2005 IIHF World Championship Division I
The 2005 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 17 to April 23, 2005. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Debrecen, Hungary. Group B's games were played in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Norway and Italy finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the Championship Division for 2006. While China finished last in Group A and Romania last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2006.Participants
Group A
Group B
Group A tournament
Standings
| Team | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 35 | 9 |
| 2 | | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| 4 | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 61 | –56 | 0 |
Fixtures
All times local.Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | | | | | | | |
 Morten Ask | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +11 | 18 | F |
| Anders Bastiansen | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +12 | 0 | F |
| Lars Erik Spets | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +5 | 12 | F |
| Marius Trygg | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 2 | F |
| Patrick Thoresen | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Tore Vikingstad | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +7 | 2 | F |
 David Clarke | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 4 | F |
| Martin Knold | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +8 | 4 | D |
 Jacek Plachta | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +4 | 6 | F |
| Leszek Laszkiewicz | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 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 | | | | | | |
| Rafal Radziszewski | 238:49 | 114 | 5 | 1.26 | 95.61 | 1 |
| Stephen Murphy | 247:54 | 158 | 7 | 1.69 | 95.57 | 2 |
 Levente Szuper | 179:25 | 102 | 5 | 1.67 | 95.10 | 1 |
| Pål Grotnes | 299:55 | 91 | 8 | 1.60 | 91.21 | 1 |
 Naoya Kikuchi | 237:46 | 86 | 9 | 2.27 | 89.53 | 0 |
Group B tournament
Standings
| Team | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 9 |
| 2 | | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 17 | –1 | 4 |
| 6 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 30 | –23 | 0 |
Fixtures
All times local.Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | | | | | | | |
 Eduard Valiulin | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +4 | 2 | F |
 Dino Felicetti | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +2 | 6 | F |
 Darius Lelenas | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 6 | F |
| Roland Ramoser | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 2 | F |
 David Livingston | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 4 | F |
| Darius Pliskauskas | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 0 | F |
 Francois Rozenthal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –1 | 2 | F |
| Mario Chitarroni | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 12 | F |
| Lauri Lehesalu | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | D |
| Maksim Ivanov | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 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 | | | | | | |
| Jason Muzzatti | 240:00 | 82 | 3 | 0.75 | 96.34 | 1 |
| Phil Groeneveld | 298:18 | 187 | 11 | 2.21 | 94.12 | 0 |
| Fabrice Lhenry | 298:49 | 111 | 9 | 1.81 | 91.89 | 1 |
| Andrei Sestakov | 152:28 | 74 | 6 | 2.36 | 91.89 | 1 |
| Aleksei Terentjev | 146:50 | 85 | 9 | 3.68 | 89.41 | 0 |
