WJC d1B

League status: Active
Youth league: yes, U20
Administered by: IIHF
Year of start: 2011
WWW: http://www.iihf.com/

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The teams play a single round-robin series. Each teams plays each opponent once.

The winner of the event will be promoted to Division I Group A. The last-ranked team will be relegated to Division II Group A.

2022-2023: Japan
2021-2022: France
2019-2020: Hungary
2018-2019: Slovenia
2017-2018: Norway
2016-2017: Hungary
2015-2016: France
2014-2015: Kazakhstan
2013-2014: Italy
2012-2013: Poland
2011-2012: France

Until 2011 WJC Division 1B was at the same level as WJC Division 1A.

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France moves up (18 Dec 2021)
2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship program (02 Jun 2014)
Great Britain U20 disqualified (30 Apr 2014)
Italian A-game takes them to Division A (16 Dec 2013)
Triumph of Poland team with Russian coach at Ukraine (16 Dec 2012)

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France, Ukraine and Slovenia got clear wins on the opening day of the World U20 Championship Division 1B in Tondiraba Icehall in Tallinn, Estonia.

France beat Poland 6-2, Ukraine beat Estonia 7-2 and Slovenia beat Japan 7-3.

(12 Dec 2021)

With a perfect 5-0 record Hungary wins the U20 World Championship Division IB in Kyiv, Ukraine. Italy is relegated to the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group A.

(18 Dec 2019)

The 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division IB scheduled from 12 to 18 December in Megeve, France lost one team on the eve of first match: Japan announced the cancellation of partecipation and the consequent relegation to Division II Group A

Thus only five teams - Slovenia, Ukraine, Poland, France and Great Britain - will compete in France and none of the teams will be relegated.

(12 Dec 2015)

Ukraine Federation announced the appointment of Igor Chibiriev as head coach of U20 national team, with Andrei Sryubko as assistant. Chibiriev, 46, worked as assistant coach at Molodaya Gvardia Donetsk, while Sryubko held a similar position at Dmitrov.
"The most important thing is that we have a common vision of what needs to be done to achieve a result" said Igor Chibiriev. Ukraine U20 will compete in WJC U20 Division IB in Dunaujvaros, Hungary, next December against Poland, Kazakhstan, France, Japan and Hungary.

(11 Sep 2014)

Swedish Torbjörn Johansson, 41, was named new headcoach of Poland U20 national team. After a 265 Elitserien games career, Johansson worked in past seasons as coach in Leksand junior department. He replaced Russian Andrei Parfyonov. Like Pefyonov, also Johansson will coach also U18 national team and the sport school SMS Sosnowiec, competing in polish 2nd division

(04 Aug 2014)

After having named Igor Zakharkin as National Team coach, Polish Federation announces the hiring of 41-year-old Andrei Parfyonov as head coach of Under 20 team. He will also be involved in working with Under 18 squad.
Parfyonov coached CSKA Moscow Juniors teams, SKA Novopolotsk in Belarussian League and more recently VMF St. Petersburg in VHL. The Russian coach will lead Poland at WJC Division Ib in Donets'k, Ukraine from 10 to 16 december

(26 Aug 2012)

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