2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Estonia
 Serbia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates22–28 March 2015
16–22 March 2015
Teams12
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Main article: 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II A and Division II B tournaments represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 22 to 28 March 2015.[1]

Participants

Team Qualification
 Poland Placed 6th in 2014 Division I B and were relegated
 South Korea Placed 2nd in 2014 Division II A
 Croatia Placed 3rd in 2014 Division II A
 Netherlands Placed 4th in 2014 Division II A
 Great Britain Placed 5th in 2014 Division II A
 Estonia Hosts, placed 1st in 2014 Division II B and were promoted

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  South Korea 5 5 0 0 0 28 7 +21 15 Promoted to the 2016 Division I B
2  Poland 5 4 0 0 1 18 10 +8 12
3  Great Britain 5 2 1 0 2 18 13 +5 8
4  Netherlands 5 1 1 1 2 18 22 −4 6
5  Croatia 5 1 0 0 4 9 24 −15 3
6  Estonia 5 0 0 1 4 11 26 −15 1 Relegated to the 2016 Division II B
Source: IIHF

Results

All times are local. (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

22 March 2015
13:00		Croatia 1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 PolandTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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22 March 2015
16:30		South Korea 4–2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–2)		 Great BritainTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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22 March 2015
20:00		Estonia 4–5 OT
(2–2, 1–0, 1–2, 0–1)		 NetherlandsTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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23 March 2015
13:00		South Korea 7–0
(2–0, 4–0, 1–0)		 CroatiaTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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23 March 2015
16:30		Poland 6–3
(0–1, 1–1, 5–1)		 NetherlandsTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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23 March 2015
20:00		Great Britain 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 EstoniaTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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25 March 2015
13:00		Poland 4–1
(1–0, 0–1, 3–0)		 Great BritainTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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25 March 2015
16:30		Croatia 2–4
(1–0, 0–0, 1–4)		 NetherlandsTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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25 March 2015
20:00		South Korea 7–1
(2–1, 5–0, 0–0)		 EstoniaTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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27 March 2015
13:00		Netherlands 3–6
(1–2, 0–3, 2–1)		 South KoreaTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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27 March 2015
16:30		Great Britain 7–1
(4–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 CroatiaTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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27 March 2015
20:00		Estonia 1–5
(0–1, 1–1, 0–3)		 PolandTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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28 March 2015
13:00		Netherlands 3–4 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 Great BritainTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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28 March 2015
16:30		Poland 1–4
(0–1, 1–2, 0–1)		 South KoreaTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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28 March 2015
20:00		Croatia 5–4
(2–1, 1–2, 2–1)		 EstoniaTondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn
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Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Ahn Jaein  South Korea 5 6 3 9 +3 0
2 Guus van Nes  Netherlands 5 4 5 9 +3 0
3 Max Hermens  Netherlands 5 3 6 9 +4 12
4 Lee Je-hui  South Korea 5 2 5 7 +7 4
5 Lee Juhyung  South Korea 5 5 1 6 +7 6
6 Kim Byung-gun  South Korea 5 4 2 6 +3 2
6 Michael Stratford  Great Britain 5 4 2 6 +3 4
8 Luc Johnson  Great Britain 5 2 4 6 +2 14
9 Glenn Billing  Great Britain 5 3 2 5 +2 4
10 Mateusz Goscinski  Poland 5 2 3 5 +2 0
10 Pawel Gozdziewicz  Poland 5 2 3 5 +2 14
10 Luuk Lambregts  Netherlands 5 2 3 5 0 2
10 Park Hun  South Korea 5 2 3 5 +5 6
10 Renato Platuzic  Croatia 5 2 3 5 −1 0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Shim Hyounseop  South Korea 240:00 4 1.00 96.08 1
2 Luka Valencic  Croatia 179:14 10 3.35 94.05 0
3 Denis Bell-Blake  Great Britain 184:48 8 2.60 91.75 0
4 Mateusz Studzinski  Poland 300:00 10 2.00 91.07 0
5 Ruud Leeuwesteijn  Netherlands 217:32 12 3.31 89.66 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 16 to 22 March 2015.[2]

Participants

Team Qualification
 Romania Placed 6th in 2014 Division II A and were relegated
 Spain Placed 2nd in 2014 Division II B
 Serbia Hosts, placed 3rd in 2014 Division II B
 Belgium Placed 4th in 2014 Division II B
 China Placed 5th in 2014 Division II B
 Australia Placed 1st in 2014 Division III A and were promoted

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Romania 5 4 1 0 0 46 12 +34 14 Promoted to the 2016 Division II A
2  Spain 5 4 0 1 0 28 13 +15 13
3  Serbia 5 3 0 0 2 21 13 +8 9
4  Belgium 5 1 1 0 3 20 26 −6 5
5  China 5 1 0 0 4 14 27 −13 3
6  Australia 5 0 0 1 4 11 49 −38 1 Relegated to the 2016 Division III A
Source: IIHF

Results

All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)

15 March 2015
13:00		Australia 2–3 OT
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 BelgiumLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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15 March 2015
16:30		Spain 3–1
(1–0, 2–1, 0–0)		 ChinaLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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15 March 2015
20:30		Serbia 3–4
(1–2, 2–0, 0–2)		 RomaniaLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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17 March 2015
13:00		China 8–1
(3–0, 1–0, 4–1)		 AustraliaLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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17 March 2015
16:30		Romania 10–1
(4–0, 3–0, 3–1)		 BelgiumLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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17 March 2015
20:00		Spain 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 SerbiaLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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19 March 2015
13:00		Romania 10–2
(0–1, 5–1, 5–0)		 ChinaLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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19 March 2015
16:30		Spain 14–4
(4–1, 4–1, 6–2)		 AustraliaLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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19 March 2015
20:00		Serbia 6–5
(3–0, 2–3, 1–2)		 BelgiumLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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21 March 2015
13:00		Belgium 4–6
(1–3, 0–1, 3–2)		 SpainLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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21 March 2015
16:30		Australia 3–18
(1–9, 0–5, 2–4)		 RomaniaLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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21 March 2015
20:00		China 1–6
(0–2, 1–2, 0–2)		 SerbiaLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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23 March 2015
13:00		Romania 4–3 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 2–2, 1–0)		 SpainLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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23 March 2015
16:30		Belgium 7–2
(4–0, 1–1, 2–1)		 ChinaLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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23 March 2015
20:00		Serbia 6–1
(0–0, 3–0, 3–1)		 AustraliaLedena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
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Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Matyas Kovacs  Romania 5 6 9 15 +9 2
2 Szilard Rokaly  Romania 5 8 4 12 +7 4
3 Oriol Rubio  Spain 5 3 9 12 +7 2
3 Zoltan Sandor  Romania 5 3 9 12 +12 0
5 Luka Vukicevic  Serbia 5 7 3 10 +6 4
6 Tihamer Gyorfy  Romania 5 4 5 9 +11 2
7 Manuel Manero  Spain 5 4 4 8 +4 6
7 Otto Szopos  Romania 5 4 4 8 +12 6
9 Florin Creanga  Romania 5 1 7 8 +12 2
10 Ying Rudi  China 5 6 1 7 −3 12

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Jug Mitic  Serbia 258:44 11 2.55 93.53 0
2 Daniel Uruc  Romania 253:53 9 2.13 90.62 0
3 Shi Songyuan  China 154:56 11 4.26 89.42 0
4 Alejandro Reneses  Spain 296:34 13 2.63 89.08 1
5 Bruce Hallewaert  Belgium 212:17 21 5.94 87.57 0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

References

  1. ^ Division II A statistics
  2. ^ Division II B statistics