2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Estonia
 Romania
Dates14 – 20 March 2005
21 March – 27 April 2005
Teams12
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The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 14 and 20 March 2005 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia and the Group B tournament took place between 21 and 27 March 2004 in Bucharest, Romania. South Korea and Hungary won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. While South Africa finished last in Group A and Romania last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2006.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 14 March 2005 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia.[1] Estonia, the Netherlands, Serbia and Montenegro and Spain returned to compete in the Division II competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships.[2][3] South Korea entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and South Africa entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.[4][5]

South Korea won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. Estonia finished in second place, losing only to South Korea and the Netherlands finished in third.[1] South Africa finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated back to Division III for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Cho Min Ho of South Korea finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 20 points including 12 goals and eight assists.[6] South Korea's Kim Dong Wook finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 95.41.[7]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  South Korea 5 5 0 0 51 7 +44 10 Promoted to Division I for 2006
2  Estonia 5 4 0 1 25 17 +8 8
3  Netherlands 5 3 0 2 30 15 +15 6
4  Spain 5 2 0 3 16 30 −14 4
5 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 5 1 0 4 21 20 +1 2
6  South Africa 5 0 0 5 8 62 −54 0 Relegated to Division III for 2006
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

14 March 2005
12:30		South Africa 0 – 22
(0–10, 0–4, 0–8)		 South KoreaKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 200
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14 March 2005
16:00		Spain 3 – 6
(0–1, 2–3, 1–2)		 EstoniaKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 500
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14 March 2005
19:30		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro0 – 8
(0–1, 0–3, 0–4)		 NetherlandsKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 500
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15 March 2005
12:30		South Korea 8 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 5–0)		 SpainKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 200
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15 March 2005
16:00		Netherlands 11 – 1
(9–1, 0–0, 2–0)		 South AfricaKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 200
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15 March 2005
19:30		Estonia 3 – 2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and MontenegroKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 955
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17 March 2005
12:30		Netherlands 2 – 11
(0–4, 2–5, 0–2)		 South KoreaKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 350
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17 March 2005
16:00		Estonia 11 – 3
(3–1, 6–2, 2–0)		 South AfricaKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 1000
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Spain 6 – 5
(2–0, 1–3, 3–2)		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and MontenegroKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 300
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18 March 2005
12:30		South Africa 4 – 6
(2–3, 1–1, 1–2)		 SpainKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 500
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18 March 2005
16:00		South Korea 3 – 2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and MontenegroKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 500
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18 March 2005
19:30		Estonia 3 – 2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 NetherlandsKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 2100
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20 March 2005
12:30		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro12 – 0
(6–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 South AfricaKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 200
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20 March 2005
16:00		Netherlands 7 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 3–0)		 SpainKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
Attendance: 500
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20 March 2005
19:30		South Korea 7 – 2
(1–0, 3–2, 3–0)		 EstoniaKohtla-Järve Spordikeskus Ice Hall
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Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[6]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
South Korea Cho Min Ho 5 12 8 20 +16 4 F
Estonia Aleksei Sibirtsev 5 7 6 13 +7 2 F
Estonia Illja Illijn 5 4 9 13 +7 2 F
Netherlands Tony Demelinne 4 3 8 11 +12 39 F
South Korea Kim Chan Hee 5 3 7 10 +10 2 F
Netherlands Steven Mason 5 7 2 9 +7 10 F
Netherlands Ivy van den Heuvel 5 5 4 9 +8 8 F
South Korea Kim Hyung Joon 5 4 5 9 +11 4 F
South Korea Lee Don Ku 5 4 5 9 +17 8 D
Spain Pablo Munoz 5 7 1 8 –2 8 F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[7]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
South Korea Kim Dong Wook 236:45 109 5 1.27 95'41 2
Serbia and Montenegro Erich Alaker 290:52 203 20 4.13 90.15 1
Estonia Kristjan Eerme 246:29 125 14 3.41 88.80 1
Spain Aaron Carretero 280:00 216 27 5.79 93.33 0
Netherlands Sjoerd Idzenga 239:40 113 15 3.76 86.73 1

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 21 March 2005 in Bucharest, Romania.[8] Croatia, Hungary, Iceland and Lithuania all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championship.[2][3] Romania entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Mexico entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.[5][9]

Hungary won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Lithuania finished second after losing only to Hungary and Croatia finished in third place.[8] Romania finished in last place after losing four of their five games and finishing last in the group standings and were relegated to Division III for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Donatas Kumeliauskas of Lithuania finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 16 points including eight goals and eight assists.[10] Hungary's Tamas Gyomber finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 91.11.[11]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Hungary 5 5 0 0 40 8 +32 10 Promoted to Division I for 2006
2  Lithuania 5 4 0 1 31 19 +12 8
3  Croatia 5 2 1 2 17 18 −1 5
4  Mexico 5 2 0 3 15 26 −11 4
5  Iceland 5 1 0 4 19 29 −10 2
6  Romania 5 0 1 4 8 30 −22 1 Relegated to Division III for 2006
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

21 March 2005
13:30		Iceland 2 – 6
(1–0, 0–3, 1–3)		 CroatiaM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 100
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21 March 2005
17:00		Lithuania 3 – 8
(1–3, 1–5, 1–0)		 HungaryM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 100
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21 March 2005
20:30		Mexico 3 – 0
(2–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 RomaniaM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 300
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22 March 2005
13:30		Hungary 7 – 2
(2–1, 5–0, 0–1)		 IcelandM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 100
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22 March 2005
17:00		Croatia 5 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 2–0)		 MexicoM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 100
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22 March 2005
20:30		Romania 3 – 8
(0–4, 1–3, 2–1)		 LithuaniaM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 250
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24 March 2003
13:30		Mexico 3 – 5
(0–2, 3–1, 0–2)		 LithuaniaM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 100
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24 March 2005
17:00		Hungary 5 – 1
(1–0, 1–0, 3–1)		 CroatiaM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 100
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24 March 2005
20:30		Romania 1 – 10
(1–6, 0–2, 0–2)		 IcelandM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 250
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25 March 2005
13:30		Hungary 13 – 0
(6–0, 3–0, 4–0)		 MexicoM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 100
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25 March 2005
17:00		Lithuania 7 – 2
(0–1, 2–0, 5–1)		 IcelandM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 100
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25 March 2005
20:30		Croatia 2 – 2
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)		 RomaniaM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 150
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27 March 2005
13:30		Croatia 3 – 8
(1–2, 1–3, 1–3)		 LithuaniaM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 100
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27 March 2005
17:00		Iceland 3 – 8
(2–2, 1–3, 0–3)		 MexicoM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 100
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27 March 2005
20:30		Romania 2 – 7
(0–3, 0–4, 2–0)		 HungaryM. Flamaropol
Attendance: 250
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Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[10]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Lithuania Donatas Kumeliauskas 5 8 8 16 +9 2 F
Iceland Gauti Thormodsson 5 8 4 12 +4 8 F
Lithuania Deividas Kazlauskas 5 6 6 12 +5 10 F
Hungary Ákos Kiss 5 5 5 10 +7 26 F
Lithuania Sergej Ivanuskin 5 4 6 10 +3 6 F
Lithuania Povilas Verenis 5 6 3 9 +1 0 F
Croatia Janko Kucera 5 4 5 9 +5 6 F
Iceland Emil Alengard 5 2 7 9 +2 38 F
Hungary Robert Mekler 3 5 3 8 +7 0 F
Hungary Akos Berta 5 3 5 8 +6 12 F

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.[11]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Hungary Tamas Gyomber 150:21 45 4 1.60 91.11 1
Hungary Akos Agardy 149:39 35 4 1.60 88.57 1
Croatia Tihomir Filipec 300:00 119 18 3.60 84.87 0
Lithuania Arturas Kuzmicius 289:33 112 18 3.73 83.93 0
Iceland Omar Smari Skulason 250:14 138 23 5.51 83.33 0

References

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