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Host countries | ![]() ![]() |
Dates | March 27 – April 9 |
Teams | 12 (two groups of 6) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
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The 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from March 27 to April 9, 2006. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria. Group B's games were played in Auckland, New Zealand. Romania and China finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to Division I for 2007. While South Africa finished last in Group A and hosts New Zealand last in Group B and were relegated to Division III for 2007.
Team | Qualification |
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![]() | Placed 6th in Division I-Group B and were relegated in 2005. [1] |
![]() | Placed 2nd in Division II-Group B in 2005. [2] |
![]() | Placed 4th in Division II-Group B in 2005. [2] |
![]() | Host, placed 4th in Division II-Group A in 2005. [3] |
![]() | Placed 5th in Division II-Group B in 2005. [2] |
![]() | Placed 2nd in Division III and were promoted in 2005. [4] |
Team | Qualification |
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![]() | Placed 6th in Division I-Group A and were relegated in 2005. [5] |
![]() | Placed 2nd in Division II-Group A in 2005. [3] |
![]() | Placed 3rd in Division II-Group A in 2005. [3] |
![]() | Placed 3rd in Division II-Group B in 2005. [2] |
![]() | Host, Placed 5th in Division II-Group A in 2005. [3] |
![]() | Placed 1st in Division III and were promoted in 2005. [4] |
All times local.
March 27, 2006 12:00 | ![]() | 4–2 (2–0, 2–0, 0–2) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 60 |
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Andrian Catrinoi | Goalies | Bjorn Stejlen | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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24 min | Penalties | 28 min | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 25 |
March 27, 2006 15:30 | ![]() | 4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 93 |
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Tihomir Zecevic | Goalies | Jose Luis Alonso | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||
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40 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 12 |
March 27, 2006 19:00 | ![]() | 14–1 (5–0, 3–1, 6–0) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 873 |
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Konstantin Mihaylov | Goalies | David Berger Gary Bock | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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36 min | Penalties | 30 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Shots | 14 |
March 28, 2006 12:00 | ![]() | 2–2 (0–0, 1–0, 1–2) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 87 |
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Bjorn Stejlen | Goalies | Tihomir Zecevic | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||
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38 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 32 |
March 28, 2006 15:30 | ![]() | 3–19 (0–5, 0–6, 3–8) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 79 |
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David Berger | Goalies | Viorel Radu | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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18 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Shots | 57 |
March 28, 2006 19:00 | ![]() | 1–3 (0–2, 1–1, 0–0) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 1249 |
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Jose Luis Alonso | Goalies | Konstantin Mihaylov | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||
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22 min | Penalties | 36 min | ||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 19 |
March 30, 2006 12:00 | ![]() | 16–3 (6–0, 5–0, 5–3) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 54 |
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Andrian Catrinoi | Goalies | Jose Luis Alonso Juan Gonzalez | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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26 min | Penalties | 24 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 11 |
March 30, 2006 15:30 | ![]() | 0–7 (0–3, 0–1, 0–3) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 48 |
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Gary Bock | Goalies | Bjorn Stejlen | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Shots | 33 |
March 30, 2006 19:00 | ![]() | 2–4 (0–1, 1–2, 1–1) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 589 |
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Tihomir Zecevic Milan Lukovic | Goalies | Konstantin Mihaylov | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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18 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 23 |
April 1, 2006 12:00 | ![]() | 14–5 (3–1, 8–1, 3–3) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 62 |
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Milan Lukvic | Goalies | David Berger | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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52 | Shots | 17 |
April 1, 2006 15:30 | ![]() | 4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 137 |
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Bjorn Stejlen | Goalies | Jose Luis Alonso | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||
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24 min | Penalties | 32 min | ||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 14 |
April 1, 2006 19:00 | ![]() | 0–9 (0–1, 0–1, 0–7) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 1843 |
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Konstantin Mihaylov Ivaylo Asenov | Goalies | Viorel Radu | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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55 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Shots | 59 |
April 2, 2006 12:00 | ![]() | 5–3 (2–1, 2–0, 1–2) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 43 |
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Jose Luis Alonso | Goalies | Gary Bock | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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38 | Shots | 13 |
April 2, 2006 15:30 | ![]() | 11–1 (3–1, 3–0, 5–0) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 213 |
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Adrian Catrinoi Viorel Radu | Goalies | Tihomir Zecevic Milan Lukovic | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 min | Penalties | 24 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Shots | 17 |
April 2, 2006 19:00 | ![]() | 4–4 (2–2, 1–1, 1–1) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace Attendance: 797 |
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Konstantin Mihaylov | Goalies | Bjorn Stejlen | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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18 | Shots | 44 |
Promoted to Division I for 2007 [6] | |
Relegated to Division III for 2007 [6] |
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
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![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 9 | 50 | 10 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 7 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 2 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 59 | −47 | 0 |
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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![]() | 5 | 13 | 8 | 21 | +19 | 4 | F |
![]() | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | +20 | 0 | F |
![]() | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +11 | 2 | F |
![]() | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +8 | 4 | F |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +17 | 0 | D |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +5 | 22 | F |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +12 | 8 | D |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +8 | 0 | F |
![]() | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +9 | 0 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
All times local.
April 3, 2006 12:00 | ![]() | 1–5 (0–3, 0–1, 1–1) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 150 |
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Song Chol Ri | Goalies | Matthew Ezzy | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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18 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||||||||
18 | Shots | 46 |
April 3, 2006 15:30 | ![]() | 1–4 (0–2, 1–2, 0–0) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 120 |
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Alfonso de Alba | Goalies | Yang Yu | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||
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34 min | Penalties | 40 min | |||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 36 |
April 3, 2006 19:00 | ![]() | 1–8 (0–5, 1–1, 0–2) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 570 |
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Mike Parsons | Goalies | Ho-Seung Son | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 16 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Shots | 78 |
April 4, 2006 12:00 | ![]() | 14–2 (6–0, 4–1, 4–1) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 85 |
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Ming Xie | Goalies | Song Chol Ri Kun Hyok Pak | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 min | Penalties | 26 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 23 |
April 4, 2006 15:30 | ![]() | 15–2 (5–0, 7–2, 3–0) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 110 |
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Sung-Bae Kim Ho-Seung Son | Goalies | Alfonso de Alba Andres de la Garma | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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54 | Shots | 19 |
April 4, 2006 19:00 | ![]() | 6–2 (1–0, 2–0, 3–2) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 1200 |
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Stuart Denman | Goalies | Gareth Livingstone | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 min | Penalties | 22 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Shots | 14 |
April 6, 2006 12:00 | ![]() | 2–4 (0–3, 1–0, 1–1) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 108 |
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Matthew Ezzy | Goalies | Ho-Seung Son | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 24 min | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 39 |
April 6, 2006 15:30 | ![]() | 0–3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 100 |
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Alfonso de Alba | Goalies | Song Chol Ri | Referee:![]() | ||||||||
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21 | Shots | 31 |
April 6, 2006 19:00 | ![]() | 5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 550 |
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Yang Yu | Goalies | Mike Parsons Gareth Livingstone | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
70 | Shots | 13 |
April 7, 2006 12:00 | ![]() | 9–2 (2–0, 4–0, 3–2) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 120 |
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Stuart Denman | Goalies | Andreas de la Garma Alfonso de Alba | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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45 | Shots | 21 |
April 7, 2006 15:30 | ![]() | 3–6 (1–0, 1–4, 1–2) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 250 |
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Sung-Bae Kim | Goalies | Yang Yu | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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32 | Shots | 34 |
April 7, 2006 19:00 | ![]() | 3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 800 |
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Song Chol Ri | Goalies | Mike Parsons | Referee:![]() | ||||||||
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46 | Shots | 18 |
April 9, 2006 12:00 | ![]() | 5–1 (2–1, 2–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 600 |
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Sung-Bae Kim | Goalies | Song Chol Ri | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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45 | Shots | 16 |
April 9, 2006 15:30 | ![]() | 5–5 (2–2, 1–1, 2–2) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 550 |
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Yang Yu | Goalies | Matthew Ezzy | Referee:![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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40 | Shots | 44 |
April 9, 2006 19:00 | ![]() | 3–4 (0–2, 1–2, 2–0) | ![]() | Botany Attendance: 1200 |
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Mike Parsons | Goalies | Alfonso de Alba | Referee:![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Promoted to Division I for 2007 [7] | |
Relegated to Division III for 2007 [7] |
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
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![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 23 | 9 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 23 | 8 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 7 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 4 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 34 | −25 | 2 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 0 |
GP = Games played; W = Wins; T = Ties;L = Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GDF = Goal difference; PTS = Points
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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![]() | 5 | 10 | 8 | 18 | +16 | 4 | F |
![]() | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +4 | 6 | F |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +12 | 2 | F |
![]() | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +5 | 12 | F |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +7 | 14 | F |
![]() | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +3 | 4 | F |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 6 | D |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +8 | 6 | D |
![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +3 | 0 | F |
![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 2 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
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 |
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![]() | 240:00 | 123 | 9 | 2.25 | 92.68 | 1 |
![]() | 220:00 | 76 | 6 | 1.64 | 92.11 | 0 |
![]() | 220:00 | 208 | 18 | 4.91 | 91.35 | 0 |
![]() | 179:31 | 96 | 9 | 3.01 | 90.62 | 0 |
![]() | 120:00 | 35 | 4 | 2.00 | 88.57 | 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
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The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested between April 11–17, 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to the start of the tournament, the Mongolian national team announced they would withdraw, citing financial reasons. All games against them were counted as a forfeit, with a score of 5–0 for the opposing team.
The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II were international Ice Hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested from 4–10 April 2011 in Melbourne, Australia and Group B was contested from 10 to 16 April 2011 in Zagreb, Croatia. Prior to the start of the tournament the North Korean national team announced they would withdraw, citing financial reasons. All games against them were counted as a forfeit, with a score of 5–0 for the opposing team. This was the last year of parallel divisional tournaments so teams that finished third and above formed Group A for 2012, and the lower finishers formed Group B.
The 2014 IIHF World Championship Division II was a pair of international Ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Belgrade, Serbia, running from 9 to 15 April 2014 and Group B was contested in Jaca, Spain, running from 5 to 11 April 2014. Divisions II A and II B represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the Ice Hockey World Championships.
The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I was two international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I Group A tournament was played in Graz, Austria, from 15 to 21 April 2017, and the Division I Group B tournament was played in Katowice, Poland, from 8 to 14 April 2017.
The 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was three international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II Group A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017, the Division II Group B tournament was played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 27 February to 5 March 2017, and the Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 12 to 17 December 2016.
The 2018 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 11th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Ice Palace in Dmitrov, Russia from 6 to 13 January 2018. The USA won for the seventh time, for the first time defeating someone other than Canada in the gold medal game. Sweden took silver, while Canada took bronze beating host Russia. The Russians beat Canada in the preliminary round, marking another first.
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 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I was two international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I Group A tournament was played in Vaujany, France, and the Division I Group B tournament was played in Asiago, Italy, both from 8 to 14 April 2018.
The 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was three international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II Group A tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 31 March to 6 April 2018, the Division II Group B tournament was played in Valdemoro, Spain, from 17 to 23 March 2018, and the Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 9 December 2017.
The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I was two international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I Group A tournament was played in Budapest, Hungary, from 7 to 13 April 2019, and the Division I Group B tournament was played in Beijing, China, from 6 to 12 April 2019.
The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was three international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II Group A tournament was played in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 2 to 8 April 2019, the Division II Group B tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 1 to 7 April 2019, and the Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 18 January 2019.
The 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I were a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I A and Division I B tournaments represented the second and the third tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.
The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.
The 2022 IIHF World Championship Division I was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.