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2023 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Spain Spain
Flag of Turkey Turkey
Dates 16–22 April
17–23 April
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
2022
2024

The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division II were two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

The Group A tournament was held in Madrid, Spain from 16 to 22 April and the Group B tournament in Istanbul, Turkey from 17 to 23 April 2023.

Spain won the Group A tournament and got promoted, while Iceland finished last and was relegated.[2] The United Arab Emirates won Group B and got promoted and Mexico was relegated.

Group A tournament[]

2023 IIHF World Championship Division II A
2023 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Spain Spain
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 16–22 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 120 (8 per game)
Attendance 8,117 (541 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Croatia Borna Rendulić (11 points)
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Australia Australia Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2019.
Flag of Croatia Croatia Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2022.
Flag of Spain Spain Host, placed 4th in Division II A in 2022.
Flag of Israel Israel Placed 5th in Division II A in 2022.
Flag of Iceland Iceland Placed 1st in Division II B in 2022 and was promoted.
Flag of Georgia Georgia Placed 2nd in Division II B in 2022 and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Japan Goro Terakado
  • Flag of Netherlands Ramon Sterkens
  • Flag of Serbia Štefan Požar
  • Flag of Spain Alexei Roshchyn
  • Flag of France Cyril Debuche
  • Flag of Japan Masa Hashimoto
  • Flag of Norway Niklas Wilhelmsen
  • Flag of Poland Michał Gerne
  • Flag of Spain Sergio Biec
  • Flag of Spain Carlos Trobajo
  • Flag of Switzerland Dario Fuchs

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Spain Spain (H) 5 5 0 0 0 30 9 +21 15 Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2 Flag of Georgia Georgia 5 4 0 0 1 20 8 +12 12
3 Flag of Croatia Croatia 5 3 0 0 2 26 18 +8 9
4 Flag of Australia Australia 5 1 0 0 4 16 22 −6 3[lower-alpha 1]
5 Flag of Israel Israel 5 1 0 0 4 14 37 −23 3[lower-alpha 1]
6 Flag of Iceland Iceland 5 1 0 0 4 14 26 −12 3[lower-alpha 1] Relegated to the 2024 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.
Notes:

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2)

16 April 2023
12:30
Georgia Flag of Georgia 4–1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 77
16 April 2023
16:00
Australia Flag of Australia 4–6
(0–3, 4–2, 0–1)
Flag of Croatia Croatia Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 117
16 April 2023
19:30
Spain Flag of Spain 8–2
(2–0, 5–1, 1–1)
Flag of Israel Israel Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 1,150

17 April 2023
12:30
Croatia Flag of Croatia 6–2
(2–0, 3–1, 1–1)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 64
17 April 2023
16:00
Israel Flag of Israel 3–7
(2–1, 1–3, 0–3)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 76
17 April 2023
19:30
Spain Flag of Spain 8–1
(2–0, 4–0, 2–1)
Flag of Australia Australia Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 967

19 April 2023
12:30
Croatia Flag of Croatia 12–1
(4–1, 4–0, 4–0)
Flag of Israel Israel Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 256
19 April 2023
16:00
Australia Flag of Australia 2–4
(1–1, 1–0, 0–3)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 237
19 April 2023
19:30
Spain Flag of Spain 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 1,169

21 April 2023
12:30
Israel Flag of Israel 1–7
(0–2, 1–3, 0–2)
Flag of Australia Australia Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 374
21 April 2023
16:00
Georgia Flag of Georgia 6–0
(1–0, 1–0, 4–0)
Flag of Croatia Croatia Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 197
21 April 2023
19:30
Iceland Flag of Iceland 4–7
(1–2, 1–2, 2–3)
Flag of Spain Spain Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 1,500

22 April 2023
12:30
Australia Flag of Australia 2–3
(1–0, 0–3, 1–0)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 195
22 April 2023
16:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 3–7
(1–1, 2–4, 0–2)
Flag of Israel Israel Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 260
22 April 2023
19:30
Croatia Flag of Croatia 2–5
(2–1, 0–1, 0–3)
Flag of Spain Spain Pista de Hielo, Madrid
Attendance: 1,500

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Croatia Borna Rendulić 5 4 7 11 +2 4 F
Georgia (country) Ivan Karelin 5 6 3 9 +6 8 F
Israel David Levin 5 2 7 9 −3 0 F
Spain Dorian Donath 5 5 3 8 +6 0 F
Israel Aviv Milner 5 5 3 8 0 8 F
Spain Alejandro Carbonell 5 3 5 8 +6 2 F
Spain Gastón González 5 4 3 7 +8 4 F
Iceland Andri Mikaelsson 5 3 4 7 −1 0 F
Israel Ilya Spektor 5 3 4 7 −4 8 F
Australia Casey Kubara 5 1 6 7 −1 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
Georgia (country) Ivan Starostin 180:00 4 1.33 75 94.67 1
Spain Raul Barbo 300:00 9 1.80 103 91.26 1
Australia Anthony Kimlin 238:28 17 4.28 131 87.02 0
Israel Maksim Kaliaev 170:03 19 6.70 142 86.62 0
Croatia Vilim Rosandić 225:50 16 4.25 114 85.96 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 Spain Raul Barbo
Defenceman Spain Bruno Baldris
Forward Croatia Borna Rendulić

Group B tournament[]

2023 IIHF World Championship Division II B
2023 IIHF World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Turkey Turkey
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 17–23 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 124 (8.27 per game)
Attendance 1,565 (104 per game)
Scoring leader(s) United Arab Emirates Sergei Kuznetsov (16 points)
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Placed 3rd in Division II B in 2019.
Flag of Belgium Belgium Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Flag of Mexico Mexico Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Placed 1st in Division III A last year and was promoted.
Flag of Turkey Turkey Host, placed 2nd in Division III A last year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Australia Robert Love-Dekazos
  • Flag of Croatia Trpimir Piragić
  • Flag of Germany Bastian Steingross
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Konstantin Chubenko
  • Flag of China Chi Hongda
  • Flag of Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
  • Flag of Germany Wayne Gerth
  • Flag of United Kingdom Nathan Carmichael
  • Flag of Netherlands Lodewijk Beelen
  • Flag of Turkey Berkay Aslanbey
  • Flag of Turkey Taha Kavlakoğlu

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 5 5 0 0 0 35 10 +25 15 Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2 Flag of Belgium Belgium 5 4 0 0 1 33 10 +23 12
3 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 5 3 0 0 2 19 20 −1 9
4 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 5 2 0 0 3 15 22 −7 6
5 Flag of Turkey Turkey (H) 5 1 0 0 4 12 26 −14 3
6 Flag of Mexico Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 10 36 −26 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division III A
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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

17 April 2023
13:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 1–4
(0–0, 0–1, 1–3)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 51
17 April 2023
16:30
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 4–2
(1–1, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 63
17 April 2023
20:30
Turkey Flag of Turkey 0–8
(0–3, 0–4, 0–1)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 85

18 April 2023
13:00
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 7–2
(4–0, 0–0, 3–2)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 63
18 April 2023
16:30
Belgium Flag of Belgium 3–4
(0–2, 1–2, 2–0)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 78
18 April 2023
20:30
Mexico Flag of Mexico 0–5
(0–3, 0–1, 0–1)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 185

20 April 2023
13:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 1–7
(1–1, 0–4, 0–2)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 54
20 April 2023
16:30
Belgium Flag of Belgium 11–2
(4–0, 4–2, 3–0)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 45
20 April 2023
20:30
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 5–3
(1–0, 2–0, 2–3)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 280

21 April 2023
13:00
Mexico Flag of Mexico 2–7
(1–2, 0–3, 1–2)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 43
21 April 2023
16:30
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 7–2
(2–0, 5–1, 0–1)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 87
21 April 2023
20:30
Turkey Flag of Turkey 2–9
(2–2, 0–4, 0–3)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 428

23 April 2023
13:00
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 9–4
(3–0, 1–2, 5–2)
Flag of Mexico Mexico Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 48
23 April 2023
16:30
Belgium Flag of Belgium 6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 55
23 April 2023
20:30
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 4–2
(4–0, 0–0, 0–2)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 610

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
United Arab Emirates Sergei Kuznetsov 5 8 9 17 +14 4 D
United Arab Emirates Maxim Zakharau 5 6 8 14 +9 0 F
Belgium Sam Verelst 5 6 7 13 +8 4 F
Belgium Vadim Gyesbreghs 5 5 8 13 +10 0 D
United Arab Emirates Artem Klavdiev 5 6 5 11 +6 6 F
United Arab Emirates Ilia Chuikov 5 5 5 10 +8 4 F
Belgium Alec James 5 4 6 10 +8 0 F
Belgium Dries Blockx 5 4 5 9 +6 0 F
Belgium Ben Coolen 5 4 4 8 +7 0 F
United Arab Emirates Juma Al-Dhaheri 5 2 5 7 +7 4 F
Belgium Iniaz Steyaert 5 2 5 7 +8 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
United Arab Emirates Mate Tomljenović 240:00 6 1.50 117 95.12 1
New Zealand Joel Hasselman 221:29 11 2.98 120 91.60 0
Belgium Arne Waumans 200:20 5 1.50 52 91.23 0
Turkey Tolga Bozacı 239:34 15 3.76 138 90.20 1
Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov 269:32 19 4.23 164 89.62 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[3]
Goaltender United Arab Emirates Mate Tomljenović
Defenceman Belgium Vadim Gyesbreghs
Forward United Arab Emirates Maxim Zakharau

References[]

External links[]

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