2019 IIHF World Championship Division II


The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 9 to 15 April and the Group B tournament in México City, Mexico from 21 to 27 April 2019.
Serbia and Israel won the Group A and B tournament and were promoted, while Belgium and North Korea finished last and were relegated.

Group A tournament

Participants

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
RefereesLinesmen

  • Christoph Sternat
  • Miroslav Iarets
  • Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
  • Ramon Sterkens
  • Daniel Beresford
  • James Kavanagh
  • Kensuke Kanazawa
  • Håvar Dahl
  • Tibor Fazekas
  • Ivan Nedeljković
  • David Perduv
  • Standings

    Results

    All times are local.

    Awards and statistics

    Awards

    Source:

    Scoring leaders

    List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
    PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
    Bryan Kolodziejczyk5279+20F
    Ivan Janković5358+30F
    Sam Verelst5437−32F
    Marko Šakić5426+70F
    Shaone Morrisonn5246−126D
    Alejandro Carbonell5156+32F
    Mirko Đumić5156+40F
    Josef Rezek5415+22F
    Aleksa Luković5325+52D
    Marko Sretović5325+50F

    GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
    Source:

    Goaltending leaders

    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.
    PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
    Vilim Rosandić304:2181.5814694.521
    Anthony Kimlin302:53101.9817894.381
    Sun Zehao180:00103.3312792.131
    Arsenije Ranković298:41132.6114090.710
    Ander Alcaine309:58142.7114390.210

    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.
    RefereesLinesmen

    • Tim Tzirtziganis
    • Benas Jakšys
    • Tomasz Radzik
    • Andrew Thackaberry
  • Tomáš Brejcha
  • Lasse Dahlerup
  • Sem Ramírez
  • Anže Bergant
  • Sergio Biec
  • Marc-Henri Progin
  • Justin Cornell
  • Standings

    Results

    All times are local.

    Awards and statistics

    Awards

    Source:

    Scoring leaders

    List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
    PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
    Eliezer Sherbatov57815+90F
    Evgeni Kozhevnikov55914+612D
    Sergei Frenkel56511+78F
    Matthew Schneider5551002F
    Héctor Majul5639+34F
    Hong Chun-rim5628−122F
    Miloslav Račanský5628+516F
    Axel Orongan5358+44F
    Robert Sigurðsson5358+72F
    Oliver Obolgogiani5268+18F

    GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
    Source:

    Goaltending leaders

    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.
    PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
    Richard Parry239:08123.0113190.840
    Nir Tichon302:56163.1714689.040
    Dennis Hedström235:17112.819788.661
    Andrey Ilyenko298:44265.2218285.710
    Andrés de la Garma261:51255.7315784.080

    TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
    Source: