2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia |
| Venues | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 22–28 March 2015 16–22 March 2015 |
| Teams | 12 |
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.
Division II A
[edit | edit source]The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 22 to 28 March 2015.[1]
Participants
[edit | edit source]| Team | Qualification |
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| File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | Placed 6th in 2014 Division I B and were relegated |
| File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | Placed 2nd in 2014 Division II A |
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Placed 3rd in 2014 Division II A |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Placed 4th in 2014 Division II A |
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Placed 5th in 2014 Division II A |
| File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | Hosts, placed 1st in 2014 Division II B and were promoted |
Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | +21 | 15 | Promoted to the 2016 Division I B |
| 2 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 12 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 8 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 3 | |
| 6 | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 1 | Relegated to the 2016 Division II B |
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Results
[edit | edit source]All times are local. (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)
| 22 March 2015 13:00 | Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg | 1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0) | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 22 March 2015 16:30 | South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg | 4–2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–2) | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 22 March 2015 20:00 | Estonia File:Flag of Estonia.svg | 4–5 OT (2–2, 1–0, 1–2, 0–1) | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 23 March 2015 13:00 | South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg | 7–0 (2–0, 4–0, 1–0) | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 23 March 2015 16:30 | Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg | 6–3 (0–1, 1–1, 5–1) | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 23 March 2015 20:00 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0) | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 25 March 2015 13:00 | Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg | 4–1 (1–0, 0–1, 3–0) | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 25 March 2015 16:30 | Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg | 2–4 (1–0, 0–0, 1–4) | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 25 March 2015 20:00 | South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg | 7–1 (2–1, 5–0, 0–0) | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 27 March 2015 13:00 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 3–6 (1–2, 0–3, 2–1) | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 27 March 2015 16:30 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 7–1 (4–0, 2–1, 1–0) | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 27 March 2015 20:00 | Estonia File:Flag of Estonia.svg | 1–5 (0–1, 1–1, 0–3) | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 28 March 2015 13:00 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 3–4 GWS (1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1) | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 28 March 2015 16:30 | Poland File:Flag of Poland.svg | 1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1) | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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| 28 March 2015 20:00 | Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg | 5–4 (2–1, 1–2, 2–1) | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn |
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Statistics and awards
[edit | edit source]Scoring leaders
[edit | edit source]GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
[edit | edit source](minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
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| 1 | Shim Hyounseop | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 240:00 | 4 | 1.00 | 96.08 | 1 |
| 2 | Luka Valencic | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 179:14 | 10 | 3.35 | 94.05 | 0 |
| 3 | Denis Bell-Blake | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 184:48 | 8 | 2.60 | 91.75 | 0 |
| 4 | Mateusz Studzinski | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 300:00 | 10 | 2.00 | 91.07 | 0 |
| 5 | Ruud Leeuwesteijn | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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 | edit source]- Goaltender: Croatia Luka Valencic
- Defenceman: Poland Patryk Wsol
- Forward: South Korea Lee Juhyung
Division II B
[edit | edit source]The Division II B tournament was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 16 to 22 March 2015.[2]
Participants
[edit | edit source]| Team | Qualification |
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| File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | Placed 6th in 2014 Division II A and were relegated |
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Placed 2nd in 2014 Division II B |
| File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | Hosts, placed 3rd in 2014 Division II B |
| Error creating thumbnail: Belgium | Placed 4th in 2014 Division II B |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | Placed 5th in 2014 Division II B |
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Placed 1st in 2014 Division III A and were promoted |
Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 12 | +34 | 14 | Promoted to the 2016 Division II A |
| 2 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 13 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 9 | |
| 4 | Error creating thumbnail: Belgium | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 5 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 3 | |
| 6 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 49 | −38 | 1 | Relegated to the 2016 Division III A |
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Results
[edit | edit source]All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1)
| 15 March 2015 13:00 | Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 2–3 OT (1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–1) | Error creating thumbnail: Belgium | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 15 March 2015 16:30 | Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 3–1 (1–0, 2–1, 0–0) | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 15 March 2015 20:30 | Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg | 3–4 (1–2, 2–0, 0–2) | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 17 March 2015 13:00 | China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg | 8–1 (3–0, 1–0, 4–1) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 17 March 2015 16:30 | Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg | 10–1 (4–0, 3–0, 3–1) | Error creating thumbnail: Belgium | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 17 March 2015 20:00 | Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 19 March 2015 13:00 | Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg | 10–2 (0–1, 5–1, 5–0) | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 19 March 2015 16:30 | Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 14–4 (4–1, 4–1, 6–2) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 19 March 2015 20:00 | Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg | 6–5 (3–0, 2–3, 1–2) | Error creating thumbnail: Belgium | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 21 March 2015 13:00 | Belgium Error creating thumbnail: | 4–6 (1–3, 0–1, 3–2) | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 21 March 2015 16:30 | Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg | 3–18 (1–9, 0–5, 2–4) | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 21 March 2015 20:00 | China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg | 1–6 (0–2, 1–2, 0–2) | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 23 March 2015 13:00 | Romania File:Flag of Romania.svg | 4–3 OT (0–1, 1–0, 2–2, 1–0) | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 23 March 2015 16:30 | Belgium Error creating thumbnail: | 7–2 (4–0, 1–1, 2–1) | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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| 23 March 2015 20:00 | Serbia File:Flag of Serbia.svg | 6–1 (0–0, 3–0, 3–1) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad |
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Statistics and awards
[edit | edit source]Scoring leaders
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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| 1 | Matyas Kovacs | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | +9 | 2 |
| 2 | Szilard Rokaly | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | +7 | 4 |
| 3 | Oriol Rubio | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +7 | 2 |
| 3 | Zoltan Sandor | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +12 | 0 |
| 5 | Luka Vukicevic | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +6 | 4 |
| 6 | Tihamer Gyorfy | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +11 | 2 |
| 7 | Manuel Manero | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 6 |
| 7 | Otto Szopos | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +12 | 6 |
| 9 | Florin Creanga | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +12 | 2 |
| 10 | Ying Rudi | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 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 | edit source](minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | Sv% | SO |
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| 1 | Jug Mitic | File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia | 258:44 | 11 | 2.55 | 93.53 | 0 |
| 2 | Daniel Uruc | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 253:53 | 9 | 2.13 | 90.62 | 0 |
| 3 | Shi Songyuan | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 154:56 | 11 | 4.26 | 89.42 | 0 |
| 4 | Alejandro Reneses | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 296:34 | 13 | 2.63 | 89.08 | 1 |
| 5 | Bruce Hallewaert | Error creating thumbnail: 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 | edit source]- Goaltender: Spain Alejandro Reneses
- Defenceman: Romania Tihamer Gyorfy
- Forward: Serbia Lazar Lestaric
References
[edit | edit source]- IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
- 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships
- International ice hockey competitions hosted by Estonia
- International ice hockey competitions hosted by Serbia
- 2014–15 in Estonian ice hockey
- 2014–15 in Serbian ice hockey
- Sports competitions in Tallinn
- Sports competitions in Novi Sad
- 21st century in Tallinn
- 21st century in Novi Sad
- March 2015 sports events in Europe