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2022 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Croatia Croatia
Flag of Iceland Iceland
Dates 25–30 April
18–23 April
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
2021 (cancelled)
2023

The 2022 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 25 to 30 April and the Group B tournament in Reykjavík, Iceland from 18 to 23 April 2022.[1][2]

After the tournament was cancelled the two previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams stayed put in their divisions.[3]

China won Group A and got promoted and Israel relegated, while Iceland won the Group B tournament, where Mexico finished last.[4][5]

Group A tournament[]

2022 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Croatia Croatia
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 25–30 April
Teams 5
Tournament statistics
Games played 10
Goals scored 70 (7 per game)
Attendance 134 (13 per game)
Scoring leader(s) China Fu Shuai
Netherlands Nick Verschuren (10 points)
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Placed 6th in Division I B last edition and was relegated.
Flag of Croatia Croatia Host, placed 2nd in Division II A last edition.
Flag of Australia Australia Placed 3rd in Division II A last edition.
Flag of Spain Spain Placed 4th in Division II A last edition.
Flag of China China Placed 5th in Division II A last edition.
Flag of Israel Israel Placed 1st in Division II B last edition and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Three referees and five linesmen are selected for the tournament.[6]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Denmark Martin Christensen
  • Flag of Lithuania Vitalijus Sevruk
  • Flag of Poland Bartosz Kaczmarek
  • Flag of Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
  • Flag of Croatia Marko Šaković
  • Flag of Hungary Barnabás Fényi
  • Flag of Slovakia Ľudovít Šoltés
  • Flag of Slovenia Anže Bergant

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of China China (P) 4 4 0 0 0 28 4 +24 12 Promotion to 2023 Division I B
2 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 4 3 0 0 1 19 10 +9 9
3 Flag of Croatia Croatia (H) 4 1 1 0 2 9 12 −3 5
4 Flag of Spain Spain 4 1 0 1 2 10 12 −2 4
5 Flag of Israel Israel (R) 4 0 0 0 4 4 32 −28 0 Relegation to 2023 Division II B
6 Flag of Australia Australia[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
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. U18 Worlds in Germany. IIHF.com (5 June 2021). Retrieved on 5 June 2021.
  2. Tournaments. IIHF.com (10 August 2021). Retrieved on 10 August 2021.
  3. Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). IIHF Council announces more cancellations.
  4. China marching to gold. IIHF.com (1 May 2022). Retrieved on 1 May 2022.
  5. Gold for Iceland. IIHF.com (24 April 2022). Retrieved on 24 April 2022.
  6. IIA game officials
  7. Australian teams withdrawn. IIHF.com (22 January 2022). Retrieved on 22 January 2022.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2)

25 April 2022
16:00
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 5–3
(2–0, 2–1, 1–2)
Flag of Spain Spain Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 10
25 April 2022
19:45
Israel Flag of Israel 1–5
(0–1, 0–2, 1–2)
Flag of Croatia Croatia Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 13

26 April 2022
17:00
China Flag of China 14–1
(4–0, 5–0, 5–1)
Flag of Israel Israel Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 15

27 April 2022
16:00
China Flag of China 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 10
27 April 2022
19:45
Croatia Flag of Croatia 1–0 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Spain Spain Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 14

28 April 2022
19:45
Israel Flag of Israel 0–7
(0–1, 0–3, 0–3)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 6

29 April 2022
16:00
Spain Flag of Spain 6–2
(1–0, 4–0, 1–2)
Flag of Israel Israel Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 9
29 April 2022
19:45
Croatia Flag of Croatia 1–5
(0–0, 0–4, 1–1)
Flag of China China Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 22

30 April 2022
16:00
Spain Flag of Spain 1–4
(1–0, 0–1, 0–3)
Flag of China China Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 12
30 April 2022
19:45
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 6–2
(2–0, 2–2, 2–0)
Flag of Croatia Croatia Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 23

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
China Fu Shuai 4 4 6 10 +10 2 F
Netherlands Nick Verschuren 4 4 6 10 +6 2 F
China Fu Jiang 4 3 7 10 +11 0 F
Netherlands Raymond van der Schuit 4 3 6 9 +6 4 F
Netherlands Danny Stempher 4 3 6 8 +6 0 F
China Jieke Kailiaosi 4 2 6 8 +11 2 D
China Luo Jia 4 4 2 6 +9 0 F
China Ye Jinguang 4 3 3 6 +5 0 F
China Wang Taile 4 1 5 6 +6 0 F
China Ruian Sipulaoer 4 1 4 5 +8 0 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
China Yongli Ouban 240:00 4 1.00 91 95.60 0
Spain Ignacio García 161:18 3 1.12 56 94.64 1
Netherlands Martijn Oosterwijk 120:00 3 1.50 42 92.86 1
Israel Nir Tichon 117:59 11 5.59 151 92.72 0
Croatia Vilim Rosandić 185:00 7 2.27 91 92.31 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

Awards[]

Position Player[1]
Goaltender Croatia Vilim Rosandić
Defenceman Netherlands Jordy Verkiel
Forward China Fu Jiang

Group B tournament[]

2022 IIHF World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Iceland Iceland
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 18–23 April
Teams 5
Tournament statistics
Games played 10
Goals scored 83 (8.3 per game)
Attendance 2,942 (294 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Georgia (country) Nikita Bukiya (11 points)
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Belgium Belgium Placed 6th in Division II A last edition and was relegated.
Flag of Iceland Iceland Host, placed 2nd in Division II B last edition.
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Placed 3rd in Division II B last edition.
Flag of Georgia Georgia Placed 4th in Division II B last edition.
Flag of Mexico Mexico Placed 5th in Division II B last edition.
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Placed 1st in Division III last edition and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of France Julien Peyre
  • Flag of United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
  • Flag of Netherlands Jos Korte
  • Flag of Germany Wayne Gerth
  • Flag of United Kingdom Andrew Cook
  • Flag of Iceland Óli Gunnarsson
  • Flag of Iceland Sindri Gunnarsson
  • Flag of Norway Herman Johansen

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Iceland Iceland (H, P) 4 4 0 0 0 25 7 +18 12 Promotion to 2023 Division II A
2 Flag of Georgia Georgia 4 3 0 0 1 21 11 +10 9
3 Flag of Belgium Belgium 4 2 0 0 2 22 8 +14 6
4 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 4 1 0 0 3 11 33 −22 3
5 Flag of Mexico Mexico (R) 4 0 0 0 4 4 24 −20 0 Relegation to 2023 Division III A
6 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
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. Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIA.
  2. IIB game officials
  3. New Zealand withdraws. IIHF.com (2 February 2022). Retrieved on 2 February 2022.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC±0)

18 April 2022
16:30
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 2–10
(1–2, 0–4, 1–4)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 500
18 April 2022
20:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 3–4
(2–3, 1–0, 0–1)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 70

19 April 2022
18:00
Mexico Flag of Mexico 2–6
(2–2, 0–4, 0–0)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 100

20 April 2022
16:30
Iceland Flag of Iceland 5–2
(1–0, 3–1, 1–1)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 357
20 April 2022
20:00
Mexico Flag of Mexico 1–6
(0–1, 0–4, 1–1)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík

21 April 2022
18:00
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 0–11
(0–3, 0–3, 0–5)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 37

22 April 2022
16:30
Georgia Flag of Georgia 10–3
(2–1, 1–2, 7–0)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 37
22 April 2022
20:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 7–1
(2–0, 2–1, 3–0)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 678

23 April 2022
16:30
Georgia Flag of Georgia 5–0
(3–0, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 43
23 April 2022
20:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 2–3
(0–0, 1–2, 1–1)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,120

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Georgia (country) Nikita Bukiya 4 7 4 11 +9 4 F
Georgia (country) Ivan Karelin 4 5 6 11 +6 0 F
Iceland Björn Sigurðarson 4 3 6 9 +4 2 F
Belgium Ben Coolen 4 3 5 8 +4 0 F
Iceland Johann Leifsson 4 2 6 8 +4 6 F
Iceland Andri Mikaelsson 4 3 4 7 +4 0 F
Iceland Axel Orongan 4 4 2 6 +4 6 F
Belgium Alec James 4 3 3 6 +3 4 F
Iceland Gunnar Arason 4 2 4 6 +3 0 D
Belgium Frank Neven 4 2 4 6 +3 4 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
Iceland Jóhann Ragnarsson 120:00 4 2.00 78 94.87 0
Iceland Jakob Jóhannesson 120:00 3 1.50 47 93.62 0
Belgium Arne Waumans 176:32 4 1.36 55 92.73 1
Georgia (country) Mikhail Fofanov 187:26 8 2.56 105 92.38 1
Mexico Marcello de Antuñano 113:13 11 5.83 89 87.64 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

Awards[]

Position Player[1]
Goaltender Iceland Jóhann Ragnarsson
Defenceman Belgium Frank Neven
Forward Iceland Johann Leifsson

References[]

External links[]

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