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2024 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Serbia Serbia
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates 21–27 April
22–28 April
Teams 12
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See also: 2024 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2024 IIHF World Championship Division II is two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

The Group A tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 21 to 27 April and the Group B tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 28 April 2024.[2][3]

Croatia won Group A and got promoted to Division I, while Iceland was relegated.[4]

Group A tournament[]

2024 IIHF World Championship Division II A
2024 IIHF World Championship Division II A logo
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Serbia Serbia
City Belgrade
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 21–27 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 117 (7.8 per game)
Attendance 2,363 (158 per game)
Scoring leader(s) United Arab Emirates Artem Klavdiev (13 points)
Website www.iihf.com

The IIHF temporarily indicated that Israel would not participate,[5] but two days later clarified that they will consider their participation in upcoming tournaments on a case by case basis.[6][7]

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Serbia Serbia Host, placed 6th in Division I B in 2023 and was relegated.
Flag of Croatia Croatia Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2023.
Flag of Australia Australia Placed 4th in Division II A in 2023.
Flag of Israel Israel Placed 5th in Division II A in 2023
Flag of Iceland Iceland Placed 6th in Division II A in 2023.
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Placed 1st in Division II B in 2023 and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Five referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[8]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of France Nicolas Crégut
  • Flag of Netherlands Stef Oosterling
  • Flag of Norway Marcus Wannerstedt
  • Flag of Poland Bartosz Kaczmarek
  • Flag of Ukraine Andrii Kicha
  • Flag of Canada Nicholas Albinati
  • Flag of China Fu Dahe
  • Flag of Croatia Krešimir Polašek
  • Flag of Croatia Marko Saković
  • Flag of Serbia Uroš Mladenović
  • Flag of Serbia David Perduv
  • Flag of the United States Patrick Dapuzzo

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Croatia Croatia 5 5 0 0 0 26 6 +20 15 Promotion to the 2025 Division I B
2 Flag of Serbia Serbia (H) 5 4 0 0 1 23 11 +12 12
3 Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 5 3 0 0 2 25 21 +4 9
4 Flag of Israel Israel 5 1 1 0 3 17 26 −9 5
5 Flag of Australia Australia 5 1 0 1 3 15 19 −4 4
6 Flag of Iceland Iceland 5 0 0 0 5 11 34 −23 0 Relegation to the 2025 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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

21 April 2024
12:30
Croatia Flag of Croatia 11–2
(4–0, 4–2, 3–0)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 25
21 April 2024
16:00
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 10–6
(2–2, 4–1, 4–3)
Flag of Israel Israel Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 40
21 April 2024
19:30
Australia Flag of Australia 2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0–1)
Flag of Serbia Serbia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 346

22 April 2024
12:30
Iceland Flag of Iceland 2–7
(1–1, 1–6, 0–0)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 20
22 April 2024
16:00
Croatia Flag of Croatia 3–2
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0)
Flag of Australia Australia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 25
22 April 2024
19:30
Serbia Flag of Serbia 5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)
Flag of Israel Israel Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 375

24 April 2024
12:30
Australia Flag of Australia 4–5 GWS
(2–0, 1–0, 1–4)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Israel Israel Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 30
24 April 2024
16:00
Croatia Flag of Croatia 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 22
24 April 2024
19:30
Serbia Flag of Serbia 9–3
(3–1, 2–1, 4–1)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 220

25 April 2024
12:30
Israel Flag of Israel 1–5
(1–3, 0–1, 0–1)
Flag of Croatia Croatia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 20
25 April 2024
16:00
Iceland Flag of Iceland 2–3
(0–2, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of Australia Australia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 35
25 April 2024
19:30
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 2–5
(1–1, 0–1, 1–3)
Flag of Serbia Serbia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 340

27 April 2024
12:30
Australia Flag of Australia 4–5
(2–1, 1–2, 1–2)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 25
27 April 2024
16:00
Israel Flag of Israel 4–2
(0–1, 1–0, 3–1)
Flag of Iceland Iceland Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 40
27 April 2024
19:30
Serbia Flag of Serbia 0–3
(0–2, 0–1, 0–0)
Flag of Croatia Croatia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 800

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
United Arab Emirates Artem Klavdiev 5 5 8 13 +6 2 F
United Arab Emirates Dmitry Likhachev 5 5 7 12 +5 4 F
United Arab Emirates Ilia Chuikov 5 4 5 9 +5 0 F
Croatia Marko Katić 5 3 6 9 +6 0 D
United Arab Emirates Sergei Kuznetsov 5 6 2 8 +3 4 D
Israel David Levin 5 1 7 8 0 6 F
Serbia Marko Mladenović 5 1 7 8 +6 24 D
Israel Mike Levin 4 5 2 7 −2 31 F
Croatia Bruno Idžan 5 4 3 7 +2 0 F
Croatia Karlo Marinković 5 3 4 7 +2 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
Croatia Vilim Rosandić 240:00 5 1.25 99 94.95 1
Serbia Arsenije Ranković 277:25 10 2.16 113 91.15 0
United Arab Emirates Maksim Rashchupkin 298:32 20 4.02 186 89.25 0
Australia Aleksi Toivonen 303:31 17 3.36 151 88.74 0
Israel Maksim Kaliaev 229:31 18 4.71 124 85.48 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[9]
Goaltender Croatia Vilim Rosandić
Defenceman Croatia Marko Katić
Forward Serbia Mirko Đumić

Group B tournament[]

2024 IIHF World Championship Division II B
2024 IIHF World Championship Division II B logo
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria
City Sofia
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 22–28 April
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 120 (8 per game)
Attendance 3,058 (204 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Belgium Sam Verelst (14 points)
Website IIHF

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Georgia Georgia Disqualified from Division II A in 2023 and was relegated.
Flag of Belgium Belgium Placed 2nd in Division II B in 2023.
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Host, placed 3rd in Division II B in 2023.
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Placed 4th in Division II B in 2023.
Flag of Turkey Turkey Placed 5th in Division II B in 2023.
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Placed 1st in Division III A in 2023 and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[10]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Croatia Filip Metzinger
  • Flag of Denmark Kenneth Nielsen
  • Flag of Spain Alexey Roshchyn
  • Flag of the United States Walker Holton
  • Flag of Austria Maxmillian Gatol
  • Flag of Belgium Maarten van den Acker
  • Flag of Bulgaria Martin Boyadjiev
  • Flag of the Czech Republic David Klouček
  • Flag of Denmark Frederik Andersen
  • Flag of Germany Markus Merk
  • Flag of Netherlands Lodewijk Beelen

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Belgium Belgium 5 5 0 0 0 37 4 +33 15 Promoted to the 2025 Division II A
2 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 5 3 0 1 1 22 18 +4 10
3 Flag of Georgia Georgia 5 3 0 0 2 20 17 +3 9
4 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria (H) 5 1 1 0 3 17 29 −12 5
5 Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 5 1 0 1 3 14 27 −13 4
6 Flag of Turkey Turkey 5 0 1 0 4 10 25 −15 2 Relegated to the 2025 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).

22 April 2024
13:00
Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei 1–5
(1–0, 0–1, 0–4)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 70
22 April 2024
16:30
Belgium Flag of Belgium 8–0
(0–0, 3–0, 5–0)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 80
22 April 2024
20:00
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 1–7
(1–1, 0–2, 0–4)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 325

23 April 2024
13:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 5–4 GWS
(0–1, 1–2, 3–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 47
23 April 2024
16:30
Georgia Flag of Georgia 2–6
(1–2, 0–2, 1–2)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 93
23 April 2024
20:00
Belgium Flag of Belgium 11–1
(3–0, 5–1, 3–0)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 352

25 April 2024
13:00
Georgia Flag of Georgia 3–2
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 75
25 April 2024
16:30
Belgium Flag of Belgium 8–1
(3–1, 3–0, 2–0)
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 76
25 April 2024
20:00
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 7–6 GWS
(4–2, 2–2, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 483

27 April 2024
13:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 0–6
(0–1, 0–4, 0–1)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 90
27 April 2024
16:30
Turkey Flag of Turkey 1–5
(0–0, 1–3, 0–2)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 640
27 April 2024
20:00
Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei 4–6
(1–2, 2–1, 1–3)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 104

28 April 2024
13:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 5–2
(2–0, 1–1, 2–1)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 77
28 April 2024
16:30
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 3–4
(1–0, 1–3, 1–1)
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 350
28 April 2024
20:00
Georgia Flag of Georgia 2–4
(2–1, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Belgium Belgium Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 86

References[]

External links[]

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