2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Year:2013
Size:199px
Country:Romania
Country2:Serbia
Dates:9–15 December 2012
12–18 January 2013
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Nextseason:2014

See also: 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Each of the two groups consisted of six teams; the first-placed teams were promoted to a higher level, while the last-placed teams were relegated to a lower level. Divisions II A and II B represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 9 to 15 December 2012.[1]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
Hosts; placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

Referees

Linesmen

Final standings

Match results

All times are local. (Eastern European TimeUTC+2)

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 4 8 12 +5 6
2 5 6 4 10 +3 2
3 5 4 5 9 +2 0
4 5 2 7 9 +7 6
5 5 3 5 8 −1 2
6 5 5 2 7 +3 4
7 5 4 3 7 +2 10
8 5 3 4 7 −2 12
9 5 2 5 7 +1 2
9 5 2 5 7 +1 2

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 180:00 4 93.33 1.33 0
2 229:22 7 91.67 1.83 0
3 179:00 9 89.16 3.02 0
4 260:00 17 88.36 3.92 0
5 281:12 19 87:97 4.05 0

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Zoltan Toke
  • Defenceman: Hiroto Sato
  • Forward: Roberto Gliga

Best players of each team selected by the coaches

  • Pablo Puyuelo
  • Krisztián Nagy
  • Yuto Osawa
  • Aimas Fiscevas
  • Danny Stempher
  • Zsombor Molnar

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 12 to 18 January 2013.[2]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
Hosts; placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
Placed 1st in Division III A last year and were promoted.

Match officials

Referees

  • Aleksandrs Borisovs
  • Jean Paul De Brabander
  • Michele Gastaldelli
  • Maksyn Urda

Linesmen

  • Uros Aleksic
  • Markus Hagerstrom
  • Benjamin Hoppe
  • Miroslav Lhotsky
  • Rudy Meyer Dainow
  • David Parduv
  • Jeroen Van den Berg

Final standings

Match results

All times are local. (Central European TimeUTC+1)

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 7 14 21 +16 4
2 Artjom Gornostajev 5 10 7 17 +16 4
3 Stanislav Gruznov 5 9 5 14 +8 2
3 5 9 5 14 +8 27
5 Mark Taru 5 8 5 13 +19 0
6 Jevgeni Missenjov 4 6 7 13 +15 0
7 Anton Gurtovoi 5 5 8 13 +15 4
8 5 5 7 12 +10 2
9 Pavel Kulakov 5 2 10 12 +9 0
10 5 7 4 11 −9 2

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 Aleksei Arno 220:00 4 93.44 1.09 0
2 199:30 12 90.08 3.61 0
3 180:00 9 89.77 3.00 0
4 163:10 7 88.89 2.57 0
5 191:46 18 87:92 5.63 0

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Peter Stepanovic
  • Defenceman: Mark Taru
  • Forward: Robert Rooba

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/321/statistics.html 2013 Division II A statistics
  2. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/323/statistics.html 2013 Division II B statistics