2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

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2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host nations  Lithuania /  Iceland
Dates 11–17 December 2022 (Group A)
16–22 January 2023 (Group B)
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II were 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 team which will place first will be promoted to the next higher division, while the team which will place last will be 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
2023 WJHC Division II A.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Lithuania
Dates 11–17 December 2022
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 107  (7.13 per game)
Attendance 5,905  (394 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of the United Kingdom Jack Hopkins

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

Participants

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

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 Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2  Great Britain 5 4 0 0 1 27 11 16 12
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

Results

11 December 2022
12:30 		Netherlands  3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 1–0) 		 Croatia Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 112
11 December 2022
16:00 		Lithuania  3–4
(2–1, 1–2, 0–1) 		 Great Britain Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 689
11 December 2022
19:30 		Spain  6–2
(1–1, 2–0, 3–1) 		 Romania Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 238
13 December 2022
12:30 		Romania  4–5
(1–2, 1–0, 2–3) 		 Netherlands Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 82
13 December 2022
16:00 		Great Britain  4–7
(1–4, 0–2, 3–1) 		 Croatia Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 392
13 December 2022
19:30 		Spain  1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1) 		 Lithuania Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 532
14 December 2022
12:30 		Great Britain  9–0
(4–0, 3–0, 2–0) 		 Romania Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
Attendance: 361
14 December 2022
16:00 		Spain  5–2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0) 		 Netherlands Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
14 December 2022
19:30 		Lithuania  1–2 GWS
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–3) 		 Croatia Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
16 December 2022
12:30 		Croatia  9–5
(3–2, 2–1, 4–2) 		 Spain Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
16 December 2022
16:00 		Netherlands  0–7
(0–1, 0–4, 0–2) 		 Great Britain Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
16 December 2022
19:30 		Romania  1–4
(0–1, 1–1, 0–2) 		 Lithuania Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
17 December 2022
12:30 		Great Britain  3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Spain Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
17 December 2022
16:00 		Lithuania  3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Netherlands Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas
17 December 2022
19:30 		Croatia  5–4
(2–0, 2–3, 1–1) 		 Romania Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas

Division II B

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
2023 WJHC Division II B.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Iceland
Dates 16–22 January 2023
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 123  (8.2 per game)
Attendance 1,793  (120 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Belgium Lowie Vreys

The Division II B tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 16 to 22 January 2023.[3][4]

Participants

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

Results

16 January 2023
13:00 		Mexico  3–8
(1–3, 1–2, 1–3) 		 Chinese Taipei Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 50
16 January 2023
16:30 		Belgium  3–4 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0-1) 		 China Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 45
16 January 2023
20:00 		Iceland  1–7
(0–3, 0–3, 1–1) 		 Serbia Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 213
17 January 2023
13:00 		China  4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 Mexico Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 35
17 January 2023
16:30 		Serbia  7–1
(2–0, 2–1, 3–0) 		 Chinese Taipei Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 25
17 January 2023
20:00 		Belgium  5–3
(0–1, 2–1, 3–1) 		 Iceland Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 153
19 January 2023
13:00 		Serbia  2–8
(1–2, 0–4, 1–2) 		 China Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 32
19 January 2023
16:30 		Belgium  5–2
(3–0, 0–2, 2–0) 		 Mexico Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 40
19 January 2023
20:00 		Iceland  5–4
(1–1, 1–1, 3–2) 		 Chinese Taipei Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 205
20 January 2023
13:00 		Mexico  2–8
(0–3, 1–2, 1–3) 		 Serbia Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 28
20 January 2023
16:30 		Chinese Taipei  2–6
(0–4, 0–0, 2–2) 		 Belgium Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 30
20 January 2023
20:00 		China  5–2
(2–0, 2–1, 1–1) 		 Iceland Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 264
22 January 2023
11:00 		China  8–2
(2–0, 4–0, 2–2) 		 Chinese Taipei Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 32
22 January 2023
14:30 		Serbia  3–6
(2–1, 1–2, 0–3) 		 Belgium Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 62
22 January 2023
18:00 		Iceland  7–0
(3–0, 3–0, 1–0) 		 Mexico Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 579

References

  1. ↑ 2023 Division II A official website
  2. ↑ 2023 Division II A statistics
  3. ↑ 2023 Division II B official website
  4. ↑ 2023 Division II B statistics

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