2015 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Group B in Cape Town, South Africa, with both groups being played 13 to 19 April, 2015.[1]

2015 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Iceland
 South Africa
Dates13–19 April
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
2014
2016

Venues

Group A Group B
Reykjavík Cape Town
Laugardalur Arena
Capacity: 1,000
Grandwest Ice Arena
Capacity: 2,800

Division II A

2015 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Iceland
Dates13–19 April
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored111 (7.4 per match)
Attendance4,958 (331 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Mitch Morgan
(10 points)
WebsiteIIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
 Romania Placed 6th in Division I B and were relegated.
 Iceland Host, placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
 Serbia Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
 Australia Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
 Belgium Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
 Spain Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]

Standings

Promoted to Division I B for 2016
Relegated to Division II B for 2016
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Romania 5 4 1 0 0 27 11 +16 14
 Belgium 5 2 1 0 2 22 15 +7 8
 Serbia 5 1 1 2 1 18 22 4 7
 Spain 5 2 0 1 2 16 20 4 7
 Iceland 5 2 0 1 2 17 13 +4 7
 Australia 5 0 1 0 4 11 30 19 2

Results

All times are local (UTC±0).

13 April 2015
13:00
Spain 6–1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0)
 AustraliaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 121
13 April 2015
16:30
Serbia 4–8
(0–3, 2–3, 2–2)
 RomaniaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 146
13 April 2015
20:00
Iceland 3–0
(0–0, 0–0, 3–0)
 BelgiumLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 632
14 April 2015
13:00
Romania 5–1
(2–0, 0–0, 3–1)
 AustraliaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 189
14 April 2015
16:30
Belgium 6–2
(3–0, 2–0, 1–2)
 SpainLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 202
14 April 2015
20:00
Iceland 4–5
(2–2, 2–1, 0–2)
 SerbiaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 607
16 April 2015
13:00
Romania 4–3
(3–0, 0–2, 1–1)
 BelgiumLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 102
16 April 2015
16:30
Serbia 3–4 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 AustraliaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 182
16 April 2015
20:00
Iceland 2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)
 SpainLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 672
17 April 2015
13:00
Belgium 3–2 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)
 SerbiaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 174
17 April 2015
16:30
Spain 1–7
(0–2, 0–0, 1–5)
 RomaniaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 127
17 April 2015
20:00
Australia 1–6
(1–2, 0–2, 0–2)
 IcelandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 717
19 April 2015
13:00
Serbia 4–3 GWS
(0–1, 1–2, 2–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 SpainLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 107
19 April 2015
16:30
Australia 4–10
(1–4, 1–3, 2–3)
 BelgiumLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 146
19 April 2015
20:00
Romania 3–2 OT
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT 1–0)
 IcelandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 834

Awards and statistics

Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Mitch Morgan56410+30F
Marko Sretovic53710−34F
Bryan Kolodziejczyk51910+44F
Ede Mihály5639+70F
Roberto Gliga5459+69F
Levente Zsók5178+72F
Emil Alengard5437+30F
Maxime Pellegrims543712F
Miloš Babić5347+12F
Robin Hedström5257+20F
Pavel Popravka5257+14F
Björn Sigurðarson5257+44F

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
Arthur Legrand183:2672.2912194.210
Dennis Hedström239:1592.2611291.960
Otto Onodi152:4751.965991.530
Adrian Catrinoi149:5862.406290.320
Arsenije Ranković284:39194.0016888.690

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

Division II B

2015 IIHF World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates13–19 April
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored126 (8.4 per match)
Attendance4,263 (284 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Ivan Hodulov
(11 points)
WebsiteIIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
 Israel Placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
 Mexico Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
 New Zealand Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
 China Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
 South Africa Host, placed 5th in Division II B last year.
 Bulgaria Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Standings

Promoted to Division II A for 2016
Relegated to Division III for 2016
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 China 5 4 1 0 0 33 15 +18 14
 New Zealand 5 3 0 0 2 21 17 +4 9
 Mexico 5 3 0 0 2 24 15 +9 9
 Bulgaria 5 2 0 0 3 17 30 13 6
 Israel 5 1 0 1 3 20 29 9 4
 South Africa 5 1 0 0 4 11 20 9 3

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

13 April 2015
13:00
New Zealand 6–3
(1–1, 3–1, 2–1)
 IsraelGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 110
13 April 2015
16:15
Bulgaria 3–10
(1–3, 1–3, 1–4)
 ChinaGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 80
13 April 2015
20:00
Mexico 4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
 South AfricaGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 375
14 April 2015
13:00
Israel 3–4 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 ChinaGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 57
14 April 2015
16:15
Mexico 3–5
(1–2, 1–2, 1–1)
 New ZealandGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 77
14 April 2015
20:00
South Africa 1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
 BulgariaGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 275
16 April 2015
13:00
Mexico 9–1
(3–0, 0–0, 6–1)
 BulgariaGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 75
16 April 2015
16:15
New Zealand 4–7
(1–2, 3–1, 0–4)
 ChinaGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 112
16 April 2015
20:00
Israel 6–3
(1–1, 4–0, 1–2)
 South AfricaGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 922
17 April 2015
13:00
China 5–2
(2–0, 2–2, 1–0)
 MexicoGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 48
17 April 2015
16:15
Bulgaria 10–5
(6–1, 2–2, 2–2)
 IsraelGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 43
17 April 2015
20:00
South Africa 3–1
(0–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 New ZealandGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 985
19 April 2015
13:00
New Zealand 5–1
(0–0, 2–1, 3–0)
 BulgariaGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 69
19 April 2015
16:15
Israel 3–6
(1–1, 0–2, 2–3)
 MexicoGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 67
19 April 2015
20:00
China 7–3
(3–1, 3–2, 1–0)
 South AfricaGrandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 968

Awards and statistics

Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goaltender: Dimitar Dimitrov
    • Best Defenceman: Daniel Spivak
    • Best Forward: Héctor Majul

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Ivan Hodulov56511+14F
Cui Xijun54610+78F
Nicholas Henderson54610+90F
Héctor Majul5549+414F
Carlos Gómez5459+46F
Martin Boyadjiev5279−310F
Adrian Cervantes5189+44F
Roberto Chabat544800F
Martin Nikolov5448−26F
Andrew Cox5358+514F
Paris Heyd5358+210F

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
Liu Zhiwei285:00142.9516091.250
Richard Parry219:57133.5513090.000
Dimitar Dimitrov295:01275.4925489.370
Alfonso de Alba180:0093.008489.290
Alexander Loginov250:24225.2717087.060

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. "28 tournaments confirmed". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  2. "Competition Officials Division II Group A" (PDF). iihf.com. November 25, 2014.
  3. "Competition Officials Division II Group B" (PDF). iihf.com. November 25, 2014.
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