2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Estonia; Serbia
Dates	22 – 28 March 2015; 16 – 22 March 2015
Teams	12
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The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was a pair of 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[]

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[]


Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	28	7	+21	15
Poland	5	4	0	0	1	18	10	+8	12
Great Britain	5	2	1	0	2	18	13	+5	8
Netherlands	5	1	1	1	2	18	22	−4	6
Croatia	5	1	0	0	4	9	24	−15	3
Estonia	5	0	0	1	4	11	26	−15	1

Promoted to the 2016 Division I B	Relegated to the 2016 Division II B

Results[]

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[]

Scoring leaders[]

Pos	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	South Korea	5	6	3	9	+3	0
2	Netherlands	5	4	5	9	+3	0
3	Netherlands	5	3	6	9	+4	12
4	South Korea	5	2	5	7	+7	4
5	South Korea	5	5	1	6	+7	6
6	South Korea	5	4	2	6	+3	2
6	Great Britain	5	4	2	6	+3	4
8	Great Britain	5	2	4	6	+2	14
9	Great Britain	5	3	2	5	+2	4
10	Poland	5	2	3	5	+2	0
10	Poland	5	2	3	5	+2	14
10	Netherlands	5	2	3	5	0	2
10	South Korea	5	2	3	5	+5	6
10	Croatia	5	2	3	5	−1	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	South Korea	240:00	4	1.00	96.08	1
2	Croatia	179:14	10	3.35	94.05	0
3	Great Britain	184:48	8	2.60	91.75	0
4	Poland	300:00	10	2.00	91.07	0
5	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[]

Goaltender:
Defenceman:
Forward:

Division II B[]

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

Participants[]

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[]


Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	5	4	1	0	0	46	12	+34	14
Spain	5	4	0	1	0	28	13	+15	13
Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	21	13	+8	9
Belgium	5	1	1	0	3	20	26	−6	5
China	5	1	0	0	4	14	27	−13	3
Australia	5	0	0	1	4	11	49	−38	1

Promoted to the 2016 Division II A	Relegated to the 2016 Division III A

Results[]

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

, Novi Sad

Game reference

15 March 2015
16:30

Spain

3–1
( 1 – 0 , 2 – 1 , 0 – 0 )

China