Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2005

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	Winner: Czech Republic

The 69th Ice Hockey World Championships in 2005 the IIHF men were held on the following dates and at the following locations.

World Championship: April 30 to May 15, 2005 in Vienna and Innsbruck ( Austria )

Division I, Group A: 17th bis 23. April 2005 in Debrecen ( Hungary )

Division I, Group B: 17th bis 23. April 2005 in Eindhoven ( Netherlands )

Division II, Group A: 10. bis 16th April 2005 in Zagreb ( Croatia )

Division II, Group B: 4. bis 10. April 2005 in Belgrade ( Serbia-Montenegro )

Division III: 7. bis 12. March 2005 in Mexico City ( Mexico )

As in the previous year , 45 teams took part in these world championships.

Top division

World Cup 2005 men
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Czech Republic
silver	Canada
bronze	Russia
Relegated	Germany , Austria
venue	Vienna , Innsbruck
opening	April 30, 2005
Endgame	May 15, 2005
spectator	323,974 (5,785 per game)
Gates	171 (2.7 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Tomáš Vokoun
Best defender	Wade Redden
Best striker	Viktor Kozlov
MVP	Joe Thornton

The games for the 69th Men's World Championship took place from April 30th to May 15th, 2005 in Austria . The venues were the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna and the Olympiahalle Innsbruck . The mode of competition remained unchanged compared to the previous year . After the Canadian dominance of the past two years, the title went back to the Czech Republic this year , which made it its eleventh world title.

Ice hockey world championship in Vienna

Preliminary round

Group A

In group A played: Slovakia , Russia , Austria and Belarus . The venue for the group matches was Vienna .

Sat April 30, 2005	Vienna	Austria	-	Russia	2: 4 (1: 1.0: 1.1: 2)
Sat April 30, 2005	Vienna	Slovakia	-	Belarus	2: 1 (0: 0.0: 0.2: 1)
Mon. May 2, 2005	Vienna	Slovakia	-	Russia	3: 3 (1: 0.1: 2.1: 1)
Mon. May 2, 2005	Vienna	Austria	-	Belarus	0: 5 (0: 1.0: 2.0: 2)
Wed. May 4, 2005	Vienna	Russia	-	Belarus	2: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
Wed. May 4, 2005	Vienna	Austria	-	Slovakia	1: 8 (0: 1.0: 2.1: 5)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	13: 5	+ 8	5: 1
2	Russia	3	2	1	0	9: 5	+ 4	5: 1
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	6: 4	+ 2	2: 4
4th	Austria	3	0	0	3	3:17	−14	0: 6

Group B

In Group B: Canada , USA , Latvia and Slovenia played . The game was played in Innsbruck .

Sat April 30, 2005	innsbruck	Latvia	-	Canada	4: 6 (1: 1.1: 4.2: 1)
Sun May 1, 2005	innsbruck	United States	-	Slovenia	7: 0 (3: 0.2: 0.2: 0)
Tue May 3, 2005	innsbruck	Canada	-	Slovenia	8: 0 (3: 0.2: 0.3: 0)
Tue May 3, 2005	innsbruck	United States	-	Latvia	3: 1 (0: 1.1: 0.2: 0)
Thursday May 5, 2005	innsbruck	Slovenia	-	Latvia	1: 3 (0: 1.1: 1.0; 1)
Thursday May 5, 2005	innsbruck	Canada	-	United States	3: 1 (0: 0.2: 1.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	17: 5	+ 12	6-0
2	United States	3	2	0	1	11: 4	+ 7	4: 2
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	8:10	- 2nd	2: 4
4th	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	1:18	−17	0: 6

Group C

In Group C: Sweden , Finland , Ukraine and Denmark played . The group's games took place in Innsbruck .

Sat April 30, 2005	innsbruck	Finland	-	Denmark	2: 1 (1: 0.0: 0.1: 1)
Sun May 1, 2005	innsbruck	Ukraine	-	Sweden	2: 3 (0: 2.2: 0.0: 1)
Mon. May 2, 2005	innsbruck	Finland	-	Ukraine	4: 1 (1: 0.2: 1.1: 0)
Mon. May 2, 2005	innsbruck	Sweden	-	Denmark	7: 0 (2: 0.3: 0.2: 0)
Wed. May 4, 2005	innsbruck	Denmark	-	Ukraine	1: 2 (0: 0.1: 1.0; 1)
Wed. May 4, 2005	innsbruck	Sweden	-	Finland	5: 1 (2: 1.2: 0.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	15: 3	+ 12	6-0
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	7: 7	0	4: 2
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	5: 8	- 3	2: 4
4th	Denmark	3	0	0	3	2:11	- 9	0: 6

Group D

In Group D: the Czech Republic , Germany , Switzerland and Kazakhstan played . The venue for the games was Vienna

Sun May 1, 2005	Vienna	Switzerland	-	Czech Republic	1: 3 (1: 2.0: 0.0: 1)
Sun May 1, 2005	Vienna	Germany	-	Kazakhstan	1: 2 (0: 2.1: 0.0: 0)
Tue May 3, 2005	Vienna	Kazakhstan	-	Switzerland	1: 2 (1: 1.0: 0.0: 1)
Tue May 3, 2005	Vienna	Czech Republic	-	Germany	2: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
Thursday May 5, 2005	Vienna	Czech Republic	-	Kazakhstan	1: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.0: 0)
Thursday May 5, 2005	Vienna	Germany	-	Switzerland	1: 5 (1: 1.0: 1.0: 3)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	6: 1	+5	6-0
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	8: 5	+3	4: 2
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	3: 4	−1	2: 4
4th	Germany	3	0	0	3	2: 9	−7	0: 6

Relegation round for places 13–16, group G

The last of the groups A to D play against each other in this round. With the exception of the Germany-Austria duel, all games took place in Innsbruck .

Fri May 6, 2005	Vienna	Austria	-	Germany	2: 2 (0: 2.1: 0.1: 0)
Fri May 6, 2005	innsbruck	Slovenia	-	Denmark	4: 3 (0: 3.1: 0.3: 0)
May 8, 2005	innsbruck	Austria	-	Denmark	3: 4 (3: 1.0: 2.0: 1)
May 9, 2005	innsbruck	Slovenia	-	Germany	1: 9 (0: 3.0: 5.1: 1)
Tuesday May 10, 2005	innsbruck	Germany	-	Denmark	2: 3 (1: 1.1: 1.0: 1)
Wed May 11, 2005	innsbruck	Austria	-	Slovenia	2: 6 (1: 0.0: 3.1: 3)

The German national team in the relegation round

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	11:14	−3	4: 2
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	11:10	+1	4: 2
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	13: 6	+7	3: 3
4th	Austria	3	0	1	2	7:12	−5	1: 5

Intermediate round

Group E

Group E consists of the first 3 of groups A and D. All games took place in Vienna . The direct comparisons from the preliminary round have been adopted.

Fri May 6, 2005	Vienna	Russia	-	Switzerland	3: 3 (2: 2.1: 1.0: 0)
Sat May 7, 2005	Vienna	Belarus	-	Kazakhstan	2: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
Sat May 7, 2005	Vienna	Slovakia	-	Czech Republic	1: 5 (0: 2.1: 3.0: 0)
May 8, 2005	Vienna	Slovakia	-	Switzerland	3: 1 (0: 0.2: 1.1: 0)
May 8, 2005	Vienna	Czech Republic	-	Russia	1: 2 (1: 0.0: 1.0: 1)
May 9, 2005	Vienna	Russia	-	Kazakhstan	3: 1 (0: 0.3: 0.0: 1)
May 9, 2005	Vienna	Switzerland	-	Belarus	2: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
Tuesday May 10, 2005	Vienna	Kazakhstan	-	Slovakia	1: 3 (1: 1.0: 1.0: 1)
Tuesday May 10, 2005	Vienna	Czech Republic	-	Belarus	5: 1 (1: 0.2: 1.2: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Russia	5	3	2	0	13: 8	+ 5	8: 2
2	Czech Republic	5	4th	0	1	15: 5	+10	8: 2
3	Slovakia	5	3	1	1	12:11	+ 1	7: 3
4th	Switzerland	5	2	1	2	9:10	- 1	5: 5
5	Belarus	5	1	0	4th	4:11	- 7th	2: 8
6th	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	3:11	- 8th	0:10

Group F.

Group F consists of the first 3 of groups B and C. All games took place in Innsbruck . The direct comparisons from the preliminary round have been adopted.

Fri May 6, 2005	innsbruck	United States	-	Finland	4: 4 (1: 1.0: 0.3: 3)
Sat May 7, 2005	innsbruck	Latvia	-	Ukraine	3: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.2: 0)
Sat May 7, 2005	innsbruck	Canada	-	Sweden	4: 5 (2: 1.1: 3.1: 1)
May 8, 2005	innsbruck	Canada	-	Finland	3: 3 (0: 1.1: 1.2: 1)
May 8, 2005	innsbruck	Sweden	-	United States	1: 5 (0: 1.0: 2.1: 2)
May 9, 2005	innsbruck	United States	-	Ukraine	1: 1 (0: 0.0: 1.1: 0)
May 9, 2005	innsbruck	Finland	-	Latvia	0: 0 (0: 0.0: 0.0: 0)
Tuesday May 10, 2005	innsbruck	Ukraine	-	Canada	1: 2 (1: 1.0: 0.0: 1)
Tuesday May 10, 2005	innsbruck	Sweden	-	Latvia	9: 1 (3: 0.2: 0.4: 1)

Intermediate round game Sweden - Latvia

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Sweden	5	4th	0	1	23:13	+10	8: 2
2	Canada	5	3	1	1	18:14	+ 4	7: 3
3	United States	5	2	2	1	14:10	+ 4	6: 4
4th	Finland	5	1	3	1	12:13	- 1	5: 5
5	Latvia	5	1	1	3	9:18	- 9	3: 7
6th	Ukraine	5	0	1	4th	5:13	- 8th	1: 9

Play-offs

With the exception of two quarter-finals, the play-off games took place in Vienna .

Quarter finals
May 12, 2005	Vienna	Czech Republic	-	United States	n.P. 3: 2 (0: 1.0: 1.2: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
May 12, 2005	innsbruck	Canada	-	Slovakia	5: 4 (2: 2.1: 1.2: 1)
May 12, 2005	Vienna	Russia	-	Finland	n.P. 4: 3 (2: 3.1: 0.0: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
May 12, 2005	innsbruck	Sweden	-	Switzerland	2: 1 (1: 1.1: 0.0: 0)
Semifinals
Sat May 14, 2005	Vienna	Russia	-	Canada	3: 4 (0: 3.2: 1.1: 0)
Sat May 14, 2005	Vienna	Sweden	-	Czech Republic	n.V. 2: 3 (0: 0.1: 1.1: 1.0: 1)
3rd place match
May 15, 2005	Vienna	Russia	-	Sweden	6: 3 (3: 2.3: 0.0: 1)
final
May 15, 2005	Vienna	Canada	-	Czech Republic	0: 3 (0: 1.0: 0.0: 2)

Final placement of the world championship

RF	team
1	Czech Republic
2	Canada
3	Russia
4th	Sweden
5	Slovakia
6th	United States
7th	Finland
8th	Switzerland
9	Latvia
10	Belarus
11	Ukraine
12	Kazakhstan
13	Slovenia
14th	Denmark
15th	Germany
16	Austria

Relegated to Division I:	Germany, Austria
Promoted from Division I:	Norway, Italy

Master teams

World champion Czech Republic	Tomas Vokoun , Adam Svoboda , Milan Hnilička - Frantisek Kaberle , Jan Hejda , Jaroslav Špaček , Jiri Fischer , Jirí Šlégr , Marek Židlický , Pavel Kubina , Tomas Kaberle - Aleš Hemský , David Výborný , Jan Hlaváč , Jaromir Jagr , Josef Vašíček , Martin Ručínský , Martin Straka , Petr Čajánek , Petr Průcha , Petr Sýkora , Radek Dvořák , Radim Vrbata , Václav Prospal , Václav Varaďa Coaching staff : Vladimír Růžička
Silver Canada	Martin Brodeur , Roberto Luongo , Marty Turco - Dan Boyle , Scott Hannan , Jamie Heward , Ed Jovanovski , Chris Phillips , Wade Redden , Robyn Regehr , Sheldon Souray - Shane Doan , Kris Draper , Mike Fisher , Simon Gagné , Dany Heatley , Kirk Maltby , Patrick Marleau , Brendan Morrison , Brenden Morrow , Rick Nash , Ryan Smyth , Joe Thornton , Scott Walker Coaching staff : Marc Habscheid
Bronze Russia	Maxim Sokolov , Sergei Swjagin , Alexander Eremenko - Denis Denisov , Sergei Gusev , Dmitri Kalinin , Alexander Karpowzew , Andrei Markov , Vitaly Proshkin , Alexander Rjasanzew , Sergei Wyschedkewitsch - Maxim Afinogenov , Vladimir Antipov , Pavel Datsyuk , Fedor Fedorov , Alexander Kharitonov , Ilya Kovaltschuk , Alexei Kowaljow , Viktor Kozlov , Evgeni Malkin , Iwan Neprjajew , Alexander Ovetschkin , Alexander Sjomin , Alexei Yashin , Sergei Zinoviev Coaching staff : Vladimir Krikunow , Vladimir Jursinow , Boris Michailow

doping

The Belarusian Zimafej Filin and the Ukrainian Olexander Pobjedonoszew were excluded from the tournament because of doping .

Division I.

Division I, Group A

The games of Group A of Division I took place from April 17th to 23rd in Debrecen , Hungary . In Group A played: Japan (relegated), Norway , Poland , Hungary, Great Britain and China (promoted from Division II).

Games

Sun April 17, 2005	Debrecen	Poland	-	Great Britain	2: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
Sun April 17, 2005	Debrecen	Japan	-	People's Republic of China	8: 1 (2: 0.4: 1.2: 0)
Sun April 17, 2005	Debrecen	Hungary	-	Norway	2: 2 (2: 1.0: 1.0: 0)
Mon April 18, 2005	Debrecen	Poland	-	China	9: 3 (2: 1.5: 2.2: 0)
Mon April 18, 2005	Debrecen	Norway	-	Great Britain	8: 3 (4: 1.2: 1.2: 1)
Mon April 18, 2005	Debrecen	Hungary	-	Japan	3: 0 (1: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
Wed April 20, 2005	Debrecen	Japan	-	Great Britain	5: 3 (0: 0.2: 1.3: 2)
Wed April 20, 2005	Debrecen	Norway	-	Poland	3: 2 (1: 0.0: 1.2: 1)
Wed April 20, 2005	Debrecen	Hungary	-	China	9: 0 (2: 0.4: 0.3: 0)
April 22, 2005	Debrecen	Norway	-	China	25: 1 (6: 0.9: 1.10: 0)
April 22, 2005	Debrecen	Japan	-	Poland	1: 2 (0: 1.0: 1.1: 0)
April 22, 2005	Debrecen	Hungary	-	Great Britain	0: 3 (0: 0.0: 1.0: 2)
April 23, 2005	Debrecen	Norway	-	Japan	5: 0 (1: 0.2: 0.2: 0)
April 23, 2005	Debrecen	Great Britain	-	China	10: 0 (0: 0.6: 0.4: 0)
April 23, 2005	Debrecen	Hungary	-	Poland	1: 1 (1: 0.0: 1.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Norway	5	4th	1	0	43: 8	+35	9: 1
2	Poland	5	3	1	1	16: 8	+ 8	7: 3
3	Hungary	5	2	2	1	15: 6	+ 9	6: 4
4th	Japan	5	2	0	3	14:14	0	4: 6
5	Great Britain	5	2	0	3	19:15	+ 4	4: 6
6th	People's Republic of China	5	0	0	5	5:61	−56	0:10

Division I, Group B

The Group B games of Division I took place from April 17th to 23rd in Eindhoven , the Netherlands . In Group B: France (relegated), Italy , Estonia, the Netherlands, Romania and Lithuania (promoted from Division II).

Games

Sun April 17, 2005	Eindhoven	Italy	-	Estonia	2: 0 (1: 0.1: 0.0: 0)
Sun April 17, 2005	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	Romania	6: 3 (3: 0.3: 1.0: 2)
Sun April 17, 2005	Eindhoven	France	-	Lithuania	5: 3 (4: 2.1: 0.0: 1)
Mon April 18, 2005	Eindhoven	Italy	-	Romania	7: 0 (2: 0.2: 0.3: 0)
Mon April 18, 2005	Eindhoven	France	-	Estonia	3: 3 (0: 2.2: 1.1: 0)
Mon April 18, 2005	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	Lithuania	3: 3 (1: 0.1: 3.1: 0)
Wed April 20, 2005	Eindhoven	Estonia	-	Lithuania	4: 4 (2: 1.2: 2.0: 1)
Wed April 20, 2005	Eindhoven	France	-	Romania	6: 1 (1: 0.3: 1.2: 0)
Wed April 20, 2005	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	Italy	1: 1 (0: 0.1: 1.0: 0)
April 22, 2005	Eindhoven	Italy	-	Lithuania	5: 1 (0: 0.5: 1.0: 0)
April 22, 2005	Eindhoven	Estonia	-	Romania	6: 3 (3: 0.1: 3.2: 0)
April 22, 2005	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	France	0: 1 (0: 0.0: 0.0: 1)
April 23, 2005	Eindhoven	Romania	-	Lithuania	0: 5 (0: 1.0: 3.0: 1)
April 23, 2005	Eindhoven	France	-	Italy	1: 2 (0: 2.1: 0.0: 0)
April 23, 2005	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	Estonia	3: 3 (2: 2.0: 0.1: 1)

Division I winning team: Italy

Division I promoted Italy

René Baur , Günther Hell , Jason Muzzatti - Christian Borgatello , Armin Helfer , Carlo Lorenzi , Justin Peca , Florian Ramoser , André Signoretti , Michele Strazzabosco - Luca Ansoldi , Giuseppe Busillo , Mario Chitaroni , Giorgio De Bettin , Dino Felicetti , Nicola Fontanive , Dino Grossi , Stefano Margoni , Matteo Molteni , John Parco , Roland Ramoser , Luca Rigoni , Stefan Zisser

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Italy	5	4th	1	0	17: 3	+14	9: 1
2	France	5	3	1	1	16: 9	+ 7	7: 3
3	Netherlands	5	1	3	1	13:11	+ 2	5: 5
4th	Estonia	5	1	3	1	16:15	+ 1	5: 5
5	Lithuania	5	1	2	2	16:17	- 1	4: 6
6th	Romania	5	0	0	5	7:30	−23	0:10

Moved up and down

Promoted to the A-WM:	Norway, Italy
Relegated from the A-WM:	Germany, Austria
Relegated to Division II:	China, Romania
Promoted from Division II:	Croatia, Israel

Division II

Division II, Group A

The games of Group A of Division II took place from April 10th to 16th in Zagreb , Croatia . In Group A: South Korea (relegated from Division I), Croatia, Australia, Bulgaria, New Zealand and Turkey (relegated from Division III).

Games

April 10, 2005	Zagreb	South Korea	-	Turkey	14: 0 (8: 0.2: 0.4: 0)
April 10, 2005	Zagreb	Australia	-	New Zealand	4: 0 (1: 0.2: 0.1: 0)
April 10, 2005	Zagreb	Croatia	-	Bulgaria	9: 1 (3: 0.3: 0.3: 1)
Mon April 11, 2005	Zagreb	Australia	-	Turkey	20: 1 (10: 0.6: 0.4: 1)
Mon April 11, 2005	Zagreb	South Korea	-	Bulgaria	7: 0 (4: 0.3: 0.0: 0)
Mon April 11, 2005	Zagreb	Croatia	-	New Zealand	14: 0 (5: 0.5: 0.4: 0)
Wed. April 13, 2005	Zagreb	South Korea	-	New Zealand	3: 0 (2: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
Wed. April 13, 2005	Zagreb	Bulgaria	-	Turkey	13: 0 (1: 0.6: 0.6: 0)
Wed. April 13, 2005	Zagreb	Croatia	-	Australia	3: 2 (0: 1.1: 0.2: 1)
Thursday April 14, 2005	Zagreb	Bulgaria	-	New Zealand	7: 6 (1: 2.5: 4.1: 0)
Thursday April 14, 2005	Zagreb	South Korea	-	Australia	0: 4 (0: 1.0: 2.0: 1)
Thursday April 14, 2005	Zagreb	Croatia	-	Turkey	15: 1 (6: 0.3: 1.6: 0)
April 16, 2005	Zagreb	Australia	-	Bulgaria	4: 1 (1: 1.0: 0.3: 0)
April 16, 2005	Zagreb	New Zealand	-	Turkey	8: 3 (3: 0.2: 2.3: 1)
April 16, 2005	Zagreb	Croatia	-	South Korea	5: 2 (2: 1.0: 1.3: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Croatia	5	5	0	0	46: 6	+40	10-0
2	Australia	5	4th	0	1	34: 5	+29	8: 2
3	South Korea	5	3	0	2	26: 9	+17	6: 4
4th	Bulgaria	5	2	0	3	22:26	- 4th	4: 6
5	New Zealand	5	1	0	4th	14:31	−17	2: 8
6th	Turkey	5	0	0	5	5:70	−65	0:10

Division II, Group B

The games of Group B of Division II took place from April 4th to 10th in Belgrade in Serbia-Montenegro . In group B played: Belgium (relegated from Division I), Serbia-Montenegro, North Korea, Israel, Spain and Iceland (relegated from Division III).

Games

April 4, 2005	Belgrade	Israel	-	North Korea	4: 4 (0: 0.2: 1.2: 3)
April 4, 2005	Belgrade	Belgium	-	Iceland	4: 3 (2: 1.1: 1.1: 1)
April 4, 2005	Belgrade	Serbia and Montenegro	-	Spain	6: 0 (2: 0.1: 0.3: 0)
April 5, 2005	Belgrade	Belgium	-	Spain	2: 1 (1: 0.0: 1.1: 0)
April 5, 2005	Belgrade	North Korea	-	Iceland	2: 3 (2: 1.0: 1.0: 1)
April 5, 2005	Belgrade	Serbia-Montenegro	-	Israel	1: 5 (0: 2.1: 1.0: 2)
April 7, 2005	Belgrade	Spain	-	Iceland	5: 2 (0: 1.2: 0.3: 1)
April 7, 2005	Belgrade	Israel	-	Belgium	7: 4 (4: 2.2: 1.1: 1)
April 7, 2005	Belgrade	Serbia-Montenegro	-	North Korea	7: 1 (1: 0.4: 0.2: 1)
April 8, 2005	Belgrade	Israel	-	Spain	1: 0 (0: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
April 8, 2005	Belgrade	Serbia-Montenegro	-	Iceland	11: 2 (6: 0.3: 2.2: 0)
April 8, 2005	Belgrade	North Korea	-	Belgium	3: 1 (0: 0.1: 0.2: 1)
April 10, 2005	Belgrade	Israel	-	Iceland	4: 2 (0: 0.2: 0.2: 2)
April 10, 2005	Belgrade	North Korea	-	Spain	4: 2 (2: 2.0: 0.2: 0)
April 10, 2005	Belgrade	Serbia-Montenegro	-	Belgium	5: 2 (2: 2.2: 0.1: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Israel	5	4th	1	0	21:11	+10	9: 1
2	Serbia and Montenegro	5	4th	0	1	30:10	+20	8: 2
3	North Korea	5	2	1	2	14:17	- 3	5: 5
4th	Belgium	5	2	0	3	13:19	- 6	4: 6
5	Spain	5	1	0	4th	8:15	- 7th	2: 8
6th	Iceland	5	1	0	4th	12:26	−14	2: 8

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division I:	Croatia, Israel
Relegated from Division I:	China, Romania
Relegated to Division III:	Turkey, Iceland
Promoted from Division III:	Mexico, South Africa

Division III

The games of the Division III took place from 7. bis 12. March in Mexico City in Mexico instead. In Division III played: Luxembourg, South Africa (both relegated from Division II), Mexico, Ireland, Armenia

Games

March 7, 2005	Mexico city	South Africa	-	Armenia	33: 1 (11: 0.14: 0.8: 1)
March 7, 2005	Mexico city	Mexico	-	Luxembourg	2: 0 (2: 0.0: 0.0: 0)
March 8, 2005	Mexico city	Ireland	-	Armenia	23: 1 (9: 0.5: 0.9: 1)
Wed March 9, 2005	Mexico city	Luxembourg	-	Ireland	8: 4 (2: 0.3: 0.3: 4)
Wed March 9, 2005	Mexico city	Mexico	-	South Africa	4: 2 (2: 1.0: 0.2: 1)
Thursday March 10, 2005	Mexico city	Luxembourg	-	Armenia	38: 3 (9: 2.12: 0.17: 1)
March 11, 2005	Mexico city	South Africa	-	Ireland	5: 4 (0: 1.2: 0.3: 3)
March 11, 2005	Mexico city	Mexico	-	Armenia	48: 0 (13: 0.18: 0.17: 0)
Sat March 12, 2005	Mexico city	South Africa	-	Luxembourg	7: 3 (3: 0.2: 2.2: 1)
Sat March 12, 2005	Mexico city	Mexico	-	Ireland	6: 1 (0: 0.4: 0.2: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Mexico	4th	4th	0	0	60: 3	+57	8-0
2	South Africa	4th	3	0	1	47:12	+35	6: 2
3	Luxembourg	4th	2	0	2	49:16	+33	4: 4
4th	Ireland	4th	1	0	3	32:20	+12	2: 6
5	Armenia	4th	0	0	4th	5: 142	−137	0: 8

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division II:	Mexico, South Africa
Relegated from Division II:	Turkey, Iceland

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 2005 (overview)
• Women's Ice Hockey World Championship 2005
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 Juniors 2005
• Ice Hockey World Championship for U20 Juniors 2005

Web links

Commons : 2005 IIHF World Championship  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official homepage ( Memento of August 29, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
• International Ice Hockey Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Two ice hockey cracks tested positive at the World Cup nzz.ch May 5, 2005