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2015 edition of the Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
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The 2015 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 79th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation . Teams participated at several levels of competition, which also served as qualification for division placements in the 2016 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships and to finalize seeding for 2018 Winter Olympics qualification.
Championship
Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship
The top division championship took place from 1 to 17 May 2015 with the participation of sixteen teams. Czech Republic hosted the event with games played in Prague and Ostrava . Canada won the championship, defeating Russia in the final.
The IIHF's official final rankings of the tournament:
Relegated to the 2016 Division I
Division I
Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I
Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played April 19 to 25, 2015. Ukraine was to host the tournament, with some matches in Donetsk , but withdrew in advance due to "the political tension in the country being an obstacle for foreign visitors and fans who want to visit the ice festival in Donetsk." On 18 September 2014, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted in Kraków , Poland .
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
Kazakhstan
5
5
0
0
0
23
6
+17
15
Promoted to the 2016 Top Division
Hungary
5
4
0
0
1
14
11
+3
12
Poland
5
2
0
0
3
9
9
0
6
Japan
5
2
0
0
3
10
16
−6
6
Italy
5
1
1
0
3
7
12
−5
5
Ukraine
5
0
0
1
4
8
17
−9
1
Relegated to the 2016 Division I B
Source: IIHF
Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Eindhoven , Netherlands , from 13 to 19 April 2015.
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
South Korea
5
4
0
0
1
30
11
+19
12
Promoted to the 2016 Division I A
Great Britain
5
3
1
0
1
13
10
+3
11
Lithuania
5
3
0
0
2
11
12
−1
9
Croatia
5
2
0
1
2
16
20
−4
7
Estonia
5
1
0
0
4
10
21
−11
3
Netherlands
5
1
0
0
4
9
15
−6
3
Relegated to the 2016 Division II A
Source: IIHF
Division II
Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship Division II
Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Reykjavík , Iceland , from 13 to 19 April 2015.
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
Romania
5
4
1
0
0
27
11
+16
14
Promoted to the 2016 Division I B
Belgium
5
2
1
0
2
22
15
+7
8
Serbia
5
1
1
2
1
18
22
−4
7
Spain
5
2
0
1
2
16
20
−4
7
Iceland
5
2
0
1
2
17
13
+4
7
Australia
5
0
1
0
4
11
30
−19
2
Relegated to the 2016 Division II B
Source: IIHF
Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Cape Town , South Africa , from 13 to 19 April 2015.
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
China
5
4
1
0
0
33
15
+18
14
Promoted to the 2016 Division II A
New Zealand
5
3
0
0
2
21
17
+4
9
Mexico
5
3
0
0
2
24
15
+9
9
Bulgaria
5
2
0
0
3
17
30
−13
6
Israel
5
1
0
1
3
20
29
−9
4
South Africa
5
1
0
0
4
11
20
−9
3
Relegated to the 2016 Division III
Source: IIHF
Division III
Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship Division III
The Division III tournament was played in İzmir , Turkey , from 3 to 12 April 2015.
Source: IIHF
References
"Playoffs and Final Rankings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-17.Ukraine withdraws
^ "28 tournaments confirmed" . iihfworlds2014.com . 2014-05-23.
"Poland gets Division IA Worlds" . world.einnews.com. 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
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