2024 IIHF World Championship Division II

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2024 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host nations  Serbia /  Bulgaria
Dates 21–27 April
22–28 April
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2024 IIHF World Championship Division II is two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

The Group A tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 21 to 27 April and the Group B tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 April 2024.[2][3]

Croatia won Group A and got promoted to Division I, while Iceland was relegated.[4] Group B was won by Belgium and saw Turkey getting relegated.[5]

Group A tournament

2024 IIHF World Championship Division II A
2024 IIHF World Championship Division II A logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Serbia
Dates 21–27 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 117  (7.8 per game)
Attendance 2,363  (158 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United Arab Emirates Artem Klavdiev

The IIHF temporarily indicated that Israel would not participate,[6] but two days later clarified that they will consider their participation in upcoming tournaments on a case by case basis.[7][8]

Participants

Team Qualification
Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia Host, placed 6th in Division I B in 2023 and was relegated.
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2023.
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Placed 4th in Division II A in 2023.
Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Placed 5th in Division II A in 2023
Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland Placed 6th in Division II A in 2023.
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates Placed 1st in Division II B in 2023 and was promoted.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia 5 5 0 0 0 26 6 20 15 Promoted to the 2025 Division I B
2 Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia (H) 5 4 0 0 1 23 11 12 12
3 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates 5 3 0 0 2 25 21 4 9
4 Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel 5 1 1 0 3 17 26 −9 5
5 Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia 5 1 0 1 3 15 19 −4 4
6 Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland 5 0 0 0 5 11 34 −23 0 Relegated to the 2025 Division II B

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

21 April 2024
12:30 		Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg.png 11–2
(4–0, 4–2, 3–0) 		Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 25
21 April 2024
16:00 		United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png 10–6
(2–2, 4–1, 4–3) 		Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 40
21 April 2024
19:30 		Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 2–4
(1–1, 1–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 346
22 April 2024
12:30 		Iceland Flag of Iceland.svg.png 2–7
(1–1, 1–6, 0–0) 		Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 20
22 April 2024
16:00 		Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg.png 3–2
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0) 		Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 25
22 April 2024
19:30 		Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg.png 5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 375
24 April 2024
12:30 		Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 4–5 GWS
(2–0, 1–0, 1–4)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 30
24 April 2024
16:00 		Croatia Flag of Croatia.svg.png 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 22
24 April 2024
19:30 		Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg.png 9–3
(3–1, 2–1, 4–1) 		Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 220
25 April 2024
12:30 		Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 1–5
(1–3, 0–1, 0–1) 		Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 20
25 April 2024
16:00 		Iceland Flag of Iceland.svg.png 2–3
(0–2, 1–1, 0–1) 		Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 35
25 April 2024
19:30 		United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png 2–5
(1–1, 0–1, 1–3) 		Flag of Serbia.svg.png Serbia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 340
27 April 2024
12:30 		Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 4–5
(2–1, 1–2, 1–2) 		Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 25
27 April 2024
16:00 		Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 4–2
(0–1, 1–0, 3–1) 		Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 40
27 April 2024
19:30 		Serbia Flag of Serbia.svg.png 0–3
(0–2, 0–1, 0–0) 		Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 800

Group B tournament

2024 IIHF World Championship Division II B
2024 IIHF World Championship Division II B logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Bulgaria
Dates 22–28 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 120  (8 per game)
Attendance 3,058  (204 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Belgium Sam Verelst

Participants

Team Qualification
Flag of Georgia.svg.png Georgia Disqualified from Division II A in 2023 and was relegated.
Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium Placed 2nd in Division II B in 2023.
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria Host, placed 3rd in Division II B in 2023.
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Placed 4th in Division II B in 2023.
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Placed 5th in Division II B in 2023.
Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei Placed 1st in Division III A in 2023 and was promoted.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 5 5 0 0 0 37 4 33 15 Promoted to the 2025 Division II A
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand 5 3 0 1 1 22 18 4 10
3 Flag of Georgia.svg.png Georgia 5 3 0 0 2 20 17 3 9
4 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria (H) 5 1 1 0 3 17 29 −12 5
5 Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei 5 1 0 1 3 14 27 −13 4
6 Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey 5 0 1 0 4 10 25 −15 2 Relegated to the 2025 Division III A

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

22 April 2024
13:00 		Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png 1–5
(1–0, 0–1, 0–4) 		Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 70
22 April 2024
16:30 		Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg.png 8–0
(0–0, 3–0, 5–0) 		Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 80
22 April 2024
20:00 		Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 1–7
(1–1, 0–2, 0–4) 		Flag of Georgia.svg.png Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 325
23 April 2024
13:00 		Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg.png 5–4 GWS
(0–1, 1–2, 3–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 47
23 April 2024
16:30 		Georgia Flag of Georgia.svg.png 2–6
(1–2, 0–2, 1–2) 		Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 93
23 April 2024
20:00 		Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg.png 11–1
(3–0, 5–1, 3–0) 		Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 352
25 April 2024
13:00 		Georgia Flag of Georgia.svg.png 3–2
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0) 		Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 75
25 April 2024
16:30 		Belgium Flag of Belgium.svg.png 8–1
(3–1, 3–0, 2–0) 		Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 76
25 April 2024
20:00 		Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 7–6 GWS
(4–2, 2–2, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 483
27 April 2024
13:00 		New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg.png 0–6
(0–1, 0–4, 0–1) 		Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 90
27 April 2024
16:30 		Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg.png 1–5
(0–0, 1–3, 0–2) 		Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 640
27 April 2024
20:00 		Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png 4–6
(1–2, 2–1, 1–3) 		Flag of Georgia.svg.png Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 104
28 April 2024
13:00 		New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg.png 5–2
(2–0, 1–1, 2–1) 		Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 77
28 April 2024
16:30 		Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 3–4
(1–0, 1–3, 1–1) 		Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 350
28 April 2024
20:00 		Georgia Flag of Georgia.svg.png 2–4
(2–1, 0–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 86

References

  1. ↑ "And 2027 goes to …". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm/news/45067/and_2027_goes_to_%e2%80%a6. 
  2. ↑ "Srbija domaćin Svetskog prvenstva i kvalifikacija za Olimpijske igre". https://hockeyserbia.com/7885/srbija-domacin-svetskog-prvenstva-i-kvalifikacija-za-olimpijske-igre/. 
  3. ↑ "България взе две световни по хокей на лед". https://dnesplus.bg/sport/bulgaria-vze-dve-svetovni-po-hokey-na-led_1119871. 
  4. ↑ "Croatia claims gold in Belgrade". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wmiia/news/60284/croatia_claims_gold_in_belgrade. 
  5. ↑ "Belgium goes undefeated to win gold". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wmiib/news/60339/belgium_goes_undefeated_to_win_gold. 
  6. ↑ "IIHF – Israeli National Team's safety and security prioritized in IIHF Championships". iihf.com. 10 January 2024. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/57497/israeli_national_team_s_safety_and_security_priori. 
  7. ↑ "International Ice Hockey Federation backtracks on banning Israel from tournament". Times of Israel. 17 January 2024. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/international-ice-hockey-federation-backtracks-on-banning-israel-from-tournament/. 
  8. ↑ "IIHF to provide further clarification regarding the participation of the Israeli National Team in IIHF Championships". iihf.com. 12 January 2024. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/57588/restriction_of_israeli_national_team_explained. 

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