The 2020 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. 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.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2000.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 6 to 12 January 2020.2020 World Championship Division II A official website2020 World Championship Division II A statistics

Participating teams Team Qualification 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.

Match officials Four referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees Niki De Herdt Niclas Lundsgaard Tilen Pahor Turo Virta

Linesmen Joris Barcelo Karolis Janušauskas Herman Johansen Norbert Muzsik Laurynas Stepankevičius Nikita Vilyugin Dāvis Zunde

Final standings Division II A VenueVilniusPramogu-ArenaCapacity: 2,500

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

Statistics

Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Teruto Nakajima 5 5 8 13 +6 0 2 Chikara Hanzawa 5 7 5 12 +8 2 3 Koki Yoneyama 5 2 8 10 +5 2 4 Timonas Mažulis 5 4 4 8 +2 6 5 Mason Alderson 5 3 5 8 +5 2 5 Yusaku Ando 5 3 5 8 +6 2 7 Cade Neilson 5 2 6 8 +5 0 8 Olivér Gecse 5 4 3 7 0 6 8 Alex Graham 5 4 3 7 +7 8 8 Martynas Grinius 5 4 3 7 +2 2 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Eiki Sato 260:00 7 91.67 1.62 1 2 Tyler Perre 145:00 5 91.23 2.07 0 3 Bojan Vasić 232:08 19 87.74 4.91 0 4 William Kerlin 160:00 12 87.37 4.50 0 5 Arnold Demeter 219:18 14 87.04 3.83 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Awards Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Eiki Sato Defenceman: Paulius Rumševičius Forward: Chikara Hanzawa Source: IIHF

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 27 January to 3 February 2020.2020 World Championship Division II B official website2020 World Championship Division II B statistics

Participating teams Team Qualification Hosts; placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated. 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 last year and were promoted.

Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees Stefan Hogarth Benas Jakšys Liu Ren Andrew Wilk

Linesmen Chae Young-jin Yong Elbert Cheah Ryan Fraley Go Hashimoto James Ions Li Lintai Seo Kwang-suk

Final standings Division II B VenueGangneungGangneung Hockey CentreCapacity: 10,000

Match results All times are local (Time in South Korea – UTC+9).

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Dominic Čanić 5 4 12 16 +7 0 2 Leo Selitaj 5 6 8 14 +8 10 3 Wouter Sars 5 7 5 12 +7 2 4 Delaney Hessels 5 4 8 12 +7 0 5 Patrik Dobrić 5 2 10 12 +1 2 6 Yan Juncheng 5 5 6 11 +8 0 7 Wang Jing 5 5 5 10 +5 4 8 Tijn Jacobs 5 4 6 10 +7 4 9 Sven Paulović 4 3 6 9 +10 0 10 Hou Yuyang 5 3 4 7 +5 6 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Kim Hyung-chan 280:00 7 94.19 1.07 1 2 Wu Siming 236:29 10 92.42 2.54 0 3 Jowin Ansems 239:49 12 88.46 3.00 0 4 Yehonatan Reisinger 221:48 29 88.16 7.84 0 5 Domagoj Troha 225:11 14 86.79 3.73 1 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

Awards Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Kim Hyung-chan Defenceman: Lee Min-jae Forward: Dominic Čanić Source: IIHF

References

External links Official website of IIHF