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
 	Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
 	Host, placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
 	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
 	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.
===Match officials===
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Group A assignments
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===
===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
 	Placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
 	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
 	Host, placed 5th in Division II B last year.
 	Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted.
===Match officials===
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Group B assignments
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===
===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
==References==
==External links==
*Group A website
*Group B website
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