Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2014

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	Winner: Russia

The 78th Men's Ice Hockey World Championships of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2014 . A total of 46 national teams took part in the six tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III between April 5 and May 25, 2014 .

The tournament of the top division with 16 national teams took place from May 9th to 25th, 2014 in the Belarusian capital Minsk and was won by Russia. The other tournaments took place in April in Goyang , Vilnius , Belgrade , Jaca and Kockelscheuer .

Overview men's world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Minsk	0May 9, 2014 - May 25, 2014	16	643.434	64	10,053
Division IA	Goyang	Apr 20, 2014 - Apr 26, 2014	6th	31,822	15th	2.121
Division IB	Vilnius	Apr 20, 2014 - Apr 26, 2014	6th	41,224	15th	2,748
Division II A	Belgrade	0Apr 9, 2014 - Apr 15, 2014	6th	7,915	15th	527
Division II B	Jaca	0Apr 5, 2014 - Apr 11, 2014	6th	13,679	15th	912
Division III	Kockelscheuer	0Apr 6, 2014 - Apr 12, 2014	6th	6,050	15th	403

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: May 9th to 25th, 2014 in Minsk , Belarus

  Participants: Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Italy (promoted) , Canada , Kazakhstan (promoted) , Latvia , Norway , Russia , Sweden (defending champion) , Switzerland , Slovakia , Czech Republic , USA , Belarus                   

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 20-26 , 2014 in Goyang , South Korea

    Participants: Japan , Austria (relegated) , Slovenia (relegated) , South Korea , Ukraine ( relegated ) , Hungary         

  • Group B: April 20-26, 2014 in Vilnius , Lithuania

    Participants: Great Britain (relegated) , Croatia (promoted) , Lithuania , Netherlands , Poland , Romania        

• Division II
  • Group A: April 9-15, 2014 in Belgrade , Serbia

    Participants: Australia , Belgium , Estonia (relegated) , Iceland , Israel (promoted) , Serbia        

  • Group B: April 5th to 11th, 2014 in Jaca , Spain

    Participants: People's Republic of China , Mexico , New Zealand , Spain (relegated) , South Africa (promoted) , Turkey        

• Division III: April 6 to 12, 2014 in Kockelscheuer , Luxembourg

  • Participants: Bulgaria (relegated) , Georgia , Hong Kong (first participation since 1987) , Luxembourg , North Korea , United Arab Emirates        

Last year's Division III participants Ireland and Greece as well as Mongolia as participants in the qualifying tournament for Division III did not register a team for this year's World Cup.    

mode

In the top division, the four best teams in each group qualify directly for the quarter-finals. The total number of games is 64 games.

In Divisions I and II, the twelve teams are divided qualitatively into two groups of six teams. This is done on the basis of the final placements at the 2013 World Championships . Division III will play in a group of five teams.

The last two of the two preliminary round groups are relegated from the top division to Division IA. For the same reason, the first two will be promoted to the top division next year, while the sixth placed will be relegated to the IB division. In return, the winner of Division IB moves up to Division IA. The last one from Division IB is also relegated to Division II A. The promotion regulation of Division IB with one promoted and relegated also applies to Divisions II A and II B.

Top division

World Cup 2014 men
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Russia
silver	Finland
bronze	Sweden
Relegated	Italy Kazakhstan
venue	Minsk , Belarus
opening	May 9, 2014
Endgame	May 25, 2014
spectator	643,434 (10,053 per game)
Gates	352 (5.50 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Sergei Bobrovsky
Best defender	Seth Jones
Best striker	Viktor Tikhonov
MVP	Pekka gutter
Top scorer	Viktor Tikhonov (16 points)

The top division world championship was held from May 9th to 25th, 2014 in the Belarusian capital Minsk . The games were played in the Minsk-Arena (15,000 seats) and the Tschyschouka-Arena with 9,614 seats.

Award

The application of Belarus sat down at the annual meeting of the World Ice Hockey Federation IIHF on May 8, 2009 at the Swiss Bern by 75 votes against from Hungary (24 votes), Latvia (3) and the Ukraine (3).

Applicants	be right	Percentage ownership %)
Belarus	75	71
Hungary	24	23
Latvia	3	3
Ukraine	3	3

Belarus applied unsuccessfully to host the 2010 and 2013 World Championships . The country will host a World Cup for the first time in 2014, with the games taking place in two arenas in the capital Minsk . The main venue is the Minsk Arena , which opened in December 2009, with 15,000 seats. The second arena is the Tschyschouka-Arena , construction of which began in June 2009 and offers space for 9,614 spectators.

Hungary competed for the fourth time in a row to host the World Cup. The venues should be the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna in the capital Budapest with 12,500 seats and the Alba Arena in Székesfehérvár with 7,500 seats.

After hosting in 2006, Latvia competed again for a world championship. Both venues were located in the capital Riga . The Arena Riga (10,300 seats) and a newly built arena with 9,614 seats, which should be completed in 2011.

It was the first time that Ukraine applied to host a World Cup. Again, all games should take place in the capital Kiev . On the one hand in an arena with 12,000 seats, which was built by 2012; on the other hand in the Kiev Sports Palace with 5,500 seats, which opened in 2009.

The award of the World Cup to Belarus was at times controversial, especially after many Belarusian opposition members were arrested in December 2010. Among other things, several members of the European Parliament turned to the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF and asked the association to withdraw the award of the World Cup as long as there are political prisoners in Belarus. After the execution of two convicted of the terrorist attack on the Minsk metro in March 2012, the debate about a possible postponement of the World Cup flared up again. Several German politicians, including the chairwoman of the sports committee in the Bundestag, Dagmar Freitag , declared in April 2012 their support for the project to award the world championships to another country. In contrast, the IIHF declared that the decision to hold the World Cup in Belarus would remain. Since there was no discussion and no vote at the IIHF association congress in Helsinki in May 2012, the tournament will take place in Belarus as planned.

Attendees

The tournament was attended by the 14 best teams from last year's World Cup as well as the first two teams from last year's Division IA tournament:

1 from Asia	Kazakhstan (promoted from Division IA)
13 from Europe	Denmark	Germany	Finland	France
	Italy (promoted from Division IA)	Latvia	Norway	Russia
	Sweden (defending champion)	Switzerland	Slovakia	Czech Republic
	Belarus (hosts)
2 from North America	Canada		United States

Grouping

Volat - the mascot of the 2014 World Cup

The group division for the preliminary round was determined on the basis of the IIHF world rankings that were current after the 2013 World Cup .

Group A	Group B
Sweden (1)	Finland (2)
Czech Republic (4)	Russia (3)
Canada (5)	USA (6)
Slovakia (8)	Switzerland (7)
Norway (9)	Germany (10)
Denmark (12)	Latvia (11)
France (13)	Belarus (14)
Italy (18)	Kazakhstan (16)

* The respective world ranking is given in brackets.

mode

The 17-day world championship tournament is divided into two phases - preliminary round and final round.

The 16 teams play according to their world ranking placement initially into two groups of eight teams, a preliminary round ( Preliminary Round ). Three points are awarded for a win after normal playing time of 60 minutes, two for a win in the five-minute extra time or in the penalty shoot-out and one point for a defeat in the extra time or in the penalty shoot-out. In the event of a tie between two teams, the direct comparison decides. If more than two teams are tied, the following criteria decide:

1. Number of points from matches between teams with the same points against each other
2. better goal difference from the games against each other,
3. Number of goals from the games against each other
4. Points, goal difference and goals against the next-better, non-tied team (if possible),
5. Results against the team that is better but not tied (if possible),
6. Placement in the IIHF world rankings of 2013.

If, according to one of these criteria, only two teams are tied, the direct comparison decides again.

The four best teams in each preliminary group qualify for the quarter-finals and played the medal winners in the knockout system with the following semi-finals and finals ( playoff round ). The nations on the last rank of the respective group are relegated to Division IA. Since the Czech Republic is set to host the 2015 World Cup, the penultimate nation of the two groups with the worse record would be relegated in the event of a sporting relegation.

Venues

Minsk
Minsk Arena Capacity: 15,000	Minsk World championship venue	Tschyschouka Arena Capacity: 9,614

Preliminary round

The preliminary round of the world championship started on May 9th with two games between France and Olympic champions Canada in group A and vice-world champions Switzerland and Russia in group B. Two more games followed on the opening day. The preliminary round ended on May 20th with matches between Russia and hosts Belarus as well as the Czech Republic and France. A total of six games were played on the final day of the preliminary round. In between, four or six games were played on each day of the tournament.

Group A

May 9, 2014 4:45 p.m. (local time)

France S. Da Costa (17:03) S. Da Costa (52:35) P.-É. Bellemare (PS)

3: 2 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Canada B. Schenn (19:44) E. Gudbranson (50:42)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 6,780

May 9, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Slovakia M. Miklík (25:17) M. Viedenský (35:45)

2: 3 n.V. (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Czech Republic O. Němec (6:24) J. Jágr (57:53) J. Klepiš (61:50)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 6,920

May 10, 2014 12:45 p.m.

Italy

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Norway N. Roest (5:42) M. Ask (31:19) A. Bastiansen (53:29)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 4,200

May 10, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Sweden M. Backlund (11:41) M. Backlund (19:23) G. Nyquist (48:13)

3: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Denmark

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 4,900

May 10, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Canada J. Ward (37:21) C. Hodgson (47:07) K. Bieksa (57:56) J. Ward (58:49)

4: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 3: 0) game report

Slovakia K. Sloboda (32:24)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 6,200

May 11, 2014 12:45 p.m.

France L. Meunier (30:57)

1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Italy G. Scandella (32:53) M. Gander (59:02)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 4,600

May 11, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Norway J. Holøs (6:30) KA Olimb (22:39) P.-Å. Skrøder (31:29) M. Trygg (52:15)

4: 3 (1: 2, 2: 0, 1: 1) game report

Denmark M. Poulsen (2:35) F. Storm (2:55) J. Hansen (56:27)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 4,837

May 11, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Sweden O. Möller (11:26) M. Backlund (36:02) J. Lindström (48:40) J. Lindström (PS)

4: 3 n.P. (1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Czech Republic T. Hertl (0:08) J. Hudler (19:35) M. Zaťovič (31:53)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk Spectators: 6,018

May 12, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Slovakia L. Nagy (15:36) L. Nagy (23:31) M. Šatan (36:11)

3: 5 (1: 0, 2: 1, 0: 4) game report

France B. Amar (26:23) B. Amar (50:30) A. Roussel (50:56) D. Fleury (56:19) A. Roussel (59:32)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 5,358

May 12, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Czech Republic R. Červenka (5:55) J. Novotný (52:11) T. Hertl (53:00)

3: 4 (1: 1, 0: 3, 2: 0) game report

Canada J. Ward (9:56) K. Turris (23:22) N. MacKinnon (36:07) M. Rielly (36:24)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 6,317

May 13, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Italy D. Kostner (12:15)

1: 4 (1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Denmark J. Jensen (2:51) J. Hansen (35:50) E. Kristensen (36:19) K. Staal (57:34)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk Spectators: 5,092

May 13, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Norway S. Olden (22:47)

1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Sweden J. Lindström (36:33) L. Klasen (47:18)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 6,389

May 14, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Czech Republic J. Sekáč (22:53) J. Jágr (55:34)

2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Italy

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 4,160

May 14, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Slovakia T. Tatar (1:06) J. Mikúš (9:17) L. Nagy (39:42) L. Nagy (47:47) M. Miklík (48:33)

5: 2 (2: 2, 1: 0, 2: 0) game report

Norway A. Bonsaksen (5:39) M. Ask (11:07)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 5,881

May 15, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Canada C. Hodgson (5:24) C. Hodgson (25:03) M. Read (41:15) M. Read (43:08) J. Huberdeau (48:35) C. Hodgson (50:24)

6: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 4: 0) game report

Denmark N. Jensen (9:06)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk Spectators: 7,085

May 15, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Sweden J. Lundqvist (35:32) O. Möller (35:49)

2: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1) game report

France S. Da Costa (44:52)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk Spectators: 7,045

May 16, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Canada J. Ward (13:07) C. Hodgson (21:39) J. Chimera (26:02) K. Turris (29:19) C. Hodgson (36:15) B. Schenn (56:30)

6: 1 (1: 0, 4: 0, 1: 1) game report

Italy D. Borrelli (41:12)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk Spectators: 5,772

May 16, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Sweden G. Nyquist (10:05) M. Backlund (19:49) M. Nygren (41:58)

3: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Slovakia M. Marinčin (29:12)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 7,563

May 17, 2014 12:45 p.m.

France A. Roussel (37:25) Y. Treille (37:51) A. Roussel (38:16) P.-É. Bellemare (42:37) S. Da Costa (PS)

5: 4 n.P. (0: 1, 3: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Norway M. Trygg (11:28) M. Ask (21:47) D. Sørvik (41:30) M. Olimb (45:48)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 6,103

May 17, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Denmark S. Lassen (9:56) J. Jensen (55:31) P. Bjorkstrand (59:07) M. Bødker (PS)

4: 3 n.P. (1: 2, 0: 0, 2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Czech Republic J. Klepiš (4:26) J. Jágr (6:55) J. Kindl (45:04)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 6,892

May 17, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Slovakia M. Ďaloga (10:08) M. Viedenský (23:05) T. Tatar (34:13) M. Miklík (48:07)

4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0) game report

Italy A. Egger (38:26)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk Spectators: 5,929

May 18, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Canada B. Schenn (23:52) K. Bieksa (27:46) R. Ellis (62:38)

3: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Sweden J. Lindström (13:49) L. Klasen (21:06)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk Spectators: 8,453

May 18, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Czech Republic V. Sobotka (0:39)

1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Norway

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk Spectators: 7,902

May 19, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Denmark J. Jensen Aabo (15:09) K. Staal (34:41)

2: 6 (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 4) game report

France J. Desrosiers (1:08) A. Roussel (19:23) P.-É. Bellemare (49:10) S. Da Costa (50:36) A. Manavian (52:52) S. Da Costa (55:09)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 7,450

May 19, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Italy M. Gander (10:07)

1: 5 (1: 2, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Sweden G. Nyquist (0:48) M. Ekholm (16:32) G. Nyquist (34:24) N. Danielsson (37:53) J. Ericsson (55:55)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 7,878

May 20, 2014 12:45 p.m.

Norway A. Bastiansen (13:05) M. Hansen (32:16)

2: 3 (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report

Canada J. Ward (23:36) M. Scheifele (36:25) J. Ward (50:43)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 7,487

May 20, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Denmark M. Bødker (21:11) M. Green (52:53) J. Jensen (54:25)

3: 4 (0: 1, 1: 0, 2: 3) game report

Slovakia T. Tatar (14:41) M. Miklík (41:31) M. Viedenský (53:53) T. Tatar (54:17)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk Spectators: 7,251

May 20, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Czech Republic V. Sobotka (19:18) J. Sekáč (24:30) J. Jágr (31:29) M. Zaťovič (32:42) J. Kolář (62:19)

5: 4 n.V. (1: 3, 3: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

France J. Desrosiers (6:48) J. Desrosiers (17:48) L. Meunier (18:22) A. Roussel (42:36)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk Spectators: 8,214

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	7th	5	1	1	0	28:13	18th
2.	Sweden	7th	5	1	1	0	21:10	18th
3.	Czech Republic	7th	2	2	2	1	20:18	12
4th	France	7th	2	2	1	2	25:20	11
5.	Slovakia	7th	3	0	1	3	20:21	10
6th	Norway	7th	2	0	1	4th	16:19	7th
7th	Denmark	7th	1	1	0	5	17:27	5
8th.	Italy	7th	1	0	0	6th	06:25	3

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the quarter-finals , relegated to Division IA

Group B

May 9, 2014 4:45 p.m. (local time)

Switzerland

0: 5 (0: 3, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Russia S. Plotnikow (0:13) A. Ovetschkin (6:34) W. Schipachev (17:15) A. Below (29:06) D. Saripov (58:25)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 13,300

May 9, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Belarus A. Stepanov (39:56)

1: 6 (0: 1, 1: 3, 0: 2) game report

USA B. Nelson (12:22) J. Trouba (34:59) J. Gaudreau (35:55) C. McDonald (37:42) J. Trouba (54:58) J. Gardiner (56:57)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 13,600

May 10, 2014 12:45 p.m.

Kazakhstan A. Gavrilin (10:08)

1: 2 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Germany M. Plachta (18:49) T. Oppenheimer (PS)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 12,880

May 10, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Finland M. Salomäki (4:30) P. Kontiola (31:42)

2: 3 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 2) game report

Latvia K. Daugaviņš (6:18) K. Sotnieks (47:48) A. Kulda (52:22)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 11,700

May 10, 2014 8:45 p.m.

USA P. Mueller (26:15) C. Smith (41:28) T. Johnson (53:15)

3: 2 (0: 0, 1: 2, 2: 0) game report

Switzerland D. Hollenstein (21:28) D. Brunner (29:39)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 11,000

May 11, 2014 1:45 p.m.

Germany M. Noebels (12:15) F. Mauer (20:30) T. Oppenheimer (55:26)

3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Latvia G. Pujacs (18:35) M. Rēdlihs (27:15)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 11,200

May 11, 2014 5:30 p.m.

Belarus A. Stepanow (22:46) M. Stassenko (30:08) S. Kaszizyn (41:25) A. Kaljuschny (59:56)

4: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

Kazakhstan A. Gavrilin (4:12)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 13,734

May 11, 2014 9:00 p.m.

Finland J. Hietanen (9:13) J. Karalahti (39:08)

2: 4 (1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 0) game report

Russia W. Tikhonov (1:39) A. Ovetschkin (4:38) N. Kuljomin (22:42) S. Kalinin (34:40)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 13,934

May 12, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Switzerland Y. Weber (6:13) R. Schäppi (17:41) E. Froidevaux (43:59)

3: 4 (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2) game report

Belarus S. Kaszitsyn (5:32) A. Stas (23:06) S. Kaszizyn (49:49) M. Hrabouski (57:54)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 13,207

May 12, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Russia N. Kuljomin (6:06) A. Ovetschkin (18:47) W. Tichonow (20:20) J. Kuznetsov (29:07) S. Plotnikow (31:07) W. Tichonow (39:14)

6: 1 (2: 0, 4: 1, 0: 0) game report

USA J. Abdelkader (20:57)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,124

May 13, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Germany

0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 0) game report

Finland P. Kontiola (9:33) J. Immonen (14:16) O. Palola (31:54) L. Komarov (32:24)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 10,959

May 13, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Kazakhstan T. Shailauow (4:43) J. Rymarew (19:45) N. Antropov (39:11) J. Blochin (39:55)

4: 5 (2: 1, 2: 3, 0: 1) game report

Latvia M. Indrašis (1:15) A. Kulda (23:41) A. Kulda (29:51) M. Rēdlihs (34:07) J. Štāls (43:22)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 10,870

May 14, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Switzerland D. Brunner (12:17) D. Hollenstein (32:13) K. Romy (36:27)

3: 2 (1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0) game report

Germany T. Oppenheimer (13:57) T. Oppenheimer (38:52)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 11,628

May 14, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Russia S. Plotnikow (14:24) J. Jakowlew (22:07) D. Saripov (23:26) N. Kuljomin (31:14) W. Tikhonow (41:05) S. Plotnikow (59:17) A. Burmistrov (59:54)

7: 2 (1: 0, 3: 0, 3: 2) game report

Kazakhstan M. Panschin (49:31) A. Spiridonow (53:55)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 12,299

May 15, 2014 4:45 p.m.

USA C. Smith (16:39) B. Nelson (28:57) T. Johnson (31:00) K. Hayes (53:26) B. Nelson (58:30)

5: 6 (1: 2, 2: 1, 2: 3) game report

Latvia G. Meija (15:39) M. Rēdlihs (18:57) A. Ņiživijs (28:08) K. Daugaviņš (51:25) Z. Girgensons (54:35) H. Vasiļjevs (57:39)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 11,814

May 15, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Finland P. Kontiola (16:30) P. Kontiola (59:44)

2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Belarus

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,447

May 16, 2014 4:45 p.m.

USA C. Smith (18:38) S. Jones (23:44) M. Donovan (35:02) S. Jones (61:05)

4: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Kazakhstan R. Startschenko (14:23) K. Romanow (21:21) R. Startschenko (53:10)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 10,779

May 16, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Finland T. Kivistö (5:14) O. Jokinen (32:26) I. Pakarinen (PS)

3: 2 n.P. (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Switzerland R. Suri (41:57) R. Josi (56:35)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 12,630

May 17, 2014 12:45 p.m.

Latvia M. Indrašis (7:30)

1: 4 (1: 3, 0: 1, 0: 0) match report

Russia W. Tichonow (10:55) S. Schirokow (15:23) W. Tichonow (18:12) S. Kalinin (28:04)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,427

May 17, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Belarus A. Stepanow (15:27) A. Uharau (34:23) M. Hrabouski (42:55) G. Platt (44:05) M. Hrabouski (49:54)

5: 2 (1: 2, 1: 0, 3: 0) match report

Germany K. Hospelt (8:04) A. Barta (11:53)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,478

May 17, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Switzerland D. Kukan (9:44) D. Hollenstein (14:06) Y. Weber (27:22) A. Ambühl (37:33) L. Cunti (43:16) E. Blum (46:05)

6: 2 (2: 0, 2: 0, 2: 2) game report

Kazakhstan W. Krasnoslobodzew (50:22) J. Rymarew (59:32)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 11,739

May 18, 2014 4:45 p.m.

USA B. Nelson (0:19) T. Johnson (46:42) T. Johnson (59:14)

3: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1) game report

Finland T. Mäntylä (56:46)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 13,030

May 18, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Russia W. Schipachev (43:58) S. Schirokow (50:10) W. Tichonow (59:15)

3: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0) game report

Germany

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,021

May 19, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Kazakhstan J. Rymarew (14:32) F. Polishchuk (15:51) K. Romanov (59:31)

3: 4 (2: 2, 0: 2, 1: 0) match report

Finland O. Palola (7:53) J. Lehterä (19:18) O. Jokinen (27:24) J. Immonen (39:57)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 12,119

May 19, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Latvia A. Kulda (33:49)

1: 3 (0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report

Belarus G. Platt (8:07) M. Hrabouski (8:40) S. Kaszizyn (59:59)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,531

May 20, 2014 12:45 p.m.

Germany A. Weiß (23:32) K. Hospelt (30:29) L. Draisaitl (35:13) T. Rieder (58:03)

4: 5 (0: 0, 3: 3, 1: 2) game report

USA J. Abdelkader (21:44) D. Shore (27:18) M. Donovan (32:53) J. Gaudreau (42:24) J. Abdelkader (55:44)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 11,845

May 20, 2014 4:45 p.m.

Latvia K. Jass (21:57) Z. Girgensons (57:37)

2: 3 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0) match report

Switzerland D. Brunner (8:39) D. Schlumpf (10:49) Y. Weber (20:27)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 12,868

May 20, 2014 8:45 p.m.

Russia S. Plotnikow (32:46) W. Schipachev (35:47)

2: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1) game report

Belarus U. Dsjanissau (45:49)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,679

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Russia	7th	7th	0	0	0	31: 07	21st
2.	United States	7th	4th	1	0	2	27:23	14th
3.	Belarus	7th	4th	0	0	3	18:17	12
4th	Finland	7th	3	1	0	3	18:15	11
5.	Switzerland	7th	3	0	1	3	19:21	10
6th	Latvia	7th	3	0	0	4th	20:24	9
7th	Germany	7th	1	1	0	5	13:23	5
8th.	Kazakhstan	7th	0	0	2	5	16:32	2

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the quarter-finals , relegated to Division IA

Final round

The final round began after the preliminary round on May 22, 2014, so that all teams had at least one day off. Two of the quarter-finals were played in the Minsk-Arena, the other two in the Tschyschouka-Arena. In contrast to the previous year, the games took place in a cross comparison of the two preliminary round groups. From the semifinals on May 24th, all matches were held in the Minsk Arena. The final and the bronze match were scheduled for May 25th.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

B1

Russia

3

A4

France

0

B1

Russia

3

A2

Sweden

1

A2

Sweden

3

B3

Belarus

2

B1

Russia

5

B4

Finland

2

B2

United States

3

A3

Czech Republic

4th

A3

Czech Republic

0

3rd place match

B4

Finland

3

A1

Canada

2

A2

Sweden

3

B4

Finland

3

A3

Czech Republic

0

Quarter finals

May 22, 2014 4:00 p.m. (local time)

USA B. Nelson (6:54) T. Johnson (58:50) T. Johnson (59:03)

3: 4 (1: 1, 0: 3, 2: 0) game report

Czech Republic T. Rolinek (9:25) T. Hertl (26:51) R. Červenka (28:06) O. Němec (36:19)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 8,234

May 22, 2014 5:00 p.m.

Russia A. Anissimow (4:21) J. Malkin (20:52) A. Kutuzov (47:36)

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

France

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,011

May 22, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Canada K. Turris (25:41) M. Scheifele (32:08)

2: 3 (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 2) game report

Finland O. Palola (6:14) J. Hietanen (40:28) I. Pakarinen (56:52)

Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk spectators: 8,671

May 22, 2014 9:00 p.m.

Sweden N. Danielsson (13:41) J. Ericsson (37:27) M. Ekholm (53:38)

3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0) match report

Belarus G. Platt (25:39) A. Jafimenka (34:14)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,598

Semifinals

May 24, 2014 2:45 p.m.

Russia S. Plotnikow (13:25) S. Schirokow (18:00) A. Below (31:02)

3: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0) game report

Sweden O. Möller (0:19)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,521

May 24, 2014 6:45 p.m.

Finland J. Lehterä (8:57) J. Immonen (31:02) J. Lehterä (59:49)

3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Czech Republic

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,378

3rd place match

May 25, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Sweden J. Lindström (4:28) S. Hjalmarsson (15:44) M. Backlund (48:22)

3: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Czech Republic

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 14,001

final

May 25, 2014 9:00 p.m.

Russia S. Shirokov (10:45) A. Ovetschkin (27:34) J. Malkin (35:36) D. Saripov (44:24) W. Tichonow (55:53)

5: 2 (1: 1, 2: 1, 2: 0) game report

Finland I. Pakarinen (19:57) O. Palola (26:51)

Minsk-Arena, Minsk spectators: 15,112

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Viktor Tikhonov	Russia	10	8th	8th	16	+10	10
Danis Saripov	Russia	10	3	10	13	+7	6th
Sergei Plotnikov	Russia	10	6th	6th	12	+7	12
Jori Lehterä	Finland	10	3	9	12	+4	10
Antoine Roussel	France	8th	6th	5	11	+6	16
Joakim Lindström	Sweden	9	5	6th	11	+4	4th
Michel Miklík	Slovakia	7th	4th	7th	11	+5	0
Alexander Ovechkin	Russia	9	4th	7th	11	+6	8th
Seth Jones	United States	8th	2	9	11	+8	6th
Johnny Gaudreau	United States	8th	2	8th	10	+4	2

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Sergei Bobrovsky	Russia	8th	480: 00	9	2	95.03	1.13
Steffen Søberg	Norway	3	175: 45	6th	0	94.83	2.05
Kevin Lalande	Belarus	5	240: 37	5	0	93.75	1.25
Unlike Nilsson	Sweden	9	545: 11	14th	2	93.75	1.54
Ben Scrivens	Canada	4th	241: 07	7th	0	93.75	1.74

Final placements

The placements were based on the following criteria:

• Places 1 to 4: Results in the final and in the game for 3rd place
• Places 5 to 8 (losers in the quarter-finals): according to placement, then points, then goal difference in the preliminary round
• Places 9 to 16 (preliminary round): according to placement, then points, then goal difference in the preliminary round

Pl.	team
1	Russia
2	Finland
3	Sweden
4th	Czech Republic
5	Canada
6th	United States
7th	Belarus
8th	France
9	Slovakia
10	Switzerland
11	Latvia
12	Norway
13	Denmark
14th	Germany
15th	Italy
16	Kazakhstan

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Russia

Artem Anisimov , Anton Belov , Sergei Bobrowski , Alexander Burmistrov , Anton Chudobin , Yevgeny Dadonow , Denis Denisov , Yegor Yakovlev , Sergei Kalinin , Nikolai Kuljomin , Yevgeny Kuznetsov , Alexander Kutuzov , Andrei Loktionow , Evgeni Malkin , Yevgeny Medvedev , Dmitry Orlov , Alexander Ovechkin , Sergei Plotnikow , Danis Saripow , Vadim Schipatschow , Sergei Schirokow , Andrei Subarew , Maxim Tschudinow , Viktor Tichonow , Andrei Wassilewski Head coach: Oleg Snarok Assistant coach: Oleg Kuprijanow , Igor Nikitin , Harijs Vītoliņš

Silver Finland

Erik Haula , Juuso Hietanen , Tommi Huhtala , Jarkko Immonen , Olli Jokinen , Pekka Jormakka , Jere Karalahti , Tommi Kivistö , Leo Komarov , petri kontiola , Mikko Koskinen , Ville Lajunen , Jori Lehterä , Tuukka Mäntylä , Jyri Marttinen , Atte Ohtamaa , Iiro Pakarinen , Olli Palola , Pekka Rinne , Jere Sallinen , Tomi Sallinen , Miikka Salomäki , Juuse Saros , Veli-Matti Savinainen , Petteri Wirtanen Head coach: Erkka Westerlund Assistant coach: Lauri Marjamäki , Ari Moisanen , Hannu Virta

Bronze Sweden

Jonas Ahnelöv , Niclas Andersén , Dick Axelsson , Mikael Backlund , Niclas Burström , Nicklas Danielsson , Mattias Ekholm , Jimmie Ericsson , Joacim Eriksson , Tim Erixon , Johan Fransson , Erik Gustafsson , Simon Hjalmarsson , Calle Järnkrok , Linus Klasen , Joakim Lindqvist , Joel Lund , Oscar Möller , Anders Nilsson , Magnus Nygren , Gustav Nyquist , Daniel Rahimi , Dennis Rasmussen , Mattias Sjögren , Linus Ullmark Head coach: Pär Mårts Assistant coach: Rikard Grönborg , Peter Popovic

Relegated to Division IA:	Italy, Kazakhstan
Promoted to the top division:	Slovenia, Austria

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Pekka gutter	Finland
Best goalkeeper	Sergei Bobrovsky	Russia
Best defender	Seth Jones	United States
Best striker	Viktor Tikhonov	Russia

All-Star Team

Attack:	Antoine Roussel - Viktor Tichonow - Sergei Plotnikow
Defense:	Seth Jones - Anton Below
Goal:	Pekka gutter

Division I.

Group A in Goyang, South Korea

2014 World Cup of Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Slovenia Austria
Relegated	South Korea
Venue (s)	Goyang , South Korea
opening	April 20, 2014
Final day	April 26, 2014
spectator	31,822 (2,121 per game)
Gates	95 (6.33 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Yutaka Fukufuji
Best defender	Dominique Heinrich
Best striker	Jan Muršak
MVP	Luka Gračnar
Top scorer	Thomas Koch (10 points)
All-Star Team
Jan Urbas - Thomas Koch - Brian Lebler
Dominique Heinrich - Márton Vas
Luka Gračnar

The group A tournament was held from April 20 to 26, 2014 in the South Korean city ​​of Goyang . The games took place in the 3,400-seat Goyang SPART Complex Arena . A total of 31,822 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average attendance of 2,121 per game.

The Korea Ice Hockey Association as the organizer saw the World Cup tournament as a first test run for the collection of experience for hosting the Olympic Hockey Tournament at the Olympic Winter Games in 2018 in Pyeongchang . The motto “Beyond the New Horizons” ( German  “Beyond the New Horizons” ) was already based on the proclaimed Olympic motto of the Games “New Horizons” ( German  “New Horizons” ).

The tournament of Group A of Division I ended with a close three-way battle for the two promotion places in the top division. Ultimately, the two relegated athletes from the previous year and Olympians from Slovenia and Austria just prevailed against the competition. This is already the third joint promotion since 2010.
The first matchday already came up with two surprises. Austria needed extra time to prevail 3-2 against newly promoted Ukraine, and Olympic seventh Slovenia lost 2-1 to Japan. In the course of the first four game days, the two relegated from the previous year and Japan emerged as favorites for the two promotions, while hosts South Korea relegated to Group B prematurely after four defeats - and after two years of membership in Group A. By the last day of the match, however, none of the two promotion places had been taken. Only after the Japanese won a single point against Hungary on the final day, Austria qualified for the top division again before the last group game. Slovenia followed suit with a 3-1 win over Austria and secured group victory with twelve points. Both teams were promoted directly to the top again.

venue

Goyang , South Korea

Goyang World championship venue

Venue

Goyang SPART Complex Arena Capacity: 3,400

April 20, 2014 12:30 p.m. (local time)

April 20, 2014 5:30 am ( CEST )

Ukraine R. Blahyj (10:04) O. Materuchin (32:48)

2: 3 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Austria D. Heinrich (9:48) D. Heinrich (12:29) B. Lebler (61:34)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 2,371

April 20, 2014 4:00 p.m.

April 20, 2014 9:00 am

Japan D. Obara (44:47) D. Akimoto (53:13)

2: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 0) game report

Slovenia Ž. Pavlin (38:51)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang Spectators: 2,333

April 20, 2014 7:30 p.m.

April 20, 2014 12:30 p.m.

South Korea B. Radunske (35:16) B. Radunske (42:52) Shin S.-h. (47:03) Lee D.-k. (56:01)

4: 7 (0: 2, 1: 3, 3: 2) game report

Hungary I. Bartalis (14:18) Z. Azari (17:43) Z. Azari (27:12) I. Sofron (34:27) C. Kovács (37:49) I. Bartalis (40:46) I. Bartalis (58:57)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 2,775

April 21, 2014 12:30 p.m.

April 21, 2014 5:30 am

Austria S. Geier (25:09) T. Hundertpfund (44:13) M. Altmann (47:37) B. Lebler (58:54)

4: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 3: 0) game report

Japan T. Yamashita (5:29)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 1,616

April 21, 2014 4:00 p.m.

April 21, 2014 9:00 am

Hungary

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 0) game report

Ukraine J. Beluchin (4:57) O. Schafarenko (29:49) O. Tymchenko (30:52)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 1,712

April 21, 2014 7:30 p.m.

April 21, 2014 12:30 p.m.

Slovenia J. Urbas (25:51) M. Verlič (26:47) A. Mušič (40:39) J. Urbas (59:06)

4: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

South Korea

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang Spectators: 2,347

April 23, 2014 12:30 p.m.

April 23, 2014 5:30 am

Slovenia T. Razingar (21:47) A. Kuralt (25:21)

2: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report

Hungary

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 1,670

April 23, 2014 4:00 p.m.

April 23, 2014 9:00 am

Ukraine O. Materuchin (7:19) A. Michnow (42:54)

2: 3 (1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 1) game report

Japan S. Kuji (4:31) S. Kuji (13:11) T. Yamashita (58:16)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 1,656

April 23, 2014 7:30 p.m.

April 23, 2014 12:30 p.m.

Austria M. Schiechl (9:49) T. Hundertpfund (11:12) B. Lebler (12:08) B. Lebler (14:50) T. Hundertpfund (16:52) K. Komarek (53:31) B. Lebler (57:40)

7: 4 (5: 4, 0: 0, 2: 0) game report

South Korea Park W.-s. (3:45) Cho M.-h. (7:42) Kim K.-s. (8:13) Kim K.-s. (15:05)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 2,647

April 24, 2014 12:30 p.m.

April 24, 2014 5:30 am

Slovenia M. Štebih (12:12) J. Urbas (18:09) A. Mušič (42:43) J. Muršak (46:30) B. Goličič (57:04)

5: 3 (2: 0, 0: 2, 3: 1) game report

Ukraine A. Michnow (26:57) D. Petruchno (38:57) J. Beluchin (42:13)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 1,698

April 24, 2014 4:00 p.m.

April 24, 2014 9:00 am

Hungary I. Bartalis (27:11) B. Sebők (28:27) B. Sebők (39:59) C. Kovács (53:51)

4: 5 a.s. (0: 0, 3: 3, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report

Austria T. Hundertpfund (31:50) D. Heinrich (33:32) D. Heinrich (35:51) M. Iberer (47:40) B. Lebler (63:45)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 1,720

April 24, 2014 7:30 p.m.

April 24, 2014 12:30 p.m.

Japan H. Ueno (1:14) S. Takahashi (3:09) H. Ueno (11:08) A. Keller (39:25)

4: 2 (3: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2) game report

South Korea M. Swift (41:15) Lee D.-k. (43:25)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 2,949

April 26, 2014 12:30 p.m.

April 26, 2014 5:30 am

Hungary I. Sofron (17:29) I. Bartalis (20:49) I. Sofron (38:53) M. Vas (58:54) M. Vas (PS)

5: 4 n.P. (1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Japan T. Saitō (2:58) M. Nishiwaki (26:50) S. Kuji (30:39) H. Ueno (54:30)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 1,878

April 26, 2014 4:00 p.m.

April 26, 2014 9:00 a.m.

Austria B. Petrik (35:20)

1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 2) game report

Slovenia J. Urbas (33:44) J. Urbas (48:49) M. Štebih (58:28)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang Spectators: 1.923

April 26, 2014 7:30 p.m.

April 26, 2014 12:30 p.m.

South Korea Kim H.-j. (46:34) B. Radunske (53:54)

2: 8 (0: 2, 0: 3, 2: 3) game report

Ukraine D. Issajenko (2:27) O. Materukhin (5:34) R. Blahyj (23:01) D. Petruchno (38:05) O. Schafarenko (38:29) O. Materukhin (41:27) O. . Torjanyk (49:01) R. Blahyj (49:21)

SPART Complex Arena, Goyang spectators: 2,527

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Thomas Koch	5	0	10	10	+4	4th
Brian Lebler	5	6th	3	9	+5	0
Thomas Hundred Pounds	5	4th	4th	8th	+5	2
Roman Blahyj	5	3	5	8th	+5	2
Jan Urbas	5	5	2	7th	+7	2
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Luka Gračnar	4th	240: 00	4th	2	95.96	1.00
Yutaka Fukufuji	5	287: 36	11	0	92.36	2.29
Bernhard Starkbaum	5	304: 31	14th	0	89.47	2.76

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovenia	5	4th	0	0	1	15: 06	12
2.	Austria	5	2	2	0	1	20:14	10
3.	Japan	5	3	0	1	1	14:14	10
4th	Ukraine	5	2	0	1	2	18:13	07th
5.	Hungary	5	1	1	1	2	16:18	06th
6th	South Korea	5	0	0	0	5	12:30	00

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: promoted to the top division , relegated to the division IB

Division IA promotion teams

Division IA promoted Slovenia

Jaka Ankerst , Boštjan Goličič , Luka Gračnar , Blaž Gregorc , Andrej Hočevar , Gal Koren , Anže Kuralt , Rok Leber , Jan Muršak , Aleš Mušič , Žiga Pance , Žiga Pavlin , Matic Podlipnik , Tomaž Razingar , Mitja Robar , David Rodman , Marcel Rodman , Miha Štebih , Andrej Tavželj , Luka Tošič , Jan Urbas , Miha Verlič Trainer: Matjaž Kopitar

Division IA promoted Austria

Mario Altmann , Stefan Bacher , Mario Fischer , Manuel Geier , Stefan Geier , Dominique Heinrich , Thomas Hundertpfund , Matthias Iberer , Thomas Koch , Konstantin Komarek , Brian Lebler , Daniel Mitterdorfer , Florian Mühlstein , Daniel Oberkofler , Patrick Peter , Benjamin Petrik , Nikolas Petrik , Michael Schiechl , Markus Schlacher , Martin Schumnig , Bernhard Starkbaum , René Swette Trainer: Emanuel Viveiros

Group B in Vilnius, Lithuania

2014 World Cup of Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Poland
Relegated	Romania
Venue (s)	Vilnius , Lithuania
opening	April 20, 2014
Final day	April 26, 2014
spectator	41,224 (2,748 per game)
Gates	85 (5.67 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Przemysław Odrobny
Best defender	Alan Letang
Best striker	Dainius Zubrus
Top scorer	Dainius Zubrus (9 points)

The group B tournament was held from April 20-26, 2014 in the Lithuanian city ​​of Vilnius . The games take place in the 8,750-seat Siemens Arena . A total of 41,224 spectators attended the 15 tournament games.

The Polish team achieved early promotion to Group A of Division I on the fourth day of the tournament with a 4-1 victory over the later second Croatia. The hosts Lithuania could still overtake the Poles on points at this point, but had the direct Comparison of the two teams already lost. The Dutch team was able to secure relegation on the last match day with a clear 9-1 win against Romania.

venue

Vilnius , Lithuania

Vilnius World championship venue

Venue

Siemens Arena Capacity: 8,750

Exterior view of the Siemens Arena

April 20, 2014 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Croatia M. Novak (12:56) D. Kostović (19:19) A. Letang (27:26) D. Kostović (46:12)

4: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Great Britain

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 792

April 20, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Romania

0: 7 (0: 2, 0: 3, 0: 2) game report

Poland P. Dronia (2:11) L. Laszkiewicz (18:07) T. Malasiński (27:15) S. Kowalówka (37:57) M. Kolusz (39:14) L. Laszkiewicz (42:19) T . Malasiński (43:24)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 809

April 20, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Lithuania D. Kumeliauskas (16:35) P. Gintautas (45:55) D. Zubrus (55:33) M. Kieras (59:59)

4: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0) game report

Netherlands

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 4,525

April 21, 2014 1 p.m.

Great Britain B. Davies (32:45) J. Phillips (34:35) C. Shields (35:47) M. Garside (59:34)

4: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1) game report

Romania O. Biró (59:16)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 739

April 21, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Netherlands

0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 0) game report

Croatia T. Mirić (4:47) M. Novak (6:26) M. Blagus (26:51) I. Brenčun (29:26)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 984

April 21, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Poland L. Laszkiewicz (1:55) T. Malasiński (27:11) G. Pasiut (47:57)

3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report

Lithuania D. Kumeliauskas (34:12) D. Pliskauskas (58:41)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 6,138

April 23, 2014 1 p.m.

Poland M. Kolusz (25:52) A. Chmielewski (44:18) M. Strzyżowski (44:28) T. Malasiński (55:59) M. Łopuski (59:50)

5: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 4: 1) game report

Netherlands J. van Oorschot (57:38)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 707

April 23, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Croatia B. Rendulić (30:24) K. MacAulay (53:27) T. Mirić (57:22) I. Jačmenjak (PS)

4: 3 n.P. (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Romania L. Zsók (7:32) E. Mihály (24:37) H.-F. Bors (46:20)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 1,011

April 23, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Great Britain R. Dowd (24:41)

1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0) game report

Lithuania A. Bosas (3:59) D. Zubrus (31:06)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 6,312

April 24, 2014 1 p.m.

Poland S. Kowalówka (9:46) M. Kolusz (25:25) S. Kowalówka (55:21) L. Laszkiewicz (59:49)

4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0) game report

Croatia D. Kanaet (32:31)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 808

April 24, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Netherlands N. Nagtzaam (10:11) N. Nagtzaam (40:34) K. Bruijsten (45:58)

3: 4 (1: 2, 0: 1, 2: 1) game report

Great Britain C. Shields (0:33) D. Clarke (0:51) D. Meyers (34:48) M. Myers (42:35)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 997

April 24, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Romania L. Zsók (42:43) C. Fodor (58:04)

2: 5 (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 3) game report

Lithuania D. Kumeliauskas (6:40) A. Bosas (29:39) D. Kumeliauskas (44:53) A. Bosas (50:37) A. Bosas (59:32)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius spectators: 5,687

April 26, 2014 1 p.m.

Netherlands S. Mason (6:52) I. van den Heuvel (15:53) M. Postma (18:35) M. Bruijsten (25:13) D. Hagemeijer (31:17) M. Brekelmans (47:00 ) N. Nagtzaam (47:48) T. Demelinne (52:11) I. van den Heuvel (59:55)

9: 1 (3: 0, 2: 0, 4: 1) game report

Romania M. Georgescu (53:02)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 1,009

April 26, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Great Britain C. Shields (22:54) C. Shields (28:29) R. Dowd (52:34) C. Shields (58:31)

4: 2 (0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 1) game report

Poland P. Dronia (35:38) K. Dziubiński (45:31)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 3,206

April 26, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Lithuania E. Rybakov (33:23) D. Pliskauskas (43:38)

2: 3 (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 1) match report

Croatia G. Waugh (30:27) T. Mirić (32:10) B. Rendulić (53:41)

Siemens Arena, Vilnius Spectators: 7,500

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Dainius Zubrus	5	2	7th	9	+7	4th
Donatas Kumeliauskas	5	4th	4th	8th	+7	16
Leszek Laszkiewicz	5	4th	3	7th	+5	4th
Krzysztof Zapała	5	0	7th	7th	+3	6th
Colin Shields	5	5	1	6th	+2	0
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Przemysław Odrobny	4th	240: 00	4th	1	95.35	1.00
Mate Tomljenović	5	303: 16	8th	2	94.52	1.58
Mantas Armalis	5	298: 42	9	1	92.17	1.81

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Poland	5	4th	0	0	1	21: 08	12
2.	Croatia	5	3	1	0	1	16: 09	11
3.	Lithuania	5	3	0	0	2	15: 09	09
4th	Great Britain	5	3	0	0	2	13:12	09
5.	Netherlands	5	1	0	0	4th	13:18	03
6th	Romania	5	0	0	1	4th	07:29	01

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IA , relegated to Division IIA

Division IB winning team: Poland

Division IB promoted Poland

Adam Bagiński , Aron Chmielewski , Bartosz Dąbkowski , Paweł Dronia , Rafał Dutka , Krystian Dziubiński , Marcin Kolusz , Kamil Kosowski , Michał Kotlorz , Sebastian Kowalówka , Leszek Laszkiewicz , Mikołaj Łopuski , Tomasz Malasiński , Przemysław Odrobny , Grzegorz Pasiut , Bartłomiej Pociecha , Mateusz Rompkowski , Marek Strzyżowski , Patryk Wajda , Jakub Wanacki , Jakub Witecki , Krzysztof Zapała Trainer: Igor Sacharkin

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IA:	Italy, Kazakhstan
Promoted to the top division:	Slovenia, Austria
Relegated to Division IB:	South Korea
Promoted to Division IA:	Poland
Relegated to Division IIA:	Romania
Promoted to Division IB:	Estonia

Division II

Group A in Belgrade, Serbia

2014 World Cup of Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Estonia
Relegated	Israel
Venue (s)	Belgrade , Serbia
opening	April 9, 2014
Final day	April 15, 2014
spectator	7,915 (527 per game)
Gates	122 (8.13 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Arsenije Ranković
Best defender	Ingvar Jónsson
Best striker	Robert Rooba
Top scorer	Robert Rooba (14 points)

The group A tournament was held from April 9th ​​to 15th, 2014 in the Serbian capital Belgrade . The games took place in the Ledena dvorana Pionir with a capacity of 2,000 . A total of 7,915 spectators attended the 15 tournament games.

The Estonian team was able to secure promotion to Group B of Division I on the fourth of five tournament match days, as the other teams were fighting each other for points. With five wins out of five games, the Estonians rose to Division I again. Moving to Group B of Division II had to start rising Israel. Four points and only two defeats after the regular playing time of 60 minutes were ultimately not enough to keep the league.

venue

Belgrade , Serbia

Belgrade World championship venue

Venue

Ledena dvorana Pionir Capacity: 2,000

Interior view of the Ledena dvorana Pionir

April 9, 2014 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Iceland E. Alengård (26:31)

1: 4 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report

Estonia W. Bobkow (16:57) V. Titarenko (28:34) R. Andrejev (32:41) A. Ossipov (52:19)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 50

April 9, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Israel D. Mazour (47:04) D. Mazour (53:56) A. Eizenman (59:54) O. Eizenman (64:44)

4: 3 n.V. (0: 1, 0: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0) game report

Australia C. Todd (8:15) W. Cliff (37:03) B. McDowell (58:15)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 27

April 9, 2014 8:30 p.m.

Belgium D. Swinnen (3:48) T. Dewin (9:57) D. Swinnen (14:23) L. Maas (32:15) B. Kolodziejczyk (37:34) M. Morgan (41:52) M . Pellegrims (52:02) M. Pellegrims (55:34)

8: 3 (3: 0, 2: 2, 3: 1) game report

Serbia M. Kovačević (21:36) M. Kovačević (34:56) A. Luković (54:46)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 1,021

April 10, 2014 1 p.m.

Estonia A. Gornostajev (5:13) A. Makrov (14:10) R. Rooba (15:30) A. Makrov (17:43) A. Sibirtsev (29:09)

5: 1 (4: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0) game report

Australia C. Todd (11:18)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 23

April 10, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Belgium J. Engelen (2:09) V. Morgan (6:28) D. Geerts (30:56)

3: 6 (2: 2, 1: 0, 0: 4) game report

Iceland J. Gíslason (5:27) R. Hedström (14:39) R. Hedström (42:11) J. Gíslason (49:38) B. Bergmann (55:12) R. Hedström (59:55)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 72

April 10, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Serbia M. Babić (0:24) N. Vučurević (3:33) N. Vučurević (5:40) M. Kovačević (16:02) M. Babić (22:55) N. Janković (34:21) M . Kovačević (45:46) M. Kovačević (50:37) D. Filipović (57:22) N. Vučurević (58:42)

10: 6 (4: 0, 2: 3, 4: 3) game report

Israel S. Frenkel (36:21) D. Mazour (37:46) E. Sherbatov (39:16) A. Eizenman (40:33) R. Oz (43:44) A. Eizenman (51:13)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 1,124

April 12, 2014 1:00 p.m.

Belgium B. Kolodziejczyk (13:42) V. Morgan (26:24) D. Geerts (28:16) D. Swinnen (61:19)

4: 3 n.V. (1: 3, 2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Israel S. Frenkel (6:30) E. Sherbatov (8:52) O. Eizenman (17:48)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 300

April 12, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Iceland R. Hedström (2:33) J. Leifsson (56:16) J. Leifsson (61:00)

3: 2 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Australia T. Graham (26:54) G. Oddy (33:42)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 300

April 12, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Estonia V. Virjassov (11:42) R. Rooba (23:36) J. Sorokin (26:05) R. Rooba (46:17) A. Ossipov (51:30)

5: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 2: 1) game report

Serbia D. Filipović (8:17) N. Vučurević (41:43)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 1,274

April 14, 2014 1:00 p.m.

Australia L. Webster (3:47) B. McDowell (13:34) J. Harding (23:15) T. Powell (28:34) J. Harding (34:50) M. Schlamp (38:32) M Humphries (54:36)

7: 1 (2: 0, 4: 1, 1: 0) game report

Belgium D. Swinnen (37:00)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 310

April 14, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Israel D. Golodnizky (23:22) D. Mazour (44:00) E. Sherbatov (53:13)

3:16 (0: 6, 1: 4, 2: 6) game report

Estonia A. Gornostajev (3:55) A. Sibirtsev (8:01) K. Parras (9:26) J. Sorokin (12:26) R. Rooba (13:10) A. Makrov (19:11) A. Gornostajev (22:01) A. Makrov (25:07) R. Andrejev (27:27) V. Viryassov (33:02) A. Ossipov (45:07) V. Titarenko (45:35) W. Bobkov (48:42) V. Titarenko (53:22) A. Kuznetsov (56:43) A. Sibirtsev (59:32)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 320

April 14, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Serbia M. Kovačević (26:05) M. Kovačević (40:25) N. Janković (46:00)

3: 4 n.P. (0: 2, 1: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Iceland E. Alengård (3:16) P. Maack (17:47) R. Hedström (23:53) E. Alengård (PS)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 1,321

April 15, 2014 1 p.m.

Estonia A. Gornostajev (21:51) A. Gornostajev (22:10) R. Rooba (34:42) A. Makrov (38:59) R. Andrejev (44:24) R. Rooba (52:59)

6: 1 (0: 0, 4: 1, 2: 0) game report

Belgium B. Kolodziejczyk (35:47)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 305

April 15, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Iceland E. Alengård (6:00) A. Helgason (7:48) R. Hedström (56:37) E. Alengård (PS)

4: 3 n.P. (2: 2, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Israel O. Eizenman (4:44) D. Erlich (16:11) D. Erlich (21:06)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 368

April 15, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Australia

0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Serbia N. Vučurević (57:45)

Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade Spectators: 1,100

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Robert Rooba	5	6th	8th	14th	+10	2
Emil Alengård	5	5	7th	12	+5	0
Marko Kovačević	5	7th	3	10	+3	2
Roman Andrejev	5	3	7th	10	+10	4th
Daniel Erlich	5	2	8th	10	−7	22nd
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Anthony Kimlin	5	304: 47	14th	0	92.75	2.76
Arsenije Ranković	5	228: 29	13	1	91.77	3.41
Dennis Hedström	5	311: 00	15th	0	91.28	2.89

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Estonia	5	5	0	0	0	36: 08	15th
2.	Iceland	5	1	3	0	1	18:15	09
3.	Serbia	5	2	0	1	2	19:23	07th
4th	Australia	5	1	0	2	2	13:14	05
5.	Belgium	5	1	1	0	3	17:25	05
6th	Israel	5	0	1	2	2	19:37	04th

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IB , relegated to Division IIB

Division IIA winning team: Estonia

Division IIA promoted Estonia

Roman Andreyev , Maksim Anohhin , Valery Bobkov , Artyom Gornostajev , Anton Jastrebov , Silver Kerna , Aleksandr Kolossov , Ken Kuusk , Aleksandr Kuznetsov , Lauri Lahesalu , Anton Levkovitš , Andrei Makrov , Aleksandr Ossipov , Kevin Parras , Mark Rajevski , Robert Rooba , Mark Samorukov , Aleksei Sibirtsev , Jaanus Sorokin , Vassili Titarenko , Vadim Virjassov , Mihkel Võrang Trainer: Mart Eerme

Group B in Jaca, Spain

2014 World Cup of Division II, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Spain
Relegated	Turkey
Venue (s)	Jaca , Spain
opening	5th April 2014
Final day	April 11, 2014
spectator	13,679 (912 per game)
Gates	101 (6.73 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Other Alcaine
Best defender	Juan José Palacin
Best striker	Oriol boronate
Top scorer	Oriol Boronate (12 points)

The group B tournament was held from April 5th to 11th, 2014 in the Spanish city ​​of Jaca . The games took place in the 3,579-seat Pabellón de Hielo . A total of 13,679 spectators attended the 15 tournament games.

Even before the final day, the decision about the ascent as well as the descent had been made. The host Spaniards could not be denied the immediate promotion after the team had already prevailed on the opening day against the hitherto worst rival Mexico with 5: 3 and had maintained the required three-point lead after winning a direct comparison. After two years of membership in Group B of Division II, Turkey rose again to Division III, while South Africa, who had been promoted to last year, managed to stay in the league by winning a direct comparison.

venue

Jaca , Spain

Jaca World championship venue

Venue

Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca Capacity: 3,579

Exterior view of the competition venue

April 5, 2014 1:00 p.m. (local time)

New Zealand A. Cox (11:32) L. Pickering (19:20) J. Hay (29:26) C. Burns (30:18) A. Cox (47:06) B. Haines (55:11)

6: 3 (2: 2, 2: 0, 2: 1) game report

Turkey Al. Koçoğlu (9:23) Al. Koçoğlu (16:07) S. Aktürk (58:26)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca spectators: 120

April 5, 2014 4:30 p.m.

South Africa P. Woolf (50:39)

1: 4 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2) game report

People's Republic of China Li Z. (10:31) Zhang H. (37:25) Zhang C. (41:35) Chen L. (59:18)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca Spectators: 450

April 5, 2014 8:30 p.m.

Mexico H. Carrero (35:05) H. Majul (54:28) B. Arroyo (59:20)

3: 5 (0: 1, 1: 3, 2: 1) game report

Spain O. Boronat (9:02) P. González (20:16) J. Muñoz (25:33) P. Fuentes (31:30) J. Muñoz (59:44)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca spectators: 2,350

April 6, 2014 1 p.m.

Turkey F. Faner (13:54) A. Solak (22:36)

2: 4 (1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1) game report

South Africa W. Krotz (5:57) M. Giot (37:10) U. Samaai (38:20) U. Samaai (58:38)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca Spectators: 381

April 6, 2014 4:30 p.m.

New Zealand

0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 2) game report

Mexico C. Gómez (19:39) M. Escandón (24:17) H. Majul (39:50) H. Majul (54:59) E. Samperio (57:54)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca Spectators: 600

April 6, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Spain O. Boronat (2:46) O. Boronat (52:40) P. Muñoz (54:08) G. Betran (56:51)

4: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0) game report

People's Republic of China

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca spectators: 2,350

April 8, 2014 1 p.m.

Mexico L. D. González (7:37) C. Gómez (12:36) M. Colás (26:54) H. Majul (27:34) C. Kelo (31:17) B. Arroyo (45:28) A. Cervantes (57:48)

7: 4 (2: 3, 3: 1, 2: 0) game report

People's Republic of China Xia T. (16:58) Chen L. (17:56) Zhang C. (19:51) Liu Q. (21:55)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca Spectators: 180

April 8, 2014 4:30 p.m.

New Zealand J. Hay (39:19) A. Cox (44:59) A. Cox (49:48) A. Cox (59:53)

4: 2 (0: 2, 1: 0, 3: 0) match report

South Africa G. Miller (7:44) U. Samaai (16:21)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca Spectators: 300

April 8, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Spain J. J. Palacín (15:30) P. Puyuelo (15:39) O. Boronat (26:04) JJ Palacín (31:02) G. Betran (34:26) C. Quevedo (41:48) O. Boronat (49:41) J. Muñoz (59:54)

8: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 3: 0) game report

Turkey

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca Spectators: 2,100

April 9, 2014 1 p.m.

People's Republic of China Zhang H. (9:01) Chen L. (17:52)

2: 3 n.V. (2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

New Zealand A. Cox (7:05) A. Cox (57:40) A. Cox (60:11)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca Spectators: 210

April 9, 2014 4:30 p.m.

Turkey to. Koçoğlu (21:25)

1: 5 (0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 2) game report

Mexico J. Ehlers (9:37) A. Cervantes (17:33) S. Sierra (40:16) M. Escandón (44:45) C. Gómez (58:14)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca spectators: 150

April 9, 2014 8:00 p.m.

South Africa

0: 6 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 3) game report

Spain P. Muñoz (3:32) P. Muñoz (24:15) C. Quevedo (37:50) A. Betran (43:10) P. Puyuelo (48:00) O. Boronat (51:33)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca spectators: 1,850

April 11, 2014 1 p.m.

Mexico A. Cervantes (24:06) M. Escandón (50:04) B. Arroyo (56:07)

3: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1) game report

South Africa U. Samaai (47:40)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca Spectators: 138

April 11, 2014 4:30 p.m.

People's Republic of China Liu Q. (14:30) Liu Q. (23:17) Bao J. (36:54) Xia T. (38:51)

4: 6 (1: 3, 3: 3, 0: 0) game report

Turkey Al. Koçoğlu (11:08) S. Semiz (18:14) Al. Koçoğlu (19:49) G. Hamarat (21:05) E. Coşkun (24:35) S. Aktürk (26:59)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca spectators: 150

April 11, 2014 8:00 p.m.

Spain J. J. Palacín (3:44) A. Ubieto (21:02) O. Boronat (28:31) A. Betran (29:15) O. Boronat (35:46) O. Boronat (44:39)

6: 2 (1: 1, 4: 1, 1: 0) game report

New Zealand A. Cox (5:01) M. Frear (34:05)

Pabellón de Hielo, Jaca spectators: 2,350

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Oriol boronate	5	9	3	12	+9	2
Andrew Cox	5	9	1	10	+1	0
Juan José Palacin	5	3	7th	10	+10	4th
Carlos Quevedo	5	2	6th	8th	+9	2
Charlie Huber	5	0	8th	8th	+3	2
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Other Alcaine	4th	220: 00	3	2	93.88	0.82
Jaden Pine-Murphy	3	150: 25	7th	0	93.64	2.79
Jack Nebe	3	178: 18	8th	0	92.08	2.69

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Spain	5	5	0	0	0	29: 05	15th
2.	Mexico	5	4th	0	0	1	23:11	12
3.	New Zealand	5	2	1	0	2	15:18	08th
4th	People's Republic of China	5	1	0	1	3	14:21	04th
5.	South Africa	5	1	0	0	4th	08:19	03
6th	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4th	12:27	03

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IIA , relegated to Division III

Division IIB winning team: Spain

Division IIB promoted Spain

Ander Alcaine , Salvador Barnola , Adrián Betran , Guillermo Betran , Oriol Boronat , Juan Brabo , Alejandro Carbonell , Aaron Carretero , Patricio Fuentes , Iñigo Gaínza , Javier García Arias , Pol González , Alejandro Hernández , Juan Muñoz , Pablo Muñoz , Juan José Palacín , Pablo Puyuelo , Carlos Quevedo , Marc Ribas , Ignacio Solórzano , Adrián Ubieto , Jorge Vea Trainer: Luciano Basile

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IIA:	Romania
Promoted to Division IB:	Estonia
Relegated to Division IIB:	Israel
Promoted to Division IIA:	Spain
Relegated to Division III:	Turkey
Promoted to Division IIB:	Bulgaria

Division III

2014 World Cup of Division III
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Bulgaria
Venue (s)	Kockelscheuer , Luxembourg
opening	April 6, 2014
Final day	April 12, 2014
spectator	6,050 (403 per game)
Gates	179 (11.93 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Ho King Chi King
Best defender	Clement Waltener
Best striker	Alexei Jotov
Top scorer	Ivan Khodulow (21 points)

The Division III tournament was held from April 6 to 12, 2014 in Kockelscheuer , Luxembourg , not far from the capital Luxembourg . The games took place in the Patinoire de Kockelscheuer with a capacity of 768 . A total of 6,050 spectators attended the 15 tournament games.

On the final day of the match, Bulgaria managed to return directly to Group B of Division II with a 4-1 win over the North Koreans, who had tied the points to date. The newcomer to the World Cup from Hong Kong finished fourth in the table with five points.

venue

Kockelscheuer , Luxembourg

Kockelscheuer Venue of the qualification

Venue

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer Capacity: 768

Exterior view of the Patinoire de Kockelscheuer

April 6, 2014 12:30 p.m. (local time)

Hong Kong

2: 1 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

United Arab Emirates

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 100

April 6, 2014 4:00 p.m.

North Korea

22: 1 (6: 0, 9: 0, 7: 1) game report

Georgia

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 100

April 6, 2014 7:30 p.m.

Luxembourg

5: 8 (2: 3, 3: 3, 0: 2) game report

Bulgaria

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 800

April 7, 2014 12:30 p.m.

Georgia

0:12 (0: 4, 0: 3, 0: 5) game report

Hong Kong

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 100

April 7, 2014 4:00 p.m.

Bulgaria

11: 5 (5: 3, 5: 1, 1: 1) game report

United Arab Emirates

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 100

April 7, 2014 7:30 p.m.

North Korea

7: 3 (4: 0, 3: 0, 0: 3) game report

Luxembourg

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 850

April 9, 2014 12:30 p.m.

Bulgaria

19: 1 (10: 0, 4: 1, 5: 0) game report

Georgia

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 100

April 9, 2014 4:00 p.m.

North Korea

12: 2 (3: 2, 4: 0, 5: 0) match report

Hong Kong

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 100

April 9, 2014 7:30 p.m.

Luxembourg

8: 1 (4: 0, 4: 0, 0: 1) game report

United Arab Emirates

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 850

April 11, 2014 12:30 p.m.

United Arab Emirates

1:12 (0: 3, 1: 4, 0: 5) game report

North Korea

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 100

April 11, 2014 4:00 p.m.

Hong Kong

1: 6 (1: 1, 0: 3, 0: 2) game report

Bulgaria

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 100

April 11, 2014 7:30 p.m.

Georgia

0:19 (0: 7, 0: 6, 0: 6) game report

Luxembourg

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 850

April 12, 2014 12:30 p.m.

Bulgaria

4: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

North Korea

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 500

April 12, 2014 4:00 p.m.

United Arab Emirates

6: 1 (1: 0, 3: 1, 2: 0) game report

Georgia

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 500

April 12, 2014 7:30 p.m.

Luxembourg

8: 0 (5: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0) game report

Hong Kong

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer spectators: 900

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Ivan Khodulov	5	13	8th	21st	+14	6th
Alexei Jotov	5	6th	15th	21st	+13	6th
Kim Hyok-ju	5	9	7th	16	+18	4th
Ben Houdremont	5	6th	8th	14th	+8	2
Stanislav Muchachev	5	5	8th	13	+11	6th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Konstantin Mikhailov	3	167: 59	7th	0	93.52	2.50
Pak Kuk-chol	4th	194: 43	6th	0	90.32	1.85
Michel Welter	4th	219: 32	11	1	89.42	3.01

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Bulgaria	5	5	0	0	0	48:13	15th
2.	North Korea	5	4th	0	0	1	54:11	12
3.	Luxembourg	5	3	0	0	2	43:16	09
4th	Hong Kong	5	1	1	0	3	17:27	05
5.	United Arab Emirates	5	1	0	1	3	14:34	04th
6th	Georgia	5	0	0	0	5	03:78	00

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shootout , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N = defeats
Explanations: Promoted to Division IIB

Division III winning team: Bulgaria

Division III promoted Bulgaria

Martin Bojadschiew , Nikolaj Boschanow , Ivan Chodulow , Rossen Christow , Dimitar Dimitrov , Maksim Eftimow , Janaki Gatchev , Tomislaw Georgiev , Alexej Jotow , Konstantin Michailow , Petar Michow , Krassimir Monow , Stanislav Muchachev , Martin Nikolow , Aleksandar Panew sen. , Aleksandar Panew jun. , Radosvet Petrow , Bogdan Stefanow , Aleksandar Wassilew , Iwan Welew Coach: Kiril Khodulow

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	Turkey
Promoted to Division IIB:	Bulgaria

See also

• 2014 U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Cup
• Ice Hockey World Cup 2014 for the U18 juniors
• 2014 Women's Ice Hockey World Cup
• 2014 U18 Women's Ice Hockey World Cup

Web links

• Overview of the 2014 World Cup tournaments at the IIHF

Individual evidence

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3. Jump up ↑ Ice Hockey World Cup: Belarus as World Cup host to the test. Süddeutsche Zeitung , March 19, 2012, archived from the original on March 22, 2012 ; Retrieved March 21, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Sports Policy. Football European Championship and Ice Hockey World Cup: Political Pressure. In: Focus Online . April 25, 2012, Retrieved May 9, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Ice Hockey World Cup 2014 as planned in Belarus. (No longer available online.) In: Handelsblatt . May 20, 2012, archived from the original on March 23, 2014 ; accessed on May 9, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Sweden tops World Ranking. In: iihf.com. May 19, 2013, accessed July 5, 2017 .