Each year at the World Junior Hockey Championship, one team gets relegated from the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Top Division, a disappointing result for a team that fought hard to hang among the top 10 nations in the world. On the flipside, that spot gets taken by a country that wins a championship of its own, claiming top spot in Division IA.
In 2019, that was Team Germany, which won all five of the games it played, outscoring opponents by a combined score of 22-5. The win earned them their first promotion to the Top Division since 2015.