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2018 IIHF World Championship Division II
2018 IIHF World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Netherlands Netherlands
Flag of Spain Spain
Dates 23–29 April (Group A)
14–20 April (Group B)
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
2017
2019

The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Tilburg, Netherlands from 23 to 29 April 2018 and Group B in Granada, Spain from 14 to 20 April 2018.[1]

The Netherlands were promoted to Division I B and Iceland was relegated to Group B.[2] Spain claimed the top position in the Group B tournament and returned to Group A after one year, while Luxembourg took the reverse route after being relegated to Division III.[3]

Group A tournament[]

2018 IIHF World Championship Division II

| tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division II A | year = 2018 | country = Netherlands | dates = 23–29 April | num_teams = 6 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | games = 15 | goals = 105 | attendance = 11758 | scoring_leader = Flag of Netherlands Ivy van den Heuvel | points = 11 | website = IIHF.com }}

Participants[]

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

Match officials[]

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

Referees
  • Flag of Italy Andrea Benvegnu
  • Flag of Hungary Miklós Haszonits
  • Flag of Russia Sergey Morozov
  • Flag of Poland Tomasz Radzik

Linesmen
  • Flag of Norway Knut Einar Bråten
  • Flag of Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
  • Flag of Latvia Raivis Jučers
  • Flag of Japan Kensuke Kanazawa
  • Flag of Netherlands Jos Korte
  • Flag of the United States Ian McCambridge
  • Flag of Netherlands Stef Oosterling

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands (H, P) 5 5 0 0 0 42 5 +37 15 Promoted to Division I B
2 Flag of Australia Australia 5 3 1 0 1 19 14 +5 11
3 Flag of Serbia Serbia 5 3 0 1 1 16 14 +2 10
4 Flag of China China 5 2 0 0 3 10 16 −6 6
5 Flag of Belgium Belgium 5 1 0 0 4 11 28 −17 3
6 Flag of Iceland Iceland (R) 5 0 0 0 5 7 28 −21 0 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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

23 April 2018
13:00
Australia Flag of Australia 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
Flag of Iceland Iceland IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 250
23 April 2018
16:30
Serbia Flag of Serbia 4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
Flag of Belgium Belgium IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 215
23 April 2018
20:00
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0)
Flag of China China IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,452
24 April 2018
13:00
Australia Flag of Australia 6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)
Flag of Belgium Belgium IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 245
24 April 2018
16:30
China Flag of China 1–3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0)
Flag of Serbia Serbia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 257
24 April 2018
20:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 1–11
(0–3, 0–3, 1–5)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,347
26 April 2018
13:00
China Flag of China 1–3
(1–0, 0–0, 0–3)
Flag of Australia Australia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 411
26 April 2018
16:30
Belgium Flag of Belgium 6–3
(1–0, 2–0, 3–3)
Flag of Iceland Iceland IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 243
26 April 2018
20:00
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Serbia Serbia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,500
28 April 2018
13:00
China Flag of China 3–1
(0–0, 0–1, 3–0)
Flag of Iceland Iceland IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 321
28 April 2018
16:30
Belgium Flag of Belgium 2–10
(0–4, 1–4, 1–2)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 2,400
28 April 2018
20:00
Serbia Flag of Serbia 4–5 GWS
(2–1, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Australia Australia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 521
29 April 2018
13:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 2–5
(0–0, 0–3, 2–2)
Flag of China China IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 250
29 April 2018
16:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 9–2
(4–0, 3–1, 2–1)
Flag of Australia Australia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 2,035
29 April 2018
20:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 2–5
(1–1, 0–2, 1–2)
Flag of Serbia Serbia IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 311

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Flag of Australia Anthony Kimlin
    • Best Defenseman: Flag of Netherlands Giovanni Vogelaar
    • Best Forward: Flag of Netherlands Ivy van den Heuvel

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Netherlands Ivy van den Heuvel 5 3 8 11 +11 2 F
Flag of Netherlands Giovanni Vogelaar 5 8 2 10 +14 0 D
Flag of Netherlands Jordy van Oorschot 5 3 7 10 +6 2 D
Flag of Netherlands Mickey Bastings 5 3 6 9 +10 0 F
Flag of Netherlands Danny Stempher 5 3 6 9 +7 2 F
Flag of Netherlands Kevin Bruijsten 5 3 5 8 +7 2 F
Flag of Netherlands Raphael Joly 5 3 5 8 +11 2 F
Flag of Australia Matthew Armstrong 5 2 6 8 +3 6 F
Flag of Netherlands Reno de Hondt 5 2 5 7 +8 6 F
Flag of Serbia Petar Novaković 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

Leading goaltenders[]

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 Netherlands Ian Meierdres 230:27 2 0.52 39 94.87 2
Flag of Australia Anthony Kimlin 305:00 14 2.75 173 91.91 2
Flag of China Sun Zehao 296:57 15 3.03 172 91.28 0
Flag of Serbia Arsenije Ranković 303:06 14 2.77 151 90.73 0
Flag of Iceland Dennis Hedström 275:56 19 4.13 201 90.55 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[]

2018 IIHF World Championship Division II

| tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division II B | year = 2018 | country = Spain | dates = 14–20 April | num_teams = 6 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | games = 15 | goals = 133 | attendance = 2565 | scoring_leader = Flag of Spain Oriol Boronat | points = 12 | website = IIHF.com }}

Participants[]

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

Match officials[]

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

Referees
  • Flag of Latvia Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
  • Flag of Slovakia Milan Novák
  • Flag of Denmark Rasmus Toppel
  • Flag of Belgium Tim Tzirtziganis

Linesmen
  • Flag of Spain Alejandro García
  • Flag of Germany Marcus Höfer
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Andrey Korovkin
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Jiří Svoboda
  • Flag of Spain Carlos Trobajo
  • Flag of Belgium Chris van Grinsven

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Spain Spain (H, P) 5 5 0 0 0 49 6 +43 15 Promoted to Division II A
2 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 33 14 +19 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 12 40 −28 3[lower-alpha 1]
5 Flag of Mexico Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 9 30 −21 3[lower-alpha 1]
6 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg (R) 5 1 0 0 4 6 29 −23 3[lower-alpha 1] 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:
  1. 27 tournaments assigned. iihf.com (19 May 2017).
  2. Dutch Dominance. iihf.com (30 April 2018).
  3. Fourth gold for Spain. iihf.com (21 April 2018).
  4. Group A Assignments
  5. Group B Assignments

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

14 April 2018
13:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 5–1
(1–0, 4–0, 0–1)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 55
14 April 2018
16:30
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 1–8
(1–4, 0–2, 0–2)
Flag of Israel Israel Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 61
14 April 2018
20:15
Spain Flag of Spain 15–1
(4–0, 8–1, 3–0)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 333
15 April 2018
13:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 5–2
(1–0, 0–1, 4–1)
Flag of Israel Israel Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 67
15 April 2018
16:30
North Korea Flag of North Korea 5–2
(3–2, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 68
15 April 2018
20:00
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 1–10
(0–0, 1–3, 0–7)
Flag of Spain Spain Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 234
17 April 2018
13:00
Israel Flag of Israel 9–1
(3–1, 4–0, 2–0)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 36
17 April 2018
16:30
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 7–1
(1–0, 2–1, 4–0)
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 68
17 April 2018
20:00
Spain Flag of Spain 14–0
(4–0, 5–0, 5–0)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 157
19 April 2018
13:00
Mexico Flag of Mexico 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 300
19 April 2018
16:30
North Korea Flag of North Korea 4–12
(1–4, 3–4, 0–4)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 84
19 April 2018
20:00
Israel Flag of Israel 0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
Flag of Spain Spain Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 390
20 April 2018
13:00
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 77
20 April 2018
16:30
Mexico Flag of Mexico 3–5
(0–2, 2–2, 1–1)
Flag of Israel Israel Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 94
20 April 2018
20:00
Spain Flag of Spain 6–4
(1–0, 4–3, 1–1)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Igloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 541

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Flag of Spain Ander Alcaine
    • Best Defenseman: Flag of New Zealand Stefan Helmersson
    • Best Forward: Flag of Spain Patricio Fuentes

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Spain Oriol Boronat 5 5 7 12 +9 0 F
Flag of Spain Patricio Fuentes 5 5 6 11 +1 0 F
Flag of Spain Pablo Muñoz 5 7 3 10 +9 2 F
Flag of New Zealand Jordan Challis 5 3 7 10 0 0 F
Flag of Spain Adrian Ubieto 5 2 8 10 +12 4 D
Flag of New Zealand Matthew Schneider 5 4 5 9 +5 4 F
Flag of Spain Alejandro Carbonell 5 3 6 9 +10 0 F
Flag of New Zealand Aleksandr Polozov 5 3 6 9 +4 0 F
Flag of Israel Daniel Mazour 5 3 5 8 +2 6 F
Flag of Spain Pablo Puyuelo 5 2 6 8 +8 4 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders[]

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 Israel Nir Tichon 187:02 9 2.89 110 91.82 0
Flag of New Zealand Daniel Lee 199:36 10 3.01 105 90.48 0
Flag of Spain Ander Alcaine 242:16 6 1.49 58 89.66 1
Flag of Mexico Andrés de la Garma 178:27 11 3.70 93 88.17 0
Flag of Luxembourg Gilles Mangen 179:50 16 5.34 134 88.06 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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