2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was a pair of 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.

2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Estonia
 Serbia
Dates22 – 28 March 2015
16 – 22 March 2015
Teams12
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Main article: 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships

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

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

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders
Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1Ahn Jaein South Korea5639+30
2Guus van Nes Netherlands5459+30
3Max Hermens Netherlands5369+412
4Lee Je-hui South Korea5257+74
5Lee Juhyung South Korea5516+76
6Kim Byung-gun South Korea5426+32
6Michael Stratford Great Britain5426+34
8Luc Johnson Great Britain5246+214
9Glenn Billing Great Britain5325+24
10Mateusz Goscinski Poland5235+20
10Pawel Gozdziewicz Poland5235+214
10Luuk Lambregts Netherlands523502
10Park Hun South Korea5235+56
10Renato Platuzic Croatia5235−10

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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
1Shim Hyounseop South Korea240:0041.0096.081
2Luka Valencic Croatia179:14103.3594.050
3Denis Bell-Blake Great Britain184:4882.6091.750
4Mateusz Studzinski Poland300:00102.0091.070
5Ruud Leeuwesteijn Netherlands217:32123.3189.660

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
  • Goaltender: Luka Valencic
  • Defenceman: Patryk Wsol
  • Forward: Lee Juhyung

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

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

Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders
Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1Matyas Kovacs Romania56915+92
2Szilard Rokaly Romania58412+74
3Oriol Rubio Spain53912+72
3Zoltan Sandor Romania53912+120
5Luka Vukicevic Serbia57310+64
6Tihamer Gyorfy Romania5459+112
7Manuel Manero Spain5448+46
7Otto Szopos Romania5448+126
9Florin Creanga Romania5178+122
10Ying Rudi China5617−312

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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
1Jug Mitic Serbia258:44112.5593.530
2Daniel Uruc Romania253:5392.1390.620
3Shi Songyuan China154:56114.2689.420
4Alejandro Reneses Spain296:34132.6389.081
5Bruce Hallewaert Belgium212:17215.9487.570

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
  • Goaltender: Alejandro Reneses
  • Defenceman: Tihamer Gyorfy
  • Forward: Lazar Lestaric

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