The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division II were two international ice hockey tournaments run by the
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 m ...
.
The Group A tournament was held in
Madrid
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, Spain from 16 to 22 April and the Group B tournament in
Istanbul
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, 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
Match officials
Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Standings
After the tournament, it was determined that Georgia's entire team were Russian nationals, meaning they were ineligible.
The IIHF declared the results of Georgia null and void, and assigned them zero points in the
IIHF World Ranking
The IIHF World Ranking is a ranking of the performance of the national ice hockey teams of member countries of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It is based on a formula giving points for each team's placings at IIHF-sanctioned tour ...
,
and Georgia was also relegated to Division II B for
2024, while Iceland, the last-placed team, retained its place in this division.
Results
''All times are local (
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Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position''
Source
IIHF.com
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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.
''TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average
Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on s ...
; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutout
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
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Source
IIHF.com
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Awards
Group B tournament
Participants
Match officials
Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Standings
Results
''All times are local (
UTC+3
UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours later than the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be wri ...
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Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position''
Source
IIHF.com
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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.
''TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average
Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on s ...
; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutout
In team sports, a shutout ( US) or clean sheet ( UK) is a game in which one team prevents the other from scoring any points. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.
Shutouts are usuall ...
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Source
IIHF.com
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Awards
References
External links
Official website of Division IIAOfficial website of Division IIB
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2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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Division II
2023 IIHF World Championship Division II
2023 IIHF World Championship Division II
Sports competitions in Madrid
Sports competitions in Istanbul
2023 in Spanish sport
2023 in Turkish sport
April 2023 sports events in Spain
April 2023 sports events in Turkey