2022 IIHF World Championship Division II
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Croatia Iceland |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 25–30 April 18–23 April |
Teams | 10 |
The 2022 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 25 to 30 April and the Group B tournament in Reykjavík, Iceland from 18 to 23 April 2022.[1] [2]
After the tournament was cancelled the two previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams stayed put in their respective groups.[3]
China won Group A and got promoted to Division IB, while Iceland won Group B and got promoted to Group A.[4] [5]
In order to fill each group of the World Championships back to their normal amount of teams, the IIHF made the decision following the tournament not to relegate Israel or Mexico, who finished last in Groups A and B respectively, but instead to promote the Netherlands and Georgia, the runners-up of each group.[6]
Group A tournament
[edit ]Tournament details | |
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Host country | Croatia |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 25–30 April |
Teams | 5 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 10 |
Goals scored | 70 (7 per game) |
Attendance | 134 (13 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | China Fu Shuai Netherlands Nick Verschuren (10 points) |
Official website | |
Website |
Participants
[edit ]Team | Qualification |
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Netherlands | Placed 6th in Division I B last edition and was relegated. |
Croatia | Host, placed 2nd in Division II A last edition. |
Placed 3rd in Division II A last edition. | |
Spain | Placed 4th in Division II A last edition. |
China | Placed 5th in Division II A last edition. |
Israel | Placed 1st in Division II B last edition and was promoted. |
Match officials
[edit ]Three referees and five linesmen are selected for the tournament.[7]
Referees | Linesmen |
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Standings
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | China (P) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 12 | Promoted to the 2023 Division I B |
2 | Netherlands (P) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 9 | |
3 | Croatia (H) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 5 | |
4 | Spain | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 4 | |
5 | Israel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 32 | −28 | 0 | |
6 | Australia [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- ^ Australia withdrew their team on 22 January 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
Results
[edit ]All times are local (UTC+2)
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Martijn Oosterwijk | Goalies | Raul Barbo Ignacio García | Referee: Poland Bartosz Kaczmarek Linesmen: Hungary Barnabás Fényi Croatia Tomislav Grozaj | |
Van der Schuit (Stempher, Verschuren) (PP) – 10:38 2–0 Vogelaar (Verschuren, Van der Schuit) (PP) – 20:34 3–0 Verschuren (Van der Schuit) – 22:22 4–0 | ||||
6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
23 | Shots | 24 |
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Nir Tichon | Goalies | Vilim Rosandić | Referee: Denmark Martin Christensen Linesmen: Croatia Marko Šaković Slovakia Ľudovít Šoltés | |
0–4 45:12 – Puzić (Fičur, Šakić) 1–5 59:40 – Šakić (Fičur, Smolec) (EN) | ||||
8 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
22 | Shots | 84 |
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Yongli Ouban | Goalies | Yehonatan Reisinger | Referee: Lithuania Vitalijus Sevruk Linesmen: Slovenia Anže Bergant Hungary Barnabás Fényi | |
Fu S. (Jieke) – 03:49 2–0 Fu J. (Fu S., Luo) – 15:30 4–0 Fu S. (Fu J., Jieke) – 25:01 5–0 Jieke (Wang) – 32:09 8–0 Luo (Fu S., Zheng) – 45:15 10–0 Shen (Wang, Ye) – 52:17 11–0 11–1 53:20 – Spektor Yan J. (Guo) – 55:06 12–1 Luo (Fu J., Fu S.) – 58:29 13–1 Yan J. (Yuan) – 59:07 14–1 | ||||
6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
56 | Shots | 18 |
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Yongli Ouban | Goalies | Ruud Leeuwesteijn | Referee: Denmark Martin Christensen Linesmen: Croatia Marko Šaković Slovakia Ľudovít Šoltés | |
Ye (Wang, Jieke) – 25:02 3–0 Wang (Ruian) – 46:36 4–1 Fu S. (Fu J.) – 57:04 5–1 | ||||
6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
52 | Shots | 17 |
19:45 Croatia 1–0 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) Spain Dvorana Velesajam, Zagreb
Attendance: 14
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Vilim Rosandić | Goalies | Ignacio García | Referee: Lithuania Vitalijus Sevruk Linesmen: Slovenia Anže Bergant Croatia Tomislav Grozaj | |
Kanaet GOAL Dobrić GOAL Smolec MISS Fičur MISS Jarčov MISS Puzić MISS Šakić GOAL | Shootout | GOAL Granell MISS Capillas MISS Cerdà GOAL Mendizábal MISS Carbonell MISS Granell MISS Mendizábal | ||
8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
35 | Shots | 31 |
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Nir Tichon | Goalies | Martijn Oosterwijk | Referee: Poland Bartosz Kaczmarek Linesmen: Croatia Tomislav Grozaj Croatia Marko Šaković | |
0–2 20:06 – Stempher (Van der Schuit, Verschuren) 0–3 24:01 – Hofland 0–4 37:16 – Verschuren (Vogelaar, Stempher) (PP) 0–6 49:37 – Heutmekers (Collard) 0–7 56:50 – Vogelaar (Stempher, Muller) | ||||
10 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
18 | Shots | 68 |
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Ignacio García | Goalies | Yehonatan Reisinger | Referee: Denmark Martin Christensen Linesmen: Croatia Tomislav Grozaj Slovakia Ľudovít Šoltés | |
Lasuen (Rubio, Torralba) – 26:05 3–0 Carbonell (Cerdà, Baldris) – 30:14 5–0 Mendizábal (González) – 41:33 6–1 6–2 51:17 – Spektor Sherbatov, Milner) | ||||
4 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
77 | Shots | 9 |
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Vito Nikolić | Goalies | Yongli Ouban | Referee: Poland Bartosz Kaczmarek Linesmen: Slovenia Anže Bergant Hungary Barnabás Fényi | |
0–5 44:25 – Jieke (Jian, Zhou) | ||||
6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
23 | Shots | 40 |
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Raul Barbo | Goalies | Yongli Ouban | Referee: Denmark Martin Christensen Linesmen: Hungary Barnabás Fényi Croatia Marko Šaković | |
1–4 58:59 – Luo (Fu J., Fu S.) (EN) | ||||
2 min | Penalties | 33 min | ||
33 | Shots | 34 |
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Ruud Leeuwesteijn | Goalies | Vilim Rosandić | Referee: Lithuania Vitalijus Sevruk Linesmen: Slovenia Anže Bergant Slovakia Ľudovít Šoltés | |
Van der Schuit (Van Gorp) – 03:14 1–0 Stempher (Verschuren, Van der Schuit) (PP) – 11:09 2–0 Stempher (Verschuren) – 31:26 3–1 4–2 37:41 – Idzan Verkiel (Sikma) (SH) – 49:53 5–2 Collard (Heutmekers, Verkiel) – 55:36 6–2 | ||||
10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
38 | Shots | 30 |
Statistics
[edit ]Scoring leaders
[edit ]List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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China Fu Shuai | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +10 | 2 | F |
Netherlands Nick Verschuren | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +6 | 2 | F |
China Fu Jiang | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +11 | 0 | F |
Netherlands Raymond van der Schuit | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +6 | 4 | F |
Netherlands Danny Stempher | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | +6 | 0 | F |
China Jieke Kailiaosi | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +11 | 2 | D |
China Luo Jia | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +9 | 0 | F |
China Ye Jinguang | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 0 | F |
China Wang Taile | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +6 | 0 | F |
China Ruian Sipulaoer | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +8 | 0 | D |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
[edit ]Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
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China Yongli Ouban | 240:00 | 4 | 1.00 | 91 | 95.60 | 0 |
Spain Ignacio García | 161:18 | 3 | 1.12 | 56 | 94.64 | 1 |
Netherlands Martijn Oosterwijk | 120:00 | 3 | 1.50 | 42 | 92.86 | 1 |
Israel Nir Tichon | 117:59 | 11 | 5.59 | 151 | 92.72 | 0 |
Croatia Vilim Rosandić | 185:00 | 7 | 2.27 | 91 | 92.31 | 1 |
TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Awards
[edit ]Position | Player[9] |
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Goaltender | Croatia Vilim Rosandić |
Defenceman | Netherlands Jordy Verkiel |
Forward | China Fu Jiang |
Group B tournament
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Host country | Iceland |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 18–23 April |
Teams | 5 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 10 |
Goals scored | 83 (8.3 per game) |
Attendance | 2,942 (294 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Georgia (country) Nikita Bukiya (11 points) |
Official website | |
Website |
Participants
[edit ]Team | Qualification |
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Belgium | Placed 6th in Division II A last edition and was relegated. |
Iceland | Host, placed 2nd in Division II B last edition. |
Placed 3rd in Division II B last edition. | |
Georgia | Placed 4th in Division II B last edition. |
Mexico | Placed 5th in Division II B last edition. |
Bulgaria | Placed 1st in Division III last edition and was promoted. |
Match officials
[edit ]Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.[10]
Referees | Linesmen |
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Standings
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Iceland (H, P) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 12 | Promoted to the 2023 Division II A |
2 | Georgia (P) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 9 | |
3 | Belgium | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 6 | |
4 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 33 | −22 | 3 | |
5 | Mexico | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 0 | |
6 | New Zealand [a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- ^ New Zealand withdrew their team on 2 February 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
Results
[edit ]All times are local (UTC±0)
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Dimitar Dimitrov Andrea Karabadjakov | Goalies | Jakob Jóhannesson | Referee: United Kingdom Andrew Dalton Linesmen: Germany Wayne Gerth Norway Herman Johansen | |
1–3 25:50 – Sigurðsson (Sigurðarson) 1–4 27:01 – Mikaelsson (Leifsson, Sigrúnarson) (PP) 1–5 32:13 – Skúlason 1–6 37:04 – Orongan (Sigurðsson, Sigurðarson) Dikov (Georgiev) – 49:58 2–6 2–7 55:46 – Sigurðarson (Orongan, Arnarsson) (PP) 2–8 56:58 – Leifsson (Sigrúnarson, Mikaelsson) 2–10 59:46 – Sigurðsson (Skúlason, Sigurðarson) (PP) | ||||
37 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
18 | Shots | 56 |
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Kevin Van Looveren | Goalies | Mikhail Fofanov | Referee: Netherlands Jos Korte Linesmen: Iceland Óli Gunnarsson Iceland Sindri Gunnarsson | |
2–3 19:22 – Karelin (Kurbatov) (PP2) De Smet (Verelst, Goris) – 34:43 3–3 3–4 51:03 – Romanov (Karelin, Kurbatov) (PP) | ||||
16 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
36 | Shots | 29 |
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Marcello de Antuñano Richard Albrecht | Goalies | Dimitar Dimitrov | Referee: France Julien Peyre Linesmen: United Kingdom Andrew Cook Norway Herman Johansen | |
2–2 14:51 – Dikov (Vasilev) 2–3 26:36 – M. Nikolov (Atanasov) (PP) 2–4 30:48 – M. Nikolov (Atanasov) 2–5 33:13 – Nakov (Atanasov, M. Nikolov) 2–6 37:39 – Georgiev (Dikov) | ||||
8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||
34 | Shots | 29 |
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Jóhann Ragnarsson | Goalies | Mikhail Fofanov Andrey Ilyenko | Referee: France Julien Peyre Linesmen: United Kingdom Andrew Cook Iceland Sindri Gunnarsson | |
Sigurðarson (Sigurðsson) (PP2) – 27:04 3–1 Mikaelsson (Rúnarsson, Arason) (PP) – 28:04 4–1 Sigurðarson (Orongan) (PP) – 51:48 5–2 | ||||
21 min | Penalties | 49 min | ||
48 | Shots | 32 |
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Richard Albrecht Marcello de Antuñano | Goalies | Arne Waumans | Referee: United Kingdom Andrew Dalton Linesmen: Germany Wayne Gerth Iceland Óli Gunnarsson | |
0–1 08:49 – Coolen (De Ceuster) 0–2 21:13 – De Ceuster (Darques) 0–5 32:10 – Van Den Bosch (Kolodziejczyk, Goris) 1–6 51:09 – Versin (Blockx, Neven) | ||||
14 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
17 | Shots | 54 |
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Dimitar Dimitrov Andrea Karabadjakov | Goalies | Arne Waumans | Referee: United Kingdom Andrew Dalton Linesmen: Germany Wayne Gerth Iceland Óli Gunnarsson | |
0–4 26:39 – De Smet (Verelst) 0–5 31:52 – De Smet (Goris, Henry) (PP) 0–6 38:04 – Cuylaerts (De Ceuster, Coolen) 0–7 44:32 – De Ceuster (Goris, Coolen) 0–8 52:36 – Coolen (James, Neven) (PP) 0–9 56:42 – James (Neven, Coolen) (PP2) 0–10 59:20 – Coolen (Boni, Van Den Bosch) (PP) 0–11 59:52 – Kolodziejczyk | ||||
16 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
12 | Shots | 59 |
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Mikhail Fofanov Andrey Ilyenko | Goalies | Dimitar Dimitrov Andrea Karabadjakov | Referee: United Kingdom Andrew Dalton Linesmen: United Kingdom Andrew Cook Germany Wayne Gerth | |
3–3 35:27 – Vasilev (Dikov, Georgiev) (PP) Karelin (Bukiya) – 49:30 4–3 Karelin – 50:56 5–3 Bukiya (Karelin) – 51:12 6–3 Bukiya (Romanov, Tsomaia) – 51:32 7–3 Vasilchenko (Kochkin, Kharizov) – 52:08 8–3 Karelin (Bukiya) – 52:25 9–3 Bukiya (Karelin) – 58:55 10–3 | ||||
33 min | Penalties | 53 min | ||
71 | Shots | 32 |
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Jakob Jóhannesson | Goalies | Richard Albrecht | Referee: Netherlands Jos Korte Linesmen: Iceland Óli Gunnarsson Norway Herman Johansen | |
Orongan (Sigurðarson) – 03:46 1–0 Leifsson (Arason, Mikaelsson) (PP) – 29:32 4–0 Kristveigarson (Pálsson, Arnarsson) – 45:27 5–1 Rúnarsson (Leifsson, Mikaelsson) (PP) – 46:20 6–1 Mikaelsson (Sigrúnarson, Leifsson) – 56:59 7–1 | ||||
8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||
52 | Shots | 29 |
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Mikhail Fofanov | Goalies | Marcello de Antuñano | Referee: France Julien Peyre Linesmen: Iceland Óli Gunnarsson Iceland Sindri Gunnarsson | |
Belomoin (Karelin, Bukiya) – 13:38 2–0 Bukiya (Karelin, Belomoin) – 19:59 3–0 Potazhevich (Shvetsov, Kharizov) – 39:04 5–0 | ||||
8 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||
59 | Shots | 25 |
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Arne Waumans | Goalies | Jóhann Ragnarsson | Referee: United Kingdom Andrew Dalton Linesmen: United Kingdom Andrew Cook Norway Herman Johansen | |
De Ceuster (Coolen) – 27:55 1–0 1–2 37:03 – Skúlason (Arason) 1–3 54:03 – Orongan (Sigurðarson, Arnarsson) (PP) | ||||
4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
46 | Shots | 26 |
Statistics
[edit ]Scoring leaders
[edit ]List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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Georgia (country) Nikita Bukiya | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +9 | 4 | F |
Georgia (country) Ivan Karelin | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +6 | 0 | F |
Iceland Björn Sigurðarson | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 2 | F |
Belgium Ben Coolen | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +4 | 0 | F |
Iceland Johann Leifsson | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 6 | F |
Iceland Andri Mikaelsson | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 0 | F |
Iceland Axel Orongan | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 6 | F |
Belgium Alec James | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 4 | F |
Iceland Gunnar Arason | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +3 | 0 | D |
Belgium Frank Neven | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +3 | 4 | D |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
[edit ]Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
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Iceland Jóhann Ragnarsson | 120:00 | 4 | 2.00 | 78 | 94.87 | 0 |
Iceland Jakob Jóhannesson | 120:00 | 3 | 1.50 | 47 | 93.62 | 0 |
Belgium Arne Waumans | 176:32 | 4 | 1.36 | 55 | 92.73 | 1 |
Georgia (country) Mikhail Fofanov | 187:26 | 8 | 2.56 | 105 | 92.38 | 1 |
Mexico Marcello de Antuñano | 113:13 | 11 | 5.83 | 89 | 87.64 | 0 |
TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Awards
[edit ]Position | Player[12] |
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Goaltender | Iceland Jóhann Ragnarsson |
Defenceman | Belgium Frank Neven |
Forward | Iceland Johann Leifsson |
References
[edit ]- ^ "U18 Worlds in Germany". IIHF.com. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Tournaments". IIHF.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation . Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "China marching to gold". IIHF.com. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Gold for Iceland". IIHF.com. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "IIHF - To Tampere/Riga in '23; to Switzerland in '26". International Ice Hockey Federation. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ IIA game officials
- ^ "Australian teams withdrawn". IIHF.com. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIA" (PDF). IIHF . Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ IIB game officials
- ^ "New Zealand withdraws". IIHF.com. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIB" (PDF). IIHF . Retrieved 23 April 2022.
External links
[edit ]- IIHF World Championship Division II
- 2022 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
- International ice hockey competitions hosted by Croatia
- International ice hockey competitions hosted by Iceland
- Sports competitions in Reykjavík
- 2022 in Croatian sport
- 2022 in Icelandic sport
- April 2022 sports events in Croatia
- April 2022 sports events in Europe