2005 IIHF World Championship Division II

Group A

Team	2004 Result
South Korea	Placed 6th in Division I Group B and were relegated in 2004.[3]
Croatia	Host, placed 2nd in Division II Group A in 2004.[4]
Australia	Placed 3rd in Division II Group A in 2004.[4]
Bulgaria	Placed 4th in Division II Group B in 2004.[5]
New Zealand	Placed 5th in Division II Group B in 2004.[5]
Turkey	Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2004.[6]

Group B

Team	2004 Result
Belgium	Placed 6th in Division I Group A and were relegated in 2004.[7]
Serbia and Montenegro	Host, placed 2nd in Division II Group B in 2004.[5]
North Korea	Placed 3rd in Division II Group B in 2004.[5]
Spain	Placed 4th in Division II Group A in 2004.[4]
Israel	Placed 5th in Division II Group A in 2004.[4]
Iceland	Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2004.[6]

Standings

Rk	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
1	Croatia	5	5	0	0	46	6	40	10
2	Australia	5	4	0	1	34	5	29	8
3	South Korea	5	3	0	2	26	9	17	6
4	Bulgaria	5	2	0	3	22	26	−4	4
5	New Zealand	5	1	0	4	14	31	−17	2
6	Turkey	5	0	0	5	5	70	−65	0

Fixtures

All times local.

April 10, 2005 12:30

Turkey

0–14 (0–8, 0–2, 0–4)

South Korea

Dom Sportova Attendance: 100

April 10, 2005 16:00

New Zealand

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Australia

Dom Sportova Attendance: 100

April 10, 2005 20:00

Bulgaria

1–9 (0–3, 0–3, 1–3)

Croatia

Dom Sportova Attendance: 2000

Game reference
	Konstantin Mihaylov	Goalies	Vanja Belic	Referee: Koji Yamada
	0 – 1 9:05 – Jacmenjak (Piragic) 0 – 2 12:54 – Grozaj (Gojanovic) 0 – 3 16:44 – Glavota (Mladjenovic, Zibret) 0 – 4 25:32 – Grozaj (Glavota) (PP) 0 – 5 28:27 – Svigir (Mladjenovic) 0 – 6 28:49 – Glavota (Smojver) 0 – 7 43:48 – Plahutar (Jacmenjak) 0 – 8 45:30 – Belic (Mladjenovic, Svigir) 51:17 – Batchvarov 1 – 8 1 – 9 58:56 – Grozaj
	22 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	51

April 11, 2005 12:30

Australia

20–1 (10–0, 6–0, 4–1)

Turkey

Dom Sportova Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Matthew Ezzy	Goalies	Levent Ozbasdogan Cagil Uyar	Referee: Sven Bergman
	4:08 – B. Thilthorpe (Rubes, White) 1 – 0 6:28 – Rubes (Brlecic, White) 2 – 0 7:22 – Walsh (Oddy, Sekura) (PP) 3 – 0 8:15 – Rubes (Brlecic, White) 4 – 0 10:11 – B. Thilthorpe (Hughes) 5 – 0 11:13 – Oddy (Walsh, Rummukainen) (PP) 6 – 0 14:52 – L. Thilthorpe 7 – 0 16:30 – Foll (Walsh, Sekura) (PP) 8 – 0 17:52 – Oddy (White) (PP) 9 – 0 18:14 – Walsh (Sekura, Oddy) (PP) 10 – 0 20:44 – Oddy (Walsh, Foll) (PP) 11 – 0 21:19 – Wilson (White) (PP) 12 – 0 21:49 – B. Thilthorpe (D'jamirze, Hughes) 13 – 0 24:42 – Webster (Brlecic) 14 – 0 32:49 – Oddy (Walsh, Rummukainen) (PP) 15 – 0 33:40 – Oddy (Sekura, Rummukainen) 16 – 0 43:10 – B. Thilthorpe (Brlecic, White) 17 – 0 46:26 – Rubes (Brlecic, Webster) 18 – 0 54:04 – D'jamirze (SH) 19 – 0 19 – 1 57:03 – Eroglu (Ciplak, Coskun) (PP) 57:19 – Walsh 20 – 1
	16 min	Penalties	24 min
	66	Shots	10

April 11, 2005 16:00

South Korea

7–0 (4–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Bulgaria

Dom Sportova Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Sung-Bae Kim Ho-Seung Son	Goalies	Konstantin Mihaylov Svetoslav Toshev	Referee: Sergei Bervenski
	9:45 – Choi 1 – 0 10:19 – H.S. Kim (Jeon, K.H. Kim) 2 – 0 14:51 – H.S. Kim (K.H. Kim) 3 – 0 17:17 – H.I. Kim (J. Park, W.J. Kim) 4 – 0 23:26 – H.I Kim (U. Park) 5 – 0 28:02 – H.S. Kim (S. Park, W.J. Kim) (PP) 6 – 0 33:10 – W.S. Park (Kwack) 7 – 0
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	46	Shots	16

April 11, 2005 20:00

Croatia

14–0 (5–0, 5–0, 4–0)

New Zealand

Dom Sportova Attendance: 1800

Game reference
	Vanja Belic Nenad Skrapec	Goalies	Gareth Livingstone	Referee: Micha Szot
	4:32 – Grozaj (Jacmenjak) 1 – 0 10:45 – Grozaj (Plahutar, Ljubic) 2 – 0 11:51 – Smojver (Lovrencic) 3 – 0 16:48 – Spajic (Plahutar) (PP) 4 – 0 19:07 – Plahutar (S. Belic) 5 – 0 22:07 – Smojver (Glavota) 6 – 0 23:17 – Grozaj (Plahutar) 7 – 0 25:44 – Glavota (Spajic) (PP) 8 – 0 26:03 – Iveziq (Jacmenjak) 9 – 0 29:23 – Svigir (S. Belic) (PP) 10 – 0 45:21 – Mladjenovic (Jacmenjak) 11 – 0 50:23 – Mladjenovic (Lovrencic) (PP) 12 – 0 51:17 – Zibret (Svigir) 13 – 0 58:46 – Jacmenjak (Lovrencic, Novosel) 14 – 0
	20 min	Penalties	18 min
	64	Shots	11

April 13, 2005 12:30

South Korea

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

New Zealand

Dom Sportova Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Sung-Bae Kim	Goalies	Mike Parsons	Referee: Koji Yamada
	10:15 – Kwack (G.H. Kim, H.S. Kim) (PP) 1 – 0 16:15 – Kwack (M.K. Kim) (PP) 2 – 0 46:49 – Park (K.H Kim, G.H Kim) 3 – 0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	69	Shots	7

April 13, 2005 16:00

Turkey

0–13 (0–1, 0–6, 0–6)

Bulgaria

Dom Sportova Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Cagil Uyar	Goalies	Konstantin Mihaylov Svetoslav Toshev	Referee: Vedran Krcelic
	0 – 1 11:58 – Velev (Zinoviev) (PP) 0 – 2 21:21 – Polyzoev (PP) 0 – 3 21:55 – Yotov (Milanov) 0 – 4 23:34 – Veselinov (Batchvarov, Mihaylov) 0 – 5 28:09 – Yotov 0 – 6 31:46 – Yotov (Milanov) 0 – 7 37:43 – Batchvarov (Polyzoev) (PP) 0 – 8 40:52 – Simeonov (Stefanov) 0 – 9 48:00 – Batchvarov (Zinoviev, Yotov) 0 – 10 49:06 – Atanasov 0 – 11 55:50 – Polyzoev (Milanov) 0 – 12 56:10 – Vasilev 0 – 13 58:09 – Polyzoev (Milanov) (PP)
	34 min	Penalties	22 min
	26	Shots	62

April 13, 2005 20:00

Croatia

3–2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Australia

Dom Sportova Attendance: 3000

Game reference
	Vanja Belic	Goalies	Matthew Ezzy	Referee: Sven Bergman
	0 – 1 1:29 – Walsh (SH) 23:02 – Svigir 1 – 1 57:41 – Gojanovic (SH) 2 – 1 2 – 2 59:19 – Hughes (Wilson) (PP) 59:59 – Plahutar 3 – 2
	26 min	Penalties	42 min
	47	Shots	38

April 14, 2005 12:30

Bulgaria

7–6 (1–2, 5–4, 1–0)

New Zealand

Dom Sportova Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Konstantin Mihaylov	Goalies	Mike Parsons	Referee: Sven Bergman
	8:41 – Velev (Veselinov) 1 – 0 1 – 1 9:48 – Smith (Speirs, Horo) 1 – 2 14:33 – Horo (Speirs, Aish) 1 – 3 22:22 – Horo (Smith, Speirs) 28:48 – Polyzoev (Batchvarov, Yotov) (PP) 2 – 3 29:52 – Yotov (Batchvarov, Polyzoev) 3 – 3 31:18 – Batchvarov (Yotov) 4 – 3 33:56 – Yotov (Batchvarov, Zinoviev) 5 – 3 34:14 – Yotov (Milanov, Polyzoev) 6 – 3 6 – 4 35:11 – Jackson (Smith) (PP) 6 – 5 37:38 – Down (Sam, Glass) 6 – 6 39:08 – Speirs (Horo, Skipper) 42:16 – Batchvarov (Milanov, Yotov) 7 – 6
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	31

April 14, 2005 16:00

Australia

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

South Korea

Dom Sportova Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Matthew Ezzy Stuart Denman	Goalies	Sung-Bae Kim	Referee: Koji Yamada
	2:05 – Walsh (Rummukainen, Foll) 1 – 0 20:42 – Oddy (Walsh, Rummukainen) (PP) 2 – 0 30:34 – Sekura (Walsh) 3 – 0 50:02 – Thilthorpe (Rummukainen, Hughes) 4 – 0
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	32	Shots	39

April 14, 2005 20:00

Croatia

15–1 (6–0, 3–1, 6–0)

Turkey

Dom Sportova Attendance: 1300

Game reference
	Vanja Belic Nenad Skrapec	Goalies	Levent Ozbasdogan	Referee: Sergei Bervenski
	2:30 – Grozaj (Teuber, Piragic) 1 – 0 12:52 – Glavota (Spajic) (SH) 2 – 0 16:09 – S. Belic (Zibret) (PP) 3 – 0 17:43 – Mladjenovic (S. Belic) 4 – 0 18:39 – Svigir (Zibret) 5 – 0 19:55 – Novak (Spajic) 6 – 0 6 – 1 28:24 – Coskun (Ciplak) 31:20 – Smojver (Novak, Novosel) (SH) 7 – 1 35:09 – Smojver (Novak) 8 – 1 39:25 – Grozaj 9 – 1 40:43 – Zibret 10 – 1 41:50 – Jacmenjak (Zibret, Svigir) (PP) 11 – 1 44:13 – Iveziq (S. Belic) 12 – 1 53:33 – Iveziq (Smojver, Novosel) 13 – 1 54:14 – Grozaj 14 – 1 56:55 – Piragic (SH) 15 – 1
	22 min	Penalties	30 min
	64	Shots	10

April 16, 2005 12:30

Australia

4–1 (1–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Bulgaria

Dom Sportova Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Stuart Denman	Goalies	Konstantin Mihaylov	Referee: Micha Szot
	0 – 1 8:06 – Yotov (Batchvarov) (PP) 13:34 – Walsh (Oddy, Foll) 1 – 1 45:32 – Brlecic (D'jamirze) 2 – 1 49:03 – Hughes (Burke) 3 – 1 53:57 – Thilthorpe 4 – 1
	20 min	Penalties	22 min
	38	Shots	21

April 16, 2005 16:00

New Zealand

8–3 (3–0, 2–2, 3–1)

Turkey

Dom Sportova Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Mike Parsons	Goalies	Levent Ozbasdogan	Referee: Sergei Bervenski
	2:41 – Sam (Aish, Glass) (PP) 1 – 0 13:38 – Glass (Sam) 2 – 0 14:40 – Jackson (PP) 3 – 0 28:40 – Aish (PP) 4 – 0 4 – 1 33:40 – Ciplak (PP) 35:59 – Smith (Speirs, Aish) 5 – 1 5 – 2 37:53 – Ozturk (Coskun) 5 – 3 46:03 – Guven (Hamarat, Ozmen) 47:28 – Smith (Skipper) (PP) 6 – 3 52:44 – Glass (Down, Finch) (PP) 7 – 3 58:31 – Ashwell (Glass) (PP) 8 – 3
	28 min	Penalties	54 min
	52	Shots	28

April 16, 2005 20:00

South Korea

2–5 (1–2, 1–0, 0–3)

Croatia

Dom Sportova Attendance: 4500

Game reference
	Ho-Seung Son	Goalies	Nenad Skrapec	Referee: Koji Yamada
	0 – 1 8:56 – Zibret (Mladjenovic) 15:24 – Bae (Kim, Choi) 1 – 1 1 – 2 15:27 – Zibret (Mladjenovic) 20:58 – Bae (Kim) 2 – 2 2 – 3 43:12 – Mladjenovic 2 – 4 43:31 – Gojanovic (Novak) 2 – 5 59:55 – Mladjenovic
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	41

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Trevor Walsh	5	6	6	12	+5	24	F
Greg Oddy	5	7	4	11	+6	12	F
Aleksey Yotov	5	7	4	11	+3	14	F
Stoian Batchvarov	5	5	5	10	+6	0	F
Mato Mladjenovic	5	5	5	10	+12	12	F
Tomislav Grozaj	5	9	0	9	+11	0	F
Bae Joon-seo	5	6	2	8	+4	0	F
Veljko Zibret	5	4	4	8	+9	10	F
Kresimir Svigir	5	4	3	7	+11	2	F
Vasko Polyzoev	5	4	3	7	0	4	F

Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Stuart Denman	147:02	43	1	0.41	97.67	2
Matthew Ezzy	152:50	81	3	1.18	96.30	2
Vanja Belic	252:41	97	6	1.42	93.81	1
Kim Sung-bae	188:46	59	4	1.27	93.22	3
Mike Parsons	240:00	194	17	4.25	91.24	0

Source: IIHF.com

Standings

Rk	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
1	Israel	5	4	1	0	21	11	10	9
2	Serbia and Montenegro	5	4	0	1	30	10	20	8
3	North Korea	5	2	1	2	14	17	−3	5
4	Belgium	5	2	0	3	13	19	−6	4
5	Spain	5	1	0	4	8	15	−7	2
6	Iceland	5	1	0	4	12	26	−14	2

Fixtures

All times local.

April 4, 2005 13:30

Israel

4–4 (0–0, 2–1, 2–3)

North Korea

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 50

April 4, 2005 17:00

Iceland

3–4 (1–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 50

April 4, 2005 20:30

Spain

0–6 (0–2, 0–1, 0–3)

Serbia and Montenegro

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 400

April 5, 2005 13:30

Belgium

2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Spain

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 50

April 5, 2005 17:00

Iceland

3–2 (1–2, 1–0, 1–0)

North Korea

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 50

April 5, 2005 20:30

Serbia and Montenegro

1–5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 500

April 7, 2005 13:30

Spain

5–2 (0–1, 2–0, 3–1)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 50

April 7, 2005 17:00

Belgium

4–7 (2–4, 1–2, 1–1)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 50

April 7, 2005 20:30

Serbia and Montenegro

7–1 (1–0, 4–0, 2–1)

North Korea

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 600

April 8, 2005 13:30

North Korea

3–1 (0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 20

April 8, 2005 17:00

Spain

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 50

April 8, 2005 20:30

Iceland

2–11 (0–6, 2–3, 0–2)

Serbia and Montenegro

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 700

April 10, 2005 13:30

Israel

4–2 (0–0, 2–0, 2–2)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 50

April 10, 2005 17:00

North Korea

4–2 (2–2, 0–0, 2–0)

Spain

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 70

April 10, 2005 20:30

Belgium

2–5 (2–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Serbia and Montenegro

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrad Attendance: 1000

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Oren Eizenman	5	10	4	14	+11	6	F
Ivan Prokić	5	2	11	13	+5	22	F
Csaba Prokec	5	5	6	11	+6	0	F
Sergey Frenkel	5	1	9	10	+6	8	F
Branko Mamic	5	2	7	9	+4	16	D
Marko Kovacevic	5	4	2	6	+6	22	F
Marko Prokic	5	4	2	6	+3	41	F
Alon Eizenman	3	3	3	6	+5	4	F
Predrag Milosavljevic	5	3	2	5	0	2	F
Jang Myong-jin	5	3	2	5	−1	4	F

Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Jevgeny Gussin	300:00	165	11	2.20	93.33	1
Tihomir Zecevic	271:26	122	9	1.99	92.62	2
Jon Trausti Gudmundsson	240:00	186	15	3.75	91.94	0
Bjorn Steylen	300:00	205	19	3.80	90.73	0
Ri Song-chol	280:00	154	15	3.21	90.26	0

Source: IIHF.com