2018 IIHF World Championship Division II


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.
The Netherlands were promoted to Division I B and Iceland was relegated to Group B. 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.

Group A tournament

Participants

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
;Linesmen

Results

All times are local.

Awards and statistics

Awards

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Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Ivy van den Heuvel53811+112F
Giovanni Vogelaar58210+140D
Jordy van Oorschot53710+62D
Mickey Bastings5369+100F
Danny Stempher5369+72F
Kevin Bruijsten5358+72F
Raphael Joly5358+112F
Matthew Armstrong5268+36F
Reno de Hondt5257+86F
Petar Novaković5426+14F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
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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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Ian Meierdres230:2720.523994.872
Anthony Kimlin305:00142.7517391.912
Sun Zehao296:57153.0317291.280
Arsenije Ranković303:06142.7715190.730
Dennis Hedström275:56194.1320190.550

TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Group B tournament

Participants

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
;Linesmen

Results

All times are local.

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source:

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Oriol Boronat55712+90F
Patricio Fuentes55611+10F
Pablo Muñoz57310+92F
Jordan Challis5371000F
Adrian Ubieto52810+124D
Matthew Schneider5459+54F
Alejandro Carbonell5369+100F
Aleksandr Polozov5369+40F
Daniel Mazour5358+26F
Pablo Puyuelo5268+84F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
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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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Nir Tichon187:0292.8911091.820
Daniel Lee199:36103.0110590.480
Ander Alcaine242:1661.495889.661
Andrés de la Garma178:27113.709388.170
Gilles Mangen179:50165.3413488.060

TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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