2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Year:2017
Size:220
Country:Estonia
Country2:Spain
Dates:11–17 December 2016
7–13 January 2017
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018

See also: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A was contested in Tallinn, Estonia and Division II B in Logroño, Spain. These tournaments represent the fourth and fifth tiers of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Year:2017
Country:Estonia
City:Tallinn
Dates:11–17 December 2016
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:136
Attendance:3570
Scoring Leader: Emilijus Krakauskas
Points:15
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 11 to 17 December 2016.[1] [2]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
withdrew from Division I B last year and were relegated
placed 2nd Division II A last year
hosts; placed 3rd in Division II A last year
placed 4th in Division II A last year
placed 5th in Division II A last year
placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted

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 11 4 15 +10 2
2 5 4 9 13 +11 0
3 5 5 7 12 +3 4
4 5 4 8 12 +7 2
5 5 5 6 11 +4 0
6 5 3 8 11 +9 4
7 5 5 5 10 +5 2
8 5 4 5 9 +6 4
9 5 3 6 9 +5 0
10 5 6 1 7 +3 2
source:IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 156:48 4 92.59 1.53 0
2 300:00 10 91.87 2.00 2
3 238:41 17 89.76 4.27 0
4 220:02 19 88.62 5.18 0
5 179:01 11 86.42 3.69 0
source:IIHF

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Artur Pavliukov
  • Defenceman: Yusuke Kon
  • Forward: Emilijus Krakauskas

Division II B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Year:2017
Country:Spain
City:Logroño
Dates:7–13 January 2017
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:125
Attendance:3217
Scoring Leader: Oriol Rubio
Points:11
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II B tournament was played in Logroño, Spain, from 7 to 13 January 2017.[3] [4]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
placed 6th in the Division II A last year and were relegated
hosts; placed 2nd in Division II B last year
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 last year and were promoted

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 5 6 11 +3 4
2 5 3 8 11 +12 6
3 5 1 10 11 +5 2
4 5 6 4 10 +3 0
5 5 4 6 10 +6 6
6 5 6 3 9 +8 6
7 5 4 5 9 +7 0
8 5 2 7 9 –6 14
9 5 1 7 8 +7 0
9 5 1 7 8 +10 0

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 215:35 6 93.68 1.67 0
2 303:24 12 92.73 2.37 1
3 299:04 11 91.20 2.21 1
4 266:33 28 87.93 6.30 0
5 149:16 9 87.84 3.62 0

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Jug Mitić
  • Defenceman: Bruno Baldris
  • Forward: Oriol Rubio

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2017/wm20iia 2017 World Championship Division II A official website
  2. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/593/statistics/ 2017 World Championship Division II A statistics
  3. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2017/wm20iib 2017 World Championship Division II B official website
  4. http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/595/statistics/ 2017 World Championship Division II B statistics