2015 IIHF World Championship Division I

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

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[edit]

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

Division I A[edit]

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

Participants[edit]

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[edit]

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

Standings[edit]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
 Kazakhstan 5 5 0 0 0 23 6 +17 15 Promoted to Top Division for 2016
 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 Relegated to Division I B for 2016
Source: [citation needed]

Results[edit]

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
Game reference
Miklós RajnaGoaliesYutaka FukufujiReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Belarus Dmitri Golyak
Poland Wojciech Moszczyński
0–101:36 – Obara (Minoshima, Nishiwaki)
Koger (Banham, Sarauer) – 09:441–1
1–230:40 – Hirano (Yanadori, Yamada) (EA)
Erdély (Sebők, Hári) – 31:042–2
Banham (Sarauer, Magosi) (PP) – 56:353–2
Hári (Orbán, Erdély) (ENG) – 58:544–2
2 minPenalties8 min
28Shots23
19 April 2015
16:30
Ukraine 2–5
(0–2, 0–1, 2–2)
 KazakhstanTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,108
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Eduard ZakharchenkoGoaliesPavel PoluektovReferees:
Hungary Péter Gebei
Sweden Marcus Linde
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
0–107:13 – Dallman (PP)
0–214:40 – Metalnikov (Krasnoslobodtsev, Rymarev)
0–331:06 – Krasnoslobodtsev (Rymarev, Litvinenko) (PP)
Nimenko (Varlamov, Kugut) (PP) – 46:391–3
1–447:59 – Rudenko (Polishchuk)
1–558:07 – Rymarev (Savenkov)
Mikhnov (Gnidenko, Blagy) – 59:342–5
8 minPenalties8 min
16Shots24
19 April 2015
20:00
Poland 1–2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 ItalyTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 9,456
Game reference
Rafał Radziszewski
Przemysław Odrobny
GoaliesAndreas BernardReferees:
Czech Republic René Hradil
Slovenia Viki Trilar
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Slovakia Tibor Rovenský
0–113:49 – Ihnacak (Insam)
Pasiut (Kowalówka, Dutka) – 26:221–1
1–233:34 – Ant. Bernard (Ramoser) (SH)
29 minPenalties10 min
18Shots28
20 April 2015
13:00
Kazakhstan 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 HungaryTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,289
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Pavel PoluektovGoaliesBence BálizsReferees:
Czech Republic René Hradil
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Linesmen:
Slovakia Tibor Rovenský
Norway Alexander Waldejer
Rudenko (Savchenko, Dallman) (PP2) – 01:431–0
Vorontsov (Panshin, Litvinenko) – 25:502–0
Dallman (Krasnoslobodtsev, Zhailauov) (PP) – 32:123–0
Krasnoslobodtsev (Rymarev, Zhailauov) (PP) – 35:364–0
Pushkaryov (Zhailauov) – 48:065–0
4 minPenalties16 min
22Shots12
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
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Andreas BernardGoaliesEduard ZakharchenkoReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Belarus Dmitri Golyak
Poland Wojciech Moszczyński
Ihnacak (Marchetti, Insam) (PP) – 24:261–0
1–126:25 – Zakharov (Bondaryev, Pobyedonostsev)
Insam (Egger, Ant. Bernard) – 60:162–1
12 minPenalties12 min
33Shots19
20 April 2015
20:00
Japan 0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)
 PolandTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,662
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Yutaka FukufujiGoaliesPrzemysław OdrobnyReferees:
Hungary Péter Gebei
Sweden Marcus Linde
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
0–142:42 – Malasiński (Zapała, Kolusz) (PP)
0–250:32 – Kolusz (Rompkowski, Kalinowski)
2 minPenalties4 min
26Shots21
22 April 2015
13:00
Kazakhstan 7–2
(3–0, 0–0, 4–2)
 JapanTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,479
Game reference
Pavel PoluektovGoaliesYutaka Fukufuji
Yuto Ito
Referees:
Slovenia Viki Trilar
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Poland Wojciech Moszczyński
Dallman (Rudenko, Starchenko) – 02:381–0
Polishchuk (Semyonov, Dallman) (PP) – 06:482–0
Starchenko – 19:033–0
3–141:16 – Kuji (G. Tanaka, Nishiwaki)
Starchenko (Panshin, Tryasunov) – 42:354–1
Rudenko (Starchenko, Polishchuk) – 45:065–1
Rymarev (Krasnoslobodtsev) – 48:096–1
Polishchuk (Rudenko) – 52:527–1
7–253:51 – G. Tanaka (Kuji, Nishiwaki)
6 minPenalties6 min
29Shots24
22 April 2015
16:30
Italy 1–4
(0–2, 0–0, 1–2)
 HungaryTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,125
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Andreas BernardGoaliesMiklós RajnaReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Sweden Marcus Linde
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Slovakia Tibor Rovenský
0–110:52 – Koger (Banham, Sarauer) (PP)
0–217:52 – Magosi (Nagy)
0–343:01 – Sofron (M. Vas, Koger)
Egger (Ihnacak, Zanatta) – 45:161–3
1–459:16 – M. Vas (ENG)
10 minPenalties8 min
11Shots21
22 April 2015
20:00
Poland 3–2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–2)
 UkraineTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 5,975
Game reference
Przemysław OdrobnyGoaliesEduard ZakharchenkoReferees:
Czech Republic René Hradil
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Linesmen:
Belarus Dmitri Golyak
Norway Alexander Waldejer
Bagiński (Pasiut) (SH) – 33:131–0
Rompkowski (Bryk, Kolusz) – 40:342–0
2–141:46 – Gavryk (Zakharchenko)
2–244:52 – Lyalka
Rompkowski (Zapała, Kolusz) (PP) – 53:443–2
8 minPenalties12 min
24Shots19
23 April 2015
13:00
Japan 3–2
(0–1, 1–0, 2–1)
 ItalyTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,572
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Yutaka FukufujiGoaliesAndreas BernardReferees:
Czech Republic René Hradil
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Linesmen:
Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
Norway Alexander Waldejer
0–119:34 – Frigo (Gander, Ant. Bernard)
Ushu (Takahashi, Yanadori) – 38:481–1
1–247:24 – Ramoser (Ihnacak, Marchetti)
Yanadori (G. Tanaka, Ushu) – 55:562–2
Hirano – 57:063–2
0 minPenalties4 min
26Shots26
23 April 2015
16:30
Ukraine 2–4
(0–0, 2–1, 0–3)
 HungaryTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,774
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Eduard ZakharchenkoGoaliesMiklós RajnaReferees:
Sweden Marcus Linde
Slovenia Viki Trilar
Linesmen:
Denmark Rene Jensen
Poland Wojciech Moszczyński
Blagy (Mikhnov, Kugut) (PP) – 24:361–0
Gnidenko (Mikhnov, Blagy) (PP) – 34:192–0
2–136:44 – Sarauer (Banham, Gõz)
2–251:26 – Koger (Sarauer, Hári) (PP)
2–356:05 – Sarauer (Koger, Sofron)
2–457:15 – Sofron (Kiss) (SH)
6 minPenalties8 min
17Shots32
23 April 2015
20:00
Kazakhstan 3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
 PolandTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 9,067
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Pavel PoluektovGoaliesRafał RadziszewskiReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Hungary Péter Gebei
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Slovakia Tibor Rovenský
Savchenko (Dallman, Krasnoslobodtsev) (PP) – 29:341–0
1–135:33 – Pociecha (Kowalówka, Chmielewski) (PP2)
Starchenko (Rudenko) – 36:562–1
2–248:20 – Kolusz (Bryk, Rompkowski)
Starchenko (Savenkov) – 55:263–2
6 minPenalties10 min
27Shots23
25 April 2015
13:00
Japan 3–1
(0–0, 3–1, 0–0)
 UkraineTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 2,467
Game reference
Yutaka FukufujiGoaliesEduard ZakharchenkoReferees:
Latvia Andris Ansons
Hungary Péter Gebei
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Andrew Dalton
Slovakia Tibor Rovenský
0–128:13 – Blagy (Navarenko) (PP)
Hirano (Yanadori, Obara) (PP) – 30:201–1
Ueno (Obara, Minoshima) – 33:222–1
Obara (Takahashi) (PP) – 36:003–1
14 minPenalties12 min
21Shots27
25 April 2015
16:30
Italy 0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2)
 KazakhstanTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 3,110
Game reference
Andreas BernardGoaliesPavel PoluektovReferees:
Sweden Marcus Linde
Slovenia Viki Trilar
Linesmen:
Belarus Dmitri Golyak
Denmark Rene Jensen
0–106:42 – Rymarev (Khudyakov)
0–245:10 – Zhailauov (Savenkov)
0–353:39 – Vorontsov (PS)
6 minPenalties4 min
24Shots20
25 April 2015
20:00
Hungary 2–1
(0–0, 0–0, 2–1)
 PolandTauron Arena Kraków, Kraków
Attendance: 12,632
Game reference
Miklós RajnaGoaliesPrzemysław OdrobnyReferees:
Slovakia Daniel Konc
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Slovenia Matjaž Hribar
Norway Alexander Waldejer
Hári (Banham, Sebők) – 41:301–0
1–156:52 – Bryk (Pasiut, Rompkowski) (EA)
Szirányi (ENG) – 59:542–1
4 minPenalties6 min
36Shots29

Awards and statistics[edit]

Awards[edit]

Przemysław Odrobny of Poland was selected as the best goalkeeper.

Source: IIHF.com

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[edit]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Kazakhstan Roman Starchenko 5 4 2 6 +8 6 F
Kazakhstan Kevin Dallman 5 3 3 6 +5 0 D
Kazakhstan Konstantin Rudenko 5 3 3 6 +6 2 F
Kazakhstan Evgeni Rymarev 5 3 3 6 +3 0 F
Kazakhstan Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev 5 2 4 6 +4 0 F
Hungary Andrew Sarauer 5 2 4 6 +7 2 F
Hungary Dániel Kóger 5 3 2 5 +4 2 F
Poland Marcin Kolusz 5 2 3 5 +2 0 F
Poland Mateusz Rompkowski 5 2 3 5 +2 4 D
Hungary Frank Banham 5 1 4 5 +3 2 F
Kazakhstan Talgat Zhailauov 5 1 4 5 0 0 F

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

Goaltending leaders[edit]

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
Poland Przemysław Odrobny 185:39 3 0.97 85 96.47 1
Kazakhstan Pavel Poluektov 300:00 6 1.20 99 93.94 2
Hungary Miklós Rajna 240:00 6 1.50 79 92.41 0
Japan Yutaka Fukufuji 257:30 11 2.56 111 90.09 0
Italy Andreas Bernard 298:00 11 2.21 103 89.32 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

Division I B[edit]

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

Participants[edit]

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[edit]

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

Standings[edit]

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
 South Korea 5 4 0 0 1 30 11 +19 12 Promoted to Division I A for 2016
 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 Relegated to Division II A for 2016
Source: [citation needed]

Results[edit]

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
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Ben BownsGoaliesMark DekanichReferee:
Austria Shane Warschaw
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Marek Hlavatý
Japan Sotaro Yamaguchi
0–116:57 – Glumac (SH)
0–252:57 – Perkovich (Sertich) (PP)
O'Connor (Myers) (PP) – 52:571–2
Richardson (Dowd) (EA) – 59:552–2
Richardson (O'Connor) – 60:113–2
10 minPenalties24 min
36Shots30
13 April 2015
17:00
Estonia 3–7
(1–2, 1–3, 1–2)
 South KoreaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 750
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Villem-Henrik KoitmaaGoaliesPark Kye-hoonReferee:
Canada Jeff Ingram
Linesmen:
Netherlands Louis Beelen
Finland Pasi Nieminen
0–104:10 – Kim S. (Kim W., Kim K.) (PP)
0–217:20 – Swift (Cho, Lee D.)
Makrov – 18:221–2
1–325:01 – Testwuide
Makrov (Rooba) – 32:152–3
2–438:31 – Lee You.
2–539:54 – Sung (Testwuide) (SH)
Titarenko (Embrich, Makrov) (PP) – 42:273–5
3–647:21 – Swift (Shin H., Park W.)
3–757:54 – Testwuide (Park W.) (SH, ENG)
31 minPenalties6 min
25Shots48
13 April 2015
20:30
Netherlands 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
 LithuaniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
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Ian MeierdresGoaliesMantas ArmalisReferee:
Denmark Jacob Grumsen
Linesmen:
Belgium Frederic Monnaie
Serbia David Perduv
0–100:11 – Bosas (Gintautas, Bogdziul)
20 minPenalties10 min
35Shots26
14 April 2015
13:30
Estonia 1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)
 Great BritainIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 500
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Roman ShumikhinGoaliesBen BownsReferee:
Finland Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Netherlands Louis Beelen
Serbia David Perduv
0–115:36 – D. Phillips (Weaver, Cowley)
Rooba (Makrov) – 33:191–1
1–254:10 – Farmer (Weaver, D. Phillips)
2 minPenalties6 min
30Shots32
14 April 2015
17:00
Croatia 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 LithuaniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 350
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Mark DekanichGoaliesMantas ArmalisReferee:
Canada Jeff Ingram
Linesmen:
Belgium Frederic Monnaie
Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
0–117:42 – Čižas (Nomanovas)
Perkovich (Letang) – 30:561–1
Sertich (Waugh, Dekanich) (PP2) – 33:342–1
Kinasewich (Sertich, Murray) (PP) – 46:263–1
Murray (Perkovich, Waugh) (ENG) – 59:264–1
20 minPenalties16 min
35Shots31
14 April 2015
20:30
South Korea 7–1
(2–0, 3–1, 2–0)
 NetherlandsIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 920
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Park Sung-jeGoaliesIan Meierdres
Martijn Oosterwijk
Referee:
Austria Shane Warschaw
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Marek Hlavatý
Finland Pasi Nieminen
Shin S. (Testwuide) – 04:031–0
Cho (Testwuide, Shin S.) – 15:302–0
Lee D. (Swift) (PP) – 22:133–0
Swift (Cho) (PP) – 31:014–0
Swift (Shin H.) (PP) – 34:305–0
5–139:34 – K. Bruijsten (PP)
Lee D. (Kim S., Kim K.) – 48:326–1
Cho (Oh) (PP) – 51:177–1
20 minPenalties12 min
37Shots18
16 April 2015
13:30
Lithuania 6–1
(2–0, 0–1, 4–0)
 EstoniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 300
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Mantas ArmalisGoaliesRoman ShumikhinReferee:
Austria Shane Warschaw
Linesmen:
Finland Pasi Nieminen
Japan Sotaro Yamaguchi
Bendžius – 04:581–0
Pliskauskas (Ališauskas) (PP) – 19:022–0
2–125:16 – Sibirtsev (Andrejev, Titarenko)
Bendžius – 43:303–1
Kieras (Bosas, Ališauskas) (PP) – 49:264–1
Nomanovas (Bogdziul) (ENG) – 53:295–1
Pliskauskas – 56:486–1
8 minPenalties6 min
30Shots26
16 April 2015
17:00
South Korea 2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)
 Great BritainIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 700
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Park Sung-jeGoaliesBen BownsReferee:
Denmark Jacob Grumsen
Linesmen:
Netherlands Louis Beelen
Czech Republic Marek Hlavatý
Park W. (Lee D., Kim W.) – 19:381–0
Kim K. (Kim S., Radunske) – 20:352–0
2–120:51 – Farmer
2–233:35 – O'Connor (Weaver) (PP2)
2–346:39 – O'Connor (PS)
14 minPenalties12 min
30Shots30
16 April 2015
20:30
Croatia 2–5
(2–2, 0–1, 0–2)
 NetherlandsIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,350
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Mark DekanichGoaliesMartijn OosterwijkReferee:
Finland Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
Serbia David Perduv
Perkovich – 00:121–0
1–112:28 – Demelinne (K. Bruijsten)
1–215:06 – Bruijsten (Wurm, Tummers) (PP)
Murray (Kinasewich, Letang) – 19:222–2
2–339:36 – Wurm (Hagemeijer, Van den Heuvel)
2–442:24 – Brekelmans (De Jong, Van Lijden)
2–559:58 – Hagemeijer (ENG)
18 minPenalties8 min
24Shots28
18 April 2015
13:30
Lithuania 0–5
(0–0, 0–3, 0–2)
 South KoreaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
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Mantas ArmalisGoaliesPark Sung-jeReferee:
Finland Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
Serbia David Perduv
0–129:28 – Ahn (Radunske, Kim K.)
0–235:49 – Cho (Shin H., Shin S.)
0–337:44 – Kim S. (Shin S.) (PP)
0–452:01 – Lee You. (Kim H.)
0–554:03 – Kim S. (Radunske) (PP)
12 minPenalties10 min
15Shots46
18 April 2015
17:00
Croatia 5–2
(1–2, 2–0, 2–0)
 EstoniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
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Mark DekanichGoaliesVillem-Henrik KoitmaaReferee:
Denmark Jacob Grumsen
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Marek Hlavatý
Belgium Frederic Monnaie
0–106:23 – Makrov (Auksi)
0–209:09 – Fedoruk
Kinasewich (Sertich) – 11:281–2
Perkovich (Blagus, Kegalj) – 23:522–2
Miličić (Sertich, Murray) – 39:083–2
Kinasewich (Murray) – 49:184–2
Murray (ENG) – 58:375–2
4 minPenalties4 min
32Shots28
18 April 2015
20:30
Great Britain 3–2
(3–1, 0–0, 0–1)
 NetherlandsIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 2,500
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Ben BownsGoaliesMartijn Oosterwijk
Ian Meierdres
Referee:
Canada Jeff Ingram
Linesmen:
Finland Pasi Nieminen
Japan Sotaro Yamaguchi
0–103:09 – Mason (Hagemeijer, Van Oorschot)
Swindlehurst (O'Connor, Shields) – 04:011–1
Blight (Peacock) – 09:242–1
Peacock – 12:133–1
3–253:38 – Houkes (Van Lijden, Tummers)
8 minPenalties2 min
30Shots17
19 April 2015
13:30
South Korea 9–4
(1–1, 5–2, 3–1)
 CroatiaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
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Park Sung-jeGoaliesMark Dekanich
Mate Tomljenović
Referee:
Canada Jeff Ingram
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Marek Hlavatý
Finland Pasi Nieminen
Swift (Testwuide) – 04:391–0
1–109:39 – Blagus (Perkovich, Glumac)
1–222:58 – Kinasewich (Miličić, Murray) (PP)
Ahn (Kim W., Kim S.) (PP) – 24:432–2
Kim K. (Kim S., Radunske) – 25:453–2
Kim W. (Swift) – 26:144–2
Kim K. (Kim S.) – 28:175–2
5–330:10 – Brencun (Murray) (SH)
Testwuide (Swift, Park W.) – 37:346–3
Kim W. (Kim K., Radunske) (PP) – 48:497–3
7–453:52 – Jačmenjak (Kinasewich, Martinović) (PP)
Testwuide (Swift) – 54:138–4
Kim S. (Radunske) – 55:279–4
18 minPenalties80 min
39Shots20
19 April 2015
17:00
Lithuania 3–2
(0–1, 2–0, 1–1)
 Great BritainIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,800
Game reference
Mantas ArmalisGoaliesBen BownsReferee:
Finland Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Netherlands Louis Beelen
Japan Sotaro Yamaguchi
0–114:08 – Garside (Thomas, Lachowicz)
Nomanovas (Rybakov, Visockas) – 29:551–1
Ališauskas (Kumeliauskas) – 37:452–1
2–243:25 – Cowley (Weaver, Prince)
Gintautas (Kieras, Ališauskas) (PP) – 53:013–2
33 minPenalties14 min
15Shots37
19 April 2015
20:30
Netherlands 1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)
 EstoniaIJssportcentrum, Eindhoven
Attendance: 1,500
Game reference
Ian MeierdresGoaliesRoman ShumikhinReferee:
Austria Shane Warschaw
Linesmen:
Belgium Frederic Monnaie
Italy Ulrich Pardatscher
0–117:27 – Makrov (Lahesalu, Rooba) (PP2)
0–218:49 – Makrov (Sibirtsev, Urushev) (PP)
Tummers (Van de Velden, Hagemeijer) – 28:551–2
1–359:08 – Makrov
22 minPenalties4 min
22Shots31

Awards and statistics[edit]

Awards[edit]

  • Best players selected by the directorate:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[edit]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
South Korea Michael Swift 5 5 4 9 +8 14 F
Estonia Andrei Makrov 5 6 2 8 −3 2 F
South Korea Kim Ki-sung 5 4 4 8 +5 4 F
South Korea Mike Testwuide 5 4 4 8 +9 0 F
South Korea Kim Sang-wook 5 3 5 8 +4 6 F
Croatia Andrew Murray 5 3 5 8 +1 4 F
South Korea Brock Radunske 5 0 7 7 +4 0 F
Croatia Ryan Kinasewich 5 4 2 6 −2 0 F
Croatia Nathan Perkovich 5 4 2 6 +2 18 F
South Korea Cho Min-ho 5 3 2 5 +2 2 F
United Kingdom Ben O'Connor 5 3 2 5 +1 6 D

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

Goaltending leaders[edit]

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
Lithuania Mantas Armalis 298:59 11 2.21 178 93.82 1
Netherlands Ian Meierdres 204:21 8 2.35 98 91.84 0
United Kingdom Ben Bowns 299:04 10 2.01 122 91.80 0
Croatia Mark Dekanich 259:51 11 2.54 128 91.41 0
South Korea Park Sung-je 238:51 8 2.01 83 90.36 1

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[edit]

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  2. ^ "Ukraine Withdraws as Hosts of 2015 Division IA World Championships". thehockeyhouse.net. August 15, 2014. Archived from the original on August 19, 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.