2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

See also: 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Great Britain
 Serbia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates11–17 December 2023 (Group A)
14–20 January 2024 (Group B)
Teams12
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The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II were a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It consists of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division II A and the fifth-tier Division II B. For each tier's tournament, the team which will place first will be promoted to the next higher division, while the team which place last will be relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2004.

Division II A

2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Great Britain
CityDumfries
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–17 December 2023
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored108 (7.2 per game)
Attendance4,934 (329 per game)
Scoring leader(s)South Korea Kim Si-hwan (14 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Dumfries, United Kingdom, from 11 to 17 December 2023.[1][2]

Participants

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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  South Korea 5 5 0 0 0 29 10 +19 15 Promoted to the 2025 Division I B
2  Lithuania 5 3 1 0 1 27 13 +14 11
3  Great Britain (H) 5 3 0 1 1 21 12 +9 10
4  China 5 1 0 0 4 13 20 −7 3[a]
5  Netherlands 5 1 0 0 4 10 25 −15 3[a]
6  Spain 5 1 0 0 4 8 28 −20 3[a] Relegated to the 2025 Division II 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:
  1. ^ a b c China 3 Pts +2 GD, Netherlands 3 Pts +1 GD, Spain 3 Pts –3 GD

Results

11 December 2023
13:00		Lithuania 1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)		 South KoreaDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 380
Game reference
Julius AndrekusGoaliesSeo Kyung-minReferee:
Austria Andreas Huber
Linesmen:
France Cyril Debuche
United Kingdom Scott Rodger
0–133:28 – Lee M. (Lee J.)
0–234:30 – Kim D. (Kong)
Dumčius (Levcenko, Michalevič) – 40:501–2
1–349:06 – Soo (Kong)
1–458:31 – Kim B. (Kim Si., Huh) (ENG)
6 minPenalties8 min
38Shots39
11 December 2023
16:30		China 5–1
(4–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 SpainDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 203
Game reference
Chen ShifengGoaliesRoberto Mampel
Pablo Salvador		Referee:
Slovenia Bostjan Groznik
Linesmen:
South Korea Choi Do-yeon
Italy Daniel Rigoni
Hu (Li Zhichen, Li Zhihao) – 00:241–0
Xu – 07:382–0
Li Zhichen (Li Zhihao, Liu) (PP) – 09:463–0
Liu (Hu) – 19:354–0
4–144:12 – Garkusha (Cantabrana, Tello) (PP)
Li Zhihao (K. Chen) – 45:035–1
12 minPenalties10 min
31Shots54
11 December 2023
20:00		Great Britain 4–1
(3–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 NetherlandsDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 511
Game reference
Benjamin NortonGoaliesSam LuitwielerReferee:
United States Logan Gruhl
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Norway Andreas Vyssios
Beatie (Endicott) (PP) – 01:501–0
Hopkins (Chung) (PP) – 03:332–0
2–110:24 – Rentmeester (Hooijmans, Noblesse)
Stewart (Shaw, Martelly) – 12:213–1
Price (Brown, Bruton) – 50:594–1
6 minPenalties12 min
54Shots9
12 December 2023
13:00		South Korea 9–2
(1–1, 4–1, 4–0)		 SpainDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 260
Game reference
Seo Kyung-min
Park Jin-hyeok		GoaliesPablo SalvadorReferee:
Australia Robert Love
Linesmen:
France Cyril Dubuche
Italy Daniel Rigoni
Huh (Kim Si., Lee M.) (PP) – 05:421–0
1–109:17 – Casaus (Paya)
Hong (Kim Si., Huh) – 25:312–1
Lee J. (Lee D.) – 27:503–1
Soo (Kong) – 29:534–1
4–231:27 – Cantabrana (Pérez, Collado)
Lee J. (Lee M.) – 32:255–2
Kim Si. (Huh, Kong) (PP) – 46:056–2
Choi (Lee M., Yang) – 47:367–2
Kim D. (Soo, Lee H.) – 48:358–2
Huh (Kim Si., Kim B.) – 50:189–2
8 minPenalties8 min
42Shots25
12 December 2023
16:30		Netherlands 4–2
(1–0, 1–2, 2–0)		 ChinaDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 106
Game reference
Sam LuitwielerGoaliesChen ShifengReferee:
Austria Andreas Huber
Linesmen:
South Korea Choi Do-yeon
Canada Anthony Lapointe
Roodenburg (Korotchenko) – 00:071–0
Arts (Roodenburg) (PP) – 21:252–0
2–124:23 – Li Zhichen
2–234:02 – Xu (Song, K. Chen) (PP)
Speel (Van Mourik) – 54:283–2
Speel (ENG) – 59:274–2
10 minPenalties8 min
29Shots46
12 December 2023
20:00		Great Britain 4–5 OT
(0–1, 3–1, 1–2)
(OT: 0–1)		 LithuaniaDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 541
Game reference
Benjamin NortonGoaliesJulius Andrekus
Daniil Cepov		Referee:
Slovenia Bostjan Groznik
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Scott Rodger
Norway Andreas Vyssios
0–119:09 – Belicenka (Ignatavicius, Dedinas) (PP)
Hopkins (Stewart, Shaw) – 20:511–1
1–221:49 – Fediukin (Sedleckij-Razin)
Hopkins (Hamill, Norton) – 23:292–2
Endicott (Stewart, Bradon) (PP) – 34:083–2
Endicott – 48:154–2
4–349:23 – Dedinas
4–458:08 – Michalevič (Seniut) (PP, EA)
4–564:14 – Seniut (Grybauskas)
8 minPenalties6 min
23Shots52
14 December 2023
13:00		Lithuania 6–1
(2–0, 3–1, 1–0)		 SpainDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 189
Game reference
Daniil CepovGoaliesRoberto MampelReferee:
Australia Robert Love-Dekazos
Linesmen:
South Korea Choi Do-yeon
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Grybauskas (Dumčius, Michalevič) – 12:371–0
Dedinas (Baltrunas) (SH) – 19:482–0
Baltrunas (Dedinas, Cizas) – 29:153–0
Dumčius (Grybauskas, Valivonis) – 29:504–0
Jukna (Ignatavicius, Čečekovas) – 31:345–0
5–135:54 – Collado (Valles, Paya)
Baltrunas (Čečekovas, Zeynalov) – 48:006–1
10 minPenalties16 min
69Shots24
14 December 2023
16:30		South Korea 7–1
(2–1, 4–0, 1–0)		 NetherlandsDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 96
Game reference
Seo Kyung-min
Park Jin-hyeok		GoaliesDanylo DoumaReferee:
Slovenia Bostjan Groznik
Linesmen:
Italy Daniel Rigoni
United Kingdom Scott Rodger
Lee M. (Yang) – 04:251–0
Huh (Kong, Kim Si.) (PP) – 11:522–0
2–112:51 – Van Mourik (Van Stuijvenberg)
Kim B. (Lee M., Lim D.) (SH) – 23:593–1
Kong (Kim Si., Lee M.) (PP) – 30:384–1
Lee M. (Huh, Kong) (PP) – 32:155–1
Kim B. (Huh, Lee M.) – 39:416–1
Hong (Kong, Park M.) – 49:257–1
8 minPenalties16 min
43Shots16
14 December 2023
20:00		Great Britain 4–1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–1)		 ChinaDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 527
Game reference
Benjamin NortonGoaliesChen ShifengReferee:
United States Logan Gruhl
Linesmen:
France Cyril Debuche
Canada Anthony Lapointe
Brown (Price) – 24:311–0
Bradon (Stewart, Hopkins) (PP) – 37:402–0
2–144:05 – Liu (K. Chen, Hu) (PP2)
Brown – 48:483–1
Car. Hamill (Hopkins, Stewart) – 58:434–1
16 minPenalties12 min
49Shots30
15 December 2023
13:00		Netherlands 2–9
(1–2, 1–3, 0–4)		 LithuaniaDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Game reference
Sam LuitwielerGoaliesJulius AndrekusReferee:
Australia Robert Love-Dekazos
Linesmen:
South Korea Choi Do-yeon
Norway Andreas Vyssios
Van Mourik (Roodenburg) – 09:131–0
1–111:54 – Grybauskas (Seniut, Belicenka)
1–214:56 – Michalevič (Grybauskas, Dumčius)
Van Belkom – 20:472–2
2–325:40 – Grybauskas (Michalevič, Dumčius)
2–430:04 – Fediukin (Valivonis), Čečekovas)
2–538:46 – Levcenko (Jevstignejev, Kovalenko)
2–642:49 – Fediukin (Kovalenko, Belicenka) (PP)
2–749:34 – Baltrunas (Fediukin, Čečekovas)
2–853:26 – Baltrunas (Kovalenko, Jevstignejev) (PP)
2–954:09 – Zeynalov (Jevstignejev, Fediukin)
8 minPenalties6 min
14Shots69
15 December 2023
16:30		China 3–5
(0–1, 2–3, 1–1)		 South KoreaDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 178
Game reference
Chen ShifengGoaliesSeo Kyung-minReferee:
United States Logan Gruhl
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Canada Anthony Lapointe
0-106:29 – Kim Si. (Huh) (PP)
0–222:21 – Yang
Jia (Tong) – 23:301–2
1–329:27 – Huh (Kong) (PP)
1–430:55 – Huh (Kim Si., Lim)
K. Chen – 34:012–4
2–547:51 – Kim B. (Kim Si., Huh)
Luan – 52:023–5
12 minPenalties10 min
14Shots63
15 December 2023
20:00		Spain 1–6
(0–2, 1–2, 0–2)		 Great BritainDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 610
Game reference
Roberto MampelGoaliesBenjamin Norton
Alexander Oldale		Referee:
Austria Andreas Huber
Linesmen:
France Cyril Debuche
Italy Daniel Rigoni
0–100:40 – Car. Hamill (Stewart)
0–207:17 – Hopkins (Stewart, Beatie) (SH)
Collado (Cantabrana) (PP) – 29:311–2
1–334:14 – Beatie (Hazeldine, Car. Hamill) (PP)
1–436:33 – Brown (Beatie) (PP)
1–555:34 – Car. Hamill (Hopkins)
1–658:02 – Hopkins (A. Osborn) (SH)
14 minPenalties16 min
39Shots35
17 December 2023
13:00		Spain 3–2
(1–0, 1–0, 1–2)		 NetherlandsDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 205
Game reference
Pablo SalvadorGoaliesDanylo DoumaReferee:
Slovenia Bostjan Groznik
Linesmen:
Canada Anthony Lapointe
Norway Andreas Vyssios
Blanco (Hernando) – 13:591–0
Cantabrana (Pérez) – 35:292–0
Mata (Badorrey) – 45:153–0
3–148:05 – Filppini (PP)
3–251:09 – Van Wingerder (Kolgren)
8 minPenalties12 min
48Shots29
17 December 2023
16:30		South Korea 4–3
(1–1, 0–2, 3–0)		 Great BritainDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 859
Game reference
Seo Kyrng-minGoaliesBenjamin NortonReferee:
United States Logan Gruhl
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Italy Daniel Rigoni
Kim Si. – 13:011–0
1–117:47 – Beatie (Hazeldine, Hopkins) (PP)
1–222:18 – Hopkins (Hazeldine, Stewart)
1–325:19 – D. Osborn, A. Osborn)
Kim Si. – 44:522–3
Kong (Kim Si.) (PP) – 54:273–3
Kim Si. (Kong) (ENG) – 59:104–3
8 minPenalties8 min
44Shots33
17 December 2023
20:00		Lithuania 6–2
(3–1, 2–1, 1–0)		 ChinaDumfries Ice Bowl, Dumfries
Attendance: 269
Game reference
Daniil CepovGoaliesChen Shifeng
Gao Peng		Referee:
Austria Andreas Huber
Linesmen:
France Cyril Debuche
United Kingdom Scott Rodger
Jukna (Ignatavicius, Dedinas) – 06:251–0
1–108:53 – Jia (Xu) (PP)
Dedinas (Ignatavicius, Zeynalov) – 13:522–1
Čečekovas (Belicenka, Dumčius) – 14:563–1
3–223:05 – Zhang (Ma)
Grybauskas (Dumčius, Levcenko) (PP) – 34:214–2
Jevstignejev (Sedleckij-Razin, Fediukin) – 35:045–2
Čečekovas (Belicenka, Dumčius) – 59:036–2
12 minPenalties12 min
68Shots30

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Kim Si-hwan  South Korea 5 5 9 14 +10 4
2 Huh Min-joon  South Korea 5 5 8 13 +6 0
3 Kong Yu-chan  South Korea 5 2 9 11 +7 4
4 Jack Hopkins  Great Britain 5 6 4 10 +8 2
5 Lee Moo-young  South Korea 5 3 6 9 +5 4
6 Marijus Dumčius  Lithuania 5 2 6 8 +2 10
7 Mackenzie Stewart  Great Britain 5 1 7 8 +6 8
8 Paulius Grybauskas  Lithuania 5 4 3 7 +1 2
9 Linas Dedinas  Lithuania 5 3 3 6 +3 4
9 Vitalij Fediukin  Lithuania 5 3 3 6 +4 0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P 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 Benjamin Norton  Great Britain 300:43 11 93.45 2.19 0
2 Daniil Cepov  Lithuania 125:00 4 93.10 1.92 0
3 Chen Shifeng  China 281:48 18 92.86 3.83 0
4 Seo Kyung-min  South Korea 271:16 10 91.45 2.21 0
5 Sam Luitwieler  Netherlands 180:00 15 91.12 5.00 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

Source: IIHF

Division II B

2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Serbia
CityBelgrade
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–20 January 2024
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored91 (6.07 per game)
Attendance2,633 (176 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Serbia Minja Ivanović (10 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 14 to 20 January 2024.[3][4]

Participants

Team Qualification
 Romania placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated
 Belgium placed 2nd in Division II B last year
 Serbia hosts; placed 3rd in Division II B last year
 Iceland placed 4th in Division II B last year
 Chinese Taipei placed 5th in Division II B last year
 Australia placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Romania 5 4 1 0 0 25 5 +20 14 Promoted to the 2025 Division II A
2  Serbia (H) 5 4 0 1 0 21 5 +16 13
3  Iceland 5 3 0 0 2 21 14 +7 9
4  Australia 5 2 0 0 3 9 16 −7 6
5  Belgium 5 1 0 0 4 7 17 −10 3
6  Chinese Taipei 5 0 0 0 5 8 34 −26 0 Relegated to the 2025 Division III A
Source: IIHF.com
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

Results

14 January 2024
12:30		Belgium 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 Chinese TaipeiPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 27
Game reference
Stijn RaeymaekersGoaliesKao Hao-hsuan
35Shots35
14 January 2024
16:00		Australia 0–6
(0–2, 0–3, 0–1)		 IcelandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 36
Game reference
Matúš TrnkaGoaliesHelgi Ivarsson
25Shots32
14 January 2024
19:30		Serbia 2–3 GWS
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1)
(0–0, 0–1)		 RomaniaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 327
Game reference
Filip KoreničGoaliesNandor Biro
22Shots33
15 January 2024
12:30		Chinese Taipei 1–4
(0–1, 1–3, 0–0)		 AustraliaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 36
Game reference
24Shots40
15 January 2024
16:00		Romania 2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 IcelandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 19
Game reference
33Shots21
15 January 2024
19:30		Belgium 0–4
(0–1, 0–2, 0–1)		 SerbiaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 426
Game reference
31Shots36
17 January 2024
12:30		Belgium 1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)		 AustraliaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 34
Game reference
27Shots29
17 January 2024
16:00		Romania 12–1
(2–1, 7–0, 3–0)		 Chinese TaipeiPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 29
Game reference
58Shots10
17 January 2024
19:30		Serbia 5–1
(2–0, 3–1, 0–0)		 IcelandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 623
Game reference
42Shots22
18 January 2024
12:30		Australia 1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)		 RomaniaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Game reference
25Shots32
18 January 2024
16:00		Iceland 4–3
(1–1, 1–2, 2–0)		 BelgiumPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 31
Game reference
26Shots37
18 January 2024
19:30		Chinese Taipei 1–6
(0–1, 1–4, 0–1)		 SerbiaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 368
Game reference
26Shots45
20 January 2024
12:30		Romania 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 BelgiumPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 42
Game reference
31Shots17
20 January 2024
16:00		Iceland 9–4
(4–1, 1–3, 4–0)		 Chinese TaipeiPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 32
Game reference
55Shots24
20 January 2024
19:30		Serbia 4–0
(3–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 AustraliaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 576
Game reference
34Shots17

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Minja Ivanović  Serbia 5 6 4 10 +9 12
2 Csongor Antal  Romania 5 6 3 9 +5 6
3 Arnar Kristjánsson  Iceland 5 2 7 9 +7 2
4 Alex Sveinsson  Iceland 5 4 4 8 +6 6
5 Viggó Hlynsson  Iceland 5 3 5 8 +5 8
6 Petar Šimić  Serbia 5 3 4 7 +5 4
7 Petar Pećerić  Serbia 4 1 6 7 +5 8
8 Ákos Nyisztor  Romania 4 5 1 6 +6 2
9 Níels Hafsteinsson  Iceland 5 3 3 6 +1 4
10 Matija Dinić  Serbia 5 1 5 6 +3 4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P 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 Filip Korenic  Serbia 251:55 3 97.22 0.71 2
2 Nándor Bíró  Romania 183:21 4 94.12 1.31 0
3 Helgi Ívarsson  Iceland 217:57 10 91.87 2.75 1
4 Stijn Raeymaekers  Belgium 238:18 13 89.68 3.27 0
5 Matúš Trnka  Australia 285:20 16 89.04 3.36 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

Source: IIHF


References

  1. ^ Division II A official website, www.iihf.com
  2. ^ Division II A statistics, stats.iihf.com
  3. ^ Division II B official website
  4. ^ Division II B statistics, stats.iihf.com