2019 IIHF World Championship Division II

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2019 IIHF World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Serbia Mexico
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	9–15 April 21–27 April
Teams	12

The 2019 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 Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 15 April, and the Group B tournament in México City, Mexico, from 21 to 27 April 2019.

Serbia and Israel won the Group A and B tournaments, and were promoted, while Belgium and North Korea finished last and were relegated. Israel's Eliezer Sherbatov was the scoring leader, with 15 points.

Group A tournament

2019 IIHF World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–15 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	92 (6.13 per game)
Attendance	4,536 (302 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Bryan Kolodziejczyk (9 points)
Official website
Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Croatia	Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Australia	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
Serbia	Host, placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
China	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Belgium	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Spain	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees	Linesmen
Christoph Sternat Miroslav Iarets Jevgēņijs Griškevičs Ramon Sterkens	Daniel Beresford James Kavanagh Kensuke Kanazawa Håvar Dahl Tibor Fazekas Ivan Nedeljković David Perduv

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Serbia (H, P)	5	3	1	0	1	20	14	+6	11	Promotion to 2020 Division I B
2	Croatia	5	3	1	0	1	19	9	+10	11
3	Australia	5	3	0	1	1	14	10	+4	10
4	Spain	5	2	0	2	1	14	16	−2	8
5	China	5	1	0	0	4	14	21	−7	3
6	Belgium (R)	5	0	1	0	4	11	22	−11	2	Relegation to 2020 Division II B

Source: IIHF
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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

9 April 2019 13:00

Spain

5–3 (2–1, 1–1, 2–1)

China

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 68

Game reference
	Ander Alcaine	Goalies	Han Pengfei	Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Kensuke Kanazawa David Perduv
	Carbonell (Fuentes, Ubieto) (PP) – 06:38 1–0 1–1 08:48 – Li (Zhang C., Chen Le.) Fuentes (Burgos, Ubieto) (PP) – 16:27 2–1 2–2 20:41 – Yang (Zhang P., Zhang C.) (PP) Lasuen – 27:35 3–2 3–3 43:16 – Zhang H. (Liang) Baldris – 53:50 4–3 Rubio (Carbonell, García) (EN) – 59:16 5–3
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	24

9 April 2019 16:30

Australia

3–4 OT (3–0, 0–2, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 38

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Wouter Peeters	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Tibor Fazekas Ivan Nedeljković
	Rezek (Baclig) – 01:31 1–0 Malloy (Rezek) – 02:58 2–0 Kubara (Darge, Wong) – 07:17 3–0 3–1 30:13 – De Schepper (Verelst, B. Kolodziejczyk) (PP2) 3–2 31:00 – Verelst (B. Kolodziejczyk, Paulus) (PP) 3–3 40:26 – Verelst (B. Kolodziejczyk) 3–4 62:56 – De Croock (Paulus)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	37

9 April 2019 20:00

Serbia

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Croatia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 1,126

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Vilim Rosandić	Referee: Jevgēņijs Griškevičs Linesmen: Daniel Beresford James Kavanagh
	Sretović (Kastel) (PP) – 13:47 1–0 1–1 16:41 – Janković (L. Jarčov) (PP) Popravka (Vučurević, Podunavac) – 30:07 2–1 Luković (Sretović, Brkušanin) (ENG) – 59:23 3–1
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	37	Shots	30

10 April 2019 13:00

Belgium

2–4 (0–2, 1–0, 1–2)

Spain

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Wouter Peeters	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Jevgēņijs Griškevičs Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Tibor Fazekas
	0–1 02:51 – Granell (Zaballa) 0–2 13:02 – Fuentes Verelst (B. Kolodziejczyk) (SH) – 20:38 1–2 1–3 41:17 – Rubio (Carbonell, Ubieto) B. Kolodziejczyk (Neven) – 43:30 2–3 2–4 43:39 – Burgos (Beltrán, Carbonell)
	26 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	45

10 April 2019 16:30

Croatia

7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

China

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 42

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: James Kavanagh David Perduv
	Morrisonn (PP) – 09:20 1–0 Janković (Zanoški, Morrisonn) (PP2) – 10:26 2–0 Šakić (Zanoški, Janković) (PP) – 22:22 3–0 Mirić (Morrisonn, Šakić) (PP) – 37:22 4–0 Šakić (Novak, Mirić) – 39:39 5–0 Novak (Mirić, Šakić) – 50:52 6–0 Kanaet (Janković) – 56:53 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	68 min
	48	Shots	19

10 April 2019 20:00

Australia

3–2 (2–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 653

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Håvar Dahl Kensuke Kanazawa
	0–1 03:17 – Dragutinović (Luković) Armstrong (Todd, McMahon) (SH) – 10:59 1–1 Virjassov – 14:44 2–1 Woodman (Virjassov, Powell) (PP) – 26:29 3–1 3–2 45:57 – Đumić (Dragović)
	29 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	34

12 April 2019 13:00

Croatia

5–2 (2–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 53

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Wouter Peeters	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Ivan Nedeljković David Perduv
	Mikulić (Mirić, Srketić) (SH) – 04:19 1–0 Jarčov (Morrisonn, Zanoški) – 04:53 2–0 2–1 27:36 – Verelst (B. Kolodziejczyk, De Croock) Kanaet (Janković, Srketić) – 31:38 3–1 3–2 38:22 – Paulus (B. Kolodziejczyk, Verelst) Janković – 57:11 4–2 Šakić (Smolec) (EN) – 59:00 5–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	26

12 April 2019 16:30

Australia

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Spain

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 67

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Kensuke Kanazawa
	Darge (Malloy, Woodman) (PP2) – 13:01 1–0 Baclig (SH) – 25:24 2–0 Lindsay (Webster, Virjassov) – 39:09 3–0 Virjassov (Webster, Taylor) – 55:50 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	37

12 April 2019 20:00

Serbia

6–5 (1–2, 1–3, 4–0)

China

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 536

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković Jug Mitić	Goalies	Han Pengfei	Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Håvar Dahl James Kavanagh
	0–1 10:36 – Li (Chen Le., Chen Z.) 0–2 16:15 – Huang (Yang) (PP) Lestarić (Novaković, Đumić) – 17:42 1–2 Podunavac (Bosković, Kerezović) (PP) – 22:55 2–2 2–3 26:36 – Yang (Zhang Z., Ying) (PP) 2–4 36:54 – Chen L. (Zhang C., Li) 2–5 38:11 – Xia Crnogorac (Kerezović, Đumić) – 49:04 3–5 Sabadoš (Đumić, Podunavac) (PP) – 51:33 4–5 Luković (Kastel) (EA) – 58:24 5–5 Kastel (Crnogorac, Sretović) (EA) – 59:46 6–5
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	44	Shots	28

13 April 2019 13:00

China

2–3 (0–0, 2–1, 0–2)

Australia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 62

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Tibor Fazekas Kensuke Kanazawa
	Chen Li. (Xia) – 25:27 1–0 1–1 25:51 – Darge (Armstrong, Powell) Zhang Z. (Yang) – 30:43 2–1 2–2 51:16 – Rezek (Haselhurst) 2–3 57:42 – Rezek (Todd, Baclig) (PP2)
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	45

13 April 2019 16:30

Spain

3–4 GWS (1–0, 1–2, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Croatia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 73

Game reference
	Ander Alcaine	Goalies	Vilim Rosandić	Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Håvar Dahl Ivan Nedeljković
	Burgos (Rubio, Carbonell) – 19:29 1–0 Baldris (Burgos) – 24:54 2–0 2–1 28:26 – Vedlin (L. Jarčov, Janković) (PP) 2–2 37:20 – Rene Čanić (Mikulić, Kanaet) 2–3 44:20 – Šakić (Janković, L. Jarčov) G. González (Granell) (PP) – 47:14 3–3
	Burgos Rubio Boronat Fuentes Pantoja	Shootout	Janković Zanoški Mirić Šakić
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	29

13 April 2019 20:00

Belgium

3–6 (1–2, 0–2, 2–2)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 417

Game reference
	Wouter Peeters	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Jevgēņijs Griškevičs Linesmen: Daniel Beresford James Kavanagh
	0–1 04:40 – Dragović (Đumić) 0–2 07:52 – Bosković (Đumić) Coolen (Verelst, Neven) (PP) – 08:55 1–2 1–3 22:29 – Sretović (Brkušanin) 1–4 33:42 – Brkušanin (Popravka) (PP) 1–5 41:10 – Sretović (Popravka) B. Kolodziejczyk (Paulus) (SH) – 44:23 2–5 Neven (B. Kolodziejczyk) (PP2) – 45:45 3–5 3–6 57:06 – Bosković (Brkušanin, Luković) (PP2)
	18 min	Penalties	35 min
	30	Shots	38

15 April 2019 13:00

Croatia

2–1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Australia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 79

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: James Kavanagh David Perduv
	Morrisonn (Zanoški) – 00:31 1–0 1–1 32:20 – Rezek (Todd, Malloy) Kanaet (Morrisonn, Vedlin) (SH) – 38:13 2–1
	34 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	39

15 April 2019 16:30

China

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 26

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies	Wouter Peeters Cisse Van der Weyde	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Tibor Fazekas Kensuke Kanazawa
	Zhang Z. (Hu) – 04:08 1–0 Ying (Hu, Wang) – 34:42 2–0 Zhang Z. (Ying, Xiang) (PP) – 37:35 3–0 Zhang C. – 53:03 4–0
	39 min	Penalties	53 min
	25	Shots	34

15 April 2019 20:00

Serbia

3–2 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Spain

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 1,276

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Håvar Dahl
	Luković (Brkušanin, Ilić) – 04:10 1–0 1–1 26:03 – González (Betrán, Fuentes) 1–2 46:34 – Rubio (Carbonell, Fuentes) (PP) Bošković (EA) – 59:32 2–2
	Kerezović Đumić Popravka Sretović Brkušanin	Shootout	Pantoja Rubio Boronat González Ubieto
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	42	Shots	31

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Vilim Rosandić
  • Best Defenseman: Shaone Morrisonn
  • Best Forward: Mirko Đumić

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Bryan Kolodziejczyk	5	2	7	9	+2	0	F
Ivan Janković	5	3	5	8	+3	0	F
Sam Verelst	5	4	3	7	−3	2	F
Marko Šakić	5	4	2	6	+7	0	F
Shaone Morrisonn	5	2	4	6	−1	26	D
Alejandro Carbonell	5	1	5	6	+3	2	F
Mirko Đumić	5	1	5	6	+4	0	F
Josef Rezek	5	4	1	5	+2	2	F
Aleksa Luković	5	3	2	5	+5	2	D
Marko Sretović	5	3	2	5	+5	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
Vilim Rosandić	304:21	8	1.58	146	94.52	1
Anthony Kimlin	302:53	10	1.98	178	94.38	1
Sun Zehao	180:00	10	3.33	127	92.13	1
Arsenije Ranković	298:41	13	2.61	140	90.71	0
Ander Alcaine	309:58	14	2.71	143	90.21	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

2019 IIHF World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–27 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	138 (9.2 per game)
Attendance	7,031 (469 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Eliezer Sherbatov (15 points)
Official website
Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Iceland	Placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
New Zealand	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Israel	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
North Korea	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Mexico	Host, placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Georgia	Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees	Linesmen
Tim Tzirtziganis Benas Jakšys Tomasz Radzik Andrew Thackaberry	Tomáš Brejcha Lasse Dahlerup Sem Ramírez Anže Bergant Sergio Biec Marc-Henri Progin Justin Cornell

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Israel (P)	5	4	1	0	0	32	16	+16	14	Promotion to 2020 Division II A
2	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	26	15	+11	9
3	New Zealand	5	3	0	0	2	26	18	+8	9
4	Georgia	5	2	0	0	3	18	27	−9	6
5	Mexico (H)	5	1	0	1	3	17	25	−8	4
6	North Korea (R)	5	1	0	0	4	19	37	−18	3	Relegation to 2020 Division III A

Source: IIHF
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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

All times are local (UTC−5).

21 April 2019 13:00

Israel

6–3 (2–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Iceland

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 750

Game reference
	Nir Tichon	Goalies	Dennis Hedström	Referee: Andrew Thackaberry Linesmen: Justin Cornell Marc-Henri Progin
	Ben Tiv (Frenkel, Halpert) – 07:26 1–0 1–1 09:22 - Jakobsson (Atlason, Knútsson) Mazour (Klein, Frenkel) (PP) – 14:23 2–1 Vernyy – 21:36 3–1 Mazour (Kozevnikov) (PP) – 36:23 4–1 4–2 39:25 - Atlason (Knútsson, Sigurðsson) 4–3 57:45 - Sigurðsson (Orongan) (EA) Halpert (Sherbatov) (EN) – 58:28 5–3 R. Aharonovich (EN) – 59:46 6–3
	6 min	Penalties	24 min
	40	Shots	32

21 April 2019 16:30

Georgia

4–9 (2–2, 2–3, 0–4)

North Korea

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 753

Game reference
	Andrey Ilyenko	Goalies	Pak Il Jo Kwang-su	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Anže Bergant Sem Ramírez
	Kozyulin (Obolgogiani) – 05:08 1–0 1–1 08:36 – Hong 1–2 09:17 – Kang M. (Kang I., Ryu) (PP) Vasilchenko (Zhuzhunashvili) – 18:09 2–2 Kochkin (Zhuzhunashvili) (SH) – 22:40 3–2 Kharizov (Tsomaia) – 23:51 4–2 4–3 24:42 – Hong (Kang M.) 4–4 36:16 – Ri K. (Kang M., Ryu) (PP) 4–5 37:18 – Hong (Kang I., Kim H.) 4–6 44:03 – Ri S. (Kang I.) 4–7 46:10 – Ri S. (Kang I.) 4–8 52:34 – An (Hong, Kim Kw.) (PP) 4–9 53:57 – Hong (Kim Kw.)
	53 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	40

21 April 2019 20:15

New Zealand

7–2 (4–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Mexico

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 1,250

Game reference
	Richard Parry	Goalies	Andrés de la Garma Sebastián de la Vega	Referee: Tomasz Radzik Linesmen: Sergio Biec Tomáš Brejcha
	Eaden (Heyd, Lee) – 03:04 1–0 1–1 03:43 – Majul (Cruz) Strayer (Polozov, Amston) (PP) – 10:31 2–1 Challis (Lee, Eaden) (PP) – 19:13 3–1 Cox (Eaden, Schneider) – 19:46 4–1 4–2 20:50 – Gómez (Sierra, Pérez) Schneider (Strayer, Polozov) (PP) – 23:10 5–2 Amston (PP) – 32:36 6–2 Cox (Schneider, Polozov) – 38:50 7–2
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	44	Shots	24

22 April 2019 13:00

Iceland

8–0 (4–0, 3–0, 1–0)

North Korea

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Dennis Hedström	Goalies	Jo Kwang-su Pak Il	Referee: Benas Jakšys Linesmen: Anže Bergant Sergio Biec
	Leifsson (Mikaelsson) – 01:18 1–0 Račanský (Knútsson) (SH) – 02:34 2–0 Mikaelsson (Leifsson, Sigrunarson) (PP) – 08:34 3–0 Račanský (Orongan, Sigurðsson) (PP) – 12:00 4–0 Leifsson (PS) – 24:52 5–0 Leifsson – 30:46 6–0 Sigurðsson – 36:44 7–0 Sigurðsson (Pålsson) – 51:13 8–0
	20 min	Penalties	20 min
	58	Shots	15

22 April 2019 16:30

New Zealand

3–5 (1–1, 0–2, 2–2)

Israel

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 208

Game reference
	Richard Parry	Goalies	Nir Tichon	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Justin Cornell Lasse Dahlerup
	0–1 08:16 – Kozhevnikov Schneider (Strayer, Cox) (PP) – 17:12 1–1 1–2 28:59 – Frenkel (Klein) 1–3 38:33 – Kozhevnikov Heyd (Eaden, Craig) 2–3 2–4 47:04 – Kozhevnikov (Kozevnikov, Geller) (PP) Amston – 51:26 3–4 3–5 59:55 – Sherbatov (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	35

22 April 2019 20:00

Mexico

2–3 (1–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Georgia

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 798

Game reference
	Andrés de la Garma	Goalies	Andrey Ilyenko	Referee: Andrew Thackaberry Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Marc-Henri Progin
	0–1 11:24 – Vasilchenko Pérez (Majul, Hagerman) (PP) – 13:17 1–1 1–2 27:11 – Vasilchenko 1–3 46:28 – Vasilchenko (Obolgogiani, Kozyulin) Majul (Gómez, Sierra) – 48:07 2–3
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	35

24 April 2019 13:00

New Zealand

6–2 (2–2, 2–0, 2–0)

Georgia

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Richard Parry	Goalies	Andrey Ilyenko	Referee: Benas Jakšys Linesmen: Sergio Biec Sem Ramírez
	0–1 00:30 – Kozyulin (Zhuzhunashvili) Craig (Lee) – 10:14 1–1 Gavoille (Challis) – 11:47 2–1 2–2 14:16 – Kurbatov (Zhuzhunashvili, Obolgogiani) (PP) Eaden (Challis) (PP) – 31:35 3–2 Lee (Challis, Craig) (PP) – 35:24 4–2 Heyd (Challis, Lee) (PP) – 47:32 5–2 Eaden (Heyd) – 52:35 6–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	34

24 April 2019 16:30

Israel

9–3 (2–1, 4–1, 3–1)

North Korea

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 210

Game reference
	Nir Tichon	Goalies	Jo Kwan-su	Referee: Tomasz Radzik Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Marc-Henri Progin
	Mazour (Sherbatov, Kozhevnikov) (PP) – 03:08 1–0 1–1 04:55 – Hong (Kang I., An) (PP) Sherbatov – 09:44 2–1 2–2 22:55 – Kim H. (Hong) Kozhevnikov (Frenkel) – 24:55 3–2 Sherbatov (Hoffman) (SH) – 32:28 4–2 Halpert (Kozhevnikov, Frenkel) – 36:02 5–2 Sherbatov (PS) – 37:52 6–2 Frenkel (Klein, Sherbatov) – 49:50 7–2 Geller (Ben Tov) – 52:53 8–2 8–3 53:30 – Kang M. (Jong, Son) Frenkel (Kozhevnikov) – 59:15 9–3
	20 min	Penalties	26 min
	33	Shots	25

24 April 2019 20:00

Iceland

8–1 (2–0, 6–1, 0–0)

Mexico

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 758

Game reference
	Dennis Hedström	Goalies	Andrés de la Garma Sebastian de la Vega	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Justin Cornell Lasse Dahlerup
	Mikaelsson (G. Arason, Sigrunarson) – 07:04 1–0 Račanský (G. Arason) – 12:36 2–0 2–1 23:16 – Majul (Pérez) Mikaelsson (Sigrunarson) (PP) – 25:12 3–1 Johannesson (G. Arason, Andresson) – 26:03 4–1 Orongan – 26:29 5–1 Orongan (Sigurðsson) (PP2) – 28:09 6–1 Pålsson (Račanský, Orongan) (PP) – 35:01 7–1 Mikaelsson – 39:50 8–1
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	46	Shots	23

26 April 2019 13:00

North Korea

5–8 (3–2, 1–2, 1–4)

New Zealand

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 105

Game reference
	Jo Kwang-su Pak Il	Goalies	Vincent Mitalas	Referee: Andrew Thackaberry Linesmen: Lasse Dahlerup Marc-Henri Progin
	Kang I. (Kim Ku.) – 01:20 1–0 Hong C. (Ri S.) (SH) — 04:27 2–0 Kim H. (Ri C., Kim Kw.) – 07:00 3–0 3–1 13:06 – Schneider (Strayer, Polozov) (PP) 3–2 16:24 – Strayer (Schneider, Cox) (PP) 3–3 20:31 – Schneider (Strayer, Craig) (PP) Kim Kw. (Kim H.) (PP) – 31:49 4–3 4–4 32:18 – Gavoille (Henderson, Challis) Ri S. (Kim Ku.) – 41:05 5–4 5–5 43:40 – Polozov (Cox, Schneider) 5–6 47:02 – Cox (Henderson, Schneider) 5–7 47:33 – Amston (Gavoille, Strayer) 5–8 50:03 – Eaden (Heyd, Mawson)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	50

26 April 2019 16:30

Georgia

6–3 (2–3, 2–0, 2–0)

Iceland

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 170

Game reference
	Andrey Ilyenko	Goalies	Dennis Hedström	Referee: Tomasz Radzik Linesmen: Justin Cornell Sem Ramírez
	0–1 07:11 – Račanský (Sigurðsson) 0–2 09:20 – Račanský (Sigurðsson, Orongan) 0–3 11:07 – Orongan (Račanský, Pålsson) (PP) Kozyulin (Zhuzhunashvili) (PP) – 17:33 1–3 Zhuzhunashvili (Kozyulin) (PP2) – 19:36 2–3 Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) – 22:05 3–3 Kurbatov (Obolgogiani) (PP) – 33:49 4–3 Obolgogiani (Kurbatov) (SH) – 52:12 5–3 Vasilchenko – 56:04 6–3
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	42

26 April 2019 20:00

Mexico

4–5 OT (3–1, 0–3, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Israel

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 794

Game reference
	Andrés de la Garma	Goalies	Nir Tichon	Referee: Benas Jakšys Linesmen: Anže Bergant Sergio Biec
	Majul (Sierra) – 00:14 1–0 1–1 05:13 – Kozhevnikov (Sherf, Kozevnikov) Gómez (Majul, Sierra) – 14:26 2–1 Cruz (Ugarte) (PP) – 18:56 3–1 3–2 24:57 – Vernyy (Klein, Sherbatov) 3–3 28:56 – Klein (Geller, Vernyy) 3–4 30:45 – Sherbatov (Kozhevnikov) Gómez (Majul) – 47:20 4–4 4–5 62:56 – Frenkel (Kozhevnikov, Kozevnikov) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	37

27 April 2019 13:00

Israel

7–3 (2–1, 4–0, 1–2)

Georgia

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Nir Tichon	Goalies	Andrey Ilyenko	Referee: Benas Jakšys Linesmen: Marc-Henri Progin Sem Ramírez
	0–1 11:26 – Vasilchenko (Obolgogiani, Kurbatov) (PP) Frenkel (Spivak, Sherbatov) – 14:58 1–1 Frenkel (Kozhevnikov, Sherbatov) – 16:30 2–1 Sherbatov (Frenkel, Kozhevnikov) – 22:13 3–1 Mazour (R. Aharonovich, Halpert) – 22:36 4–1 Sherbatov (Kozhevnikov, Spivak) – 34:35 5–1 Klein (Sherbatov, Kozhevnikov) (PP) – 36:17 6–1 6–2 41:25 – Kochkin (Kurbatov) 6–3 47:12 – Vasilchenko (Obolgogiani, Zhuzhunashvili) Vernyy (Sherbatov) (SH, EN) – 58:03 7–3
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	32

27 April 2019 16:30

Iceland

4–2 (2–0, 2–0, 0–2)

New Zealand

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 198

Game reference
	Snorri Sigurbergsson	Goalies	Richard Parry	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Justin Cornell
	Andresson (Guðnason) – 09:35 1–0 Račanský (Orongan, Blöndal) – 10:35 2–0 Mikaelsson (Leifsson, Þorsteinsson) – 20:53 3–0 Johannesson (Knútsson) – 26:51 4–0 4–1 44:36 – Cox (Polozov, Lee) (PP) 4–2 59:22 – Schneider (Amston, Henderson) (EA)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	23

27 April 2019 20:00

North Korea

2–8 (1–4, 0–1, 1–3)

Mexico

Santa Fe Ice Rink, Mexico City Attendance: 752

Game reference
	Jo Kwang-su	Goalies	Andrés de la Garma	Referee: Andrew Thackaberry Linesmen: Anže Bergant Lasse Dahlerup
	0–1 01:56 – Majul (L. De la Vega) 0–2 02:58 – Kelo (Sierra) (SH) 0–3 09:46 – Smithers (Ugarte, Chávez) (PP) Kim H. (Kang I.) (PP2) – 12:13 1–3 1–4 13:06 – Majul (Colas, Gómez) 1–5 37:57 – Carrero (Cruz) 1–6 43:19 – Benabib (Smithers, Duenas) 1–7 45:57 – Gómez (Ugarte) (PP) 1–8 56:38 – Chávez (Smithers, Gómez) (PP) Ri S. – 57:31 2–8
	46 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	41

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Dennis Hedström
  • Best Defenseman: Stefan Amston
  • Best Forward: Eliezer Sherbatov

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Eliezer Sherbatov	5	7	8	15	+9	0	F
Evgeni Kozhevnikov	5	5	9	14	+6	12	D
Sergei Frenkel	5	6	5	11	+7	8	F
Matthew Schneider	5	5	5	10	0	2	F
Héctor Majul	5	6	3	9	+3	4	F
Hong Chun-rim	5	6	2	8	−12	2	F
Miloslav Račanský	5	6	2	8	+5	16	F
Axel Orongan	5	3	5	8	+4	4	F
Robert Sigurðsson	5	3	5	8	+7	2	F
Oliver Obolgogiani	5	2	6	8	+1	8	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
Richard Parry	239:08	12	3.01	131	90.84	0
Nir Tichon	302:56	16	3.17	146	89.04	0
Dennis Hedström	235:17	11	2.81	97	88.66	1
Andrey Ilyenko	298:44	26	5.22	182	85.71	0
Andrés de la Garma	261:51	25	5.73	157	84.08	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

External links

• Group A website
• Group B website