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2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries  Estonia
 Romania
Dates 14 – 20 March 2005
21 March – 27 April 2005
Teams 12
2004
2006
Promoted to Division I for 2006
Relegated to Division III for 2006
Promoted to Division I for 2006
Relegated to Division III for 2006

The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 14 and 20 March 2005 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia and the Group B tournament took place between 21 and 27 March 2004 in Bucharest, Romania. South Korea and Hungary won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships. While South Africa finished last in Group A and Romania last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2006.

The Group A tournament began on 14 March 2005 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia.Estonia, the Netherlands, Serbia and Montenegro and Spain returned to compete in the Division II competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships.South Korea entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and South Africa entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.


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