2010 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice Hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 10–17, 2010. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Naucalpan, Mexico. Group B's games were played in Narva, Estonia. Spain and Estonia won Group A and Group B, respectively, to earn promotion to Division I at the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Meanwhile, Turkey and Israel finished last in Group A and B and will be relegated to Division III in 2011. The four teams will be replaced by Serbia and Croatia, which were relegated from Division I, and Ireland and North Korea which earned promotion from Division III.
==Participants==
===Group A===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2009.
 	Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2009
 	Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2009
 	Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2009
 	Host, Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2009
 	Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2009.
===Group B===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2009.
 	Host, Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2009
 	Placed 3rd in Division II-Group A in 2009
 	Placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2009
 	Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2009
 	Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2009.
==Group A tournament==
===Standings===
	Promoted to Division I for 2011
	Relegated to Division III for 2011
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	5	5	0	0	0	35	7 	28 	15
2	 	5	4	0	0	1	31	15	16 	12
3	 	5	3	0	0	2	26	18	8 	9
4	 	5	2	0	0	3	28	31	-3 	6
5	 	5	1	0	0	4	17	21	-4 	3
6	 	5	0	0	0	5	8 	53	-45	0
===Tournament Awards===
; Best players selected by the directorate: 
*Best Goalkeeper: Andres de la Garma (82 saves from 92 shots on goal)
*Best Forward: Juan Munoz (10 goals, 6 assists)
*Best Defenseman: Anthony Wilson (1 goal, 5 assists)
===Fixtures===
All times local.
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
Juan Muñoz 	5 	10	6 	16 	+13	4
Alexei Yotov 	5 	8 	7 	15 	+10	12
Stanislav Muhachov	5 	7 	8 	15 	+9 	6
Alejandro Pedraz 	5 	2 	10	12 	+11	0
Brian Arroyo 	5 	5 	6 	11 	0 	2
Sven van Buren 	5 	7 	3 	10 	+3 	14
Lliam Webster 	5 	7 	2 	9 	+5 	12
Mitch Morgan 	5 	6 	3 	9 	+6 	6
Adrian Betran 	5 	3 	6 	9 	+15	2
Vincent Morgan 	5 	2 	7 	8 	+5 	6
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 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Player 	TOI 	SA 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
Ander Alcaine 	240:00	136	6 	1.50	95.59	1
Matthew Ezzy 	180:00	150	10	3.33	93.33	0
Anthony Kimlin 	120:00	120	5 	2.50	91.67	0
Konstantin Mihaylov	271:21	270	24	5.31	91.11	0
Andres de la Garma 	178:09	94 	12	4.04	87.23	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==
===Final standings===
	Promoted to Division I for 2011
	Relegated to Division III for 2011
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	5	5	0	0	0	62	5 	57 	15
2	 	5	4	0	0	1	47	14	33 	12
3	 	5	3	0	0	2	16	18	-2 	9
4	 	5	2	0	0	3	9 	39	-30	6
5	 	5	1	0	0	4	12	26	-15	3
6	 	5	0	0	0	5	11	55	-44	0
===Tournament Awards===
; Best players selected by the directorate:
*MVP: Andrei Makrov 
*Best Goalkeeper: Mark Rajevski (87 saves from 89 shots on goal)
*Best Forward: Andrei Makrov (14 goals, 14 assists, 53 shots)
*Best Defenseman: Dmitri Suur (5 goals, 13 assists, 27 shots)
===Fixtures===
All times local.
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
Andrei Makrov 	5 	14	14	28 	+21	12
Dmitri Suur 	5 	5 	13	18 	+17	2
Aleksandr Petrov 	5 	6 	11	17 	+19	4
Emil Alengaard 	5 	6 	6 	12 	+1 	8
Maksim Ivanov 	5 	4 	8 	12 	+14	6
Anton Nekrassov 	5 	8 	3 	11 	+13	0
Maksim Semjonov 	5 	4 	7 	11 	+14	2
Csanad Virag 	5 	6 	4 	10 	+11	12
Vassili Titarenko	5 	4 	5 	9 	+8 	0
Sergei Frenkel 	5 	5 	3 	8 	-12	6
Ede Mihaly 	5 	5 	3 	8 	+8 	4
Zsolt Molnar 	5 	4 	4 	8 	+9 	0
Zsombor Antal 	5 	3 	5 	8 	+13	0
Ervin Moldovan 	5 	3 	5 	8 	+6 	2
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 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Player 	TOI 	SA 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
Mark Rajevski 	240:00	89 	2 	0.50	97.75	2
Xie Ming 	120:00	52 	4 	2.00	92.31	0
Dennis Hedstrom 	240:00	141	12	3.00	91.49	0
Adrian Catrinoi Cornea	188:29	101	12	3.82	88.12	0
Liu Xue 	180:00	168	22	7.33	86.90	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
==Team Photos==
2010Australia.jpg|Australia
2010Romania.jpg|Romania
==References==
==External links==
*International Ice Hockey Federation
Category:2010 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships