2018 IIHF World Championship Division II
{{main|2018 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships}}
{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 2018
| other_titles =
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Netherlands
| country2 = Spain
| dates = 23–29 April {{small|(Group A)}}
14–20 April {{small|(Group B)}}
| num_teams = 12
| venues = 2
| cities = 2
| prevseason = 2017
| nextseason = 2019
}}
The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Tilburg, Netherlands from 23 to 29 April 2018 and Group B in Granada, Spain from 14 to 20 April 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11816|title=27 tournaments assigned|date=19 May 2017|work=iihf.com}}
The Netherlands were promoted to Division I B and Iceland was relegated to Group B.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12614&cHash=fa744091d070a31e3051ecfbf5c489e0|title=Dutch Dominance|date=30 April 2018|work=iihf.com}} Spain claimed the top position in the Group B tournament and returned to Group A after one year, while Luxembourg took the reverse route after being relegated to Division III.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12536&cHash=e6ef040086faad33f62476739d1ecc65|title=Fourth gold for Spain|date=21 April 2018|work=iihf.com}}
Group A tournament
{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division II A
| year = 2018
| image = 2018 IIHF World Championship Division II A.png
| image_size = 140
| country = Netherlands
| dates = 23–29 April
| num_teams = 6
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| games = 15
| goals = 105
| attendance = {{#expr: 250 + 215 + 1452 + 245 + 257 + 1347 + 411 + 243 + 1500 + 321 + 2400 + 521 + 250 + 2035 + 311}}
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|NED}} Ivy van den Heuvel
| points = 11
| website = [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/ IIHF.com]
}}
=Participants=
| class="wikitable" |
| Team
! Qualification |
|---|
| {{ih|NED}}
|Host, placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated. |
| {{ih|AUS}}
|Placed 2nd in Division II A last year. |
| {{ih|SRB}}
|Placed 3rd in Division II A last year. |
| {{ih|BEL}}
|Placed 4th in Division II A last year. |
| {{ih|ISL}}
|Placed 5th in Division II A last year. |
| {{ih|CHN}}
|Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted. |
=Match officials=
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640000_35B_2_0.pdf Group A Assignments]
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{{col-2}}
;Referees
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Benvegnu
- {{flagicon|HUN}} Miklós Haszonits
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Morozov
- {{flagicon|POL}} Tomasz Radzik
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;Linesmen
- {{flagicon|NOR}} Knut Einar Bråten
- {{flagicon|CRO}} Tomislav Grozaj
- {{flagicon|LAT}} Raivis Jučers
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Kensuke Kanazawa
- {{flagicon|NED}} Jos Korte
- {{flagicon|USA}} Ian McCambridge
- {{flagicon|NED}} Stef Oosterling
{{col-end}}
=Standings=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL OT
|update=complete
|source=[http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640000_FINAL_RANKING_1_0.pdf IIHF]
|team1=NED |team2=AUS |team3=SRB |team4=CHN |team5=BEL |team6=ISL
|win_NED=5 |OTwin_NED=0|OTloss_NED=0 |loss_NED=0 |gf_NED=42|ga_NED=5 |status_NED=HP
|win_AUS=3 |OTwin_AUS=1|OTloss_AUS=0 |loss_AUS=1 |gf_AUS=19|ga_AUS=14
|win_SRB=3 |OTwin_SRB=0|OTloss_SRB=1 |loss_SRB=1 |gf_SRB=16|ga_SRB=14
|win_BEL=1 |OTwin_BEL=0|OTloss_BEL=0 |loss_BEL=4 |gf_BEL=11|ga_BEL=28
|win_ISL=0 |OTwin_ISL=0|OTloss_ISL=0 |loss_ISL=5 |gf_ISL=7 |ga_ISL=28|status_ISL=R
|win_CHN=2 |OTwin_CHN=0|OTloss_CHN=0 |loss_CHN=3 |gf_CHN=10|ga_CHN=16
|name_NED={{ih|NED}}
|name_AUS={{ih|AUS}}
|name_SRB={{ih|SRB}}
|name_BEL={{ih|BEL}}
|name_ISL={{ih|ISL}}
|name_CHN={{ih|CHN}}
|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
|result1=PR |result6=REL
|res_col_header=QR
|col_PR=green1 |text_PR=Promoted to Division I B
|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to Division II B
}}
=Results=
All times are local (UTC+2).
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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 23 April 2018
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|AUS}}
|team2 = {{ih|ISL}}
|score = 3–0
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
|periods = (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
|goalie1 = Anthony Kimlin
|goalie2 = Dennis Hedström
|goals1 = Goransson (Armstrong, Haselhurst) – 17:03 / Malloy (Darge) (PP) – 58:52 / Powell (Cliff) (ENG) – 59:37
|goals2 =
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 250
|official = {{flagicon|HUN}} Miklós Haszonits
|linesman = {{flagicon|JPN}} Kensuke Kanazawa
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|NED}} Stef Oosterling
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640901_74_5_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 16
|shots1 = 39
|shots2 = 20
}}
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|bg = #eeffff
|date = 23 April 2018
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|SRB}}
|team2 = {{ih|BEL}}
|score = 4–1
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1
|periods = (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
|goalie1 = Arsenije Ranković
|goalie2 = Mike Jansen
|goals1 = P. Novaković (Luković) (PP2) – 14:46 / Kerezović (Luković) – 21:11 / Sretović (P. Novaković) (PP) – 38:41 / P. Novaković (Crnogorac, Luković) (PP) – 52:43
|goals2 = 30:41 – Denis (McCann-Coppens)
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 215
|official = {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Morozov
|linesman = {{flagicon|LAT}} Raivis Jučers
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|NED}} Jos Korte
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640902_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1 = 31
|shots2 = 33
}}
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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 23 April 2018
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NED}}
|team2 = {{ih|CHN}}
|score = 7–0
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0
|periods = (3–0, 1–0, 3–0)
|goalie1 = Ian Meierdres
|goalie2 = Sun Zehao
|goals1 = Van der Schuit – 03:37 / Van den Heuvel (Bastings, Joly) (PP) – 13:13 / Nagtzaam (Van Oorschot) – 16:01 / Vogelaar (Van Soest) – 26:28 / Vogelaar (Bastings) – 42:30 / Van den Heuvel (K. Bruijsten, Loginov) (SH) – 48:44 / Stempher (Van der Schuit, Vogelaar) – 58:51
|goals2 =
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 1,452
|official = {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Benvegnu
|linesman = {{flagicon|NOR}} Knut Einar Bråten
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Ian McCambridge
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640903_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 16
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1 = 39
|shots2 = 9
}}
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|bg = #eeffff
|date = 24 April 2018
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|AUS}}
|team2 = {{ih|BEL}}
|score = 6–0
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0
|periods = (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)
|goalie1 = Anthony Kimlin
|goalie2 = Mike Jansen
|goals1 = Rezek (L. Webster) – 00:26 / Darge (Woodman, Taylor) (PP) – 21:00 / Tesarik (Miettinen) – 35:57 / Goransson (Armstrong, Powell) (PP) – 40:54 / Todd (Malloy, Armstrong) – 45:34 / Todd (Armstrong, Malloy) – 48:38
|goals2 =
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 245
|official = {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Benvegnu
|linesman = {{flagicon|NED}} Jos Korte
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Ian McCambridge
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640904_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 16
|shots1 = 40
|shots2 = 24
}}
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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 24 April 2018
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|CHN}}
|team2 = {{ih|SRB}}
|score = 1–3
|progression= 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3
|periods = (0–1, 0–2, 1–0)
|goalie1 = Sun Zehao
|goalie2 = Arsenije Ranković
|goals1 = Huang Q. (Zhang C., Yan) – 56:59
|goals2 = 10:08 – Luković (Crnogorac) (PP) / 20:59 – Zwick (Luković, Brkušanin) / 23:30 – Vučurević (Brkušanin, Ilić) (PP)
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 257
|official = {{flagicon|POL}} Tomasz Radzik
|linesman = {{flagicon|NOR}} Knut Einar Bråten
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|NED}} Stef Oosterling
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640905_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 54
|penalties2 = 22
|shots1 = 18
|shots2 = 34
}}
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|bg = #eeffff
|date = 24 April 2018
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ISL}}
|team2 = {{ih|NED}}
|score = 1–11
|progression= 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 0–9 / 0–10 / 1–10 / 1–11
|periods = (0–3, 0–3, 1–5)
|goalie1 = Dennis Hedström
Atli Valdimarsson
|goalie2 = Ian Meierdres
Martijn Oosterwijk
|goals1 = Orongan (Mikaelsson) – 54:47
|goals2 = 07:51 – Van Lijden (M. Bruijsten) / 09:52 – De Hondt (Vogelaar) / 14:48 – M. Bruijsten (Van Lijden) / 26:41 – Joly / 29:08 – Smid (De Hondt) (PP) / 36:50 – Van Lijden (M. Bruijsten) / 43:23 – Vogelaar (Joly) / 43:41 – Bastings (Verkiel) / 45:34 – Joly (Van Soest) / 53:41 – Stempher (Bruijsten, Loginov) / 57:07 – K. Bruijsten (Bastings, Van den Heuvel) (EA)
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 1,347
|official = {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Morozov
|linesman = {{flagicon|CRO}} Tomislav Grozaj
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Kensuke Kanazawa
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640906_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 4
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1 = 7
|shots2 = 66
}}
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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 26 April 2018
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|CHN}}
|team2 = {{ih|AUS}}
|score = 1–3
|progression= 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3
|periods = (1–0, 0–0, 0–3)
|goalie1 = Sun Zehao
|goalie2 = Anthony Kimlin
|goals1 = Zhang Z. (Huang Q.) – 11:10
|goals2 = 42:13 – Haselhurst (Armstrong, Todd) / 55:33 – Rezek (Haselhurst) / 59:22 – Armstrong (Goransson) (ENG, PP)
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 411
|official = {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Morozov
|linesman = {{flagicon|NOR}} Knut Einar Bråten
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Kensuke Kanazawa
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640907_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 18
|shots1 = 24
|shots2 = 38
}}
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|bg = #eeffff
|date = 26 April 2018
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|BEL}}
|team2 = {{ih|ISL}}
|score = 6–3
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 5–3 / 6–3
|periods = (1–0, 2–0, 3–3)
|goalie1 = Arthur Legrand
|goalie2 = Dennis Hedström
|goals1 = Van den Bogaert (De Smet, Verelst) – 12:57 / Denis – 26:04 / De Smet (Verelst) – 31:12 / Henry (Delbrassine, Paulus) – 48:30 / Bremer (Henry) – 58:20 / Pellegrims (Verelst) (ENG) – 58:59
|goals2 = 52:25 – Sigurðsson (Pálsson) (PP) / 53:09 – Sigrúnarson (Kristinsson) / 57:30 – Sigurðsson (Jónsson, Sigrúnarson)
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 243
|official = {{flagicon|HUN}} Miklós Haszonits
|linesman = {{flagicon|NED}} Jos Korte
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Ian McCambridge
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640908_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 22
|penalties2 = 20
|shots1 = 43
|shots2 = 24
}}
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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 26 April 2018
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NED}}
|team2 = {{ih|SRB}}
|score = 5–0
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
|periods = (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
|goalie1 = Ian Meierdres
|goalie2 = Arsenije Ranković
|goals1 = Van Soest (Joly) – 04:21 / Van Soest (Joly, Oosterveld) – 09:40 / Van den Heuvel (K. Bruijsten, Van Oorschot) (PP) – 31:56 / Vogelaar (De Hondt, Stempher) (PP) – 32:26 / Van Oorschot (Van den Heuvel, K. Bruijsten) – 54:06
|goals2 =
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 1,500
|official = {{flagicon|POL}} Tomasz Radzik
|linesman = {{flagicon|CRO}} Tomislav Grozaj
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|LAT}} Raivis Jučers
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640909_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 20
|penalties2 = 36
|shots1 = 35
|shots2 = 11
}}
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|bg = #eeffff
|date = 28 April 2018
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|CHN}}
|team2 = {{ih|ISL}}
|score = 3–1
|progression= 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1
|periods = (0–0, 0–1, 3–0)
|goalie1 = Sun Zehao
|goalie2 = Dennis Hedström
|goals1 = Zhang Z. (Zhang H.) – 47:24 / Zhong (Sun, Zhang C.) (PP) – 48:43 / Huang Q. (Sun) (ENG) – 58:19
|goals2 = 25:07 – Jóhannesson (Þorsteinsson)
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 321
|official = {{flagicon|POL}} Tomasz Radzik
|linesman = {{flagicon|LAT}} Raivis Jučers
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|NED}} Stef Oosterling
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640910_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1 = 26
|shots2 = 29
}}
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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 28 April 2018
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|BEL}}
|team2 = {{ih|NED}}
|score = 2–10
|progression= 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 1–8 / 2–8 / 2–9 / 2–10
|periods = (0–4, 1–4, 1–2)
|goalie1 = Mike Jansen
Arthur Legrand
|goalie2 = Ian Meierdres
|goals1 = Henry (Milpas, Denis) – 29:34 / De Smet (Paulus, Denis) (PP) – 48:47
|goals2 = 01:35 – Joly (Van Lijden) / 03:02 – K. Bruijsten (Van den Heuvel, Bastings) / 14:27 – Van Oorschot (Van Soest, Van Gestel) / 15:18 – Nagtzaam (Joly) / 22:13 – Vogelaar (Nagtzaam) (SH) / 29:12 – K. Bruijsten (Van den Heuvel) / 38:00 – De Hondt (Dempher, Smid) (PP) / 38:44 – Bastings (K. Bruijsten) / 51:09 – Vogelaar (K. Bruijsten, Van den Heuvel) / 58:39 – Nagtzaam (K. Bruijsten, Loginov) (PP)
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 2,400
|official = {{flagicon|HUN}} Miklós Haszonits
|linesman = {{flagicon|CRO}} Tomislav Grozaj
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Ian McCambridge
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640911_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 18
|shots1 = 18
|shots2 = 51
}}
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|bg = #eeffff
|date = 28 April 2018
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|SRB}}
|team2 = {{ih|AUS}}
|score = 4–5 {{small|GWS}}
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 3–4 / 4–4
|periods = (2–1, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
|goalie1 = Arsenije Ranković
|goalie2 = Anthony Kimlin
|goals1 = Podunavac (PP2) – 04:11 / Vučurević (Sretović) (PP) – 15:38 / Sretović (Đumić) (SH) – 52:57 / Novaković (Podunavac) (PP, EA) – 59:50
|goals2 = 16:21 – L. Webster (Darge, Taylor) / 26:22 – Goransson (Todd, Armstrong) (PP) / 41:04 – Malloy (Goransson, Haselhurst) / 46:55 – Armstrong
|soshots1 = Sretović {{SOgoal}} / Vučurević {{SOgoal}} / Đumić {{SOmiss}} / Crnogorac {{SOmiss}} / Brkušanin {{SOmiss}}
|soshots2 = {{SOgoal}} Rezek / {{SOgoal}} Darge / {{SOmiss}} Armstrong / {{SOmiss}} Todd / {{SOgoal}} Taylor
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 521
|official = {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Benvegnu
|linesman = {{flagicon|NOR}} Knut Einar Bråten
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|NED}} Jos Korte
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640912_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 22
|shots1 = 39
|shots2 = 33
}}
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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 29 April 2018
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|BEL}}
|team2 = {{ih|CHN}}
|score = 2–5
|progression= 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 2–5
|periods = (0–0, 0–3, 2–2)
|goalie1 = Arthur Legrand
|goalie2 = Sun Zehao
|goals1 = Henry (Bremer, Distate) – 49:51 / Neven (Verelst, Paulus) (PP) – 56:36
|goals2 = 28:03– Zou (Huang P.) / 34:43 – Li (Liu, Zhang C.) / 35:49 – Huang Q. (Zhang Z.) / 43:31 – Zhang H. (Zhang Z.) (SH) / 58:36 – Zhang Z. (Huang Q.)
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 250
|official = {{flagicon|HUN}} Miklós Haszonits
|linesman = {{flagicon|CRO}} Tomislav Grozaj
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Ian McCambridge
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640913_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 39
|penalties2 = 16
|shots1 = 33
|shots2 = 38
}}
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|bg = #eeffff
|date = 29 April 2018
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NED}}
|team2 = {{ih|AUS}}
|score = 9–2
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1 / 9–1 / 9–2
|periods = (4–0, 3–1, 2–1)
|goalie1 = Ian Meierdres
Martijn Oosterwijk
|goalie2 = Anthony Kimlin
|goals1 = Van der Schuit (De Hondt, Stempher) – 01:02 / Van der Schuit (Stempher) – 06:27 / Smid – 12:27 / Van Oorschot (Van den Heuvel, Van Soest) (PP) – 17:56 / Bastings (Van den Heuvel, K. Bruijsten) – 24:18 / Verkiel (Van Oorschot) – 26:21 / Vogelaar (Van der Schuit, Stempher) (PP) – 34:07 / Stempher (De Hondt, Van Oorschot) – 51:12 / Vogelaar (Van den Heuvel) – 57:05
|goals2 = 31:33 – K. Webster (Powell) / 58:42 – Powell (K. Webster, Lindsay)
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 2,035
|official = {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Morozov
|linesman = {{flagicon|NOR}} Knut Einar Bråten
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|LAT}} Raivis Jučers
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640914_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 2
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1 = 66
|shots2 = 19
}}
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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 29 April 2018
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ISL}}
|team2 = {{ih|SRB}}
|score = 2–5
|progression= 0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5
|periods = (1–1, 0–2, 1–2)
|goalie1 = Dennis Hedström
|goalie2 = Arsenije Ranković
|goals1 = Olafsson (Induss) – 11:33 / Jóhannesson (SH) – 58:37
|goals2 = 10:03 – Zwick (PP) / 32:40 – Novaković (Crnogorac) / 38:58 – Sretović (Brkušanin, Sabados) (PP) / 50:21 – Luković (Novaković) / 55:11 – Crnogorac (Podunavac) (SH2, ENG)
|stadium = IJssportcentrum, Tilburg
|attendance = 311
|official = {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Benvegnu
|linesman = {{flagicon|JPN}} Kensuke Kanazawa
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|NED}} Stef Oosterling
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640915_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 22
|shots1 = 32
|shots2 = 46
}}
=Awards and statistics=
==Awards==
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goalkeeper: {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Kimlin
- Best Defenseman: {{flagicon|NED}} Giovanni Vogelaar
- Best Forward: {{flagicon|NED}} Ivy van den Heuvel
Source: [http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640000_85I_1_0.pdf IIHF.com]
==Scoring leaders==
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| style="width:225px;"| Player
! style="width:50px;"| GP ! style="width:50px;"| G ! style="width:50px;"| A ! style="width:60px;"| Pts ! style="width:60px;"| +/− ! style="width:50px;"| PIM ! style="width:60px;"| POS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED}} Ivy van den Heuvel | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +11 | 2 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED}} Giovanni Vogelaar | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | +14 | 0 | D |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED}} Jordy van Oorschot | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +6 | 2 | D |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED}} Mickey Bastings | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +10 | 0 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED}} Danny Stempher | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +7 | 2 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED}} Kevin Bruijsten | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +7 | 2 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED}} Raphael Joly | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +11 | 2 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Armstrong | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +3 | 6 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED}} Reno de Hondt | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +8 | 6 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Petar Novaković | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 4 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: [http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640000_85B_16_0.pdf IIHF.com]
==Leading goaltenders==
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.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||
| style="width:170px;"| Player
! style="width:60px;"| TOI ! style="width:50px;"| GA ! style="width:60px;"| GAA ! style="width:50px;"| SA ! style="width:60px;"| Sv% ! style="width:50px;"| SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NED}} Ian Meierdres | 230:27 | 2 | 0.52 | 39 | 94.87 | 2 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony Kimlin | 305:00 | 14 | 2.75 | 173 | 91.91 | 2 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Zehao | 296:57 | 15 | 3.03 | 172 | 91.28 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Arsenije Ranković | 303:06 | 14 | 2.77 | 151 | 90.73 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ISL}} Dennis Hedström | 275:56 | 19 | 4.13 | 201 | 90.55 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: [http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/640/IHM640000_85A_15_0.pdf IIHF.com]
Group B tournament
{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division II B
| year = 2018
| image = 2018 IIHF World Championship Division II B.png
| image_size = 140
| country = Spain
| dates = 14–20 April
| num_teams = 6
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| games = 15
| goals = 133
| attendance = {{#expr: 55 + 61 + 333 + 67 + 68 + 234 + 36 + 68 + 157 + 300 + 84 + 390 + 77 + 94 + 541}}
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|ESP}} Oriol Boronat
| points = 12
| website = [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/ IIHF.com]
}}
=Participants=
| class="wikitable" |
| Team
! Qualification |
|---|
| {{ih|ESP}}
|Host, placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated. |
| {{ih|NZL}}
|Placed 2nd in Division II B last year. |
| {{ih|ISR}}
|Placed 3rd in Division II B last year. |
| {{ih|PRK}}
|Placed 4th in Division II B last year. |
| {{ih|MEX}}
|Placed 5th in Division II B last year. |
| {{ih|LUX}}
| Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted. |
=Match officials=
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641000_35B_3_0.pdf Group B Assignments]
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Referees
- {{flagicon|LAT}} Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Milan Novák
- {{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Toppel
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Tim Tzirtziganis
{{col-2}}
;Linesmen
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro García
- {{flagicon|GER}} Marcus Höfer
- {{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrey Korovkin
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Svoboda
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Trobajo
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Chris van Grinsven
{{col-end}}
=Standings=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL OT
|update=complete
|source=[http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641000_FINAL_RANKING_1_0.pdf IIHF]
|team1=ESP |team2=NZL |team3=ISR |team4=PRK |team5=MEX |team6=LUX
|win_ESP=5 |OTwin_ESP=0 |OTloss_ESP=0 |loss_ESP=0 |gf_ESP=49|ga_ESP=6|status_ESP=HP
|win_NZL=4 |OTwin_NZL=0 |OTloss_NZL=0 |loss_NZL=1 |gf_NZL=33|ga_NZL=14
|win_ISR=3 |OTwin_ISR=0 |OTloss_ISR=0 |loss_ISR=2 |gf_ISR=24|ga_ISR=14
|win_PRK=1 |OTwin_PRK=0 |OTloss_PRK=0 |loss_PRK=4 |gf_PRK=12|ga_PRK=40
|win_MEX=1 |OTwin_MEX=0 |OTloss_MEX=0 |loss_MEX=4 |gf_MEX=9 |ga_MEX=30
|win_LUX=1 |OTwin_LUX=0 |OTloss_LUX=0 |loss_LUX=4 |gf_LUX=6 |ga_LUX=29|status_LUX=R
|hth_PRK=North Korea 3 Pts, +2 GD; Mexico 3 Pts, −1 GD, Luxembourg 3 Pts, −1 GD. Mexico 3–1 Luxembourg
|hth_MEX=PRK
|hth_LUX=PRK
|name_ESP={{ih|ESP}}
|name_NZL={{ih|NZL}}
|name_ISR={{ih|ISR}}
|name_PRK={{ih|PRK}}
|name_MEX={{ih|MEX}}
|name_LUX={{ih|LUX}}
|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
|result1=PR |result6=REL
|res_col_header=QR
|col_PR=green1 |text_PR=Promoted to Division II A
|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to Division III
}}
=Results=
All times are local (UTC+2).
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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 14 April 2018
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NZL}}
|team2 = {{ih|MEX}}
|score = 5–1
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 5–1
|periods = (1–0, 4–0, 0–1)
|goalie1 = Daniel Lee
|goalie2 = Andrés de la Garma
|goals1 = Challis (McLeish) – 02:28 / Henderson (Heyd, Challis) (PP) – 22:19 / Harrop (Challis) – 25:42 / Ellis (Helmersson, Polozov) (PP) – 35:05 / Burns (Cox, Challis) (PP) – 39:33
|goals2 = 47:01 – Colas (SH)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 55
|official = {{flagicon|LAT}} Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
|linesman = {{flagicon|GER}} Marcus Höfer
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Trobajo
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641901_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1 = 30
|shots2 = 19
}}
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|bg = #eeffff
|date = 14 April 2018
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|LUX}}
|team2 = {{ih|ISR}}
|score = 1–8
|progression= 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 1–8
|periods = (1–4, 0–2, 0–2)
|goalie1 = Gilles Mangen
|goalie2 = Maxim Gokhberg
|goals1 = Mosr (Welter, Gronlund) (PP) – 19:37
|goals2 = 01:20 – Kozev (Kozhevnikov, Ben Tov) / 11:48 – Klein (Mazour, Kozevnikov) (PP) / 13:15 – Revinaga (Kozev) / 18:39 – R. Aharnovich (Mazour, Milner) / 22:20 – T. Aharnovich (Milner, Spivak) (PP) / 36:38 – Spektor (Mazour, Milner) (PP) / 40:47 – Klein (Kozevnikov) (PP) / 50:14 – Mazour (Milner, Klein) (PP)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 61
|official = {{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Toppel
|linesman = {{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro García
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Chris van Grinsven
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641902_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 22
|penalties2 = 26
|shots1 = 14
|shots2 = 45
}}
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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 14 April 2018
|time = 20:15
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ESP}}
|team2 = {{ih|PRK}}
|score = 15–1
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1 / 9–1 / 10–1 / 11–1 / 12–1 / 13–1 / 14–1 / 15–1
|periods = (4–0, 8–1, 3–0)
|goalie1 = Ander Alcaine
Raúl Barbo
|goalie2 = Pak Kuk-chol
Pak Il
|goals1 = Rubio (Granell, Boronat) – 02:29 / Carbonell – 05:29 / Boronat (Ubieto) – 07:49 / Solorzano (Fuentes) – 17:17 / Hernández (Puyuelo, González) – 23:03 / Carbonell (P. Muñoz, Rivero) – 23:41 / Fuentes (Ubieto) (PP) – 27:02 / Rubio (Boronat) – 27:53 / Fuentes (Ubieto, González) (PP) – 30:31 / Arraras (Hernández, Puyuelo) – 32:38 / Solorzano (Puyuelo, Fuentes) (PP) – 35:45 / Granell (Boronat) – 39:19 / Arraras (Brabo, J. Muñoz) – 58:25 / Boronat (Rubio, Granell) – 58:43 / Hernández – 59:21
|goals2 = 25:17 – Hong (Kim H., Kim M.)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 333
|official = {{flagicon|SVK}} Milan Novák
|linesman = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrey Korovkin
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Svoboda
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641903_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 22
|shots1 = 44
|shots2 = 20
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeffff
|date = 15 April 2018
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NZL}}
|team2 = {{ih|ISR}}
|score = 5–2
|progression= 1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2
|periods = (1–0, 0–1, 4–1)
|goalie1 = Daniel Lee
|goalie2 = Nir Tichon
Maxim Gokhberg
|goals1 = Cox (Joyce, Henderson) – 15:43 / Ratcliffe – 50:52 / Ratcliffe (Helmersson) (PP) – 52:09 / Joyce (Heyd, Challis) – 52:58 / Schneider (Burns) – 54:34
|goals2 = 26:05 – R. Aharonovich (Milner) / 54:05 – Klein (Mazour)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 67
|official = {{flagicon|SVK}} Milan Novák
|linesman = {{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro García
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrey Korovkin
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641904_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 4
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1 = 29
|shots2 = 22
}}
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|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 15 April 2018
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|PRK}}
|team2 = {{ih|MEX}}
|score = 5–2
|progression= 1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2
|periods = (3–2, 2–0, 0–0)
|goalie1 = Pak Kuk-chol
|goalie2 = Alfonso de Alba
|goals1 = An (Kim Kw.) – 08:46 / Kang M. (Kang I.) (SH) – 17:27 / Kim Kw. (Hong, Ri P.) – 19:05 / An (Kim S., Ri H.) (PP) – 36:00 / Kang M. (An) (SH) – 39:52
|goals2 = 09:28 – Cruz (Sierra) / 14:40 – Majul (Rosette, Colas)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 68
|official = {{flagicon|BEL}} Tim Tzirtziganis
|linesman = {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Trobajo
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Chris van Grinsven
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641905_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 18
|shots1 = 30
|shots2 = 25
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeffff
|date = 15 April 2018
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|LUX}}
|team2 = {{ih|ESP}}
|score = 1–10
|progression= 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 1–8 / 1–9 / 1–10
|periods = (0–0, 1–3, 0–7)
|goalie1 = Philippe Lepage
|goalie2 = Ander Alcaine
|goals1 = Eriksson – 39:04
|goals2 = 28:08 – Rubio (Ubieto) / 38:00 – Puyuelo (Ubieto, Vea) / 39:58 – González (Puyuelo, Brabo) / 42:49 – González (Solorzano) (PP) / 44:34 – Ubieto (Boronat) / 50:24 – Hernández (P. Muñoz) (EA) / 52:27 – J. Muñoz (Fuentes) (PP) / 53:05 – Puyuelo (Hernández) / 55:40 – J. Muñoz (Puyuelo, Hernández) / 56:01 – Arraras (García, Rivero) (EA)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 234
|official = {{flagicon|LAT}} Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
|linesman = {{flagicon|GER}} Marcus Höfer
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Svoboda
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641906_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1 = 14
|shots2 = 51
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 17 April 2018
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ISR}}
|team2 = {{ih|PRK}}
|score = 9–1
|progression= 1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1 / 9–1
|periods = (3–1, 4–0, 2–0)
|goalie1 = Nir Tichon
|goalie2 = Pak Kuk-chol
Pak Il
|goals1 = Mazour (Spivak) (PP) – 05:29 / Mazour (Spektor, Kozhevnikov) – 17:28 / Vernyy (Kozevnikov) – 18:07 / Spektor (Klein) (PP) – 20:28 / Spektor (Klein, Mazour) – 22:35 / Spektor (Mazour) (SH) – 31:16 / Milner (R. Aharonovich) – 37:29 / Revinaga (R. Aharonovich, Milner) – 42:25 / Sherf (Kozevnikov, Vernyy) – 54:43
|goals2 = 08:44 – Kim S. (Kim Kw., An) (SH)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 36
|official = {{flagicon|LAT}} Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
|linesman = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrey Korovkin
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Svoboda
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641907_74_5_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 16
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1 = 30
|shots2 = 31
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeffff
|date = 17 April 2018
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|NZL}}
|team2 = {{ih|LUX}}
|score = 7–1
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1
|periods = (1–0, 2–1, 4–0)
|goalie1 = Csaba Kercso-Magos
|goalie2 = Gilles Mangen
|goals1 = Harrison (Rooney) – 11:07 / Ratcliffe (Polozov) (PP) – 24:59 / Heyd (McLeish) – 29:11 / Rooney (Helmersson, Craig) – 50:30 / Craig (Polozov, Hay) – 50:43 / Polozov (Schneider, Ratcliffe) – 55:00 / Challis (Heyd, Cox) (PP2) – 58:22
|goals2 = 29:36 – Mosr (C. Mossong)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 68
|official = {{flagicon|BEL}} Tim Tzirtziganis
|linesman = {{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro García
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Trobajo
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641908_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 0
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1 = 57
|shots2 = 16
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 17 April 2018
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ESP}}
|team2 = {{ih|MEX}}
|score = 14–0
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0 / 11–0 / 12–0 / 13–0 / 14–0
|periods = (4–0, 5–0, 5–0)
|goalie1 = Ander Alcaine
Raúl Barbo
|goalie2 = Alfonso de Alba
|goals1 = P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Betrán) – 00:23 / J. Muñoz (González, Solorzano) (PP) – 06:23 / P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Rivero) – 12:22 / P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Arraras) – 16:52 / Betrán (Carbonell) (PP) – 24:13 / García (Boronat) (PP2) – 31:28 / P. Muñoz (Betrán, Brabo) – 34:28 / P. Muñoz (Betrán) – 37:29 / P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Brabo) (PP) – 38:42 / Boronat (Granell, Brabo) (PP) – 47:15 / P. Muñoz (Carbonell) – 49:46 / J. Muñoz (Puyuelo, García) – 50:03 / Ubieto (Fuentes, Solorzano) (PP) – 51:59 / González (Solorzano) – 58:10
|goals2 =
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 157
|official = {{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Toppel
|linesman = {{flagicon|GER}} Marcus Höfer
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Chris van Grinsven
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641909_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 24
|shots1 = 49
|shots2 = 5
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeffff
|date = 19 April 2018
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|MEX}}
|team2 = {{ih|LUX}}
|score = 3–1
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1
|periods = (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)
|goalie1 = Andrés de la Garma
|goalie2 = Philippe Lepage
|goals1 = Pérez (Sierra, Majul) (PP) – 06:57 / Najera (Colas) – 29:44 / Majul (Pérez, Cruz) – 57:49
|goals2 = 31:34 – Mosr (C. Mossong, Welter) (PP)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 300
|official = {{flagicon|SVK}} Milan Novák
|linesman = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrey Korovkin
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Svoboda
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641910_74_5_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1 = 28
|shots2 = 26
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 19 April 2018
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|PRK}}
|team2 = {{ih|NZL}}
|score = 4–12
|progression= 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 2–6 / 3–6 / 3–7 / 4–7 / 4–8 / 4–9 / 4–10 / 4–11 / 4–12
|periods = (1–4, 3–4, 0–4)
|goalie1 = Pak Kuk-chol
Pak Il
|goalie2 = Daniel Lee
Csaba Kercso-Magos
|goals1 = Hong (Kim Kw.) – 09:25 / Kim Kw. (Kim H., Hong) – 26:35 / Kang I. (Kim Kw.) (SH) – 30:33 / Kim H. (Ri P.) – 35:44
|goals2 = 03:00 – S. Harrison (Burns) / 04:27 – Challis / 05:50 – Schneider (S. Harrison, Polozov) / 06:50 – Ellis (Joyce) (SH) / 24:53 – Ellis (Challis) / 26:17 – Schneider (Challis) (PP) / 34:59 – Polozov (Schneider, Craig) / 38:21 – Ellis (PS) / 44:10 – Schneider (Polozov, S. Harrison) / 46:14 – Cox (Henderson, Challis) (PP2) / 47:01 – Heyd (Henderson, Challis) (PP) / 51:56 – C. Harrison (Schneider, Burns)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 84
|official = {{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Toppel
|linesman = {{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro García
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Trobajo
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641911_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 18
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1 = 21
|shots2 = 49
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeffff
|date = 19 April 2018
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ISR}}
|team2 = {{ih|ESP}}
|score = 0–4
|progression= 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4
|periods = (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
|goalie1 = Nir Tichon
|goalie2 = Ander Alcaine
|goals1 =
|goals2 = 22:39 – P. Muñoz (Brabo, Rivero) / 36:38 – Fuentes (Vea) / 51:10 – Fuentes (González, Betrán) (PP) / 52:36 – Granell (García) (PP)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 390
|official = {{flagicon|BEL}} Tim Tzirtziganis
|linesman = {{flagicon|GER}} Marcus Höfer
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Chris van Grinsven
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641912_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 22
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1 = 12
|shots2 = 48
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 20 April 2018
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|LUX}}
|team2 = {{ih|PRK}}
|score = 2–1
|progression= 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1
|periods = (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
|goalie1 = Gilles Mangen
|goalie2 = Pak Kuk-chol
|goals1 = C. Cannon – 32:08 / Eriksson (M. Cannon) – 44:55
|goals2 = 12:33 – Kim H. (Ri I.)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 77
|official = {{flagicon|LAT}} Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
|linesman = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrey Korovkin
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Trobajo
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641913_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 18
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1 = 31
|shots2 = 32
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeffff
|date = 20 April 2018
|time = 16:30
|team1 = {{ih-rt|MEX}}
|team2 = {{ih|ISR}}
|score = 3–5
|progression= 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 3–4 / 3–5
|periods = (0–2, 2–2, 1–1)
|goalie1 = Andres de la Garma
|goalie2 = Nir Tichon
|goals1 = Sierra (Chabat, Majul) (PP) – 37:25 / Chabat (Padilla) – 38:58 / Smithers (Ugarte) (PP) – 48:52
|goals2 = 13:56 – Kozhevnikov (Spivak, Vernyy) / 17:03 – Kozhevnikov (Vernyy) / 29:19 – Kozhevnikov (PP) / 36:44 – Spektor (SH) / 49:35 – Vernyy (Ben Tov)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 94
|official = {{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Toppel
|linesman = {{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro García
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Chris van Grinsven
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641914_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 51
|shots1 = 26
|shots2 = 37
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg = #eeeeee
|date = 20 April 2018
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{ih-rt|ESP}}
|team2 = {{ih|NZL}}
|score = 6–4
|progression= 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 5–3 / 6–3 / 6–4
|periods = (1–0, 4–3, 1–1)
|goalie1 = Ander Alcaine
|goalie2 = Daniel Lee
|goals1 = Carbonell (Rivero, P. Muñoz) (PP) – 18:12 / Fuentes (Ubieto) (EA) – 21:39 / Rubio (Granell, Boronat) – 25:34 / Boronat (Rubio) – 28:27 / Granell (Ubieto, Boronat) – 36:38 / Boronat (Rubio) – 42:51
|goals2 = 23:53 – Heyd (Burns, Henderson) (PP) / 33:04 – Polozov (Joyce, Schneider) / 37:47 – Heyd (Cox) / 44:53 – Ellis (Polozov, Schneider) (PP)
|stadium = Igloo Arena, Granada
|attendance = 541
|official = {{flagicon|SVK}} Milan Novák
|linesman = {{flagicon|GER}} Marcus Höfer
|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Jiří Svoboda
|reference = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641915_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 4
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1 = 53
|shots2 = 19
}}
=Awards and statistics=
==Awards==
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goalkeeper: {{flagicon|ESP}} Ander Alcaine
- Best Defenseman: {{flagicon|NZL}} Stefan Helmersson
- Best Forward: {{flagicon|ESP}} Patricio Fuentes
Source: [http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/659/IHW659000_85I_1_0.pdf IIHF.com]
==Scoring leaders==
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| style="width:225px;"| Player
! style="width:50px;"| GP ! style="width:50px;"| G ! style="width:50px;"| A ! style="width:60px;"| Pts ! style="width:60px;"| +/− ! style="width:50px;"| PIM ! style="width:60px;"| POS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Oriol Boronat | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +9 | 0 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Patricio Fuentes | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +1 | 0 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Muñoz | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +9 | 2 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NZL}} Jordan Challis | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Adrian Ubieto | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +12 | 4 | D |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NZL}} Matthew Schneider | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +5 | 4 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro Carbonell | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +10 | 0 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NZL}} Aleksandr Polozov | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 0 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ISR}} Daniel Mazour | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +2 | 6 | F |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Puyuelo | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +8 | 4 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: [http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641000_85B_16_0.pdf IIHF.com]
==Leading goaltenders==
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.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||||
| style="width:170px;"| Player
! style="width:60px;"| TOI ! style="width:50px;"| GA ! style="width:60px;"| GAA ! style="width:50px;"| SA ! style="width:60px;"| Sv% ! style="width:50px;"| SO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ISR}} Nir Tichon | 187:02 | 9 | 2.89 | 110 | 91.82 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NZL}} Daniel Lee | 199:36 | 10 | 3.01 | 105 | 90.48 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Ander Alcaine | 242:16 | 6 | 1.49 | 58 | 89.66 | 1 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Andrés de la Garma | 178:27 | 11 | 3.70 | 93 | 88.17 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|LUX}} Gilles Mangen | 179:50 | 16 | 5.34 | 134 | 88.06 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: [http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/641/IHM641000_85A_15_0.pdf IIHF.com]
References
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{{Ice Hockey World Championships}}
{{2017–18 in men's ice hockey}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iihf World Championship 2018 Division II}}
2018 IIHF World Championship Division II
2018 IIHF World Championship Division II
2018 IIHF World Championship Division II
2018 IIHF World Championship Division II