2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Year:2019
Country:Estonia
Country2:Croatia
Dates:13–19 January 2019
15–21 January 2019
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

See also: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division II A and the fifth-tier Division II B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

The tournaments were played in a round-robin tournament format, with two points allotted for a win, one additional point for a regulation win, and one point for an overtime or game winning shots loss.

To be eligible as a junior, a player couldn't be born earlier than 1999.

Division II A was held in Tallinn, Estonia, while Division II B was hosted in Zagreb, Croatia.

Division II A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Year:2019
Size:x240px
Country:Estonia
City:Tallinn
Dates:13–19 January 2019
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:105
Attendance:11195
Scoring Leader: Liam Kirk
Points:14
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 13 to 19 January 2019.[1] [2]

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
hosts; 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)

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 5 9 14 +8 4
2 5 5 4 9 +5 0
3 4 4 4 8 +4 4
4 5 5 2 7 +2 2
5 5 3 4 7 +6 16
5 5 3 4 7 +3 6
7 5 2 5 7 +5 4
8 5 4 2 6 +2 2
9 5 3 3 6 +1 2
9 5 3 3 6 –3 16
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 183:00 6 94.37 1.31 0
2 309:45 11 93.79 2.13 1
3 122:00 3 92.50 1.48 0
4 293:39 17 90.96 3.47 0
5 294:50 17 89.57 3.46 0
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Lubys Laurynas
  • Defenceman: Saveli Novikov
  • Forward: Liam Kirk

Division II B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Year:2019
Size:x240px
Country:Croatia
City:Zagreb
Dates:15–21 January 2019
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:109
Attendance:7446
Scoring Leader: Dominic Čanić
Points:11
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II B tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 15 to 21 January 2019.[3] [4]

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 last year and were promoted

Final standings

Match results

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm20iia 2019 World Championship Division II A official website
  2. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/699/ 2019 World Championship Division II A statistics
  3. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm20iib 2019 World Championship Division II B official website
  4. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/700/ 2019 World Championship Division II B statistics