The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 15 April, and the Group B tournament in México City, Mexico, from 21 to 27 April 2019.
Serbia and Israel won the Group A and B tournaments, and were promoted, while Belgium and North Korea finished last and were relegated. Israel's Eliezer Sherbatov was the scoring leader, with 15 points.
Group A tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.Host, placed 3rd in Division II A last year.Placed 4th in Division II A last year.Placed 5th in Division II A last year.Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Group A assignments
Referees Linesmen Christoph Sternat Miroslav Iarets Jevgēņijs Griškevičs Ramon Sterkens Daniel Beresford James Kavanagh Kensuke Kanazawa Håvar Dahl Tibor Fazekas Ivan Nedeljković David Perduv
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Vilim Rosandić Best Defenseman: Shaone Morrisonn Best Forward: Mirko Đumić Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Bryan Kolodziejczyk 5 2 7 9 +2 0 F Ivan Janković 5 3 5 8 +3 0 F Sam Verelst 5 4 3 7 −3 2 F Marko Šakić 5 4 2 6 +7 0 F Shaone Morrisonn 5 2 4 6 −1 26 D Alejandro Carbonell 5 1 5 6 +3 2 F Mirko Đumić 5 1 5 6 +4 0 F Josef Rezek 5 4 1 5 +2 2 F Aleksa Luković 5 3 2 5 +5 2 D Marko Sretović 5 3 2 5 +5 0 F 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 Vilim Rosandić 304:21 8 1.58 146 94.52 1 Anthony Kimlin 302:53 10 1.98 178 94.38 1 Sun Zehao 180:00 10 3.33 127 92.13 1 Arsenije Ranković 298:41 13 2.61 140 90.71 0 Ander Alcaine 309:58 14 2.71 143 90.21 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
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.Placed 4th in Division II B last year.Host, placed 5th in Division II B last year.Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Group B assignments
Referees Linesmen Tim Tzirtziganis Benas Jakšys Tomasz Radzik Andrew Thackaberry Tomáš Brejcha Lasse Dahlerup Sem Ramírez Anže Bergant Sergio Biec Marc-Henri Progin Justin Cornell
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC−5).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Dennis Hedström Best Defenseman: Stefan Amston Best Forward: Eliezer Sherbatov Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Eliezer Sherbatov 5 7 8 15 +9 0 F Evgeni Kozhevnikov 5 5 9 14 +6 12 D Sergei Frenkel 5 6 5 11 +7 8 F Matthew Schneider 5 5 5 10 0 2 F Héctor Majul 5 6 3 9 +3 4 F Hong Chun-rim 5 6 2 8 −12 2 F Miloslav Račanský 5 6 2 8 +5 16 F Axel Orongan 5 3 5 8 +4 4 F Robert Sigurðsson 5 3 5 8 +7 2 F Oliver Obolgogiani 5 2 6 8 +1 8 F 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 Richard Parry 239:08 12 3.01 131 90.84 0 Nir Tichon 302:56 16 3.17 146 89.04 0 Dennis Hedström 235:17 11 2.81 97 88.66 1 Andrey Ilyenko 298:44 26 5.22 182 85.71 0 Andrés de la Garma 261:51 25 5.73 157 84.08 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
External links Group A website Group B website