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The 2005 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held March 7 - May 15, 2005, in 7 cities in 6 countries: Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria (Championship); Debrecen, Hungary (Division I - Group A); Eindhoven, the Netherlands (Division I - Group B); Zagreb, Croatia (Division II - Group A); Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (Division II - Group B); Mexico City, Mexico (Division III). It was a major professional tournament, because of the 2004 NHL labor dispute. This international event was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The championship was won by the Czech Republic.

Championship[]

Main article: 2005 IIHF World Championship

The Championship division was contested from April 30 to May 15, 2005 in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria. Participants in this tournament were placed into groups of four with the top three teams in each group advancing to the qualifying round. Teams which finished last in the group were sent to the relegation round where the top bottom teams were relegated to the 2006 Division I tournament. Within the qualifying round teams were split into two groups of six with the top four advancing to the playoff round and the bottom two eliminated from advancing. The playoff round was a knockout stage towards the gold medal game. The Championship was played in Vienna, Austria. The Czech Republic won the gold medal game, defeating Canada 3–0. While Germany and Austria were relegated to Division I for 2006.[1]

Final standings
  1. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
  2. Flag of Canada.svg Canada
  3. Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  4. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
  5. Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
  6. Flag of the United States.svg United States
  7. Flag of Finland.svg Finland
  8. Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
  9. Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
  10. Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
  11. Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
  12. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
  13. Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
  14. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
  15. Flag of Germany.svg Germanyrelegated to Division I for 2006
  16. Flag of Austria.svg Austriarelegated to Division I for 2006

Division I[]

Main article: 2005 IIHF World Championship Division I

Division I was contested from April 17 to April 23, 2005. Participants in this tournament were separated into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Debrecen, Hungary. Group B's games were played in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Norway and Italy finished atop of Group A and Group B respectively, gaining promotion to the Championship division for 2006. While China finished last in Group A and Romania last in Group B and were relegated to Division II for 2006.[2][3]

Final standings

Group A

  1. Flag of Norway.svg Norwaypromoted to Championship division for 2006
  2. Flag of Poland.svg Poland
  3. Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
  4. Flag of Japan.svg Japan
  5. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
  6. Flag of China.svg Chinarelegated to Division II for 2006

Group B

  1. Flag of Italy.svg Italypromoted to Championship division for 2006
  2. Flag of France.svg France
  3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
  4. Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
  5. Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
  6. Flag of Romania.svg Romaniarelegated to Division II for 2006

Division II[]

Main article: 2005 IIHF World Championship Division II

Division II 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.[4][5]

Final standings

Group A

  1. Flag of Croatia.svg Croatiapromoted to Division I for 2006
  2. Flag of Australia.svg Australia
  3. Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
  4. Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
  5. Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
  6. Flag of Turkey.svg Turkeyrelegated to Division III for 2006

Group B

  1. Flag of Israel.svg Israelpromoted to Division I for 2006
  2. Flag of Serbia and Montenegro svg Serbia and Montenegro
  3. Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
  4. Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium
  5. Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  6. Flag of Iceland.svg Icelandrelegated to Division III for 2006

Division III[]

Main article: 2005 IIHF World Championship Division III

Division III was contested from March 7–13, 2005 in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexico won the championship and gained promotion, along with South Africa, into the 2006 Division II tournament.[6]

Final standings
  1. Flag of Mexico.svg Mexicopromoted to Division II for 2006
  2. Flag of South Africa.svg South Africapromoted to Division II for 2006
  3. Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
  4. Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
  5. Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia

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