2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Estonia  Spain
Dates	7 – 13 December 2014 13 – 19 December 2014
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II were the two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A was contested in Tallinn, Estonia and Division II B in Jaca, Spain.^[1] These tournaments represent the fourth and fifth tiers of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II A[]

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 7 to 13 December 2014.^[2]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Great Britain	disqualified in the Division I B last year and were relegated
Lithuania	placed 2nd Division II A last year
Netherlands	placed 3rd in Division II A last year
Estonia	hosts, placed 4th in Division II A last year
Romania	placed 5th in Division II A last year
South Korea	placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted

Final standings[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Great Britain	5	4	1	0	0	22	13	+9	14
Lithuania	5	2	1	1	1	24	19	+5	9
South Korea	5	2	1	1	1	18	18	0	9
Netherlands	5	1	1	0	3	18	16	+2	5
Estonia	5	1	0	1	3	12	22	−10	4
Romania	5	1	0	1	3	18	24	−6	4

Promoted to the 2016 Division I B

Relegated to the 2016 Division II B

Results[]

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

7 December 2014 13:00

Netherlands

2–4 (0–0, 0–1, 2–3)

Great Britain

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 97

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimir Nalivaiko Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 20:27 – (, ) (SH) 0–2 43:43 – O. Betteridge () (, ) – 47:14 1–2 () – 49:15 2–2 2–3 52:21 – 2–4 54:01 – (J. Cownie, L. Hook)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	35

7 December 2014 16:30

Lithuania

6–5 GWS (1–1, 2–2, 2–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 3–2)

Romania

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 312

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Attila Nagy Jacques Riisom-Birker
	(, ) – 04:07 1–0 1–1 08:53 – (, ) (SH) 1–2 21:41 – () 1–3 24:36 – A. Sillo (, R. Egyed) (PP) I. Cetvertak (, D. Nomanovas) (PP) – 30:51 2–3 D. Cypas – 37:18 3–3 3–4 44:29 – (H. Gecse, ) (EA) D. Nomanovas (PS) – 47:41 4–4 4–5 58:31 – H. Gecse (, H. Csergo) (PP2) (D. Nomanovas, ) (PP)(EA) – 59:38 5–5
	U. Cizas D. Nomanovs P. Gintautas	Shootout	H. Csergo M. Constantin
	22 min	Penalties	16 min
	56	Shots	28

7 December 2014 20:00

South Korea

4–3 GWS (2–0, 1–1, 0–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 3–2)

Estonia

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 543

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljkovic Roman Vyleta
	() – 03:52 1–0 Seo Y. (, ) (PP) – 11:14 2–0 2–1 20:20 – (SH) (Lee S.H.) (PP) – 34:00 3–1 3–2 50:20 – 3–3 52:37 – (, ) (PP)
	Lee C. Hwang D.H.	Shootout	N. Kozorev D. Fursa V. Vasjonkin
	31 min	Penalties	16 min
	51	Shots	22

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8 December 2014 13:00

Great Britain

5–4 (0–2, 1–0, 4–2)

Lithuania

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 133

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Gints Zviedritis Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Mihail Stupak
	0–1 05:48 – () 0–2 10:40 – (, ) (SH2) – 24:41 1–2 – 50:13 2–2 (S. Robson) – 50:31 3–2 3–3 52:52 – () (L. Hook, ) – 53:33 4–3 (ENG) – 59:19 5–3 5–4 59:40 – P. Gintautas ()
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	25

8 December 2014 16:30

Netherlands

2–3 (2–0, 0–1, 0–2)

South Korea

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 323

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljkovic Roman Vyleta
	(, ) – 01:31 1–0 (, ) – 17:20 2–0 2–1 31:32 – (Seo Y., ) (PP) 2–2 48:37 – Seo Y. (Lee C., ) 2–3 57:35 – (, ) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	30

8 December 2014 20:00

Estonia

4–2 (0–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Romania

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 1215

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimir Nalivaiko Linesmen: Attila Nagy Jacques Riisom-Birker
	– 35:21 1–0 1–1 38:33 – (, ) R. Arrak (, ) – 50:44 2–1 J. Petrov (D. Antonov) – 57:15 3–1 3–2 58:07 – (, ) (SH,ENG) – 59:56 4–2
	33 min	Penalties	12 min
	54	Shots	30

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10 December 2014 13:00

Lithuania

5–1 (0–0, 4–1, 1–0)

South Korea

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 224

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimir Nalivaiko Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljkovic Emil Yletyinen
	() (PP) – 27:51 1–0 1–1 29:45 – () D. Nomanovas (PS) – 32:40 2–1 (, D. Nomanovas) – 39:30 3–1 – 39:52 4–1 D. Nomanovas () (ENG) – 59:34 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	37

10 December 2014 16:30

Great Britain

5–2 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Romania

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 275

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Attila Nagy Roman Vyleta
	(L. Hook) (PP) – 14:40 1–0 O. Betteridge (, ) – 18:22 2–0 2–1 18:49 – () L. Hook (, ) – 27:44 3–1 3–2 31:38 – M. Constantin (, ) (PP) (B. Chamberlain, L. Hook) – 47:59 4–2 J. Cownie (B. Chamberlain) – 58:48 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	29

10 December 2014 20:00

Netherlands

7–0 (2–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Estonia

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 1230

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Gints Zviedritis Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Mihail Stupak
	(, ) (PP) – 04:35 1–0 R. van der Schuit (, B. van Gestel) – 17:40 2–0 () – 36:51 3–0 () – 39:02 4–0 (R. de Hondt) – 41:51 5–0 (D. Stempher) – 51:27 6–0 R. de Hondt (R. van der Schuit, B. van Gestel) (PP2) – 58:39 7–0
	24 min	Penalties	38 min
	32	Shots	16

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12 December 2014 13:00

Romania

6–3 (2–1, 1–2, 3–0)

Netherlands

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 123

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Jacques Riisom-Birker Roman Vyleta
	() – 02:19 1–0 M. Sotir () – 06:41 2–0 2–1 17:39 – (, ) 2–2 33:16 – (R. van der Schuit, ) (PP) 2–3 37:53 – () M. Constantin (, ) (PP) – 39:42 3–3 () – 46:29 4–3 (M. Sotir, M. Oniciuc) – 50:08 5–3 M. Constantin (F. Creanga) (ENG) – 59:13 6–3
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	48

12 December 2014 16:30

South Korea

4–5 GWS (1–0, 1–3, 2–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

Great Britain

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 310

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Gints Zviedritis Linesmen: Mihail Stupak Emil Yletyinen
	() – 03:02 1–0 1–1 20:42 – (L. Hook, ) () – 24:39 2–1 2–2 27:41 – L. Hook (B. Chamberlain, ) 2–3 35:18 – B. Chamberlain (L. Hook, J. Cownie) Hwang D.H. (Kim D., ) (PP2) – 41:35 3–3 3–4 51:49 – B. Chamberlain (J. Cownie, L. Hook) (PP) – 53:12 4–4
	Lee C. Hwang D.H. Seo K.J. Hwang D.H.	Shootout	J. Cownie J. Cownie
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	26	Shots	39

12 December 2014 20:00

Estonia

4–6 (2–3, 1–2, 1–1)

Lithuania

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 1375

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Attila Nagy Ivan Nedeljkovic
	0–1 01:14 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 08:13 – (U. Cizas) (SH) 0–3 11:34 – P. Gintautas (S. Gorelis, U. Cizas) (PP) ( – 13:00 1–3 (D. Fursa, V. Vasjonkin) (PP) – 15:40 2–3 (, Robert Arrak) – 22:46 3–3 3–4 33:50 – 3–5 39:41 – (, ) D. Fursa (, N. Smirnov) – 45:35 4–5 4–6 59:20 – A. Laukaitis (P. Gintautas, ) (ENG)
	38 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	36

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13 December 2014 13:00

Romania

3–6 (1–2, 2–0, 0–4)

South Korea

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 94

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimir Nalivaiko Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Roman Vyleta
	() – 07:05 1–0 1–1 14:00 – (, ) 1–2 19:45 – Lee S.H. (Kim S., Bae B.J.) – 26:30 2–2 (, ) – 31:47 3–2 3–3 47:02 – Lee S.H. (Kim S.) (SH) 3–4 58:13 – () (PP) 3–5 58:46 – (, ) (PP) 3–6 59:50 – (ENG)
	41 min	Penalties	25 min
	34	Shots	37

13 December 2014 16:30

Lithuania

3–4 OT (1–1, 0–2, 2–0) (OT: 0–1)

Netherlands

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 273

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Jacques Birker-Riisom Mihail Stupak
	(, ) – 08:24 1–0 1–1 15:39 – (, ) 1–2 27:56 – (PS) 1–3 39:25 – (SH) P. Gintautas (, U. Cizas) – 50:50 2–3 (, ) – 54:22 3–3 3–4 63:55 – (R. van der Schuit, ) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	41 min
	40	Shots	40

13 December 2014 20:00

Great Britain

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Estonia

Tondiraba Icehall, Tallinn Attendance: 550

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljkovic Emil Yletyinen
	L. Hook () – 15:45 1–0 L. Hook (B. Chamberlain, ) (PP) – 36:20 2–0 2–1 44:15 – () B. Chamberlain (, J. Cownie) (ENG) 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	20

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1		Great Britain	5	6	6	12	+6	10
2		Great Britain	5	5	6	11	+12	0
3	Lewis Hook	Great Britain	5	4	7	11	+10	4
4		Lithuania	5	6	3	9	+5	2
5		Lithuania	5	4	5	9	0	6
6		Netherlands	5	1	7	8	0	6
7		Romania	5	4	3	7	-1	0
8		Lithuania	5	2	5	7	+5	2
9		South Korea	5	1	5	6	–4	2
10		Netherlands	5	4	1	5	–4	2

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1		Estonia	209:11	12	91.24	3.44	0
2		South Korea	205:26	11	90.83	3.21	0
3		Netherlands	123:55	7	90.67	3.39	0
4		Romania	302:37	22	90.48	4.36	0
5		Lithuania	308:18	18	90.22	3.50	0

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate[]

• Goaltender:
• Defenceman:
• Forward:

Division II B[]

The Division II B tournament was played in Jaca, Spain, from 13 to 19 December 2014.^[3]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Croatia	placed 6th in the Division II A last year and were relegated
Spain	hosts, placed 2nd in Division II B last year
Serbia	placed 3rd in Division II B last year
Australia	placed 4th in Division II B last year
Iceland	placed 5th in Division II B last year
Belgium	placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted

Final standings[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	5	5	0	0	0	22	9	+13	15
Spain	5	4	0	0	1	27	10	+17	12
Australia	5	2	0	1	2	15	15	0	7
Belgium	5	1	1	1	2	15	17	−2	6
Serbia	5	1	1	0	3	9	19	−10	5
Iceland	5	0	0	0	5	11	29	−18	0

Promoted to the 2016 Division II A

Relegated to the 2016 Division III

Results[]

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

13 December 2014 13:00

Belgium

3–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) (OT: 1–0)

Australia

, Jaca Attendance: 203

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miklos Haszonits Linesmen: Sergio Biec Jos Korte
	0–1 11:43 – () (, ) – 33:48 1–1 1–2 53:56 – () (B. Henry, F. Neven) (EA) – 59:23 2–2 B. van Rooy (, F. Neven) – 60:29 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	24

13 December 2014 16:30

Serbia

0–4 (0–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Croatia

, Jaca Attendance: 310

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Damien Bliek Linesmen: Mikulash Furnadziev Alejandro Garcia
	0–1 00:32 – (, ) 0–2 47:46 – L. Jarcov (M. Milicic) 0–3 48:22 – 0–4 59:49 – (, L. Vukoja)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	39

13 December 2014 20:30

Spain

8–3 (1–0, 3–2, 4–1)

Iceland

, Jaca Attendance: 950

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Liu Jia Qi Mathieu Loos
	() – 04:11 1–0 – 26:29 2–0 2–1 28:02 – (, (PP) 2–2 28:44 – () (, ) (PP2) – 30:30 3–2 A. Fernandez-Pola (, M. Manero) – 34:42 4–2 G. Gonzalez () (SH) – 44:29 5–2 M. Manero (, I. Gainza) (PP) – 48:03 6–2 6–3 52:12 – (, I. Arnason) (PP) () – 59:13 7–3 O. Rubio () – 59:20 8–3
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	47	Shots	14

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14 December 2014 13:00

Croatia

4–2 (0–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Australia

, Jaca Attendance: 127

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Alejandro Garcia Liu Jia Qi
	(, ) (PP) – 21:50 1–0 (, ) – 22:43 2–0 B. Kegalj (, M. Milicic) – 33:55 3–0 3–1 36:14 – () (SH) () – 43:19 4–1 4–2 44:38 – (, ) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	21

14 December 2014 16:30

Iceland

2–6 (0–1, 2–1, 0–4)

Belgium

, Jaca Attendance: 250

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Sergio Biec Mathieu Loos
	0–1 02:01 – (, ) (PP) () – 23:24 1–1 1–2 33:35 – B. Henry () (, ) – 35:00 2–2 2–3 41:18 – (, E. Goris) (PP) 2–4 52:40 – B. van Rooy (E. Goris, B. Henry) (PP) 2–5 53:33 – (Q. Bollue) 2–6 56:49 – B. Henry (P. van Noten, )
	30 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	29

14 December 2014 20:00

Spain

7–0 (3–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Serbia

, Jaca Attendance: 950

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miklos Haszonits Linesmen: Jos Korte Istvan Mathe
	(G. Gonzalez, ) – 08:33 1–0 (, ) (PP2) – 14:04 2–0 (P. Fuentes) – 18:04 3–0 I. Solorzano (M. Manero, I. Gainza) (PP) – 38:25 4–0 I. Solorzano (P. Fuentes, I. Gainza) – 40:34 5–0 G. Gonzalez (, L.J. Hernandez) – 43:53 6–0 (P. Fuentes, I. Solorzano) (PP) – 46:43 7–0
	26 min	Penalties	34 min
	43	Shots	27

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16 December 2014 13:00

Croatia

6–3 (2–0, 2–3, 2–0)

Iceland

, Jaca Attendance: 61

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Damien Bliek Linesmen: Mikulash Firmadziev Istvan Mathe
	(, ) – 14:24 1–0 () (PP) – 17:02 2–0 2–1 31:26 – () 2–2 32:12 – (, B. Johannesson) I. Jancovic (L. Jarcov) – 33:18 3–2 (L. Vukoja) – 35:38 4–2 4–3 39:08 – (I. Arnason) (PP) L. Jarcov (I. Jankovic) – 44:38 5–3 M. Milicic (, R. Platuzic) – 48:40 6–3
	10 min	Penalties	29 min
	35	Shots	22

16 December 2014 16:30

Serbia

2–4 (0–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Australia

, Jaca Attendance: 300

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miklos Haszonits Linesmen: Sergio Biec Liu Jia Qi
	0–1 01:42 – () (PP) 0–2 24:34 – C. Kubara (, ) () (PP) – 29:58 1–2 1–3 34:51 – R. McGuiness (C. Kubara) 1–4 53:56 – (, ) (, ) (PP,EA) – 58:16 2–4
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	67	Shots	17

16 December 2014 20:00

Spain

5–2 (0–1, 2–0, 3–1)

Belgium

, Jaca Attendance: 950

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Jos Korte Mathieu Loos
	0–1 15:52 – () (SH) (, ) (PP) – 35:35 1–1 () (SH) – 39:59 2–1 A. Arrinda () – 42:13 3–1 L.J. Hernandez (, A. Arrinda) (PP) – 47:16 4–1 (, ) – 53:47 5–1 5–2 57:52 – (E. Goris) (PP)
	35 min	Penalties	30 min
	40	Shots	23

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18 December 2014 13:00

Iceland

2–4 (0–1, 1–3, 1–0)

Serbia

, Jaca Attendance: 86

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Alejandro Garcia Mathieu Loos
	0–1 06:54 – (, ) 0–2 21:18 – I. Glavonjic () 0–3 24:18 – (, ) () – 27:53 1–3 1–4 33:35 – U. Novakovic (I. Glavonjic, ) (I. Arnason, ) (EA) – 59:34 2–4
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	36

18 December 2014 16:30

Belgium

2–5 (1–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Croatia

, Jaca Attendance: 300

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stian Halm Linesmen: Sergio Biec Mikulash Furnadziev
	(, ) – 04:56 1–0 1–1 11:38 – (SH) 1–2 34:20 – (, ) 1–3 40:26 – (, ) () – 42:35 2–3 2–4 53:43 – L. Jarcov (T. Boric) (PP) 2–5 58:23 – I. Jankovic (L. Vukoja, T. Boric)
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	20	Shots	44

18 December 2014 20:00

Australia

2–5 (1–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Spain

, Jaca Attendance: 850

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Damien Bliek Linesmen: Jos Korte Istvan Mathe
	0–1 06:22 – (, G. Gonzalez) (, ) – 14:25 1–1 1–2 23:07 – () 1–3 24:17 – (G. Gonzalez, () K. Fedor () – 35:29 2–3 2–4 47:18 – O. Rubio (, B. Baldris) 2–5 58:54 – O. Rubio (D. Alvarez) (SH)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	16	Shots	51

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19 December 2014 13:00

Serbia

3–2 OT (0–0, 2–0, 0–2) (OT: 1–0)

Belgium

, Jaca Attendance: 63

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miklos Haszonits Linesmen: Alejandro Garcia Istvan Mathe
	(, ) (PP) – 21:04 1–0 (, ) (PP) – 39:51 2–0 2–1 42:50 – (, ) (SH) 2–2 49:21 – (, ) (S. Pajic) – 62:31 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	31	Shots	31

19 December 2014 16:30

Australia

5–1 (1–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Iceland

, Jaca Attendance: 250

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Andrea Moschen Linesmen: Mikulash Furnadziev Liu Jia Qi
	() – 03:29 1–0 S. Hodic (K. Fedor) (PP) – 21:00 2–0 S. Hodic – 42:31 3–0 3–1 42:31 – (, ) (PP) K. Fedor (, S. Hodic) (PP) – 55:39 4–1 (, ) (PP2) – 59:59 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	21	Shots	50

19 December 2014 20:00

Croatia

3–2 (1–0, 2–0, 0–2)

Spain

, Jaca Attendance: 1650

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Damien Bliek Linesmen: Jos Korte Mathieu Loos
	() – 04:59 1–0 (, ) (PP) – 23:04 2–0 I. Jankovic – 30:58 3–0 3–1 52:43 – () 3–2 54:26 – ()
	6 min	Penalties	26 min
	43	Shots	30

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1		Croatia	5	5	4	9	+9	4
2		Croatia	5	5	4	9	+5	20
3		Belgium	5	4	4	8	+1	4
3		Croatia	5	4	4	8	+7	2
5		Iceland	5	1	7	8	-3	4
6		Spain	5	5	2	7	+8	0
7		Australia	5	4	3	7	+2	4
7		Croatia	5	4	3	7	+2	0
9		Australia	5	3	4	7	0	12
10		Spain	5	1	6	7	+3	6

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1		Australia	180:29	6	96.23	1.99	0
2		Croatia	240:00	6	93.88	1.50	1
3		Spain	239:38	8	92.52	2.00	1
4		Belgium	302:47	17	89.70	3.37	0
5		Serbia	300:05	19	87.87	3.80	0

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate[]

• Goaltender:
• Defenceman:
• Forward:

References[]

External links[]

• IIHF.com