The 2005 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 4 to April 16, 2005. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Zagreb, Croatia. Group B's games were played in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Croatia and Israel finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2006 (for Israel it was the first, and to date - only, promotion to Division I). While Turkey finished last in Group A and Iceland last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2006.
Participants Group A Team 2004 Result Placed 6th in Division I Group B and were relegated in 2004. Host, placed 2nd in Division II Group A in 2004. Placed 3rd in Division II Group A in 2004. Placed 4th in Division II Group B in 2004. Placed 5th in Division II Group B in 2004. Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2004.
Group B Team 2004 Result Placed 6th in Division I Group A and were relegated in 2004. Host, placed 2nd in Division II Group B in 2004. Placed 3rd in Division II Group B in 2004. Placed 4th in Division II Group A in 2004. Placed 5th in Division II Group A in 2004. Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2004.
Group A tournament Standings Promoted to Division I for 2006 Relegated to Division III for 2006 Team1 5 5 0 0 46 6 40 102 5 4 0 1 34 5 29 8 3 5 3 0 2 26 9 17 64 5 2 0 3 22 26 −4 45 5 1 0 4 14 31 −17 26 5 0 0 5 5 70 −65 0
Fixtures All times local.
Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player Trevor Walsh 5 6 6 12 +5 24 F Greg Oddy 5 7 4 11 +6 12 F Aleksey Yotov 5 7 4 11 +3 14 F Stoian Batchvarov 5 5 5 10 +6 0 F Mato Mlađenović 5 5 5 10 +12 12 F Tomislav Grozaj 5 9 0 9 +11 0 F Bae Joon-seo 5 6 2 8 +4 0 F Veljko Žibret 5 4 4 8 +9 10 F Krešimir Švigir 5 4 3 7 +11 2 F Vasko Polyzoev 5 4 3 7 0 4 FSource: 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 Stuart Denman 147:02 43 1 0.41 97.67 2 Matthew Ezzy 152:50 81 3 1.18 96.30 2 Vanja Belić 252:41 97 6 1.42 93.81 1 Kim Sung-bae 188:46 59 4 1.27 93.22 3 Mike Parsons 240:00 194 17 4.25 91.24 0Source: IIHF.com
Group B tournament Standings Promoted to Division I for 2006 Relegated to Division III for 2006 Team1 5 4 1 0 21 11 10 92 5 4 0 1 30 10 20 83 5 2 1 2 14 17 −3 54 5 2 0 3 13 19 −6 45 5 1 0 4 8 15 −7 26 5 1 0 4 12 26 −14 2
Fixtures All times local.
Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player Oren Eizenman 5 10 4 14 +11 6 F Ivan Prokić 5 2 11 13 +5 22 F Čaba Prokec 5 5 6 11 +6 0 F Sergey Frenkel 5 1 9 10 +6 8 F Branko Mamić 5 2 7 9 +4 16 D Marko Kovačević 5 4 2 6 +6 22 F Marko Prokić 5 4 2 6 +3 41 F Alon Eizenman 3 3 3 6 +5 4 F Predrag Milosavljević 5 3 2 5 0 2 F Jang Myong-jin 5 3 2 5 −1 4 FSource: 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 Jevgeny Gussin 300:00 165 11 2.20 93.33 1 Tihomir Zečević 271:26 122 9 1.99 92.62 2 Jón Trausti Guðmundsson 240:00 186 15 3.75 91.94 0 Björn Steijlen 300:00 205 19 3.80 90.73 0 Ri Song-chol 280:00 154 15 3.21 90.26 0Source: IIHF.com
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