The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division II were two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Madrid, Spain from 16 to 22 April and the Group B tournament in Istanbul, Turkey from 17 to 23 April 2023.
Spain won the Group A tournament and got promoted, while Iceland finished last, but Georgia was later disqualified by the IIHF and relegated. The United Arab Emirates won Group B and got promoted and Mexico was relegated.
Group A tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 3rd in Division II A in 2019.Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2022.Host, placed 4th in Division II A in 2022.Placed 5th in Division II A in 2022.Placed 1st in Division II B in 2022 and was promoted.Placed 2nd in Division II B in 2022 and was promoted.
Match officials Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Goro Terakado Ramon Sterkens Štefan Požar Alexei Roshchyn Cyril Debuche Masa Hashimoto Niklas Wilhelmsen Michał Gerne Sergio Biec Carlos Trobajo Dario Fuchs
Standings After the tournament was completed, the IIHF invalidated the results of Georgia and assigned it zero points in the IIHF World Ranking. Georgia was relegated to Division II B for 2024, while Iceland, the last-placed team, retained its place in this division.
Results All times are local (UTC+2)
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Borna Rendulić 5 4 7 11 +2 4 F Ivan Karelin 5 6 3 9 +6 8 F David Levin 5 2 7 9 −3 0 F Dorian Donath 5 5 3 8 +6 0 F Aviv Milner 5 5 3 8 0 8 F Alejandro Carbonell 5 3 5 8 +6 2 F Gastón González 5 4 3 7 +8 4 F Andri Mikaelsson 5 3 4 7 −1 0 F Ilya Spektor 5 3 4 7 −4 8 F Casey Kubara 5 1 6 7 −1 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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Ivan Starostin 180:00 4 1.33 75 94.67 1 Raul Barbo 300:00 9 1.80 103 91.26 1 Anthony Kimlin 238:28 17 4.28 131 87.02 0 Maksim Kaliaev 170:03 19 6.70 142 86.62 0 Vilim Rosandić 225:50 16 4.25 114 85.96 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
Awards Position Player Goaltender Raul Barbo Defenceman Bruno Baldris Forward Borna Rendulić
Group B tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 3rd in Division II B in 2019.Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.Placed 4th in Division II B last year.Placed 5th in Division II B last year.Placed 1st in Division III A last year and was promoted.Host, placed 2nd in Division III A last year and was promoted.
Match officials Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Robert Love-Dekazos Trpimir Piragić Bastian Steingross Konstantin Chubenko Chi Hongda Tomislav Grozaj Wayne Gerth Nathan Carmichael Lodewijk Beelen Berkay Aslanbey Taha Kavlakoğlu
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+3).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Sergei Kuznetsov 5 8 9 17 +14 4 D Maxim Zakharau 5 6 8 14 +9 0 F Sam Verelst 5 6 7 13 +8 4 F Vadim Gyesbreghs 5 5 8 13 +10 0 D Artem Klavdiev 5 6 5 11 +6 6 F Ilia Chuikov 5 5 5 10 +8 4 F Alec James 5 4 6 10 +8 0 F Dries Blockx 5 4 5 9 +6 0 F Ben Coolen 5 4 4 8 +7 0 F Juma Al-Dhaheri 5 2 5 7 +7 4 F Iniaz Steyaert 5 2 5 7 +8 4 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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Mate Tomljenović 240:00 6 1.50 117 95.12 1 Joel Hasselman 221:29 11 2.98 120 91.60 0 Arne Waumans 200:20 5 1.50 52 91.23 0 Tolga Bozacı 239:34 15 3.76 138 90.20 1 Dimitar Dimitrov 269:32 19 4.23 164 89.62 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
Awards Position Player Goaltender Mate Tomljenović Defenceman Vadim Gyesbreghs Forward Maxim Zakharau
References
External links Official website of Division IIA Official website of Division IIB