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Road to World Championship International Test Matches

Friday 19th April, 2024

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-   2-1 After Overtime

- (Div IA)  1-3

(Div IA) -   2-1

-   2-0

Friday April 19th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +3)

12:30  Italy  0 - 6  France

16:00  Slovenia  5 - 2  Lithuania

19:30  South Korea  3 - 4  Estonia

Provisional Standing After Day 4:

1.    9

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2.   8

3.   6

4.   6

5.   4

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6.   3

Round-Robin Final Standing

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Mongolia	3	3(0)	0(0)	28	7	+21	9
Kuwait	3	2(0)	1(0)	25	13	+12	6
Indonesia	3	1(1)	2(0)	17	23	-6	2
Malaysia	3	0(0)	3(1)	9	36	-27	1

The following Nation have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division III Group B World Championship 2025
 

• Mongolia

The following Nations have qualified for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division IV World Championship 2025
 

• Indonesia
• Kuwait
• Malaysia

Friday April 19th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Last Day Results (GMT +3)

14:00  Malaysia  2 - 14  Mongolia

18:00  Kuwait  8 - 7  Indonesia

Confirmed NHLers so far (Crossed out names are players whom already officially declined or refused the invitation)

  Kaapo Kahkonen, Parik Laine

  Moritz Seider

  Nico Hischier

  Connor Bedard, Kaiden Guhle, Mason McTavish, Jordan Binnington, (Sidney Crosby & Nick Suzuki still undecided)

  Jake Sanderson, Brock Faber, Matt Boldy, Shane Pinto, Jack Hughes, Johnny Gaudreau, Zach Werenski, Cole Caufield, Tage Thomson, Luke Hughes, Trevor Zegras, Seth Jones, Brady Tkachuk, Luke Kunin

  Erik Karlsson, Rasmus Dahlin

  Juraj Slafkovský, Šimon Nemec

  Ondřej Palát, Tomáš Nosek, Petr Mrázek

  Nicklas Jensen

  Elvis Merzlikins

Thursday April 18th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Results (GMT +2)

13:00  Croatia  2 - 4  Great Britain

16:30  Romania  2 - 5  Netherlands

20:00  Poland  10 - 1  Serbia

Provisional Standing After Day 2:

1.    6

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2.   6

3.   3

4.   3

5.   0

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6.   0

Thursday April 18th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Day 4 Results (GMT +2)

13:00  Hungary  4 - 7  Ukraine

16:30  Japan  2 - 6  Germany

20:00  Denmark  0 - 5  Austria

Provisional Standing After Day 4:

1.    11

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2.   10

3.   8

4.   4

5.   3

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6.   0   Relegated to Men´s Under 18 Division I group B World Championship 2025

Road to World Championship International Test Matches

Thursday 18th April, 2024

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-   5-1

-   0-4

- (Div. IA)  0-2

-   7-3

Friday April 19th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Last Day Schedule (GMT +3)

14:00  Malaysia vs Mongolia

18:00  Kuwait vs Indonesia

Friday April 19th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Day 4 Schedule (GMT +3)

12:30  Italy vs France

16:00  Slovenia vs Lithuania

19:30  South Korea vs Estonia

Thursday April 18th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Results (GMT +3)

14:00  Indonesia  OT7 - 6  Malaysia

18:00  Mongolia  5 - 2  Kuwait

Provisional Standing After Day 2:

1.    6  Promoted to Men´s Division III Group B World Championship 2025

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2.   3

3.   2

4.   1

Qualified Nations
 

• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Chinese Taipei
• Georgia
• New Zealand
• Turkiye

2023 Championships Results

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group A World Championship 2023*

* Georgia, while finished 2nd was later Disqualified for using ineligible players and thus relegated instead of the originally relegated

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group B World Championship 2023

Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division III Group A World Championship 2023

Tournament Format

A classic Round-Robin Format Tournament, Every team will play once against each opponent.

The 1st Ranked Team will qualify for the next year Men´s Division II Group A World Championship,
The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Ranked Nations will stay in this category also for the next edition.
The 6th Ranked Nation will be Relegated to the next year´s Men´s Division III Group A World Championship.

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Round Robin Schedule

and

Standing Link

• Belgium

• Bulgaria
• Chinese Taipei
• Georgia
• New Zealand
• Turkiye

Chinese Taipei 1 - 5 New Zealand
Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-1, 0-4
April 22nd 2024, h. 13:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Belgium 8 - 0 Turkiye
Period-by-Period: 0-0, 3-0, 5-0
April 22nd 2024, h. 16:30, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Bulgaria 1 - 7 Georgia
Period-by-Period: 1-1, 0-2, 0-4
April 22nd 2024, h. 20:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Turkiye PSO5 - 4 Chinese Taipei
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 1-2, 3-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
April 23rd 2024, h. 13:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Georgia 2 - 6 New Zealand
Period-by-Period: 1-2, 0-2, 1-2
April 23rd 2024, h. 16:30, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Belgium 11 - 1 Bulgaria
Period-by-Period: 3-0, 5-1, 3-0
April 23rd 2024, h. 20:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Georgia 3 - 2 Turkiye
Period-by-Period: 0-1, 2-1, 1-0
April 25th 2024, h. 13:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Belgium 8 - 1 Chinese Taipei
Period-by-Period: 3-1, 3-0, 2-0
April 25th 2024, h. 16:30, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Bulgaria PSO7 - 6 New Zealand
Period-by-Period: 4-2, 2-2, 0-2, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0
April 25th 2024, h. 20:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

New Zealand vs Belgium
Period-by-Period:
April 27th 2024, h. 13:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Turkiye vs Bulgaria
Period-by-Period:
April 27th 2024, h. 16:30, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Chinese Taipei vs Georgia
Period-by-Period:
April 27th 2024, h. 20:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

New Zealand vs Turkiye
Period-by-Period:
April 28th 2024, h. 13:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Bulgaria vs Chinese Taipei
Period-by-Period:
April 28th 2024, h. 16:30, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Georgia vs Belgium
Period-by-Period:
April 28th 2024, h. 20:00, Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Round-Robin Final Standing

 

Nation	P	W(OTW)	L(OTL)	GF	GA	+/-	Pt.
Belgium	3	3(0)	0(0)	27	2	+25	9
New Zealand	3	2(0)	1(1)	17	10	+7	7
Georgia	3	2(0)	1(0)	12	9	+3	6
Turkiye	3	1(1)	2(0)	7	15	-8	2
Bulgaria	3	1(1)	2(0)	9	24	-15	2
Chinese Taipei	3	0(0)	3(1)	6	18	-12	1

Registered Nations
Qualified, Eliminated, In Progress
 

• Australia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group A World Championship 2023)
• Belgium (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group B World Championship 2023)
• Bulgaria (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group B World Championship 2023)
• Chinese Taipei (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division III Group A World Championship 2023)
• Croatia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group A World Championship 2023)
• Georgia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group A World Championship 2023)
• Iceland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group A World Championship 2023)
• Israel (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group A World Championship 2023)
• Luxembourg (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division III Group A World Championship 2023)
• Mexico (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group B World Championship 2023)
• New Zealand (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group B World Championship 2023)
• North Korea (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division III Group A World Championship 2023, Withdrawal)
• South Africa (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division III Group A World Championship 2023)
• Spain (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group A World Championship 2023)
• Thailand (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division III Group A World Championship 2023)
• Turkiye (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group B World Championship 2023)
• Turkmenistan (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division III Group A World Championship 2023)
• United Arab Emirates (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division II Group B World Championship 2023)

Qualified Nations
 

• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Chinese Taipei
• Georgia
• New Zealand
• Turkiye
   

Thursday April 18th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Schedule (GMT +2)

13:00  Croatia vs Great Britain

16:30  Romania vs Netherlands

20:00  Poland vs Serbia

Wednesday April 17th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Day 1 Results (GMT +2)

13:00  Croatia  2 - 3  Romania

16:30  Great Britain  4 - 6  Poland

20:00  Netherlands  7 - 2  Serbia

Provisional Standing After Day 1:

1.    3

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2.   3

3.   3

4.   0

5.   0

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6.   0

Thursday April 18th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Day 4 Schedule (GMT +2)

13:00  Hungary vs Ukraine

16:30  Japan vs Germany

20:00  Denmark vs Austria

Wednesday April 17th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Day 3 Results (GMT +2)

13:00  Austria  PSO6 - 5  Hungary

16:30  Germany  OT2 - 1  Ukraine

20:00  Denmark  4 - 2  Japan

Provisional Standing After Day 3:

1.    8

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2.   7

3.   5

4.   4

5.   3

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6.   0

Thursday April 18th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Day 2 Schedule (GMT +3)

14:00  Indonesia vs Malaysia

18:00  Mongolia vs Kuwait

Wednesday April 17th, 2024 -

Round-Robin Day 3 Results (GMT +3)

12:30  Slovenia  4 - 3  Italy

16:00  Lithuania  5 - 2  South Korea

19:30  France  3 - 4  Estonia

Provisional Standing After Day 3:

1.    8

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2.   6

3.   4

4.   3

5.   3

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6.   3

and the Christmas continue

Simon Nemec will be going to play at Worlds with Slovakia#NJDevils

— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) April 17, 2024

also Luke Hughes for

Luke Hughes will go to Worlds with Team USA#NJDevils

— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) April 17, 2024

There were some worries the Devils will send Nemec to Utica for the rest of the AHL Regular season despite their chance to make the play-offs are really low, but apparently NJ changed their mind and just released their first 2 players for the WCh

These two are just getting started. pic.twitter.com/rPtwvRLxHY

— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) April 17, 2024

Thanks for Nemo New Jersey

also Cole Caufield confirmed for the yuesey ... it start strong this year

C’est confirmé : Cole Caufield enfilera l’uniforme des États-Unis au Championnat mondial 2024 de l'IIHF.

Confirmed: Cole Caufield will wear the Stars and Stripes for Team USA at the 2024 IIHF World Championship.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/6Ia04WDL3I

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) April 17, 2024

9 hours ago, hckošice said:

well, let´s wait for the exit medical exams first to be official, I mean, he missed a couple of training sessions throughout the season but in other hand since he played all 82 matches his health can not be so bad, and this post looks promising

 

 

and just being confirmed by the Montreal Canadiens (that was really quick from them. Chapeau et Merci les Habs !)

Juraj Slafkovsky devrait représenter la Slovaquie au Championnat mondial 2024 de l’IIHF. « Je crois y aller si rien ne change. »

Juraj Slafkovsky is expected to represent Team Slovakia at the 2024 IIHF World Championship: “I think I’ll go if nothing changes.”#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/5b5yS9oqUy

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) April 17, 2024

Reporter: "What are your plans for this summer?"

Juraj Slafkovsky "I'll probably go somewhere in Spain 🇪🇸 for a nice vacation. Then I'll start training. I gotta take a little break after the World Championships, it's been a long season." pic.twitter.com/aaRMpWYTh0

— /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) April 17, 2024