2018 IIHF World Championship Division II
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.
The Netherlands were promoted to Division I B and Iceland was relegated to Group B. 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.Group A tournament
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
;Linesmen
- Knut Einar Bråten
- Tomislav Grozaj
- Raivis Jučers
- Kensuke Kanazawa
- Jos Korte
- Ian McCambridge
- Stef Oosterling
Standings
Results
All times are local.Awards and statistics
Awards
Source: Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
Ivy van den Heuvel | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +11 | 2 | F |
Giovanni Vogelaar | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | +14 | 0 | D |
Jordy van Oorschot | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +6 | 2 | D |
Mickey Bastings | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +10 | 0 | F |
Danny Stempher | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +7 | 2 | F |
Kevin Bruijsten | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +7 | 2 | F |
Raphael Joly | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +11 | 2 | F |
Matthew Armstrong | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +3 | 6 | F |
Reno de Hondt | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +8 | 6 | F |
Petar Novaković | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +1 | 4 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: Leading goaltenders
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 |
Ian Meierdres | 230:27 | 2 | 0.52 | 39 | 94.87 | 2 |
Anthony Kimlin | 305:00 | 14 | 2.75 | 173 | 91.91 | 2 |
Sun Zehao | 296:57 | 15 | 3.03 | 172 | 91.28 | 0 |
Arsenije Ranković | 303:06 | 14 | 2.77 | 151 | 90.73 | 0 |
Dennis Hedström | 275:56 | 19 | 4.13 | 201 | 90.55 | 0 |
TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Group B tournament
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
- Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
- Milan Novák
- Rasmus Toppel
- Tim Tzirtziganis
;Linesmen
Results
All times are local.Awards and statistics
Awards
Source: Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
Oriol Boronat | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +9 | 0 | F |
Patricio Fuentes | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +1 | 0 | F |
Pablo Muñoz | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +9 | 2 | F |
Jordan Challis | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | F |
Adrian Ubieto | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +12 | 4 | D |
Matthew Schneider | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +5 | 4 | F |
Alejandro Carbonell | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +10 | 0 | F |
Aleksandr Polozov | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 0 | F |
Daniel Mazour | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +2 | 6 | F |
Pablo Puyuelo | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +8 | 4 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: Leading goaltenders
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 |
Nir Tichon | 187:02 | 9 | 2.89 | 110 | 91.82 | 0 |
Daniel Lee | 199:36 | 10 | 3.01 | 105 | 90.48 | 0 |
Ander Alcaine | 242:16 | 6 | 1.49 | 58 | 89.66 | 1 |
Andrés de la Garma | 178:27 | 11 | 3.70 | 93 | 88.17 | 0 |
Gilles Mangen | 179:50 | 16 | 5.34 | 134 | 88.06 | 0 |
TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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