The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division II were two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.^[1]

The Group A tournament was held in Madrid, Spain from 16 to 22 April and the Group B tournament in Istanbul, Turkey from 17 to 23 April 2023.

Spain won the Group A tournament and got promoted, while Iceland finished last, but Georgia was later disqualified by the IIHF and relegated^[why?].^[2][3] The United Arab Emirates won Group B and got promoted and Mexico was relegated.^[4]

Team	Qualification
Australia	Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2019.
Croatia	Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2022.
Spain	Host, placed 4th in Division II A in 2022.
Israel	Placed 5th in Division II A in 2022.
Iceland	Placed 1st in Division II B in 2022 and was promoted.
Georgia	Placed 2nd in Division II B in 2022 and was promoted.

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[5]

After the tournament was completed, the IIHF invalidated the results of Georgia and assigned it zero points in the IIHF World Ranking.^[why?][6][7] Georgia was relegated to Division II B for 2024, while Iceland, the last-placed team, retained its place in this division.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spain (H)	5	5	0	0	0	30	9	+21	15	Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2	Georgia	5	4	0	0	1	20	8	+12	12	Relegated to the 2024 Division II B
3	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	26	18	+8	9
4	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	16	22	−6	3[a]
5	Israel	5	1	0	0	4	14	37	−23	3[a]
6	Iceland	5	1	0	0	4	14	26	−12	3[a]

All times are local (UTC+2)

16 April 2023 12:30

Georgia

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Iceland

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 77

Game reference
	Ivan Starostin	Goalies	Jakob Johannesson	Referee: Štefan Požar Linesmen: Sergio Biec Michał Gerne
	Kurbatov (Bukiya) (PP) – 02:42 1–0 Marov (Bukiya) (PP) – 10:19 2–0 Slesarev (Kurbatov) (SH) – 26:04 3–0 3–1 31:08 – Arnarsson (Maack, Eggertsson) Bukiya (EN) – 56:04 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	34

16 April 2023 16:00

Australia

4–6 (0–3, 4–2, 0–1)

Croatia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 117

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Vilim Rosandić	Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Cyril Debuche Carlos Trobajo
	0–1 02:04 – Jović (Kanaet, Smolec) 0–2 04:53 – Mikulić (Smolec, Čanić) (PP) 0–3 11:06 – Rendulić (B. Idžan) 0–4 21:04 – V. Idžan (Rendulić, Marinković) (PP) Pataky (Virjassov, Todd) – 30:17 1–4 Kubara (Darge, Kennedy) – 31:14 2–4 Haselhurst (Kennedy, Webster) – 33:39 3–4 3–5 37:43 – Smolec (Jarčov, Marinković) Newmark (Kubara, McGregor) – 38:59 4–5 4–6 58:30 – Rendulić (Jarčov) (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	28

16 April 2023 19:30

Spain

8–2 (2–0, 5–1, 1–1)

Israel

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 1,150

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Nir Tichon Maksim Kaliaev	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Niklas Wilhelmsen
	Basile (Encinar) – 04:30 1–0 De Bonilla (Burgos) – 10:12 2–0 González (Rubio, Carbonell) (PP) – 22:07 3–0 3–1 22:29 – Spektor (Mazour, Aharonovich) Baldris (Rubio, Carbonell) – 23:50 4–1 Rubio (Encinar) – 25:01 5–1 Muratet (Calvo, Donath) – 36:03 6–1 Muñoz (Fernández) – 37:18 7–1 Capillas (De Bonilla, Muratet) (PP) – 47:39 8–1 8–2 57:40 – Khubashvili (Milner, M. Kozhevnikov)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	15

17 April 2023 12:30

Croatia

6–2 (2–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Iceland

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 64

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Johann Ragnarsson	Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Cyril Debuche Niklas Wilhelmsen
	Vedlin (B. Idžan, Rendulić) – 01:22 1–0 Dobrić (Smolec, Čanić) – 08:39 2–0 2–1 28:58 – Leifsson (Mikaelsson, Arason) Čavlović (Mikulić, Čanić) – 30:27 3–1 B. Idžan (Rendulić) – 33:53 4–1 Čanić (Dobrić, Mikulić) (PP) – 37:26 5–1 V. Idžan (Marinković) – 44:03 6–1 6–2 46:36 – Alengård (Hlynsson, Eggertsson)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	25

17 April 2023 16:00

Israel

3–7 (2–1, 1–3, 0–3)

Georgia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 76

Game reference
	Maksim Kaliaev	Goalies	Ivan Starostin	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Michał Gerne Carlos Trobajo
	Raskin (Levin) – 10:58 1–0 Milner (Spektor, Kozhevnikov) – 12:59 2–0 2–1 19:40 – Obolgogiani (Kurbatov) (PP2) 2–2 21:04 – Kochkin (Dziov, Karelin) (PP2) Spektor (Milner) – 23:22 3–2 3–3 27:57 – Kurbatov (Obolgogiani) 3–4 28:18 – Karelin 3–5 44:31 – Karelin (Ermoshenko) (PP) 3–6 58:11 – Karelin (Dziov) (EN) 3–7 59:05 – Bukiya (Kurbatov) (EN)
	14 min	Penalties	2 min
	17	Shots	48

17 April 2023 19:30

Spain

8–1 (2–0, 4–0, 2–1)

Australia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 967

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Goro Terakado Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Masa Hashimoto
	De Bonilla (Capillas, Torralba) – 13:45 1–0 Capillas (Guerra) – 15:30 2–0 Carbonell (Burgos, Baldris) – 20:38 3–0 Carbonell (Rubio, Burgos) – 22:56 4–0 González (Rubio, Carbonell) (PP) – 35:32 5–0 González (Capillas, Torralba) – 37:19 6–0 Carbonell (Baldris, Burgos) (PP) – 46:15 7–0 7–1 50:46 – Virjassov (Kubara, Webster) Burgos (Carbonell, Rubio) – 51:25 8–1
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	41	Shots	23

19 April 2023 12:30

Croatia

12–1 (4–1, 4–0, 4–0)

Israel

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 256

Game reference
	Vito Nikolić	Goalies	Nir Tichon Maksim Kaliaev	Referee: Štefan Požar Linesmen: Sergio Biec Dario Fuchs
	Rendulić (B. Idžan, Bezuk) – 00:54 1–0 Jarčov (Rendulić) – 04:08 2–0 Mikulić – 09:21 3–0 3–1 16:00 – Milner (Spektor, Levin) (PP) Čanić (Dobrić, Silović) – 17:31 4–1 V. Idžan (Rendulić, Jarčov) – 23:26 5–1 Dimitrijević (Jović, Kanaet) – 28:18 6–1 Bezuk (Čanić, Mikulić) – 37:11 7–1 Rendulić (Čavlović) – 39:05 8–1 Mikulić (Dobrić) (PP) – 55:57 9–1 Marinković (Bezuk, Rendulić) – 56:34 10–1 Marinković (Silović, Rendulić) – 59:26 11–1 Kanaet (Dimitrijević, Čavlović) – 59:38 12–1
	31 min	Penalties	16 min
	55	Shots	25

19 April 2023 16:00

Australia

2–4 (1–1, 1–0, 0–3)

Iceland

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 237

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Jakob Johannesson	Referee: Goro Terakado Linesmen: Masa Hashimoto Carlos Trobajo
	Caruana (Landa, Kubara) – 11:42 1–0 1–1 15:21 – Hafsteinsson (Arnarsson, Eggertsson) Virjassov (Landa, Kennedy) (PP) – 32:10 2–1 2–2 55:03 – Mikaelsson (Magnússon, Sveinsson) 2–3 57:13 – Mikaelsson (Magnússon, Leifsson) 2–4 59:24 – Leifsson (Magnússon, Mikaelsson) (EN)
	11 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	34

19 April 2023 19:30

Spain

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Georgia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 1,169

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Mikhail Fofanov	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Cyril Debuche Niklas Wilhelmsen
	Donath (Muñoz, Zaballa) – 26:07 1–0 Muratet (Baldris, González) (EN) – 59:59 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	25

21 April 2023 12:30

Israel

1–7 (0–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Australia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 374

Game reference
	Maksim Kaliaev	Goalies	Anthony Kimlin	Referee: Štefan Požar Linesmen: Sergio Biec Niklas Wilhelmsen
	0–1 03:44 – Kennedy (Virjassov, Haselhurst) 0–2 17:48 – Caruana (Kubara) 0–3 25:16 – Caruana (Kubara, Darge) Mazour (Ben Tov, Levin) (PP) – 29:41 1–3 1–4 35:27 – Caruana (Kubara) (PP) 1–5 39:30 – Virjassov (Landa) (PP) 1–6 51:41 – Malloy (Taylor) 1–7 58:43 – Malloy (Darge, Caruana) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	51

21 April 2023 16:00

Georgia

6–0 (1–0, 1–0, 4–0)

Croatia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 197

Game reference
	Ivan Starostin	Goalies	Vilim Rosandić Vito Nikolić	Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Cyril Debuche Carlos Trobajo
	Bukiya (Marov, Kozyulin) – 08:52 1–0 Slesarev (Karelin, Obolgogiani) – 27:19 2–0 Karelin (Obolgogiani) – 42:42 3–0 Obolgogiani (Karelin, Ermoshenko) (PP) – 44:23 4–0 Shvetsov (Kharizov, Ermoshenko) – 45:50 5–0 Dziov (Bukiya, Kozyulin) – 55:57 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	24

21 April 2023 19:30

Iceland

4–7 (1–2, 1–2, 2–3)

Spain

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Jakob Johannesson	Goalies	Raul Barbo	Referee: Goro Terakado Linesmen: Michał Gerne Masa Hashimoto
	0–1 05:33 – Donath (Guerra, Zaballa) Arason (Leifsson, Mikaelsson) – 13:05 1–1 1–2 14:31 – Encinar (González, Capillas) 1–3 23:41 – Muñoz (González, García) 1–4 28:26 – Granell (Donath, Zaballa) Jóhannsson (Björgvinsson) – 28:56 2–4 2–5 42:53 – Baldris (Capillas) Arnarsson (Jóhannesson) – 43:52 3–5 3–6 48:16 – Torralba (Baldris, García) 3–7 52:58 – Granell (Donath) Rúnarsson (Alengård, Hlynsson) – 59:22 4–7
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	37

22 April 2023 12:30

Australia

2–3 (1–0, 0–3, 1–0)

Georgia

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 195

Game reference
	Charles Smart	Goalies	Mikhail Fofanov	Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Sergio Biec Cyril Debuche
	Caruana (Lodge) – 15:19 1–0 1–1 27:28 – Ermoshenko (Slesarev, Kochkin) 1–2 31:50 – Karelin (Kochkin, Obolgogiani) 1–3 34:28 – Karelin (Kharizov, Marov) Todd (Woodman, Kubara) (EA) – 58:29 2–3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	28

22 April 2023 16:00

Iceland

3–7 (1–1, 2–4, 0–2)

Israel

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 260

Game reference
	Jakob Johannesson	Goalies	Nir Tichon	Referee: Goro Terakado Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Carlos Trobajo
	0–1 02:05 – Levin (Spektor, Milner) Mikaelsson (Leifsson, Eggertsson) – 12:51 1–1 Arason (Mikaelsson, Magnússon) (PP) – 22:02 2–1 2–2 23:52 – Aharonovich (Spektor) 2–3 30:56 – Levin Jóhannsson (Arason, Alengård) – 31:25 3–3 3–4 36:17 – Milner (Levin) (SH) 3–5 39:23 – Milner (Levin, M. Kozhevnikov) (PP) 3–6 49:17 – Milner (Levin) 3–7 59:22 – Spektor (Levin, E. Kozhevnikov) (PP, EA)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	30

22 April 2023 19:30

Croatia

2–5 (2–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Spain

Pista de Hielo, Madrid Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Raul Barbo	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Michał Gerne Masa Hashimoto
	Jarčov – 07:24 1–0 Kegalj (Jarčov, V. Idžan) (SH) – 10:06 2–0 2–1 11:18 – Donath (Fernández, García) (PP) 2–2 20:33 – González (Encinar) 2–3 53:06 – Donath (Muñoz) 2–4 57:20 – Rubio (Carbonell, Fernández) 2–5 58:06 – Muratet (Fernández, Encinar) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	36

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Borna Rendulić	5	4	7	11	+2	4	F
Ivan Karelin	5	6	3	9	+6	8	F
David Levin	5	2	7	9	−3	0	F
Dorian Donath	5	5	3	8	+6	0	F
Aviv Milner	5	5	3	8	0	8	F
Alejandro Carbonell	5	3	5	8	+6	2	F
Gastón González	5	4	3	7	+8	4	F
Andri Mikaelsson	5	3	4	7	−1	0	F
Ilya Spektor	5	3	4	7	−4	8	F
Casey Kubara	5	1	6	7	−1	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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Ivan Starostin	180:00	4	1.33	75	94.67	1
Raul Barbo	300:00	9	1.80	103	91.26	1
Anthony Kimlin	238:28	17	4.28	131	87.02	0
Maksim Kaliaev	170:03	19	6.70	142	86.62	0
Vilim Rosandić	225:50	16	4.25	114	85.96	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

Position	Player[8]
Goaltender	Raul Barbo
Defenceman	Bruno Baldris
Forward	Borna Rendulić

Team	Qualification
New Zealand	Placed 3rd in Division II B in 2019.
Belgium	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Bulgaria	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Mexico	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
United Arab Emirates	Placed 1st in Division III A last year and was promoted.
Turkey	Host, placed 2nd in Division III A last year and was promoted.

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	United Arab Emirates	5	5	0	0	0	35	10	+25	15	Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2	Belgium	5	4	0	0	1	33	10	+23	12
3	Bulgaria	5	3	0	0	2	19	20	−1	9
4	New Zealand	5	2	0	0	3	15	22	−7	6
5	Turkey (H)	5	1	0	0	4	12	26	−14	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	10	36	−26	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division III A

All times are local (UTC+3).

17 April 2023 13:00

New Zealand

1–4 (0–0, 0–1, 1–3)

Belgium

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 51

Game reference
	Joel Hasselman	Goalies	Arne Waumans	Referee: Konstantin Chubenko Linesmen: Berkay Aslanbey Lodewijk Beelen
	0–1 29:21 – Kolyasnikov (Cuylen, Pyl) 0–2 45:58 – Coolen (Steyaert, Bogaerts) (PP) Vortanov (Nicholls) – 49:57 1–2 1–3 53:43 – Van den Bogaert (Van Espen) 1–4 54:02 – Verelst (Coolen)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	11	Shots	56

17 April 2023 16:30

Bulgaria

4–2 (1–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 63

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Tomas Payro	Referee: Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Nathan Carmichael Taha Kavlakoğlu
	0–1 01:51 – Majul (PP) Gatchev (Yotov) (PP) – 05:00 1–1 Nakov (Muhachev) – 27:58 2–1 Vasilev – 30:23 3–1 3–2 44:01 – Tapia (A. Valencia, Matsubara) (PP2) Vasilev (Dilkov, V. Dikov) – 55:35 4–2
	31 min	Penalties	14 min
	31	Shots	28

17 April 2023 20:30

Turkey

0–8 (0–3, 0–4, 0–1)

United Arab Emirates

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Eren Demirtürk Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Wayne Gerth Tomislav Grozaj
	0–1 07:57 – Zakharau (Chuikov, Kuznetsov) 0–2 11:11 – Klavdiev (Kuznetsov, Shapavalau) (PP) 0–3 11:50 – Kuznetsov (Al-Humaidi, Binsammoud) 0–4 23:17 – Chuikov (Kuznetsov, Zakharau) 0–5 25:27 – Kuznetsov (Chuikov) (PP) 0–6 30:20 – Chuikov (Zakharau, J. Al-Dhaheri) 0–7 37:53 – Zakharau (J. Al-Dhaheri, Chuikov) (PP) 0–8 55:02 – Zakharau (Chuikov, Remess)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	46

18 April 2023 13:00

Bulgaria

7–2 (4–0, 0–0, 3–2)

New Zealand

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 63

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Csaba Kercsó-Magos Joel Hasselman	Referee: Robert Love-Dekazos Linesmen: Chi Hongda Taha Kavlakoğlu
	Yotov (Tchaliov) – 01:31 1–0 Vasilev (Boyadjiev) (SH) – 09:52 2–0 Yotov (Tchaliov) – 17:19 3–0 V. Dikov (Vasilev) – 18:31 4–0 Dilkov (V. Dikov, Gatchev) (PP) – 40:49 5–0 Yotov (V. Dikov) – 48:31 6–0 6–1 48:52 – Vortanov (Dallimore) Dilkov – 49:44 7–1 7–2 59:15 – Challis (Polozov)
	39 min	Penalties	10 min
	46	Shots	29

18 April 2023 16:30

Belgium

3–4 (0–2, 1–2, 2–0)

United Arab Emirates

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 78

Game reference
	Arne Waumans Jelle Lievens	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Berkay Aslanbey Wayne Gerth
	0–1 01:37 – Al-Haddad (Klavdiev, Vukoja) 0–2 04:53 – Chuikov (Kuznetsov, Tomljenović) 0–3 21:59 – Kuznetsov (Zakharau) (PP) 0–4 25:08 – Usenka (Klavdiev) Steyaert (Blockx, James) – 25:59 1–4 Steyaert (Gyesbreghs, James) (PP) – 47:50 2–4 Gyesbreghs (Steyaert) – 55:25 3–4
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	50	Shots	21

18 April 2023 20:30

Mexico

0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 185

Game reference
	Tomas Payro Marcello de Antuñano	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Konstantin Chubenko Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Nathan Carmichael
	0–1 09:09 – Meydancı (Aydın, Odabaş) 0–2 15:59 – Gökçen (Aydin, Faner) 0–3 17:21 – Kavaz (Bingöl) 0–4 25:58 – Faner (Bakal, Savaş) (PP) 0–5 49:25 – Tayğar (Savaş, Bakal) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	39 min
	36	Shots	28

20 April 2023 13:00

New Zealand

1–7 (1–1, 0–4, 0–2)

United Arab Emirates

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 54

Game reference
	Csaba Kercsó-Magos	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Konstantin Chubenko Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Tomislav Grozaj
	Louw (Joyce, Dallimore) – 02:38 1–0 1–1 04:40 – Zakharau (Shapavalau) 1–2 25:25 – J. Al-Dhaheri (Kuznetsov) 1–3 26:30 – Kuznetsov (J. Al-Dhaheri, Zakharau) 1–4 29:54 – Klavdiev 1–5 34:56 – Chuikov (Vukoja, Zakharau) 1–6 46:57 – Zakharau (Bassayev, Chuikov) 1–7 48:01 – Kuznetsov (Al-Humaidi)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	57

20 April 2023 16:30

Belgium

11–2 (4–0, 4–2, 3–0)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 45

Game reference
	Jelle Lievens	Goalies	Tomas Payro Marcello de Antuñano	Referee: Robert Love-Dekazos Linesmen: Berkay Aslanbey Taha Kavlakoğlu
	Gyesbreghs (Verelst) (SH) – 09:10 1–0 Verelst (Van den Bogaert, Coolen) – 12:57 2–0 Cuylen (Blanchy) – 14:48 3–0 Coolen (Van den Bogaert) – 15:31 4–0 Gyesbreghs (James, Blockx) (PP) – 20:35 5–0 5–1 22:46 – Chávez (Díaz) James (Blockx) – 24:57 6–1 Van den Bogaert (Blanchy) (PP) – 34:55 7–1 Bosmans (Kolyasnikov, Gyesbreghs) – 36:20 8–1 8–2 39:59 – Majul (Tapia, Cuellar) Blockx (James, Gyesbreghs) – 40:38 9–2 Van den Bogaert (Verelst) – 51:25 10–2 Verelst (Cuylen) – 52:15 11–2
	32 min	Penalties	18 min
	65	Shots	14

20 April 2023 20:30

Bulgaria

5–3 (1–0, 2–0, 2–3)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 280

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Chi Hongda Wayne Gerth
	Nakov (Stamenov, Georgiev) – 15:58 1–0 Georgiev (Boyadjiev) (SH) – 22:19 2–0 Tchaliov (Boyadjiev) – 34:36 3–0 3–1 43:30 – Y. Karş (Bakal, Tayğar) 3–2 46:12 – Ö. Karş (Kavaz, Bingöl) 3–3 51:24 – Karakoç (Ö. Karş, Faner) Dilkov (Vasilev, Tchaliov) – 59:42 4–3 K. Dikov (Georgiev) (EN) – 59:46 5–3
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	36

21 April 2023 13:00

Mexico

2–7 (1–2, 0–3, 1–2)

New Zealand

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 43

Game reference
	Tomas Payro Marcello de Antuñano	Goalies	Joel Hasselman	Referee: Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Berkay Aslanbey Wayne Gerth
	A. Valencia (Cuellar, L. Valencia) (PP) – 09:13 1–0 1–1 14:01 – Craig (Cox, Challis) 1–2 17:47 – Kozak (Polozov, Regan) (PP) 1–3 26:14 – Henderson (Burns, Cox) (PP) 1–4 32:16 – Orr (Kozak, Polozov) 1–5 37:00 – Ellis (Challis, Burns) (PP) Cuellar (García, Tapia) – 40:11 2–5 2–6 40:35 – Kozak (Polozov) 2–7 46:44 – Dallimore (Vortanov, Hayward)
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	50

21 April 2023 16:30

United Arab Emirates

7–2 (2–0, 5–1, 0–1)

Bulgaria

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 87

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	Mate Tomljenović	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov Andrea Karabadjakov	Referee: Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Chi Hongda Taha Kavlakoğlu
	Al-Humaidi (Shapavalau, Binsammoud) – 07:36 1–0 Klavdiev (Vukoja) (PP) – 19:59 2–0 Usenka (Zakharau, Kuznetsov) (PP) – 22:31 3–0 Usenka (Klavdiev, Al-Mahrooqi) – 22:47 4–0 Chuikov (Kuznetsov, Tomljenović) (PP) – 27:47 5–0 5–1 29:42 – Vasilev (Dilkov, V. Dikov) Binsammoud (Shapavalau) – 31:38 6–1 Klavdiev (SH) – 34:25 7–1 7–2 50:52 – Yotov
	4 min	Penalties	11 min
	42	Shots	23

21 April 2023 20:30

Turkey

2–9 (2–2, 0–4, 0–3)

Belgium

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 428

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	Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Arne Waumans	Referee: Robert Love-Dekazos Linesmen: Nathan Carmichael Tomislav Grozaj
	Meydancı (Odabaş) – 01:27 1–0 Hars (Aydın) – 01:39 2–0 2–1 05:32 – Gyesbreghs (Kolyasnikov) 2–2 09:11 – James (Van Espen) (AG) (EA) 2–3 23:36 – Verelst (Steyaert, Gyesbreghs) (PP) 2–4 26:12 – Blockx (James, Gyesbreghs) (PP) 2–5 31:15 – James (Verelst, Gyesbreghs) 2–6 35:16 – Versin (Gyesbreghs, Bosmans) 2–7 49:11 – Coolen (Blanchy) (PP2) 2–8 49:52 – Gyesbreghs (Verelst) 2–9 59:17 – Verelst (Blockx, Gyesbreghs) (PP)
	23 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	59

23 April 2023 13:00

United Arab Emirates

9–4 (3–0, 1–2, 5–2)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 48

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	Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	Goalies	Marcello de Antuñano	Referee: Robert Love-Dekazos Linesmen: Chi Hongda Taha Kavlakoğlu
	Kuznetsov (Vukoja) – 00:59 1–0 Vukoja (Remess) (SH) – 09:35 2–0 Klavdiev (Usenka, Kuznetsov) – 19:13 3–0 3–1 20:32 – Tapia (Ayala, Cuellar) 3–2 32:19 – Apud (Cuellar, Díaz) M. Al-Dhaheri (Vukoja, Klavdiev) – 38:11 4–2 Zakharau (Shapavalau) – 45:20 5–2 Klavdiev (Kuznetsov, Usenka) – 45:32 6–2 J. Al-Dhaheri (Zakharau) (PP) – 48:00 7–2 7–3 48:26 – E. Valencia (Rullan, Chávez) (PP) J. Al-Dhaheri (Kuznetsov, Zakharau) – 51:18 8–3 J. Al-Dhaheri (Kuznetsov, Vukoja) (PP2) – 53:59 9–3 9–4 57:28 – Cuellar (Tapia, Díaz)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	54	Shots	22

23 April 2023 16:30

Belgium

6–1 (2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 55

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	Arne Waumans	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Bastian Steingross Linesmen: Berkay Aslanbey Nathan Carmichael
	James (Steyaert, Blockx) – 11:20 1–0 Blockx (Steyaert, James) – 16:33 2–0 2–1 21:50 – Tchaliov (Yotov, Boyadjiev) Verelst (Van Espen, Coolen) – 30:28 3–1 Van den Bogaert (Verelst, Coolen) – 35:11 4–1 Blockx (Van Espen, James) – 50:24 5–1 Coolen (Verelst) (SH) – 51:49 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	59	Shots	12

23 April 2023 20:30

New Zealand

4–2 (4–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 610

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	Joel Hasselman	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Konstantin Chubenko Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Tomislav Grozaj
	Orr (Kozak, Polozov) – 01:02 1–0 Henderson (Cox, Burns) (PP) – 08:21 2–0 Challis (Cox, Polozov) (PP) – 18:32 3–0 Nicholls (Orr, Polozov) – 18:58 4–0 4–1 50:01 – Bakal (Faner) (PP) 4–2 58:56 – Bakal (Faner, Tayğar) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	35

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Sergei Kuznetsov	5	8	9	17	+14	4	D
Maxim Zakharau	5	6	8	14	+9	0	F
Sam Verelst	5	6	7	13	+8	4	F
Vadim Gyesbreghs	5	5	8	13	+10	0	D
Artem Klavdiev	5	6	5	11	+6	6	F
Ilia Chuikov	5	5	5	10	+8	4	F
Alec James	5	4	6	10	+8	0	F
Dries Blockx	5	4	5	9	+6	0	F
Ben Coolen	5	4	4	8	+7	0	F
Juma Al-Dhaheri	5	2	5	7	+7	4	F
Iniaz Steyaert	5	2	5	7	+8	4	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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Mate Tomljenović	240:00	6	1.50	117	95.12	1
Joel Hasselman	221:29	11	2.98	120	91.60	0
Arne Waumans	200:20	5	1.50	52	91.23	0
Tolga Bozacı	239:34	15	3.76	138	90.20	1
Dimitar Dimitrov	269:32	19	4.23	164	89.62	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

Position	Player[10]
Goaltender	Mate Tomljenović
Defenceman	Vadim Gyesbreghs
Forward	Maxim Zakharau

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