2018 IIHF World Championship Division II

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.

The Netherlands were promoted to Division I B and Iceland was relegated to Group B. 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.

Group A tournament
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 * tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division II A
 * year = 2018
 * country = Netherlands
 * dates = 23–29 April
 * num_teams = 6
 * venues = 1
 * cities = 1
 * games = 15
 * goals = 105
 * attendance =
 * scoring_leader = Ivy van den Heuvel
 * points = 11
 * website = IIHF.com

Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇮🇹 Andrea Benvegnu
 * 🇭🇺 Miklós Haszonits
 * 🇷🇺 Sergey Morozov
 * 🇵🇱 Tomasz Radzik


 * Linesmen
 * 🇳🇴 Knut Einar Bråten
 * Tomislav Grozaj
 * Raivis Jučers
 * 🇯🇵 Kensuke Kanazawa
 * Jos Korte
 * 🇺🇸 Ian McCambridge
 * Stef Oosterling

Results
All times are local (UTC+2).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇦🇺 Anthony Kimlin
 * Best Defenseman: Giovanni Vogelaar
 * Best Forward: Ivy van den Heuvel

Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament
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 * tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division II B
 * year = 2018
 * country = Spain
 * dates = 14–20 April
 * num_teams = 6
 * venues = 1
 * cities = 1
 * games = 15
 * goals = 133
 * attendance =
 * scoring_leader = 🇪🇸 Oriol Boronat
 * points = 12
 * website = IIHF.com

Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
 * 🇸🇰 Milan Novák
 * Rasmus Toppel
 * 🇧🇪 Tim Tzirtziganis


 * Linesmen
 * 🇪🇸 Alejandro García
 * 🇩🇪 Marcus Höfer
 * 🇰🇿 Andrey Korovkin
 * 🇨🇿 Jiří Svoboda
 * 🇪🇸 Carlos Trobajo
 * 🇧🇪 Chris van Grinsven

Results
All times are local (UTC+2).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇪🇸 Ander Alcaine
 * Best Defenseman: 🇳🇿 Stefan Helmersson
 * Best Forward: 🇪🇸 Patricio Fuentes

Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com