2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
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The 2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships is the 79th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams will participate at several levels of competition, which will also serve as qualification to the 2016 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships and finalize seeding for 2018 Winter Olympics qualification.

Championship

For more details on this topic, see 2015 IIHF World Championship.

The top division championship will take place from 1 to 17 May 2015, with sixteen teams participating. Czech Republic will host the event with games to be played in Prague and Ostrava.

Division I

For more details on this topic, see 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I.

Group A

The Division I A tournament was played April 19 to 25, 2015. Ukraine was to host the tournament, with some matches in Donetsk, but withdrew in advance due to "the political tension in the country being an obstacle for foreign visitors and fans who wanting to visit the ice festival in Donetsk."[1][2] On 18 September 2014, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted in Kraków, Poland.[3]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Kazakhstan 5 5 0 0 0 23 6 +17 15
 Hungary 5 4 0 0 1 14 11 +3 12
 Poland 5 2 0 0 3 9 9 0 6
 Japan 5 2 0 0 3 10 16 −6 6
 Italy 5 1 1 0 3 7 12 −5 5
 Ukraine 5 0 0 1 4 8 17 −9 1
Promoted to the 2016 Top Division Relegated to the 2016 Division I B

Group B

The Division I B tournament was played in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 to 19 April 2015.[2]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 South Korea 5 4 0 0 1 30 11 +19 12
 Great Britain 5 3 1 0 1 13 10 +3 11
 Lithuania 5 3 0 0 2 11 12 −1 9
 Croatia 5 2 0 1 2 16 20 −4 7
 Estonia 5 1 0 0 4 10 21 −11 3
 Netherlands 5 1 0 0 4 9 15 −6 3
Promoted to the 2016 Division I A Relegated to the 2016 Division II A

Division II

For more details on this topic, see 2015 IIHF World Championship Division II.

Group A

The Division II A tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 13 to 19 April 2015.[2]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Romania 5 4 1 0 0 27 11 +16 14
 Belgium 5 2 1 0 2 22 15 +7 8
 Serbia 5 1 1 2 1 18 22 −4 7
 Spain 5 2 0 1 2 16 20 −4 7
 Iceland 5 2 0 1 2 17 13 +4 7
 Australia 5 0 1 0 4 11 30 −19 2
Promoted to the 2016 Division I B Relegated to the 2016 Division II B

Group B

The Division II B tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 19 April 2015.[2]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 China 5 4 1 0 0 33 15 +18 14
 New Zealand 5 3 0 0 2 21 17 +4 9
 Mexico 5 3 0 0 2 24 15 +9 9
 Bulgaria 5 2 0 0 3 17 30 −13 6
 Israel 5 1 0 1 3 20 29 −9 4
 South Africa 5 1 0 0 4 11 20 −9 3
Promoted to the 2016 Division II A Relegated to the 2016 Division III

Division III

For more details on this topic, see 2015 IIHF World Championship Division III.

The Division III tournament was played in İzmir, Turkey, from 3 to 12 April 2015.[2]

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 North Korea 6 5 1 0 0 50 9 +41 17
 Turkey 6 5 0 1 0 59 11 +48 16
 Luxembourg 6 4 0 0 2 39 19 +20 12
 Hong Kong 6 3 0 0 3 30 30 0 9
 Georgia 6 1 1 0 4 20 56 −36 5
 United Arab Emirates 6 1 0 1 4 14 44 −30 4
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 0 0 0 6 3 46 −43 0
Promoted to the 2016 Division II B

References

  1. ↑ Ukraine withdraws
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "28 tournaments confirmed". iihfworlds2014.com. 2014-05-23.
  3. ↑ "Poland gets Division IA Worlds". world.einnews.com. 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2014-09-18.

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