The 2025 IIHF World Championship Division II consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Divisions II A and II B represented the fourth and the fifth tier of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships.
Group A was scheduled to be held in Melbourne, Australia, but it was later moved to Serbia.
Netherlands won Group A and got promoted to Division I, while Israel was relegated. Georgia won Group B and got promoted, while Thailand was relegated to Division III.
Group A tournament
The Division II Group A tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia from 29 April to 5 May 2025.
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I B in 2024 and was relegated.Hosts; placed 2nd in Division II A in 2024.Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2024.Placed 4th in Division II A in 2024.Placed 5th in Division II A in 2024.Placed 1st in Division II B in 2024 and was promoted.
Match officials Six referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Jakub Šindel Bastian Steingroß Federico Giacomozzi Uldis Bušs Tomáš Hronský Alexey Roshchyn Frederic Monnaie Fu Dahe Andreas Krøyer Johan Fauvel Lukas Fleischmann Uroš Mladenović Matija Nikolić
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Guus van Nes 5 7 5 12 +8 4 F D'Artagnan Joly 5 4 8 12 +6 2 F Delaney Hessels 5 6 3 9 +8 2 F Ilia Chuikov 5 2 7 9 +6 0 F Mirko Đumić 5 3 3 6 +4 2 F Danny Stempher 5 1 5 6 +6 4 F Danilo Tomašević 5 2 3 5 +7 0 F Bartek Bison 5 1 4 5 +7 8 F Jordy Verkiel 5 1 4 5 +6 2 D Artem Klavdiev 5 3 1 4 +6 0 F Kieren Webster 5 3 1 4 0 2 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Cedrick Andree 180:00 2 0.67 56 96.43 1 Akim Padalitsa 298:45 5 1.00 117 95.73 2 Konstantin Belomoev 296:51 12 2.43 227 94.71 1 Maksim Kaliaev 277:24 16 3.46 191 91.62 0 Jelle Lievens 233:32 11 2.83 125 91.20 1 TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts Source: IIHF.com Awards Position Player Goaltender Akim Padalitsa Defenceman Björn Borgman Forward Guus van Nes
Group B tournament
The Division II Group B tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand from 27 April to 3 May 2025.
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II A in 2024 and was relegated.Hosts; placed 2nd in Division II B in 2024.Placed 3rd in Division II B in 2024.Placed 4th in Division II B in 2024.Placed 5th in Division II B in 2024.Placed 1st in Division III A in 2024 and was promoted.
Match officials Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Niki De Herdt Rasmus Ankersen Jeroen Klijberg Christian Persson Hamish Young Thibo Christiaens Miroslav Lhotský Lowewijk Beelen Richard Button Tyler Haslemore Ahmed Al-Farsi
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+12).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Daniel Dilkov 5 1 13 14 −2 2 F Makar Nikishanin 5 6 6 12 +1 2 F Timur Besharov 5 5 6 11 +7 2 F Danil Davydov 5 5 6 11 +9 12 F Unnar Rúnarsson 5 6 4 10 +6 2 F Nikita Bukiya 5 5 4 9 +9 4 F Johann Leifsson 5 4 5 9 +5 2 F Konstantin Gavrilenko 5 3 6 9 +8 0 D Viggó Hlynsson 5 3 6 9 +7 2 F Emil Zaleev 5 5 3 8 −5 6 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Csaba Kercso-Magos 120:00 3 1.50 59 94.92 0 Ivan Starostin 263:52 6 1.36 99 93.94 2 Hsiao Po-yu 239:05 10 2.51 154 93.51 0 Helgi Ívarsson 240:00 9 2.25 112 91.96 0 Dimitar Dimitrov 139:30 10 4.30 112 91.07 0 TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Awards Position Player Goaltender Hsiao Po-yu Defenceman Justin Daigle Forward Makar Nikishanin
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