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 Team QualificationHost, 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.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Group A Assignments
Referees Andrea Benvegnu Miklós Haszonits Sergey Morozov Tomasz Radzik
Linesmen Knut Einar Bråten Tomislav Grozaj Raivis Jučers Kensuke Kanazawa Jos Korte Ian McCambridge Stef Oosterling
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Anthony Kimlin Best Defenseman: Giovanni Vogelaar Best Forward: Ivy van den Heuvel Source: IIHF.com
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: IIHF.com
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 (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Group B tournament
Participants Team QualificationHost, 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.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Group B Assignments
Referees Jevgēņijs Griškevičs Milan Novák Rasmus Toppel Tim Tzirtziganis
Linesmen Alejandro García Marcus Höfer Andrey Korovkin Jiří Svoboda Carlos Trobajo Chris van Grinsven
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Ander Alcaine Best Defenseman: Stefan Helmersson Best Forward: Patricio Fuentes Source: IIHF.com
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: IIHF.com
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 (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
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