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2015 IIHF World Championship
Division I
2015 IIHF World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Poland Poland
Flag of Netherlands Netherlands
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates 19–25 April
13–19 April
Teams 12
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The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Kraków, Poland, after the original host, Donetsk, Ukraine, withdrew,[1][2] from 19 to 25 April 2015 and Group B was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 to 19 April 2015.[3]

In Group A Kazakhstan finished first, winning their group in Division I for the fourth time in their last four appearances, thereby securing promotion to the 2016 World Championship. Hungary surprised and placed second, defeating host Poland in the final game to secure promotion; it was the first time Hungary earned promotion to the top division since 2009, and only the second time since 1939. Ukraine finished last in the group and was relegated to Group B for 2016.

Group B saw South Korea finish first and win promotion. Great Britain finished second, losing out on first and promotion with a loss to Lithuania in the final game of the tournament. Host Netherlands ended the tournament in last place and was relegated to Division II A for the next year.

Venues[]

Group A Group B
Kraków Eindhoven
Tauron Arena Kraków
Capacity: 15,328
IJssportcentrum Eindhoven
Capacity: 1,700
Kraków Arena z lotu ptaa IJssportcentrum Eindhoven02

Division I A[]

2015 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Poland Poland
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 19–25 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 71 (4.73 per game)
Attendance 66,651 (4,443 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko (6 points)
MVP Flag of Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko
Website IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Italy Italy Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2014.
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2014.
Flag of Japan Japan Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
Flag of Hungary Hungary Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
Flag of Poland Poland Host, placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

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

Referees
  • Flag of Latvia Andris Ansons
  • Flag of Hungary Péter Gebei
  • Flag of the Czech Republic René Hradil
  • Flag of Slovakia Daniel Konc
  • Flag of Sweden Marcus Linde
  • Flag of Slovenia Viki Trilar
  • Flag of Switzerland Marc Wiegand

Linesman
  • Flag of United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
  • Flag of Belarus Dmitri Golyak
  • Flag of Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
  • Flag of Denmark Rene Jensen
  • Flag of Poland Wojciech Moszczyński
  • Flag of Slovakia Tibor Rovenský
  • Flag of Norway Alexander Waldejer

Standings[]

Promoted to Top Division for 2016
Relegated to Division I B for 2016
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 5 5 0 0 0 23 6 +17 15
Flag of Hungary Hungary 5 4 0 0 1 14 11 +3 12
Flag of Poland Poland 5 2 0 0 3 9 9 0 6
Flag of Japan Japan 5 2 0 0 3 10 16 −6 6
Flag of Italy Italy 5 1 1 0 3 7 12 −5 5
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 5 0 0 1 4 8 17 −9 1

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

19 April 2015
13:00
Hungary Flag of Hungary 4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
Flag of Japan Japan Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,543
19 April 2015
16:30
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 2–5
(0–2, 0–1, 2–2)
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,108
19 April 2015
20:00
Poland Flag of Poland 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of Italy Italy Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 9,456
20 April 2015
13:00
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)
Flag of Hungary Hungary Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,289
20 April 2015
16:30
Italy Flag of Italy 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
OT (1–0)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 1,392
20 April 2015
20:00
Japan Flag of Japan 0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)
Flag of Poland Poland Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,662
22 April 2015
13:00
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 7–2
(3–0, 0–0, 4–2)
Flag of Japan Japan Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,479
22 April 2015
16:30
Italy Flag of Italy 1–4
(0–2, 0–0, 1–2)
Flag of Hungary Hungary Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,125
22 April 2015
20:00
Poland Flag of Poland 3–2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–2)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 5,975
23 April 2015
13:00
Japan Flag of Japan 3–2
(0–1, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Italy Italy Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,572
23 April 2015
16:30
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine 2–4
(0–0, 2–1, 0–3)
Flag of Hungary Hungary Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,774
23 April 2015
20:00
Kazakhstan Flag of Kazakhstan 3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
Flag of Poland Poland Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 9,067
25 April 2015
13:00
Japan Flag of Japan 3–1
(0–0, 3–1, 0–0)
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,467
25 April 2015
16:30
Italy Flag of Italy 0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,110
25 April 2015
20:00
Hungary Flag of Hungary 2–1
(0–0, 0–0, 2–1)
Flag of Poland Poland Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 12,632

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

Przemysław Odrobny

Przemysław Odrobny of Poland was selected as the best goalkeeper.

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko 5 4 2 6 +8 6 F
Flag of Kazakhstan Kevin Dallman 5 3 3 6 +5 0 D
Flag of Kazakhstan Konstantin Rudenko 5 3 3 6 +6 2 F
Flag of Kazakhstan Evgeni Rymarev 5 3 3 6 +3 0 F
Flag of Kazakhstan Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev 5 2 4 6 +4 0 F
Flag of Hungary Andrew Sarauer 5 2 4 6 +7 2 F
Flag of Hungary Dániel Kóger 5 3 2 5 +4 2 F
Flag of Poland Marcin Kolusz 5 2 3 5 +2 0 F
Flag of Poland Mateusz Rompkowski 5 2 3 5 +2 4 D
Flag of Hungary Frank Banham 5 1 4 5 +3 2 F
Flag of Kazakhstan Talgat Zhailauov 5 1 4 5 0 0 F

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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Flag of Poland Przemysław Odrobny 185:39 3 0.97 85 96.47 1
Flag of Kazakhstan Pavel Poluektov 300:00 6 1.20 99 93.94 2
Flag of Hungary Miklós Rajna 240:00 6 1.50 79 92.41 0
Flag of Japan Yutaka Fukufuji 257:30 11 2.56 111 90.09 0
Flag of Italy Andreas Bernard 298:00 11 2.21 103 89.32 0

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

Division I B[]

2015 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Netherlands Netherlands
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 13–19 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 90 (6 per game)
Attendance 15,920 (1,061 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of South Korea Michael Swift (9 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Korea South Korea Placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated.
Flag of Croatia Croatia Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Host, placed 5th in Division I B last year.
Flag of Estonia Estonia Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Referees
  • Flag of Denmark Jacob Grumsen
  • Flag of Canada Jeff Ingram
  • Flag of Finland Anssi Salonen
  • Flag of Austria Shane Warschaw

Linesmen
  • Flag of Netherlands Louis Beelen
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Marek Hlavatý
  • Flag of Belgium Frederic Monnaie
  • Flag of Finland Pasi Nieminen
  • Flag of Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
  • Flag of Serbia David Perduv
  • Flag of Japan Sotaro Yamaguchi

Standings[]

Promoted to Division I A for 2016
Relegated to Division II A for 2016
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Flag of Korea South Korea 5 4 0 0 1 30 11 +19 12
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom 5 3 1 0 1 13 10 +3 11
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 5 3 0 0 2 11 12 −1 9
Flag of Croatia Croatia 5 2 0 1 2 16 20 −4 7
Flag of Estonia Estonia 5 1 0 0 4 10 21 −11 3
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 5 1 0 0 4 9 15 −6 3

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

13 April 2015
13:30
United Kingdom Flag of Great Britain 3–2 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1)
(OT 1–0)
Flag of Croatia Croatia IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
13 April 2015
17:00
Estonia Flag of Estonia 3–7
(1–2, 1–3, 1–2)
Flag of Korea South Korea IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
13 April 2015
20:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
14 April 2015
13:30
Estonia Flag of Estonia 1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
14 April 2015
17:00
Croatia Flag of Croatia 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 350
14 April 2015
20:30
South Korea Flag of Korea 7–1
(2–0, 3–1, 2–0)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 920
16 April 2015
13:30
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 6–1
(2–0, 0–1, 4–0)
Flag of Estonia Estonia IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 300
16 April 2015
17:00
South Korea Flag of Korea 2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 700
16 April 2015
20:30
Croatia Flag of Croatia 2–5
(2–2, 0–1, 0–2)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,350
18 April 2015
13:30
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 0–5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)
Flag of Korea South Korea IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
18 April 2015
17:00
Croatia Flag of Croatia 5–2
(1–2, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Estonia Estonia IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
18 April 2015
20:30
United Kingdom Flag of Great Britain 3–2
(3–1, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 2,500
19 April 2015
13:30
South Korea Flag of Korea 9–4
(1–1, 5–2, 3–1)
Flag of Croatia Croatia IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
19 April 2015
17:00
Lithuania Flag of Lithuania 3–2
(0–1, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,800
19 April 2015
20:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)
Flag of Estonia Estonia IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

  • Best players selected by the directorate:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of South Korea Michael Swift 5 5 4 9 +8 14 F
Flag of Estonia Andrei Makrov 5 6 2 8 −3 2 F
Flag of South Korea Kim Ki-sung 5 4 4 8 +5 4 F
Flag of South Korea Mike Testwuide 5 4 4 8 +9 0 F
Flag of South Korea Kim Sang-wook 5 3 5 8 +4 6 F
Flag of Croatia Andrew Murray 5 3 5 8 +1 4 F
Flag of South Korea Brock Radunske 5 0 7 7 +4 0 F
Flag of Croatia Ryan Kinasewich 5 4 2 6 −2 0 F
Flag of Croatia Nathan Perkovich 5 4 2 6 +2 18 F
Flag of South Korea Cho Min-ho 5 3 2 5 +2 2 F
Flag of United Kingdom Ben O'Connor 5 3 2 5 +1 6 D

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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Flag of Lithuania Mantas Armalis 298:59 11 2.21 178 93.82 1
Flag of Netherlands Ian Meierdres 204:21 8 2.35 98 91.84 0
Flag of United Kingdom Ben Bowns 299:04 10 2.01 122 91.80 0
Flag of Croatia Mark Dekanich 259:51 11 2.54 128 91.41 0
Flag of South Korea Park Sung-je 238:51 8 2.01 83 90.36 1

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

References[]

  1. Poland gets Division IA Worlds. world.einnews.com (2014-09-18). Retrieved on 2014-09-18.[dead link]
  2. Ukraine Withdraws as Hosts of 2015 Division IA World Championships. thehockeyhouse.net (2014-08-15). Retrieved on 2014-08-15.
  3. 28 tournaments confirmed. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved on 2014-05-24.
  4. Competition Officials Division I Group A. iihf.com (25 November 2014).
  5. Competition Officials Division I Group B. iihf.com (25 November 2014).
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