2005 IIHF World Championship Division II explained

See main article: 2005 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships.

Tourney Name:IIHF World Championship
Division II
Year:2005
Country:Croatia
Country2:Serbia and Montenegro
Dates:April 4 – April 16
Num Teams:12 (two groups of 6)
Venues:2
Cities:2
Nextseason:2006

The 2005 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 4 to April 16, 2005. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Zagreb, Croatia. Group B's games were played in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Croatia and Israel finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2006. While Turkey finished last in Group A and Iceland last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2006.[1] [2]

Participants

Group A

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Placed 6th in Division I Group B and were relegated in 2004.[3]
Host, placed 2nd in Division II Group A in 2004.[4]
Placed 3rd in Division II Group A in 2004.
Placed 4th in Division II Group B in 2004.[5]
Placed 5th in Division II Group B in 2004.
Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2004.[6]

Group B

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Placed 6th in Division I Group A and were relegated in 2004.[7]
Host, placed 2nd in Division II Group B in 2004.
Placed 3rd in Division II Group B in 2004.
Placed 4th in Division II Group A in 2004.
Placed 5th in Division II Group A in 2004.
Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2004.

Group A tournament

Standings

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Promoted to Division I for 2006
width=10px bgcolor="#ffcccc"Relegated to Division III for 2006
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1 5 5 0 0 46 6 40 10
2 5 4 0 1 34 5 29 8
3 5 3 0 2 26 9 17 6
4 5 2 0 3 22 26 −4 4
5 5 1 0 4 14 31 −17 2
6 5 0 0 5 5 70 −65 0

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player
5 6 6 12 +5 24 F
5 7 4 11 +6 12 F
5 7 4 11 +3 14 F
5 5 5 10 +6 0 F
5 5 5 10 +12 12 F
5 9 0 9 +11 0 F
5 6 2 8 +4 0 F
5 4 4 8 +9 10 F
5 4 3 7 +11 2 F
5 4 3 7 0 4 F
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player
147:02 43 1 0.41 97.67 2
152:50 81 3 1.18 96.30 2
252:41 97 6 1.42 93.81 1
188:46 59 4 1.27 93.22 3
240:00 194 17 4.25 91.24 0
Source: IIHF.com

Group B tournament

Standings

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Promoted to Division I for 2006
width=10px bgcolor="#ffcccc"Relegated to Division III for 2006
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1 5 4 1 0 21 11 10 9
2 5 4 0 1 30 10 20 8
3 5 2 1 2 14 17 −3 5
4 5 2 0 3 13 19 −6 4
5 5 1 0 4 8 15 −7 2
6 5 1 0 4 12 26 −14 2

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player
5 10 4 14 +11 6 F
5 2 11 13 +5 22 F
5 5 6 11 +6 0 F
5 1 9 10 +6 8 F
5 2 7 9 +4 16 D
5 4 2 6 +6 22 F
5 4 2 6 +3 41 F
3 3 3 6 +5 4 F
5 3 2 5 0 2 F
5 3 2 5 −1 4 F
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player
300:00 165 11 2.20 93.33 1
271:26 122 9 1.99 92.62 2
240:00 186 15 3.75 91.94 0
300:00 205 19 3.80 90.73 0
280:00 154 15 3.21 90.26 0
Source: IIHF.com

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2005 IIHF World Championship Div II Group A . . 2010-06-02 .
  2. Web site: 2005 IIHF World Championship Div II Group B . . 2010-06-02 .
  3. Web site: 2004 IIHF World Championship Div I Group A . . 2010-06-02 .
  4. Web site: 2004 IIHF World Championship Div II Group A . . 2010-06-02 .
  5. Web site: 2004 IIHF World Championship Div II Group B . . 2010-06-02 .
  6. Web site: 2004 IIHF World Championship Div III . . 2010-06-02 .
  7. Web site: 2004 IIHF World Championship Div I Group B . . 2010-06-02 .