2022 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2022 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

2022 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Croatia
 Iceland
Dates25–30 April
18–23 April
Teams10
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
2021 (cancelled)
2023

The Group A tournament was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 25 to 30 April and the Group B tournament in Reykjavík, Iceland from 18 to 23 April 2022.[1][2]

After the tournament was cancelled the two previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams stayed put in their divisions.[3]

China won Group A and got promoted and Israel relegated, while Iceland won the Group B tournament, where Mexico finished last.[4][5]

Group A tournament

2022 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Dates25–30 April
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored70 (7 per match)
Attendance134 (13 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Fu Shuai
Nick Verschuren
(10 points)
WebsiteWebsite

Participants

Team Qualification
 Netherlands Placed 6th in Division I B last edition and was relegated.
 Croatia Host, placed 2nd in Division II A last edition.
 Australia Placed 3rd in Division II A last edition.
 Spain Placed 4th in Division II A last edition.
 China Placed 5th in Division II A last edition.
 Israel Placed 1st in Division II B last edition and was promoted.

Match officials

Three referees and five linesmen are selected for the tournament.[6]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Martin Christensen
  • Vitalijus Sevruk
  • Bartosz Kaczmarek
  • Tomislav Grozaj
  • Marko Šaković
  • Barnabás Fényi
  • Ľudovít Šoltés
  • Anže Bergant

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  China (P) 4 4 0 0 0 28 4 +24 12 Promotion to 2023 Division I B
2  Netherlands 4 3 0 0 1 19 10 +9 9
3  Croatia (H) 4 1 1 0 2 9 12 3 5
4  Spain 4 1 0 1 2 10 12 2 4
5  Israel (R) 4 0 0 0 4 4 32 28 0 Relegation to 2023 Division II B
6  Australia[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Australia withdrew their team on 22 January 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Results

All times are local (UTC+2)

25 April 2022
16:00
Netherlands 5–3
(2–0, 2–1, 1–2)
 SpainDvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 10
25 April 2022
19:45
Israel 1–5
(0–1, 0–2, 1–2)
 CroatiaDvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 13

26 April 2022
17:00
China 14–1
(4–0, 5–0, 5–1)
 IsraelDvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 15

27 April 2022
16:00
China 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 NetherlandsDvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 10
27 April 2022
19:45
Croatia 1–0 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 SpainDvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 14

28 April 2022
19:45
Israel 0–7
(0–1, 0–3, 0–3)
 NetherlandsDvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 6

29 April 2022
16:00
Spain 6–2
(1–0, 4–0, 1–2)
 IsraelDvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 9
29 April 2022
19:45
Croatia 1–5
(0–0, 0–4, 1–1)
 ChinaDvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 22

30 April 2022
16:00
Spain 1–4
(1–0, 0–1, 0–3)
 ChinaDvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 12
30 April 2022
19:45
Netherlands 6–2
(2–0, 2–2, 2–0)
 CroatiaDvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 23

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Fu Shuai44610+102F
Nick Verschuren44610+62F
Fu Jiang43710+110F
Raymond van der Schuit4369+64F
Danny Stempher4368+60F
Jieke Kailiaosi4268+112D
Luo Jia4426+90F
Ye Jinguang4336+50F
Wang Taile4156+60F
Ruian Sipulaoer4145+80D

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

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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Yongli Ouban240:0041.009195.600
Ignacio García161:1831.125694.641
Martijn Oosterwijk120:0031.504292.861
Nir Tichon117:59115.5915192.720
Vilim Rosandić185:0072.279192.311

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

PositionPlayer[8]
Goaltender Vilim Rosandić
Defenceman Jordy Verkiel
Forward Fu Jiang

Group B tournament

2022 IIHF World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Iceland
Dates18–23 April
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored83 (8.3 per match)
Attendance2,942 (294 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Nikita Bukiya
(11 points)
WebsiteWebsite

Participants

Team Qualification
 Belgium Placed 6th in Division II A last edition and was relegated.
 Iceland Host, placed 2nd in Division II B last edition.
 New Zealand Placed 3rd in Division II B last edition.
 Georgia Placed 4th in Division II B last edition.
 Mexico Placed 5th in Division II B last edition.
 Bulgaria Placed 1st in Division III last edition and was promoted.

Match officials

Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.[9]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Julien Peyre
  • Andrew Dalton
  • Jos Korte
  • Wayne Gerth
  • Andrew Cook
  • Óli Gunnarsson
  • Sindri Gunnarsson
  • Herman Johansen

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Iceland (H, P) 4 4 0 0 0 25 7 +18 12 Promotion to 2023 Division II A
2  Georgia 4 3 0 0 1 21 11 +10 9
3  Belgium 4 2 0 0 2 22 8 +14 6
4  Bulgaria 4 1 0 0 3 11 33 22 3
5  Mexico (R) 4 0 0 0 4 4 24 20 0 Relegation to 2023 Division III A
6  New Zealand[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. New Zealand withdrew their team on 2 February 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Results

All times are local (UTC±0)

18 April 2022
16:30
Bulgaria 2–10
(1–2, 0–4, 1–4)
 IcelandLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 500
18 April 2022
20:00
Belgium 3–4
(2–3, 1–0, 0–1)
 GeorgiaLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 70

19 April 2022
18:00
Mexico 2–6
(2–2, 0–4, 0–0)
 BulgariaLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 100

20 April 2022
16:30
Iceland 5–2
(1–0, 3–1, 1–1)
 GeorgiaLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 357
20 April 2022
20:00
Mexico 1–6
(0–1, 0–4, 1–1)
 BelgiumLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík

21 April 2022
18:00
Bulgaria 0–11
(0–3, 0–3, 0–5)
 BelgiumLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 37

22 April 2022
16:30
Georgia 10–3
(2–1, 1–2, 7–0)
 BulgariaLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 37
22 April 2022
20:00
Iceland 7–1
(2–0, 2–1, 3–0)
 MexicoLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 678

23 April 2022
16:30
Georgia 5–0
(3–0, 2–0, 0–0)
 MexicoLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 43
23 April 2022
20:00
Belgium 2–3
(0–0, 1–2, 1–1)
 IcelandLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,120

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Nikita Bukiya47411+94F
Ivan Karelin45611+60F
Björn Sigurðarson4369+42F
Ben Coolen4358+40F
Johann Leifsson4268+46F
Andri Mikaelsson4347+40F
Axel Orongan4426+46F
Alec James4336+34F
Gunnar Arason4246+30D
Frank Neven4246+34D

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

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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Jóhann Ragnarsson120:0042.007894.870
Jakob Jóhannesson120:0031.504793.620
Arne Waumans176:3241.365592.731
Mikhail Fofanov187:2682.5610592.381
Marcello de Antuñano113:13115.838987.640

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

PositionPlayer[11]
Goaltender Jóhann Ragnarsson
Defenceman Frank Neven
Forward Johann Leifsson

References

  1. "U18 Worlds in Germany". IIHF.com. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. "Tournaments". IIHF.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. "China marching to gold". IIHF.com. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  5. "Gold for Iceland". IIHF.com. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  6. IIA game officials
  7. "Australian teams withdrawn". IIHF.com. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  8. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIA" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  9. IIB game officials
  10. "New Zealand withdraws". IIHF.com. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  11. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIB" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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