WC: 2015 — Divisions I-II-III

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2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A
Kraków, Poland
April 19-25, 2015

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Date | Game | CET
Apr. 19|Hungary vs. Japan|13:00
Apr. 19|Ukraine vs. Kazakhstan|16:30
Apr. 19|Poland vs. Italy|20:00
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Apr. 20|Kazakhstan vs. Hungary|13:00
Apr. 20|Italy vs. Ukraine|16:30
Apr. 20|Japan vs. Poland|20:00
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Apr. 22|Kazakhstan vs. Japan|13:00
Apr. 22|Italy vs. Hungary|16:30
Apr. 22|Poland vs. Ukraine|20:00
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Apr. 23|Japan vs. Italy|13:00
Apr. 23|Ukraine vs. Hungary|16:30
Apr. 23|Kazakhstan vs. Poland|20:00
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Apr. 25|Japan vs. Ukraine|13:00
Apr. 25|Italy vs. Kazakhstan|16:30
Apr. 25|Hungary vs. Poland|20:00

2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B
Eindhoven, Netherlands
April 13-19, 2015

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Date | Game | CET
Apr. 13|Great Britain vs. Croatia|13:30
Apr. 13|Estonia vs. South Korea|17:00
Apr. 13|Netherlands vs. Lithuania|20:30
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Apr. 14|Estonia vs. Great Britain|13:30
Apr. 14|Croatia vs. Lithuania|17:00
Apr. 14|South Korea vs. Netherlands|20:30
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Apr. 16|Lithuania vs. Estonia|13:30
Apr. 16|South Korea vs. Great Britain|17:00
Apr. 16|Croatia vs. Netherlands|20:30
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Apr. 18|Lithuania vs. South Korea|13:30
Apr. 18|Croatia vs. Estonia|17:00
Apr. 18|Great Britain vs. Netherlands|20:30
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Apr. 19|South Korea vs. Croatia|13:30
Apr. 19|Lithuania vs. Great Britain|17:00
Apr. 19|Netherlands vs. Estonia|20:30

2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group A
Reykjavik, Iceland
April 13-19, 2015

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Date | Game | UTC | CET
Apr. 13|Spain vs. Australia|13:00|15:00
Apr. 13|Serbia vs. Romania|16:30|18:30
Apr. 13|Iceland vs. Belgium|20:00|22:00
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Apr. 14|Romania vs. Australia|13:00|15:00
Apr. 14|Belgium vs. Spain|16:30|18:30
Apr. 14|Iceland vs. Serbia|20:00|22:00
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Apr. 16|Romania vs. Belgium|13:00|15:00
Apr. 16|Serbia vs. Australia|16:30|18:30
Apr. 16|Iceland vs. Spain|20:00|22:00
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Apr. 17|Belgium vs. Serbia|13:00|15:00
Apr. 17|Spain vs. Romania|16:30|18:30
Apr. 17|Australia vs. Iceland|20:00|22:00
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Apr. 19|Serbia vs. Spain|13:00|15:00
Apr. 19|Australia vs. Belgium|16:30|18:30
Apr. 19|Romania vs. Iceland|20:00|22:00

2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B
Cape Town, South Africa
April 13-19, 2015

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Date | Game | CET
Apr. 13|New Zealand vs. Israel|13:00
Apr. 13|Bulgaria vs. China|16:15
Apr. 13|Mexico vs. South Africa|20:00
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Apr. 14|Israel vs. China|13:00
Apr. 14|Mexico vs. New Zealand|16:15
Apr. 14|South Africa vs. Bulgaria|20:00
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Apr. 16|Mexico vs. Bulgaria|13:00
Apr. 16|New Zealand vs. China|16:15
Apr. 16|Israel vs. South Africa|20:00
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Apr. 17|China vs. Mexico|13:00
Apr. 17|Bulgaria vs. Israel|16:15
Apr. 17|South Africa vs. New Zealand|20:00
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Apr. 19|New Zealand vs. Bulgaria|13:00
Apr. 19|Israel vs. Mexico|16:15
Apr. 19|China vs. South Africa|20:00

2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III
Izmir, Turkey
April 3-12, 2015

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Date | Game | EET | CET
Apr. 3|DPR Korea vs. Bosnia|13:00|12:00
Apr. 3|Luxembourg vs. Georgia|16:30|15:30
Apr. 3|Hong Kong vs. UAE|20:00|19:00
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Apr. 4|Georgia vs. DPR Korea|13:00|12:00
Apr. 4|UAE vs. Luxembourg|16:30|15:30
Apr. 4|Turkey vs. Bosnia|20:00|19:00
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Apr. 6|Hong Kong vs. Bosnia|13:00|12:00
Apr. 6|DPR Korea vs. UAE|16:30|15:30
Apr. 6|Turkey vs. Georgia|20:00|19:00
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Apr. 7|Bosnia vs. Luxembourg|13:00|12:00
Apr. 7|Georgia vs. Hong Kong|16:30|15:30
Apr. 7|UAE vs. Turkey|20:00|19:00
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Apr. 9|Georgia vs. Bosnia|13:00|12:00
Apr. 9|DPR Korea vs. Luxembourg|16:30|15:30
Apr. 9|Turkey vs. Hong Kong|20:00|19:00
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Apr. 10|Bosnia vs. UAE|13:00|12:00
Apr. 10|Hong Kong vs. DPR Korea|16:30|15:30
Apr. 10|Luxembourg vs. Turkey|20:00|19:00
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Apr. 12|UAE vs. Georgia|13:00|12:00
Apr. 12|Luxembourg vs. Hong Kong|16:30|15:30
Apr. 12|Turkey vs. DPR Korea|20:00|19:00

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[kaiser matias]

North Korea and Turkey should battle for promotion here. Bosnia and Georgia are going to be in last place, and though Georgia is in their third consecutive tournament while Bosnia just came back after a 7 year hiatus, it will probably be a close match.

 

[kulenova seka]

Croatia will play friendly game against Slovenia on April 7th.

 

[Slohockey]

I am curious to see what kind of team Ukraine is going to bring. I hope that all the best players will come.

Tough to predict "winners" and "loser" in 1A group. I would say Italy and Kazakhstan go up and down...I do not know, very hard to say.

And 1B group; Croatia big favourites to go to 1A. Everything else would be surprise I think. And going to 2A group...Estonia maybe.

 

[Exarz]

Longshot here, but are there any stream available? I've heard a lot of DPR Korea's style of play and I would love to see it live!

 

[Jastrzab]

I am curious to see what kind of team Ukraine is going to bring. I hope that all the best players will come.

Hockey situation in Ukraine is not good, so we can expect many changes compared to championship in Goyang, e.g. Oleksandr Materukhin will be absent. He had four goals and three assists in five games in the last championship. In Euro Ice Hockey Challenge in February played only seven players who were on the last World Championships Division I.

 

[airbus1094]

Tough to predict "winners" and "loser" in 1A group. I would say Italy and Kazakhstan go up and down...I do not know, very hard to say.

Kazakhstan is usually a big favorite to win, but this year's team looks weaker than ever, a good showing by some of the traditionally weaker teams could be enough to keep Kazakhstan in D1 for another year.

 

[crobro]

I'm looking at Hungary to promote in 1a

Croatia and Korea to battle it out for promotion

 

[IIHFjerseycollector]

I'm looking at Hungary to promote in 1a

Croatia and Korea to battle it out for promotion

whos your 2nd team to promote?

 

[crobro]

whos your 2nd team to promote?

Prolly the Japanese team

 

[kaiser matias]

It doesn't seem like it, but if one does emerge the IIHF has been pretty good about posting them on the tournament page.

 

[Jastrzab]

Andrew Sarauer and Frank Banham received Hungarian citizenship and joined to Hungarians training camp. Banham played in 32 games in NHL (9G, 2A) and 304 games in AHL (89G, 99A).

 

[kaiser matias]

The Turkey-Bosnia match had over 1500 spectators. For comparison, the other Division III games, except one, have had less than 100 people attend. Don't know what the Turks did to get so many people there, but its good to see so many interested in watching some hockey out there.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Andrew Sarauer and Frank Banham received Hungarian citizenship and joined to Hungarians training camp. Banham played in 32 games in NHL (9G, 2A) and 304 games in AHL (89G, 99A).

Banham is 39 years old.

 

[Jastrzab]

Banham is 39 years old.

Of course (He will be 40 years a few days before the tournament), but He had 19 goals and 27 assists in Székesfehérvár in this season. Banham is the second best scorer in his team - Andrew Sarauer is the first. Therefore, I think both should be serious reinforcements for the Hungarian team.

 

[kulenova seka]

Huns are lacking sniper since Palkovics retired, so Banham, despite age, should help them.

 

[Namejs]

Tough to predict "winners" and "loser" in 1A group. I would say Italy and Kazakhstan go up and down...I do not know, very hard to say.

Why is it tough? Kazakhstan and Italy have been 'elevator teams' for nearly a decade now. Is there any reason to assume something else will happen this year?

 

[kulenova seka]

Why is it tough? Kazakhstan and Italy have been 'elevator teams' for nearly a decade now. Is there any reason to assume something else will happen this year?

I read interview with Italian coach or GM at IIHF where they said that from now on they are going to use domestic players only (with few italos only). If true, I cant see them in top two with roster like that


Here it is http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=9224&cHash=21ebd7941428a82b57b04a2f932eec7f

 

[Namejs]

I read interview with Italian coach or GM at IIHF where they said that from now on they are going to use domestic players only (with few italos only). If true, I cant see them in top two with roster like that

That's interesting. If that's true, hats off to them. And, yup, it definitely opens doors for someone else to join the Elite next year. They've been heavily relying on North Americans, so in the short term the quality of their roster will drop substantially.

 

[airbus1094]

Why is it tough? Kazakhstan and Italy have been 'elevator teams' for nearly a decade now. Is there any reason to assume something else will happen this year?

Kazakhstan has a couple key players injured and any players playing for Russian KHL teams aren't playing for the NT since then they'll be labeled as foreigners on Russian teams most notably Kolesnik, the top goalkeeper. Still we should be able win without too much trouble, but the team is weaker than usual.

 

[Belizarius]

That's interesting. If that's true, hats off to them. And, yup, it definitely opens doors for someone else to join the Elite next year. They've been heavily relying on North Americans, so in the short term the quality of their roster will drop substantially.

France did that 10 years ago and see the results... About time for Italy !

 

[Jastrzab]

I read interview with Italian coach or GM at IIHF where they said that from now on they are going to use domestic players only (with few italos only)

This team may be interesting

I saw wide Kazakhstan team for the World Championships, but I didn't see Nikolai Antropov. Will he be play in tournament? I read also, that probably Vitali Kolesnik will not play in the championship.

 

[QnebO]

IIHF should use se money to organize streamin / TV signal for these games. I would like to see some.

 

[airbus1094]

This team may be interesting

I saw wide Kazakhstan team for the World Championships, but I didn't see Nikolai Antropov. Will he be play in tournament? I read also, that probably Vitali Kolesnik will not play in the championship.

Kolesnik is confirmed not coming, Antropov is questionable, doesn't seem to excited to come, plus he also has a 2 match suspension from last year, so he'll only be there for 3 of the games *should he be called up.


Edit: Antropov is confirmed not coming, maybe retiring.

 

[Urbanskog]

IIHF should use se money to organize streamin / TV signal for these games. I would like to see some.

I believe Division 3 is the only one without any kind of streaming. The IIHF provides streaming for Division 2 and the games of both groups of Division 1 are actually televised in several countries.