2018 IIHF World Championship Division II

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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]

2018 IIHF World Championship Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Netherlands  Spain
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	23–29 April (Group A) 14–20 April (Group B)
Teams	12
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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

2018 IIHF World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23–29 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	105 (7 per game)
Attendance	11,758 (784 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ivy van den Heuvel (11 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

Participants

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

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

Referees Andrea Benvegnu Miklós Haszonits Sergey Morozov Tomasz Radzik

Linesmen Knut Einar Bråten Tomislav Grozaj Raivis Jučers Kensuke Kanazawa Jos Korte Ian McCambridge Stef Oosterling

Standings

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

All times are local (UTC+2).

23 April 2018 13:00

Australia

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Iceland

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Dennis Hedström	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Kensuke Kanazawa Stef Oosterling
	Goransson (Armstrong, Haselhurst) – 17:03 1–0 Malloy (Darge) (PP) – 58:52 2–0 Powell (Cliff) (ENG) – 59:37 3–0
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	20

23 April 2018 16:30

Serbia

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Belgium

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 215

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Mike Jansen	Referee: Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Raivis Jučers Jos Korte
	P. Novaković (Luković) (PP2) – 14:46 1–0 Kerezović (Luković) – 21:11 2–0 2–1 30:41 – Denis (McCann-Coppens) Sretović (P. Novaković) (PP) – 38:41 3–1 P. Novaković (Crnogorac, Luković) (PP) – 52:43 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	31	Shots	33

23 April 2018 20:00

Netherlands

7–0 (3–0, 1–0, 3–0)

China

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 1,452

Game reference
	Ian Meierdres	Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referee: Andrea Benvegnu Linesmen: Knut Einar Bråten Ian McCambridge
	Van der Schuit – 03:37 1–0 Van den Heuvel (Bastings, Joly) (PP) – 13:13 2–0 Nagtzaam (Van Oorschot) – 16:01 3–0 Vogelaar (Van Soest) – 26:28 4–0 Vogelaar (Bastings) – 42:30 5–0 Van den Heuvel (K. Bruijsten, Loginov) (SH) – 48:44 6–0 Stempher (Van der Schuit, Vogelaar) – 58:51 7–0
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	9

24 April 2018 13:00

Australia

6–0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Belgium

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 245

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Mike Jansen	Referee: Andrea Benvegnu Linesmen: Jos Korte Ian McCambridge
	Rezek (L. Webster) – 00:26 1–0 Darge (Woodman, Taylor) (PP) – 21:00 2–0 Tesarik (Miettinen) – 35:57 3–0 Goransson (Armstrong, Powell) (PP) – 40:54 4–0 Todd (Malloy, Armstrong) – 45:34 5–0 Todd (Armstrong, Malloy) – 48:38 6–0
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	24

24 April 2018 16:30

China

1–3 (0–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Serbia

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 257

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Tomasz Radzik Linesmen: Knut Einar Bråten Stef Oosterling
	0–1 10:08 – Luković (Crnogorac) (PP) 0–2 20:59 – Zwick (Luković, Brkušanin) 0–3 23:30 – Vučurević (Brkušanin, Ilić) (PP) Huang Q. (Zhang C., Yan) – 56:59 1–3
	54 min	Penalties	22 min
	18	Shots	34

24 April 2018 20:00

Iceland

1–11 (0–3, 0–3, 1–5)

Netherlands

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 1,347

Game reference
	Dennis Hedström Atli Valdimarsson	Goalies	Ian Meierdres Martijn Oosterwijk	Referee: Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Kensuke Kanazawa
	0–1 07:51 – Van Lijden (M. Bruijsten) 0–2 09:52 – De Hondt (Vogelaar) 0–3 14:48 – M. Bruijsten (Van Lijden) 0–4 26:41 – Joly 0–5 29:08 – Smid (De Hondt) (PP) 0–6 36:50 – Van Lijden (M. Bruijsten) 0–7 43:23 – Vogelaar (Joly) 0–8 43:41 – Bastings (Verkiel) 0–9 45:34 – Joly (Van Soest) 0–10 53:41 – Stempher (Bruijsten, Loginov) Orongan (Mikaelsson) – 54:47 1–10 1–11 57:07 – K. Bruijsten (Bastings, Van den Heuvel) (EA)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	7	Shots	66

26 April 2018 13:00

China

1–3 (1–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Australia

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 411

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Knut Einar Bråten Kensuke Kanazawa
	Zhang Z. (Huang Q.) – 11:10 1–0 1–1 42:13 – Haselhurst (Armstrong, Todd) 1–2 55:33 – Rezek (Haselhurst) 1–3 59:22 – Armstrong (Goransson) (ENG, PP)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	24	Shots	38

26 April 2018 16:30

Belgium

6–3 (1–0, 2–0, 3–3)

Iceland

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 243

Game reference
	Arthur Legrand	Goalies	Dennis Hedström	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Jos Korte Ian McCambridge
	Van den Bogaert (De Smet, Verelst) – 12:57 1–0 Denis – 26:04 2–0 De Smet (Verelst) – 31:12 3–0 Henry (Delbrassine, Paulus) – 48:30 4–0 4–1 52:25 – Sigurðsson (Pálsson) (PP) 4–2 53:09 – Sigrúnarson (Kristinsson) 4–3 57:30 – Sigurðsson (Jónsson, Sigrúnarson) Bremer (Henry) – 58:20 5–3 Pellegrims (Verelst) (ENG) – 58:59 6–3
	22 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	24

26 April 2018 20:00

Netherlands

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Serbia

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Ian Meierdres	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Tomasz Radzik Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Raivis Jučers
	Van Soest (Joly) – 04:21 1–0 Van Soest (Joly, Oosterveld) – 09:40 2–0 Van den Heuvel (K. Bruijsten, Van Oorschot) (PP) – 31:56 3–0 Vogelaar (De Hondt, Stempher) (PP) – 32:26 4–0 Van Oorschot (Van den Heuvel, K. Bruijsten) – 54:06 5–0
	20 min	Penalties	36 min
	35	Shots	11

28 April 2018 13:00

China

3–1 (0–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Iceland

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 321

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies	Dennis Hedström	Referee: Tomasz Radzik Linesmen: Raivis Jučers Stef Oosterling
	0–1 25:07 – Jóhannesson (Þorsteinsson) Zhang Z. (Zhang H.) – 47:24 1–1 Zhong (Sun, Zhang C.) (PP) – 48:43 2–1 Huang Q. (Sun) (ENG) – 58:19 3–1
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	29

28 April 2018 16:30

Belgium

2–10 (0–4, 1–4, 1–2)

Netherlands

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 2,400

Game reference
	Mike Jansen Arthur Legrand	Goalies	Ian Meierdres	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Ian McCambridge
	0–1 01:35 – Joly (Van Lijden) 0–2 03:02 – K. Bruijsten (Van den Heuvel, Bastings) 0–3 14:27 – Van Oorschot (Van Soest, Van Gestel) 0–4 15:18 – Nagtzaam (Joly) 0–5 22:13 – Vogelaar (Nagtzaam) (SH) 0–6 29:12 – K. Bruijsten (Van den Heuvel) Henry (Milpas, Denis) – 29:34 1–6 1–7 38:00 – De Hondt (Dempher, Smid) (PP) 1–8 38:44 – Bastings (K. Bruijsten) De Smet (Paulus, Denis) (PP) – 48:47 2–8 2–9 51:09 – Vogelaar (K. Bruijsten, Van den Heuvel) 2–10 58:39 – Nagtzaam (K. Bruijsten, Loginov) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	18	Shots	51

28 April 2018 20:00

Serbia

4–5 GWS (2–1, 0–1, 2–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Australia

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 521

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Andrea Benvegnu Linesmen: Knut Einar Bråten Jos Korte
	Podunavac (PP2) – 04:11 1–0 Vučurević (Sretović) (PP) – 15:38 2–0 2–1 16:21 – L. Webster (Darge, Taylor) 2–2 26:22 – Goransson (Todd, Armstrong) (PP) 2–3 41:04 – Malloy (Goransson, Haselhurst) 2–4 46:55 – Armstrong Sretović (Đumić) (SH) – 52:57 3–4 Novaković (Podunavac) (PP, EA) – 59:50 4–4
	Sretović Vučurević Đumić Crnogorac Brkušanin	Shootout	Rezek Darge Armstrong Todd Taylor
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	33

29 April 2018 13:00

Belgium

2–5 (0–0, 0–3, 2–2)

China

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Arthur Legrand	Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referee: Miklós Haszonits Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Ian McCambridge
	0–1 28:03– Zou (Huang P.) 0–2 34:43 – Li (Liu, Zhang C.) 0–3 35:49 – Huang Q. (Zhang Z.) 0–4 43:31 – Zhang H. (Zhang Z.) (SH) Henry (Bremer, Distate) – 49:51 1–4 Neven (Verelst, Paulus) (PP) – 56:36 2–4 2–5 58:36 – Zhang Z. (Huang Q.)
	39 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	38

29 April 2018 16:30

Netherlands

9–2 (4–0, 3–1, 2–1)

Australia

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 2,035

Game reference
	Ian Meierdres Martijn Oosterwijk	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Sergey Morozov Linesmen: Knut Einar Bråten Raivis Jučers
	Van der Schuit (De Hondt, Stempher) – 01:02 1–0 Van der Schuit (Stempher) – 06:27 2–0 Smid – 12:27 3–0 Van Oorschot (Van den Heuvel, Van Soest) (PP) – 17:56 4–0 Bastings (Van den Heuvel, K. Bruijsten) – 24:18 5–0 Verkiel (Van Oorschot) – 26:21 6–0 6–1 31:33 – K. Webster (Powell) Vogelaar (Van der Schuit, Stempher) (PP) – 34:07 7–1 Stempher (De Hondt, Van Oorschot) – 51:12 8–1 Vogelaar (Van den Heuvel) – 57:05 9–1 9–2 58:42 – Powell (K. Webster, Lindsay)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	66	Shots	19

29 April 2018 20:00

Iceland

2–5 (1–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Serbia

IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Attendance: 311

Game reference
	Dennis Hedström	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Andrea Benvegnu Linesmen: Kensuke Kanazawa Stef Oosterling
	0–1 10:03 – Zwick (PP) Olafsson (Induss) – 11:33 1–1 1–2 32:40 – Novaković (Crnogorac) 1–3 38:58 – Sretović (Brkušanin, Sabados) (PP) 1–4 50:21 – Luković (Novaković) 1–5 55:11 – Crnogorac (Podunavac) (SH2, ENG) Jóhannesson (SH) – 58:37 2–5
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	32	Shots	46

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Anthony Kimlin
  • Best Defenseman: Giovanni Vogelaar
  • Best Forward: Ivy van den Heuvel

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

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

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

2018 IIHF World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–20 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	133 (8.87 per game)
Attendance	2,565 (171 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Oriol Boronat (12 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

Participants

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

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

Referees Jevgēņijs Griškevičs Milan Novák Rasmus Toppel Tim Tzirtziganis

Linesmen Alejandro García Marcus Höfer Andrey Korovkin Jiří Svoboda Carlos Trobajo Chris van Grinsven

Standings

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. North Korea 3 Pts, +2 GD; Mexico 3 Pts, −1 GD, Luxembourg 3 Pts, −1 GD. Mexico 3–1 Luxembourg

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

14 April 2018 13:00

New Zealand

5–1 (1–0, 4–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 55

Game reference
	Daniel Lee	Goalies	Andrés de la Garma	Referee: Jevgēņijs Griškevičs Linesmen: Marcus Höfer Carlos Trobajo
	Challis (McLeish) – 02:28 1–0 Henderson (Heyd, Challis) (PP) – 22:19 2–0 Harrop (Challis) – 25:42 3–0 Ellis (Helmersson, Polozov) (PP) – 35:05 4–0 Burns (Cox, Challis) (PP) – 39:33 5–0 5–1 47:01 – Colas (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	19

14 April 2018 16:30

Luxembourg

1–8 (1–4, 0–2, 0–2)

Israel

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 61

Game reference
	Gilles Mangen	Goalies	Maxim Gokhberg	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Alejandro García Chris van Grinsven
	0–1 01:20 – Kozev (Kozhevnikov, Ben Tov) 0–2 11:48 – Klein (Mazour, Kozevnikov) (PP) 0–3 13:15 – Revinaga (Kozev) 0–4 18:39 – R. Aharnovich (Mazour, Milner) Mosr (Welter, Gronlund) (PP) – 19:37 1–4 1–5 22:20 – T. Aharnovich (Milner, Spivak) (PP) 1–6 36:38 – Spektor (Mazour, Milner) (PP) 1–7 40:47 – Klein (Kozevnikov) (PP) 1–8 50:14 – Mazour (Milner, Klein) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	26 min
	14	Shots	45

14 April 2018 20:15

Spain

15–1 (4–0, 8–1, 3–0)

North Korea

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 333

Game reference
	Ander Alcaine Raúl Barbo	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol Pak Il	Referee: Milan Novák Linesmen: Andrey Korovkin Jiří Svoboda
	Rubio (Granell, Boronat) – 02:29 1–0 Carbonell – 05:29 2–0 Boronat (Ubieto) – 07:49 3–0 Solorzano (Fuentes) – 17:17 4–0 Hernández (Puyuelo, González) – 23:03 5–0 Carbonell (P. Muñoz, Rivero) – 23:41 6–0 6–1 25:17 – Hong (Kim H., Kim M.) Fuentes (Ubieto) (PP) – 27:02 7–1 Rubio (Boronat) – 27:53 8–1 Fuentes (Ubieto, González) (PP) – 30:31 9–1 Arraras (Hernández, Puyuelo) – 32:38 10–1 Solorzano (Puyuelo, Fuentes) (PP) – 35:45 11–1 Granell (Boronat) – 39:19 12–1 Arraras (Brabo, J. Muñoz) – 58:25 13–1 Boronat (Rubio, Granell) – 58:43 14–1 Hernández – 59:21 15–1
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	44	Shots	20

15 April 2018 13:00

New Zealand

5–2 (1–0, 0–1, 4–1)

Israel

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 67

Game reference
	Daniel Lee	Goalies	Nir Tichon Maxim Gokhberg	Referee: Milan Novák Linesmen: Alejandro García Andrey Korovkin
	Cox (Joyce, Henderson) – 15:43 1–0 1–1 26:05 – R. Aharonovich (Milner) Ratcliffe – 50:52 2–1 Ratcliffe (Helmersson) (PP) – 52:09 3–1 Joyce (Heyd, Challis) – 52:58 4–1 4–2 54:05 – Klein (Mazour) Schneider (Burns) – 54:34 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	22

15 April 2018 16:30

North Korea

5–2 (3–2, 2–0, 0–0)

Mexico

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 68

Game reference
	Pak Kuk-chol	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Carlos Trobajo Chris van Grinsven
	An (Kim Kw.) – 08:46 1–0 1–1 09:28 – Cruz (Sierra) 1–2 14:40 – Majul (Rosette, Colas) Kang M. (Kang I.) (SH) – 17:27 2–2 Kim Kw. (Hong, Ri P.) – 19:05 3–2 An (Kim S., Ri H.) (PP) – 36:00 4–2 Kang M. (An) (SH) – 39:52 5–2
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	30	Shots	25

15 April 2018 20:00

Luxembourg

1–10 (0–0, 1–3, 0–7)

Spain

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 234

Game reference
	Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Jevgēņijs Griškevičs Linesmen: Marcus Höfer Jiří Svoboda
	0–1 28:08 – Rubio (Ubieto) 0–2 38:00 – Puyuelo (Ubieto, Vea) Eriksson – 39:04 1–2 1–3 39:58 – González (Puyuelo, Brabo) 1–4 42:49 – González (Solorzano) (PP) 1–5 44:34 – Ubieto (Boronat) 1–6 50:24 – Hernández (P. Muñoz) (EA) 1–7 52:27 – J. Muñoz (Fuentes) (PP) 1–8 53:05 – Puyuelo (Hernández) 1–9 55:40 – J. Muñoz (Puyuelo, Hernández) 1–10 56:01 – Arraras (García, Rivero) (EA)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	51

17 April 2018 13:00

Israel

9–1 (3–1, 4–0, 2–0)

North Korea

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 36

Game reference
	Nir Tichon	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol Pak Il	Referee: Jevgēņijs Griškevičs Linesmen: Andrey Korovkin Jiří Svoboda
	Mazour (Spivak) (PP) – 05:29 1–0 1–1 08:44 – Kim S. (Kim Kw., An) (SH) Mazour (Spektor, Kozhevnikov) – 17:28 2–1 Vernyy (Kozevnikov) – 18:07 3–1 Spektor (Klein) (PP) – 20:28 4–1 Spektor (Klein, Mazour) – 22:35 5–1 Spektor (Mazour) (SH) – 31:16 6–1 Milner (R. Aharonovich) – 37:29 7–1 Revinaga (R. Aharonovich, Milner) – 42:25 8–1 Sherf (Kozevnikov, Vernyy) – 54:43 9–1
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	31

17 April 2018 16:30

New Zealand

7–1 (1–0, 2–1, 4–0)

Luxembourg

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 68

Game reference
	Csaba Kercso-Magos	Goalies	Gilles Mangen	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Alejandro García Carlos Trobajo
	Harrison (Rooney) – 11:07 1–0 Ratcliffe (Polozov) (PP) – 24:59 2–0 Heyd (McLeish) – 29:11 3–0 3–1 29:36 – Mosr (C. Mossong) Rooney (Helmersson, Craig) – 50:30 4–1 Craig (Polozov, Hay) – 50:43 5–1 Polozov (Schneider, Ratcliffe) – 55:00 6–1 Challis (Heyd, Cox) (PP2) – 58:22 7–1
	0 min	Penalties	10 min
	57	Shots	16

17 April 2018 20:00

Spain

14–0 (4–0, 5–0, 5–0)

Mexico

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 157

Game reference
	Ander Alcaine Raúl Barbo	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Marcus Höfer Chris van Grinsven
	P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Betrán) – 00:23 1–0 J. Muñoz (González, Solorzano) (PP) – 06:23 2–0 P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Rivero) – 12:22 3–0 P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Arraras) – 16:52 4–0 Betrán (Carbonell) (PP) – 24:13 5–0 García (Boronat) (PP2) – 31:28 6–0 P. Muñoz (Betrán, Brabo) – 34:28 7–0 P. Muñoz (Betrán) – 37:29 8–0 P. Muñoz (Carbonell, Brabo) (PP) – 38:42 9–0 Boronat (Granell, Brabo) (PP) – 47:15 10–0 P. Muñoz (Carbonell) – 49:46 11–0 J. Muñoz (Puyuelo, García) – 50:03 12–0 Ubieto (Fuentes, Solorzano) (PP) – 51:59 13–0 González (Solorzano) – 58:10 14–0
	8 min	Penalties	24 min
	49	Shots	5

19 April 2018 13:00

Mexico

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Luxembourg

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Andrés de la Garma	Goalies	Philippe Lepage	Referee: Milan Novák Linesmen: Andrey Korovkin Jiří Svoboda
	Pérez (Sierra, Majul) (PP) – 06:57 1–0 Najera (Colas) – 29:44 2–0 2–1 31:34 – Mosr (C. Mossong, Welter) (PP) Majul (Pérez, Cruz) – 57:49 3–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	26

19 April 2018 16:30

North Korea

4–12 (1–4, 3–4, 0–4)

New Zealand

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 84

Game reference
	Pak Kuk-chol Pak Il	Goalies	Daniel Lee Csaba Kercso-Magos	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Alejandro García Carlos Trobajo
	0–1 03:00 – S. Harrison (Burns) 0–2 04:27 – Challis 0–3 05:50 – Schneider (S. Harrison, Polozov) 0–4 06:50 – Ellis (Joyce) (SH) Hong (Kim Kw.) – 09:25 1–4 1–5 24:53 – Ellis (Challis) 1–6 26:17 – Schneider (Challis) (PP) Kim Kw. (Kim H., Hong) – 26:35 2–6 Kang I. (Kim Kw.) (SH) – 30:33 3–6 3–7 34:59 – Polozov (Schneider, Craig) Kim H. (Ri P.) – 35:44 4–7 4–8 38:21 – Ellis (PS) 4–9 44:10 – Schneider (Polozov, S. Harrison) 4–10 46:14 – Cox (Henderson, Challis) (PP2) 4–11 47:01 – Heyd (Henderson, Challis) (PP) 4–12 51:56 – C. Harrison (Schneider, Burns)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	49

19 April 2018 20:00

Israel

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Spain

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 390

Game reference
	Nir Tichon	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Marcus Höfer Chris van Grinsven
	0–1 22:39 – P. Muñoz (Brabo, Rivero) 0–2 36:38 – Fuentes (Vea) 0–3 51:10 – Fuentes (González, Betrán) (PP) 0–4 52:36 – Granell (García) (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	12	Shots	48

20 April 2018 13:00

Luxembourg

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

North Korea

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 77

Game reference
	Gilles Mangen	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol	Referee: Jevgēņijs Griškevičs Linesmen: Andrey Korovkin Carlos Trobajo
	0–1 12:33 – Kim H. (Ri I.) C. Cannon – 32:08 1–1 Eriksson (M. Cannon) – 44:55 2–1
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	32

20 April 2018 16:30

Mexico

3–5 (0–2, 2–2, 1–1)

Israel

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 94

Game reference
	Andres de la Garma	Goalies	Nir Tichon	Referee: Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Alejandro García Chris van Grinsven
	0–1 13:56 – Kozhevnikov (Spivak, Vernyy) 0–2 17:03 – Kozhevnikov (Vernyy) 0–3 29:19 – Kozhevnikov (PP) 0–4 36:44 – Spektor (SH) Sierra (Chabat, Majul) (PP) – 37:25 1–4 Chabat (Padilla) – 38:58 2–4 Smithers (Ugarte) (PP) – 48:52 3–4 3–5 49:35 – Vernyy (Ben Tov)
	14 min	Penalties	51 min
	26	Shots	37

20 April 2018 20:00

Spain

6–4 (1–0, 4–3, 1–1)

New Zealand

Igloo Arena, Granada Attendance: 541

Game reference
	Ander Alcaine	Goalies	Daniel Lee	Referee: Milan Novák Linesmen: Marcus Höfer Jiří Svoboda
	Carbonell (Rivero, P. Muñoz) (PP) – 18:12 1–0 Fuentes (Ubieto) (EA) – 21:39 2–0 2–1 23:53 – Heyd (Burns, Henderson) (PP) Rubio (Granell, Boronat) – 25:34 3–1 Boronat (Rubio) – 28:27 4–1 4–2 33:04 – Polozov (Joyce, Schneider) Granell (Ubieto, Boronat) – 36:38 5–2 5–3 37:47 – Heyd (Cox) Boronat (Rubio) – 42:51 6–3 6–4 44:53 – Ellis (Polozov, Schneider) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	53	Shots	19

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Ander Alcaine
  • Best Defenseman: Stefan Helmersson
  • Best Forward: Patricio Fuentes

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

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

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

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