2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

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.

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Lithuania  Iceland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	11–17 December 2022 16–22 January 2023
Teams	12
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See also: 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 2003.

Division II A

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Lithuania
City	Kaunas
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–17 December 2022
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	107 (7.13 per game)
Attendance	5,905 (394 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jack Hopkins (11 points)
Official 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
Great Britain	placed 3rd in Division II A last year
Spain	placed 4th in Division II A last year
Lithuania	hosts; placed 5th in Division II A last year
Romania	placed 6th in Division II A last year
Croatia	placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted
Netherlands	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

• Gergely Korbuly
• Krzysztof Kozłowski
• Māris Locāns
• Anton Peretyatko

Linesmen

• Go Hashimoto
• Alexander Kaptain
• Sergii Kharaberyush
• Vladislav Mashenkin
• Aleksej Sascenkov
• Jason Thorrignac
• Juri Timofejev

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Croatia	5	3	1	1	0	25	17	+8	12[a]	Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	27	11	+16	12[a]
3	Lithuania (H)	5	3	0	1	1	15	9	+6	10
4	Spain	5	2	0	0	3	18	20	−2	6
5	Netherlands	5	1	1	0	3	11	21	−10	5
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	11	29	−18	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division II 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. Great Britain 4–7 Croatia

Match results

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

11 December 2022 12:30

Netherlands

3–2 OT (1–1, 0–1, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Croatia

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas Attendance: 112

Game reference
	Jowin Ansems	Goalies	Teo Janjatović-Lončar	Referee: Anton Peretyatko Linesmen: Go Hashimoto Juri Timofejev
	28	Shots	47

11 December 2022 16:00

Lithuania

3–4 (2–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Great Britain

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas Attendance: 689

Game reference
	Julius Andrekus	Goalies	Benjamin Norton	Referee: Māris Locāns Linesmen: Sergii Kharaberyush Jason Thorrignac
	20	Shots	32

11 December 2022 19:30

Spain

6–2 (1–1, 2–0, 3–1)

Romania

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas Attendance: 238

Game reference
	Julio Rapun	Goalies	Nandor Biro	Referee: Gergely Korbuly Linesmen: Vladislav Mashenkin Aleksej Sascenkov
	34	Shots	18

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13 December 2022 12:30

Romania

4–5 (1–2, 1–0, 2–3)

Netherlands

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas Attendance: 82

Game reference
	Nandor Biro	Goalies	Jowin Ansems	Referee: Krzysztof Kozłowski Linesmen: Alexander Kaptain Sergii Kharaberyush
	47	Shots	28

13 December 2022 16:00

Great Britain

4–7 (1–4, 0–2, 3–1)

Croatia

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas Attendance: 392

Game reference
	Daniel Crowe Benjamin Norton	Goalies	Teo Janjatović-Lončar	Referee: Gergely Korbuly Linesmen: Go Hashimoto Aleksej Sascenkov
	31	Shots	27

13 December 2022 19:30

Spain

1–4 (0–1, 0–2, 1–1)

Lithuania

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas Attendance: 532

Game reference
	Julio Rapun	Goalies	Kazimieras Jukna	Referee: Anton Peretyatko Linesmen: Vladislav Mashenkin Juri Timofejev
	26	Shots	35

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14 December 2022 12:30

Great Britain

9–0 (4–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Romania

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas Attendance: 361

Game reference
	Benjamin Norton	Goalies	Márton Buda Nandor Biro	Referee: Krzysztof Kozłowski Linesmen: Sergii Kharaberyush Vladislav Mashenkin
	39	Shots	21

14 December 2022 16:00

Spain

5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Netherlands

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas

Game reference
	Julio Rapun	Goalies	Jowin Ansems
	31	Shots	32

14 December 2022 19:30

Lithuania

1–2 GWS (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–3)

Croatia

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas

Game reference
	Kazimieras Jukna	Goalies	Teo Janjatović-Lončar
	24	Shots	31

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16 December 2022 12:30

Croatia

9–5 (3–2, 2–1, 4–2)

Spain

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas

Game reference
	29	Shots	37

16 December 2022 16:00

Netherlands

0–7 (0–1, 0–4, 0–2)

Great Britain

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas

Game reference
	11	Shots	47

16 December 2022 19:30

Romania

1–4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Lithuania

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas

Game reference
	21	Shots	34

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17 December 2022 12:30

Great Britain

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Spain

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas

Game reference
	16	Shots	28

17 December 2022 16:00

Lithuania

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Netherlands

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas

Game reference
	35	Shots	18

17 December 2022 19:30

Croatia

5–4 (2–0, 2–3, 1–1)

Romania

Kaunas Ice Palace, Kaunas

Game reference
	29	Shots	33

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Jack Hopkis	Great Britain	5	5	6	11	+8	6
2	Marijus Dumčius	Lithuania	5	4	7	11	+8	27
3	Bruno Idžan	Croatia	5	6	4	10	+7	14
4	Mackenzie Stewart	Great Britain	5	4	5	9	+7	14
5	Jaime de Bonilla	Spain	5	4	4	8	+2	2
5	Vito Idžan	Croatia	5	4	4	8	+8	4
5	Jonathan McBean	Great Britain	5	4	4	8	+7	4
8	Bayley Harewood	Great Britain	5	3	5	8	+5	10
9	Artur Seniut	Lithuania	5	3	4	7	+7	6
10	Liam Steele	Great Britain	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)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Kazimieras Jukna	Lithuania	245:00	4	95.79	0.98	0
2	Benjamin Norton	Great Britain	237:44	4	95.45	0.90	2
3	Jowin Ansems	Netherlands	242:22	18	89.53	4.46	0
4	Teo Janjatović-Lončar	Croatia	307:22	17	88.89	3.32	0
5	Julio Rapun	Spain	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

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Iceland
City	Reykjavík
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–22 January 2023
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	123 (8.2 per game)
Attendance	1,793 (120 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Lowie Vreys (12 points)
Official 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
Serbia	placed 3rd in Division II B last year
Belgium	placed 4th in Division II B last year
Iceland	hosts; placed 5th in Division II B last year
Chinese Taipei	placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted
Mexico	placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted
China	placed 3rd in 2020 Division II B; didn't play last year

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	China	5	4	1	0	0	29	9	+20	14	Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2	Belgium	5	4	0	1	0	25	14	+11	13
3	Serbia	5	3	0	0	2	27	18	+9	9
4	Iceland (H)	5	2	0	0	3	18	21	−3	6
5	Chinese Taipei	5	1	0	0	4	17	29	−12	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	7	32	−25	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division III

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

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

16 January 2023 13:00

Mexico

3–8 (1–3, 1–2, 1–3)

Chinese Taipei

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Santiago Cucuraqui Fernando Garcia	Goalies	Hao-Hsuan Kao Tzu-Sen Chao	Referee: David Good Linesmen: Sindri Gunnarsson Jeroen Klijberg
	Argandonna (Cuellar,Rullan) – 09:01 1–0 1–1 11:29 – Chou (Wen) (PP) 1–2 17:19 – Hsu Y. (Wen) (PP) 1–3 19:41 – Peng (Hsu Y.) 1–4 22:39 – Chou (Hsu Y.) L. Valencia – 33:43 2–4 2–5 35:50 – Peng (Wen) 2–6 43:41 – Chou (Hsu Y., Wen) 2–7 11:29 – Wang Y.H. (Wen, Cheng) Quinzanos – 50:05 3–7 3–8 59:43 – Wen (Li)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	35

16 January 2023 16:30

Belgium

3–4 OT (1–1, 1–1, 1–1) (OT: 0-1)

China

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 45

Game reference
	Stijn Raeymaekers	Goalies	Boyan Tian

16 January 2023 20:00

Iceland

1–7 (0–3, 0–3, 1–1)

Serbia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 213

Game reference
	Johann Ragnarsson Helgi Ivarsson	Goalies	Neil Nebojsa Beaton

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17 January 2023 13:00

China

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Mexico

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 35

Game reference
	Chen Shifen	Goalies	Fernando Garcia

17 January 2023 16:30

Serbia

7–1 (2–0, 2–1, 3–0)

Chinese Taipei

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 25

Game reference
	Neil Nebojsa Beaton	Goalies		Referee: Cristian Filip Linesmen: Jeroen Klijberg Saemundur Leifsson
	Kravljanac (Djordjevic) (SH) – 02:12 1–0 Dinić (Ivanović) (PP) – 12:30 2–0 2–1 29:59 – Lin J. (Chou, Wang Y.H.) Viković – 31:08 3–1 Viković (M. Nikolić, Dinić) – 33:59 4–1 Dinić (Savić, Viković) – 41:38 5–1 Kravljanac (Dinić) – 52:02 6–1 Dinić (Perceric) – 58:56 7–1
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	56	Shots	27

17 January 2023 20:00

Belgium

5–3 (0–1, 2–1, 3–1)

Iceland

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 153

Game reference
	Stijn Raeymaeker	Goalies	Johann Ragnarsson

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19 January 2023 13:00

Serbia

2–8 (1–2, 0–4, 1–2)

China

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 32

Game reference

19 January 2023 16:30

Belgium

5–2 (3–0, 0–2, 2–0)

Mexico

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 40

Game reference

19 January 2023 20:00

Iceland

5–4 (1–1, 1–1, 3–2)

Chinese Taipei

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 205

Game reference
	Johann Ragnarsson	Goalies	Chen Tai-Yu Kao Hao-Hsuan	Referee: Filip Metzinger Linesmen: Luis Estirado Revuelta Andries Gheorghies
	Hlynsson (Magnusson) (PP) – 10:47 1–0 1–1 16:27 – Fan (Wang Y.A.) 1–2 37:24 – Wen (Peng, Lin Y.K.) (PP) Arngrimsson (Blondal, Jonsson) – 38:55 2–2 2–3 43:59 – Lo (Wang Y.H. Arngrimsson (Thorsteinsson, Jonsson) (PP) – 46:08 3–3 Thorsteinsson (Arngrimsson) (PP) – 47:17 4–3 4–4 51:31 – Lin (Lo, Fan) Magnusson (Hlynsson) (PP) – 54:21 5–4
	6 min	Penalties	41 min
	41	Shots	35

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20 January 2023 13:00

Mexico

2–8 (0–3, 1–2, 1–3)

Serbia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 28

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	52

20 January 2023 16:30

Chinese Taipei

2–6 (0–4, 0–0, 2–2)

Belgium

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Kao Hao-Hsuan	Goalies	Stijm Raeymaekers	Referee: Filip Metzinger Linesmen: Andries Gheorghies Sindri Gunnarsson
	0–1 01:01 – Cuylen (T. Vreys) 0–2 01:51 – Vaerewyck (Vanmontfort, Raeymaekers) 0–3 09:25 – Cuylen (Gentry) 0–4 19:45 – L. Vreys (T. Vreys, van Gorp) 0–5 55:07 – Vanmontfort (Palmaerts) Peng (Lin Y.K., Lin Y.C.) (PP) – 58:08 1–5 Peng (Lin Y.K.) (PP) – 58:42 2–5 2–6 59:33 – Vaerewyck
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	40

20 January 2023 20:00

China

5–2 (2–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Iceland

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 264

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	35

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22 January 2023 11:00

China

8–2 (2–0, 4–0, 2–2)

Chinese Taipei

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 32

Game reference
	Chen Shifen	Goalies	Chen Tai-Yu	Referee: David Good Linesmen: Sindri Gunnarsson Saemundur Leifsson
	Wei (Hu) – 07:07 1–0 Liu Z. (Hu) – 09:55 2–0 Hu – 23:01 3–0 Li M. (Lyu, Chen K.L., ) – 23:47 4–0 Lyu (Li M.) – 35:47 5–0 Li Z.C. (Hu) – 37:44 6–0 6–1 40:45 – Lin Y.C. Ma (Liu C.Y., Zhang T.Y. – 43:32 7–1 Wei –48:04 8–1 8–2 54:16 – Fan (Peng) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	42	Shots	38

22 January 2023 14:30

Serbia

3–6 (2–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Belgium

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 62

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	56	Shots	32

22 January 2023 18:00

Iceland

7–0 (3–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Mexico

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavík Attendance: 579

Game reference
	35 min	Penalties	16 min
	37	Shots	36

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Lowie Vreys	Belgium	5	5	7	12	+4	6
2	Tijs Vreys	Belgium	5	4	8	12	+3	2
3	Matija Dinić	Serbia	5	4	7	11	+6	2
3	Hakon Magnusson	Iceland	5	4	7	11	+2	0
5	Vuk Kravljanac	Serbia	5	4	6	10	+2	2
6	Li Ming-shenhao	China	5	5	4	9	+12	2
7	Chen Kailin	China	5	4	5	9	+11	2
8	Lyu Zhiyi	China	5	3	5	8	+12	0
9	Rik Cuylen	Belgium	5	5	2	7	+3	4
9	Slavko Vidovic	Serbia	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)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Chen Shifeng	China	180:00	4	95.92	1.33	1
2	Helgi Ivarsson	Iceland	140:00	6	93.26	2.57	1
3	Tian Boyan	China	124:27	5	92.65	2.41	0
4	Stijn Raeymaekers	Belgium	304:27	14	92.13	2.76	0
5	Neal Beaton	Serbia	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

References

1. 2023 World Championship Division II A official website
2. 2023 World Championship Division II A statistics
3. IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group A – Competition officials
4. 2023 World Championship Division II B official website
5. 2023 World Championship Division II B statistics

External links

• Official website of IIHF