Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Mexico Estonia |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 11–17 April 2010 (A) 10–16 April 2010 (B) |
Teams | 12 |
The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournaments were contested between 10 and 17 April 2010. Participants in this championship were drawn into two separate tournament groups. The Group A tournament was contested in Naucalpan, Mexico.[1] Group B's games were played in Narva, Estonia.[2] Spain and Estonia won Group A and Group B, respectively, to earn promotion to Division I at the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Meanwhile, Turkey and Israel finished last in Group A and B and were relegated to Division III for 2011. These four teams were replaced by Serbia and Croatia, which were relegated from Division I, and Ireland and North Korea which earned promotion from Division III.