2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U18 World Championship Division II
Year:2015
Size:180
Country:Estonia
Country2:Serbia
Dates:22–28 March 2015
16–22 March 2015
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

See main article: 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships.

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

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

Participants

TeamQualification
Placed 6th in 2014 Division I B and were relegated
Placed 2nd in 2014 Division II A
Placed 3rd in 2014 Division II A
Placed 4th in 2014 Division II A
Placed 5th in 2014 Division II A
Hosts, placed 1st in 2014 Division II B and were promoted

Standings

Results

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

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Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

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1 5 6 3 9 +3 0
2 5 4 5 9 +3 0
3 5 3 6 9 +4 12
4 5 2 5 7 +7 4
5 5 5 1 6 +7 6
6 5 4 2 6 +3 2
6 5 4 2 6 +3 4
8 5 2 4 6 +2 14
9 5 3 2 5 +2 4
10 5 2 3 5 +2 0
10 5 2 3 5 +2 14
10 5 2 3 5 0 2
10 5 2 3 5 +5 6
10 5 2 3 5 −1 0
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 240:00 4 1.00 96.08 1
2 179:14 10 3.35 94.05 0
3 184:48 8 2.60 91.75 0
4 300:00 10 2.00 91.07 0
5 217:32 12 3.31 89.66 0
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

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

Division II B

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

Participants

TeamQualification
Placed 6th in 2014 Division II A and were relegated
Placed 2nd in 2014 Division II B
Hosts, placed 3rd in 2014 Division II B
Placed 4th in 2014 Division II B
Placed 5th in 2014 Division II B
Placed 1st in 2014 Division III A and were promoted

Standings

Results

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

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Statistics and awards

Scoring leaders

width=30Poswidth=150Playerwidth=120Countrywidth=20GPwidth=20Gwidth=20A !width=30Ptswidth=30+/−width=30PIM
1 5 6 9 15 +9 2
2 5 8 4 12 +7 4
3 5 3 9 12 +7 2
3 5 3 9 12 +12 0
5 5 7 3 10 +6 4
6 5 4 5 9 +11 2
7 5 4 4 8 +4 6
7 5 4 4 8 +12 6
9 5 1 7 8 +12 2
10 5 6 1 7 −3 12
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 258:44 11 2.55 93.53 0
2 253:53 9 2.13 90.62 0
3 154:56 11 4.26 89.42 0
4 296:34 13 2.63 89.08 1
5 212:17 21 5.94 87.57 0
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com

IIHF best player awards

  • Goaltender: Alejandro Reneses
  • Defenceman: Tihamer Gyorfy
  • Forward: Lazar Lestaric

Notes and References

  1. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/482/statistics.html Division II A statistics
  2. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/483/statistics.html Division II B statistics