2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II B
	Tournament details
Host nation	Serbia
Dates	13–19 March
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
	Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	88 (5.87 per game)
Attendance	3,729 (249 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Tyrone Bronte

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II A
	Tournament details
Host nation	South Korea
Dates	2–8 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
	Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	92 (6.13 per game)
Attendance	11,184 (746 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Andrei Vasile

2017 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II
	Tournament details
Host nations	South Korea / Serbia
Dates	2–8 April 2017; 13–19 March 2017
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)

Main article: 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

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

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
5	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	18	17	1
6	Croatia	5	0	0	1	4	9	26	−17	1	Relegated to the 2018 Division II B

Results

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.^[2] Australia achieved the unusual distinction of being promoted in consecutive years.