2015 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Kraków, Poland, after the original host, Donetsk, Ukraine, withdrew,[1][2] from 19 to 25 April 2015 and Group B was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 to 19 April 2015.[3]

2015 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Poland
 Netherlands
Dates19–25 April
13–19 April
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
2014
2016

In Group A Kazakhstan finished first, winning their group in Division I for the fourth time in their last four appearances, thereby securing promotion to the 2016 World Championship. Hungary surprised and placed second, defeating host Poland in the final game to secure promotion; it was the first time Hungary earned promotion to the top division since 2009, and only the second time since 1939. Ukraine finished last in the group and was relegated to Group B for 2016.

Group B saw South Korea finish first and win promotion. Great Britain finished second, losing out on first and promotion with a loss to Lithuania in the final game of the tournament. Host Netherlands ended the tournament in last place and was relegated to Division II A for the next year.

Venues

Group A Group B
Kraków Eindhoven
Tauron Arena Kraków
Capacity: 15,328
IJssportcentrum Eindhoven
Capacity: 1,700

Division I A

2015 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country Poland
Dates19–25 April
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored71 (4.73 per match)
Attendance66,651 (4,443 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Roman Starchenko
(6 points)
MVP Roman Starchenko
WebsiteIIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
 Italy Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2014.
 Kazakhstan Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2014.
 Japan Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
 Ukraine Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
 Hungary Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
 Poland Host, placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

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

Standings

Promoted to Top Division for 2016
Relegated to Division I B for 2016
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Kazakhstan 5 5 0 0 0 23 6 +17 15
 Hungary 5 4 0 0 1 14 11 +3 12
 Poland 5 2 0 0 3 9 9 0 6
 Japan 5 2 0 0 3 10 16 6 6
 Italy 5 1 1 0 3 7 12 5 5
 Ukraine 5 0 0 1 4 8 17 9 1

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

19 April 2015
13:00
Hungary 4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
 JapanTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,543
19 April 2015
16:30
Ukraine 2–5
(0–2, 0–1, 2–2)
 KazakhstanTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,108
19 April 2015
20:00
Poland 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 ItalyTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 9,456
20 April 2015
13:00
Kazakhstan 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 HungaryTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,289
20 April 2015
16:30
Italy 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
OT (1–0)
 UkraineTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 1,392
20 April 2015
20:00
Japan 0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)
 PolandTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,662
22 April 2015
13:00
Kazakhstan 7–2
(3–0, 0–0, 4–2)
 JapanTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,479
22 April 2015
16:30
Italy 1–4
(0–2, 0–0, 1–2)
 HungaryTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,125
22 April 2015
20:00
Poland 3–2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–2)
 UkraineTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 5,975
23 April 2015
13:00
Japan 3–2
(0–1, 1–0, 2–1)
 ItalyTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,572
23 April 2015
16:30
Ukraine 2–4
(0–0, 2–1, 0–3)
 HungaryTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,774
23 April 2015
20:00
Kazakhstan 3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
 PolandTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 9,067
25 April 2015
13:00
Japan 3–1
(0–0, 3–1, 0–0)
 UkraineTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,467
25 April 2015
16:30
Italy 0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
 KazakhstanTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,110
25 April 2015
20:00
Hungary 2–1
(0–0, 0–0, 2–1)
 PolandTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 12,632

Awards

Przemysław Odrobny of Poland was selected as the best goalkeeper.

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Roman Starchenko5426+86F
Kevin Dallman5336+50D
Konstantin Rudenko5336+62F
Evgeni Rymarev5336+30F
Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev5246+40F
Andrew Sarauer5246+72F
Dániel Kóger5325+42F
Marcin Kolusz5235+20F
Mateusz Rompkowski5235+24D
Frank Banham5145+32F
Talgat Zhailauov514500F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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
Przemysław Odrobny185:3930.978596.471
Pavel Poluektov300:0061.209993.942
Miklós Rajna240:0061.507992.410
Yutaka Fukufuji257:30112.5611190.090
Andreas Bernard298:00112.2110389.320

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Division I B

2015 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Dates13–19 April
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored90 (6 per match)
Attendance15,920 (1,061 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Michael Swift
(9 points)
WebsiteIIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
 South Korea Placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated.
 Croatia Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
 Lithuania Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
 Great Britain Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
 Netherlands Host, placed 5th in Division I B last year.
 Estonia Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted.

Match officials

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

Standings

Promoted to Division I A for 2016
Relegated to Division II A for 2016
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 South Korea 5 4 0 0 1 30 11 +19 12
 Great Britain 5 3 1 0 1 13 10 +3 11
 Lithuania 5 3 0 0 2 11 12 1 9
 Croatia 5 2 0 1 2 16 20 4 7
 Estonia 5 1 0 0 4 10 21 11 3
 Netherlands 5 1 0 0 4 9 15 6 3

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

13 April 2015
13:30
Great Britain 3–2 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1)
(OT 1–0)
 CroatiaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
13 April 2015
17:00
Estonia 3–7
(1–2, 1–3, 1–2)
 South KoreaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
13 April 2015
20:30
Netherlands 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
 LithuaniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
14 April 2015
13:30
Estonia 1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)
 Great BritainIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
14 April 2015
17:00
Croatia 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 LithuaniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 350
14 April 2015
20:30
South Korea 7–1
(2–0, 3–1, 2–0)
 NetherlandsIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 920
16 April 2015
13:30
Lithuania 6–1
(2–0, 0–1, 4–0)
 EstoniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 300
16 April 2015
17:00
South Korea 2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
 Great BritainIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 700
16 April 2015
20:30
Croatia 2–5
(2–2, 0–1, 0–2)
 NetherlandsIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,350
18 April 2015
13:30
Lithuania 0–5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)
 South KoreaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
18 April 2015
17:00
Croatia 5–2
(1–2, 2–0, 2–0)
 EstoniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
18 April 2015
20:30
Great Britain 3–2
(3–1, 0–0, 0–1)
 NetherlandsIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 2,500
19 April 2015
13:30
South Korea 9–4
(1–1, 5–2, 3–1)
 CroatiaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
19 April 2015
17:00
Lithuania 3–2
(0–1, 2–0, 1–1)
 Great BritainIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,800
19 April 2015
20:30
Netherlands 1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)
 EstoniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500

Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Michael Swift5549+814F
Andrei Makrov5628−32F
Kim Ki-sung5448+54F
Mike Testwuide5448+90F
Kim Sang-wook5358+46F
Andrew Murray5358+14F
Brock Radunske5077+40F
Ryan Kinasewich5426−20F
Nathan Perkovich5426+218F
Cho Min-ho5325+22F
Ben O'Connor5325+16D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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
Mantas Armalis298:59112.2117893.821
Ian Meierdres204:2182.359891.840
Ben Bowns299:04102.0112291.800
Mark Dekanich259:51112.5412891.410
Park Sung-je238:5182.018390.361

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. "Poland gets Division IA Worlds". world.einnews.com. September 18, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  2. "Ukraine Withdraws as Hosts of 2015 Division IA World Championships". thehockeyhouse.net. August 15, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  3. "28 tournaments confirmed". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  4. "Competition Officials Division I Group A" (PDF). iihf.com. November 25, 2014.
  5. "Competition Officials Division I Group B" (PDF). iihf.com. November 25, 2014.
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