2015 IIHF World Championship Division I

2015 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries  Poland
 Netherlands
Dates 19–25 April
13–19 April
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
2014
2016

The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Kraków, Poland, after the original host, Donetsk, Ukraine, withdrew,[1][2] from 19 to 25 April 2015 and Group B was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 to 19 April 2015.[3]

In Group A Kazakhstan finished first, winning their group in Division I for the fourth time in their last four appearances, thereby securing promotion to the 2016 World Championship. Hungary surprised and placed second, defeating host Poland in the final game to secure promotion; it was the first time Hungary earned promotion to the top division since 2009, and only the second time since 1939. Ukraine finished last in the group and was relegated to Group B for 2016.

Group B saw South Korea finish first and win promotion. Great Britain finished second, losing out on first and promotion with a loss to Lithuania in the final game of the tournament. Host Netherlands ended the tournament in last place and was relegated to Division II A for the next year.

Venues

Group A Group B
Kraków Eindhoven
Tauron Arena Kraków
Capacity: 15,328
IJssportcentrum Eindhoven
Capacity: 1,700

Group A tournament

2015 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country  Poland
Dates 19–25 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 71 (4.73 per match)
Attendance 66,651 (4,443 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko
(6 points)
MVP Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko
Website IIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
 Italy Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2014.
 Kazakhstan Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2014.
 Japan Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
 Ukraine Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
 Hungary Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
 Poland Host, placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Standings

Promoted to Elite Division for 2016
Relegated to Division I B for 2016
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Kazakhstan 5 5 0 0 0 23 6 +17 15
 Hungary 5 4 0 0 1 14 11 +3 12
 Poland 5 2 0 0 3 9 9 0 6
 Japan 5 2 0 0 3 10 16 6 6
 Italy 5 1 1 0 3 7 12 5 5
 Ukraine 5 0 0 1 4 8 17 9 1

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

19 April 2015
13:00
Hungary 4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
 JapanTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,543
19 April 2015
16:30
Ukraine 2–5
(0–2, 0–1, 2–2)
 KazakhstanTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,108
19 April 2015
20:00
Poland 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 ItalyTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 9,456
20 April 2015
13:00
Kazakhstan 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 HungaryTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,289
20 April 2015
16:30
Italy 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
OT (1–0)
 UkraineTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 1,392
20 April 2015
20:00
Japan 0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)
 PolandTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,662
22 April 2015
13:00
Kazakhstan 7–2
(3–0, 0–0, 4–2)
 JapanTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,479
22 April 2015
16:30
Italy 1–4
(0–2, 0–0, 1–2)
 HungaryTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,125
22 April 2015
20:00
Poland 3–2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–2)
 UkraineTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 5,975
23 April 2015
13:00
Japan 3–2
(0–1, 1–0, 2–1)
 ItalyTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,572
23 April 2015
16:30
Ukraine 2–4
(0–0, 2–1, 0–3)
 HungaryTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,774
23 April 2015
20:00
Kazakhstan 3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
 PolandTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 9,067
25 April 2015
13:00
Japan 3–1
(0–0, 3–1, 0–0)
 UkraineTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,467
25 April 2015
16:30
Italy 0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
 KazakhstanTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,110
25 April 2015
20:00
Hungary 2–1
(0–0, 0–0, 2–1)
 PolandTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 12,632

Awards and statistics

Awards

Przemysław Odrobny of Poland was selected as the best goalkeeper.

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko5426+86F
Kazakhstan Kevin Dallman5336+50D
Kazakhstan Konstantin Rudenko5336+62F
Kazakhstan Evgeni Rymarev5336+30F
Kazakhstan Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev5246+40F
Hungary Andrew Sarauer5246+72F
Hungary Dániel Kóger5325+42F
Poland Marcin Kolusz5235+20F
Poland Mateusz Rompkowski5235+24D
Hungary Frank Banham5145+32F
Kazakhstan Talgat Zhailauov514500F

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
Poland Przemysław Odrobny185:3930.978596.471
Kazakhstan Pavel Poluektov300:0061.209993.942
Hungary Miklós Rajna240:0061.507992.410
Japan Yutaka Fukufuji257:30112.5611190.090
Italy Andreas Bernard298:00112.2110389.320

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament

2015 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country  Netherlands
Dates 13–19 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 90 (6 per match)
Attendance 15,920 (1,061 per match)
Scoring leader(s) South Korea Michael Swift
(9 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants

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

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Standings

Promoted to Division I A for 2016
Relegated to Division II A for 2016
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 South Korea 5 4 0 0 1 30 11 +19 12
 Great Britain 5 3 1 0 1 13 10 +3 11
 Lithuania 5 3 0 0 2 11 12 1 9
 Croatia 5 2 0 1 2 16 20 4 7
 Estonia 5 1 0 0 4 10 21 11 3
 Netherlands 5 1 0 0 4 9 15 6 3

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

13 April 2015
13:30
Great Britain 3–2 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1)
(OT 1–0)
 CroatiaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
13 April 2015
17:00
Estonia 3–7
(1–2, 1–3, 1–2)
 South KoreaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
13 April 2015
20:30
Netherlands 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
 LithuaniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
14 April 2015
13:30
Estonia 1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)
 Great BritainIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
14 April 2015
17:00
Croatia 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 LithuaniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 350
14 April 2015
20:30
South Korea 7–1
(2–0, 3–1, 2–0)
 NetherlandsIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 920
16 April 2015
13:30
Lithuania 6–1
(2–0, 0–1, 4–0)
 EstoniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 300
16 April 2015
17:00
South Korea 2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
 Great BritainIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 700
16 April 2015
20:30
Croatia 2–5
(2–2, 0–1, 0–2)
 NetherlandsIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,350
18 April 2015
13:30
Lithuania 0–5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)
 South KoreaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
18 April 2015
17:00
Croatia 5–2
(1–2, 2–0, 2–0)
 EstoniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
18 April 2015
20:30
Great Britain 3–2
(3–1, 0–0, 0–1)
 NetherlandsIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 2,500
19 April 2015
13:30
South Korea 9–4
(1–1, 5–2, 3–1)
 CroatiaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
19 April 2015
17:00
Lithuania 3–2
(0–1, 2–0, 1–1)
 Great BritainIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,800
19 April 2015
20:30
Netherlands 1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)
 EstoniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500

Awards and statistics

Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Lithuania Mantas Armalis
    • Best Defenseman: United Kingdom Ben O'Connor
    • Best Forward: South Korea Lee Yong-jun

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
South Korea Michael Swift5549+814F
Estonia Andrei Makrov5628−32F
South Korea Kim Ki-sung5448+54F
South Korea Mike Testwuide5448+90F
South Korea Kim Sang-wook5358+46F
Croatia Andrew Murray5358+14F
South Korea Brock Radunske5077+40F
Croatia Ryan Kinasewich5426−20F
Croatia Nathan Perkovich5426+218F
South Korea Cho Min-ho5325+22F
United Kingdom Ben O'Connor5325+16D

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
Lithuania Mantas Armalis298:59112.2117893.821
Netherlands Ian Meierdres204:2182.359891.840
United Kingdom Ben Bowns299:04102.0112291.800
Croatia Mark Dekanich259:51112.5412891.410
South Korea Park Sung-je238:5182.018390.361

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

References

  1. "Poland gets Division IA Worlds". world.einnews.com. 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  2. "Ukraine Withdraws as Hosts of 2015 Division IA World Championships". thehockeyhouse.net. 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  3. "28 tournaments confirmed". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  4. "Competition Officials Division I Group A" (PDF). iihf.com. 25 November 2014.
  5. "Competition Officials Division I Group B" (PDF). iihf.com. 25 November 2014.
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