2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was two 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
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates22–28 March 2015
16–22 March 2015
Teams12
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Division II A edit

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 22 to 28 March 2015.[1]

Participants edit

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 edit

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

Results edit

All times are local. (Eastern European TimeUTC+2)

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

Scoring leaders edit

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Ahn Jaein   South Korea 5 6 3 9 +3 0
2 Guus van Nes   Netherlands 5 4 5 9 +3 0
3 Max Hermens   Netherlands 5 3 6 9 +4 12
4 Lee Je-hui   South Korea 5 2 5 7 +7 4
5 Lee Juhyung   South Korea 5 5 1 6 +7 6
6 Kim Byung-gun   South Korea 5 4 2 6 +3 2
6 Michael Stratford   Great Britain 5 4 2 6 +3 4
8 Luc Johnson   Great Britain 5 2 4 6 +2 14
9 Glenn Billing   Great Britain 5 3 2 5 +2 4
10 Mateusz Goscinski   Poland 5 2 3 5 +2 0
10 Pawel Gozdziewicz   Poland 5 2 3 5 +2 14
10 Luuk Lambregts   Netherlands 5 2 3 5 0 2
10 Park Hun   South Korea 5 2 3 5 +5 6
10 Renato Platuzic   Croatia 5 2 3 5 −1 0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders edit

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Shim Hyounseop   South Korea 240:00 4 1.00 96.08 1
2 Luka Valencic   Croatia 179:14 10 3.35 94.05 0
3 Denis Bell-Blake   Great Britain 184:48 8 2.60 91.75 0
4 Mateusz Studzinski   Poland 300:00 10 2.00 91.07 0
5 Ruud Leeuwesteijn   Netherlands 217:32 12 3.31 89.66 0

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 edit

Division II B edit

The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 16 to 22 March 2015.[2]

Participants edit

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 edit

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

Results edit

All times are local. (Central European TimeUTC+1)

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

Scoring leaders edit

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Matyas Kovacs   Romania 5 6 9 15 +9 2
2 Szilard Rokaly   Romania 5 8 4 12 +7 4
3 Oriol Rubio   Spain 5 3 9 12 +7 2
3 Zoltan Sandor   Romania 5 3 9 12 +12 0
5 Luka Vukicevic   Serbia 5 7 3 10 +6 4
6 Tihamer Gyorfy   Romania 5 4 5 9 +11 2
7 Manuel Manero   Spain 5 4 4 8 +4 6
7 Otto Szopos   Romania 5 4 4 8 +12 6
9 Florin Creanga   Romania 5 1 7 8 +12 2
10 Ying Rudi   China 5 6 1 7 −3 12

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders edit

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Jug Mitic   Serbia 258:44 11 2.55 93.53 0
2 Daniel Uruc   Romania 253:53 9 2.13 90.62 0
3 Shi Songyuan   China 154:56 11 4.26 89.42 0
4 Alejandro Reneses   Spain 296:34 13 2.63 89.08 1
5 Bruce Hallewaert   Belgium 212:17 21 5.94 87.57 0

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 edit

References edit