2017 IIHF World Championship Division II

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.

Bids
There were three official bids to host Group A Championships.


 * 🇮🇸 Iceland
 * Reykjavik 
 * Iceland had previously hosted these championships in 2015, in Reykjavik.


 * 🇷🇴 Romania
 * Galati
 * Romania had previously hosted these championships twice, the 2001 edition in Bucharest, and again in 2008, in Miercurea Ciuc. The proposed arena was the Galați Skating Rink.


 * 🇷🇸 Serbia
 * Belgrade or Novi Sad
 * 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.

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


 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand
 * Auckland
 * New Zealand had previously hosted these championships in 2006. The proposed arena was Paradice Botany Downs.


 * 🇹🇷 Turkey
 * Ankara
 * 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.

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


 * Referees
 * 🇫🇮 Aaro Brännare
 * 🇮🇹 Andrea Moschen
 * 🇧🇾 Andrei Shrubok
 * Ramon Sterkens


 * Linesmen
 * Lodewyk Beelen
 * 🇩🇪 Markus Eberl
 * 🇱🇹 Benas Jakšys
 * 🇳🇴 Stian Løsnesløkken
 * 🇷🇴 István Máthé
 * 🇷🇴 Levente-Szilard Siko
 * 🇰🇿 Vladimir Yefremov

Results
All times are local (UTC+3).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇦🇺 Anthony Kimlin
 * Best Defenseman: 🇷🇸 Dominik Crnogorac
 * Best Forward: 🇷🇴 Csanád Fodor

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

Goaltending leaders
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

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


 * Referees
 * 🇧🇪 Chris Deweerdt
 * 🇨🇦 Scott Ferguson
 * 🇯🇵 Kenji Kosaka
 * Gints Zviedrītis


 * Linesmen
 * 🇰🇷 Chae Young-jin
 * 🇺🇸 Justin Cornell
 * 🇳🇿 Tyler Haslemore
 * 🇳🇿 Edward Howard
 * 🇦🇺 Nicholas Lee
 * 🇧🇪 Frederic Monnaie
 * 🇯🇵 Sotaro Yamaguchi

Results
All times are local (UTC+12).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goalkeeper: 🇳🇿 Rick Parry
 * Best Defenseman: 🇮🇱 Michael Kozevnikov
 * Best Forward: 🇨🇳 Zhang Hao

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

Goaltending leaders
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