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
 	Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2004.
 	Host, placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2004.
 	Placed 3rd in Division II-Group A in 2004.
 	Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2004.
 	Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2004.
 	Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2004.
===Group B===
Team	2004 Result
 	Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2004.
 	Host, placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2004.
 	Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2004.
 	Placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2004.
 	Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2004.
 	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
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	5	5	0	0	46	6 	40 	10
2	 	5	4	0	1	35	5 	29 	8
3	 	5	3	0	2	26	9 	17 	6
4	 	5	2	0	3	22	26	-4 	4
5	 	5	1	0	4	14	31	-17	2
6	 	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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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 Mladjenovic 	5	5	5	10	+12	12	F
Tomislav Grozaj 	5	9	0	9 	+11	0 	F
Joon-Seo Bae 	5	6	2	8 	+4 	0 	F
Veljko Zibret 	5	4	4	8 	+9 	10	F
Kresimir Svigir 	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 	 	 	 	 	 	
Stuart Denman	147:02	43 	1 	0.41	97.67	2
Matthew Ezzy 	152:50	81 	3 	1.18	96.30	2
Vanja Belic 	252:41	97 	6 	1.42	93.81	1
Sung-Bae Kim 	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 2011
	Relegated to Division III for 2011
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	5	4	1	0	21	11	10 	9
2	 	5	4	0	1	30	10	20 	8
3	 	5	2	1	2	14	17	-3 	5
4	 	5	2	0	3	13	19	-6 	4
5	 	5	1	0	4	8 	15	-7 	2
6	 	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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Oren Eizenman 	5	10	4 	14	+11	6 	F
Ivan Prokic 	5	2 	11	13	+5 	22	F
Csaba Prokec 	5	5 	6 	11	+6 	0 	F
Sergey Frenkel 	5	1 	9 	10	+6 	8 	F
Branko Mamic 	5	2 	7 	9 	+4 	16	D
Marko Kovacevic 	5	4 	2 	6 	+6 	22	F
Marko Prokic 	5	4 	2 	6 	+3 	41	F
Alon Eizenman 	3	3 	3 	6 	+5 	4 	F
Predrag Milosavljevic	5	3 	2 	5 	0 	2 	F
Myong Jin Jang 	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 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jevgeny Gussin 	300:00	165	11	2.20	93.33	1
Tihomir Zecevic 	271:26	122	9 	1.99	92.62	2
Jon Trausti Gudmundsson	240:00	186	15	3.75	91.94	0
Bjorn Steylen 	300:00	205	19	3.80	90.73	0
Song Chol Ri 	280:00	154	15	3.21	90.26	0
Source: IIHF.com
==Team Photos==
2005Australia.jpg|Australia
==Reference==
==External links==
*International Ice Hockey Federation
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Category:IIHF World Championships