2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

2022 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division IIB
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Tournament details
Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900"> 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)	<img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"> Vito Idžan (9 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

2022 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
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Tournament details
Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400"> 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)	<img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"> Logan Neilson (8 points)
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 edit

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

Participating teams edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Top 10 scorers edit

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 edit

(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 edit

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

Source: IIHF

Division II B edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Top 10 Scorers edit

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 edit

(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

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 edit

Goaltender: Akim Padalica
Defenceman: Wesley de Bruijn
Forward: Vito Idžan

References edit

^ 2022 World Championship Division II A official website
^ 2022 World Championship Division II A statistics
^ "IIHF – January tournaments cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ 2020 World Championship Division II B official website
^ 2022 World Championship Division II B statistics

External links edit

Official website of IIHF

[table_hth_GBR0.98373524145397-3] Great Britain 7–2 Spain

[table_hth_LTU0.98373524145397-4] Lithuania 6–3 Romania

[1] 2022 World Championship Division II A official website

[2] 2022 World Championship Division II A statistics

[5] "IIHF – January tournaments cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[6] 2020 World Championship Division II B official website

[7] 2022 World Championship Division II B statistics

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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 →