2017 IIHF World Championship Division II

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2017 IIHF World Championship Division II
2017 IIHF World Championship Division II.png
Tournament details
Host nations  Romania /  New Zealand
Dates 3–9 April (Group A)
4–10 April (Group B)
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Galati, Romania from 3 to 9 April 2017 and Group B in Auckland, New Zealand from 4 to 10 April 2017.[1]

Bids

There were three official bids to host Group A Championships.[2]

Iceland had previously hosted these championships in 2015, in Reykjavik.
Romania had previously hosted these championships twice, the 2001 edition in Bucarest, and again in 2008, in Miercurea Ciuc. The proposed arena was the Galați Skating Rink.
Serbia has hosted the championships a number of times. Belgrade hosted twice, in 2005 and 2014, whilst Novi Sad hosted in 2009. In addition, Novi Sad also played host to the competition in 2002 whilst known as Serbia and Montenegro.

The decision on hosts was made on May 21, 2016. The bid from Romania gained a majority vote and as a result Galati will host the competition.[3]

There were also two official bids to host Group B Championships.[2]

New Zealand had previously hosted these championships in 2006. The proposed arena was Paradice Botany Downs.
Turkey had previously hosted these championships in 2013, in İzmit.

The decision on hosts was made on May 21, 2016. The bid from New Zealand received the majority of the votes, and as a result Auckland will host the competition.[4]

Venues

Group A Group B
Galați Auckland
Galați Skating Rink
Capacity: 5,000 		Paradice Botany Downs
Capacity: 400[5]

Group A tournament

2017 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host nation  Romania
Dates 3–9 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 103  (6.87 per game)
Attendance 14,910  (994 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Romania Ede Mihály

Participants

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

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]

Referees
  • Flag of Finland Aaro Brännare
  • Flag of Italy Andrea Moschen
  • Flag of Belarus Andrei Shrubok
  • Flag of Netherlands Ramon Sterkens
Linesmen
  • Flag of Netherlands Lodewyk Beelen
  • Flag of Germany Markus Eberl
  • Flag of Lithuania Benas Jakšys
  • Flag of Norway Stian Løsnesløkken
  • Flag of Romania István Máthé
  • Flag of Romania Levente-Szilard Siko
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Vladimir Yefremov

Standings

Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1. Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania 5 4 0 0 1 24:05 12
2. Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia 5 3 1 0 1 16:13 11
3. Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia 5 2 0 2 1 23:15 8
4. Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 5 2 0 0 3 17:27 6
5. Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland 5 2 0 0 3 10:20 6
6. Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain 5 0 1 0 4 13:23 2

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

3 April 2017
13:00 		Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 4–3 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)
OT: (1–0) 		Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 250
3 April 2017
16:30 		Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 2–3
(1–2, 1–1, 0–0) 		Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 190
3 April 2017
20:00 		Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg.png 1–9
(1–2, 0–3, 0–4) 		Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 2,230
4 April 2017
13:00 		Iceland Flag of Iceland.svg.png 2–3
(0–1, 2–1, 0–1) 		Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 250
4 April 2017
16:30 		Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 3–5
(0–1, 0–2, 3–2) 		Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 210
4 April 2017
20:00 		Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png 4–1
(2–0, 0–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 2,100
6 April 2017
13:00 		Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg.png 2–9
(1–2, 0–2, 1–5) 		Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 100
6 April 2017
16:30 		Spain Flag of Spain.svg.png 3–5
(1–2, 0–1, 2–2) 		Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 300
6 April 2017
20:00 		Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1) 		Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 2,600
7 April 2017
13:00 		Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg.png 4–5 OT
(0–3, 2–1, 2–0)
OT: (0–1) 		Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 130
7 April 2017
16:30 		Iceland Flag of Iceland.svg.png 3–9
(1–3, 2–4, 0–2) 		Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 200
7 April 2017
20:00 		Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 1–5
(1–1, 0–2, 0–2) 		Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 2,800
9 April 2017
13:00 		Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg.png 0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1) 		Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 150
9 April 2017
16:30 		Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg.png 6–0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 200
9 April 2017
20:00 		Romania Flag of Romania.svg.png 6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 		Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 3,200

Group B tournament

2017 IIHF World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host nation  New Zealand
Dates 4–10 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 113  (7.53 per game)
Attendance 3,229  (215 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Israel Elie Klein

Participants

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

Match officials

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

Referees
  • Flag of Belgium Chris Deweerdt
  • Flag of Canada Scott Ferguson
  • Flag of Japan Kenji Kosaka
  • Flag of Latvia Gints Zviedrītis
Linesmen
  • Flag of South Korea Chae Young-jin
  • Flag of United States Justin Cornell
  • Flag of New Zealand Tyler Haslemore
  • Flag of New Zealand Edward Howard
  • Flag of Australia Nicholas Lee
  • Flag of Belgium Frederic Monnaie
  • Flag of Japan Sotaro Yamaguchi

Standings

Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1. Flag of China.svg.png China 5 5 0 0 0 29:12 15
2. Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 23:11 12
3. Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel 5 3 0 0 2 24:14 9
4. Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea 5 1 0 0 4 18:33 3
5. Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 12:16 3
6. Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey 5 1 0 0 4 07:27 3

Results

All times are local (UTC+12).

4 April 2017
13:00 		Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg.png 5–1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0) 		Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
4 April 2017
16:30 		Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 2–5
(1–2, 1–0, 0–3) 		Flag of China.svg.png China Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
4 April 2017
20:00 		Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg.png 1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1) 		Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 350
5 April 2017
13:00 		Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg.png 2–6
(0–0, 0–4, 2–2) 		Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
5 April 2017
16:30 		North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg.png 11–3
(6–0, 4–2, 1–1) 		Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
5 April 2017
20:00 		China Flag of China.svg.png 5–2
(1–1, 1–1, 3–0) 		Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 450
7 April 2017
13:00 		China Flag of China.svg.png 8–3
(6–1, 1–1, 1–1) 		Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
7 April 2017
16:30 		Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg.png 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
7 April 2017
20:00 		Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 2–5
(1–3, 0–2, 1–0) 		Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 500
9 April 2017
13:00 		Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg.png 2–7
(1–2, 0–2, 1–3) 		Flag of China.svg.png China Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
9 April 2017
16:30 		North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg.png 2–9
(0–1, 1–6, 1–2) 		Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
9 April 2017
20:00 		New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg.png 4–2
(2–0, 1–2, 1–0) 		Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 518
10 April 2017
13:00 		Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 5–0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0) 		Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 101
10 April 2017
16:30 		China Flag of China.svg.png 4–3
(2–0, 2–3, 0–0) 		Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 103
10 April 2017
20:00 		New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg.png 8–1
(2–1, 4–0, 2–0) 		Flag of North Korea.svg.png North Korea Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 407

References

  1. ↑ "2017 Events". IIHF.com. 23 May 2016. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships/2017-events//. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "IIHF CALENDAR OF EVENTS". IIHF.com. 23 May 2016. http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/2015-2016_IIHF_Calendar_of_Events_15_05_2016.pdf. 
  3. ↑ "Congresul IIHF - Moscova, Rusia". ROhockey.ro. 23 May 2016. http://www.rohockey.ro/RO/News/Congresul_IIHF_-_Moscova__Rusia.aspx. 
  4. ↑ "New Zealand Ice Hockey". NZIceHockey.com. 23 May 2016. http://www.nzicehockey.co.nz/. 
  5. ↑ "Paradice Botany Downs". eurohockey.com. 23 May 2016. http://www.eurohockey.com/arena/778-paradice-ice-skating--botany.html. 
  6. ↑ IIA Assignsments
  7. ↑ IIB Assignsments


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