2015 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship

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	Winner: Canada

The 79th Men's Ice Hockey World Championships of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF were the ice hockey world championships of 2015 . A total of 47 national teams took part in the six tournaments of the top division and divisions I to III between April 3 and May 17, 2015 .

The tournament of the top division with 16 national teams took place from May 1st to 17th, 2015 in the Czech capital Prague and in Ostrava . The other tournaments took place in April in Krakow , Eindhoven , Reykjavík , Cape Town and Izmir .

The world champion was for the 25th time overall and for the first time since 2007 the Canadian team , who defeated Russia 6-1 in the final . The German national team finished tenth, while the Swiss national team was eliminated in the quarter-finals against the United States . Austria missed relegation in the top division by taking 15th place and was relegated straight back to division IA.

The climbers in the four divisions were the teams from Kazakhstan , Hungary , South Korea , Romania , the People's Republic of China and North Korea .

Overview men's world championships

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Prague Ostrava	0May 1, 2015 - May 17, 2015	16	724.307	64	11,317
Division IA	Krakow	Apr 19, 2015 - Apr 25, 2015	6th	66,651	15th	4,443
Division IB	Eindhoven	Apr 13, 2015 - Apr 19, 2015	6th	15,920	15th	1,061
Division II A	Reykjavík	Apr 13, 2015 - Apr 19, 2015	6th	4,958	15th	331
Division II B	Cape Town	Apr 13, 2015 - Apr 19, 2015	6th	4.263	15th	284
Division III	Izmir	0Apr 3, 2015 - Apr 12, 2015	7th	7,955	21st	379

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: May 1st to 17th, 2015 in Prague and Ostrava , Czech Republic

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

• Division I.
  • Group A: April 18-24, 2015 in Krakow , Poland

    Participants: Italy (relegated) , Japan , Kazakhstan (relegated) , Poland ( relegated ) , Ukraine , Hungary         

  • Group B: April 13-19, 2015 in Eindhoven , the Netherlands

    Participants: Estonia (promoted) , Great Britain , Croatia , Lithuania , Netherlands , South Korea (relegated)       

• Division II
  • Group A: April 13-19, 2015 in Reykjavík , Iceland

    Participants: Australia , Belgium , Iceland , Romania (relegated) , Serbia , Spain (promoted)       

  • Group B: April 13-19, 2015 in Cape Town , South Africa

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

• Division III: April 3 to 12, 2015 in Izmir , Turkey

  • Participants: Bosnia and Herzegovina (first participation since 2008) , Georgia , Hong Kong , Luxembourg , North Korea , Turkey (relegated) , United Arab Emirates         

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 of the World Championships in 2014 . Division III plays in a group of seven 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

2015 Men's World Cup
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Canada
silver	Russia
bronze	United States
Relegated	Austria Slovenia
venue	Prague & Ostrava , Czech Republic
opening	May 1, 2015
Endgame	17th May 2015
spectator	741,700 (11,589 per game)
Gates	354 (5.53 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Pekka gutter
Best defender	Brent Burns
Best striker	Jason Spezza
MVP	Jaromír Jágr
Top scorer	Jason Spezza (14 points)

The world championship of the top division was held from May 1st to 17th, 2015 in the Czech capital Prague and in Ostrava . The games were played in the O₂ Arena (17,000 places) in Prague and the ČEZ Aréna in Ostrau with 9,821 places.

Award

The application of the Czech Ice Hockey Association sat down at the annual meeting of the World Ice Hockey Federation IIHF on 21 May 2010 at the German Cologne with 84: 22 voices against those of Ukraine by.

Applicants	be right	Percentage ownership %)
Czech Republic	84	79
Ukraine	22nd	21st

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:

14 from Europe	Denmark	Germany	Finland	France
	Belarus	Latvia	Norway	Austria (promoted from Division IA)
	Russia (defending champion)	Sweden	Switzerland	Slovakia
	Slovenia (promoted from Division IA)		Czech Republic (hosts)
2 from North America	Canada		United States

Grouping

Participants in the 2015 World Cup. The Czech Republic as host is colored red, Austria and Slovenia, promoted from Division I, light blue. The remaining participants are colored dark blue.

The group division of the preliminary round was determined on the basis of the IIHF world rankings that were current after the 2014 World Cup . From a geographical point of view - Ostrava is about 50 kilometers from the Slovakian border - Switzerland and Slovakia exchanged groups.

Group A (Prague)	Group B (Ostrau)
Sweden (1)	Finland (2)
Canada (4)	Russia (3)
Czech Republic (5)	USA (6)
Switzerland (7)	Slovakia (8)
Latvia (9)	Norway (10)
France (12)	Belarus (11)
Germany (13)	Slovenia (14)
Austria (16)	Denmark (15)

* The respective world ranking is given in brackets.

mode

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

The 16 teams were playing on their world rankings placing first in two groups of eight teams, a preliminary round ( Preliminary Round ). Three points were 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 shootout and one point for a defeat in the extra time or in the penalty shootout. In the event of a tie between two teams, the direct comparison decided. If more than two teams were tied, the following criteria were decisive:

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 2014.

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

The four best teams in each preliminary group qualified 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 bottom of the respective group were relegated to Division IA. Since Russia was set to host the 2016 World Cup, the penultimate nation of the two groups with the worse record would have been relegated if Russia were relegated.

Venues

Prague	Prague Ostrava World Championship venues	Ostrava
O₂ Arena capacity: 17,000		ČEZ Aréna Capacity: 9,821

Preliminary round

The preliminary round of the world championship starts on May 1st, the preliminary round ends on May 12th.

Group A

May 1, 2015 4:15 p.m. (local time)

Canada N. MacKinnon (9:57) J. Spezza (13:04) M. Duchene (14:11) T. Toffoli (22:20) J. Spezza (23:04) S. Crosby (59:37)

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

Latvia K. Daugaviņš (52:06)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 16,013

May 1st, 2015 8:15 pm

Czech Republic J. Jágr (13:28) T. Hertl (42:52) D. Simon (51:34) R. Červenka (52:31) M. Zaťovič (56:53)

5: 6 n.P. (1: 2, 0: 1, 4: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report

Sweden J. Lundqvist (3:23) S. Kronwall (7:30) V. Rask (34:34) J. Lindström (44:08) M. Sjögren (59:07) O. Ekman Larsson (PS)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 17,383

May 2, 2015 12:15 pm

Switzerland F. Du Bois (1:14) A. Ambühl (25:54) M. Bieber (51:01)

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

Austria T. Raffl (22:12) B. Lebler (43:33) M. Raffl (59:10) K. Komarek (PS)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 13,953

May 2, 2015 4:15 p.m.

France D. Fleury (50:44)

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

Germany M. Wolf (12:10) P. Reimer (59:01)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 14,903

May 2, 2015 8:15 pm

Latvia K. Daugaviņš (13:13) M. Rēdlihs (23:18)

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

Czech Republic M. Jordán (22:01) J. Kovář (24:25) J. Jágr (32:44) J. Voráček (45:29)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 17,383

May 3, 2015 12:15 pm

Austria D. Heinrich (53:17)

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

Sweden F. Forsberg (13:38) O. Klefbom (18:37) A. Lander (19:18) F. Forsberg (28:22) E. Lindholm (29:13) F. Forsberg (31:14)

O₂ Arena, Prague Spectators: 14,051

May 3, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Canada S. Crosby (8:02) T. Hall (8:25) C. Eakin (16:58) C. Eakin (19:49) T. Hall (22:10) A. Ekblad (24:29) C. Giroux (27:34) T. Ennis (35:16) T. Hall (39:37) M. Duchene (42:03)

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

Germany

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 15,046

May 3, 2015 8:15 pm

France D. Raux (48:31)

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

Switzerland D. Hollenstein (15:36) R. Josi (21:24) R. Suri (59:06)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 8,780

May 4, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Latvia L. Dārziņš (32:53)

1: 8 (0: 1, 1: 3, 0: 4) game report

Sweden L. Eriksson (17:37) L. Eriksson (30:05) F. Forsberg (33:03) L. Eriksson (39:46) O. Möller (44:43) J. Josefson (49:32) J. . Lundqvist (57:04) V. Rask (59:51)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 15,315

May 4, 2015 8:15 pm

Canada J. Eberle (4:18) T. Hall (19:02) S. Couturier (37:40) T. Seguin (42:02) S. Crosby (50:07) T. Toffoli (58:31)

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

Czech Republic M. Erat (19:22) M. Zaťovič (35:45) V. Sobotka (57:36)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 17,383

May 5, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Switzerland D. Hollenstein (52:16)

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

Germany

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 10,253

May 5, 2015 8:15 pm

Austria

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

France D. Fleury (46:13) L. Meunier (59:02)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 5,857

May 6, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Switzerland M. Bieber (58:09)

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

Latvia A. Džeriņš (24:19) K. Daugaviņš (62:19)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 10,856

May 6, 2015 8:15 pm

Sweden A. Lander (5:06) V. Rask (17:21) F. Forsberg (17:49) O. Möller (35:19)

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

Canada A. Ekblad (26:43) T. Hall (31:27) S. Couturier (34:23) P. Wiercioch (50:24) T. Ennis (53:31) T. Seguin (58:10)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 16,695

May 7, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Czech Republic O. Němec (21:10) V. Sobotka (26:58) J. Jágr (44:25) O. Němec (48:28) R. Červenka (54:49)

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

France K. Hecquefeuille (28:41)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 17,110

May 7, 2015 8:15 pm

Sweden O. Möller (11:19) J. Lindström (12:44) J. Klingberg (42:56) O. Möller (48:40)

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

Germany M. Kink (15:48) N. Krämmer (29:30) M. Plachta (54:39)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 16,137

May 8, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Czech Republic O. Němec (31:09) M. Zaťovič (38:04) V. Sobotka (39:08) J. Voráček (40:07)

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

Austria

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 17,383

May 8, 2015 8:15 pm

Germany M. Wolf (46:46) M. Plachta (57:35)

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

Latvia L. Dārziņš (11:05)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 15,494

May 9, 2015 12:15 pm

France J. Desrosiers (16:31) Y. Treille (46:21) D. Fleury (46:56)

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

Canada T. Seguin (11:26) J. Eberle (12:32) T. Seguin (37:02) J. Eberle (49:18)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 15,300

May 9, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Austria B. Lebler (16:07)

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

Latvia L. Dārziņš (32:15) K. Daugaviņš (60:33)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 12,735

May 9, 2015 8:15 pm

Sweden E. Lindholm (7:17) F. Forsberg (63:49)

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

Switzerland S. Bodenmann (40:34)

O₂ Arena, Prague Spectators: 15,201

May 10, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Germany D. Pietta (7:13) M. Wolf (23:50)

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

Czech Republic M. Vondrka (13:39) P. Koukal (25:58) J. Voráček (27:36) J. Jágr (55:58)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 17,383

May 10, 2015 8:15 pm

Switzerland M. Trachsler (6:21) D. Brunner (42:17)

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

Canada T. Seguin (0:53) N. MacKinnon (19:42) A. Ekblad (27:59) J. Eberle (39:00) C. Eakin (39:59) S. Couturier (52:27) C. . Giroux (57:08)

O₂ Arena, Prague Spectators: 17,003

May 11, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Germany M. Wolf (44:14) P. Reimer (58:00)

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

Austria T. Raffl (34:33) R. Rotter (54:22) K. Komarek (PS)

O₂ Arena, Prague Spectators: 11,302

May 11, 2015 8:15 pm

Sweden J. Josefson (11:00) F. Forsberg (34:52) F. Forsberg (40; 52) O. Ekman Larsson (43:27)

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

France D. Fleury (20:34) D. Fleury (22:52)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 12,490

May 12, 2015 12:15 pm

Canada T. Barrie (6:04) M. Duchene (9:09) T. Hall (11:17) A. Ekblad (14:10) J. Spezza (21:58) J. Eberle (35:52) N . MacKinnon (42:53) J. Spezza (43:05) B. Schenn (46:09) M. Duchene (54:43)

10: 1 (4: 0, 2: 0, 4: 1) game report

Austria D. Heinrich (42:44)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 16,031

May 12, 2015 4:15 pm

Latvia K. Daugaviņš (11:25) G. Galviņš (22:48)

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

France S. Da Costa (48:21) S. Treille (55:20) J. Desrosiers (PS)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 15,167

May 12, 2015 8:15 pm

Czech Republic M. Zaťovič (50:44) M. Vondrka (PS)

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

Switzerland K. Fiala (16:55)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 17,383

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Canada	7th	7th	0	0	0	49:14	21st
2.	Sweden	7th	4th	2	0	1	34:19	16
3.	Czech Republic	7th	4th	1	1	1	27:18	15th
4th	Switzerland	7th	2	0	4th	1	12:18	10
5.	Germany	7th	2	0	1	4th	11:24	7th
6th	France	7th	1	1	0	5	13:20	5
7th	Latvia	7th	0	2	1	4th	11:25	5
8th.	Austria	7th	0	2	1	4th	10:29	5

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 1, 2015 4:15 p.m. (local time)

USA S. Moses (19:37) M. Hendricks (31:57) D. Sexton (34:47) N. Bonino (46:19) M. Hendricks (57:22)

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

Finland J. Jokipakka (25:40)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 1st, 2015 8:15 pm

Russia W. Schipachev (2:51) A. Anissimow (3:10) D. Saripov (15:14) W. Tichonow (16:53) M. Tschudinow (29:08) A. Panarin (34:10)

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

Norway P. Thoresen (20:25) P. Thoresen (26:50)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava spectators: 6,314

May 2, 2015 12:15 pm

Slovakia M. Sersen (48:08) M. Viedenský (49:26) D. Graňák (51:11) M. Daňo (PS)

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

Denmark P. Bjorkstrand (25:05) N. Hardt (49:57) D. Nielsen (57:46)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 2, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Belarus A. Stas (10:08) A. Kaszizyn (12:16) A. Kaljuschny (23:51) A. Kitarau (59:41)

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

Slovenia Ž. Jeglič (10:42) Ž. Pance (51:47)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 5,995

May 2, 2015 8:15 pm

Norway M. Ask (6:39)

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

USA T. Lewis (12:14) B. Nelson (25:58)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 6,301

May 3, 2015 12:15 pm

Russia I. Kovalchuk (4:03) N. Kuljomin (4:39) J. Dadonow (18:56) W. Schipachev (29:27) J. Dadonow (45:45)

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

Slovenia A. Kopitar (23:14) Ž. Pance (34:40) R. Sabolič (54:46)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 7,557

May 3, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Belarus S. Kaszitsyn (51:27)

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

Slovakia A. Meszároš (52:31) A. Meszároš (61:55)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 3, 2015 8:15 pm

Denmark

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

Finland J. Jokinen (27:47) J. Pesonen (28:58) A. Barkov (35:56)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,353

May 4, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Russia A. Below (23:40) S. Plotnikow (56:19)

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

USA T. Lewis (06:22) T. Krug (26:22) M. Arcobello (51:52) B. Nelson (59:51)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 4, 2015 8:15 pm

Norway

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

Finland E. Lindell (5:05) J. Kemppainen (28:39) J. Kemppainen (30:21) J. Jokipakka (51:15) J. Jokinen (52:11)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 6,634

May 5, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Denmark J. Jakobsen (13:38)

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

Belarus A. Haurus (20:44) J. Kawyrschyn (27:27) I. Schynkewitsch (29:35) J. Kawyrschyn (45:36) I. Wussenka (54:44)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 4,796

May 5, 2015 8:15 pm

Slovakia A. Meszároš (47:57) M. Gáborík (54:16) M. Gáborík (59:59)

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

Slovenia J. Urbas (6:20)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 6, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Russia A. Panarin (10:53) S. Mosjakin (13:17) J. Dadonow (38:45) S. Mosjakin (57:03) W. Tarassenko (57:51)

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

Denmark M. Green (29:35) T. Spelling (49:36)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava spectators: 7,682

May 6, 2015 8:15 pm

Slovakia T. Surový (18:03) M. Ďaloga (21:29)

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

Norway M. Nørstebø (25:40) M. Rosseli Olsen (35:30) M. Nørstebø (41:56)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 7, 2015 4:15 p.m.

USA B. Nelson (37:21) T. Krug (45:35)

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

Belarus A. Haurus (31:11) A. Wolkau (33:01) A. Kitarau (36:06) A. Kaljuschny (41:15) A. Kaljuschny (48:23)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 6,648

May 7, 2015 8:15 pm

Finland L. Komarov (5:53) P. Kontiola (6:34) A. Barkov (21:19) J. Kemppainen (35:57)

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

Slovenia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava spectators: 6,450

May 8, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Slovenia J. Muršak (20:15)

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

Norway P. Thoresen (8:23) A. Bastiansen (23:46) J. Holøs (38:49)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 8, 2015 8:15 pm

USA B. Nelson (27:54)

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

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 9, 2015 12:15 pm

Belarus

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

Russia I. Kovalchuk (9:53) W. Tarassenko (21:33) W. Schipachev (29:24) J. Dadonow (32:22) S. Schirokow (42:51) J. Dadonow (44:49) J. . Malkin (51:04)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,363

May 9, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Finland J. Donskoi (50:28) J. Aaltonen (55:33) L. Komarov (59:53)

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

Slovakia

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 9, 2015 8:15 pm

Denmark N. Jensen (1:51) D. Nielsen (19:36) F. Storm (33:01) J. Jakobsen (51:36)

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

Norway K. A. Olimb (3:18)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 7,316

May 10, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Slovenia A. Mušič (26:54)

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

USA B. Nelson (4:17) B. Nelson (16:32) J. Eichel (41:09)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,202

May 10, 2015 8:15 pm

Slovakia T. Kopecký (5:58) M. Gáborík (49:05)

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

Russia S. Mosjakin (27:07) W. Tarassenko (41:10) A. Panarin (62:06)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 11, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Finland J. Donskoi (51:57) T. Hartikainen (52:51) J. Donskoi (PS)

3: 2 nP (0: 0, 0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Belarus J. Kawyrschyn (45:09) A. Kaljuschny (59:29)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 11, 2015 8:15 pm

Slovenia Ž. Pance (10:00)

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

Denmark

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava spectators: 6,768

May 12, 2015 12:15 pm

Norway P. Thoresen (32:20) M. Nørstebø (45:13)

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

Belarus A. Kaljuschny (7:29) D. Korabau (29:01) A. Kaszizyn (32:03)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 12, 2015 4:15 pm

USA B. Smith (2:36) S. Jones (4:11) A. Lee (20:27) C. Coyle (39:08) J. Eichel (64:32)

5: 4 n.V. (2: 0, 2: 4, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Slovakia M. Gáborík (26:29) A. Jánošík (30:36) V. Dravecký (36:27) M. Bartovič (38:22)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

May 12, 2015 8:15 pm

Finland A. Barkov (24:54) J. Donskoi (57:41) J. Donskoi (PS)

3: 2 afterwards (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Russia S. Mosjakin (18:04) A. Panarin (54:54)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 8,812

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	United States	7th	5	1	0	1	22:14	17th
2.	Finland	7th	4th	2	0	1	22: 9	16
3.	Russia	7th	4th	1	1	1	30:16	15th
4th	Belarus	7th	4th	0	2	1	20:19	14th
5.	Slovakia	7th	1	2	2	2	17:19	9
6th	Norway	7th	2	0	0	5	12:23	6th
7th	Denmark	7th	1	0	1	5	10:20	4th
8th.	Slovenia	7th	1	0	0	6th	9:22	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

Final round

The final round begins after the preliminary round on May 14, 2015, so that all teams had at least one day off. Two of the quarter-finals will be played in the O₂ Arena and the other two in the ČEZ Aréna. As in the previous year, the games take place in a cross-comparison of the two preliminary round groups. From the semi-finals on May 16, all matches will be held in the O₂ Arena. The final and the bronze match are scheduled for May 17th.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Canada

9

B4

Belarus

0

A1

Canada

2

A3

Czech Republic

0

B2

Finland

3

A3

Czech Republic

5

A1

Canada

6th

B3

Russia

1

B1

United States

3

A4

Switzerland

1

B1

United States

0

3rd place match

B3

Russia

4th

A2

Sweden

3

B1

United States

3

B3

Russia

5

A3

Czech Republic

0

Quarter finals

May 14, 2015 3:15 p.m. (local time)

USA B. Smith (30:17) C. Coyle (31:14) J. Gardiner (50:33)

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

Switzerland R. Josi (13:04)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava spectators: 6,495

May 14, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Canada B. Burns (0:27) T. Ennis (7:36) R. O'Reilly (10:15) T. Seguin (17:28) T. Seguin (23:23) B. Burns (31:08 ) T. Seguin (50:32) R. O'Reilly (53:02) J. Spezza (55:19)

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

Belarus

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 15,126

May 14, 2015 7:15 pm

Sweden J. Klingberg (31:01) A. Lander (43:36) L. Eriksson (54:45)

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

Russia S. Mosjakin (10:51) S. Schirokow (16:01) J. Malkin (20:48) J. Malkin (55:11) W. Tarassenko (58:13)

ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Spectators: 7,248

May 14, 2015 8:15 p.m.

Finland T. Ruutu (17:19) J. Jokinen (23:45) A. Barkov (44:24)

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

Czech Republic J. Kovář (8:56) J. Jágr (33:51) J. Kovář (35:28) J. Jágr (55:30) V. Sobotka (59:37)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 17,383

Semifinals

May 16, 2015 3:15 p.m.

Canada T. Hall (8:40) J. Spezza (29:02)

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

Czech Republic

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 17,383

May 16, 2015 7:15 pm

United States

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

Russia S. Mosjakin (47:17) A. Owetschkin (50:19) W. Schipachev (55:28) J. Malkin (58:35)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 14,938

3rd place match

May 17, 2015 4:15 p.m.

USA N. Bonino (7:25) T. Lewis (18:13) C. Coyle (39:10)

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

Czech Republic

O₂ Arena, Prague Spectators: 15,007

final

May 17, 2015 8:45 p.m.

Canada C. Eakin (18:10) T. Ennis (21:56) S. Crosby (27:22) T. Seguin (28:06) C. Giroux (48:58) N. MacKinnon (49:50)

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

Russia J. Malkin (52:47)

O₂ Arena, Prague spectators: 17,383

statistics

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Jason Spezza	Canada	10	6th	8th	14th	+7	2
Jordan Eberle	Canada	10	5	8th	13	+8	0
Taylor Hall	Canada	10	7th	5	12	+8	6th
Sergei Mosjakin	Russia	10	6th	6th	12	+8	0
Matt Duchene	Canada	10	4th	8th	12	+10	2
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	Sweden	8th	2	10	12	+4	6th
Sidney Crosby	Canada	9	4th	7th	11	+1	2
Yevgeny Dadonov	Russia	10	4th	7th	11	+4	2
Jussi Jokinen	Finland	8th	3	8th	11	+3	0
Brent Burns	Canada	10	2	9	11	+12	4th
Ryan O'Reilly	Canada	10	2	9	11	+10	0

Best goalkeeper

Source: IIHF; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), SaT = shots on goal, GT = goals conceded, SVS = shots saved, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals against goal , SO = shutouts ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	SaT	GT	SVS	Sv%	GTS	SO
Connor Hellebuyck	United States	8th	482: 00	211	11	200	94.79	1.37	2
Sebastian Dahm	Denmark	5	297: 19	161	11	150	93.17	2.22	0
Mike Smith	Canada	8th	480: 00	172	12	160	93.02	1.50	2
Pekka gutter	Finland	7th	427: 16	166	12	154	92.77	1.69	3
Cristobal Huet	France	5	287: 46	129	10	119	92.25	2.09	1
Ondřej Pavelec	Czech Republic	9	517: 28	193	17th	176	91.19	1.97	1
Edgars Masaļskis	Latvia	7th	403: 48	218	20th	198	90.83	2.97	0
Sergei Bobrovsky	Russia	9	542: 16	223	21st	202	90.58	2.32	1
Timo Pielmeier	Germany	3	176: 57	91	9	82	90.11	3.05	0
Ján Laco	Slovakia	6th	308: 50	117	12	105	89.74	2.33	0

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

Title, promotion and relegation

World Champion Canada	Mike Smith , Martin Jones - Tyson Barrie , Brent Burns , Aaron Ekblad , Dan Hamhuis , Jake Muzzin , David Savard , Patrick Wiercioch - Sean Couturier , Sidney Crosby , Matt Duchene , Cody Eakin , Jordan Eberle , Tyler Ennis , Claude Giroux , Taylor Hall , Nathan MacKinnon , Ryan O'Reilly , Brayden Schenn , Tyler Seguin , Jason Spezza , Tyler Toffoli Head Coach: Todd McLellan Assistant Coach : Peter DeBoer , Bill Peters , Jay Woodcroft
Silver Russia	Sergei Bobrowski , Konstantin Barulin , Anton Chudobin - Dmitry Kulikov , Yegor Yakovlev , Yevgeny Biryukov , Maxim Chudinov , Anton Below , Yevgeny Medvedev , Viktor Antipin , Andrei Mironov - Alexander Ovechkin , Artemi Panarin , Sergei Mosjakin , Evgeni Malkin , Viktor Tikhonov , Sergei Plotnikov , Danis Saripow , Nikolai Kuljomin , Artjom Anissimow , Sergei Schirokow , Evgeni Dadonow , Ilya Kovalchuk , Vadim Schipachev , Wladimir Tarassenko Head coach: Oleg Snarok Assistant coach: Harijs Vītoliņš
Bronze United States	Jack Campbell , Alex Lyon , Connor Hellebuyck - Justin Faulk , Jake Gardiner , Seth Jones , Torey Krug , John Moore , Connor Murphy , Zach Redmond , Mike Reilly - Mark Arcobello , Nick Bonino , Charlie Coyle , Jack Eichel , Matt Hendricks , Dylan Larkin , Anders Lee , Trevor Lewis , Jeremy Morin , Steve Moses , Brock Nelson , Dan Sexton , Ben Smith , Jimmy Vesey Head Coach: Todd Richards Assistant Coach : Dan Bylsma , Greg Carvel

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

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Jaromír Jágr	Czech Republic
Best goalkeeper	Pekka gutter	Finland
Best defender	Brent Burns	Canada
Best striker	Jason Spezza	Canada

All-Star Team

Attack:	Jaromír Jágr - Jason Spezza - Taylor Hall
Defense:	Brent Burns - Oliver Ekman Larsson
Goal:	Connor Hellebuyck

Division I.

Group A in Krakow, Poland

2015 World Cup of Division I, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Kazakhstan Hungary
Relegated	Ukraine
Venue (s)	Krakow , Poland
opening	April 19, 2015
Final day	April 25, 2015
spectator	66,651 (4,443 per game)
Gates	71 (4.73 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Przemysław Odrobny
Best defender	Kevin Dallman
Best striker	Roman Startschenko
MVP	Roman Startschenko
Top scorer	Roman Startschenko (6 points)
All-Star Team
Roman Startschenko - Andrew Sarauer - Marcin Kolusz
Kevin Dallman - Mateusz Rompkowski
Pavel Poluektov

The Group A tournament was held from April 19-25, 2015 in the Polish city ​​of Krakow . The games took place in the 14,496-seat Kraków Arena . A total of 66,651 spectators attended the 15 tournament games, which corresponds to an average attendance of 4,443 per game.

Initially, the organization was awarded to the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine . The games were to be played in the Druzhba Sports Palace in the Ukrainian city ​​of Donetsk, which could hold 4,130 spectators . Due to the uncertain political situation in the country, the Ukrainians decided in August 2014 to give up the orientation.

The Kazakh selection secured immediate promotion back to the top division in their fourth game with a 3-2 win against Poland , which the Asians could no longer catch up with. Last year's relegated Italy, on the other hand, gambled away on the same match day with a 2: 3 defeat against the previously pointless Japanese the last chance to return to the ice hockey upper house and in the end only finished 5th. Japan was finally able to defeat 3: 1. Success over the Ukraine secure relegation, while the Eastern Europeans relegated to the B group after two years. In the last game of the tournament, Hungary beat the hosts from Poland 2-1 and celebrated their return to the elite league after relegation in 2009.

venue

Krakow , Poland

Krakow World championship venue

Venue

Kraków Arena Capacity: 14,496

Aerial view of the Kraków Arena

April 19, 2015 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Hungary D. Kóger (9:44) C. Erdély (31:04) F. Banham (56:35) J. Hári (58:54)

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

Japan D. Obara (1:36) Y. Hirano (30:40)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 2,543

April 19, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Ukraine D. Nimenko (46:39) A. Michnow (59:34)

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

Kazakhstan K. Dallman (7:13) L. Metalnikow (14:40) W. Krasnoslobodzew (31:06) K. Rudenko (47:59) J. Rymarew (58:07)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 2,108

April 19, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Poland G. Pasiut (26:22)

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

Italy B. Ihnacak (13:49) A. Bernard (33:34)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 9,456

April 20, 2015 1 p.m.

Kazakhstan K. Rudenko (1:43) A. Voronzow (25:50) K. Dallman (32:12) W. Krasnoslobodzew (35:36) K. Pushkarev (48:06)

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

Hungary

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 3,289

April 20, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Italy B. Ihnacak (24:26) M. Insam (60:16)

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

Ukraine W. Sakharov (26:25)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 1,392

April 20, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Japan

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

Poland T. Malasiński (42:42) M. Kolusz (50:32)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 2,662

April 22, 2015 1 p.m.

Kazakhstan K. Dallman (2:38) F. Polishchuk (6:48) R. Startschenko (19:03) R. Startschenko (42:35) K. Rudenko (45:06) J. Rymarew (48:09) F. Polishchuk (52:52)

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

Japan S. Kuji (41:16) G. Tanaka (55:49)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 2,479

April 22, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Italy A. Egger (45:16)

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

Hungary D. Kóger (10:52) B. Magosi (17:52) I. Sofron (43:01) M. Vas (59:16)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 3,125

April 22, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Poland A. Bagiński (33:13) M. Rompkowski (40:34) M. Rompkowski (53:44)

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

Ukraine W. Hawryk (41:46) W. Ljalka (44:52)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 5,975

April 23, 2015 1 p.m.

Japan M. Ushū (38:48) S. Yanadori (55:56) Y. Hirano (57:06)

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

Italy L. Frigo (13:42) J. Ramoser (47:24)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 2,572

April 23, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Ukraine R. Blahyj (24:36) A. Hnidenko (34:19)

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

Hungary A. Sarauer (36:44) D. Kóger (51:26) A. Sarauer (56:05) I. Sofron (57:15)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 3,774

April 23, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Kazakhstan R. Savchenko (29:34) R. Startchenko (36:56) R. Startchenko (55:26)

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

Poland B. Pociecha (35:33) M. Kolusz (48:20)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 9,067

April 25, 2015 1 p.m.

Japan Y. Hirano (30:20) H. Ueno (33:22) D. Obara (36:00)

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

Ukraine R. Blahyj (28:13)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 2,467

April 25, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Italy

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

Kazakhstan J. Rymarew (6:42) T. Shailauow (45:10) A. Voronzow (53:39)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 3,110

April 25, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Hungary J. Hári (41:30) B. Szirányi (59:54)

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

Poland M. Bryk (56:52)

Kraków Arena, Kraków spectators: 12,632

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Roman Startschenko	5	4th	2	6th	+8	6th
Kevin Dallman	4th	3	3	6th	+5	0
Konstantin Rudenko	5	3	3	6th	+6	2
Yevgeny Rymarev	5	3	3	6th	+3	0
Andrew Sarauer	5	2	4th	6th	+7	2
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Przemysław Odrobny	4th	185: 39	3	1	96.47	0.97
Pavel Poluektov	5	300: 00	6th	2	93.94	1.20
Miklós Rajna	4th	240: 00	6th	0	92.41	1.50

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	0	23: 06	15th
2.	Hungary	5	4th	0	0	1	14:11	12
3.	Poland	5	2	0	0	3	09: 09	6th
4th	Japan	5	2	0	0	3	10:16	6th
5.	Italy	5	1	1	0	3	07:12	5
6th	Ukraine	5	0	0	1	4th	08:17	1

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 Kazakhstan

Maxim Khudyakov , Kevin Dallman , Vadim Krasnoslobodzew , Artemi Lakisa , Alexander Lipin , Alexei Litvinenko , Dmitry Malgin , Leonid Metalnikow , Mikhail Panshin , Fyodor Polishchuk , Pawel Poluektoff , Konstantin Puschkarjow , Konstantin Rudenko , Yevgeny Rymarew , Konstantin Savenkov , Roman Savchenko , Talgat Schailauow , Maxim Semjonow , Andrei Spiridonow , Roman Startschenko , Vyacheslav Trjasunow , Alexei Voronzow Coach: Andrei Nazarow

Division IA promoted Hungary

Bence Bálizs , Frank Banham , András Benk , Csanád Erdély , Balázs Gőz , János Hári , Dániel Kiss , Dániel Kóger , Csaba Kovács , Balint Magosi , Tyler Metcalfe , Krisztián Nagy , Attila Orbán , Tamás Pozsgai , Miklós Rajna , Andrew Sarauer , Balázs Sebők , István Sofron , Bence Szirányi , János Vas , Márton Vas , Péter Vincze Trainers: Rich Chernomaz

Group B in Eindhoven, the Netherlands

World Cup 2015 of Division I, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	South Korea
Relegated	Netherlands
Venue (s)	Eindhoven , Netherlands
opening	April 13, 2015
Final day	April 19, 2015
Gates	90 (6.00 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Mantas Armalis
Best defender	Ben O'Connor
Best striker	Lee Yong-jun
Top scorer	Michael Swift (9 points)

The group B tournament was held from April 13-19, 2015 in the Dutch city ​​of Eindhoven . The games took place in the IJssportcentrum Eindhoven with a capacity of 1,800 . The South Korean team succeeded in immediately returning to the A group. The East Asians, who had lost the direct comparison against Great Britain, benefited from the final 2-3 defeat of the British against Lithuania . Since the British team had already lost a point in the opening game against Croatia , they were ultimately one point behind the South Korean selection. Host Netherlands , however, had to accept relegation to Division II for the first time since the introduction of the division system in 2001 after a 1: 3 defeat in the last tournament game against newcomer Estonia . A total of more than 16,000 spectators attended the 15 tournament games.

venue

Eindhoven , Netherlands

Eindhoven World championship venue

Venue

IJssportcentrum Eindhoven Capacity: 1,800

Exterior view of the competition venue

April 13, 2015 1:30 p.m. (local time)

Great Britain B. O'Connor (52:57) M. Richardson (59:55) M. Richardson (60:11)

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

Croatia M. Glumac (16:57) N. Perkovich (46:52)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 750

April 13, 2015 5:00 p.m.

Estonia A. Makrov (18:22) A. Makrov (32:15) V. Titarenko (42:27)

3: 7 (1: 2, 1: 3, 1: 2) match report

South Korea Kim S.-w. (4:10) M. Swift (17:20) M. Testwuide (25:01) Lee Yj. (38:31) Sung W.-j. (39:54) M. Swift (47:21) M. Testwuide (57:54)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 750

April 13, 2015 8:30 p.m.

Netherlands

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

Lithuania A. Bosas (0:11)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 1,500

April 14, 2015 1:30 p.m.

Estonia R. Rooba (33:19)

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

Great Britain D. Phillips (15:36) R. Farmer (54:10)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 500

April 14, 2015 5:00 p.m.

Croatia N. Perkovich (30:56) A. Sertich (33:34) R. Kinasewich (46:26) A. Murray (59:26)

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

Lithuania U. Čižas (17:42)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 350

April 14, 2015 8:30 p.m.

South Korea Shin S.-h. (4:03) Cho M.-h. (3:30 p.m. ) Lee D.-k. (22:13) M. Swift (31:01) M. Swift (34:30) Lee D.-k. (48:32) Cho M.-h. (51:17)

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

Netherlands K. Bruijsten (39:34)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 920

April 16, 2015 1:30 p.m.

Lithuania A. Bendžius (4:58) D. Pliskauskas (19:20) A. Bendžius (43:30) M. Kieras (49:26) D. Nomanovas (53:29) D. Pliskauskas (56:48)

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

Estonia A. Sibirtsev (25:16)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 300

April 16, 2015 5:00 p.m.

South Korea Kim K.-s. (19:38) Park W.-s. (20:35)

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

Great Britain R. Farmer (20:51) B. O'Connor (33:35) B. O'Connor (46:39)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 700

April 16, 2015 8:30 p.m.

Croatia N. Perkovich (0:12) A. Murray (19:22)

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

Netherlands T. Demelinne (12:28) K.Bruijsten (15:06) R. Wurm (42:24) M. Brekelmans (20:51) D. Hagemeijer (59:58)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven spectators: 1,350

April 18, 2015 1:30 p.m.

Lithuania

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

South Korea Ahn J.-h. (29:28) Cho M.-h. (35:49) Kim S.-w. (37:44) Lee Y.-j. (52:01) Kim K.-s. (54:03)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 1,500

April 18, 2015 5:00 p.m.

Croatia R. Kinasewich (11:28) N. Perkovich (23:52) M. Miličić (39:08) R. Kinasewich (49:18) A. Murray (59:26)

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

Estonia A. Makrov (6:23) A. Fedoruk (9:09)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

April 18, 2015 8:30 p.m.

Great Britain P. Swindlehurst (4:01) C. Blight (9:24) C. Peacock (12:13)

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

Netherlands S. Mason (3:09) L. Houkes (53:38)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 2,500

April 19, 2015 1:30 p.m.

South Korea M. Swift (4:39) Ahn J.-h. (24_43) Kim K.-s. (25:45) Kim W.-j. (26:14) Kim K.-s. (28:17) M. Testwuide (37:34) Kim W.-j. (48:49) M. Testwuide (54:13) Kim S.-w. (55:27)

9: 4 (1: 1, 5: 2, 3: 1) game report

Croatia M. Blagus (9:39) R. Kinasewich (22:58) I. Brenčun (30:10) I. Jačmenjak (53:52)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 1,500

April 19, 2015 5:00 p.m.

Lithuania D. Nomanovas (29:55) N. Ališauskas (37:45) P. Gintautas (53:01)

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

Great Britain M. Garside (14:08) R. Cowley (43:25)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 1,800

April 19, 2015 8:30 p.m.

Netherlands E. Tummers (28:55)

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

Estonia A. Makrov (17:27) A. Makrov (18:49) A. Makrov (59:08)

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Spectators: 1,500

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Michael Swift	5	5	4th	9	+8	14th
Andrei Makrov	5	6th	2	8th	−3	2
Mike Testwuide	5	4th	4th	8th	+9	0
Kim Ki-sung	5	4th	4th	8th	+5	4th
Kim Sang-wook	5	3	5	8th	+4	6th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Mantas Armalis	5	298: 59	11	1	93.82	2.21
Ian Meierdres	4th	204: 21	8th	0	91.84	2.35
Ben Bowns	5	299: 04	10	0	91.80	2.01

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	South Korea	5	4th	0	0	1	30:11	12
2.	Great Britain	5	3	1	0	1	13:10	11
3.	Lithuania	5	3	0	0	2	11:12	09
4th	Croatia	5	2	0	1	2	17:20	07th
5.	Estonia	5	1	0	0	4th	10:21	03
6th	Netherlands	5	1	0	0	4th	09:16	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 IA , relegated to Division IIA

Division IB winning team

Division IB promoted South Korea

Ahn Jin-hui , Cho Min-ho , Choi Si-young , Kim Hyeok , Kim Hyun-soo , Kim Ki-sung , Kim Sang-wook , Kim Won-jun , Kim Yoon-hwan , Lee Don-ku , Lee Yong -jun , Lee Young-jun , Oh Hyon-ho , Park Kye-hoon , Park Sung-je , Park Woo-sang , Brock Radunske , Shin Hyung-jun , Shin Sang-hoon , Sung Woo-je , Michael Swift , Mike Testwuide Trainer: Jim Paek

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IA:	Slovenia, Austria
Promoted to the top division:	Kazakhstan, Hungary
Relegated to Division IB:	Ukraine
Promoted to Division IA:	South Korea
Relegated to Division IIA:	Netherlands
Promoted to Division IB:	Romania

Division II

Group A in Reykjavík, Iceland

2015 World Cup of Division II, Group A.
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	Romania
Relegated	Australia
Venue (s)	Reykjavík , Iceland
opening	April 13, 2015
Final day	April 19, 2015
spectator	4,958 (331 per game)
Gates	111 (7.40 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Arthur Legrand
Best defender	Attila Góga
Best striker	Björn Sigurðarson
Top scorer	Mitch Morgan (10 points)

The Group A tournament was held from April 13th to 19th, 2015 in the Icelandic capital Reykjavík . The games took place in the 1,500-seat Skautahöllin í Laugardal . The Romanian selection was able to secure group victory and thus direct promotion to Division I after four out of five games. On the other hand, the Australian team , which only managed to score two points in a 4-3 win after a penalty shootout against Serbia, had to relegate to the B group of Division II. A total of 4958 spectators attended the 15 tournament games.

venue

Reykjavík , Iceland

Reykjavík World championship venue

Venue

Skautahöllin í Laugardal Capacity: 1,500

Interior view of the hall

April 13, 2015 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Spain O. Boronat (5:00) G. González (18:37) A. García (24:32) P. Puyuelo (46:40) O. Boronat (47:25) J. Anglés (47:52)

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

Australia C. Todd (5:55)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 121

April 13, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Serbia D. Filipović (28:16) S. Ilić (30:55) B. Gabrić (46:05) P. Popravka (56:31)

4: 8 (0: 3, 2: 3, 2: 2) game report

Romania M. Bíró (1:46) L. Lőrincz (4:47) L. Zsók (8:16) E. Mihály (23:57) S. Papp (28:38) L. Lorincz (38:28) I. Timaru (41:35) M. Bíró (44:34)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 146

April 13, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Iceland B. Sigurðarson (40:57) E. Alengård (59:07) J. Gíslason (59:20)

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

Belgium

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 632

April 14, 2015 1 p.m.

Romania R. Gliga (6:02) L. Lőrincz (7:15) A. Góga (46:18) E. Mihály (49:43) B. Flinta (57:21)

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

Australia M. Humphries (48:30)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 189

April 14, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Belgium T. Dewin (2:56) B. Vercammen (8:35) M. Morgan (12:10) M. Pellegrims (30:10) V. Gyesbreghs (35:15) K. van Looy (54:01)

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

Spain A. Hernández (42:31) JJ Palacín (56:14)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 202

April 14, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Iceland E. Thormodsson (5:03) P. Maack (11:11) I. Jónsson (30:51) Ú. Andrésson (39:39)

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

Serbia A. Luković (18:04) M. Babić (19:29) D. Filipović (37:42) M. Brkušanin (45:50) M. Sretović (59:41)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 607

April 16, 2015 1 p.m.

Romania E. Mihály (3:48) A. Imecs (8:46) R. Gliga (17:23) R. Gliga (43:15)

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

Belgium V. Gyesbreghs (22:09) J. Paulus (25:53) M. Morgan (47:35)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 102

April 16, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Serbia M. Sretović (8:57) D. Filipović (39:57) M. Babić (49:00)

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

Australia R. Malloy (2:26) B. McDowell (27:33) G. Oddy (42:01) R. Malloy (PS)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 182

April 16, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Iceland J. Gíslason (37:35) B. Arnason (51:54)

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

Spain G. Betran (19:19) I. Solórzano (24:15) P. González (40:42) P. Puyuelo (59:46)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 672

April 17, 2015 1 p.m.

Belgium M. Pellegrims (17:31) B. Kolodziejczyk (24:32) M. Morgan (63:44)

3: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Serbia D. Filipović (13:51) M. Milovanović (26:28)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 174

April 17, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Spain J. Muñoz (42:50)

1: 7 (0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 5) game report

Romania E. Mihály (5:06, 13:45, 47:29) M. Bíró (51:40) D. Tranca (55:09) L. Lőrincz (55:38) Z. Molnár (59:48)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 127

April 17, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Australia A. McKenzie (18:55)

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

Iceland E. Alengård (6:06) E. Thormodsson (17:20) R. Hedström (29:05) B. Sigurðarson (30:28) B. Arnason (50:52) E. Alengård (53:15)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 717

April 19, 2015 1 p.m.

Serbia P. Popravka (20:19) M. Babić (45:44) N. Janković (51:36) M. Sretović (PS)

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

Spain J. Anglés (9:09) I. Solórzano (22:23) G. González (38:45)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 107

April 19, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Australia L. Webster (18:35) A. Geric (35:53) T. Powell (51:49) A. Geric (59:50)

4:10 (1: 4, 1: 3, 2: 3) game report

Belgium M. Morgan (6:43) M. Pellegrims (9:27) B. Vercammen (14:03) M. Pellegrims (18:17) F. Neven (20:47) A. Bremer (25:47) A. . Bremer (29:49) M. Morgan (41:50) P. van Noten (46:45) M. Morgan (48:34)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 146

April 19, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Romania H. Csergő (9:55) I. Timaru (29:11) R. Gliga (62:45)

3: 2 a.d. (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Iceland E. Alengård (24:00) R. Hedström (53:58)

Skautahöllin í Laugardal, Reykjavík Spectators: 834

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Mitch Morgan	5	6th	4th	10	+3	0
Marko Sretović	5	3	7th	10	-3	4th
Bryan Kolodziejczyk	5	1	9	10	+4	4th
Ede Mihály	5	6th	3	9	+7	0
Roberto Gliga	5	4th	5	9	+6	0
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Arthur Legrand	3	183: 26	7th	0	94.21	2.29
Dennis Hedström	4th	239: 15	9	1	91.96	2.26
Otto Onodi	3	152: 47	5	0	91.53	1.96

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Romania	5	4th	1	0	0	27:11	14th
2.	Belgium	5	2	1	0	2	22:15	08th
3.	Serbia	5	1	1	2	1	18:22	07th
4th	Spain	5	2	0	1	2	16:20	07th
5.	Iceland	5	2	0	1	2	17:13	07th
6th	Australia	5	0	1	0	4th	11:30	02

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

Division IIA promoted Romania

Mátyás Bíró , Huba Ferenc Bors , Adrian Catrinoi cornea , Hunor Csergő , Botond Flinta , Roberto Gliga , Attila Goga , Attila Imecs , Adrian Irimia , Levente Lőrincz , Zsolt Mastaleriu , Ede Mihály , Zsombor Molnár , Alexandru Munteanu , Ottó Onodi , Szabolcs Papp , Jewhen Pyssarenko , Alpár Salló , Ciprian Tapu , Ioan Timaru , Daniel Tranca , Levente Zsók Trainers: Kjell Lindqvist

Group B in Cape Town, South Africa

2015 World Cup of Division II, Group B
Number of nations	6th
Climbers	People's Republic of China
Relegated	South Africa
Venue (s)	Cape Town , South Africa
opening	April 13, 2015
Final day	April 19, 2015
spectator	4,263 (284 per game)
Gates	126 (8.40 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Dimitar Dimitrov
Best defender	Daniel Spivak
Best striker	Hector Majul
Top scorer	Ivan Khodulow (11 points)

The group B tournament was held from April 13th to 19th, 2015 in the South African metropolis of Cape Town . The games took place in the 2,800 seat Grand West Ice Station . The Chinese selection was able to secure the tournament victory and thus promotion to the A group after just four match days. A total of 4263 spectators attended the 15 tournament games. In contrast, the South African team had to relegate to Division III after two years despite a 3-1 win over New Zealand.

venue

Cape Town , South Africa

Cape Town World championship venue

Venue

Grand West Ice Station Capacity: 2,800

April 13, 2015 1:00 p.m. (local time)

New Zealand N. Henderson (8:10) N. Henderson (24:27) P. Heyd (36:27) J. Hay (39:08) J. Chai (47:19) A. Cox (57:32)

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

Israel S. Frenkel (6:56) I. Spektor (26:34) A. Pyshkin (52:45)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 110

April 13, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Bulgaria I. Khodulow (16:19) A. Panev (34:43) M. Nikolow (44:41)

3:10 (1: 3, 1: 3, 1: 4) game report

People's Republic of China Yang M. (2:20) Liu L. (2:57) Zhang H. (4:59) Qu Y. (36:22) Ji P. (38:05) Xia T. (38:53) Zhu Z. (42:36) Xia T. (54:37) Li H. (56:06) Li H. (58:41)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 080

April 13, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Mexico H. Majul (4:17) C. Gómez (23:55) B. Arroyo (25:12) A. Cervantes (45:30)

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

South Africa W. Krotz (27:19)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 375

April 14, 2015 1 p.m.

Israel R. Aharonovich (31:48) A. Pyshkin (44:08) I. Spektor (56:09)

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

People's Republic of China Li H. (6:13) Cui X. (41:37) Xia T. (57:56) Zhang C. (PS)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 057

April 14, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Mexico L. A. de la Vega (3:43) H. Majul (21:34) R. Chabat (40:42)

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

New Zealand N. Henderson (6:46) P. Heyd (13:19) M. Frear (24:55) J. Challis (39:14) P. Heyd (55:46)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 077

April 14, 2015 8:00 p.m.

South Africa C. Nebe (36:57)

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

Bulgaria M. Nikolow (27:33) M. Nikolow (58:49)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 275

April 16, 2015 1 p.m.

Mexico C. Gómez (12:25) D. Linares (12:57) S. Sierra (19:51) R. Chabat (41:09) R. Chabat (55:03) H. Majul (57:19) C. . Gómez (58:10) C. Smithers (58:22) H. Majul (59:26)

9: 1 (3: 0, 0: 0, 6: 1) game report

Bulgaria B. Stefanow (42:15)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 075

April 16, 2015 4:15 p.m.

New Zealand C. Harrison (8:04) B. Haines (34:27) I. Wannamaker (36:15) A. Cox (37:04)

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

People's Republic of China Zhu Z. (10:23) Chen L. (18:39) Ji P. (22:04) Liu L. (49:38) Cui X. (51:11) Yang M. (53:24) Li H. (54:14)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 112

April 16, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Israel D. Spivak (9:40) D. Spivak (23:48) S. Frenkel (24:18) D. Mazour (31:01) R. Aharonovich (31:57) D. Mazour (46:04)

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

South Africa W. Krotz (4:49) M. Giot (53:31) A. Marais (59:23)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 922

April 17, 2015 1 p.m.

People's Republic of China Cui X. (3:30) Cui X. (9:10) Zhu Z. (31:08) Chen L. (32:54) Li X. (41:33)

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

Mexico H. Carrero (23:04) A. Rosette (24:56)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 048

April 17, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Bulgaria M. Bojadschiew (4:12) J. Gatchev (4:36) I. Khodulov (4:59) G. Blagoev (6:36) M. Boyajiev (11:37) I. Khodulov (15:13) I. . Khodulov (24:14) I. Khodulow (30:51) M. Nikolow (44:44) I. Khodulow (58:39)

10: 5 (6: 1, 2: 2, 2: 2) game report

Israel R. Aharonovich (15:28) T. Avneri (27:09) I. Spektor (32:53) S. Frenkel (47:04) D. Spivak (52:28)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 043

April 17, 2015 8:00 p.m.

South Africa U. Saamai (34:07) U. Samaai (39:26) U. Samaai (58:53)

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

New Zealand C. Harrison (47:30)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 985

April 19, 2015 1 p.m.

New Zealand J. Challis (21:03) M. Frear (31:54) N. Henderson (49:34) A. Cox (49:53) A. Cox (58:18)

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

Bulgaria I. Khodulow (36:01)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 069

April 19, 2015 4:15 p.m.

Israel I. Levy (2:19) D. Mazour (52:07) D. Mazour (58:03)

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

Mexico M. Colás (14:51) LA de la Vega (32:56) M. Colás (34:25) H. Majul (53:02) R. Chabat (54:34) C. Gómez (59:44)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 067

April 19, 2015 8:00 p.m.

People's Republic of China Liu L. (2:25) Xia T. (15:20) Xia T. (17:58) Chen L. (21:49) Li X. (22:35) Liu L. (23:50) Bao J. (45:14)

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

South Africa U. Samaai (16:06) C. Reeves (26:02) C. Birrell (32:01)

Grand West Ice Station, Cape Town Spectators: 968

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Ivan Khodulov	5	6th	5	11	+1	4th
Nicholas Henderson	5	4th	6th	10	+9	0
Cui Xijun	5	4th	6th	10	+7	8th
Hector Majul	5	5	4th	9	+4	14th
Carlos Gomez	5	4th	5	9	+4	6th
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Liu Zhiwei	5	285: 00	14th	0	91.25	2.95
Richard Parry	4th	219: 57	13	0	90.00	3.55
Dimitar Dimitrov	5	295: 01	27	0	89.37	5.49

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	5	4th	1	0	0	33:15	14th
2.	New Zealand	5	3	0	0	2	21:17	09
3.	Mexico	5	3	0	0	2	24:15	09
4th	Bulgaria	5	2	0	0	3	17:30	06th
5.	Israel	5	1	0	1	3	20:29	04th
6th	South Africa	5	1	0	0	4th	11:20	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

Division IIB promoted People's Republic of China

Bao Jiachang , Chen Ling , Cui Xijun , Fu Tengyi , Guan Tianyi , Ji Peng , Li Hang , Li Xinlei , Li Zhengyu , Liu Longtan , Liu Qing , Liu Zhiwei , Na Yungang , Qu Yidong , Wen Chao , Yang Mingxi , Xia Shengrong , Xia Tianxiang , Xiang Xudong , Zhang Cheng , Zhang Hao , Zhu Ziyang Trainer: Wang Benyu

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division IIA:	Netherlands
Promoted to Division IB:	Romania
Relegated to Division IIB:	Australia
Promoted to Division IIA:	People's Republic of China
Relegated to Division III:	South Africa
Promoted to Division IIB:	North Korea

Division III

World Cup 2015 of Division III
Number of nations	7th
Climbers	North Korea
Venue (s)	Izmir , Turkey
opening	3rd April 2015
Final day	April 12, 2015
spectator	7,955 (379 per game)
Gates	215 (10.24 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Andrei Ilienko
Best defender	Ri Pong-il
Best striker	Alec Koçoğlu
Top scorer	Alec Koçoğlu (18 points)

The tournament of Division III was from 3 to 12 April 2015 in the Turkish Izmir discharged. The games took place in Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu with a capacity of 1,751 . In addition to last year's relegated team and host Turkey and the five remaining teams from last year, a selection of Bosnia-Herzegovina also took part for the first time . The team from the Balkan state lost all six games significantly and only a third could be won in the 2: 5 against the United Arab Emirates . At the top, Turkey and the second of the three years 2012 to 2014 North Korea fought the expected duel for promotion to Division II. Both teams showed no nakedness in the first five games, even if Turkey in the penultimate game against Luxembourg was back five minutes before the end of the game. The decision was not made until the final game was overtaken, when the East Asians scored the 4-3 winning goal eleven seconds before the end through Hong Chun-rim's tenth goal, with whom he was also the sole top scorer of the tournament, after three unsuccessful attempts reached the ascent. A total of 7,955 spectators attended the 21 tournament games. The decisive group game between Turkey and North Korea alone accounted for more than a quarter of the total number of spectators.

venue

Izmir , Turkey

Izmir World championship venue

Venue

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu Capacity: 1,751

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu

April 3, 2015 1:00 p.m. (local time)

North Korea

13: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 7: 0) game report

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 55

April 3, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Luxembourg

15: 3 (3: 2, 3: 1, 9: 0) match report

Georgia

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 67

April 3, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Hong Kong

8: 3 (1: 0, 2: 2, 5: 1) game report

United Arab Emirates

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 73

April 4, 2015 1 p.m.

Georgia

4:12 (2: 3, 1: 5, 1: 4) game report

North Korea

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 93

April 4, 2015 4:30 p.m.

United Arab Emirates

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

Luxembourg

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 115

April 4, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Turkey

11: 0 (3: 0, 4: 0, 4: 0) game report

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 1,583

April 6, 2015 1 p.m.

Hong Kong

8: 0 (5: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 85

April 6, 2015 4:30 p.m.

North Korea

7: 0 (5: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

United Arab Emirates

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 72

April 6, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Turkey

13: 1 (3: 0, 6: 0, 4: 1) game report

Georgia

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 728

April 7, 2015 1 p.m.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Luxembourg

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 61

April 7, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Georgia

3:11 (1: 3, 1: 4, 1: 4) game report

Hong Kong

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 69

April 7, 2015 8:00 p.m.

United Arab Emirates

0:15 (0: 7, 0: 3, 0: 5) game report

Turkey

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 773

April 9, 2015 12:30 p.m.

Georgia

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 83

April 9, 2015 4:00 p.m.

Turkey

10: 1 (3: 0, 5: 1, 2: 0) game report

Hong Kong

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 745

April 9, 2015 7:30 p.m.

North Korea

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

Luxembourg

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 126

April 10, 2015 12:30 p.m.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

United Arab Emirates

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 87

April 10, 2015 4:00 p.m.

Luxembourg

5: 7 (2: 0, 2: 3, 1: 4) game report

Turkey

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 653

April 10, 2015 7:30 p.m.

Hong Kong

0: 9 (0: 3, 0: 3, 0: 3) game report

North Korea

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 73

April 12, 2015 1 p.m.

United Arab Emirates

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

Georgia

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 47

April 12, 2015 4:30 p.m.

Luxembourg

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

Hong Kong

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 232

April 12, 2015 8:00 p.m.

Turkey

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

North Korea

Bornova Buz Sporları Salonu, Izmir Spectators: 2,135

Best scorer
player	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Alec Koçoğlu	6th	9	9	18th	+18	2
Hong Chun-rim	6th	10	7th	17th	+20	2
Serdar Semiz	6th	9	7th	16	+17	0
Serkan Gümüş	6th	9	7th	16	+15	4th
Vitaly Dumbadze	6th	9	6th	15th	-3	33
Best goalkeeper
player	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Pak Il	4th	161: 09	2	1	92.86	0.74
Pak Kuk-chol	5	203: 40	7th	0	91.76	2.06
Levent Özbaydoğan	4th	150: 11	3	1	91.43	1.20

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	North Korea	6th	5	1	0	0	50: 09	17th
2.	Turkey	6th	5	0	1	0	59:11	16
3.	Luxembourg	6th	4th	0	0	2	39:19	12
4th	Hong Kong	6th	3	0	0	3	30:30	09
5.	Georgia	6th	1	1	0	4th	20:56	05
6th	United Arab Emirates	6th	1	0	1	4th	14:44	04th
7th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6th	0	0	0	6th	03:46	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

Division III promoted North Korea

An Chol-hyok , Hong Chun-rim , Jon Song-chol , Ju Sung-hyok , Kang In-hyok , Kim Chol-hyok , Kim Hyok-ju , Kim Ju-hyok , Kim Kwang-ho , Kim Myong-chol , Kim Nam-hyok , Kim Song-gun , Pak Il , Pak Kuk-chol , Pak Kwang-ho , Pak Song-jin , Ri Chol-min , Ri Hyok-chol , Ri Pong-il , Ri Se-gwang Trainer: Pak Chol-ho

Ascent and descent

Relegated to Division III:	South Africa
Promoted to Division IIB:	North Korea

See also

• 2015 U20 Junior Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2015 U18 Juniors Ice Hockey World Championship
• 2015 Women's Ice Hockey World Cup
• 2015 U18 Women's Ice Hockey World Cup

Web links

Commons : Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Overview of the 2015 World Cup tournaments at the IIHF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sweden defends first place. World Ranking, 2015 groups released. IIHF, May 26, 2014, accessed May 27, 2014 . 
2. ↑ iihf.com, Leading Skaters
3. ↑ iihf.com, Leading Goalkeepers
4. ↑ iihf.com, Best Players selected by the IIHF Directorate
5. ↑ iihf.com, Media All-Star Team