IIHF World Championship Division II

The IIHF World Championship Division II are an annual sports event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The division championships are played in two groups.

The two national teams that finish last in their groups at the Division I are relegated to Division II for next year's World Championships. At the Division II Championship, the winner of each group is promoted to next year's Division I, while the loser of each group is relegated to the IIHF World Championship Division III.

The Division II World championships have been played in their current format since 2001, when Division II was formed from the five lowest-placing teams in Pool C, and the seven best teams from Pool D.

Division II

Teams

Division II teams for 2007

The IIHF has entered Serbia in the 2007 tournament as the successor to the Serbia and Montenegro national team.

National Team	Since
Australia	2001
Belgium	2005
Bulgaria	1999
Croatia	2007
North Korea	2003
Iceland	2007
Israel	2007
South Korea	2005
Mexico	2006
Serbia	2000
Spain	2000
Turkey	2007

Results

Year	Promoted		Relegated
2001	South Korea	Romania	New Zealand	Mexico
2002	Estonia	Lithuania	Turkey	Luxembourg
2003	South Korea	Belgium	Mexico	Iceland
2004	China	Lithuania	Luxembourg	South Africa
2005	Croatia	Israel	Turkey	Iceland
2006	Romania	China	South Africa	New Zealand
2007	Croatia	South Korea	Turkey	North Korea

Pool C

Champions 1961-2000

Year	National team
1961	Romania
1963	Austria
1966	Italy
1967	Japan
1969	Japan
1970	Austria
1971	Romania
1972	Austria
1973	Norway
1974	Switzerland
1975	Norway
1976	Austria
1977	Italy
1978	Netherlands
1979	Yugoslavia
1981	Austria
1982	Japan
1983	Netherlands
1985	France
1986	Norway
1987	Japan
1989	Netherlands
1990	Yugoslavia
1991	Denmark
1992	Great Britain
1993	Latvia
1994	Slovakia
1995	Belarus
1996	Kazakhstan
1997	Ukraine
1998	Hungary
1999	Netherlands
2000	Hungary