# 2005 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2005 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 4 to April 16, 2005. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Zagreb, Croatia. Group B's games were played in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Croatia and Israel finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2006. While Turkey finished last in Group A and Iceland last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2006.

## Participants
### Group A

| Team | 2004 Result |
| South Korea | Placed 6th in Division I Group B and were relegated in 2004. |
| Croatia | Host, placed 2nd in Division II Group A in 2004. |
| Australia | Placed 3rd in Division II Group A in 2004. |
| Bulgaria | Placed 4th in Division II Group B in 2004. |
| New Zealand | Placed 5th in Division II Group B in 2004. |
| Turkey | Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2004. |

### Group B

| Team | 2004 Result |
| Belgium | Placed 6th in Division I Group A and were relegated in 2004. |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Host, placed 2nd in Division II Group B in 2004. |
| North Korea | Placed 3rd in Division II Group B in 2004. |
| Spain | Placed 4th in Division II Group A in 2004. |
| Israel | Placed 5th in Division II Group A in 2004. |
| Iceland | Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2004. |

## Group A tournament
### Standings

* Promoted to Division I for 2006
* Relegated to Division III for 2006
| Rk | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| 1 | Croatia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 40 | 10 |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 8 |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 4 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 2 |
| 6 | Turkey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 70 | −65 | 0 |

### Fixtures

All times local.

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Trevor Walsh | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +5 | 24 | F |
| Greg Oddy | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +6 | 12 | F |
| Aleksey Yotov | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +3 | 14 | F |
| Stoian Batchvarov | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +6 | 0 | F |
| Mato Mlađenović | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +12 | 12 | F |
| Tomislav Grozaj | 5 | 9 | 0 | 9 | +11 | 0 | F |
| Bae Joon-seo | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +4 | 0 | F |
| Veljko Žibret | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +9 | 10 | F |
| Krešimir Švigir | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +11 | 2 | F |
| Vasko Polyzoev | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | F |
Source: IIHF.com

### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
| Stuart Denman | 147:02 | 43 | 1 | 0.41 | 97.67 | 2 |
| Matthew Ezzy | 152:50 | 81 | 3 | 1.18 | 96.30 | 2 |
| Vanja Belić | 252:41 | 97 | 6 | 1.42 | 93.81 | 1 |
| Kim Sung-bae | 188:46 | 59 | 4 | 1.27 | 93.22 | 3 |
| Mike Parsons | 240:00 | 194 | 17 | 4.25 | 91.24 | 0 |
Source: IIHF.com

## Group B tournament
### Standings

* Promoted to Division I for 2006
* Relegated to Division III for 2006
| Rk | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
| 1 | Israel | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 8 |
| 3 | North Korea | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 5 |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 4 |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 2 |
| 6 | Iceland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 2 |

### Fixtures

All times local.

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Oren Eizenman | 5 | 10 | 4 | 14 | +11 | 6 | F |
| Ivan Prokić | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | +5 | 22 | F |
| Čaba Prokec | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +6 | 0 | F |
| Sergey Frenkel | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | +6 | 8 | F |
| Branko Mamić | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +4 | 16 | D |
| Marko Kovačević | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +6 | 22 | F |
| Marko Prokić | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 41 | F |
| Alon Eizenman | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 4 | F |
| Predrag Milosavljević | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | F |
| Jang Myong-jin | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 4 | F |
Source: IIHF.com

### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
| Player | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
| Jevgeny Gussin | 300:00 | 165 | 11 | 2.20 | 93.33 | 1 |
| Tihomir Zečević | 271:26 | 122 | 9 | 1.99 | 92.62 | 2 |
| Jón Trausti Guðmundsson | 240:00 | 186 | 15 | 3.75 | 91.94 | 0 |
| Björn Steijlen | 300:00 | 205 | 19 | 3.80 | 90.73 | 0 |
| Ri Song-chol | 280:00 | 154 | 15 | 3.21 | 90.26 | 0 |
Source: IIHF.com