IIHF World U20 Championship Division II

IIHF World U20 Championship Division II
2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1979 (C-series) 2001 (Division II)
No. of teams	12
Most recent champion(s)	Croatia China
Most championship(s)	Japan (6 titles)
Official website	IIHF.com

The IIHF World U20 Championship Division II is played every year among the ice hockey teams under the age of 20 who were placed in Division II in the previous year. Until 2001 the series was known as the C-series.

Results

Year	Promoted		Relegated
	To IIHF U20 Division I	To Division II A	To Division II B	To IIHF U20 Division III
2001	Slovenia	–	–	Estonia
2002	Japan, Denmark, Latvia, Croatia	–	–	No relegated teams
2003	Estonia, Hungary	–	–	Bulgaria, Mexico
2004	Poland, Great Britain	–	–	Iceland, South Africa
2005	Japan, Hungary	–	–	Lithuania, Belgium
2006	Great Britain, Estonia	–	–	New Zealand, China
2007	Hungary, Lithuania	–	–	Australia, Serbia
2008	Italy, Estonia	–	–	Iceland, China
2009	Japan, Croatia	–	–	New Zealand,
2010	Great Britain, Lithuania	–	–	Mexico, Serbia
2011	France, Poland	–	–	Iceland, China
2012	Ukraine	Romania	South Korea	Mexico
2013	Japan	Estonia	Spain	Belgium
2014	Hungary	South Korea	Croatia	China
2015	Great Britain	Croatia	Romania	Iceland
2016	Hungary	Romania	South Korea	China
2017	Lithuania	South Korea	Croatia	Australia
2018	Japan	Spain	Netherlands	Turkey
2019	Estonia	Serbia	South Korea	Mexico
2020	Japan	South Korea	Serbia	Israel
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022	Italy	Croatia	Romania	None
2023	Croatia	China	Romania	Mexico

References

World Junior Championships

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