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2005 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Croatia Croatia
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
Dates April 4 - April 16
Teams 12 (two groups of 6)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2005 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 4 to April 16, 2005. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Zagreb, Croatia. Group B's games were played in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Croatia and Israel finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2006. While Turkey finished last in Group A and Iceland last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2006.[1][2]

Participants[]

Group A[]

Team 2004 Result
Flag of Korea South Korea Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2004.[3]
Flag of Croatia Croatia Host, placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2004.[4]
Flag of Australia Australia Placed 3rd in Division II-Group A in 2004.[4]
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2004.[5]
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2004.[5]
Flag of Turkey Turkey Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2004.[6]

Group B[]

Team 2004 Result
Flag of Belgium Belgium Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2004.[7]
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Host, placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2004.[5]
Flag of North Korea North Korea Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2004.[5]
Flag of Spain Spain Placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2004.[4]
Flag of Israel Israel Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2004.[4]
Flag of Iceland Iceland Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2004.[6]

Group A tournament[]

Standings[]

Promoted to Division I for 2006
Relegated to Division III for 2006
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Flag of Croatia Croatia 5 5 0 0 46 6 40 10
2 Flag of Australia Australia 5 4 0 1 35 5 29 8
3 Flag of Korea South Korea 5 3 0 2 26 9 17 6
4 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 5 2 0 3 22 26 -4 4
5 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 5 1 0 4 14 31 -17 2
6 Flag of Turkey Turkey 5 0 0 5 5 70 -65 0

Fixtures[]

All times local.

April 10, 2005
12:30
Turkey Flag of Turkey 0 – 14
(0–8, 0–2, 0–4)
Flag of Korea South Korea Dom Sportova
Attendance: 100
April 10, 2005
16:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 0 – 4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Australia Australia Dom Sportova
Attendance: 100
April 10, 2005
20:00
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 1 – 9
(0–3, 0–3, 1–3)
Flag of Croatia Croatia Dom Sportova
Attendance: 2000
April 11, 2005
12:30
Australia Flag of Australia 20 – 1
(10–0, 6–0, 4–1)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Dom Sportova
Attendance: 80
April 11, 2005
16:00
South Korea Flag of Korea 7 – 0
(4–0, 3–0, 0–0)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Dom Sportova
Attendance: 80
April 11, 2005
20:00
Croatia Flag of Croatia 14 – 0
(5–0, 5–0, 4–0)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Dom Sportova
Attendance: 1800
April 13, 2005
12:30
South Korea Flag of Korea 3 – 0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Dom Sportova
Attendance: 60
April 13, 2005
16:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 0 – 13
(0–1, 0–6, 0–6)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Dom Sportova
Attendance: 50
April 13, 2005
20:00
Croatia Flag of Croatia 3 – 2
(0–1, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Australia Australia Dom Sportova
Attendance: 3000
April 14, 2005
12:30
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 7 – 6
(1–2, 5–4, 1–0)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Dom Sportova
Attendance: 60
April 14, 2005
16:00
Australia Flag of Australia 4 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Korea South Korea Dom Sportova
Attendance: 200
April 14, 2005
20:00
Croatia Flag of Croatia 15 – 1
(6–0, 3–1, 6–0)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Dom Sportova
Attendance: 1300
April 16, 2005
12:30
Australia Flag of Australia 4 – 1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Dom Sportova
Attendance: 60
April 16, 2005
16:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 8 – 3
(3–0, 2–2, 3–1)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Dom Sportova
Attendance: 200
April 16, 2005
20:00
South Korea Flag of Korea 2 – 5
(1–2, 1–0, 0–3)
Flag of Croatia Croatia Dom Sportova
Attendance: 4500

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Australia Trevor Walsh 5 6 6 12 +5 24 F
Flag of Australia Greg Oddy 5 7 4 11 +6 12 F
Flag of Bulgaria Aleksey Yotov 5 7 4 11 +3 14 F
Flag of Bulgaria Stoian Batchvarov 5 5 5 10 +6 0 F
Flag of Croatia Mato Mladjenovic 5 5 5 10 +12 12 F
Flag of Croatia Tomislav Grozaj 5 9 0 9 +11 0 F
Flag of South Korea Joon-Seo Bae 5 6 2 8 +4 0 F
Flag of Croatia Veljko Zibret 5 4 4 8 +9 10 F
Flag of Croatia Kresimir Svigir 5 4 3 7 +11 2 F
Flag of Bulgaria Vasko Polyzoev 5 4 3 7 0 4 F

Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders[]

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

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Flag of Australia Stuart Denman 147:02 43 1 0.41 97.67 2
Flag of Australia Matthew Ezzy 152:50 81 3 1.18 96.30 2
Flag of Croatia Vanja Belic 252:41 97 6 1.42 93.81 1
Flag of South Korea Sung-Bae Kim 188:46 59 4 1.27 93.22 3
Flag of New Zealand Mike Parsons 240:00 194 17 4.25 91.24 0

Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament[]

Standings[]

Promoted to Division I for 2011
Relegated to Division III for 2011
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Flag of Israel Israel 5 4 1 0 21 11 10 9
2 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 5 4 0 1 30 10 20 8
3 Flag of North Korea North Korea 5 2 1 2 14 17 -3 5
4 Flag of Belgium Belgium 5 2 0 3 13 19 -6 4
5 Flag of Spain Spain 5 1 0 4 8 15 -7 2
6 Flag of Iceland Iceland 5 1 0 4 12 26 -14 2

Fixtures[]

All times local.

April 4, 2005
13:30
Israel Flag of Israel 4 – 4
(0–0, 2–1, 2–3)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 50
April 4, 2005
17:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 3 – 4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 50
April 4, 2005
20:30
Spain Flag of Spain 0 – 6
(0–2, 0–1, 0–3)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 400
April 5, 2005
13:30
Belgium Flag of Belgium 2 – 1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
Flag of Spain Spain Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 50
April 5, 2005
17:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 3 – 2
(1–2, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 50
April 5, 2005
20:30
Serbia and Montenegro Flag of Serbia and Montenegro 1 – 5
(0–2, 1–1, 0–2)
Flag of Israel Israel Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 500
April 7, 2005
13:30
Spain Flag of Spain 5 – 2
(0–1, 2–0, 3–1)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 50
April 7, 2005
17:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 4 – 7
(2–4, 1–2, 1–1)
Flag of Israel Israel Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 50
April 7, 2005
20:30
Serbia and Montenegro Flag of Serbia and Montenegro 7 – 1
(1–0, 4–0, 2–1)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 600
April 8, 2005
13:30
North Korea Flag of North Korea 3 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 20
April 8, 2005
17:00
Spain Flag of Spain 0 – 1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of Israel Israel Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 50
April 8, 2005
20:30
Iceland Flag of Iceland 2 – 11
(0–6, 2–3, 0–2)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 700
April 10, 2005
13:30
Israel Flag of Israel 4 – 2
(0–0, 2–0, 2–2)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 50
April 10, 2005
17:00
North Korea Flag of North Korea 4 – 2
(2–2, 0–0, 2–0)
Flag of Spain Spain Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 70
April 10, 2005
20:30
Belgium Flag of Belgium 2 – 5
(2–2, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Pionir Ice Rink
Attendance: 1000

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Israel Oren Eizenman 5 10 4 14 +11 6 F
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Ivan Prokic 5 2 11 13 +5 22 F
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Csaba Prokec 5 5 6 11 +6 0 F
Flag of Israel Sergey Frenkel 5 1 9 10 +6 8 F
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Branko Mamic 5 2 7 9 +4 16 D
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Marko Kovacevic 5 4 2 6 +6 22 F
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Marko Prokic 5 4 2 6 +3 41 F
Flag of Israel Alon Eizenman 3 3 3 6 +5 4 F
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Predrag Milosavljevic 5 3 2 5 0 2 F
Flag of North Korea Myong Jin Jang 5 3 2 5 -1 4 F

Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders[]

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

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Flag of Israel Jevgeny Gussin 300:00 165 11 2.20 93.33 1
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Tihomir Zecevic 271:26 122 9 1.99 92.62 2
Flag of Iceland Jon Trausti Gudmundsson 240:00 186 15 3.75 91.94 0
Flag of Belgium Bjorn Steylen 300:00 205 19 3.80 90.73 0
Flag of North Korea Song Chol Ri 280:00 154 15 3.21 90.26 0

Source: IIHF.com

Team Photos[]

Reference[]

External links[]

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