2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II B
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
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–19 March
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	88 (5.87 per game)
Attendance	3,729 (249 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	<img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640"> Tyrone Bronte (12 points)
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2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> South Korea
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	2–8 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	92 (6.13 per game)
Attendance	11,184 (746 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	<img alt="Romania" 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"> Andrei Vasile (10 points)
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2017 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	South Korea; Serbia
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	2–8 April 2017; 13–19 March 2017
Teams	12
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The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II A and Division II B tournaments represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017.^[1]

Participants

Team	Qualification
South Korea	hosts; placed 6th in 2016 Division I B and were relegated
Romania	placed 2nd in 2016 Division II A
Lithuania	placed 3rd in 2016 Division II A
Great Britain	placed 4th in 2016 Division II A
Croatia	placed 5th in 2016 Division II A
Estonia	placed 1st in 2016 Division II B and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[2]

Referees

Daniel Bøjle
Djordje Fazekaš
Joonas Kova
Shinichi Takizawa

Linesmen

Clément Goncalves
Paweł Kosidło
Tiange Liu
David Obwegeser
Mikita Paliakou
Tobias Schwenk
Maximilian Verworner

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Romania	5	4	0	1	0	20	8	+12	13	Promoted to the 2018 Division I B
2	Estonia	5	1	3	0	1	17	16	+1	9
3	Lithuania	5	2	1	0	2	15	12	+3	8
4	South Korea (H)	5	2	0	1	2	13	13	0	7^[a]
5	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	18	17	+1	7^[a]
6	Croatia	5	0	0	1	4	9	26	−17	1	Relegated to the 2018 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:

^ ^a ^b South Korea 3–2 Great Britain

Results

All times are local. (Korea Standard Time – UTC+9)

2 April 2017
12:00

Lithuania

4–2
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1)

South Korea

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung
Attendance: 1,243




16 min	Penalties	24 min
28	Shots	41

2 April 2017
16:30

Romania

7–1
(2–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Croatia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 174




2 min	Penalties	6 min
38	Shots	14

2 April 2017
21:00

Estonia

6–5 GWS
(2–3, 3–0, 0–2)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (1–0)

Great Britain

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 215




8 min	Penalties	8 min
41	Shots	27

4 April 2017
12:00

Croatia

3–4 OT
(2–1, 1–1, 0–1)
OT: (0–1)

Estonia

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung
Attendance: 1,306




12 min	Penalties	20 min
17	Shots	40

4 April 2017
16:30

Romania

3–4 OT
(2–2, 0–0, 1–1)
OT: (0–1)

Lithuania

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 138




18 min	Penalties	10 min
21	Shots	44

4 April 2017
21:00

South Korea

3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Great Britain

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 956




51 min	Penalties	8 min
27	Shots	30

5 April 2017
12:00

Romania

4–0
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Estonia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 1,329




14 min	Penalties	24 min
24	Shots	33

5 April 2017
16:30

Lithuania

1–3
(0–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Great Britain

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung
Attendance: 297




16 min	Penalties	37 min
25	Shots	38

5 April 2017
21:00

South Korea

4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Croatia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 424




8 min	Penalties	6 min
40	Shots	27

7 April 2017
12:00

Great Britain

2–4
(0–3, 1–0, 1–1)

Romania

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 2,058




6 min	Penalties	14 min
46	Shots	18

7 April 2017
16:30

Croatia

1–5
(0–5, 1–0, 0–0)

Lithuania

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 100




6 min	Penalties	8 min
19	Shots	27

7 April 2017
21:00

Estonia

4–3 OT
(0–1, 2–0, 1–2)
OT: (1–0)

South Korea

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung
Attendance: 1,143




12 min	Penalties	14 min
37	Shots	37

8 April 2017
12:00

Great Britain

6–3
(1–1, 1–1, 4–1)

Croatia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 245




37 min	Penalties	16 min
28	Shots	22

8 April 2017
16:30

Lithuania

1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Estonia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 321




6 min	Penalties	10 min
31	Shots	24

8 April 2017
21:00

South Korea

1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Romania

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 1,235




6 min	Penalties	8 min
33	Shots	28

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 13 to 19 March 2017.^[3] Australia achieved the unusual distinction of being promoted in consecutive years.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Netherlands	placed 6th in 2016 Division II A and were relegated
Spain	placed 2nd in 2016 Division II B
Serbia	hosts; placed 3rd in 2016 Division II B
Iceland	placed 4th in 2016 Division II B
Belgium	placed 5th in 2016 Division II B
Australia	placed 1st in 2016 Division III A and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Referees

Lehel Gergely
Milan Novák
Andrej Simankov
Miroslav Štolc

Linesmen

Murat Aygun
Tibor Fazekaš
Martin Jobbágy
Artsiom Labzov
Thomas Nordberg Pettersen
David Perduv
Anton Peretyatko

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Australia	5	4	1	19	7	+12	12^[a]	Promoted to the 2018 Division II A
2	Spain	5	4	1	24	10	+14	12^[a]
3	Serbia (H)	5	3	2	14	13	+1	9^[b]
4	Netherlands	5	3	2	16	12	+4	9^[b]
5	Iceland	5	1	4	8	23	−15	3
6	Belgium	5	0	5	7	23	−16	0	Relegated to the 2018 Division III A

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: