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2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

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The 2022 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. Due to the exclusion of Russia and Belarus, the following changes in promotions and relegations were made: The top two teams were promoted to a higher division and no team was relegated to a lower division.

2022 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Romania
 Serbia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates13–19 December 2021
12–17 September 2022
Teams11
← 2020
← 2021 (cancelled)
2023 →
See also: 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 2002.

Division II A

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2022 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
 
Tournament details
Host country  Romania
CityBrașov
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates13–19 December 2021
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored87 (5.8 per game)
Attendance2,740 (183 per game)
Scoring leader(s)  Logan Neilson (8 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Brașov, Romania, from 13 to 19 December 2021.[1][2]

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
  Italy placed 6th in 2020 Division I B and were relegated
  Great Britain placed 2nd in 2020 Division II A
  Lithuania placed 3rd in 2020 Division II A
  Romania hosts; placed 4th in 2020 Division II A
  Spain placed 5th in 2020 Division II A
  South Korea placed 1st in 2020 Division II B and were promoted

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Italy 5 5 0 0 0 22 4 +18 15 Promoted to the 2023 Division I B
2   South Korea 5 2 2 0 1 17 13 +4 10
3   Great Britain 5 2 0 1 2 21 17 +4 7[a]
4   Spain 5 2 0 1 2 7 12 −5 7[a]
5   Lithuania 5 1 0 0 4 12 22 −10 3[b]
6   Romania (H) 5 1 0 0 4 8 19 −11 3[b]
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Great Britain 7–2 Spain
  2. ^ a b Lithuania 6–3 Romania

Match results

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

13 December 2021
13:00		Great Britain  7–2
(1–1, 3–1, 3–0)		  SpainBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 35
Game reference
8 minPenalties14 min
36Shots23
13 December 2021
16:30		Lithuania  0–7
(0–0, 0–4, 0–3)		  ItalyBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 25
Game reference
20 minPenalties12 min
20Shots60
13 December 2021
20:00		South Korea  4–1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–1)		  RomaniaBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 350
Game reference
6 minPenalties12 min
57Shots16
14 December 2021
13:00		Great Britain  5–3
(1–1, 0–1, 4–1)		  LithuaniaBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 60
Game reference
14 minPenalties16 min
46Shots32
14 December 2021
16:30		Spain  1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)		  South KoreaBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 30
Game reference
18 minPenalties16 min
26Shots37
14 December 2021
20:00		Italy  5–0
(4–0, 1–0, 0–0)		  RomaniaBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 400
Game reference
10 minPenalties8 min
49Shots18
16 December 2021
13:00		Italy  2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)		  SpainBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 35
Game reference
16 minPenalties12 min
30Shots27
16 December 2021
16:30		Great Britain  4–5 GWS
(3–1, 1–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		  South KoreaBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 25
Game reference
14 minPenalties35 min
28Shots42
16 December 2021
20:00		Lithuania  6–3
(2–1, 1–1, 3–1)		  RomaniaBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 400
Game reference
14 minPenalties34 min
43Shots27
17 December 2021
13:00		South Korea  1–5
(1–1, 0–2, 0–2)		  ItalyBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 30
Game reference
8 minPenalties12 min
20Shots28
17 December 2021
16:30		Spain  2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		  LithuaniaBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50
Game reference
6 minPenalties8 min
34Shots24
17 December 2021
20:00		Romania  4–3
(0–1, 4–1, 0–1)		  Great BritainBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 600
Game reference
14 minPenalties12 min
32Shots47
19 December 2021
13:00		Lithuania  2–5
(0–2, 2–1, 0–2)		  South KoreaBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50
Game reference
35 minPenalties14 min
23Shots38
19 December 2021
16:30		Italy  3–2
(1–1, 2–1, 0–0)		  Great BritainBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50
Game reference
16 minPenalties10 min
38Shots22
19 December 2021
20:00		Romania  0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		  SpainBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 600
Game reference
6 minPenalties6 min
24Shots27

Statistics

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Top 10 scorers

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Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Logan Neilson   Great Britain 5 6 2 8 +3 2
2 Finley Howells   Great Britain 5 3 5 8 0 4
3 Jack Hopkins   Great Britain 5 2 5 7 +4 6
4 Thomas Galimberti   Italy 5 4 2 6 +3 2
5 Alex Graham   Great Britain 5 3 3 6 –1 4
6 Jang Hee-gon   South Korea 5 3 2 5 +2 4
6 Eimantas Noreika   Lithuania 5 3 2 5 –7 31
8 Tommy Purdeller   Italy 5 2 3 5 +3 10
9 Enrico Larcher   Italy 5 1 4 5 +7 2
9 Lee Yun-suk   South Korea 5 1 4 5 +3 0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

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(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Carlo Muraro   Italy 150:35 1 98.18 0.40 1
2 Sergi Reina   Spain 182:04 3 96.47 0.99 1
3 Damian Clara   Italy 149:25 3 94.23 1.20 1
4 Lucas Brine   Great Britain 281:05 13 91.50 2.77 0
5 David Ors Mag   Romania 297:50 19 91.48 3.83 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

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Source: IIHF

Division II B

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2022 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division IIB
 
Tournament details
Host country  Serbia
CityBelgrade
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates12–17 September 2022
Teams5
Tournament statistics
Games played10
Goals scored67 (6.7 per game)
Attendance3,576 (358 per game)
Scoring leader(s)  Vito Idžan (9 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division II B tournament was originally supposed to be played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 10 to 15 January 2022. On 24 December 2021, it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.[3] The tournament was rescheduled and was played from 12 to 17 September 2022.[4][5]

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
  Serbia hosts; placed 6th in 2020 Division II A and were relegated
  Netherlands placed 2nd in 2020 Division II B
  China placed 3th in 2020 Division II B
  Croatia placed 4th in 2020 Division II B
  Belgium placed 5th in 2020 Division II B
  Iceland placed 1st in 2020 Division III and were promoted

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Croatia 4 4 0 0 0 18 8 +10 12 Promoted to the 2023 Division II A
2   Netherlands 4 3 0 0 1 16 10 +6 9
3   Serbia (H) 4 1 0 1 2 12 12 0 4
4   Belgium 4 1 0 0 3 11 21 −10 3
5   Iceland 4 0 1 0 3 10 16 −6 2
6   China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Match results

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

12 September 2022
16:30		Iceland  3–5
(3–1, 0–1, 0–3)		  NetherlandsPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 42
Game reference
12 minPenalties10 min
27Shots43
12 September 2022
20:00		Serbia  1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)		  CroatiaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 967
Game reference
12 minPenalties14 min
23Shots28
13 September 2022
20:00		Belgium  3–2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)		  IcelandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 63
Game reference
4 minPenalties4 min
18Shots51
14 September 2022
16:30		Netherlands  2–4
(0–2, 1–1, 1–1)		  CroatiaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 39
Game reference
6 minPenalties10 min
27Shots28
14 September 2022
20:00		Belgium  3–10
(1–3, 0–3, 2–4)		  SerbiaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 824
Game reference
22 minPenalties6 min
22Shots56
15 September 2022
20:00		Iceland  2–1 GWS
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 2–1)		  SerbiaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 623
Game reference
8 minPenalties6 min
32Shots33
16 September 2022
16:30		Croatia  7–3
(2–0, 1–2, 4–1)		  IcelandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 41
Game reference
31 minPenalties8 min
32Shots17
16 September 2022
20:00		Netherlands  5–3
(1–1, 1–1, 3–1)		  BelgiumPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 69
Game reference
12 minPenalties10 min
34Shots20
17 September 2022
16:30		Croatia  4–2
(3–1, 1–1, 0–0)		  BelgiumPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Game reference
6 minPenalties10 min
36Shots26
17 September 2022
20:00		Serbia  0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)		  NetherlandsPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Game reference
2 minPenalties10 min
28Shots20

Statistics

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Top 10 Scorers

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Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Vito Idžan   Croatia 4 4 5 9 +6 4
2 Jay Huisman   Netherlands 4 5 3 8 +6 4
3 Lowie Vreys   Belgium 4 5 1 6 +1 0
4 Marvin Timmer   Netherlands 4 2 4 6 +6 2
4 Tijs Vreys   Belgium 4 2 4 6 0 12
6 Ante Bebek   Croatia 4 3 2 5 +7 2
6 Bruno Idžan   Croatia 4 3 2 5 +6 4
8 Mike Collard   Netherlands 4 2 3 5 +4 6
8 Matija Dinić   Serbia 4 2 3 5 +1 2
8 Viggó Hlynsson   Iceland 4 2 3 5 −3 2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

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(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Almer de Boer   Netherlands 120:00 3 93.75 1.50 1
2 Ivan Mikulić   Croatia 180:00 6 91.04 2.00 0
3 Akim Padalica   Serbia 244:07 10 90.00 2.46 0
4 Johann Ragnarsson   Iceland 182:25 12 88.79 3.95 0
5 Jelle Lievens   Belgium 240:00 21 88.14 5.25 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

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References

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  1. ^ 2022 World Championship Division II A official website
  2. ^ 2022 World Championship Division II A statistics
  3. ^ "IIHF – January tournaments cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  4. ^ 2020 World Championship Division II B official website
  5. ^ 2022 World Championship Division II B statistics
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