2015 IIHF World Championship Division I

2015 IIHF World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Poland  Netherlands
Dates	19–25 April 13–19 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Kraków, Poland, after the original host, Donetsk, Ukraine, withdrew,^[1][2] from 19 to 25 April 2015 and Group B was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 13 to 19 April 2015.^[3]

In Group A Kazakhstan finished first, winning their group in Division I for the fourth time in their last four appearances, thereby securing promotion to the 2016 World Championship. Hungary surprised and placed second, defeating host Poland in the final game to secure promotion; it was the first time Hungary earned promotion to the top division since 2009, and only the second time since 1939. Ukraine finished last in the group and was relegated to Group B for 2016.

Group B saw South Korea finish first and win promotion. Great Britain finished second, losing out on first and promotion with a loss to Lithuania in the final game of the tournament. Host Netherlands ended the tournament in last place and was relegated to Division II A for the next year.

Venues

Group A	Group B
Kraków	Eindhoven
Tauron Arena Kraków Capacity: 15,328	IJssportcentrum Eindhoven Capacity: 1,700

Group A tournament

2015 IIHF World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Dates	19–25 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	71 (4.73 per match)
Attendance	66,651 (4,443 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Roman Starchenko (6 points)
MVP	Roman Starchenko
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Italy	Placed 15th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2014.
Kazakhstan	Placed 16th in the Elite Division and were relegated in 2014.
Japan	Placed 3rd in Division I A last year.
Ukraine	Placed 4th in Division I A last year.
Hungary	Placed 5th in Division I A last year.
Poland	Host, placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Referees Andris Ansons Péter Gebei René Hradil Daniel Konc Marcus Linde Viki Trilar Marc Wiegand

Linesman Andrew Dalton Dmitri Golyak Matjaž Hribar Rene Jensen Wojciech Moszczyński Tibor Rovenský Alexander Waldejer

Standings

	Promoted to Elite Division for 2016
	Relegated to Division I B for 2016

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	0	23	6	+17	15
Hungary	5	4	0	0	1	14	11	+3	12
Poland	5	2	0	0	3	9	9	0	6
Japan	5	2	0	0	3	10	16	−6	6
Italy	5	1	1	0	3	7	12	−5	5
Ukraine	5	0	0	1	4	8	17	−9	1

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

19 April 2015 13:00

Hungary

4–2 (1–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Japan

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 2,543

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Yutaka Fukufuji	Referees: Andris Ansons Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Wojciech Moszczyński
	Koger (Banham, Sarauer) – 09:44 Erdély (Sebők, Hári) – 31:04 Banham (Sarauer, Magosi) (PP) – 56:35 Hári (Orbán, Erdély) (ENG) – 58:54	0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–2	01:36 – Obara (Minoshima, Nishiwaki) 30:40 – Hirano (Yanadori, Yamada) (EA)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	23

19 April 2015 16:30

Ukraine

2–5 (0–2, 0–1, 2–2)

Kazakhstan

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 2,108

Game reference
	Eduard Zakharchenko	Goalies	Pavel Poluektov	Referees: Péter Gebei Marcus Linde Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Matjaž Hribar
	Nimenko (Varlamov, Kugut) (PP) – 46:39 Mikhnov (Gnidenko, Blagy) – 59:34	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4 1–5 2–5	07:13 – Dallman (PP) 14:40 – Metalnikov (Krasnoslobodtsev, Rymarev) 31:06 – Krasnoslobodtsev (Rymarev, Litvinenko) (PP) 47:59 – Rudenko (Polishchuk) 58:07 – Rymarev (Savenkov)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	24

19 April 2015 20:00

Poland

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Italy

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 9,456

Game reference
	Rafał Radziszewski Przemysław Odrobny	Goalies	Andreas Bernard	Referees: René Hradil Viki Trilar Linesmen: Rene Jensen Tibor Rovenský
	Pasiut (Kowalówka, Dutka) – 26:22	0–1 1–1 1–2	13:49 – Ihnacak (Insam) 33:34 – Ant. Bernard (Ramoser) (SH)
	29 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	28

20 April 2015 13:00

Kazakhstan

5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Hungary

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 3,289

Game reference
	Pavel Poluektov	Goalies	Bence Bálizs	Referees: René Hradil Daniel Konc Linesmen: Tibor Rovenský Alexander Waldejer
	Rudenko (Savchenko, Dallman) (PP2) – 01:43 Vorontsov (Panshin, Litvinenko) – 25:50 Dallman (Krasnoslobodtsev, Zhailauov) (PP) – 32:12 Krasnoslobodtsev (Rymarev, Zhailauov) (PP) – 35:36 Pushkaryov (Zhailauov) – 48:06	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	22	Shots	12

20 April 2015 16:30

Italy

2–1 OT (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) OT (1–0)

Ukraine

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 1,392

Game reference
	Andreas Bernard	Goalies	Eduard Zakharchenko	Referees: Andris Ansons Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Wojciech Moszczyński
	Ihnacak (Marchetti, Insam) (PP) – 24:26 Insam (Egger, Ant. Bernard) – 60:16	1–0 1–1 2–1	26:25 – Zakharov (Bondaryev, Pobyedonostsev)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	19

20 April 2015 20:00

Japan

0–2 (0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Poland

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 2,662

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Przemysław Odrobny	Referees: Péter Gebei Marcus Linde Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Matjaž Hribar
		0–1 0–2	42:42 – Malasiński (Zapała, Kolusz) (PP) 50:32 – Kolusz (Rompkowski, Kalinowski)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	21

22 April 2015 13:00

Kazakhstan

7–2 (3–0, 0–0, 4–2)

Japan

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 2,479

Game reference
	Pavel Poluektov	Goalies	Yutaka Fukufuji Yuto Ito	Referees: Viki Trilar Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Rene Jensen Wojciech Moszczyński
	Dallman (Rudenko, Starchenko) – 02:38 Polishchuk (Semyonov, Dallman) (PP) – 06:48 Starchenko – 19:03 Starchenko (Panshin, Tryasunov) – 42:35 Rudenko (Starchenko, Polishchuk) – 45:06 Rymarev (Krasnoslobodtsev) – 48:09 Polishchuk (Rudenko) – 52:52	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 7–2	41:16 – Kuji (G. Tanaka, Nishiwaki) 53:51 – G. Tanaka (Kuji, Nishiwaki)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	24

22 April 2015 16:30

Italy

1–4 (0–2, 0–0, 1–2)

Hungary

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 3,125

Game reference
	Andreas Bernard	Goalies	Miklós Rajna	Referees: Andris Ansons Marcus Linde Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Tibor Rovenský
	Egger (Ihnacak, Zanatta) – 45:16	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4	10:52 – Koger (Banham, Sarauer) (PP) 17:52 – Magosi (Nagy) 43:01 – Sofron (M. Vas, Koger) 59:16 – M. Vas (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	11	Shots	21

22 April 2015 20:00

Poland

3–2 (0–0, 1–0, 2–2)

Ukraine

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 5,975

Game reference
	Przemysław Odrobny	Goalies	Eduard Zakharchenko	Referees: René Hradil Daniel Konc Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Alexander Waldejer
	Bagiński (Pasiut) (SH) – 33:13 Rompkowski (Bryk, Kolusz) – 40:34 Rompkowski (Zapała, Kolusz) (PP) – 53:44	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2	41:46 – Gavryk (Zakharchenko) 44:52 – Lyalka
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	19

23 April 2015 13:00

Japan

3–2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Italy

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 2,572

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Andreas Bernard	Referees: René Hradil Daniel Konc Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Alexander Waldejer
	Ushu (Takahashi, Yanadori) – 38:48 Yanadori (G. Tanaka, Ushu) – 55:56 Hirano – 57:06	0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2	19:34 – Frigo (Gander, Ant. Bernard) 47:24 – Ramoser (Ihnacak, Marchetti)
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	26

23 April 2015 16:30

Ukraine

2–4 (0–0, 2–1, 0–3)

Hungary

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 3,774

Game reference
	Eduard Zakharchenko	Goalies	Miklós Rajna	Referees: Marcus Linde Viki Trilar Linesmen: Rene Jensen Wojciech Moszczyński
	Blagy (Mikhnov, Kugut) (PP) – 24:36 Gnidenko (Mikhnov, Blagy) (PP) – 34:19	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 2–4	36:44 – Sarauer (Banham, Gõz) 51:26 – Koger (Sarauer, Hári) (PP) 56:05 – Sarauer (Koger, Sofron) 57:15 – Sofron (Kiss) (SH)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	32

23 April 2015 20:00

Kazakhstan

3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Poland

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 9,067

Game reference
	Pavel Poluektov	Goalies	Rafał Radziszewski	Referees: Andris Ansons Péter Gebei Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Tibor Rovenský
	Savchenko (Dallman, Krasnoslobodtsev) (PP) – 29:34 Starchenko (Rudenko) – 36:56 Starchenko (Savenkov) – 55:26	1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2	35:33 – Pociecha (Kowalówka, Chmielewski) (PP2) 48:20 – Kolusz (Bryk, Rompkowski)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	23

25 April 2015 13:00

Japan

3–1 (0–0, 3–1, 0–0)

Ukraine

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 2,467

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Eduard Zakharchenko	Referees: Andris Ansons Péter Gebei Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Tibor Rovenský
	Hirano (Yanadori, Obara) (PP) – 30:20 Ueno (Obara, Minoshima) – 33:22 Obara (Takahashi) (PP) – 36:00	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1	28:13 – Blagy (Navarenko) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	27

25 April 2015 16:30

Italy

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Kazakhstan

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 3,110

Game reference
	Andreas Bernard	Goalies	Pavel Poluektov	Referees: Marcus Linde Viki Trilar Linesmen: Dmitri Golyak Rene Jensen
		0–1 0–2 0–3	06:42 – Rymarev (Khudyakov) 45:10 – Zhailauov (Savenkov) 53:39 – Vorontsov (PS)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	20

25 April 2015 20:00

Hungary

2–1 (0–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Poland

Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Attendance: 12,632

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Przemysław Odrobny	Referees: Daniel Konc Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Alexander Waldejer
	Hári (Banham, Sebők) – 41:30 Szirányi (ENG) – 59:54	1–0 1–1 2–1	56:52 – Bryk (Pasiut, Rompkowski) (EA)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	29

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Przemysław Odrobny
  • Best Defenseman: Kevin Dallman
  • Best Forward: Roman Starchenko

Source: IIHF.com

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: Roman Starchenko
  • Goalkeeper: Pavel Poluektov
  • Defenceman: Kevin Dallman / Mateusz Rompkowski
  • Forwards: Roman Starchenko / Andrew Sarauer / Marcin Kolusz

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Roman Starchenko	5	4	2	6	+8	6	F
Kevin Dallman	5	3	3	6	+5	0	D
Konstantin Rudenko	5	3	3	6	+6	2	F
Evgeni Rymarev	5	3	3	6	+3	0	F
Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev	5	2	4	6	+4	0	F
Andrew Sarauer	5	2	4	6	+7	2	F
Dániel Kóger	5	3	2	5	+4	2	F
Marcin Kolusz	5	2	3	5	+2	0	F
Mateusz Rompkowski	5	2	3	5	+2	4	D
Frank Banham	5	1	4	5	+3	2	F
Talgat Zhailauov	5	1	4	5	0	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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
Przemysław Odrobny	185:39	3	0.97	85	96.47	1
Pavel Poluektov	300:00	6	1.20	99	93.94	2
Miklós Rajna	240:00	6	1.50	79	92.41	0
Yutaka Fukufuji	257:30	11	2.56	111	90.09	0
Andreas Bernard	298:00	11	2.21	103	89.32	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

Group B tournament

2015 IIHF World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	13–19 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	90 (6 per match)
Attendance	15,920 (1,061 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Michael Swift (9 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
South Korea	Placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated.
Croatia	Placed 2nd in Division I B last year.
Lithuania	Placed 3rd in Division I B last year.
Great Britain	Placed 4th in Division I B last year.
Netherlands	Host, placed 5th in Division I B last year.
Estonia	Placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[5]

Referees Jacob Grumsen Jeff Ingram Anssi Salonen Shane Warschaw

Linesmen Louis Beelen Marek Hlavatý Frederic Monnaie Pasi Nieminen Ulrich Pardatscher David Perduv Sotaro Yamaguchi

Standings

	Promoted to Division I A for 2016
	Relegated to Division II A for 2016

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	5	4	0	0	1	30	11	+19	12
Great Britain	5	3	1	0	1	13	10	+3	11
Lithuania	5	3	0	0	2	11	12	−1	9
Croatia	5	2	0	1	2	16	20	−4	7
Estonia	5	1	0	0	4	10	21	−11	3
Netherlands	5	1	0	0	4	9	15	−6	3

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

13 April 2015 13:30

Great Britain

3–2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 2–1) (OT 1–0)

Croatia

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 750

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Mark Dekanich	Referee: Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Marek Hlavatý Sotaro Yamaguchi
	O'Connor (Myers) (PP) – 52:57 Richardson (Dowd) (EA) – 59:55 Richardson (O'Connor) – 60:11	0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2	16:57 – Glumac (SH) 52:57 – Perkovich (Sertich) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	36	Shots	30

13 April 2015 17:00

Estonia

3–7 (1–2, 1–3, 1–2)

South Korea

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 750

Game reference
	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	Park Kye-hoon	Referee: Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Louis Beelen Pasi Nieminen
	Makrov – 18:22 Makrov (Rooba) – 32:15 Titarenko (Embrich, Makrov) (PP) – 42:27	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–3 2–4 2–5 3–5 3–6 3–7	04:10 – Kim S. (Kim W., Kim K.) (PP) 17:20 – Swift (Cho, Lee D.) 25:01 – Testwuide 38:31 – Lee You. 39:54 – Sung (Testwuide) (SH) 47:21 – Swift (Shin H., Park W.) 57:54 – Testwuide (Park W.) (SH, ENG)
	31 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	48

13 April 2015 20:30

Netherlands

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Lithuania

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Ian Meierdres	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referee: Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie David Perduv
		0–1	00:11 – Bosas (Gintautas, Bogdziul)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	26

14 April 2015 13:30

Estonia

1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Great Britain

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Roman Shumikhin	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referee: Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Louis Beelen David Perduv
	Rooba (Makrov) – 33:19	0–1 1–1 1–2	15:36 – D. Phillips (Weaver, Cowley) 54:10 – Farmer (Weaver, D. Phillips)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	32

14 April 2015 17:00

Croatia

4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Lithuania

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Mark Dekanich	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referee: Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Ulrich Pardatscher
	Perkovich (Letang) – 30:56 Sertich (Waugh, Dekanich) (PP2) – 33:34 Kinasewich (Sertich, Murray) (PP) – 46:26 Murray (Perkovich, Waugh) (ENG) – 59:26	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1	17:42 – Čižas (Nomanovas)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	35	Shots	31

14 April 2015 20:30

South Korea

7–1 (2–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Netherlands

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 920

Game reference
	Park Sung-je	Goalies	Ian Meierdres Martijn Oosterwijk	Referee: Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Marek Hlavatý Pasi Nieminen
	Shin S. (Testwuide) – 04:03 Cho (Testwuide, Shin S.) – 15:30 Lee D. (Swift) (PP) – 22:13 Swift (Cho) (PP) – 31:01 Swift (Shin H.) (PP) – 34:30 Lee D. (Kim S., Kim K.) – 48:32 Cho (Oh) (PP) – 51:17	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 5–1 6–1 7–1	39:34 – K. Bruijsten (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	18

16 April 2015 13:30

Lithuania

6–1 (2–0, 0–1, 4–0)

Estonia

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Roman Shumikhin	Referee: Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Sotaro Yamaguchi
	Bendžius – 04:58 Pliskauskas (Ališauskas) (PP) – 19:02 Bendžius – 43:30 Kieras (Bosas, Ališauskas) (PP) – 49:26 Nomanovas (Bogdziul) (ENG) – 53:29 Pliskauskas – 56:48	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1	25:16 – Sibirtsev (Andrejev, Titarenko)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	26

16 April 2015 17:00

South Korea

2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Great Britain

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Park Sung-je	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referee: Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Louis Beelen Marek Hlavatý
	Park W. (Lee D., Kim W.) – 19:38 Kim K. (Kim S., Radunske) – 20:35	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3	20:51 – Farmer 33:35 – O'Connor (Weaver) (PP2) 46:39 – O'Connor (PS)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	30

16 April 2015 20:30

Croatia

2–5 (2–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Netherlands

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,350

Game reference
	Mark Dekanich	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk	Referee: Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Ulrich Pardatscher David Perduv
	Perkovich – 00:12 Murray (Kinasewich, Letang) – 19:22	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4 2–5	12:28 – Demelinne (K. Bruijsten) 15:06 – Bruijsten (Wurm, Tummers) (PP) 39:36 – Wurm (Hagemeijer, Van den Heuvel) 42:24 – Brekelmans (De Jong, Van Lijden) 59:58 – Hagemeijer (ENG)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	28

18 April 2015 13:30

Lithuania

0–5 (0–0, 0–3, 0–2)

South Korea

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Park Sung-je	Referee: Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Ulrich Pardatscher David Perduv
		0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5	29:28 – Ahn (Radunske, Kim K.) 35:49 – Cho (Shin H., Shin S.) 37:44 – Kim S. (Shin S.) (PP) 52:01 – Lee You. (Kim H.) 54:03 – Kim S. (Radunske) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	46

18 April 2015 17:00

Croatia

5–2 (1–2, 2–0, 2–0)

Estonia

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven

Game reference
	Mark Dekanich	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referee: Jacob Grumsen Linesmen: Marek Hlavatý Frederic Monnaie
	Kinasewich (Sertich) – 11:28 Perkovich (Blagus, Kegalj) – 23:52 Miličić (Sertich, Murray) – 39:08 Kinasewich (Murray) – 49:18 Murray (ENG) – 58:37	0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–2 5–2	06:23 – Makrov (Auksi) 09:09 – Fedoruk
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	28

18 April 2015 20:30

Great Britain

3–2 (3–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Netherlands

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk Ian Meierdres	Referee: Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Sotaro Yamaguchi
	Swindlehurst (O'Connor, Shields) – 04:01 Blight (Peacock) – 09:24 Peacock – 12:13	0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2	03:09 – Mason (Hagemeijer, Van Oorschot) 53:38 – Houkes (Van Lijden, Tummers)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	30	Shots	17

19 April 2015 13:30

South Korea

9–4 (1–1, 5–2, 3–1)

Croatia

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Park Sung-je	Goalies	Mark Dekanich Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Marek Hlavatý Pasi Nieminen
	Swift (Testwuide) – 04:39 Ahn (Kim W., Kim S.) (PP) – 24:43 Kim K. (Kim S., Radunske) – 25:45 Kim W. (Swift) – 26:14 Kim K. (Kim S.) – 28:17 Testwuide (Swift, Park W.) – 37:34 Kim W. (Kim K., Radunske) (PP) – 48:49 Testwuide (Swift) – 54:13 Kim S. (Radunske) – 55:27	1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–2 5–2 5–3 6–3 7–3 7–4 8–4 9–4	09:39 – Blagus (Perkovich, Glumac) 22:58 – Kinasewich (Miličić, Murray) (PP) 30:10 – Brencun (Murray) (SH) 53:52 – Jačmenjak (Kinasewich, Martinović) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	80 min
	39	Shots	20

19 April 2015 17:00

Lithuania

3–2 (0–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Great Britain

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,800

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	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referee: Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Louis Beelen Sotaro Yamaguchi
	Nomanovas (Rybakov, Visockas) – 29:55 Ališauskas (Kumeliauskas) – 37:45 Gintautas (Kieras, Ališauskas) (PP) – 53:01	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2	14:08 – Garside (Thomas, Lachowicz) 43:25 – Cowley (Weaver, Prince)
	33 min	Penalties	14 min
	15	Shots	37

19 April 2015 20:30

Netherlands

1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Estonia

IJssportcentrum, Eindhoven Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Ian Meierdres	Goalies	Roman Shumikhin	Referee: Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Ulrich Pardatscher
	Tummers (Van de Velden, Hagemeijer) – 28:55	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3	17:27 – Makrov (Lahesalu, Rooba) (PP2) 18:49 – Makrov (Sibirtsev, Urushev) (PP) 59:08 – Makrov
	22 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	31

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Mantas Armalis
  • Best Defenseman: Ben O'Connor
  • Best Forward: Lee Yong-jun

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Michael Swift	5	5	4	9	+8	14	F
Andrei Makrov	5	6	2	8	−3	2	F
Kim Ki-sung	5	4	4	8	+5	4	F
Mike Testwuide	5	4	4	8	+9	0	F
Kim Sang-wook	5	3	5	8	+4	6	F
Andrew Murray	5	3	5	8	+1	4	F
Brock Radunske	5	0	7	7	+4	0	F
Ryan Kinasewich	5	4	2	6	−2	0	F
Nathan Perkovich	5	4	2	6	+2	18	F
Cho Min-ho	5	3	2	5	+2	2	F
Ben O'Connor	5	3	2	5	+1	6	D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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
Mantas Armalis	298:59	11	2.21	178	93.82	1
Ian Meierdres	204:21	8	2.35	98	91.84	0
Ben Bowns	299:04	10	2.01	122	91.80	0
Mark Dekanich	259:51	11	2.54	128	91.41	0
Park Sung-je	238:51	8	2.01	83	90.36	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

References

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3. "28 tournaments confirmed". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
4. "Competition Officials Division I Group A" (PDF). iihf.com. 25 November 2014.
5. "Competition Officials Division I Group B" (PDF). iihf.com. 25 November 2014.