2011 IIHF World Championship Division II

2011 IIHF World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Australia  Croatia
Dates	A: 4 – 10 April B: 10 – 16 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II were international Ice Hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested from 4–10 April 2011 in Melbourne, Australia^[1] and Group B was contested from 10–16 April 2011 in Zagreb, Croatia.^[2] Prior to the start of the tournament the North Korean national team announced they would withdraw, citing financial reasons. All games against them were counted as a forfeit, with a score of 5–0 for the opposing team.^[3] This was the last year of parallel divisional tournaments so teams that finished third and above formed Group A for 2012, and the lower finishers formed Group B.

Participants

Group A

Team	Qualification
Australia	Host, Placed 2nd in Division II Group A last year.[4]
Belgium	Placed 3rd in Division II Group A last year.[4]
Mexico	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.[4]
New Zealand	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.[5]
North Korea	Placed 1st in Division III B and were promoted in 2010.[6]
Serbia	Placed 6th in Division I Group A and were relegated in 2010.[7]

Group B

Team	Qualification
Bulgaria	Placed 4th in Division II Group A last year.[4]
China	Placed 5th in Division II Group B last year.[5]
Croatia	Host, Placed 6th in Division I B and were relegated in 2010.[8]
Iceland	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.[5]
Ireland	Placed 1st in Division III A and were promoted in 2010.[9]
Romania	Placed 2nd in Division II Group B last year.[5]

Group A Tournament

Standings

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	0	27	6	+21	15
2	New Zealand	5	3	0	0	2	19	8	+11	9
3	Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	22	11	+11	9
4	Belgium	5	3	0	0	2	19	14	+5	9
5	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4	8	31	−23	3
6	North Korea	5	0	0	0	5	0	25	−25	0

Fixtures

All times local.

4 April 13:00

Belgium

3–2 (1–1, 2–0, 0–1)

Serbia

Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 134

Game reference
	Bjorn Steijlen	Goalies	Arsenije Rankovic	Referee: Lehel Gergely
	P. Camelbeeck (J. Paulus) – 16:04 1–0 1–1 17:37 – M. Milovanović (N. Bibić, N. Vučurević) (PP) K. Van Looy – 22:23 2–1 V. Morgan (PP) – 30:15 3–1 3–2 51:27 – M. Prokić (B. Gabrić, G. Ristić) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	38

4 April 16:30

North Korea

0 – 5*

New Zealand

Melbourne Ice House

4 April 20:00

Australia

11–1 (1–0, 4–0, 6–1)

Mexico

Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 1,200

Game reference
	Matthew Ezzy	Goalies	Andres de la Garma Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Peter Gebei
	T. Manco (A. White, L. Webster) (PP) – 02:20 1–0 S. Stephenson (T. Powell, L. Thilthorpe) – 31:22 2–0 J. Hughes (N. Walker, T. Manco) – 32:33 3–0 J. Hughes (D. Huxley, B. Thilthorpe) (PP) – 35:46 4–0 N. Walker (G. Oddy, M. Ezzy) – 36:33 5–0 J. Hughes (G. Oddy) (PP) – 40:52 6–0 N. Walker (G. Oddy) (PP2) – 46:48 7–0 7–1 47:00 – A. Gutiérrez (A. Rosette, S. Ortega) (SH) L. Webster (J. Hughes) (PP) – 48:18 8–1 J. Hughes (PS) – 55:20 9–1 L. Webster (J. Hughes) (SH2) – 55:31 10–1 J. Gavin (T. Powell) – 59:47 11–1
	47 min	Penalties	20 min
	50	Shots	23

5 April 15:45

Serbia

6–4 (4–1, 0–0, 2–3)

New Zealand

Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 358

Game reference
	Arsenije Rankovic	Goalies	Zak Nothling	Referee: Vedran Krcelic
	M. Sretović (M. Milovanović) – 00:22 1–0 N. Vučurević (M. Milovanović) – 05:04 2–0 M. Sretović (N. Vučurević) – 07:06 3–0 3–1 11:32 – C. Eaden (D. Nicholls, M. Oak) (PP) B. Jankovic (B. Gabrić) – 18:40 4–1 M. Prokic (N. Bibič, S. Ilić) – 41:18 5–1 5–2 47:22 – C. Down (B. Speirs) (PP) B. Gabrić (N. Bibič, B. Mamić) (PP) – 52:17 6–2 6–3 56:29 – C. Eaden (P. Heyd) 6–4 58:20 – C. Eaden
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	56	Shots	28

5 April 19:15

Mexico

5 – 0*

North Korea

Melbourne Ice House

6 April 20:00

Australia

5–3 (0–0, 3–1, 2–2)

Belgium

Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 1,320

Game reference
	Matthew Ezzy	Goalies	Bjorn Steijlen	Referee: Jari Leppäalho
	L. Webster (G. Oddy, J. Hughes) (PP) – 24:34 1–0 N. Walker (V. Stransky) – 25:15 2–0 2–1 27:07 – V. Looy (L. Maas, M. Morgan) G. Oddy (V. Stransky) – 35:58 3–1 J. Hughes (C. Sekura) – 40:43 4–1 4–2 41:52 – B. Kolodziejczyk 4–3 48:13 – B. Vercammen (B. Kolodziejczyk, L. Maas) D. Upton (ENG) – 59:49 5–3
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	45	Shots	33

7 April 13:00

Serbia

7–0 (1–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Mexico

Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 103

Game reference
	Milan Lukovic	Goalies	Andres de la Garma Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Jari Leppäalho
	M. Sretović (N. Vučurević, B. Mamić) (PP) – 02:19 1–0 M. Sretović (M. Milovanović, N. Vučurević) – 22:55 2–0 I. Prokic (M-A. Fournier, N. Bibić) (PP) – 24:17 3–0 M-A. Fournier (F. Perowne, N. Bibić) – 27:01 4–0 B. Mamić (M. Sretović) – 29:44 5–0 I. Prokic (F. Perowne, M-A. Fournier) – 42:05 6–0 F. Perowne (I. Prokic, B. Mamić) – 51:58 7–0
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	51	Shots	7

7 April 16:30

Belgium

0–5 (0–2, 0–3, 0–0)

New Zealand

Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 256

Game reference
	Bjorn Steijlen Kevin van Looveren	Goalies	Rick Parry	Referee: Peter Gebei
	0–1 04:14 – P. Heyd (M. Oak, J. Challis) (PP) 0–2 08:51 – C. Eaden (B. Speirs) 0–3 25:47 – B. Lee (I. Wannamaker, B. Speirs) (PP) 0–4 32:08 – J. Challis (D. Nicholls) (PP) 0–5 36:41 – C. Huber (L. Idoine, J. Hay)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	37

7 April 20:00

Australia

5 – 0*

North Korea

Melbourne Ice House

8 April 20:00

North Korea

0 – 5*

Serbia

Melbourne Ice House

9 April 16:30

Mexico

2–8 (1–1, 0–3, 1–4)

Belgium

Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 280

Game reference
	Alfonso de Alba Andres de la Garma	Goalies	Kevin van Looveren	Referee: Vedran Krcelic
	0–1 17:20 – K. Van Looy (V. Morgan, M. Morgan) A. Valenzuela (A. Barberena, C. Smithers) – 17:47 1–1 1–2 22:54 – K. Van Looy (B. Kolodziejczyk) (PP) 1–3 24:59 – M. Morgan (B. Torremans) 1–4 26:28 – B. Kolodziejczyk 1–5 41:17 – J. Raekelboom (B. Vercammen) 1–6 41:36 – B. Kolodziejczyk (D. Leirs) 1–7 50:07 – M. Morgan (V. Morgan) 1–8 51:32 – D. Leirs (B. Kolodziejczyk) A. Gutierrez (J. Ehlers) (PP) – 55:39 2–8
	36 min	Penalties	36 min
	21	Shots	44

9 April 20:00

New Zealand

0–2 (0–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Australia

Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Zak Nothling	Goalies	Matthew Ezzy	Referee: Lehel Gergely
	0–1 27:17 – N. Walker (V. Stransky, L. Thilthorpe) 0–2 36:09 – J. Hughes (M. Rummukainen, L. Webster) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	40

10 April 12:10

Belgium

5 – 0*

North Korea

Melbourne Ice House

10 April 15:45

New Zealand

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Mexico

Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 531

Game reference
	Rick Parry	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Peter Gebei
	C. Eaden (M. Oak), P. Heyd (PP) – 17:32 1–0 I. Wannamaker (B. Lee), B. Speirs) – 22:34 2–0 B. Speirs (B. Lee) – 30:47 3–0 A. Cox (J. Hay) – 56:38 4–0 P. Heyd (C. Eaden) – 58:51 5–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	16

10 April 19:15

Serbia

2–4 (1–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Australia

Melbourne Ice House Attendance: 1,550

Game reference
	Arsenije Rankovic Milan Lukovic	Goalies	Matthew Ezzy	Referee: Jari Leppäalho
	N. Raković (B. Mamić) (PP) – 07:48 1–0 1–1 07:57 – G. Oddy (V. Stransky) 1–2 11:57 – D. Upton 1–3 26:43 – J. Hughes (T. Powell, L. Webster) M. Kovačević (N. Vučurević) (SH) – 41:07 2–3 2–4 58:33 – L. Webster (N. Walker, J. Hughes)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	44	Shots	21

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Joseph Hughes	4	7	4	11	+4	4
Lliam Webster	4	4	3	7	+4	2
Chris Eaden	4	5	1	6	+1	2
Nathan Walker	4	4	2	6	+7	4
Bryan Kolodziejczyk	4	3	3	6	+2	14
Greg Oddy	4	2	4	6	+5	2
Nemanja Vučurević	4	1	5	6	+5	0
Marko Sretović	4	4	1	5	+2	2
Paris Heyd	4	2	3	5	+1	4
Branko Mamić	4	1	4	5	+4	10
Brett Speirs	4	1	4	5	+2	8
Nikola Bibić	4	0	5	5	0	4

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 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Rick Parry	120:00	48	0	0.00	100.00	2
Matthew Ezzy	240:00	116	6	1.50	95.08	1
Zak Nothling	119:21	88	8	4.02	91.67	0
Bjorn Steijlen	159:51	103	11	4.13	90.35	0
Arsenije Rankovic	152:53	56	8	3.14	87.50	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

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate

• Best Goaltender:  Zak Nothling (NZL)
• Best Forward:  Joseph Hughes (AUS)
• Best Defenceman:  Nikola Bibic (SRB)

Best players

Best player of each team selected by the coaches.

•  Nathan Walker (AUS)
•  Kristof Van Looy (BEL)
•  Fernando Ugarte (MEX)
•  Corey Down (NZL)
•  Marko Sretović (SRB)

Group B Tournament

Standings

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
1	Romania	5	5	0	0	0	47	8	+39	15
2	Croatia	5	4	0	0	1	53	10	+43	12
3	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	24	18	+6	9
4	China	5	2	0	0	3	26	25	+1	6
5	Bulgaria	5	1	0	0	4	17	42	−25	3
6	Ireland	5	0	0	0	5	4	68	−64	0

Fixtures

All times local.

10 April 13:00

Romania

9–4 (5–1, 1–2, 3–1)

China

Dom Sportova Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Adrian Catrinoi Cornea	Goalies	Liu Zhiwei Xie Ming	Referee: Tommy Soestumoen
	E. Mihály (T. Basilidesz, I. Nagy) (SH) – 04:37 1–0 T. Becze (M. Petres, E. Moldován) – 07:41 2–0 Z. Antal – 08:23 3–0 O. Bíró (R. Gliga, E. Moldován) – 13:08 4–0 4–1 18:54 – Cui Z. C. Virág (I. Nagy) – 19:04 5–1 5–2 25:36 – Zhang W. (Qu Y.) (SH) Z. Molnár (C. Virág, Z. Antal) – 29:20 6–2 6–3 29:46 – Zhang W. (Li J., Wang D.) A. Góga (O. Bíró, Z. Antal) (SH) – 45:49 7–3 7–4 50:12 – Fu N. (PP) O. Bíró (E. Moldován, M. Petres) – 54:45 8–4 S. Papp (I. Nagy, Z. Antal) (PP) – 55:21 9–4
	18 min	Penalties	24 min
	42	Shots	28

10 April 16:30

Ireland

0–6 (0–2, 0–4, 0–0)

Bulgaria

Dom Sportova Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Kevin Kelly Adam Pepper	Goalies	Konstantin Mihaylov	Referee: Daniel Gamper
	0–1 05:55 – M. Boyadjiev (C. Cvetanov, M. Giurov) (PP) 0–2 14:12 – S. Muhachev (R. Morgunov) 0–3 23:17 – M. Milanov (M. Boyadjiev, S. Muhachev) (SH) 0–4 23:43 – M. Milanov (R. Asenov, S. Muhachev) (SH) 0–5 28:27 – A. Yotov (M. Boyadjiev, C. Cvetanov) 0–6 33:45 – A. Yotov (C. Cvetanov, M. Giurov)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	52

10 April 20:15

Iceland

0–9 (0–3, 0–3, 0–3)

Croatia

Dom Sportova Attendance: 3,000

Game reference
	Dennis Hedstrom Omar Skúlason	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Robert Mullner
	0–1 11:31 – D. Kanaet (M. Blagus, M. Brumerčik) (PP) 0–2 15:38 – M. Lovrenčić (M. Ljubić, M. Brumerčik) (PP) 0–3 19:15 – V. Žibret (K. Svigir) (PP) 0–4 21:02 – B. Rendulić (M. Blagus, D. Kanaet) 0–5 22:54 – M. Lovrenčić (M. Tadić) (PP) 0–6 36:20 – J. Kučera (M. Lovrenčić, M. Tadić) (PP) 0–7 46:46 – M. Lovrenčić 0–8 49:59 – M. Blagus (B. Rendulić, M. Brumerčik) (PP) 0–9 59:56 – M. Blagus (M. Tadić)
	22 min	Penalties	14 min
	12	Shots	53

11 April 13:00

China

5–0 (0–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Ireland

Dom Sportova Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Xie Ming	Goalies	Adam Pepper	Referee: Marczuk Wlodzimierz
	Zhang H. – 25:19 1–0 Li J. (Zhang W., Qu Y.) (PP) – 31:30 2–0 Zhang W. (Dong Z.) (PP) – 43:42 3–0 Zhang H. (Qu Y.) (PP) – 45:16 4–0 Zhang W. (Wang D.) (PP) – 58:38 5–0
	24 min	Penalties	14 min
	58	Shots	16

11 April 16:30

Romania

4–2 (0–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Iceland

Dom Sportova Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Adrian Catrinoi Cornea	Goalies	Dennis Hedstrom	Referee: Daniel Gamper
	0–1 03:08 – R. Hedström (E. Thormodsson, E. Alengaard) 0–2 20:37 – E. Alengaard (S. Hrafnsson, R. Hedström) (PP2) Z. Molnár (C. Virág) (SH) – 27:42 1–2 S. Papp (C. Virág, A. Zsombor) (PP) – 33:19 2–2 O. Bíró (M. Petres, J. Adorján) (PP) – 45:02 3–2 E. Moldován (M. Petres, O. Bíró) (ENG) – 59:18 4–2
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	48	Shots	18

11 April 20:15

Croatia

17–2 (4–0, 9–1, 4–1)

Bulgaria

Dom Sportova Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Mate Tomljenović Tihomir Filipec	Goalies	Konstantin Mihaylov Teodor Asenov	Referee: Tommy Soestumoen
	B. Rendulić (D. Kanaet, M. Blagus) – 01:12 1–0 T. Grozaj (M. Smerdelj, N. Senzel) – 08:29 2–0 T. Čunko (M. Brumerčik, M. Ljubić) (PP) – 14:29 3–0 T. Čunko (M. Lovrenčić) – 18:58 4–0 M. Lovrenčić (T. Čunko, I. Šijan) (PP2) – 20:48 5–0 D. Plahutar (N. Senzel, K. Svigir) (PP) – 22:41 6–0 6–1 23:04 – S. Georgiev M. Ljubić (M. Lovrenčić, J. Kučera) – 23:49 7–1 B. Rendulić (M. Sertić, D. Kanaet) – 24:16 8–1 M. Blagus (D. Kanaet, N. Senzel) – 24:42 9–1 M. Blagus (B. Rendulić, D. Kanaet) (PP) – 28:49 10–1 M. Lovrenčić (M. Ljubić) – 31:15 11–1 M. Lovrenčić (T. Čunko) (PP) – 35:11 12–1 M. Brumerčik (T. Grozaj, M. Sertić) (PP) – 39:03 13–1 D. Plahutar (N. Senzel, V. Žibret) – 49:06 14–1 N. Senzel (M. Lovrenčić, M. Brumerčik) – 56:22 15–1 D. Kanaet (B. Rendulić, M. Ljubić) – 57:30 16–1 B. Rendulić (D. Kanaet) – 58:35 17–1 17–2 59:40 – A. Yotov (V. Vasilev)
	6 min	Penalties	22 min
	103	Shots	14

13 April 13:00

Iceland

3–2 (0–0, 3–0, 0–2)

Bulgaria

Dom Sportova Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Dennis Hedstrom	Goalies	Konstantin Mihaylov	Referee: Tommy Soestumoen
	O. Björnsson (U. Andresson, P. Maack) – 26:57 1–0 E. Thormodsson (B. Arnason, E. Alengaard) (PP) – 35:26 2–0 E. Thormodsson (E. Alengaard, B. Arnason) – 38:55 3–0 3–1 46:49 – A. Yotov (C. Cvetanov, M. Giurov) 3–2 48:47 – S. Muhachev (M. Boyadjiev, V. Vasilev) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	22

13 April 16:30

Romania

22–0 (6–0, 8–0, 8–0)

Ireland

Dom Sportova Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Adrian Catrinoi Cornea Rajmond Fulop	Goalies	Adam Pepper Kevin Kelly	Referee: Robert Mullner
	O. Bíró (Z. Pál) – 00:24 1–0 R. Gliga (S. Papp, E. Moldovan) – 03:11 2–0 J. Adorján (Z. Antal, C. Virág) – 05:46 (PP) 3–0 Y. Pysarenko (T. Becze) – 12:16 4–0 S. Papp (I. Nagy) – 12:30 5–0 C. Virág (Z. Molnár, Z. Antal) – 16:27 6–0 E. Kósa (Y. Pysarenko, Z. Pál) – 20:22 (PP) 7–0 L. Péter (Z. Bálint, Y. Pysarenko) – 24:25 8–0 I. Nagy (R. Gliga, L. Péter) – 30:48 9–0 S. Papp (R. Gliga, L. Péter) – 31:32 10–0 E. Kósa (C. Virág, Z. Antal) – 34:03 11–0 T. Becze (I. Nagy, T. Basilidesz) – 34:40 12–0 T. Becze (S. Papp) – 35:25 13–0 Z. Bálint (R. Gliga) – 36:22 14–0 Z. Bálint (I. Nagy, L. Péter) – 41:44 15–0 Z. Molnár (Z. Antal, A. Góga) – 42:47 16–0 T. Becze (L. Péter, A. Góga) – 46:09 17–0 A. Góga (E. Moldovan) (SH) – 48:40 18–0 I. Nagy (A. Góga, J. Adorján) (PP) – 54:18 19–0 T. Becze (T. Basilidesz, E. Mihály) – 56:13 20–0 R. Gliga (Y. Pysarenko, E. Kósa) – 57:40 21–0 E. Moldovan (O. Bíró, A. Góga) – 58:04 22–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	57	Shots	15

13 April 20:15

Croatia

5–2 (1–1, 3–0, 1–1)

China

Dom Sportova Attendance: 1,200

Game reference
	Mate Tomljenović	Goalies	Xie Ming Liu Zhiwei	Referee: Marczuk Wlodzimierz
	B. Rendulić (D. Kanaet, M. Blagus) – 09:08 (PP) 1–0 1–1 19:32 – Liu Y. (PP) M. Sertić (N. Senzel) – 22:57 2–1 B. Rendulić (D. Kanaet) – 32:56 3–1 K. Svigir (J. Kučera) – 39:16 4–1 4–2 40:40 – Zhang W. (Qu Y.) (PP) D. Kanaet (M. Lovrenčić) – 59:31 (SH, ENG) 5–2
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	48	Shots	18

15 April 13:00

Bulgaria

1–10 (0–3, 1–5, 0–2)

Romania

Dom Sportova Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Konstantin Mihaylov Teodor Asenov	Goalies	Adrian Catrinoi Cornea Rajmond Fülöp	Referee: Robert Mullner
	0–1 03:32 – E. Mihály (T. Becze, T. Basilidesz) 0–2 05:10 – Z. Antal (PS) 0–3 12:09 – T. Becze (T. Basilidesz, S. Papp) 0–4 23:47 – Z. Pál (Z. Antal, Z. Molnár) 0–5 27:37 – E. Moldován (R. Gliga, Y. Pysarenko) 0–6 29:04 – S. Papp (Z. Antal, I. Nagy) (PP) 0–7 32:56 – I. Nagy (L. Péter) (PP) 0–8 37:12 – E. Mihály (S. Papp, I. Nagy) (SH) S. Muhachev (R. Asenov) (PP) – 37:41 1–8 1–9 57:02 – Y. Pysarenko (T. Becze) 1–10 59:21 – Z. Antal (S. Papp, Z. Pál)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	12	Shots	70

15 April 16:30

China

3–5 (1–1, 1–3, 1–1)

Iceland

Dom Sportova Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Xie Ming	Goalies	Dennis Hedstrom	Referee: Marczuk Wlodzimierz
	0–1 13:32 – U. Andresson (S. Sigurdsson) Zhang W. (Wang D.) – 16:36 1–1 1–2 25:37 – E. Thormodsson (PP) (E. Alengaard, B. Thordarson) Zhang W. (Qu Y., Li J.) (PP) – 29:09 2–2 2–3 35:20 – A. Mikaelsson (PP) (J. Gislason, B. Thordarson) 2–4 38:09 – E. Thormodsson (E. Alengaard) (PP) Lang B. (Cui Z.) – 40:49 3–4 3–5 53:13 – J. Gislason (R. Hedström)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	27

15 April 20:15

Ireland

4–21 (1–7, 0–6, 3–8)

Croatia

Dom Sportova Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Kevin Kelly Adam Pepper	Goalies	Tihomir Filipec	Referee: Daniel Gamper
	0–1 02:56 – T. Čunko (M. Smerdelj, M. Čunko) (PP) 0–2 03:42 – M. Novak (M. Tadić, M. Lovrenčić) 0–3 06:06 – S. Belić (T. Grozaj, V. Žibret) 0–4 07:02 – M. Lovrenčić (M. Novak, J. Kučera) 0–5 07:17 – M. Brumerčik (M. Lovrenčić, M. Novak) D. Morrison (S. Dooley, G. Roberts) (PP) – 14:56 1–5 1–6 17:45 – V. Žibret (T. Grozaj, K. Svigir) 1–7 19:56 – D. Kanaet (B. Rendulić, N. Senzel) (PP) 1–8 27:05 – D. Kanaet (M. Blagus, B. Rendulić) 1–9 30:56 – M. Lovrenčić (M. Novak, J. Kučera) (PP) 1–10 32:12 – M. Ljubić (M. Blagus, B. Rendulić) 1–11 33:33 – V. Žibret (K. Svigir, M. Sertić) 1–12 35:41 – M. Smerdelj (I. Šijan, T. Čunko) (PP) 1–13 37:44 – D. Kanaet (M. Ljubić, B. Rendulić) (PP) 1–14 40:14 – M. Novak (J. Kučera, M. Lovrenčić) G. Roberts (D. Morrison, S. Dooley) (SH) – 42:58 2–14 2–15 40:14 – T. Čunko (M. Čunko, N. Senzel) (PP) 2–16 47:37 – K. Svigir (M. Brumerčik, M. Ljubić) (SH) 2–17 49:33 – T. Grozaj (M. Čunko, M. Lovrenčić) S. Dooley (S. Hamill, M. Morrison) (PP) – 50:47 3–17 3–18 51:02 – V. Žibret (T. Grozaj, K. Svigir) 3–19 54:31 – B. Rendulić (S. Belić, M. Lovrenčić) (PP) M. Morrison (J. McCrainor, G. Roberts) – 56:02 4–19 4–20 58:48 – K. Svigir (B. Rendulić, M. Sertić) 4–21 59:07 – D. Kanaet (K. Svigir, S. Belić)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	8	Shots	65

16 April 13:00

Bulgaria

6–12 (0–2, 4–5, 2–5)

China

Dom Sportova Attendance: 70

Game reference
	Konstantin Mihaylov Teodor Asenov	Goalies	Liu Zhiwei	Referee: Daniel Gamper
	0–1 07:31 – Liu Y. (Liu W., Hu T.) 0–2 11:55 – Cui Z. (Lang B., Zhang H.) 0–3 22:35 – Liu W. (Liu Y., Hu T.) M. Boyadjiev (R. Asenov, M. Giurov) (PP2) – 28:55 1–3 S. Muhachev (M. Milanov, L. Giumov) – 30:52 2–3 2–4 33:34 – Fu N. (Zhang H., Lang B.) 2–5 34:22 – Liu Y. (Liu W., Meng Q.) 2–6 37:01 – Liu Y. (Liu L.) 2–7 37:12 – Meng Q. (Liu Y., Liu W.) S. Muhachev (M. Boyadjiev, R. Asenov) – 39:00 3–7 S. Muhachev (M. Boyadjiev, R. Asenov) – 39:22 4–7 4–8 42:14 – Fu N. (Liu W., Liu L.) 4–9 45:37 – Liu W. (Liu Y., Meng Q.) 4–10 48:20 – Cui Z. (Lang B., Meng Q.) (PP) 4–11 53:26 – Fu N. (Lang B., Cui Z.) M. Giurov (M. Boyadjiev, R. Asenov) – 55:02 5–11 5–12 59:19 – Zhang W. (Wang D., Fu T.) L. Giumov (M. Boyadjiev, S. Muhachev) – 59:40 6–12
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	36

16 April 16:30

Iceland

14–0 (6–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Ireland

Dom Sportova Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Omar Skúlason Dennis Hedstrom	Goalies	Kevin Kelly Adam Pepper	Referee: Tommy Soestumoen
	E. Alengaard (E. Thormodsson) – 00:12 1–0 B. Arnason (E. Thormodsson, R. Hedström) (PP) – 01:07 2–0 A. Mikaelsson (B. Thordarson, J. Gíslason) (PP) – 03:30 3–0 E. Thormodsson (E. Alengaard, B. Jakobsson) – 13:50 4–0 M. Sigurdarson (S. Hrafnsson) (SH) – 15:12 5–0 O. Björnsson (B. Thordarson, B. Arnason) – 18:06 6–0 A. Mikaelsson (J. Gíslason, R. Pålsson) – 22:03 7–0 E. Thormodsson (E. Alengaard, I. Jönsson) – 23:24 8–0 G. Thormodsson (E. Thormodsson, B. Arnason) (PP) – 26:07 9–0 A. Mikaelsson (J. Gíslason) (PP) – 35:29 10–0 I. Elíasson (A. Mikaelsson, J. Gíslason) (PP) – 39:35 11–0 G. Thormodsson (E. Alengaard, U. Andresson) (PP) – 52:05 12–0 S. Sigurdsson (S. Hrafnsson, M. Sigurdarson) – 54:57 13–0 D. Adel (O. Björnsson, R. Hedström) (PP) – 58:11 14–0
	10 min	Penalties	38 min
	60	Shots	10

16 April 20:15

Croatia

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Romania

Dom Sportova Attendance: 3,000

Game reference
	Mate Tomljenović	Goalies	Adrian Catrinoi Cornea	Referee: Robert Mullner
	B. Rendulić (M. Tadić, D. Kanaet) – 05:46 1–0 1–1 25:17 – Z. Antal (Z. Molnár) (PP) 1–2 44:49 – M. Petres (E. Moldovan) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	33

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Marko Lovrenčić	5	8	10	18	+12	2
Borna Rendulić	5	8	9	17	+10	6
Dominik Kanaet	5	7	9	16	+12	2
Zsombor Antal	5	4	10	14	+8	4
István Nagy	5	3	8	11	+13	3
Egill Thormodsson	5	6	4	10	+4	0
Szabolcs Papp	5	5	5	10	+14	0
Mislav Blagus	5	4	6	10	+11	0
Emil Alengaard	5	2	8	10	+3	2
Zhang Weiyang	5	8	1	9	−3	4

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 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Mate Tomljenović	208:04	68	5	1.44	92.65	1
Adrian Catrinoi Cornea	243:44	86	7	1.72	91.86	0
Dennis Hedstrom	239:09	140	14	3.51	90.00	0
Xie Ming	183:42	93	12	3.92	87.10	1
Konstantin Mihaylov	279:30	242	35	7.51	85.54	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

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate

• Best Goaltender:  Mate Tomljenović (CRO)
• Best Forward:  Marko Lovrenčić (CRO)
• Best Defenceman:  Szabolcs Papp (ROU)

Best players

Best player of each team seleceted by the coaches.

•  Konstantin Mihaylov (BUL)
•  Zhang Weiyang (CHN)
•  Borna Rendulić (CRO)
•  Mark Morrison (IRL)
•  Egill Thormodsson (ISL)
•  Szabolcs Papp (ROU)

References

External links

• International Ice Hockey Federation
• Ice Hockey Australia host page
• Passionhockey.com archive page with commentary

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