# 2019 IIHF World Championship Division II

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
### 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 |
* 1 2 Serbia 3–1 Croatia

### Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

### 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
### 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 |
* 1 2 Iceland 4–2 New Zealand

### Results

All times are local (UTC−5).

### 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