2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Year:2023
Country:Lithuania
Country2:Iceland
Dates:11–17 December 2022
16–22 January 2023
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2022
Nextseason:2024

See also: 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It 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 cannot be born earlier than 2003.

Division II A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Year:2023
Size:x240px
Country:Lithuania
City:Kaunas
Dates:11–17 December 2022
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:107
Attendance:5905
Scoring Leader: Jack Hopkins
Points:11
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 11 to 17 December 2022.[1] [2]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
placed 3rd in Division II A last year
placed 4th in Division II A last year
hosts; placed 5th in Division II A last year
placed 6th in Division II A last year
placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted
placed 2nd in Division II B last year and were promoted

Match officials

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

Referees
Linesmen

Final standings

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 6 11 +8 6
2 5 4 7 11 +8 27
3 5 6 4 10 +7 14
4 5 4 5 9 +7 14
5 5 4 4 8 +2 2
5 5 4 4 8 +8 4
5 5 4 4 8 +7 4
8 5 3 5 8 +5 10
9 5 3 4 7 +7 6
10 5 3 3 6 +7 4
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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1 245:00 4 95.79 0.98 0
2 237:44 4 95.45 0.90 2
3 242:22 18 89.53 4.46 0
4 307:22 17 88.89 3.32 0
5 226:13 14 86.54 3.71 0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Kazimieras Jukna
  • Defenceman: Jaime de Bonilla
  • Forward: Bruno Idžan

Source: IIHF

Division II B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Year:2023
Size:x240px
Country:Iceland
City:Reykjavík
Dates:16–22 January 2023
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:123
Attendance:1793
Scoring Leader: Lowie Vreys
Points:12
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II B tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 16 to 22 January 2023.[4] [5]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
placed 3rd in Division II B last year
placed 4th in Division II B last year
hosts; placed 5th in Division II B last year
placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted
placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted
placed 3rd in 2020 Division II B; didn't play last year

Final standings

Match results

All times are local (Time in Iceland – UTC±0).

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 5 7 12 +4 6
2 5 4 8 12 +3 2
3 5 4 7 11 +6 2
3 5 4 7 11 +2 0
5 5 4 6 10 +2 2
6 5 5 4 9 +12 2
7 5 4 5 9 +11 2
8 5 3 5 8 +12 0
9 5 5 2 7 +3 4
9 5 5 2 7 +5 2
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P 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
1 180:00 4 95.92 1.33 1
2 140:00 6 93.26 2.57 1
3 124:27 5 92.65 2.41 0
4 304:27 14 92.13 2.76 0
5 201:10 8 91.58 2.39 0
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

  • Goaltender: Chen Shifeng
  • Defenceman: Lowie Vreys
  • Forward: Matija Dinić

Source: IIHF

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm20iia 2023 World Championship Division II A official website
  2. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/447/ 2023 World Championship Division II A statistics
  3. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/447/IHM447000_35B_1_0.pdf IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group A – Competition officials
  4. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm20iib 2023 World Championship Division II B official website
  5. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/449/ 2023 World Championship Division II B statistics

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