2018 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Tilburg, Netherlands from 23 to 29 April 2018 and Group B in Granada, Spain from 14 to 20 April 2018.
The Netherlands were promoted to Division I B and Iceland was relegated to Group B. Spain claimed the top position in the Group B tournament and returned to Group A after one year, while Luxembourg took the reverse route after being relegated to Division III.
==Group A tournament==
| tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division II A
| year = 2018
| country = Netherlands
| dates = 23–29 April
| num_teams = 6
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| games = 15
| goals = 105
| attendance = 
| scoring_leader = Ivy van den Heuvel
| points = 11
| website = IIHF.com
}}
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Host, placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
 	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
* Andrea Benvegnu
* Miklós Haszonits
* Sergey Morozov
* Tomasz Radzik
;Linesmen
* Knut Einar Bråten
* Tomislav Grozaj
* Raivis Jučers
* Kensuke Kanazawa
* Jos Korte
* Ian McCambridge
* Stef Oosterling
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2).
===Awards and statistics===
====Awards====
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goalkeeper: Anthony Kimlin
**Best Defenseman: Giovanni Vogelaar
**Best Forward: Ivy van den Heuvel
Source: IIHF.com
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ivy van den Heuvel	5 	3	8	11 	+11	2 	F
Giovanni Vogelaar 	5 	8	2	10 	+14	0 	D
Jordy van Oorschot	5 	3	7	10 	+6 	2 	D
Mickey Bastings 	5 	3	6	9 	+10	0 	F
Danny Stempher 	5 	3	6	9 	+7 	2 	F
Kevin Bruijsten 	5 	3	5	8 	+7 	2 	F
Raphael Joly 	5 	3	5	8 	+11	2 	F
Matthew Armstrong 	5 	2	6	8 	+3 	6 	F
Reno de Hondt 	5 	2	5	7 	+8 	6 	F
Petar Novaković 	5 	4	2	6 	+1 	4 	F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
====Leading goaltenders====
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
Ian Meierdres 	230:27	2 	0.52	39 	94.87	2
Anthony Kimlin 	305:00	14	2.75	173	91.91	2
Sun Zehao 	296:57	15	3.03	172	91.28	0
Arsenije Ranković	303:06	14	2.77	151	90.73	0
Dennis Hedström 	275:56	19	4.13	201	90.55	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==
| tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division II B
| year = 2018
| country = Spain
| dates = 14–20 April
| num_teams = 6
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| games = 15
| goals = 133
| attendance = 
| scoring_leader = Oriol Boronat
| points = 12
| website = IIHF.com
}}
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Host, 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.
 	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
* Jevgēņijs Griškevičs
* Milan Novák
* Rasmus Toppel
* Tim Tzirtziganis
;Linesmen
* Alejandro García
* Marcus Höfer
* Andrey Korovkin
* Jiří Svoboda
* Carlos Trobajo
* Chris van Grinsven
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2).
===Awards and statistics===
====Awards====
*Best players selected by the directorate:
**Best Goalkeeper: Ander Alcaine
**Best Defenseman: Stefan Helmersson
**Best Forward: Patricio Fuentes
Source: IIHF.com
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Oriol Boronat 	5 	5	7	12 	+9 	0 	F
Patricio Fuentes 	5 	5	6	11 	+1 	0 	F
Pablo Muñoz 	5 	7	3	10 	+9 	2 	F
Jordan Challis 	5 	3	7	10 	0 	0 	F
Adrian Ubieto 	5 	2	8	10 	+12	4 	D
Matthew Schneider 	5 	4	5	9 	+5 	4 	F
Alejandro Carbonell	5 	3	6	9 	+10	0 	F
Aleksandr Polozov 	5 	3	6	9 	+4 	0 	F
Daniel Mazour 	5 	3	5	8 	+2 	6 	F
Pablo Puyuelo 	5 	2	6	8 	+8 	4 	F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
====Leading goaltenders====
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
Nir Tichon 	187:02	9 	2.89	110	91.82	0
Daniel Lee 	199:36	10	3.01	105	90.48	0
Ander Alcaine 	242:16	6 	1.49	58 	89.66	1
Andrés de la Garma	178:27	11	3.70	93 	88.17	0
Gilles Mangen 	179:50	16	5.34	134	88.06	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==
2018
Division II