IIHF World Championship Division II

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IIHF World Championship Division II
2023 IIHF World Championship Division II
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 1961 (Pool C)
2001 (Division II)
No. of teams 12
Most recent champion(s) Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain (Group A),
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates (Group B)
Most championship(s) Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania (8)
Official website IIHF.com

The IIHF World Championship Division II are an annual sports event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The division championships are played in two groups.

From 2001 until 2011, the two national teams that finished last in their groups in Division I were relegated to Division II for next year's World Championships. At the Division II Championship, the winner of each group was promoted to next year's Division I, while the loser of each group was relegated to the IIHF World Championship Division III. Beginning in 2012, the Group A champion was promoted to Division I Group B, and was replaced by that tournament's last placed team. The Group B champion was promoted to Group A, and was replaced by the team relegated from there. Last place in Group B is relegated to Division III, being replaced by their champion.

The Division II World championships have been played in their current format since 2001. Division II was formed from the teams ranked 29th to 40th, which was the five lowest-placing teams in Pool C, and the seven best teams from Pool D. Beginning in 2012, the two groups became tiered rather than parallel. Teams qualified for Group A by either being relegated from Division I, or placing 2nd or 3rd in their 2011 groups. Group B teams were formed from the teams placing 4th, 5th, or promoted from Division III.

Results

Year Co-Champions and Promoted Relegated
2001 Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico
2002 Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg
2003 Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland
2004 Flag of China.svg.png China Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa
2005 Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland
2006 Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania Flag of China.svg.png China Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand
2007 Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea
2008 Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Flag of Ireland.svg.png Ireland Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand
2009 Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa
2010 Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel
2011 Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea Flag of Ireland.svg.png Ireland
2012 Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia (Group A) Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium (Group B) Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand (to Group B) Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa
2013 Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia (Group A) Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel (Group B) Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain (to Group B) Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
2014 Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia (Group A) Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain (Group B) Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel (to Group B) Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey
2015 Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania (Group A) Flag of China.svg.png China (Group B) Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia (to Group B) Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa
2016 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands (Group A) Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia (Group B) Flag of China.svg.png China (to Group B) Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
2017 Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania (Group A) Flag of China.svg.png China (Group B) Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain (to Group B) Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey
2018 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands (Group A) Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain (Group B) Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland (to Group B) Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg
2019 Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia (Group A) Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel (Group B) Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium (to Group B) Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 Flag of China.svg.png China, Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands Flag of Georgia.svg.png Georgia, Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland
2023 Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico

Pool C

Champions 1961–2000

Following the year 2000, Pool C became Division II and was split into two sections as a result of an influx of competing teams.

Year National team
1961 Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania
1963 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
1966 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy
1967 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
1969 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
1970 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
1971 Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania
1972 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
1973 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
1974 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
1975 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
1976 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
1977 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy
1978 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
1979 Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia
1981 Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria
1982 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
1983 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
1985 Flag of France.svg.png France
1986 Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway
1987 Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan
1989 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
1990 Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia
1991 Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark
1992 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain
1993 Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia
1994 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
1995 Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus
1996 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan
1997 Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine
1998 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
1999 Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands
2000 Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary

Summary of participation

  • In 1992, 1994, and 1995, Group C was played in two independent tiers, the results for the nations who were not given the opportunity to win Group C (known as Group C2) in those years are presented along with Group D/Division III.
  • Division II teams (2001–present) are ranked one through twelve, with this chart assessing gold, silver, and bronze to the nations who ranked 29th, 30th, and 31st overall.
Team Times First Last Gold Silver Bronze Total Best finish (first/last) Hosted[N2]
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia 25 1974 2023 0 4 3 7 2nd (2008/2018) 3
Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 7 1963 1981 5 1 1 7 1st (1963/1981) 1
Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 31 1961 2023 0 3 3 6 2nd (2003/2015) 0
Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus 2 1994 1995 1 1 0 2 1st (1994) 0
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 40 1963 2023 0 1 4 5 2nd (1975) 5
Flag of China.svg.png China 31 1972 2022 1 6 4 11 1st (2022) 2
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia 13 2001 2023 3 1 5 9 1st (2005/2013) 5
Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 20 1963 1991 1 3 5 9 1st (1991) 3
Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia 8 1995 2014 4 0 2 6 1st (2002/2014) 2
Flag of France.svg.png France 16 1961 1985 1 2 2 5 1st (1985) 2
Flag of Georgia.svg.png Georgia 3 2019 2023 0 1 0 1 2nd (2023) 0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain 8 1971 1992 1 0 0 1 1st (1992) 1
Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 25 1963 2000 2 3 6 11 1st (1998/2000) 3
Flag of Ireland.svg.png Ireland 2 2008 2011 0 0 0 0 12th (2008/2011) 0
Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland 18 2001 2023 0 1 1 2 2nd (2014) 1
Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel 19 1993 2023 0 1 0 1 2nd (2005) 0
Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy 6 1966 1979 2 4 0 6 1st (1966/1977) 0
Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 5 1967 1997 4 0 0 4 1st (1967/1987) 0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 4 1993 1996 1 1 1 3 1st (1996) 0
Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea 17 1979 2009 2 2 1 5 1st (2003/2009) 2
Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 1 1993 1 0 0 1 1st (1993) 0
Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania 6 1997 2004 1 1 2 4 1st (2004) 1
Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg 3 2002 2018 0 0 0 0 11th (2004) 0
Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico 17 2001 2023 0 0 0 0 7th (2008) 2
Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands 15 1961 2022 6 2 0 8 1st (1978/2018) 3
Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 3 1973 1986 3 0 0 3 1st (1973/1986) 0
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand 15 2001 2023 0 0 0 0 4th (2011) 2
Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea 20 1974 2019 0 1 0 1 2nd (1992) 0
Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania 18 1961 2017 8 2 3 13 1st (1961/2017) 5
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa 11 1961 2015 0 0 1 1 3rd (1966) 1
Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia[N1] 11 2007 2019 1 1 4 6 1st (2019) 2
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro svg.png Serbia and Montenegro[N1] 9 1995 2006 0 0 1 1 3rd (2003) 2
Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia 5 1993 1997 0 1 1 2 2nd (1997) 2
Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain 29 1977 2023 1 3 1 5 1st (2023) 10
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 2 1969 1974 1 1 0 2 1st (1974) 2
Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 1 1994 1 0 0 1 1st (1994) 1
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey 8 2002 2023 0 0 0 0 11th (2002/2023) 2
Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine 5 1993 1997 1 2 2 5 1st (1997) 0
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates 1 2023 0 0 0 0 7th (2023) 0
Flag of Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia[N1] 7 1961 1990 2 3 1 6 1st (1979/1990) 2

See also

External links

References

  • Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
  • Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. 


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  1. ↑ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm/news/18344/2020-iihf-ice-hockey-world-championship-cancelled. 
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