penalties2 = 12 | shots1 = 34 | shots2 = 34 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 18 April 2010 | time = 13:00 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|GBR}}''' | team2 = {{ih|KOR}} | score = 2–1 | periods = (0–0, 1–1, 1–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225904_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Stevie Lyle | goalie2 = Sung Je Park | progression = 1–0 1–1 2–1 | goals1 = 26:46 – Hill (Weaver, O'Connor) (PP) 49:41 – Hewitt (Tait) | goals2 = 37:21 – Song DH (Kim KS) | official = {{flagicon|CZE}} Miroslav Jebavy | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 520 | penalties1 = 14 | penalties2 = 10 | shots1 = 25 | shots2 = 29 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 18 April 2010 | time = 16:30 | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|HUN}}''' | team2 = {{ih|POL}} | score = 6–0 | periods = (2–0, 0–0, 4–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225905_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Zoltán Hetényi | goalie2 = Krzysztof Zborowski Kamil Kosowski | progression = 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 | goals1 = 8:38 – Sofron 10:17 – Vas (Ladányi, Tokaji) (PP) 40:14 – Vas (Ladányi, Horváth) 45:14 – Sille (Holéczy, Sofron) 45:43 – Horváth (Ladányi, Vas) 57:22 – Ladányi (Sille) | goals2 = | official = {{flagicon|SLO}} Viki Trilar | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 640 | penalties1 = 4 | penalties2 = 4 | shots1 = 31 | shots2 = 29 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 18 April 2010 | time = 20:00 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|SLO}}''' | team2 = {{ih|CRO}} | score = 10–1 | periods = (6–0, 1–1, 3–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225906_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Andrej Hocevar Ales Sila | goalie2 = Vanja Belic | progression = 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 6–1 7–1 8–1 9–1 10–1 | goals1 = 1:04 – Kovacevic (Razingar, Sivic) 5:28 – Mursak (M. Rodman) (SH) 9:07 – Razingar (Hebar, Kovacevic) 9:21 – Pance (Golicic) 11:20 – Jeglic (Urbas, Ticar) 14:17 – Pavlin (Ticar, Urbas) (PP) 35:39 – M. Rodman (Mursak, D. Rodman) 50:30 – Mursak (M. Rodman, D. Rodman) (PP) 50:47 – Ticar (Jeglic) 59:57 – Ticar (Jeglic, Urbas) | goals2 = 23:58 – Novak (Kucera, Glavota) (PP) | official = {{flagicon|BLR}} Vladimir Nalivaiko | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 3500 | penalties1 = 12 | penalties2 = 16 | shots1 = 49 | shots2 = 18 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 20 April 2010 | time = 13:00 | team1 = {{ih-rt|KOR}} | team2 = '''{{ih|POL}}''' | score = 2–5 | periods = (1–3, 1–1, 0–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225907_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Sung Je Park | goalie2 = Krzysztof Zborowski | progression = 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–4 2–5 | goals1 = 7:33 – Song DH (Kim KS) 33:30 – Cho MH (Kim WJ, Kim KS) (PP) | goals2 = 3:50 – Laszkiewicz (Drzewiecki, Dziubinski) 7:01 – Kotlorz (Laszkiewicz) 19:53 – Dziubinski (Malasinski, Kotlorz) 36:38 – Rzeszutko (Rozanski) 55:05 – Wajda (Dziubinski) (PP) | official = {{flagicon|SLO}} Viki Trilar | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 362 | penalties1 = 10 | penalties2 = 8 | shots1 = 37 | shots2 = 21 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 20 April 2010 | time = 16:30 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|HUN}}''' | team2 = {{ih|CRO}} | score = 8–0 | periods = (3–0, 5–0, 0–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225908_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Zoltán Hetényi Miklós Rajna | goalie2 = Matija Tackovic | progression = 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 8–0 | goals1 = 3:27 – Vas (Tokaji, Ladányi) 3:53 – Fekete (Palkovics, Kovács) 15:56 – Peterdi (Horváth, Kóger) (PP) 24:39 – Peterdi (Kóger, G. Nagy) (PP) 26:38 – Ladányi (Vas) (PP) 29:41 – Svasznek 32:10 – Peterdi (Szirányi, G. Nagy) 32:57 – Magosi (Sofron, Holéczy) | goals2 = | official = {{flagicon|BLR}} Vladimir Nalivaiko | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 623 | penalties1 = 6 | penalties2 = 10 | shots1 = 44 | shots2 = 18 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 20 April 2010 | time = 20:00 | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|SLO}}''' | team2 = {{ih|GBR}} | score = 4–3 OT | periods = (1–0, 1–0, 1–3, 1–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225909_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Andrej Hocevar | goalie2 = Stephen Murphy | progression = 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–3 4–3 | goals1 = 18:33 – Urbas (Jeglic, Ticar) (PP) 29:14 – Ticar (Milovanovic, Jeglic) 51:02 – Ticar (Jeglic, Urbas) 61:40 – Jeglic (Music) | goals2 = 45:20 – Tait (Chambers) (PP) 45:42 – Garside 59:08 – Phillips (Clarke, Tait) | official = {{flagicon|CZE}} Miroslav Jebavy | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 3600 | penalties1 = 16 | penalties2 = 22 | shots1 = 35 | shots2 = 20 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 21 April 2010 | time = 13:00 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|POL}}''' | team2 = {{ih|CRO}} | score = 6–0 | periods = (3–0, 2–0, 1–0) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225910_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Krzysztof Zborowski | goalie2 = Vanja Belic | progression = 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 | goals1 = 3:00 – Rzeszutko (Baginski, Csorich) 3:57 – Danieluk (Lopuski, Sarnik) 13:03 – Lopuski (Danieluk, Sarnik) 31:49 – Pasiut (Laszkiewicz, Drzewiecki) (PP) 39:14 – Malasinski (Rompkowski) (SH) 59:16 – Dutka (Rompkowski, Kolusz) (PP) | goals2 = | official = {{flagicon|CZE}} Miroslav Jebavy | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 356 | penalties1 = 4 | penalties2 = 42 | shots1 = 64 | shots2 = 11 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 21 April 2010 | time = 16:30 | team1 = {{ih-rt|GBR}} | team2 = '''{{ih|HUN}}''' | score = 0–2 | periods = (0–0, 0–1, 0–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225911_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Stephen Murphy | goalie2 = Zoltan Hetenyi | progression = 0–1 0–2 | goals1 = | goals2 = 30:24 – Fekete (Palkovics, Ennaffati) 45:43 – Palkovics (Kovacs) | official = {{flagicon|SLO}} Viki Trilar | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 1500 | penalties1 = 37 | penalties2 = 8 | shots1 = 35 | shots2 = 34 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 21 April 2010 | time = 20:00 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = '''{{ih-rt|SLO}}''' | team2 = {{ih|KOR}} | score = 8–3 | periods = (3–0, 2–2, 3–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225912_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Andrej Hocevar | goalie2 = Sung Je Park | progression = 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 5–1 5–2 6–2 7–2 8–2 8–3 | goals1 = 4:58 – Mursak (M. Rodman) 6:56 – Kranjc (Sivic) 12:16 – Ticar (Urbas, Jeglic) (PP) 25:04 – Pretnar (Pance) 32:36 – Sivic (Hebar, Tavzelj) 40:33 – D. Rodman (M. Rodman, Mursak) 46:47 – Mursak (M. Rodman, D. Rodman) 54:12 – Razingar (Hebar, Sivic) | goals2 = 20:22 – Kim WJ (Song DH, Kim KS) 34:57 – Park WS (Song DH) 55:09 – Ahn (Kim WJ, Kim HS) | official = {{flagicon|BLR}} Vladimir Nalivaiko | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 2800 | penalties1 = 14 | penalties2 = 16 | shots1 = 34 | shots2 = 28 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 23 April 2010 | time = 13:00 | team1 = {{ih-rt|CRO}} | team2 = '''{{ih|KOR}}''' | score = 2–5 | periods = (1–3, 0–1, 1–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225913_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Vanja Belic | goalie2 = Sung Je Park | progression = 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5 2–5 | goals1 = 9:15 – Lovrencic (Smerdelj) 58:57 – Kanaet (Blagus) | goals2 = 0:41 – Song DH 8:01 – Song DH (Kim HS, Kim DH) (PP) 11:05 – Park WS (Kim WJ, Kim KS) 22:49 – Kim KS (Park WS) 57:26 – Kim WJ (Kim DH, Lee YJ) | official = {{flagicon|SLO}} Viki Trilar | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 350 | penalties1 = 4 | penalties2 = 2 | shots1 = 29 | shots2 = 33 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 23 April 2010 | time = 16:30 | bg = #eeffff | team1 = {{ih-rt|GBR}} | team2 = '''{{ih|POL}}''' | score = 1–2 | periods = (1–0, 0–1, 0–1) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225914_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Stephen Murphy | goalie2 = Krzysztof Zborowski | progression = 1–0 1–1 1–2 | goals1 = 17:13 – Hill (Cowley, Richardson) | goals2 = 37:57 – Rzeszutko (Kotlorz) 53:43 – Lopuski (Dziubinski) | official = {{flagicon|CZE}} Miroslav Jebavy | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 350 | penalties1 = 8 | penalties2 = 8 | shots1 = 20 | shots2 = 43 }} {{Ice hockey box | date = 23 April 2010 | time = 20:00 | team1 = {{ih-rt|HUN}} | team2 = '''{{ih|SLO}}''' | score = 1–4 | periods = (1–1, 0–1, 0–2) | reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225915_74_3_0.pdf | goalie1 = Zoltan Hetenyi | goalie2 = Andrej Hocevar | progression = 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 | goals1 = 8:37 – Vas (Sille) (SH) | goals2 = 0:50 – Ticar (Pange, Jeglic) 37:42 – Kranjc (Kovacevic) (PP) 41:06 – Ticar (Jeglic, Pavlin) 53:30 – Mursak (Kranjc) | official = {{flagicon|BLR}} Vladimir Nalivaiko | official2 = | stadium = Tivoli Hall | attendance = 4500 | penalties1 = 36 | penalties2 = 8 | shots1 = 15 | shots2 = 36 }}

===Tournament awards=== ; Best players selected by the directorate: *Best Goalkeeper: Stephen Murphy {{ih|GBR}} *Best Forward: Žiga Jeglič {{ih|SLO}} *Best Defenseman: András Horváth {{ih|HUN}}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width="175px"| Player !width="50px" | GP !width="50px" | G !width="50px" | A !width="60px" | Pts !width="60px" | +/− !width="50px" | PIM |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Žiga Jeglič || 5 || 2 || 9 || '''11''' || +5 || 0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Rok Tičar || 5 || 7 || 3 || '''10''' || +4 || 2 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Ki-sung|| 5 || 3 || 5 || '''8''' || +3 || 2 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Jan Muršak || 5 || 5 || 2 || '''7''' || +4 || 2 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|KOR}} Song Dong-hwan || 5 || 4 || 3 || '''7''' || +5 || 2 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Jan Urbas || 5 || 2 || 5 || '''7''' || +5 || 6 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Balázs Ladányi || 5 || 2 || 4 || '''6''' || +2 || 0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Marcel Rodman || 5 || 1 || 5 || '''6''' || +4 || 6 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Mitja Šivic || 5 || 1 || 5 || '''6''' || +7 || 6 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Márton Vas || 5 || 4 || 1 || '''5''' || +3 || 0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Woo-jae || 5 || 1 || 4 || '''5''' || +2 || 4 |}''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position'' Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225000_85B_5_0.pdf IIHF.com]

===Leading goalkeepers=== Only the top five goalkeepers, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width="170px" | Player !width="60px" | TOI !width="50px" | SA !width="50px" | GA !width="60px" | GAA !width="60px" | Sv% !width="50px" | SO |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Zoltán Hetényi || 280:00 || 131 || 6 || 1.29 || '''95.52''' || 2 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|GBR}} Stephen Murphy || 240:20 || 133 || 9 || 2.25 || '''93.23''' || 0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|POL}} Krzyszstof Zborowski || 279:54 || 122 || 9 || 1.93 || '''92.62''' || 1 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Andrej Hočevar || 291:03 || 110 || 10 || 2.06 || '''90.91''' || 0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Vanja Belić|| 300:00 || 223 || 33 || 6.60 || '''85.20''' || 0 |- |}''TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts'' Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/225/IHM225000_85A_5_0.pdf IIHF.com]

== IIHF Broadcasting rights == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Country ! Broadcaster |- | align=left | {{flag|Austria}} || ORF Sport Plus |- | align=left | {{flag|Hungary}} || Sport 1 |- | align=left | {{flag|Poland}} || Polsat Sport |- | align=left | {{flag|Serbia}} || Arena Sport |- | align=left | {{flag|Slovenia}} || RTV Slovenia |- | align=left | {{flag|Ukraine}} || Sport 1 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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