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2017 IIHF World Championship Division II
2017 IIHF World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Romania Romania
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates 3–9 April (Group A)
4–10 April (Group B)
Teams 12
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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.[1]

Bids[]

There were three official bids to host Group A Championships.[2]

Iceland had previously hosted these championships in 2015, in Reykjavik.
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 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.[3]

There were also two official bids to host Group B Championships.[2]

New Zealand had previously hosted these championships in 2006. The proposed arena was Paradice Botany Downs.
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.[4]

Venues[]

Group A Group B
Galați Auckland
Galați Skating Rink
Capacity: 5,000
Paradice Botany Downs
Capacity: 400[5]

Group A tournament[]

2017 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Romania Romania
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 3–9 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 103 (6.87 per game)
Attendance 14,910 (994 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Romania Ede Mihály (9 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants[]

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

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]

Referees
  • Flag of Finland Aaro Brännare
  • Flag of Italy Andrea Moschen
  • Flag of Belarus Andrei Shrubok
  • Flag of Netherlands Ramon Sterkens

Linesmen
  • Flag of Netherlands Lodewyk Beelen
  • Flag of Germany Markus Eberl
  • Flag of Lithuania Benas Jakšys
  • Flag of Norway Stian Løsnesløkken
  • Flag of Romania István Máthé
  • Flag of Romania Levente-Szilard Siko
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Vladimir Yefremov

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Romania Romania (H, P) 5 4 0 0 1 24 5 +19 12 Promoted to Division I B
2 Flag of Australia Australia 5 3 1 0 1 16 13 +3 11
3 Flag of Serbia Serbia 5 2 0 2 1 23 15 +8 8
4 Flag of Belgium Belgium 5 2 0 0 3 17 27 −10 6[lower-alpha 1]
5 Flag of Iceland Iceland 5 2 0 0 3 10 20 −10 6[lower-alpha 1]
6 Flag of Spain Spain (R) 5 0 1 0 4 13 23 −10 2 Relegation to Division II B
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 2017 Events. IIHF.com (23 May 2016).
  2. 2.0 2.1 IIHF CALENDAR OF EVENTS. IIHF.com (23 May 2016).
  3. Congresul IIHF - Moscova, Rusia. ROhockey.ro (23 May 2016).
  4. New Zealand Ice Hockey. NZIceHockey.com (23 May 2016).
  5. Paradice Botany Downs. eurohockey.com (23 May 2016).
  6. IIA Assignsments

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

3 April 2017
13:00
Australia Flag of Australia 4–3 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)
OT: (1–0)
Flag of Serbia Serbia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 250
3 April 2017
16:30
Spain Flag of Spain 2–3
(1–2, 1–1, 0–0)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 190
3 April 2017
20:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 1–9
(1–2, 0–3, 0–4)
Flag of Romania Romania Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 2,230
4 April 2017
13:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 2–3
(0–1, 2–1, 0–1)
Flag of Australia Australia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 250
4 April 2017
16:30
Spain Flag of Spain 3–5
(0–1, 0–2, 3–2)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 210
4 April 2017
20:00
Romania Flag of Romania 4–1
(2–0, 0–1, 2–0)
Flag of Serbia Serbia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 2,100
6 April 2017
13:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 2–9
(1–2, 0–2, 1–5)
Flag of Serbia Serbia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 100
6 April 2017
16:30
Spain Flag of Spain 3–5
(1–2, 0–1, 2–2)
Flag of Australia Australia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 300
6 April 2017
20:00
Romania Flag of Romania 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 2,600
7 April 2017
13:00
Serbia Flag of Serbia 4–5 OT
(0–3, 2–1, 2–0)
OT: (0–1)
Flag of Spain Spain Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 130
7 April 2017
16:30
Iceland Flag of Iceland 3–9
(1–3, 2–4, 0–2)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 200
7 April 2017
20:00
Australia Flag of Australia 1–5
(1–1, 0–2, 0–2)
Flag of Romania Romania Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 2,800
9 April 2017
13:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1)
Flag of Australia Australia Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 150
9 April 2017
16:30
Serbia Flag of Serbia 6–0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 200
9 April 2017
20:00
Romania Flag of Romania 6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)
Flag of Spain Spain Galați Skating Rink, Galați
Attendance: 3,200

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Flag of Australia Anthony Kimlin
    • Best Defenseman: Flag of Serbia Dominik Crnogorac
    • Best Forward: Flag of Romania Csanád Fodor

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Romania Ede Mihály 5 8 1 9 +6 4 F
Flag of Serbia Marko Sretović 5 3 6 9 +9 0 F
Flag of Belgium Mitch Morgan 5 2 7 9 −2 2 F
Flag of Serbia Nemanja Vučurević 5 5 3 8 +5 12 F
Flag of Romania Matyas Bíró 5 2 6 8 +5 0 F
Flag of Romania Roberto Gliga 5 0 8 8 +5 0 F
Flag of Belgium Vincent Morgan 5 3 4 7 −2 4 F
Flag of Romania Mihail Georgescu 5 2 5 7 +5 4 F
Flag of Serbia Dominik Crnogorac 5 0 7 7 +3 2 D
Flag of Australia Lliam Webster 5 0 7 7 +2 14 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 Romania Zoltán Toke 288:21 5 1.04 90 94.44 1
Flag of Australia Anthony Kimlin 301:17 13 2.59 160 91.88 1
Flag of Serbia Arsenije Ranković 304:21 15 2.96 156 90.38 1
Flag of Iceland Dennis Hedström 274:38 17 3.71 158 89.24 1
Flag of Spain Ignacio García 286:00 21 4.41 138 84.78 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

Group B tournament[]

2017 IIHF World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 4–10 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 113 (7.53 per game)
Attendance 3,229 (215 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Israel Elie Klein (11 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of China China 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 Israel Israel Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Host, placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Flag of North Korea North Korea Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Flag of Turkey Turkey Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[1]

Referees
  • Flag of Belgium Chris Deweerdt
  • Flag of Canada Scott Ferguson
  • Flag of Japan Kenji Kosaka
  • Flag of Latvia Gints Zviedrītis

Linesmen
  • Flag of South Korea Chae Young-jin
  • Flag of the United States Justin Cornell
  • Flag of New Zealand Tyler Haslemore
  • Flag of New Zealand Edward Howard
  • Flag of Australia Nicholas Lee
  • Flag of Belgium Frederic Monnaie
  • Flag of Japan Sotaro Yamaguchi

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of China China (P) 5 5 0 0 0 29 12 +17 15 Promoted to Division II A
2 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand (H) 5 4 0 0 1 23 11 +12 12
3 Flag of Israel Israel 5 3 0 0 2 24 14 +10 9
4 Flag of North Korea North Korea 5 1 0 0 4 18 33 −15 3[lower-alpha 2]
5 Flag of Mexico Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 12 16 −4 3[lower-alpha 2]
6 Flag of Turkey Turkey (R) 5 1 0 0 4 7 27 −20 3[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Division III
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+12).

4 April 2017
13:00
Mexico Flag of Mexico 5–1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
4 April 2017
16:30
Israel Flag of Israel 2–5
(1–2, 1–0, 0–3)
Flag of China China Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
4 April 2017
20:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 350
5 April 2017
13:00
Mexico Flag of Mexico 2–6
(0–0, 0–4, 2–2)
Flag of Israel Israel Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
5 April 2017
16:30
North Korea Flag of North Korea 11–3
(6–0, 4–2, 1–1)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
5 April 2017
20:00
China Flag of China 5–2
(1–1, 1–1, 3–0)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 450
7 April 2017
13:00
China Flag of China 8–3
(6–1, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
7 April 2017
16:30
Mexico Flag of Mexico 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
7 April 2017
20:00
Israel Flag of Israel 2–5
(1–3, 0–2, 1–0)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 500
9 April 2017
13:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 2–7
(1–2, 0–2, 1–3)
Flag of China China Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
9 April 2017
16:30
North Korea Flag of North Korea 2–9
(0–1, 1–6, 1–2)
Flag of Israel Israel Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 100
9 April 2017
20:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 4–2
(2–0, 1–2, 1–0)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 518
10 April 2017
13:00
Israel Flag of Israel 5–0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 101
10 April 2017
16:30
China Flag of China 4–3
(2–0, 2–3, 0–0)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 103
10 April 2017
20:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 8–1
(2–1, 4–0, 2–0)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Paradice Botany Downs, Auckland
Attendance: 407

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Flag of New Zealand Rick Parry
    • Best Defenseman: Flag of Israel Michael Kozevnikov
    • Best Forward: Flag of China Zhang Hao

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Israel Elie Klein 5 4 7 11 +3 4 F
Flag of New Zealand Jacob Ratcliffe 5 6 4 10 +4 4 F
Flag of Israel Ilya Spektor 5 6 3 9 +2 4 F
Flag of Israel Daniel Mazour 5 5 2 7 0 6 F
Flag of China Zhang Cheng 5 4 3 7 +3 12 F
Flag of North Korea Ri Chol-min 5 3 4 7 −4 2 F
Flag of Mexico Carlos Gómez 5 2 5 7 +3 4 F
Flag of Israel Evgeni Kozhevnikov 5 2 5 7 0 6 F
Flag of New Zealand Jordan Challis 5 4 2 6 +3 0 F
Flag of New Zealand Ryan Ruddle 5 4 2 6 +1 4 F
Flag of China Xia Tianxiang 5 4 2 6 +7 6 F
Flag of China Zhang Hao 5 4 2 6 +1 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 New Zealand Rick Parry 239:45 9 2.25 134 93.28 0
Flag of China Sun Zehao 300:00 12 2.40 148 91.89 0
Flag of Israel Maxim Gokhberg 289:28 12 2.49 142 91.55 1
Flag of Mexico Alfonso de Alba 218:39 13 3.57 133 90.23 0
Flag of Turkey Tolga Bozacı 190:30 13 4.09 115 88.70 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[]


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