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
 Netherlands Host, placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
 Australia Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
 Serbia Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
 Belgium Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
 Iceland Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
 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  Netherlands (H, P) 5 5 0 0 0 42 5 37 15 Promoted to Division I B
2  Australia 5 3 1 0 1 19 14 5 11
3  Serbia 5 3 0 1 1 16 14 2 10
4  China 5 2 0 0 3 10 16 −6 6
5  Belgium 5 1 0 0 4 11 28 −17 3
6  Iceland (R) 5 0 0 0 5 7 28 −21 0 Relegation to Division II B

Results

23 April 2018
13:00 		Australia  3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0) 		 Iceland IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 250
23 April 2018
16:30 		Serbia  4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0) 		 Belgium IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 215
23 April 2018
20:00 		Netherlands  7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0) 		 China IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,452
24 April 2018
13:00 		Australia  6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 		 Belgium IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 245
24 April 2018
16:30 		China  1–3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0) 		 Serbia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 257
24 April 2018
20:00 		Iceland  1–11
(0–3, 0–3, 1–5) 		 Netherlands IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,347
26 April 2018
13:00 		China  1–3
(1–0, 0–0, 0–3) 		 Australia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 411
26 April 2018
16:30 		Belgium  6–3
(1–0, 2–0, 3–3) 		 Iceland IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 243
26 April 2018
20:00 		Netherlands  5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 Serbia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,500
28 April 2018
13:00 		China  3–1
(0–0, 0–1, 3–0) 		 Iceland IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 321
28 April 2018
16:30 		Belgium  2–10
(0–4, 1–4, 1–2) 		 Netherlands IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 2,400
28 April 2018
20:00 		Serbia  4–5 GWS
(2–1, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Australia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 521
29 April 2018
13:00 		Belgium  2–5
(0–0, 0–3, 2–2) 		 China IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 250
29 April 2018
16:30 		Netherlands  9–2
(4–0, 3–1, 2–1) 		 Australia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 2,035
29 April 2018
20:00 		Iceland  2–5
(1–1, 0–2, 1–2) 		 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
 Spain Host, placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
 New Zealand Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
 Israel Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
 North Korea Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
 Mexico Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
 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  Spain (H, P) 5 5 0 0 0 49 6 43 15 Promoted to Division II A
2  New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 33 14 19 12
3  Israel 5 3 0 0 2 24 14 10 9
4  North Korea 5 1 0 0 4 12 40 −28 3
5  Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 9 30 −21 3
6  Luxembourg (R) 5 1 0 0 4 6 29 −23 3 Relegation to Division III

Results

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