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.

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

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 11 to 17 December 2022.2023 World Championship Division II A official website2023 World Championship Division II A statistics

Participating teams Team Qualification placed 3rd in Division II A last year placed 4th in Division II A last year hosts; placed 5th in Division II A last year placed 6th in Division II A last year placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted placed 2nd in Division II B last year and were promoted

Match officials Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group A – Competition officials

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

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

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Jack Hopkis 5 5 6 11 +8 6 2 Marijus Dumčius 5 4 7 11 +8 27 3 Bruno Idžan 5 6 4 10 +7 14 4 Mackenzie Stewart 5 4 5 9 +7 14 5 Jaime de Bonilla 5 4 4 8 +2 2 5 Vito Idžan 5 4 4 8 +8 4 5 Jonathan McBean 5 4 4 8 +7 4 8 Bayley Harewood 5 3 5 8 +5 10 9 Artur Seniut 5 3 4 7 +7 6 10 Liam Steele 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)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Kazimieras Jukna 245:00 4 95.79 0.98 0 2 Benjamin Norton 237:44 4 95.45 0.90 2 3 Jowin Ansems 242:22 18 89.53 4.46 0 4 Teo Janjatović-Lončar 307:22 17 88.89 3.32 0 5 Julio Rapun 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

The Division II B tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 16 to 22 January 2023.2023 World Championship Division II B official website2023 World Championship Division II B statistics

Participating teams Team Qualification placed 3rd in Division II B last year placed 4th in Division II B last year hosts; placed 5th in Division II B last year placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted placed 2nd in Division III last year and were promoted placed 3rd in 2020 Division II B; didn't play last year

Final standings

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

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Lowie Vreys 5 5 7 12 +4 6 2 Tijs Vreys 5 4 8 12 +3 2 3 Matija Dinić 5 4 7 11 +6 2 3 Hakon Magnusson 5 4 7 11 +2 0 5 Vuk Kravljanac 5 4 6 10 +2 2 6 Li Ming-shenhao 5 5 4 9 +12 2 7 Chen Kailin 5 4 5 9 +11 2 8 Lyu Zhiyi 5 3 5 8 +12 0 9 Rik Cuylen 5 5 2 7 +3 4 9 Slavko Vidovic 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)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Chen Shifeng 180:00 4 95.92 1.33 1 2 Helgi Ivarsson 140:00 6 93.26 2.57 1 3 Tian Boyan 124:27 5 92.65 2.41 0 4 Stijn Raeymaekers 304:27 14 92.13 2.76 0 5 Neal Beaton 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

External links Official website of IIHF