2018 IIHF World Championship Division II

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2018 IIHF World Championship Division II
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Tournament details
Host nations  Netherlands /  Spain
Dates 23–29 April (Group A)
14–20 April (Group B)
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Tilburg, Netherlands from 23 to 29 April 2018 and Group B in Granada, Spain from 14 to 20 April 2018.[1]

The Netherlands were promoted to Division I B and Iceland was relegated to Group B.[2] Spain claimed the top position in the Group B tournament and returned to Group A after one year, while Luxembourg took the reverse route after being relegated to Division III.[3]

Group A tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host nation  Netherlands
Dates 23–29 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 105  (7 per game)
Attendance 11,758  (784 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Netherlands Ivy van den Heuvel

Participants

Team Qualification
Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands Host, placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Flag of China.svg.png China Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Referees
  • Flag of Italy Andrea Benvegnu
  • Flag of Hungary Miklós Haszonits
  • Flag of Russia Sergey Morozov
  • Flag of Poland Tomasz Radzik
Linesmen
  • Flag of Norway Knut Einar Bråten
  • Flag of Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
  • Flag of Latvia Raivis Jučers
  • Flag of Japan Kensuke Kanazawa
  • Flag of Netherlands Jos Korte
  • Flag of United States Ian McCambridge
  • Flag of Netherlands Stef Oosterling

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands (H, P) 5 5 0 0 0 42 5 37 15 Promoted to Division I B
2 Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia 5 3 1 0 1 19 14 5 11
3 Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia 5 3 0 1 1 16 14 2 10
4 Flag of China.svg.png China 5 2 0 0 3 10 16 −6 6
5 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 5 1 0 0 4 11 28 −17 3
6 Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland (R) 5 0 0 0 5 7 28 −21 0 Relegation to Division II B

Results

23 April 2018
13:00 		Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0) 		Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 250
23 April 2018
16:30 		Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg.png 4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0) 		Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 215
23 April 2018
20:00 		Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png 7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0) 		Flag of China.svg.png China IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,452
24 April 2018
13:00 		Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 		Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 245
24 April 2018
16:30 		China Flag of China.svg.png 1–3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0) 		Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 257
24 April 2018
20:00 		Iceland Flag of Iceland.svg.png 1–11
(0–3, 0–3, 1–5) 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,347
26 April 2018
13:00 		China Flag of China.svg.png 1–3
(1–0, 0–0, 0–3) 		Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 411
26 April 2018
16:30 		Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg.png 6–3
(1–0, 2–0, 3–3) 		Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 243
26 April 2018
20:00 		Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,500
28 April 2018
13:00 		China Flag of China.svg.png 3–1
(0–0, 0–1, 3–0) 		Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 321
28 April 2018
16:30 		Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg.png 2–10
(0–4, 1–4, 1–2) 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 2,400
28 April 2018
20:00 		Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg.png 4–5 GWS
(2–1, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 521
29 April 2018
13:00 		Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg.png 2–5
(0–0, 0–3, 2–2) 		Flag of China.svg.png China IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 250
29 April 2018
16:30 		Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png 9–2
(4–0, 3–1, 2–1) 		Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 2,035
29 April 2018
20:00 		Iceland Flag of Iceland.svg.png 2–5
(1–1, 0–2, 1–2) 		Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 311

Group B tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host nation  Spain
Dates 14–20 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 133  (8.87 per game)
Attendance 2,565  (171 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Spain Oriol Boronat

Participants

Team Qualification
Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain Host, placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Referees
  • Flag of Latvia Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
  • Flag of Slovakia Milan Novák
  • Flag of Denmark Rasmus Toppel
  • Flag of Belgium Tim Tzirtziganis
Linesmen
  • Flag of Spain Alejandro García
  • Flag of Germany Marcus Höfer
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Andrey Korovkin
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Jiří Svoboda
  • Flag of Spain Carlos Trobajo
  • Flag of Belgium Chris van Grinsven

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain (H, P) 5 5 0 0 0 49 6 43 15 Promoted to Division II A
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 33 14 19 12
3 Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel 5 3 0 0 2 24 14 10 9
4 Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea 5 1 0 0 4 12 40 −28 3
5 Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 9 30 −21 3
6 Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg (R) 5 1 0 0 4 6 29 −23 3 Relegation to Division III

Results

14 April 2018
13:00 		New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg.png 5–1
(1–0, 4–0, 0–1) 		Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 55
14 April 2018
16:30 		Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png 1–8
(1–4, 0–2, 0–2) 		Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 61
14 April 2018
20:15 		Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 15–1
(4–0, 8–1, 3–0) 		Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 333
15 April 2018
13:00 		New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg.png 5–2
(1–0, 0–1, 4–1) 		Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 67
15 April 2018
16:30 		North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg.png 5–2
(3–2, 2–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 68
15 April 2018
20:00 		Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png 1–10
(0–0, 1–3, 0–7) 		Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 234
17 April 2018
13:00 		Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 9–1
(3–1, 4–0, 2–0) 		Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 36
17 April 2018
16:30 		New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg.png 7–1
(1–0, 2–1, 4–0) 		Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 68
17 April 2018
20:00 		Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 14–0
(4–0, 5–0, 5–0) 		Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 157
19 April 2018
13:00 		Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg.png 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0) 		Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 300
19 April 2018
16:30 		North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg.png 4–12
(1–4, 3–4, 0–4) 		Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 84
19 April 2018
20:00 		Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)) 		Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 390
20 April 2018
13:00 		Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 77
20 April 2018
16:30 		Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg.png 3–5
(0–2, 2–2, 1–1) 		Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 94
20 April 2018
20:00 		Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 6–4
(1–0, 4–3, 1–1) 		Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 541

References

  1. ↑ "27 tournaments assigned". iihf.com. 19 May 2017. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11816. 
  2. ↑ "Dutch Dominance". iihf.com. 30 April 2018. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12614&cHash=fa744091d070a31e3051ecfbf5c489e0. 
  3. ↑ "Fourth gold for Spain". iihf.com. 21 April 2018. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12536&cHash=e6ef040086faad33f62476739d1ecc65. 
  4. ↑ Group A Assignments
  5. ↑ Group B Assignments


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