2015 IIHF World Championship Division II

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2015 IIHF World Championship
Division II

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Tournament details
Host countries	Iceland South Africa
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	13–19 April
Teams	12

The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Group B in Cape Town, South Africa, with both groups being played 13 to 19 April 2015.

Venues

Group A	Group B
Reykjavík	Cape Town
Laugardalur Arena Capacity: 1,000	Grandwest Ice Arena Capacity: 2,800

Division II A

2015 IIHF World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Iceland
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–19 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	111 (7.4 per game)
Attendance	4,958 (331 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Mitch Morgan (10 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Romania	Placed 6th in Division I B and were relegated.
Iceland	Host, placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
Serbia	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Australia	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Belgium	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Spain	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees

• Roy Hansen
• Vedran Krčelić
• Paweł Meszyński
• Liam Sewell

Linesmen

• Maksims Bogdanovs
• Thomas Caillot
• Havar Dahl
• Sindri Gunnarsson
• Michael Johnstone
• Marko Sakovic
• Orri Sigmarsson

Standings

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
Romania	5	4	1	0	0	27	11	+16	14	Promoted to Division I B for 2016
Belgium	5	2	1	0	2	22	15	+7	8
Serbia	5	1	1	2	1	18	22	−4	7
Spain	5	2	0	1	2	16	20	−4	7
Iceland	5	2	0	1	2	17	13	+4	7
Australia	5	0	1	0	4	11	30	−19	2	Relegated to Division II B for 2016

Source:

Results

All times are local (UTC±0).

13 April 2015 13:00

Spain

6–1 (2–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Australia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 121

Game reference
	Ander Alcaine	Goalies	Fraser Carson	Referee: Vedran Krčelić Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Orri Sigmarsson
	G. Betran (PP) – 05:00 1–0 1–1 05:55 – Todd (Funes) G. González (A. Betran, Hernández) – 18:37 2–1 A. Garcia (Carbonell) – 24:32 3–1 Puyuelo (P. González) – 46:40 4–1 Boronat (Solórzano, Vicente) – 47:25 5–1 Anglès (Barnola) – 47:52 6–1
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	21

13 April 2015 16:30

Serbia

4–8 (0–3, 2–3, 2–2)

Romania

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 146

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković Milan Luković	Goalies	Adrian Catrinoi	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Maksims Bogdanovs Sindri Gunnarsson
	0–1 01:46 – Bíró (Molnár) 0–2 04:47 – Lorincz (Trancă, Flinta) 0–3 08:16 – Zsók (Timaru) 0–4 23:57 – Mihály (Zsók) Filipović (Sretovic) (PP) – 28:16 1–4 1–5 28:38 – Papp (Zsók) Ilić (Ogrizović) – 30:55 2–5 2–6 38:28 – Lorincz (Trancă, Flinta) 2–7 41:35 – Timaru (Bíró) 2–8 44:34 – Bíró (Timaru, Bors) Gabrić – 46:05 3–8 Popravka (Babić, Sretovic) – 56:31 4–8
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	25	Shots	38

13 April 2015 20:00

Iceland

3–0 (0–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Belgium

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 632

Game reference
	Dennis Hedström	Goalies	Arthur Legrand	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Havar Dahl Marko Sakovic
	Sigurðarson (þormóðsson, Maack) – 40:57 1–0 Alengard (Sigurðarson) (ENG) – 59:07 2–0 Gislason (Sigurðarson, Jónsson) (ENG) – 59:20 3–0
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	29

14 April 2015 13:00

Romania

5–1 (2–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Australia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 189

Game reference
	Ottó Ónodi	Goalies	Fraser Carson	Referee: Roy Hansen Linesmen: Maksims Bogdanovs Havar Dahl
	Gliga (Góga) – 06:02 1–0 Lorincz (Bors, Góga) – 07:15 2–0 Góga (Bors, Mihály) (PP) – 46:18 3–0 3–1 48:30 – Humphries (McDowell, Todd) Mihály (Zsók, Gliga) – 49:43 4–1 Flinta (Timaru, Pysarenko) – 57:21 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	20

14 April 2015 16:30

Belgium

6–2 (3–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Spain

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 202

Game reference
	Jean Cornelis	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Sindri Gunnarsson
	Dewin (Everart, Paulus) – 02:54 1–0 Vercammen (Kolodziejczyk) (SH) – 08:35 2–0 Morgan (Gyesbreghs, Bremer) (PP) – 12:10 3–0 Pellegrims (Morgan, Engelen) (SH) – 30:10 4–0 Gyesbreghs (Engelen) – 35:15 5–0 5–1 42:31 – Hernández (Boronat, Muñoz) (PP) Van Loof (De Smet, Gyesbreghs) – 54:01 6–1 6–2 56:14 – Palacin (Angles)
	37 min	Penalties	20 min
	34	Shots	26

14 April 2015 20:00

Iceland

4–5 (2–2, 2–1, 0–2)

Serbia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 607

Game reference
	Dennis Hedström	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Vedran Krčelić Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Marko Sakovic
	þormóðsson (Sigurðarson) – 05:03 1–0 Maack (Helgason, Sigurðarson) – 11:11 2–0 2–1 18:04 – Luković (Filipović, Vucurević) 2–2 19:29 – Babić (Sretovic) Jónsson (R. Hedström, Alengard) (PP2) – 30:51 3–2 3–3 37:42 – Filipović (Popravka, Luković) Andrésson (Alengard, Jónsson) – 39:39 4–3 4–4 45:50 – Brkusanin (Sretovic, Popravka) 4–5 59:41 – Sretovic (Popravka, Babić)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	25

16 April 2015 13:00

Romania

4–3 (3–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Belgium

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Otto Onodi	Goalies	Jean Cornelis	Referee: Vedran Krčelić Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Sindri Gunnarsson
	Mihály (Góga, Zsók) (PP) – 03:48 1–0 Imecs (Trancă, Lorincz) – 08:46 2–0 Gliga (Mihály, Góga) – 17:23 3–0 3–1 22:09 – Pellegrims (Gyesbreghs, Kolodziejczyk) (PP) 3–2 25:53 – Paulus Gliga (Zsók) – 43:15 4–2 4–3 47:35 – Morgan (Engelen)
	22 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	21

16 April 2015 16:30

Serbia

3–4 GWS (1–1, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Australia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 182

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Fraser Carson	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Marko Sakovic Orri Sigmarsson
	0–1 02:26 – Malloy (Oddy, Dunwoodie) Sretovic (Babić) (SH) – 08:57 1–1 1–2 27:33 – McDowell (Malloy) Filipović (Milovanović, Vucurević) – 39:57 2–2 2–3 42:01 – Oddy (Malloy, Darge) Babić (Sretovic, Popravka) – 49:00 3–3
	Popravka Sretovic Filipović	Shootout	McDowell Darge Malloy
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	33

16 April 2015 20:00

Iceland

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Spain

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 672

Game reference
	Dennis Hedström	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Roy Hansen Linesmen: Maksims Bogdanovs Havar Dahl
	0–1 19:19 – G. Betran (Muñoz, P. González) (PP) 0–2 24:15 – Solorzano (Puyuelo, Fuentes) Gislason (Sigurðarson) – 37:35 1–2 1–3 40:42 – P. González (Muñoz) (PP) B. Árnason (Leifsson) (PP) – 51:54 2–3 2–4 59:46 – Puyuelo (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	30

17 April 2015 13:00

Belgium

3–2 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT 1–0)

Serbia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 174

Game reference
	Arthur Legrand	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Orri Sigmarsson
	0–1 13:51 – Filipović (Milovanović, Vucurević) Pellegrims (Neven, Kolodziejczyk) (PP) – 17:31 1–1 Kolodziejczyk (Morgan, Pellegrims) – 24:32 2–1 2–2 26:28 – Milovanović (Luković, Brkusanin) Morgan (Kolodziejczyk) – 63:44 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	48

17 April 2015 16:30

Spain

1–7 (0–2, 0–0, 1–5)

Romania

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 127

Game reference
	Ander Alcaine Ignacio García	Goalies	Adrian Catrinoi	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Maksims Bogdanovs Sindri Gunnarsson
	0–1 05:06 – Mihály (Gliga) 0–2 13:45 – Mihály (Gliga, Bors) Muñoz (Boronat) – 42:50 1–2 1–3 47:29 – Mihály (Gliga, Zsók) 1–4 51:40 – Bíró (Timaru, Molnár) 1–5 55:09 – Trancă (Góga, Mihály) (EA) 1–6 55:38 – Lorincz (Pysarenko, Trancă) 1–7 59:48 – Molnár (Bíró, Papp) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	40

17 April 2015 20:00

Australia

1–6 (1–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Iceland

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 717

Game reference
	Fraser Carson	Goalies	Dennis Hedström	Referee: Roy Hansen Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Havar Dahl
	0–1 06:06 – Alengard (Gislason) (PP) 0–2 17:20 – þormóðsson (Magnússon) McKenzie (Humphries) – 18:55 1–2 1–3 29:05 – R. Hedström (Gislason) 1–4 30:28 – Sigurðarson (SH) 1–5 50:52 – I. Árnason (R. Hedström) 1–6 53:15 – Alengard (Jónsson, R. Hedström) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	25

19 April 2015 13:00

Serbia

4–3 GWS (0–1, 1–2, 2–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Spain

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 107

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Ignacio García	Referee: Roy Hansen Linesmen: Havar Dahl Orri Sigmarsson
	0–1 09:09 – Angles (Puyuelo) 20:19 – Popravka (Babić, Sretovic) 1–1 1–2 22:23 – Solorzano (Puyuelo, Fuentes) 1–3 38:45 – G. González (Muñoz) 45:44 – Babić (Sretovic, Popravka) 2–3 51:36 – Janković (Ogrizović, Raković) 3–3
	Sretovic Milovanović Babić	Shootout	Boronat Puyuelo Carbonell
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	61	Shots	36

19 April 2015 16:30

Australia

4–10 (1–4, 1–3, 2–3)

Belgium

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 146

Game reference
	Fraser Carson Joshua Broekman	Goalies	Arthur Legrand	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Maksims Bogdanovs Thomas Caillot
	0–1 06:43 – Morgan 0–2 09:27 – Pellegrims (Morgan, Kolodziejczyk) 0–3 14:03 – Vercammen (PS) 0–4 18:17 – Pellegrims (Kolodziejczyk, Engelen) Webster (Todd, Powell) – 18:35 1–4 1–5 20:47 – Neven (Kolodziejczyk, Morgan) (PP) 1–6 25:57 – Bremer (Dewin) 1–7 29:49 – Bremer (Van Looy, Engelen) Geric (Todd) – 35:53 2–7 2–8 41:50 – Morgan (Kolodziejczyk, Gyesbreghs) 2–9 46:45 – Van Noten (Paulus, Engelen) (PP) Powell (Todd, Webster) – 51:49 3–9 3–10 58:34 – Morgan (Paulus, Pellegrims) Geric (Darge, Malloy) (PP) – 59:50 4–10
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	37	Shots	35

19 April 2015 20:00

Romania

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT 1–0)

Iceland

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 834

Game reference
	Adrian Catrinoi Otto Onodi	Goalies	Snorri Sigurbergsson	Referee: Liam Sewell Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Marko Sakovic
	Csergo (Tapu, Irimia) – 09:55 1–0 1–1 24:00 – Alengard (R. Hedström) Munteanu (Pysarenko) – 29:11 2–1 2–2 53:58 – R. Hedström (Helgason, Alengard) Gliga (Zsók, Góga) – 62:45 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	30

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Arthur Legrand
  • Best Defenceman: Attila Góga
  • Best Forward: Björn Sigurðarson

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Mitch Morgan	5	6	4	10	+3	0	F
Marko Sretovic	5	3	7	10	−3	4	F
Bryan Kolodziejczyk	5	1	9	10	+4	4	F
Ede Mihály	5	6	3	9	+7	0	F
Roberto Gliga	5	4	5	9	+6	9	F
Levente Zsók	5	1	7	8	+7	2	F
Emil Alengard	5	4	3	7	+3	0	F
Maxime Pellegrims	5	4	3	7	1	2	F
Miloš Babić	5	3	4	7	+1	2	F
Robin Hedström	5	2	5	7	+2	0	F
Pavel Popravka	5	2	5	7	+1	4	F
Björn Sigurðarson	5	2	5	7	+4	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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Arthur Legrand	183:26	7	2.29	121	94.21	0
Dennis Hedström	239:15	9	2.26	112	91.96	0
Otto Onodi	152:47	5	1.96	59	91.53	0
Adrian Catrinoi	149:58	6	2.40	62	90.32	0
Arsenije Ranković	284:39	19	4.00	168	88.69	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 II B

2015 IIHF World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–19 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	126 (8.4 per game)
Attendance	4,263 (284 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ivan Hodulov (11 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Israel	Placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
Mexico	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
New Zealand	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
China	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
South Africa	Host, placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees

• Manuel Nikolic
• Tomáš Orolin
• Alexey Roshchyn
• Andrej Simankov

Linesman

• Jonathan Burger
• Christoffer Hurtik
• Benas Jakšys
• Vytautas Lukoševičius
• Marco Mori
• Park Jun-soo
• Marc-Henri Progin

Standings

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
China	5	4	1	0	0	33	15	+18	14	Promoted to Division II A for 2016
New Zealand	5	3	0	0	2	21	17	+4	9
Mexico	5	3	0	0	2	24	15	+9	9
Bulgaria	5	2	0	0	3	17	30	−13	6
Israel	5	1	0	1	3	20	29	−9	4
South Africa	5	1	0	0	4	11	20	−9	3	Relegated to Division III for 2016

Source:

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

13 April 2015 13:00

New Zealand

6–3 (1–1, 3–1, 2–1)

Israel

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Richard Parry	Goalies	Boris Amromin Alexander Loginov	Referee: Tomáš Orolin Linesmen: Vytautas Lukoševičius Marc-Henri Progin
	0–1 06:56 – Frenkel (PP) Henderson (Harrop) – 08:10 1–1 Henderson (Challis, Harrop) (PP) – 24:27 2–1 2–2 26:34 – Spektor (Maaravi, Aharonovich) (PP) Heyd (Henderson, Cox) – 36:27 3–2 J. Hay (Chai, Attwell) – 39:08 4–2 Chai (Attwell) – 47:19 5–2 Cox (Henderson, Heyd) – 47:32 6–2 6–3 52:45 – Pyshkin (Mazour, S. Levy)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	16

13 April 2015 16:15

Bulgaria

3–10 (1–3, 1–3, 1–4)

China

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Nikola Nikolov Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Liu Zhiwei Xia Shengrong	Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Christoffer Hurtik
	0–1 02:20 – Yang (Zhang H.) (SH) 0–2 02:57 – Liu L. (Chen, Xia T.) 0–3 04:59 – Zhang H. (Yang, Qu) Hodulov (Boyadjiev, Mihov) (PP) – 16:19 1–3 Panev (Gatchev, Stefanov) – 34:43 2–3 2–4 36:22 – Qu (Li Z., Xia T.) 2–5 38:05 – Ji 2–6 38:53 – Xia T. (Qu) 2–7 42:36 – Zhu (Guan, Fu) Nikolov (Hodulov, Dikov) (PP) – 44:41 3–7 3–8 54:37 – Xia T. (Zhang H., Bao) 3–9 56:06 – Li H. 3–10 58:41 – Li H. (Cui, Liu Q.)
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	29

13 April 2015 20:00

Mexico

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

South Africa

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 375

Game reference
	Alfonso de Alba	Goalies	Ashley Bock	Referee: Andrej Simankov Linesmen: Marco Mori Park Jun-soo
	Colás (Gómez) – 04:17 1–0 Gómez (de la Vega) (PP) – 23:55 2–0 Arroyo (Chabat) – 25:12 3–0 3–1 27:19 – Krotz (Carelse) (PP2) Cervantes (Majul) – 45:30 4–1
	26 min	Penalties	20 min
	20	Shots	33

14 April 2015 13:00

Israel

3–4 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 2–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

China

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 57

Game reference
	Alexander Loginov	Goalies	Liu Zhiwei	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Benas Jakšys
	0–1 06:13 – Li H. (Cui, Liu Q.) (PP) Aharonovich – 31:48 1–1 1–2 41:37 – Cui (Li H.) (SH) Pyshkin (Maaravi) – 44:08 2–2 Spektor (Pyshkin) – 56:09 3–2 3–3 57:56 – Xia T. (Qu, Zhang H.) (PP)
	Pyshkin Mazour Spektor	Shootout	Chen Qu Zhang C.
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	46

14 April 2015 16:15

Mexico

3–5 (1–2, 1–2, 1–1)

New Zealand

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 77

Game reference
	Andrés de la Garma	Goalies	Richard Parry	Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Christoffer Hurtik Park Jun-soo
	de la Vega (Gómez, Sierra) – 03:43 1–0 1–1 06:46 – Henderson (J. Hay, Haines) 1–2 13:19 – Heyd Majul (Chabat, Ugarte) – 21:34 2–2 2–3 24:55 – Frear (Lawrence) 2–4 39:14 – Challis Chabat (Majul) (PP) – 40:42 3–4 3–5 55:46 – Heyd (Cox, Henderson)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	42	Shots	27

14 April 2015 20:00

South Africa

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Bulgaria

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 275

Game reference
	Ashley Bock	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Tomáš Orolin Linesmen: Vytautas Lukoševičius Marc-Henri Progin
	0–1 27:33 – Nikolov (Hodulov) Nebe – 36:57 1–1 1–2 58:49 – Nikolov (Boyadjiev, Stefanov) (PP2)
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	53	Shots	26

16 April 2015 13:00

Mexico

9–1 (3–0, 0–0, 6–1)

Bulgaria

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Andrés de la Garma	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Pard Jun-soo
	Gómez (Arroyo, Chabat) – 12:25 1–0 Linares (Smithers, Cervantes) – 12:57 2–0 Sierra (Cervantes, de la Vega) – 19:51 3–0 Chabat – 41:09 4–0 4–1 42:15 – Stefanov (Nikolov, Bozhanov) Chabat (Tommasi, Gómez) – 55:03 5–1 Majul (Gómez, Cervantes) – 57:19 6–1 Gómez (Chabat, Linares) – 58:10 7–1 Smithers (Carrero) – 58:22 8–1 Majul (Cervantes) – 59:26 9–1
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	54	Shots	15

16 April 2015 16:15

New Zealand

4–7 (1–2, 3–1, 0–4)

China

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 112

Game reference
	Jaden Pine-Murphy Richard Parry	Goalies	Liu Zhiwei	Referee: Andrej Simankov Linesmen: Marco Mori Marc-Henri Progin
	Harrison (J. Hay, Harrop) – 08:04 1–0 1–1 10:23 – Zhu (Guan) (PP) 1–2 18:39 – Chen (Liu Q., Liu L.) 1–3 22:04 – Ji (Li X.) (PP) Haines (Heyd, Parry) (PP) – 34:27 2–3 Wannamaker (Cox) (PP) – 36:15 3–3 Cox (Heyd) – 37:04 4–3 4–4 49:38 – Liu L. (Cui) 4–5 51:11 – Cui 4–6 53:24 – Yang (Qu) (PP) 4–7 54:14 – Li H. (Cui)
	36 min	Penalties	26 min
	46	Shots	45

16 April 2015 20:00

Israel

6–3 (1–1, 4–0, 1–2)

South Africa

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 922

Game reference
	Alexander Loginov	Goalies	Ashley Bock Marcello Strydom	Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Christoffer Hurtik Benas Jakšys
	0–1 04:49 – Krotz (Magmoed, Birrell) (PP) Spivak (Frenkel) (PP) – 09:40 1–1 Spivak (Avneri, Mazour) – 23:48 2–1 Frenkel (I. Levy, S. Levy) – 24:18 3–1 Mazour (Spivak, Pyshkin) (PP) – 31:01 4–1 Aharonovich (Spektor) – 31:57 5–1 Mazour (Frenkel, Pyshkin) (PP) – 46:04 6–1 6–2 53:31 – Giot (Krotz, Marais) 6–3 59:23 – Marais
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	39

17 April 2015 13:00

China

5–2 (2–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Mexico

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 48

Game reference
	Liu Zhiwei	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Tomáš Orolin Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Vytautas Lukoševičius
	Cui (Na) – 03:30 1–0 Cui – 09:10 2–0 2–1 23:04 – Carrero (Cervantes) 2–2 24:56 – Rosette (Cervantes, Majul) Zhu – 31:08 3–2 Chen – 32:54 4–2 Li X. – 41:33 5–2
	22 min	Penalties	2 min
	50	Shots	52

17 April 2015 16:15

Bulgaria

10–5 (6–1, 2–2, 2–2)

Israel

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 43

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	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Alexander Loginov Boris Amromin	Referee: Andrej Simankov Linesmen: Christoffer Hurtik Marco Mori
	Boyadjiev (Hodulov) – 04:12 1–0 Gatchev (Nikolov) – 04:36 2–0 Hodulov (Boyadjiev) – 04:59 3–0 Blagoev (Boyadjiev, Hodulov) – 06:36 4–0 Boyadjiev (Blagoev) – 11:37 5–0 Hodulov (Nikolov, Boyadjiev) (PP) – 15:13 6–0 6–1 15:28 – Aharonovich (Oz, Spivak) Hodulov (Nikolov) (SH) – 24:14 7–1 7–2 27:09 – Avneri (I. Levy, S. Levy) Hodulov (Blagoev) – 30:51 8–2 8–3 32:53 – Spektor (SH) Nikolov (Gatchev) – 44:44 9–3 9–4 47:04 – Frenkel (Spivak, Pyshkin) (PP) 9–5 52:28 – Spivak (Spektor, S. Levy) Hodulov (Boyadjiev) (PP) – 58:39 10–5
	16 min	Penalties	36 min
	37	Shots	68

17 April 2015 20:00

South Africa

3–1 (0–0, 2–0, 1–1)

New Zealand

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 985

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	Richard Parry	Goalies	Ashley Bock	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Benas Jakšys Marc-Henri Progin
	Samaai (Birrell, Magmoed) – 34:07 1–0 Samaai (Krotz, Marais) (PP) – 39:26 2–0 2–1 47:30 – Harrison (Heyd) (PP) Samaai (Bremner, Nebe) (ENG) – 59:53 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	52

19 April 2015 13:00

New Zealand

5–1 (0–0, 2–1, 3–0)

Bulgaria

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 69

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	Jaden Pine-Murphy	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Tomáš Orolin Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Vytautas Lukoševičius
	Challis (Henderson, Lawrence) (PP) – 21:03 1–0 Frear (Cox) – 31:54 2–0 2–1 36:01 – Hodulov (Boyadjiev) Henderson (Attwell) – 49:34 3–1 Cox (Heyd, Henderson) – 49:53 4–1 Frear (Henderson) – 58:18 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	31

19 April 2015 16:15

Israel

3–6 (1–1, 0–2, 2–3)

Mexico

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 67

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	Alexander Loginov	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Manuel Nikolic Linesmen: Park Jun-soo Marc-Henri Progin
	I. Levy (Avneri) – 02:10 1–0 1–1 14:51 – Colás (Cervantes, Rosette) 1–2 32:56 – de la Vega (Gómez, Sierra) (PP) 1–3 34:25 – Colás (Escandon) Mazour (S. Levy) – 52:07 2–3 2–4 52:02 – Majul (Escandon) 2–5 54:35 – Chabat (Arroyo, Ugarte) (PP) Mazour (Spivak, Frenkel) (PP) – 58:03 3–5 3–6 59:44 – Gómez (Majul, Cervantes) (ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	45

19 April 2015 20:00

China

7–3 (3–1, 3–2, 1–0)

South Africa

Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town Attendance: 968

Game reference
	Liu Zhiwei	Goalies	Ashley Bock	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Benas Jakšys Marco Mori
	Liu L. (Fu) (PP) – 02:25 1–0 Xia T. (Qu, Zhang H.) (PP) – 15:20 2–0 2–1 16:06 – Samaai Xia T. (Qu, Liu L.) (PP) – 17:58 3–1 Chen (Cui, Li H.) – 21:49 4–1 Li X. (Ji, Zhu) – 22:35 5–1 Liu L. (Chen, Cui) – 23:50 6–1 6–2 26:02 – Reeves (Birrell) (PP) 6–3 32:01 – Birrell (Marais, Samaai) Bao (Zhang C., Fu) – 45:14 7–3
	14 min	Penalties	26 min
	35	Shots	26

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Dimitar Dimitrov
  • Best Defenceman: Daniel Spivak
  • Best Forward: Héctor Majul

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ivan Hodulov	5	6	5	11	+1	4	F
Cui Xijun	5	4	6	10	+7	8	F
Nicholas Henderson	5	4	6	10	+9	0	F
Héctor Majul	5	5	4	9	+4	14	F
Carlos Gómez	5	4	5	9	+4	6	F
Martin Boyadjiev	5	2	7	9	−3	10	F
Adrian Cervantes	5	1	8	9	+4	4	F
Roberto Chabat	5	4	4	8	0	0	F
Martin Nikolov	5	4	4	8	−2	6	F
Andrew Cox	5	3	5	8	+5	14	F
Paris Heyd	5	3	5	8	+2	10	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
Liu Zhiwei	285:00	14	2.95	160	91.25	0
Richard Parry	219:57	13	3.55	130	90.00	0
Dimitar Dimitrov	295:01	27	5.49	254	89.37	0
Alfonso de Alba	180:00	9	3.00	84	89.29	0
Alexander Loginov	250:24	22	5.27	170	87.06	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