Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2018

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B
In Belgrade, , 10-16 January 2018

 

Monday January 15th, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +1)

 

13:00  Belgium  3 - 9  Spain

16:30  Turkey  1 - 4  Croatia    

20:00  Mexico  1 - 3  Serbia

 

 

Provisional Standing After Day 4

1. Spain 11 pts, 2. Serbia 10 pts, 3. Croatia 9 pts, 4. Belgium 3 pts, 5. Turkey 3 pts, 6. Mexico 0 pts.

 

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Here the Schedule of the last final Day of the Division II Group B Tournament. It is really promising to be a exiting finish of the tournament, since 3 teams are still on the battle for the promotion !!! and 3 teams are still in the fight for the maintain !

 

 

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B
In Belgrade, , 10-16 January 2018

 

Tuesday January 16th, 2018 -

Round-Robin Final Day Schedule (GMT +1)

 

13:00  Croatia vs Spain

16:30  Belgium vs Mexico    

20:00  Serbia vs Turkey

 

 

*Spain, Serbia and Croatia are all still in the Gold medal and promotion fight. Spain having everything on their own hands.

**ESP will qualify if they win (Doesn´t matter if in Regular Time or after OT/GWS) against Croatia. Or if they lose to Croatia after Overtime/GWS and Serbia will not beat Turkey in Regular Time.

***SRB will qualify if they win against Turkey in Regular Time and Spain will lose to Croatia (Doesn´t matter if in regular time or after OT/GWS). Or if they win against Turkey after overtime/GWS and Spain will lose to Croatia in Regular Time.

****CRO will qualify only if they win against Spain in Regular Time and Serbia will lose to Turkey (Doesn´t matter if in Regular Time or after OT/GWS).

 

*In the opposite side of the standing, Belgium, Turkey and Mexico are all fighting to avoid the last place menacing to send them to the lower U20 Division III 2019.

**MEX will be relegated if they lose to Belgium (Doesn´t matter if in regular Time or after OT/GWS)

***TUR will be relegated if they lose to Serbia in Regular Time and Mexico win against Belgium in Regular Time.

****BEL will be relegated if they lose to Mexico and Turkey will not lose in regular time to Serbia. Or if they lose to Mexico by more than 7 goals if Turkey lose to Serbia in Regular Time.

 

 

LIVESTREAM

CRO vs ESP

BEL vs MEX

SRB vs TUR

 

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B
In Belgrade, , 10-16 January 2018

 

Tuesday January 16th, 2018 -

Round-Robin Final Day Results (GMT +1)

 

13:00  Croatia  1 - 3  Spain

16:30  Belgium  4 - 5  Mexico    

20:00  Serbia  7 - 1  Turkey

 

 

Final Standing

 

1. Spain 14   

Qualified for the Men´s Under 20 Division II Group A World Championships 2019

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2. Serbia 13

3. Croatia 9

4. Belgium 3

5. Mexico 3

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6. Turkey 3

Relegated for the Men´s Under 20 Division III World Championships 2019

 

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MEN´S UNDER 20

DIVISION II GROUP B

2018

 

 

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Spain moves up

Edges ahead of Serbian host in WM20IIB

 

Finally promoted! After four second-place finishes in Division II Group B play, the Spanish U20 national team won gold in its group ahead of host Serbia and Croatia.

 

Spain won promotion to next season’s U20 World Championship Division II Group A one year after missing out on home ice.

The Spanish team won the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B in Belgrade, leaving host nation Serbia in second place as Croatia took bronze. Turkey was relegated back to Division III after winning that section 12 months ago in New Zealand.

For the Spanish U20 national team it’s one of the biggest victories in recent year. Spain did in several categories lose out on first place against Serbia and seldom beats Croatia in men’s hockey. The win means promotion to the next level after five consecutive years in the Division I Group B. The four previous years Spain had finished in second place.

It was a tight group, with the top three teams all in contention going into the final day. Spain and Croatia faced off in the opening game, with the Spanish knowing that destiny was in their own hands. Victory would secure top spot regardless of other results, but defeat could be costly. A Croatian victory in regulation would have put the team in first place, but also opened the door for Serbia to top the group if it could beat Turkey in the last game of the event.

The Spanish approached their decisive fixture with a clear plan to frustrate Croatia. Across the three periods, the Iberian team allowed just 18 shots at Raul Barbo’s net and always had the upper hand in terms of generating offence. The second period was the most competitive, and Bruno Ficur’s goal midway through the session pulled Croatia back to 1-1 and threatened to put the group back into the balance.

Spain, though, rallied in the third. Two goals from Dorian Donath, the first of them a wrist shot fired in from an acute angle on the power play, secured a 3-1 victory and guaranteed gold and promotion to Division IIA. Serbia, unable to top the group, at least had the satisfaction of beating its neighbour and rival from Croatia to the silver medals thanks to a convincing 7-1 demolition of Turkey to conclude the action.

If Spain’s win over Croatia was decisive, the pivotal moment of the tournament came rather earlier, when Maurizio Mansi’s team played Serbia on the second game day in Belgrade. The host looked to be on course for a vital victory, leading 2-1 on third-period goals from Lazar Pejcic and team captain Luka Vukicevic. But a late penalty on Vukicevic proved costly: Spain, which would finish the tournament with the strongest power play in the event, snatched a dramatic last-minute tying goal through Alfonso Garcia. Serbia protested vigorously, insisting that Garcia’s stick was high when he swatted Donath’s looping feed into the net from close range. The officials were unmoved, Spain forced overtime and went on to win the shoot-out on Joan Cerda’s effort. The result tilted the balance of the group in Spain’s favour, and Serbia was unable to claw back the lost ground.

If it was tight at the top, it was even closer at the bottom. Belgium, Mexico and Turkey all finished the tournament on three points after the Mexicans’ final-day 5-4 win over the Belgians. That left Turkey needing a point from its game against Serbia to escape the trapdoor. However, that heavy loss against the host sent Turkey down to Division III.

Captain Jorge Perez was the toast of his team-mates after scoring 2+2 – including the game-winner – in that nail-biter against Belgium to keep his team in IIB. The Mexicans were clinical, especially in the early stages, when their first four goals came inside 23 minutes from just 11 shots at Belgium’s Anthony Gubbels. Gerardo Garcia del Valle came up strong in a tense third period, blanking the opposition to preserve a narrow lead until the end.

The final standings showed Belgium in fourth place, lifted by its opening day 8-3 victory over Turkey. Mexico came fifth thanks to its win against the Belgians, while Turkey’s 6-4 success against Mexico wasn’t enough to overcome that heavy loss at the start of the tournament.

Serbia could not top the table, but it did come out on top in the goalscoring chart. Vucicevic ended up with 8+4=12 points, boosted by a hat-trick in that game against Turkey. Mirko Djumic fired in... in the same match-up, moving to 3+8=11 and edging ahead of Spain’s Cerda (5+5).

Spain’s Raul Barbo was nominated as the top goalie by the directorate. In a high-scoring tournament, he played every minute of his country’s games and allowed just eight goals for a GAA of 1.57. He also recorded the only shut-out of the event, blanking Mexico in a 4-0 victory. The other directorate awards went to Croatian D-man Luka Kramaric and Serbia’s top-scoring forward Luka Vucicevic.

 

 

Result Thread

 

 

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Tomorrow continue the Men´s Under 20 World Championship 2018 program, next week it will be the turn of the Division III tournament to be contested.

 

 

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III
In Sofia, , 22-28 January 2018

 

Monday January 22nd, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +2)

 

13:00  Iceland vs Australia

16:30  China vs Israel  

20:00  Bulgaria vs New Zealand

 

 

*Tournament Format: 6 Nations play a usual Round-Robin tournament, Each team play once every opponent,

The first ranked Nation will qualify for the Men´s Under 20 Division II Group B World Championships next year in 2019 where it will replace Turkey, Relegated from this years Div II B tournament held couple of days ago in Serbia.

Teams ranked from 2nd to 5th will stay in this division also for the next year and the last ranked Nation will be relegated to the Men´s Under 20 Division III Qualification Tournament 2019.

 

LIVESTREAM

ISL vs AUS

CHN vs ISR

BUL vs NZL

 

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III
In Sofia, , 22-28 January 2018

 

Monday January 22nd, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 1 Results (GMT +2)

 

13:00  Iceland  1 - 2OT  Australia

16:30  China  2 - 3  Israel  

20:00  Bulgaria  5 - 3  New Zealand

 

Provisional Standing After Day 1

1. Bulgaria 3 pts, 2. Israel 3pts, 3. Australia 2 pts, 4. Iceland 1 pt, 5. China 0 pts, 6. New Zealand 0 pts.

 

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Here tomorrows Schedule

 

 

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III
In Sofia, , 22-28 January 2018

 

Tuesday January 23rd, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Schedule (GMT +2)

 

13:00  China vs Iceland

16:30  Australia vs New Zealand  

20:00  Israel vs Bulgaria

 

LIVESTREAM

CHN vs ISL

AUS s NZL

ISR vs BUL

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III
In Sofia, , 22-28 January 2018

 

Tuesday January 23rd, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Results (GMT +2)

 

13:00  China  1 - 2  Iceland

16:30  Australia  6 - 3  New Zealand  

20:00  Israel  4 - 3  Bulgaria

 

 

Provisional Standing After Day 2

1. Israel 6 pts, 2. Australia 5 pts, 3. Iceland 4 pts, 4. Bulgaria 3 pts, 5. China 0 pts, 6. New Zealand 0 pts.

 

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Here tomorrows Schedule

 

 

2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III
In Sofia, , 22-28 January 2018

 

Thursday January 25th, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 3 Schedule (GMT +2)

 

13:00  Australia vs Israel

16:30  Iceland vs New Zealand  

20:00  China vs Bulgaria

 

LIVESTREAM

AUS vs ISR

ISL vs NZL

CHN vs BUL

 

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2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III
In Sofia, , 22-28 January 2018

 

Thursday January 25th, 2018 -

Round-Robin Day 3 Results (GMT +2)

 

13:00  Australia  4 - 7  Israel

16:30  Iceland  13 - 3  New Zealand  

20:00  China  10 - 4  Bulgaria

 

 

Provisional Standing After Day 3

1. Israel 9 pts, 2. Iceland 7 pts, 3. Australia 5 pts, 4. China 3 pts, 5. Bulgaria 3 pts, 6. New Zealand 0 pts.