2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II explained

See also: 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Year:2024
Country:Great Britain
Country2:Serbia
Dates:
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025

The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II were a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It consists 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 team which will place first will be promoted to the next higher division, while the team which place last will be relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2004.

Division II A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Year:2024
Size:x240px
Country:Great Britain
City:Dumfries
Dates:11–17 December 2023
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:108
Attendance:4934
Points:14
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Dumfries, United Kingdom, from 11 to 17 December 2023.[1] [2]

Participants

TeamQualification
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

Standings

Results

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 5 9 14 +10 4
2 5 5 8 13 +6 0
3 5 2 9 11 +7 4
4 5 6 4 10 +8 2
5 5 3 6 9 +5 4
6 5 2 6 8 +2 10
7 5 1 7 8 +6 8
8 5 4 3 7 +1 2
9 5 3 3 6 +3 4
9 5 3 3 6 +4 0
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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1 300:43 11 93.45 2.19 0
2 125:00 4 93.10 1.92 0
3 281:48 18 92.86 3.83 0
4 271:16 10 91.45 2.21 0
5 180:00 15 91.12 5.00 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: Benjamin Norton
  • Defenceman: Artur Seniut
  • Forward: Huh Min-joon

Source: IIHF

Division II B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Year:2024
Size:x240px
Country:Serbia
City:Belgrade
Dates:14–20 January 2024
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:15
Goals:91
Attendance:2633
Scoring Leader: Minja Ivanović
Points:10
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 14 to 20 January 2024.[3] [4]

Participants

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

Standings

Results

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Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 6 4 10 +9 12
2 5 6 3 9 +5 6
3 5 2 7 9 +7 2
4 5 4 4 8 +6 6
5 5 3 5 8 +5 8
6 5 3 4 7 +5 4
7 4 1 6 7 +5 8
8 4 5 1 6 +6 2
9 5 3 3 6 +1 4
10 5 1 5 6 +3 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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1 251:55 3 97.22 0.71 2
2 183:21 4 94.12 1.31 0
3 217:57 10 91.87 2.75 1
4 238:18 13 89.68 3.27 0
5 285:20 16 89.04 3.36 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: Filip Korenic
  • Defenceman: Arnar Kristjánsson
  • Forward: Csongor Antal

Source: IIHF

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wm20iia Division II A official website
  2. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/83/ Division II A statistics
  3. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/wm20iib Division II B official website
  4. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/84/ Division II B statistics