See main article: 2018 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships.
| Year: | 2018 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Country2: | Spain |
| Dates: | 23–29 April 14–20 April |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| 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.[1]
The Netherlands were promoted to Division I B and Iceland was relegated to Group B.[2] 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.[3]
| Tourney Name: | IIHF World Championship Division II A |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Dates: | 23–29 April |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Games: | 15 |
| Goals: | 105 |
| Scoring Leader: | Ivy van den Heuvel |
| Points: | 11 |
| Website: | IIHF.com |
| Team | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| Host, placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated. | ||
| Placed 2nd in Division II A last year. | ||
| Placed 3rd in Division II A last year. | ||
| Placed 4th in Division II A last year. | ||
| Placed 5th in Division II A last year. | ||
| Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted. |
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]
Andrea Benvegnu
Miklós Haszonits
Sergey Morozov
Tomasz Radzik
Knut Einar Bråten
Kensuke Kanazawa
Ian McCambridgeAll times are local (UTC+2).
Anthony KimlinSource: IIHF.com
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +11 | 2 | F | ||
| 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | +14 | 0 | D | ||
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +6 | 2 | D | ||
| 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +10 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +7 | 2 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +7 | 2 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +11 | 2 | F | ||
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +3 | 6 | F | ||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +8 | 6 | F | ||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 4 | F |
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.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 230:27 | 2 | 0.52 | 39 | 94.87 | 2 | ||
| 305:00 | 14 | 2.75 | 173 | 91.91 | 2 | ||
| 296:57 | 15 | 3.03 | 172 | 91.28 | 0 | ||
| 303:06 | 14 | 2.77 | 151 | 90.73 | 0 | ||
| 275:56 | 19 | 4.13 | 201 | 90.55 | 0 |
| Tourney Name: | IIHF World Championship Division II B |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Country: | Spain |
| Dates: | 14–20 April |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Games: | 15 |
| Goals: | 133 |
| Scoring Leader: |  Oriol Boronat |
| Points: | 12 |
| Website: | IIHF.com |
| Team | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| Host, placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated. | ||
| Placed 2nd in Division II B last year. | ||
| Placed 3rd in Division II B last year. | ||
| Placed 4th in Division II B last year. | ||
| Placed 5th in Division II B last year. | ||
| Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted. |
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]
Milan Novák
Tim Tzirtziganis Alejandro García
Andrey Korovkin
Jiří Svoboda Carlos Trobajo Chris van GrinsvenAll times are local (UTC+2).
Ander Alcaine
Stefan Helmersson Patricio FuentesSource: IIHF.com
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +9 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +1 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +9 | 2 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +12 | 4 | D | ||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +5 | 4 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +10 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 0 | F | ||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +2 | 6 | F | ||
| 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +8 | 4 | F |
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.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187:02 | 9 | 2.89 | 110 | 91.82 | 0 | ||
| 199:36 | 10 | 3.01 | 105 | 90.48 | 0 | ||
| 242:16 | 6 | 1.49 | 58 | 89.66 | 1 | ||
| 178:27 | 11 | 3.70 | 93 | 88.17 | 0 | ||
| 179:50 | 16 | 5.34 | 134 | 88.06 | 0 |