Ice Hockey Division II World Championships

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The Ice Hockey Division II World Championships are an annual sports event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The division championships are played in two groups.

The two national teams that finish last in their groups at the Ice Hockey Division I World Championships are relegated to Division II for next year's world championships. At the Division II championships, the winner of each group is promoted to next year's Ice Hockey Division I Championships, while the loser of each group is relegated to the Ice Hockey Division III World Championships.

The Division II world championships have been played in their current format since 2001, when Division II was formed from the five lowest-placing teams in Pool C, and the seven best teams from Pool D.

[edit] Teams

Division II teams for 2007

The IIHF has entered Serbia in the 2007 tournament as the successor to the Serbia and Montenegro national team.

National Team Since
Australia 2001
Belgium 2005
Bulgaria 1999
Croatia 2007
DPR Korea 2003
Iceland 2007
Israel 2007
Korea 2005
Mexico 2006
Serbia 2000
Spain 2000
Turkey 2007

[edit] Results

Year Promoted Relegated
2001 Flag of South Korea Korea Flag of Romania Romania Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Flag of Mexico Mexico
2002 Flag of Estonia Estonia Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Flag of Turkey Turkey Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg
2003 Flag of South Korea Korea Flag of Belgium Belgium Flag of Mexico Mexico Flag of Iceland Iceland
2004 Flag of People's Republic of China China Lithuania Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Flag of South Africa South Africa
2005 Flag of Croatia Croatia Flag of Israel Israel Flag of Turkey Turkey Flag of Iceland Iceland
2006 Flag of Romania Romania Flag of People's Republic of China China Flag of South Africa South Africa Flag of New Zealand New Zealand

[edit] Pool C Champions 1961-2000

Year National team
1961 Romania
1963 Austria
1966 Flag of Italy Italy
1967 Japan
1969 Japan
1970 Austria
1971 Romania
1972 Austria
1973 Flag of Norway Norway
1974 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
1975 Flag of Norway Norway
1976 Austria
1977 Flag of Italy Italy
1978 The Netherlands
1979 Yugoslavia
1981 Austria
1982 Japan
1983 The Netherlands
1985 France
1986 Flag of Norway Norway
1987 Japan
1989 The Netherlands
1990 Yugoslavia
1991 Flag of Denmark Denmark
1992 Great Britain
1993 Latvia
1994 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia
1995 Flag of Belarus Belarus
1996 Kazakhstan
1997 Ukraine
1998 Hungary
1999 The Netherlands
2000 Hungary
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