2007 IIHF World Championship Division II

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2007 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Croatia
 South Korea
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesApril 11 – April 17
April 2 – April 8
Teams12 (two groups of 6)
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Main article: 2007 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2007 IIHF World Championship Division II tournament consisted of two groups of six teams. Group A was held in Zagreb, Croatia from April 11 to 17, 2007, while Group B was held in Seoul, South Korea from April 2 to April 8, 2007. Croatia won Group A and South Korea won Group B, with both teams being promoted to the Division I tournament. Turkey was relegated to Division III, as was North Korea, though the latter did not participate and was automatically relegated as a result.

Group A

The IIHF entered  Serbia in the 2007 tournament as the successor to the  Serbia and Montenegro national team.

Standings

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  CRO  BEL  ESP  SRB  BUL  TUR
 Croatia 5 5 0 0 0 58 10 +48 15 — 13–4 8–2 2–0 10–2 25–2
 Belgium 5 4 0 0 1 25 18 +7 12 4–13 — 3–2 2–1 6–0 10–2
 Spain 5 3 0 0 2 25 17 +8 9 2–8 2–3 — 7–4 4–0 10–2
 Serbia 5 2 0 0 3 18 16 +2 6 0–2 1–2 4–7 — 7–1 6–4
 Bulgaria 5 1 0 0 4 10 32 −22 3 2–10 0–6 0–4 1–7 — 7–5
 Turkey 5 0 0 0 5 15 58 −43 0 2–25 2–10 2–10 4–6 5–7 —
Source: [citation needed]
  • Croatia promoted to Division I.
  • Turkey demoted to Division III.

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts PIM
Marko Lovrencic  Croatia 5 10 7 17 2
Oliver Ciganovic  Croatia 5 7 9 16 14
Damir Gojanovic  Croatia 5 3 11 14 2
Cengiz Ciplak  Turkey 5 9 2 11 6
Kresimir Svigir  Croatia 5 5 6 11 4

Group B

Standings

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  KOR  AUS  ISR  ISL  MEX  PRK
 South Korea 4 4 0 0 0 33 9 +24 12 — 5–4 5–2 17–2 6–1
 Australia 4 3 0 0 1 25 11 +14 9 4–5 — 4–1 5–3 12–2
 Israel 4 2 0 0 2 11 11 0 6 2–5 1–4 — 5–1 3–1
 Iceland 4 1 0 0 3 9 29 −20 3 2–17 3–5 1–5 — 3–2
 Mexico 4 0 0 0 4 6 24 −18 0 1–6 2–12 1–3 2–3 —
 North Korea (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
  • South Korea promoted to Division I.
  • North Korea demoted to Division III.

Scoring leaders

Player Country GP G A Pts PIM
Kim Kyu-hun  South Korea 4 5 6 11 6
Kim Ki-sung  South Korea 4 5 5 10 0
Park Woo-sang  South Korea 4 3 6 9 2
Kim Eun-jun  South Korea 4 6 2 8 2
Lee Yu-won  South Korea 4 3 5 8 4

References