2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Estonia; Serbia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	22–28 March 2015; 16–22 March 2015
Teams	12
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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]

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 Time – UTC+2)

22 March 2015
13:00

Croatia

1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Poland

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

22 March 2015
16:30

South Korea

4–2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Great Britain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

22 March 2015
20:00

Estonia

4–5 OT
(2–2, 1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Netherlands

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

23 March 2015
13:00

South Korea

7–0
(2–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Croatia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

23 March 2015
16:30

Poland

6–3
(0–1, 1–1, 5–1)

Netherlands

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

23 March 2015
20:00

Great Britain

4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Estonia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

25 March 2015
13:00

Poland

4–1
(1–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Great Britain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

25 March 2015
16:30

Croatia

2–4
(1–0, 0–0, 1–4)

Netherlands

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

25 March 2015
20:00

South Korea

7–1
(2–1, 5–0, 0–0)

Estonia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

27 March 2015
13:00

Netherlands

3–6
(1–2, 0–3, 2–1)

South Korea

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

27 March 2015
16:30

Great Britain

7–1
(4–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Croatia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

27 March 2015
20:00

Estonia

1–5
(0–1, 1–1, 0–3)

Poland

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

28 March 2015
13:00

Netherlands

3–4 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Great Britain

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

28 March 2015
16:30

Poland

1–4
(0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

South Korea

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

28 March 2015
20:00

Croatia

5–4
(2–1, 1–2, 2–1)

Estonia

Tondiraba Jäähall, Tallinn

Game reference

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]

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

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 Time – UTC+1)

15 March 2015
13:00

Australia

2–3 OT
(1–0, 1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Belgium

Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad

Game reference

15 March 2015
16:30

Spain

3–1
(1–0, 2–1, 0–0)

China