# 2013 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2013 IIHF World Championship Division II was a pair of international Ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Zagreb, Croatia, running from 14 to 20 April 2013 and Group B was contested in İzmit, Turkey, running from 21 to 27 April 2013. Divisions II A and II B represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the Ice Hockey World Championships.

## Division II A
### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| Australia | placed 6th in 2012 Division I B and were relegated |
| Spain | placed 2nd in 2012 |
| Croatia | hosts, placed 3rd in 2012 |
| Iceland | placed 4th in 2012 |
| Serbia | placed 5th in 2012 |
| Belgium | placed 1st in 2012 Division II B and were promoted |

### Officials

Referees
* Alexandre Bourreau
* Gergely Kincses
* Daniel Gamper
* Marc Wiegand
Linesmen
* Florian Hofer
* Andrei Haurylenka
* Cao Jian
* Trpimir Piragić
* Marko Saković
* James Kavanagh
* Mihai-Ariel Trandafir

### Final standings

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| Croatia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 15 | Promoted to the 2014 Division I B |
| Belgium | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 9 | |
| Iceland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 8 | |
| Australia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 7 | |
| Serbia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 6 | |
| Spain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 0 | Relegated to the 2014 Division II B |

### Results

All times are local (CEST – UTC+2).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | John Hecimovic | Croatia | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +5 | 0 |
| 2 | Joel Prpic | Croatia | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +6 | 8 |
| 3 | Marko Lovrenčić | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +8 | 0 |
| 4 | Vincent Morgan | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +6 | 0 |
| 5 | Borna Rendulić | Croatia | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 0 |
| 6 | Emil Alengaard | Iceland | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +1 | 4 |
| 6 | Mitch Morgan | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +4 | 6 |
| 8 | Marko Sretović | Serbia | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +1 | 6 |
| 9 | Darren Corstens | Australia | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +5 | 4 |
| 10 | Nemanja Janković | Serbia | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
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#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Bjorn Steijlen | Belgium | 280:00 | 11 | 93.45 | 2.36 | 1 |
| 2 | Mate Tomljenović | Croatia | 300:00 | 8 | 93.28 | 1.60 | 1 |
| 3 | Anthony Kimlin | Australia | 305:00 | 13 | 92.53 | 2.56 | 0 |
| 4 | Dennis Henstrom | Iceland | 208:15 | 15 | 91.89 | 3.03 | 0 |
| 5 | Milan Luković | Serbia | 208:15 | 15 | 88.28 | 4.32 | 0 |
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### Tournament awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Bjorn Steijlen
** Best Defenceman: Andy Sertich
** Best Forward: Joel Prpic
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## Division II B
### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| New Zealand | placed 6th in 2012 Division II A and were relegated |
| China | placed 2nd in 2012 |
| Bulgaria | placed 3rd in 2012 |
| Mexico | placed 4th in 2012 |
| Israel | placed 5th in 2012 |
| Turkey | hosts, placed 1st in 2012 Division III and were promoted |

### Officials

Referees
* Vladimir Nalivaiko
* Tim Tzirtziganis
* Igor Tsernyshov
* Viki Trilar
Linesmen
* Mart Eerme
* Mathieu Loos
* Mergen Kaydarov
* Tibor Fazekas
* Sergio Biec Cebrian
* Erhan Bulut
* Cemal Ersin Kaya

### Final standings

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| Israel | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 12 | Promoted to the 2014 Division II A |
| New Zealand | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 12 | |
| Mexico | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 11 | |
| China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 6 | |
| Turkey | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 3 | |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 1 | Relegated to the 2014 Division III |

### Results

All times are local (EEST – UTC+3).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Daniel Erlich | Israel | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | +4 | 14 |
| 2 | Oren Eizenman | Israel | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | Alexei Yotov | Bulgaria | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | –8 | 8 |
| 4 | Max Birbraer | Israel | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +3 | 6 |
| 5 | Brian Arroyo | Mexico | 5 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Stanislav Muhachev | Bulgaria | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | –7 | 2 |
| 7 | Daniel Mazour | Israel | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 | +2 | 14 |
| 8 | Sergei Frenkel | Israel | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Alexander Gutiérrez | Mexico | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –1 | 4 |
| 10 | Serkan Gümüş | Turkey | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | –1 | 12 |
| 10 | Joshua Hay | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 4 |
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#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Avihu Sorotzky | Israel | 299:14 | 14 | 90.28 | 2.81 | 0 |
| 2 | Erol Kahraman | Turkey | 299:45 | 19 | 89.62 | 3.80 | 0 |
| 3 | Richard Parry | New Zealand | 298.52 | 16 | 88.32 | 3.21 | 0 |
| 4 | Alfonso de Alba | Mexico | 148.33 | 6 | 87.23 | 2.42 | 0 |
| 5 | Liu Zhiwei | China | 235.06 | 19 | 85.27 | 4.85 | 0 |
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### Tournament awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Avihu Sorotzky
** Best Defenceman: Berton Haines
** Best Forward: Brian Arroyo
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