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2018 IIHF World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Netherlands
 Spain
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates23–29 April (Group A)
14–20 April (Group B)
Teams12
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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.[1]

The Netherlands were promoted to Division I B and Iceland was relegated to Group B.[2] 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.[3]

Group A tournament

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2018 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates23–29 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored105 (7 per game)
Attendance11,758 (784 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Netherlands Ivy van den Heuvel (11 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

Participants

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Team Qualification
 Netherlands Host, placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
 Australia Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
 Serbia Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
 Belgium Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
 Iceland Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
 China Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

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4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Standings

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Netherlands - Australia
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Netherlands (H, P) 5 5 0 0 0 42 5 +37 15 Promoted to Division I B
2  Australia 5 3 1 0 1 19 14 +5 11
3  Serbia 5 3 0 1 1 16 14 +2 10
4  China 5 2 0 0 3 10 16 −6 6
5  Belgium 5 1 0 0 4 11 28 −17 3
6  Iceland (R) 5 0 0 0 5 7 28 −21 0 Relegation to Division II B
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

Results

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All times are local (UTC+2).

23 April 2018
13:00
Australia 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
 IcelandIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Anthony KimlinGoaliesDennis HedströmReferee:
Hungary Miklós Haszonits
Linesmen:
Japan Kensuke Kanazawa
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
Goransson (Armstrong, Haselhurst) – 17:031–0
Malloy (Darge) (PP) – 58:522–0
Powell (Cliff) (ENG) – 59:373–0
8 minPenalties16 min
39Shots20
23 April 2018
16:30
Serbia 4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
 BelgiumIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 215
Game reference
Arsenije RankovićGoaliesMike JansenReferee:
Russia Sergey Morozov
Linesmen:
Latvia Raivis Jučers
Netherlands Jos Korte
P. Novaković (Luković) (PP2) – 14:461–0
Kerezović (Luković) – 21:112–0
2–130:41 – Denis (McCann-Coppens)
Sretović (P. Novaković) (PP) – 38:413–1
P. Novaković (Crnogorac, Luković) (PP) – 52:434–1
12 minPenalties14 min
31Shots33
23 April 2018
20:00
Netherlands 7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0)
 ChinaIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,452
Game reference
Ian MeierdresGoaliesSun ZehaoReferee:
Italy Andrea Benvegnu
Linesmen:
Norway Knut Einar Bråten
United States Ian McCambridge
Van der Schuit – 03:371–0
Van den Heuvel (Bastings, Joly) (PP) – 13:132–0
Nagtzaam (Van Oorschot) – 16:013–0
Vogelaar (Van Soest) – 26:284–0
Vogelaar (Bastings) – 42:305–0
Van den Heuvel (K. Bruijsten, Loginov) (SH) – 48:446–0
Stempher (Van der Schuit, Vogelaar) – 58:517–0
16 minPenalties6 min
39Shots9
24 April 2018
13:00
Australia 6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)
 BelgiumIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 245
Game reference
Anthony KimlinGoaliesMike JansenReferee:
Italy Andrea Benvegnu
Linesmen:
Netherlands Jos Korte
United States Ian McCambridge
Rezek (L. Webster) – 00:261–0
Darge (Woodman, Taylor) (PP) – 21:002–0
Tesarik (Miettinen) – 35:573–0
Goransson (Armstrong, Powell) (PP) – 40:544–0
Todd (Malloy, Armstrong) – 45:345–0
Todd (Armstrong, Malloy) – 48:386–0
12 minPenalties16 min
40Shots24
24 April 2018
16:30
China 1–3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0)
 SerbiaIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 257
Game reference
Sun ZehaoGoaliesArsenije RankovićReferee:
Poland Tomasz Radzik
Linesmen:
Norway Knut Einar Bråten
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
0–110:08 – Luković (Crnogorac) (PP)
0–220:59 – Zwick (Luković, Brkušanin)
0–323:30 – Vučurević (Brkušanin, Ilić) (PP)
Huang Q. (Zhang C., Yan) – 56:591–3
54 minPenalties22 min
18Shots34
24 April 2018
20:00
Iceland 1–11
(0–3, 0–3, 1–5)
 NetherlandsIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,347
Game reference
Dennis Hedström
Atli Valdimarsson
GoaliesIan Meierdres
Martijn Oosterwijk
Referee:
Russia Sergey Morozov
Linesmen:
Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
Japan Kensuke Kanazawa
0–107:51 – Van Lijden (M. Bruijsten)
0–209:52 – De Hondt (Vogelaar)
0–314:48 – M. Bruijsten (Van Lijden)
0–426:41 – Joly
0–529:08 – Smid (De Hondt) (PP)
0–636:50 – Van Lijden (M. Bruijsten)
0–743:23 – Vogelaar (Joly)
0–843:41 – Bastings (Verkiel)
0–945:34 – Joly (Van Soest)
0–1053:41 – Stempher (Bruijsten, Loginov)
Orongan (Mikaelsson) – 54:471–10
1–1157:07 – K. Bruijsten (Bastings, Van den Heuvel) (EA)
4 minPenalties10 min
7Shots66
26 April 2018
13:00
China 1–3
(1–0, 0–0, 0–3)
 AustraliaIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 411
Game reference
Sun ZehaoGoaliesAnthony KimlinReferee:
Russia Sergey Morozov
Linesmen:
Norway Knut Einar Bråten
Japan Kensuke Kanazawa
Zhang Z. (Huang Q.) – 11:101–0
1–142:13 – Haselhurst (Armstrong, Todd)
1–255:33 – Rezek (Haselhurst)
1–359:22 – Armstrong (Goransson) (ENG, PP)
12 minPenalties18 min
24Shots38
26 April 2018
16:30
Belgium 6–3
(1–0, 2–0, 3–3)
 IcelandIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 243
Game reference
Arthur LegrandGoaliesDennis HedströmReferee:
Hungary Miklós Haszonits
Linesmen:
Netherlands Jos Korte
United States Ian McCambridge
Van den Bogaert (De Smet, Verelst) – 12:571–0
Denis – 26:042–0
De Smet (Verelst) – 31:123–0
Henry (Delbrassine, Paulus) – 48:304–0
4–152:25 – Sigurðsson (Pálsson) (PP)
4–253:09 – Sigrúnarson (Kristinsson)
4–357:30 – Sigurðsson (Jónsson, Sigrúnarson)
Bremer (Henry) – 58:205–3
Pellegrims (Verelst) (ENG) – 58:596–3
22 minPenalties20 min
43Shots24
26 April 2018
20:00
Netherlands 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 SerbiaIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 1,500
Game reference
Ian MeierdresGoaliesArsenije RankovićReferee:
Poland Tomasz Radzik
Linesmen:
Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
Latvia Raivis Jučers
Van Soest (Joly) – 04:211–0
Van Soest (Joly, Oosterveld) – 09:402–0
Van den Heuvel (K. Bruijsten, Van Oorschot) (PP) – 31:563–0
Vogelaar (De Hondt, Stempher) (PP) – 32:264–0
Van Oorschot (Van den Heuvel, K. Bruijsten) – 54:065–0
20 minPenalties36 min
35Shots11
28 April 2018
13:00
China 3–1
(0–0, 0–1, 3–0)
 IcelandIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 321
Game reference
Sun ZehaoGoaliesDennis HedströmReferee:
Poland Tomasz Radzik
Linesmen:
Latvia Raivis Jučers
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
0–125:07 – Jóhannesson (Þorsteinsson)
Zhang Z. (Zhang H.) – 47:241–1
Zhong (Sun, Zhang C.) (PP) – 48:432–1
Huang Q. (Sun) (ENG) – 58:193–1
12 minPenalties10 min
26Shots29
28 April 2018
16:30
Belgium 2–10
(0–4, 1–4, 1–2)
 NetherlandsIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 2,400
Game reference
Mike Jansen
Arthur Legrand
GoaliesIan MeierdresReferee:
Hungary Miklós Haszonits
Linesmen:
Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
United States Ian McCambridge
0–101:35 – Joly (Van Lijden)
0–203:02 – K. Bruijsten (Van den Heuvel, Bastings)
0–314:27 – Van Oorschot (Van Soest, Van Gestel)
0–415:18 – Nagtzaam (Joly)
0–522:13 – Vogelaar (Nagtzaam) (SH)
0–629:12 – K. Bruijsten (Van den Heuvel)
Henry (Milpas, Denis) – 29:341–6
1–738:00 – De Hondt (Dempher, Smid) (PP)
1–838:44 – Bastings (K. Bruijsten)
De Smet (Paulus, Denis) (PP) – 48:472–8
2–951:09 – Vogelaar (K. Bruijsten, Van den Heuvel)
2–1058:39 – Nagtzaam (K. Bruijsten, Loginov) (PP)
14 minPenalties18 min
18Shots51
28 April 2018
20:00
Serbia 4–5 GWS
(2–1, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 AustraliaIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 521
Game reference
Arsenije RankovićGoaliesAnthony KimlinReferee:
Italy Andrea Benvegnu
Linesmen:
Norway Knut Einar Bråten
Netherlands Jos Korte
Podunavac (PP2) – 04:111–0
Vučurević (Sretović) (PP) – 15:382–0
2–116:21 – L. Webster (Darge, Taylor)
2–226:22 – Goransson (Todd, Armstrong) (PP)
2–341:04 – Malloy (Goransson, Haselhurst)
2–446:55 – Armstrong
Sretović (Đumić) (SH) – 52:573–4
Novaković (Podunavac) (PP, EA) – 59:504–4
Sretović GOAL
Vučurević GOAL
Đumić MISS
Crnogorac MISS
Brkušanin MISS
ShootoutGOAL Rezek
GOAL Darge
MISS Armstrong
MISS Todd
GOAL Taylor
12 minPenalties22 min
39Shots33
29 April 2018
13:00
Belgium 2–5
(0–0, 0–3, 2–2)
 ChinaIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Arthur LegrandGoaliesSun ZehaoReferee:
Hungary Miklós Haszonits
Linesmen:
Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
United States Ian McCambridge
0–128:03– Zou (Huang P.)
0–234:43 – Li (Liu, Zhang C.)
0–335:49 – Huang Q. (Zhang Z.)
0–443:31 – Zhang H. (Zhang Z.) (SH)
Henry (Bremer, Distate) – 49:511–4
Neven (Verelst, Paulus) (PP) – 56:362–4
2–558:36 – Zhang Z. (Huang Q.)
39 minPenalties16 min
33Shots38
29 April 2018
16:30
Netherlands 9–2
(4–0, 3–1, 2–1)
 AustraliaIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 2,035
Game reference
Ian Meierdres
Martijn Oosterwijk
GoaliesAnthony KimlinReferee:
Russia Sergey Morozov
Linesmen:
Norway Knut Einar Bråten
Latvia Raivis Jučers
Van der Schuit (De Hondt, Stempher) – 01:021–0
Van der Schuit (Stempher) – 06:272–0
Smid – 12:273–0
Van Oorschot (Van den Heuvel, Van Soest) (PP) – 17:564–0
Bastings (Van den Heuvel, K. Bruijsten) – 24:185–0
Verkiel (Van Oorschot) – 26:216–0
6–131:33 – K. Webster (Powell)
Vogelaar (Van der Schuit, Stempher) (PP) – 34:077–1
Stempher (De Hondt, Van Oorschot) – 51:128–1
Vogelaar (Van den Heuvel) – 57:059–1
9–258:42 – Powell (K. Webster, Lindsay)
2 minPenalties8 min
66Shots19
29 April 2018
20:00
Iceland 2–5
(1–1, 0–2, 1–2)
 SerbiaIJssportcentrum, Tilburg
Attendance: 311
Game reference
Dennis HedströmGoaliesArsenije RankovićReferee:
Italy Andrea Benvegnu
Linesmen:
Japan Kensuke Kanazawa
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
0–110:03 – Zwick (PP)
Olafsson (Induss) – 11:331–1
1–232:40 – Novaković (Crnogorac)
1–338:58 – Sretović (Brkušanin, Sabados) (PP)
1–450:21 – Luković (Novaković)
1–555:11 – Crnogorac (Podunavac) (SH2, ENG)
Jóhannesson (SH) – 58:372–5
8 minPenalties22 min
32Shots46

Awards and statistics

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Awards

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Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Netherlands Ivy van den Heuvel 5 3 8 11 +11 2 F
Netherlands Giovanni Vogelaar 5 8 2 10 +14 0 D
Netherlands Jordy van Oorschot 5 3 7 10 +6 2 D
Netherlands Mickey Bastings 5 3 6 9 +10 0 F
Netherlands Danny Stempher 5 3 6 9 +7 2 F
Netherlands Kevin Bruijsten 5 3 5 8 +7 2 F
Netherlands Raphael Joly 5 3 5 8 +11 2 F
Australia Matthew Armstrong 5 2 6 8 +3 6 F
Netherlands Reno de Hondt 5 2 5 7 +8 6 F
Serbia 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

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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
Netherlands Ian Meierdres 230:27 2 0.52 39 94.87 2
Australia Anthony Kimlin 305:00 14 2.75 173 91.91 2
China Sun Zehao 296:57 15 3.03 172 91.28 0
Serbia Arsenije Ranković 303:06 14 2.77 151 90.73 0
Iceland 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

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2018 IIHF World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–20 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored133 (8.87 per game)
Attendance2,565 (171 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Spain Oriol Boronat (12 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

Participants

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Team Qualification
 Spain Host, placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
 New Zealand Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
 Israel Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
 North Korea Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
 Mexico Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
 Luxembourg Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Match officials

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4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Spain (H, P) 5 5 0 0 0 49 6 +43 15 Promoted to Division II A
2  New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 33 14 +19 12
3  Israel 5 3 0 0 2 24 14 +10 9
4  North Korea 5 1 0 0 4 12 40 −28 3[a]
5  Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 9 30 −21 3[a]
6  Luxembourg (R) 5 1 0 0 4 6 29 −23 3[a] Relegation to Division III
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. ^ a b c North Korea 3 Pts, +2 GD; Mexico 3 Pts, −1 GD, Luxembourg 3 Pts, −1 GD. Mexico 3–1 Luxembourg

Results

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All times are local (UTC+2).

14 April 2018
13:00
New Zealand 5–1
(1–0, 4–0, 0–1)
 MexicoIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 55
Game reference
Daniel LeeGoaliesAndrés de la GarmaReferee:
Latvia Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
Linesmen:
Germany Marcus Höfer
Spain Carlos Trobajo
Challis (McLeish) – 02:281–0
Henderson (Heyd, Challis) (PP) – 22:192–0
Harrop (Challis) – 25:423–0
Ellis (Helmersson, Polozov) (PP) – 35:054–0
Burns (Cox, Challis) (PP) – 39:335–0
5–147:01 – Colas (SH)
8 minPenalties10 min
30Shots19
14 April 2018
16:30
Luxembourg 1–8
(1–4, 0–2, 0–2)
 IsraelIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 61
Game reference
Gilles MangenGoaliesMaxim GokhbergReferee:
Denmark Rasmus Toppel
Linesmen:
Spain Alejandro García
Belgium Chris van Grinsven
0–101:20 – Kozev (Kozhevnikov, Ben Tov)
0–211:48 – Klein (Mazour, Kozevnikov) (PP)
0–313:15 – Revinaga (Kozev)
0–418:39 – R. Aharnovich (Mazour, Milner)
Mosr (Welter, Gronlund) (PP) – 19:371–4
1–522:20 – T. Aharnovich (Milner, Spivak) (PP)
1–636:38 – Spektor (Mazour, Milner) (PP)
1–740:47 – Klein (Kozevnikov) (PP)
1–850:14 – Mazour (Milner, Klein) (PP)
22 minPenalties26 min
14Shots45
14 April 2018
20:15
Spain 15–1
(4–0, 8–1, 3–0)
 North KoreaIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 333
Game reference
Ander Alcaine
Raúl Barbo
GoaliesPak Kuk-chol
Pak Il
Referee:
Slovakia Milan Novák
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Andrey Korovkin
Czech Republic Jiří Svoboda
Rubio (Granell, Boronat) – 02:291–0
Carbonell – 05:292–0
Boronat (Ubieto) – 07:493–0
Solorzano (Fuentes) – 17:174–0
Hernández (Puyuelo, González) – 23:035–0
Carbonell (P. Muñoz, Rivero) – 23:416–0
6–125:17 – Hong (Kim H., Kim M.)
Fuentes (Ubieto) (PP) – 27:027–1
Rubio (Boronat) – 27:538–1
Fuentes (Ubieto, González) (PP) – 30:319–1
Arraras (Hernández, Puyuelo) – 32:3810–1
Solorzano (Puyuelo, Fuentes) (PP) – 35:4511–1
Granell (Boronat) – 39:1912–1
Arraras (Brabo, J. Muñoz) – 58:2513–1
Boronat (Rubio, Granell) – 58:4314–1
Hernández – 59:2115–1
12 minPenalties22 min
44Shots20
15 April 2018
13:00
New Zealand 5–2
(1–0, 0–1, 4–1)
 IsraelIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 67
Game reference
Daniel LeeGoaliesNir Tichon
Maxim Gokhberg
Referee:
Slovakia Milan Novák
Linesmen:
Spain Alejandro García
Kazakhstan Andrey Korovkin
Cox (Joyce, Henderson) – 15:431–0
1–126:05 – R. Aharonovich (Milner)
Ratcliffe – 50:522–1
Ratcliffe (Helmersson) (PP) – 52:093–1
Joyce (Heyd, Challis) – 52:584–1
4–254:05 – Klein (Mazour)
Schneider (Burns) – 54:345–2
4 minPenalties10 min
29Shots22
15 April 2018
16:30
North Korea 5–2
(3–2, 2–0, 0–0)
 MexicoIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 68
Game reference
Pak Kuk-cholGoaliesAlfonso de AlbaReferee:
Belgium Tim Tzirtziganis
Linesmen:
Spain Carlos Trobajo
Belgium Chris van Grinsven
An (Kim Kw.) – 08:461–0
1–109:28 – Cruz (Sierra)
1–214:40 – Majul (Rosette, Colas)
Kang M. (Kang I.) (SH) – 17:272–2
Kim Kw. (Hong, Ri P.) – 19:053–2
An (Kim S., Ri H.) (PP) – 36:004–2
Kang M. (An) (SH) – 39:525–2
12 minPenalties18 min
30Shots25
15 April 2018
20:00
Luxembourg 1–10
(0–0, 1–3, 0–7)
 SpainIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 234
Game reference
Philippe LepageGoaliesAnder AlcaineReferee:
Latvia Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
Linesmen:
Germany Marcus Höfer
Czech Republic Jiří Svoboda
0–128:08 – Rubio (Ubieto)
0–238:00 – Puyuelo (Ubieto, Vea)
Eriksson – 39:041–2
1–339:58 – González (Puyuelo, Brabo)
1–442:49 – González (Solorzano) (PP)
1–544:34 – Ubieto (Boronat)
1–650:24 – Hernández (P. Muñoz) (EA)
1–752:27 – J. Muñoz (Fuentes) (PP)
1–853:05 – Puyuelo (Hernández)
1–955:40 – J. Muñoz (Puyuelo, Hernández)
1–1056:01 – Arraras (García, Rivero) (EA)
14 minPenalties6 min
14Shots51
17 April 2018
13:00
Israel 9–1
(3–1, 4–0, 2–0)
 North KoreaIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 36
Game reference
Nir TichonGoaliesPak Kuk-chol

Pak Il
Referee:
Latvia Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Andrey Korovkin
Czech Republic Jiří Svoboda
Mazour (Spivak) (PP) – 05:291–0
1–108:44 – Kim S. (Kim Kw., An) (SH)
Mazour (Spektor, Kozhevnikov) – 17:282–1
Vernyy (Kozevnikov) – 18:073–1
Spektor (Klein) (PP) – 20:284–1
Spektor (Klein, Mazour) – 22:355–1
Spektor (Mazour) (SH) – 31:166–1
Milner (R. Aharonovich) – 37:297–1
Revinaga (R. Aharonovich, Milner) – 42:258–1
Sherf (Kozevnikov, Vernyy) – 54:439–1
16 minPenalties14 min
30Shots31
17 April 2018
16:30
New Zealand 7–1
(1–0, 2–1, 4–0)
 LuxembourgIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 68
Game reference
Csaba Kercso-MagosGoaliesGilles MangenReferee:
Belgium Tim Tzirtziganis
Linesmen:
Spain Alejandro García
Spain Carlos Trobajo
Harrison (Rooney) – 11:071–0
Ratcliffe (Polozov) (PP) – 24:592–0
Heyd (McLeish) – 29:113–0
3–129:36 – Mosr (C. Mossong)
Rooney (Helmersson, Craig) – 50:304–1
Craig (Polozov, Hay) – 50:435–1
Polozov (Schneider, Ratcliffe) – 55:006–1
Challis (Heyd, Cox) (PP2) – 58:227–1
0 minPenalties10 min
57Shots16
17 April 2018
20:00
Spain 14–0
(4–0, 5–0, 5–0)
 MexicoIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 157
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Ander Alcaine
Raúl Barbo
GoaliesAlfonso de AlbaReferee:
Denmark Rasmus Toppel
Linesmen:
Germany Marcus Höfer
Belgium Chris van Grinsven
P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Betrán) – 00:231–0
J. Muñoz (González, Solorzano) (PP) – 06:232–0
P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Rivero) – 12:223–0
P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Arraras) – 16:524–0
Betrán (Carbonell) (PP) – 24:135–0
García (Boronat) (PP2) – 31:286–0
P. Muñoz (Betrán, Brabo) – 34:287–0
P. Muñoz (Betrán) – 37:298–0
P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Brabo) (PP) – 38:429–0
Boronat (Granell, Brabo) (PP) – 47:1510–0
P. Muñoz (Carbonell) – 49:4611–0
J. Muñoz (Puyuelo, García) – 50:0312–0
Ubieto (Fuentes, Solorzano) (PP) – 51:5913–0
González (Solorzano) – 58:1014–0
8 minPenalties24 min
49Shots5
19 April 2018
13:00
Mexico 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)
 LuxembourgIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 300
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Andrés de la GarmaGoaliesPhilippe LepageReferee:
Slovakia Milan Novák
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Andrey Korovkin
Czech Republic Jiří Svoboda
Pérez (Sierra, Majul) (PP) – 06:571–0
Najera (Colas) – 29:442–0
2–131:34 – Mosr (C. Mossong, Welter) (PP)
Majul (Pérez, Cruz) – 57:493–1
12 minPenalties8 min
28Shots26
19 April 2018
16:30
North Korea 4–12
(1–4, 3–4, 0–4)
 New ZealandIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 84
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Pak Kuk-chol
Pak Il
GoaliesDaniel Lee
Csaba Kercso-Magos
Referee:
Denmark Rasmus Toppel
Linesmen:
Spain Alejandro García
Spain Carlos Trobajo
0–103:00 – S. Harrison (Burns)
0–204:27 – Challis
0–305:50 – Schneider (S. Harrison, Polozov)
0–406:50 – Ellis (Joyce) (SH)
Hong (Kim Kw.) – 09:251–4
1–524:53 – Ellis (Challis)
1–626:17 – Schneider (Challis) (PP)
Kim Kw. (Kim H., Hong) – 26:352–6
Kang I. (Kim Kw.) (SH) – 30:333–6
3–734:59 – Polozov (Schneider, Craig)
Kim H. (Ri P.) – 35:444–7
4–838:21 – Ellis (PS)
4–944:10 – Schneider (Polozov, S. Harrison)
4–1046:14 – Cox (Henderson, Challis) (PP2)
4–1147:01 – Heyd (Henderson, Challis) (PP)
4–1251:56 – C. Harrison (Schneider, Burns)
18 minPenalties8 min
21Shots49
19 April 2018
20:00
Israel 0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
 SpainIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 390
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Nir TichonGoaliesAnder AlcaineReferee:
Belgium Tim Tzirtziganis
Linesmen:
Germany Marcus Höfer
Belgium Chris van Grinsven
0–122:39 – P. Muñoz (Brabo, Rivero)
0–236:38 – Fuentes (Vea)
0–351:10 – Fuentes (González, Betrán) (PP)
0–452:36 – Granell (García) (PP)
22 minPenalties10 min
12Shots48
20 April 2018
13:00
Luxembourg 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
 North KoreaIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 77
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Gilles MangenGoaliesPak Kuk-cholReferee:
Latvia Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Andrey Korovkin
Spain Carlos Trobajo
0–112:33 – Kim H. (Ri I.)
C. Cannon – 32:081–1
Eriksson (M. Cannon) – 44:552–1
18 minPenalties10 min
31Shots32
20 April 2018
16:30
Mexico 3–5
(0–2, 2–2, 1–1)
 IsraelIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 94
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Andres de la GarmaGoaliesNir TichonReferee:
Denmark Rasmus Toppel
Linesmen:
Spain Alejandro García
Belgium Chris van Grinsven
0–113:56 – Kozhevnikov (Spivak, Vernyy)
0–217:03 – Kozhevnikov (Vernyy)
0–329:19 – Kozhevnikov (PP)
0–436:44 – Spektor (SH)
Sierra (Chabat, Majul) (PP) – 37:251–4
Chabat (Padilla) – 38:582–4
Smithers (Ugarte) (PP) – 48:523–4
3–549:35 – Vernyy (Ben Tov)
14 minPenalties51 min
26Shots37
20 April 2018
20:00
Spain 6–4
(1–0, 4–3, 1–1)
 New ZealandIgloo Arena, Granada
Attendance: 541
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Ander AlcaineGoaliesDaniel LeeReferee:
Slovakia Milan Novák
Linesmen:
Germany Marcus Höfer
Czech Republic Jiří Svoboda
Carbonell (Rivero, P. Muñoz) (PP) – 18:121–0
Fuentes (Ubieto) (EA) – 21:392–0
2–123:53 – Heyd (Burns, Henderson) (PP)
Rubio (Granell, Boronat) – 25:343–1
Boronat (Rubio) – 28:274–1
4–233:04 – Polozov (Joyce, Schneider)
Granell (Ubieto, Boronat) – 36:385–2
5–337:47 – Heyd (Cox)
Boronat (Rubio) – 42:516–3
6–444:53 – Ellis (Polozov, Schneider) (PP)
4 minPenalties8 min
53Shots19

Awards and statistics

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Awards

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Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Spain Oriol Boronat 5 5 7 12 +9 0 F
Spain Patricio Fuentes 5 5 6 11 +1 0 F
Spain Pablo Muñoz 5 7 3 10 +9 2 F
New Zealand Jordan Challis 5 3 7 10 0 0 F
Spain Adrian Ubieto 5 2 8 10 +12 4 D
New Zealand Matthew Schneider 5 4 5 9 +5 4 F
Spain Alejandro Carbonell 5 3 6 9 +10 0 F
New Zealand Aleksandr Polozov 5 3 6 9 +4 0 F
Israel Daniel Mazour 5 3 5 8 +2 6 F
Spain 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

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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
Israel Nir Tichon 187:02 9 2.89 110 91.82 0
New Zealand Daniel Lee 199:36 10 3.01 105 90.48 0
Spain Ander Alcaine 242:16 6 1.49 58 89.66 1
Mexico Andrés de la Garma 178:27 11 3.70 93 88.17 0
Luxembourg 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

References

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  1. ^ "27 tournaments assigned". iihf.com. 19 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Dutch Dominance". iihf.com. 30 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Fourth gold for Spain". iihf.com. 21 April 2018.
  4. ^ Group A Assignments
  5. ^ Group B Assignments