2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Year:2020
Country:Lithuania
Country2:South Korea
Dates:6–12 January 2020
28 January – 3 February 2020
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:(cancelled) 2021 →
2022

See also: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2020 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.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2000.

Division II A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Year:2020
Size:x240px
Country:Lithuania
City:Vilnius
Dates:6–12 January 2020
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:114
Attendance:7303
Scoring Leader: Teruto Nakajima
Points:13
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 6 to 12 January 2020.[1] [2]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated.
Hosts; 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.
Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees
Linesmen

Final standings

Division II A Venue
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Pramogu-Arena
Capacity: 2,500

Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 5 8 13 +6 0
2 5 7 5 12 +8 2
3 5 2 8 10 +5 2
4 5 4 4 8 +2 6
5 5 3 5 8 +5 2
5 5 3 5 8 +6 2
7 5 2 6 8 +5 0
8 5 4 3 7 0 6
8 5 4 3 7 +7 8
8 5 4 3 7 +2 2
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 260:00 7 91.67 1.62 1
2 145:00 5 91.23 2.07 0
3 232:08 19 87.74 4.91 0
4 160:00 12 87.37 4.50 0
5 219:18 14 87.04 3.83 0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate
  • Goaltender: Eiki Sato
  • Defenceman: Paulius Rumševičius
  • Forward: Chikara Hanzawa

Source: IIHF

Division II B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Year:2020
Size:120 px
Country:South Korea
Dates:27 January – 3 February 2020
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:121
Attendance:5022
Scoring Leader: Dominic Čanić
Points:16
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II B tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 27 January to 3 February 2020.[4] [5]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
Hosts; placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated.
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.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]

Referees
  • Stefan Hogarth
  • Benas Jakšys
  • Liu Ren
  • Andrew Wilk
Linesmen
  • Chae Young-jin
  • Yong Elbert Cheah
  • Ryan Fraley
  • Go Hashimoto
  • James Ions
  • Li Lintai
  • Seo Kwang-suk

Final standings

Division II B Venue
width=220pxGangneung
Gangneung Hockey Centre
Capacity: 10,000

Match results

All times are local (Time in South Korea – UTC+9).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

width=30Poswidth=165Playerwidth=125Countrywidth=30GPwidth=30Gwidth=30Awidth=30Ptswidth=30+/–width=30PIM
1 5 4 12 16 +7 0
2 5 6 8 14 +8 10
3 5 7 5 12 +7 2
4 5 4 8 12 +7 0
5 5 2 10 12 +1 2
6 5 5 6 11 +8 0
7 5 5 5 10 +5 4
8 5 4 6 10 +7 4
9 4 3 6 9 +10 0
10 5 3 4 7 +5 6
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)

width=30Poswidth=165Playerwidth=125Countrywidth=20TOIwidth=20GAwidth=20Sv%width=20GAAwidth=20SO
1 280:00 7 94.19 1.07 1
2 236:29 10 92.42 2.54 0
3 239:49 12 88.46 3.00 0
4 221:48 29 88.16 7.84 0
5 225:11 14 86.79 3.73 1
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: Kim Hyung-chan
  • Defenceman: Lee Min-jae
  • Forward: Dominic Čanić

Source: IIHF

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm20iia 2020 World Championship Division II A official website
  2. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/818/ 2020 World Championship Division II A statistics
  3. Web site: IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div II Group A – Competition officials. 17 December 2019. IIHF. 2 January 2020.
  4. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm20iib 2020 World Championship Division II B official website
  5. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/823/ 2020 World Championship Division II B statistics
  6. Web site: IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div II Group B – Competition officials. 18 January 2020. IIHF. 18 January 2020.

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