2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II explained

See also: 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Year:2025
Country:Croatia
Country2:Serbia
Dates:6–12 January 2025
19–25 January 2025
Num Teams:12
Venues:2
Cities:2
Prevseason:2024
Nextseason:2026

The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II will be two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II 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 first-placed team will be promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team 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 2005.

Division II A

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Year:2025
Size:x250px
Country:Croatia
City:Zagreb
Dates:6–12 January 2025
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament will be played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 6 to 12 January 2025.[1] [2]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
hosts; 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
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

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

Division II B

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Year:2025
Size:x250px
Country:Serbia
City:Belgrade
Dates:19–25 January 2025
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Website:www.iihf.com

The Division II B tournament will be played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 19 to 25 January 2025.[3] [4]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
placed 6th in 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 A last year and were promoted

Standings

Results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm20iia Division II A official website
  2. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/394/ Division II A statistics
  3. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2025/wm20iib Division II B official website
  4. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/574/ Division II B statistics