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2015 IIHF World Championship
Division II
2015 IIHF World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Iceland Iceland
Flag of South Africa South Africa
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates 13–19 April
Teams 12
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The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Group B in Cape Town, South Africa, with both groups being played 13 to 19 April, 2015.[1]

Venues[]

Group A Group B
Reykjavík Cape Town
Laugardalur Arena
Capacity: 1,000
Grandwest Ice Arena
Capacity: 2,800

Division II A[]

2015 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Iceland Iceland
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 13–19 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 111 (7.4 per game)
Attendance 4,958 (331 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Belgium Mitch Morgan (10 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants[]

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

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]

Referees
  • Flag of Norway Roy Hansen
  • Flag of Croatia Vedran Krčelić
  • Flag of Poland Paweł Meszyński
  • Flag of United Kingdom Liam Sewell

Linesmen
  • Flag of Latvia Maksims Bogdanovs
  • Flag of France Thomas Caillot
  • Flag of Norway Havar Dahl
  • Flag of Iceland Sindri Gunnarsson
  • Flag of Austria Michael Johnstone
  • Flag of Croatia Marko Sakovic
  • Flag of Iceland Orri Sigmarsson

Standings[]

Promoted to Division I B for 2016
Relegated to Division II B for 2016
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Flag of Romania Romania 5 4 1 0 0 27 11 +16 14
Flag of Belgium Belgium 5 2 1 0 2 22 15 +7 8
Flag of Serbia Serbia 5 1 1 2 1 18 22 −4 7
Flag of Spain Spain 5 2 0 1 2 16 20 −4 7
Flag of Iceland Iceland 5 2 0 1 2 17 13 +4 7
Flag of Australia Australia 5 0 1 0 4 11 30 −19 2

Results[]

All times are local (UTC±0).

13 April 2015
13:00
Spain Flag of Spain 6–1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)
Flag of Australia Australia Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 121
13 April 2015
16:30
Serbia Flag of Serbia 4–8
(0–3, 2–3, 2–2)
Flag of Romania Romania Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 146
13 April 2015
20:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 3–0
(0–0, 0–0, 3–0)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 632
14 April 2015
13:00
Romania Flag of Romania 5–1
(2–0, 0–0, 3–1)
Flag of Australia Australia Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 189
14 April 2015
16:30
Belgium Flag of Belgium 6–2
(3–0, 2–0, 1–2)
Flag of Spain Spain Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 202
14 April 2015
20:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 4–5
(2–2, 2–1, 0–2)
Flag of Serbia Serbia Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 607
16 April 2015
13:00
Romania Flag of Romania 4–3
(3–0, 0–2, 1–1)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 102
16 April 2015
16:30
Serbia Flag of Serbia 3–4 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Australia Australia Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 182
16 April 2015
20:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)
Flag of Spain Spain Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 672
17 April 2015
13:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 3–2 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)
Flag of Serbia Serbia Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 174
17 April 2015
16:30
Spain Flag of Spain 1–7
(0–2, 0–0, 1–5)
Flag of Romania Romania Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 127
17 April 2015
20:00
Australia Flag of Australia 1–6
(1–2, 0–2, 0–2)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 717
19 April 2015
13:00
Serbia Flag of Serbia 4–3 GWS
(0–1, 1–2, 2–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Spain Spain Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 107
19 April 2015
16:30
Australia Flag of Australia 4–10
(1–4, 1–3, 2–3)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 146
19 April 2015
20:00
Romania Flag of Romania 3–2 OT
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT 1–0)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 834

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 Belgium Mitch Morgan 5 6 4 10 +3 0 F
Flag of Serbia Marko Sretovic 5 3 7 10 −3 4 F
Flag of Belgium Bryan Kolodziejczyk 5 1 9 10 +4 4 F
Flag of Romania Ede Mihály 5 6 3 9 +7 0 F
Flag of Romania Roberto Gliga 5 4 5 9 +6 9 F
Flag of Romania Levente Zsók 5 1 7 8 +7 2 F
Flag of Iceland Emil Alengard 5 4 3 7 +3 0 F
Flag of Belgium Maxime Pellegrims 5 4 3 7 1 2 F
Flag of Serbia Miloš Babić 5 3 4 7 +1 2 F
Flag of Iceland Robin Hedström 5 2 5 7 +2 0 F
Flag of Serbia Pavel Popravka 5 2 5 7 +1 4 F
Flag of Iceland Björn Sigurðarson 5 2 5 7 +4 4 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 Belgium Arthur Legrand 183:26 7 2.29 121 94.21 0
Flag of Iceland Dennis Hedström 239:15 9 2.26 112 91.96 0
Flag of Romania Otto Onodi 152:47 5 1.96 59 91.53 0
Flag of Romania Adrian Catrinoi 149:58 6 2.40 62 90.32 0
Flag of Serbia Arsenije Ranković 284:39 19 4.00 168 88.69 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 II B[]

2015 IIHF World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Flag of South Africa South Africa
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 13–19 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 126 (8.4 per game)
Attendance 4,263 (284 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Bulgaria Ivan Hodulov (11 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants[]

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

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees
  • Flag of Austria Manuel Nikolic
  • Flag of Slovakia Tomáš Orolin
  • Flag of Spain Alexey Roshchyn
  • Flag of Lithuania Andrej Simankov

Linesman
  • Flag of South Africa Jonathan Burger
  • Flag of Germany Christoffer Hurtik
  • Flag of Lithuania Benas Jakšys
  • Flag of Lithuania Vytautas Lukoševičius
  • Flag of Italy Marco Mori
  • Flag of South Korea Park Jun-soo
  • Flag of Switzerland Marc-Henri Progin

Standings[]

Promoted to Division II A for 2016
Relegated to Division III for 2016
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Flag of China China 5 4 1 0 0 33 15 +18 14
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 5 3 0 0 2 21 17 +4 9
Flag of Mexico Mexico 5 3 0 0 2 24 15 +9 9
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 5 2 0 0 3 17 30 −13 6
Flag of Israel Israel 5 1 0 1 3 20 29 −9 4
Flag of South Africa South Africa 5 1 0 0 4 11 20 −9 3

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

13 April 2015
13:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 6–3
(1–1, 3–1, 2–1)
Flag of Israel Israel Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 110
13 April 2015
16:15
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 3–10
(1–3, 1–3, 1–4)
Flag of China China Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 80
13 April 2015
20:00
Mexico Flag of Mexico 4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
Flag of South Africa South Africa Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 375
14 April 2015
13:00
Israel Flag of Israel 3–4 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of China China Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 57
14 April 2015
16:15
Mexico Flag of Mexico 3–5
(1–2, 1–2, 1–1)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 77
14 April 2015
20:00
South Africa Flag of South Africa 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 275
16 April 2015
13:00
Mexico Flag of Mexico 9–1
(3–0, 0–0, 6–1)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 75
16 April 2015
16:15
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 4–7
(1–2, 3–1, 0–4)
Flag of China China Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 112
16 April 2015
20:00
Israel Flag of Israel 6–3
(1–1, 4–0, 1–2)
Flag of South Africa South Africa Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 922
17 April 2015
13:00
China Flag of China 5–2
(2–0, 2–2, 1–0)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 48
17 April 2015
16:15
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 10–5
(6–1, 2–2, 2–2)
Flag of Israel Israel Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 43
17 April 2015
20:00
South Africa Flag of South Africa 3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 985
19 April 2015
13:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 5–1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 69
19 April 2015
16:15
Israel Flag of Israel 3–6
(1–1, 0–2, 2–3)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 67
19 April 2015
20:00
China Flag of China 7–3
(3–1, 3–2, 1–0)
Flag of South Africa South Africa Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 968

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goaltender: Flag of Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov
    • Best Defenceman: Flag of Israel Daniel Spivak
    • Best Forward: Flag of Mexico Héctor Majul

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Bulgaria Ivan Hodulov 5 6 5 11 +1 4 F
Flag of China Cui Xijun 5 4 6 10 +7 8 F
Flag of New Zealand Nicholas Henderson 5 4 6 10 +9 0 F
Flag of Mexico Héctor Majul 5 5 4 9 +4 14 F
Flag of Mexico Carlos Gómez 5 4 5 9 +4 6 F
Flag of Bulgaria Martin Boyadjiev 5 2 7 9 −3 10 F
Flag of Mexico Adrian Cervantes 5 1 8 9 +4 4 F
Flag of Mexico Roberto Chabat 5 4 4 8 0 0 F
Flag of Bulgaria Martin Nikolov 5 4 4 8 −2 6 F
Flag of New Zealand Andrew Cox 5 3 5 8 +5 14 F
Flag of New Zealand Paris Heyd 5 3 5 8 +2 10 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 China Liu Zhiwei 285:00 14 2.95 160 91.25 0
Flag of New Zealand Richard Parry 219:57 13 3.55 130 90.00 0
Flag of Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov 295:01 27 5.49 254 89.37 0
Flag of Mexico Alfonso de Alba 180:00 9 3.00 84 89.29 0
Flag of Israel Alexander Loginov 250:24 22 5.27 170 87.06 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

References[]

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