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2022 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division IIB
Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
City	Belgrade
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–17 September 2022
Teams	5
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	67 (6.7 per game)
Attendance	3,576 (358 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Vito Idžan (9 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com

2022 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Tournament details
Host country	Romania
City	Brașov
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–19 December 2021
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	87 (5.8 per game)
Attendance	2,740 (183 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Logan Neilson (8 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com

2022 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Romania; Serbia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	13–19 December 2021; 12–17 September 2022
Teams	11
	← 2020; ← 2021 (cancelled) 2023 →

The 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division II A and the fifth-tier Division II B. Due to the exclusion of Russia and Belarus, the following changes in promotions and relegations were made: The top two teams were promoted to a higher division and no team was relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 2002.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 13 to 19 December 2021.^[1]^[2]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Italy	placed 6th in 2020 Division I B and were relegated
Great Britain	placed 2nd in 2020 Division II A
Lithuania	placed 3rd in 2020 Division II A
Romania	hosts; placed 4th in 2020 Division II A
Spain	placed 5th in 2020 Division II A
South Korea	placed 1st in 2020 Division II B and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Italy	5	5	0	0	0	22	4	+18	15	Promoted to the 2023 Division I B
2	South Korea	5	2	2	0	1	17	13	+4	10	Promoted to the 2023 Division I B
3	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	21	17	+4	7^[a]
4	Spain	5	2	0	1	2	7	12	−5	7^[a]
5	Lithuania	5	1	0	0	4	12	22	−10	3^[b]
6	Romania (H)	5	1	0	0	4	8	19	−11	3^[b]

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Great Britain 7–2 Spain
^ ^a ^b Lithuania 6–3 Romania

Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

13 December 2021
13:00

Great Britain

7–2
(1–1, 3–1, 3–0)

Spain

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 35




8 min	Penalties	14 min
36	Shots	23

13 December 2021
16:30

Lithuania

0–7
(0–0, 0–4, 0–3)

Italy

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 25




20 min	Penalties	12 min
20	Shots	60

13 December 2021
20:00

South Korea

4–1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 350




6 min	Penalties	12 min
57	Shots	16

14 December 2021
13:00

Great Britain

5–3
(1–1, 0–1, 4–1)

Lithuania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 60




14 min	Penalties	16 min
46	Shots	32

14 December 2021
16:30

Spain

1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)

South Korea

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 30




18 min	Penalties	16 min
26	Shots	37

14 December 2021
20:00

Italy

5–0
(4–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 400




10 min	Penalties	8 min
49	Shots	18

16 December 2021
13:00

Italy

2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Spain

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 35




16 min	Penalties	12 min
30	Shots	27

16 December 2021
16:30

Great Britain

4–5 GWS
(3–1, 1–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

South Korea

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 25




14 min	Penalties	35 min
28	Shots	42

16 December 2021
20:00

Lithuania

6–3
(2–1, 1–1, 3–1)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 400




14 min	Penalties	34 min
43	Shots	27

17 December 2021
13:00

South Korea

1–5
(1–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Italy

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 30




8 min	Penalties	12 min
20	Shots	28

17 December 2021
16:30

Spain

2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Lithuania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50




6 min	Penalties	8 min
34	Shots	24

17 December 2021
20:00

Romania

4–3
(0–1, 4–1, 0–1)

Great Britain

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 600




14 min	Penalties	12 min
32	Shots	47

19 December 2021
13:00

Lithuania

2–5
(0–2, 2–1, 0–2)

South Korea

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50




35 min	Penalties	14 min
23	Shots	38

19 December 2021
16:30

Italy

3–2
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Great Britain

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50




16 min	Penalties	10 min
38	Shots	22

19 December 2021
20:00

Romania

0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Spain

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 600




6 min	Penalties	6 min
24	Shots	27

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Logan Neilson	Great Britain	5	6	2	8	+3	2
2	Finley Howells	Great Britain	5	3	5	8	0	4
3	Jack Hopkins	Great Britain	5	2	5	7	+4	6
4	Thomas Galimberti	Italy	5	4	2	6	+3	2
5	Alex Graham	Great Britain	5	3	3	6	–1	4
6	Jang Hee-gon	South Korea	5	3	2	5	+2	4
6	Eimantas Noreika	Lithuania	5	3	2	5	–7	31
8	Tommy Purdeller	Italy	5	2	3	5	+3	10
9	Enrico Larcher	Italy	5	1	4	5	+7	2
9	Lee Yun-suk	South Korea	5	1	4	5	+3	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Carlo Muraro	Italy	150:35	1	98.18	0.40	1
2	Sergi Reina	Spain	182:04	3	96.47	0.99	1
3	Damian Clara	Italy	149:25	3	94.23	1.20	1
4	Lucas Brine	Great Britain	281:05	13	91.50	2.77	0
5	David Ors Mag	Romania	297:50	19	91.48	3.83	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Goaltender: Carlo Muraro
Defenceman: Park Jun-seo
Forward: Finley Howells

Source: IIHF

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was originally supposed to be played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 10 to 15 January 2022. On 24 December 2021, it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.^[3] The tournament was rescheduled and was played from 12 to 17 September 2022.^[4]^[5]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Serbia	hosts; placed 6th in 2020 Division II A and were relegated
Netherlands	placed 2nd in 2020 Division II B
~~China~~	placed 3th in 2020 Division II B
Croatia	placed 4th in 2020 Division II B
Belgium	placed 5th in 2020 Division II B
Iceland	placed 1st in 2020 Division III and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Croatia	4	4	0	0	0	18	8	+10	12	Promoted to the 2023 Division II A
2	Netherlands	4	3	0	0	1	16	10	+6	9	Promoted to the 2023 Division II A
3	Serbia (H)	4	1	0	1	2	12	12	0	4
4	Belgium	4	1	0	0	3	11	21	−10	3
5	Iceland	4	0	1	0	3	10	16	−6	2
6	~~China~~	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

12 September 2022
16:30

Iceland

3–5
(3–1, 0–1, 0–3)

Netherlands

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 42




12 min	Penalties	10 min
27	Shots	43

12 September 2022
20:00

Serbia

1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Croatia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 967




12 min	Penalties	14 min
23	Shots	28

13 September 2022
20:00

Belgium

3–2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 63




4 min	Penalties	4 min
18	Shots	51

14 September 2022
16:30

Netherlands

2–4
(0–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Croatia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 39




6 min	Penalties	10 min
27	Shots	28

14 September 2022
20:00

Belgium

3–10
(1–3, 0–3, 2–4)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 824




22 min	Penalties	6 min
22	Shots	56

15 September 2022
20:00

Iceland

2–1 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 623




8 min	Penalties	6 min
32	Shots	33

16 September 2022
16:30

Croatia

7–3
(2–0, 1–2, 4–1)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 41




31 min	Penalties	8 min
32	Shots	17

16 September 2022
20:00

Netherlands

5–3
(1–1, 1–1, 3–1)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 69




12 min	Penalties	10 min
34	Shots	20

17 September 2022
16:30

Croatia

4–2
(3–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade




6 min	Penalties	10 min
36	Shots	26

17 September 2022
20:00

Serbia

0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Netherlands

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade




2 min	Penalties	10 min
28	Shots	20

Statistics

Top 10 Scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Vito Idžan	Croatia	4	4	5	9	+6	4
2	Jay Huisman	Netherlands	4	5	3	8	+6	4
3	Lowie Vreys	Belgium	4	5	1	6	+1	0
4	Marvin Timmer	Netherlands	4	2	4	6	+6	2
4	Tijs Vreys	Belgium	4	2	4	6	0	12
6	Ante Bebek	Croatia	4	3	2	5	+7	2
6	Bruno Idžan	Croatia	4	3	2	5	+6	4
8	Mike Collard	Netherlands	4	2	3	5	+4	6
8	Matija Dinić	Serbia	4	2	3	5	+1	2
8	Viggó Hlynsson	Iceland	4	2	3	5	−3	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Almer de Boer	Netherlands	120:00	3	93.75	1.50	1
2	Ivan Mikulić	Croatia	180:00	6	91.04	2.00	0
3	Akim Padalica	Serbia	244:07	10	90.00	2.46	0
4	Johann Ragnarsson	Iceland	182:25	12	88.79	3.95	0
5	Jelle Lievens	Belgium	240:00	21	88.14	5.25	0