2005 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2005 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 4 to April 16, 2005. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Zagreb, Croatia. Group B's games were played in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Croatia and Israel finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2006. While Turkey finished last in Group A and Iceland last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2006.[1][2]

2005 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Croatia
 Serbia and Montenegro
DatesApril 4 – April 16
Teams12 (two groups of 6)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
2004
2006

Participants

Group A

Team 2004 Result
 South KoreaPlaced 6th in Division I Group B and were relegated in 2004.[3]
 CroatiaHost, placed 2nd in Division II Group A in 2004.[4]
 AustraliaPlaced 3rd in Division II Group A in 2004.[4]
 BulgariaPlaced 4th in Division II Group B in 2004.[5]
 New ZealandPlaced 5th in Division II Group B in 2004.[5]
 TurkeyPlaced 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2004.[6]

Group B

Team 2004 Result
 BelgiumPlaced 6th in Division I Group A and were relegated in 2004.[7]
 Serbia and MontenegroHost, placed 2nd in Division II Group B in 2004.[5]
 North KoreaPlaced 3rd in Division II Group B in 2004.[5]
 SpainPlaced 4th in Division II Group A in 2004.[4]
 IsraelPlaced 5th in Division II Group A in 2004.[4]
 IcelandPlaced 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2004.[6]

Group A tournament

Standings

Promoted to Division I for 2006
Relegated to Division III for 2006
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Croatia55004664010
2 Australia5401345298
3 South Korea5302269176
4 Bulgaria52032226−44
5 New Zealand51041431−172
6 Turkey5005570−650

Fixtures

All times local.

April 10, 2005
12:30
Turkey 0–14
(0–8, 0–2, 0–4)
 South KoreaDom Sportova
Attendance: 100
April 10, 2005
16:00
New Zealand 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)
 AustraliaDom Sportova
Attendance: 100
April 10, 2005
20:00
Bulgaria 1–9
(0–3, 0–3, 1–3)
 CroatiaDom Sportova
Attendance: 2000
April 11, 2005
12:30
Australia 20–1
(10–0, 6–0, 4–1)
 TurkeyDom Sportova
Attendance: 80
April 11, 2005
16:00
South Korea 7–0
(4–0, 3–0, 0–0)
 BulgariaDom Sportova
Attendance: 80
April 11, 2005
20:00
Croatia 14–0
(5–0, 5–0, 4–0)
 New ZealandDom Sportova
Attendance: 1800
April 13, 2005
12:30
South Korea 3–0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 New ZealandDom Sportova
Attendance: 60
April 13, 2005
16:00
Turkey 0–13
(0–1, 0–6, 0–6)
 BulgariaDom Sportova
Attendance: 50
April 13, 2005
20:00
Croatia 3–2
(0–1, 1–0, 2–1)
 AustraliaDom Sportova
Attendance: 3000
April 14, 2005
12:30
Bulgaria 7–6
(1–2, 5–4, 1–0)
 New ZealandDom Sportova
Attendance: 60
April 14, 2005
16:00
Australia 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 South KoreaDom Sportova
Attendance: 200
April 14, 2005
20:00
Croatia 15–1
(6–0, 3–1, 6–0)
 TurkeyDom Sportova
Attendance: 1300
April 16, 2005
12:30
Australia 4–1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0)
 BulgariaDom Sportova
Attendance: 60
April 16, 2005
16:00
New Zealand 8–3
(3–0, 2–2, 3–1)
 TurkeyDom Sportova
Attendance: 200
April 16, 2005
20:00
South Korea 2–5
(1–2, 1–0, 0–3)
 CroatiaDom Sportova
Attendance: 4500

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Trevor Walsh56612+524F
Greg Oddy57411+612F
Aleksey Yotov57411+314F
Stoian Batchvarov55510+60F
Mato Mladjenovic55510+1212F
Tomislav Grozaj5909+110F
Bae Joon-seo5628+40F
Veljko Zibret5448+910F
Kresimir Svigir5437+112F
Vasko Polyzoev543704F

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 Denman147:024310.4197.672
Matthew Ezzy152:508131.1896.302
Vanja Belic252:419761.4293.811
Kim Sung-bae188:465941.2793.223
Mike Parsons240:00194174.2591.240

Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament

Standings

Promoted to Division I for 2006
Relegated to Division III for 2006
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Israel54102111109
2 Serbia and Montenegro54013010208
3 North Korea52121417−35
4 Belgium52031319−64
5 Spain5104815−72
6 Iceland51041226−142

Fixtures

All times local.

April 4, 2005
13:30
Israel 4–4
(0–0, 2–1, 2–3)
 North KoreaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 50
April 4, 2005
17:00
Iceland 3–4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)
 BelgiumPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 50
April 4, 2005
20:30
Spain 0–6
(0–2, 0–1, 0–3)
 Serbia and MontenegroPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 400
April 5, 2005
13:30
Belgium 2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
 SpainPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 50
April 5, 2005
17:00
Iceland 3–2
(1–2, 1–0, 1–0)
 North KoreaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 50
April 5, 2005
20:30
Serbia and Montenegro 1–5
(0–2, 1–1, 0–2)
 IsraelPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 500
April 7, 2005
13:30
Spain 5–2
(0–1, 2–0, 3–1)
 IcelandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 50
April 7, 2005
17:00
Belgium 4–7
(2–4, 1–2, 1–1)
 IsraelPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 50
April 7, 2005
20:30
Serbia and Montenegro 7–1
(1–0, 4–0, 2–1)
 North KoreaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 600
April 8, 2005
13:30
North Korea 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
 BelgiumPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 20
April 8, 2005
17:00
Spain 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
 IsraelPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 50
April 8, 2005
20:30
Iceland 2–11
(0–6, 2–3, 0–2)
 Serbia and MontenegroPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 700
April 10, 2005
13:30
Israel 4–2
(0–0, 2–0, 2–2)
 IcelandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 50
April 10, 2005
17:00
North Korea 4–2
(2–2, 0–0, 2–0)
 SpainPionir Ice Hall, Belgrad
Attendance: 70
April 10, 2005
20:30
Belgium 2–5
(2–2, 0–2, 0–1)
 Serbia and MontenegroPionir 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 Eizenman510414+116F
Ivan Prokić521113+522F
Csaba Prokec55611+60F
Sergey Frenkel51910+68F
Branko Mamic5279+416D
Marko Kovacevic5426+622F
Marko Prokic5426+341F
Alon Eizenman3336+54F
Predrag Milosavljevic532502F
Jang Myong-jin5325−14F

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 Gussin300:00165112.2093.331
Tihomir Zecevic271:2612291.9992.622
Jon Trausti Gudmundsson240:00186153.7591.940
Bjorn Steylen300:00205193.8090.730
Ri Song-chol280:00154153.2190.260

Source: IIHF.com

References

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