2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

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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

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.

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

Division II A[edit]

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)United Kingdom Logan Neilson (8 points)
Websitewww.iihf.com

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

Participating teams[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Top 10 scorers[edit]

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[edit]

(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[edit]

Source: IIHF

Division II B[edit]

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)Croatia Vito Idžan (9 points)
Websitewww.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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Top 10 Scorers[edit]

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[edit]

(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[edit]

References[edit]

  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

External links[edit]

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