2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

International ice hockey tournament
2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Lithuania
 Iceland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates11–17 December 2022
16–22 January 2023
Teams12
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The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It consisted 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 first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 2003.

Division II A

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Lithuania
CityKaunas
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–17 December 2022
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored107 (7.13 per game)
Attendance5,905 (394 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United Kingdom Jack Hopkins (11 points)
Websitewww.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 11 to 17 December 2022.[1][2]

Participating teams

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

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees
  • Hungary Gergely Korbuly
  • Poland Krzysztof Kozłowski
  • Latvia Māris Locāns
  • Ukraine Anton Peretyatko
Linesmen
  • Japan Go Hashimoto
  • Denmark Alexander Kaptain
  • Ukraine Sergii Kharaberyush
  • Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
  • Lithuania Aleksej Sascenkov
  • France Jason Thorrignac
  • Estonia Juri Timofejev

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Croatia 5 3 1 1 0 25 17 +8 12[a] Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2  Great Britain 5 4 0 0 1 27 11 +16 12[a]
3  Lithuania (H) 5 3 0 1 1 15 9 +6 10
4  Spain 5 2 0 0 3 18 20 −2 6
5  Netherlands 5 1 1 0 3 11 21 −10 5
6  Romania 5 0 0 0 5 11 29 −18 0 Relegated to the 2024 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 Great Britain 4–7 Croatia

Match results

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

11 December 2022
12:30		Netherlands 3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 CroatiaKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 112
Game reference
Jowin AnsemsGoaliesTeo Janjatović-LončarReferee:
Ukraine Anton Peretyatko
Linesmen:
Japan Go Hashimoto
Estonia Juri Timofejev
28Shots47
11 December 2022
16:00		Lithuania 3–4
(2–1, 1–2, 0–1)		 Great BritainKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 689
Game reference
Julius AndrekusGoaliesBenjamin NortonReferee:
Latvia Māris Locāns
Linesmen:
Ukraine Sergii Kharaberyush
France Jason Thorrignac
20Shots32
11 December 2022
19:30		Spain 6–2
(1–1, 2–0, 3–1)		 RomaniaKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 238
Game reference
Julio RapunGoaliesNandor BiroReferee:
Hungary Gergely Korbuly
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
Lithuania Aleksej Sascenkov
34Shots18
13 December 2022
12:30		Romania 4–5
(1–2, 1–0, 2–3)		 NetherlandsKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 82
Game reference
Nandor BiroGoaliesJowin AnsemsReferee:
Poland Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:
Denmark Alexander Kaptain
Ukraine Sergii Kharaberyush
47Shots28
13 December 2022
16:00		Great Britain 4–7
(1–4, 0–2, 3–1)		 CroatiaKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 392
Game reference
Daniel Crowe
Benjamin Norton		GoaliesTeo Janjatović-LončarReferee:
Hungary Gergely Korbuly
Linesmen:
Japan Go Hashimoto
Lithuania Aleksej Sascenkov
31Shots27
13 December 2022
19:30		Spain 1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1)		 LithuaniaKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 532
Game reference
Julio RapunGoaliesKazimieras JuknaReferee:
Ukraine Anton Peretyatko
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
Estonia Juri Timofejev
26Shots35
14 December 2022
12:30		Great Britain 9–0
(4–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 RomaniaKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 361
Game reference
Benjamin NortonGoaliesMárton Buda
Nandor Biro		Referee:
Poland Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:
Ukraine Sergii Kharaberyush
Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
39Shots21
14 December 2022
16:00		Spain 5–2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0)		 NetherlandsKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Game reference
Julio RapunGoaliesJowin Ansems
31Shots32
14 December 2022
19:30		Lithuania 1–2 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–3)		 CroatiaKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
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Kazimieras JuknaGoaliesTeo Janjatović-Lončar
24Shots31
16 December 2022
12:30		Croatia 9–5
(3–2, 2–1, 4–2)		 SpainKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Game reference
29Shots37
16 December 2022
16:00		Netherlands 0–7
(0–1, 0–4, 0–2)		 Great BritainKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Game reference
11Shots47
16 December 2022
19:30		Romania 1–4
(0–1, 1–1, 0–2)		 LithuaniaKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Game reference
21Shots34
17 December 2022
12:30		Great Britain 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 SpainKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Game reference
16Shots28
17 December 2022
16:00		Lithuania 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 NetherlandsKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Game reference
35Shots18
17 December 2022
19:30		Croatia 5–4
(2–0, 2–3, 1–1)		 RomaniaKaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Game reference
29Shots33

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Jack Hopkis  Great Britain 5 5 6 11 +8 6
2 Marijus Dumčius  Lithuania 5 4 7 11 +8 27
3 Bruno Idžan  Croatia 5 6 4 10 +7 14
4 Mackenzie Stewart  Great Britain 5 4 5 9 +7 14
5 Jaime de Bonilla  Spain 5 4 4 8 +2 2
5 Vito Idžan  Croatia 5 4 4 8 +8 4
5 Jonathan McBean  Great Britain 5 4 4 8 +7 4
8 Bayley Harewood  Great Britain 5 3 5 8 +5 10
9 Artur Seniut  Lithuania 5 3 4 7 +7 6
10 Liam Steele  Great Britain 5 3 3 6 +7 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 Kazimieras Jukna  Lithuania 245:00 4 95.79 0.98 0
2 Benjamin Norton  Great Britain 237:44 4 95.45 0.90 2
3 Jowin Ansems  Netherlands 242:22 18 89.53 4.46 0
4 Teo Janjatović-Lončar  Croatia 307:22 17 88.89 3.32 0
5 Julio Rapun  Spain 226:13 14 86.54 3.71 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: Lithuania Kazimieras Jukna
  • Defenceman: Spain Jaime de Bonilla
  • Forward: Croatia Bruno Idžan

Source: IIHF

Division II B

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Iceland
CityReykjavík
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates16–22 January 2023
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored123 (8.2 per game)
Attendance1,793 (120 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Belgium Lowie Vreys (12 points)
Websitewww.iihf.com

The Division II B tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 16 to 22 January 2023.[4][5]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Serbia placed 3rd in Division II B last year
 Belgium placed 4th in Division II B last year
 Iceland hosts; placed 5th in Division II B last year
 Chinese Taipei placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted
 Mexico placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted
 China placed 3rd in 2020 Division II B; didn't play last year

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  China 5 4 1 0 0 29 9 +20 14 Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2  Belgium 5 4 0 1 0 25 14 +11 13
3  Serbia 5 3 0 0 2 27 18 +9 9
4  Iceland (H) 5 2 0 0 3 18 21 −3 6
5  Chinese Taipei 5 1 0 0 4 17 29 −12 3
6  Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 7 32 −25 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division III
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 (Time in Iceland – UTC±0).

16 January 2023
13:00		Mexico 3–8
(1–3, 1–2, 1–3)		 Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Santiago Cucuraqui
Fernando Garcia		GoaliesHao-Hsuan Kao
Tzu-Sen Chao		Referee:
United Kingdom David Good
Linesmen:
Iceland Sindri Gunnarsson
Netherlands Jeroen Klijberg
Argandonna (Cuellar,Rullan) – 09:011–0
1–111:29 – Chou (Wen) (PP)
1–217:19 – Hsu Y. (Wen) (PP)
1–319:41 – Peng (Hsu Y.)
1–422:39 – Chou (Hsu Y.)
L. Valencia – 33:432–4
2–535:50 – Peng (Wen)
2–643:41 – Chou (Hsu Y., Wen)
2–711:29 – Wang Y.H. (Wen, Cheng)
Quinzanos – 50:053–7
3–859:43 – Wen (Li)
14 minPenalties10 min
35Shots35
16 January 2023
16:30		Belgium 3–4 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0-1)		 ChinaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 45
Game reference
Stijn RaeymaekersGoaliesBoyan Tian
16 January 2023
20:00		Iceland 1–7
(0–3, 0–3, 1–1)		 SerbiaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 213
Game reference
Johann Ragnarsson
Helgi Ivarsson		GoaliesNeil Nebojsa Beaton
17 January 2023
13:00		China 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 MexicoLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 35
Game reference
Chen ShifenGoaliesFernando Garcia
17 January 2023
16:30		Serbia 7–1
(2–0, 2–1, 3–0)		 Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 25
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Neil Nebojsa BeatonGoaliesReferee:
Romania Cristian Filip
Linesmen:
Netherlands Jeroen Klijberg
Iceland Saemundur Leifsson
Kravljanac (Djordjevic) (SH) – 02:121–0
Dinić (Ivanović) (PP) – 12:302–0
2–129:59 – Lin J. (Chou, Wang Y.H.)
Viković – 31:083–1
Viković (M. Nikolić, Dinić) – 33:594–1
Dinić (Savić, Viković) – 41:385–1
Kravljanac (Dinić) – 52:026–1
Dinić (Perceric) – 58:567–1
10 minPenalties12 min
56Shots27
17 January 2023
20:00		Belgium 5–3
(0–1, 2–1, 3–1)		 IcelandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 153
Game reference
Stijn RaeymaekerGoaliesJohann Ragnarsson
19 January 2023
13:00		Serbia 2–8
(1–2, 0–4, 1–2)		 ChinaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 32
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19 January 2023
16:30		Belgium 5–2
(3–0, 0–2, 2–0)		 MexicoLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 40
Game reference
19 January 2023
20:00		Iceland 5–4
(1–1, 1–1, 3–2)		 Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 205
Game reference
Johann RagnarssonGoaliesChen Tai-Yu
Kao Hao-Hsuan		Referee:
Croatia Filip Metzinger
Linesmen:
Spain Luis Estirado Revuelta
Romania Andries Gheorghies
Hlynsson (Magnusson) (PP) – 10:471–0
1–116:27 – Fan (Wang Y.A.)
1–237:24 – Wen (Peng, Lin Y.K.) (PP)
Arngrimsson (Blondal, Jonsson) – 38:552–2
2–343:59 – Lo (Wang Y.H.
Arngrimsson (Thorsteinsson, Jonsson) (PP) – 46:083–3
Thorsteinsson (Arngrimsson) (PP) – 47:174–3
4–451:31 – Lin (Lo, Fan)
Magnusson (Hlynsson) (PP) – 54:215–4
6 minPenalties41 min
41Shots35
20 January 2023
13:00		Mexico 2–8
(0–3, 1–2, 1–3)		 SerbiaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 28
Game reference
8 minPenalties14 min
29Shots52
20 January 2023
16:30		Chinese Taipei 2–6
(0–4, 0–0, 2–2)		 BelgiumLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 30
Game reference
Kao Hao-HsuanGoaliesStijm RaeymaekersReferee:
Croatia Filip Metzinger
Linesmen:
Romania Andries Gheorghies
Iceland Sindri Gunnarsson
0–101:01 – Cuylen (T. Vreys)
0–201:51 – Vaerewyck (Vanmontfort, Raeymaekers)
0–309:25 – Cuylen (Gentry)
0–419:45 – L. Vreys (T. Vreys, van Gorp)
0–555:07 – Vanmontfort (Palmaerts)
Peng (Lin Y.K., Lin Y.C.) (PP) – 58:081–5
Peng (Lin Y.K.) (PP) – 58:422–5
2–659:33 – Vaerewyck
8 minPenalties16 min
33Shots40
20 January 2023
20:00		China 5–2
(2–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 IcelandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 264
Game reference
12 minPenalties8 min
44Shots35
22 January 2023
11:00		China 8–2
(2–0, 4–0, 2–2)		 Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 32
Game reference
Chen ShifenGoaliesChen Tai-YuReferee:
United Kingdom David Good
Linesmen:
Iceland Sindri Gunnarsson
Iceland Saemundur Leifsson
Wei (Hu) – 07:071–0
Liu Z. (Hu) – 09:552–0
Hu – 23:013–0
Li M. (Lyu, Chen K.L., ) – 23:474–0
Lyu (Li M.) – 35:475–0
Li Z.C. (Hu) – 37:446–0
6–140:45 – Lin Y.C.
Ma (Liu C.Y., Zhang T.Y. – 43:327–1
Wei –48:048–1
8–254:16 – Fan (Peng) (PP)
8 minPenalties4 min
42Shots38
22 January 2023
14:30		Serbia 3–6
(2–1, 1–2, 0–3)		 BelgiumLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 62
Game reference
12 minPenalties8 min
56Shots32
22 January 2023
18:00		Iceland 7–0
(3–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 MexicoLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 579
Game reference
35 minPenalties16 min
37Shots36

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Lowie Vreys  Belgium 5 5 7 12 +4 6
2 Tijs Vreys  Belgium 5 4 8 12 +3 2
3 Matija Dinić  Serbia 5 4 7 11 +6 2
3 Hakon Magnusson  Iceland 5 4 7 11 +2 0
5 Vuk Kravljanac  Serbia 5 4 6 10 +2 2
6 Li Ming-shenhao  China 5 5 4 9 +12 2
7 Chen Kailin  China 5 4 5 9 +11 2
8 Lyu Zhiyi  China 5 3 5 8 +12 0
9 Rik Cuylen  Belgium 5 5 2 7 +3 4
9 Slavko Vidovic  Serbia 5 5 2 7 +5 2

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 Chen Shifeng  China 180:00 4 95.92 1.33 1
2 Helgi Ivarsson  Iceland 140:00 6 93.26 2.57 1
3 Tian Boyan  China 124:27 5 92.65 2.41 0
4 Stijn Raeymaekers  Belgium 304:27 14 92.13 2.76 0
5 Neal Beaton  Serbia 201:10 8 91.58 2.39 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: China Chen Shifeng
  • Defenceman: Belgium Lowie Vreys
  • Forward: Serbia Matija Dinić

Source: IIHF

References

  1. ^ 2023 World Championship Division II A official website
  2. ^ 2023 World Championship Division II A statistics
  3. ^ IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group A – Competition officials
  4. ^ 2023 World Championship Division II B official website
  5. ^ 2023 World Championship Division II B statistics

External links

  • Official website of IIHF
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