2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

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See also: 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships
2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Estonia
 Bulgaria
Dates3–9 April (Group A)
21–27 March (Group B)
Teams10
← 2021 (cancelled)
← 2019
2023 →

The 2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II were two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II A and Division II B tournaments represent the fourth and the fifth tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division II A

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Estonia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates3–9 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored106 (7.07 per game)
Scoring leader(s)South Korea Kim Si-hwan (12 points)

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 3 to 9 April 2022.[1][2]

Participants

Team Qualification
 Great Britain placed 6th in 2019 Division I B and were relegated
 Lithuania placed 2nd in 2019 Division II A
 Estonia hosts, placed 3rd in 2019 Division II A
 Romania placed 4th in 2019 Division II A
 South Korea placed 5th in 2019 Division II A
 Serbia placed 1st in 2019 Division II B and were promoted

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  South Korea 5 4 0 0 1 33 9 +24 12[a] Promoted to the 2023 Division I B
2  Estonia (H) 5 4 0 0 1 24 7 +17 12[a]
3  Great Britain 5 3 1 0 1 20 9 +11 11
4  Lithuania 5 2 0 0 3 16 21 −5 6
5  Romania 5 1 0 1 3 6 21 −15 4
6  Serbia 5 0 0 0 5 7 39 −32 0
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 South Korea 2–1 Estonia

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

3 April 2022
12:30		Serbia 2–3
(0–3, 1–0, 1–0)		 RomaniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
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Željko BodišGoaliesAlex OlaruReferee:
Belgium Niki de Herdt
Linesmen:
Italy Matthias Cristelli
Lithuania Aleksej Sascenkov
0–102:47 – Lőrincz (Molnár)
0–202:59 – Iuga (Ördög)
0–314:59 – Nyisztor (Both) (SH)
Simić (Dinić) – 34:561–3
Dinić (PP, EA) – 59:092–3
8 minPenalties12 min
19Shots40
3 April 2022
16:00		Estonia 3–2
(1–0, 0–1, 2–1)		 Great BritainTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 876
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Georg VladimirovGoaliesBenjamin NortonReferee:
Hungary Dániel Soós
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
Nevolainen (Proskurin, Novitskiy) (PP) – 16:021–0
1–132:22 – Hazeldine (Hopkins) (PP)
Kontseus (E. Potšinok) – 43:532–1
2–253:43 – Hopkins (Cooper, Hazeldine)
E. Potšinok – 56:503–2
6 minPenalties16 min
39Shots18
3 April 2022
19:30		Lithuania 3–5
(1–1, 1–3, 1–1)		 South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 155
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Daniil CepovGoaliesSeo Kyung-minReferee:
United Kingdom Pavel Halas Jr
Linesmen:
Norway Christopher Dehn
Hungary Dávid Váczi
Dumčius (PS) – 14:091–0
1–118:14 – Lim (Kim Sa.) (PP)
Čižas (Andrejauskas, Grybauskas) (PP) – 23:502–1
2–224:20 – Kim Si.
2–329:05 – Lee D. (Jang, Lee Jae-s.)
2–432:01 – Huh (Kim Sa., Lim) (PP)
2–542:46 – Huh (Kim Si.) (PP)
Grybauskas (Ignatavičius, Andrejauskas) (PP) – 55:273–5
12 minPenalties6 min
15Shots36
5 April 2022
12:30		Great Britain 3–2 OT
(0–2, 2–0, 0–0)
OT: (1–0)		 RomaniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 137
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Benjamin NortonGoaliesAlex OlaruReferee:
Estonia Artjom Jeremejev
Linesmen:
Norway Christopher Dehn
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
0–101:32 – Nyisztor
0–208:50 – Molnár (PP)
Beatie (Hazeldine, Hopkins) (PP) – 21:111–2
Osborn (Lyne) – 24:062–2
Stewart – 60:373–2
12 minPenalties14 min
35Shots14
5 April 2022
16:00		South Korea 15–2
(6–0, 7–1, 2–1)		 SerbiaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 177
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Seo Kyung-min
Oh Eun-yul		GoaliesŽeljko Bodiš
Lazar Ilić		Referee:
United Kingdom Pavel Halas Jr
Linesmen:
Lithuania Aleksej Sascenkov
Estonia Toivu Tilku
Huh – 02:351–0
Hong (Kong, Kim Si.) – 03:222–0
Kim Sa. (Lim, Lee M.) – 11:043–0
Kim Si. (Huh, Jung S.) – 12:324–0
Kim G. (Jung J. (Jang) – 16:395–0
Kim D. (Huh, Kim Si.) – 18:066–0
Lee M. (SH) – 23:047–0
Lee Jae-h. (Kwon) – 24:078–0
Chae (Jang, Kim D.) (PP) – 29:089–0
Kim Si. (Lee Jae-h., Yang) – 29:3810–0
Kwon (Lim, Kong) – 30:1511–0
Kim Sa. (PS) – 32:4612–0
12–133:53 – Simić
Lee Jae-s. (Kim Sa.) – 36:3413–1
13–244:41 – Vidović (SH)
Kwon (Jang, Kim D.) (PP) – 45:5714–2
Kim Sa. (Kim Si., Kim D.) – 59:5815–2
14 minPenalties12 min
72Shots8
5 April 2022
19:30		Lithuania 3–8
(1–2, 1–4, 1–2)		 EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 928
Game reference
Domas Makarevičius
Daniil Cepov		GoaliesGeorg VladimirovReferee:
Hungary Dániel Soós
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
Hungary Dávid Váczi
0–107:39 – Nevolainen (Välja)
0–213:46 – E. Potšinok (Stepanov)
Ignatavičius (Dumčius) – 19:411–2
1–324:13 – M. Potšinok (Kontseus, E. Potšinok)
1–436:17 – Stepanov (Nevolainen, Timofejev)
1–537:53 – M. Potšinok (Proskurin, Timofejev) (PP)
Levčenko (Michalevič) – 39:012–5
2–639:40 – Stepanov (Timofejev, Nevolainen)
Grybauskas (Ignatavičius) – 43:073–6
3–744:12 – E. Potšinok (Kontseus, M. Potšinok)
3–857:23 – Neltsas (Burkov, Välja)
6 minPenalties8 min
31Shots38
6 April 2022
12:30		Great Britain 3–2
(1–2, 2–0, 0–0)		 South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 125
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Benjamin NortonGoaliesOh Eun-yolReferee:
Hungary Dániel Soós
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
Hungary Dávid Váczi
Steele (Endicott, Russell) – 01:131–0
1–105:55 – Chae (Kwon, Jang) (PP)
1–217:32 – Lee Jae-s. (Chae)
Hopkins (PP) – 26:512–2
Stewart (Corkum) – 35:593–2
35 minPenalties10 min
14Shots33
6 April 2022
16:00		Lithuania 6–3
(3–0, 0–2, 3–1)		 SerbiaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 115
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Daniil CepovGoaliesLazar IlićReferee:
Estonia Artjom Jeremejev
Linesmen:
Italy Matthias Cristeli
Estonia Toivo Tilku
Jukna (Čyvas, Fediukin) – 13:511–0
Seniut (Dumčius, Levčenko) (PP) – 14:502–0
Cecekovas (Valčiukas, Valivonis) – 19:593–0
3–126:00 – Ivanović (Vidović, Dinić)
3–231:07 – Ivanovic (Dinić) (PP)
Michalevič (Levčenko, Seniut) (PP) – 41:024–2
4–349:38 – Vidović (Dinić) (PP)
Levčenko (Čižas, Čyvas) – 52:025–3
Zeynalov – 53:246–3
14 minPenalties14 min
50Shots15
6 April 2022
19:30		Estonia 5–0
(3–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 RomaniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 734
Game reference
Georg VladimirovGoaliesAlex Olaru
Nándor Bíró		Referee:
Belgium Niki de Herdt
Linesmen:
Norway Christopher Dehn
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
Välja (Neltsas, Velja) – 10:011–0
Kontseus (Tammeorg) – 11:112–0
M. Potšinok (Kontseus, E. Potšinok) (PP) – 15:253–0
Sildre (Kontseus, M.Potšinok) (PP) – 23:084–0
M. Potšinok (Kontseus, E. Potšinok) – 27:485–0
10 minPenalties10 min
39Shots16
8 April 2022
12:30		Romania 1–2
(0–2, 1–0, 0–0)		 LithuaniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 233
Game reference
Alex OlaruGoaliesDaniil CepovReferee:
United Kingdom Pavel Halas Jr
Linesmen:
Norway Christopher Dehn
Estonia Toivo Tilku
0–101:44 – Levčenko (Čižas)
0–219:26 – Ignatavičius (Valčiukas, Seniut)
Sârbu (Kovács, Nyika) (PP) – 23:581–2
58 minPenalties14 min
24Shots35
8 April 2022
16:00		Serbia 0–8
(0–2, 0–5, 0–1)		 Great BritainTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 146
Game reference
Željko Bodiš
Lazar Ilić		GoaliesBenjamin Norton
Luca Tessadri		Referee:
Belgium Niki de Herdt
Linesmen:
Italy Matthias Cristeli
Lithuania Aleksej Sascenkov
0–100:53 – Stewart (Hopkins)
0–205:20 – Steele
0–320:45 – Hopkins (Stewart)
0–425:31 – Chung (Hamill)
0–529:40 – Brown (Beatie)
0–637:38 – Osborn (Hamill)
0–739:03 – Hamill (Stewart, Beatie) (PP)
0–851:17 – Hamill
12 minPenalties14 min
14Shots47
8 April 2022
19:30		South Korea 2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)		 EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,857
Game reference
Seo Kyung-minGoaliesGeorg VladimirovReferee:
Hungary Dániel Soós
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
Hungary Dávid Váczi
0–131:18 – E. Potšinok (M. Potšinok, Kontseus) (PP)
Kim Si. (Kim D.) – 57:451–1
Lim (PP, EA) – 59:422–1
16 minPenalties14 min
34Shots25
9 April 2022
12:30		Great Britain 4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0)		 LithuaniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 212
Game reference
Referee:
Belgium Niki de Herdt
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
Latvia Agris Ozoliņš
14 minPenalties8 min
23Shots27
9 April 2022
16:00		Estonia 7–0
(1–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 SerbiaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 956
Game reference
Referee:
United Kingdom Pavel Halas Jr
Linesmen:
Italy Matthias Cristeli
Norway Christopher Dehn
10 minPenalties6 min
49Shots17
9 April 2022
19:30		Romania 0–9
(0–1, 0–2, 0–6)		 South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 568
Game reference
Referee:
Estonia Artjom Jeremejev
Linesmen:
Lithuania Aleksej Sascenkov
Estonia Toivo Tilku
18 minPenalties16 min
12Shots58

Division II B

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates21–24 March
Teams4
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored40 (6.67 per game)
Attendance3,610 (602 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Croatia Karlo Marinković (10 points)

The Division II B tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 21 to 24 March 2022.[3][4]

Participants

Team Qualification
 Spain placed 6th in 2019 Division II A and were relegated
 China placed 2nd in 2019 Division II B
 Netherlands placed 3rd in 2019 Division II B
 Croatia placed 4th in 2019 Division II B
 Australia placed 5th in 2019 Division II B
 Bulgaria hosts, placed 1st in 2019 Division III A and were promoted

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Croatia 3 3 0 0 0 18 2 +16 9 Promoted to the 2023 Division II A
2  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 9 7 +2 6
3  Netherlands 3 1 0 0 2 10 12 −2 3
4  Bulgaria (H) 3 0 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0
–  China[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
–  Australia[b] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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. ^ China withdrew their team because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
  2. ^ Australia withdrew their team on 22 January 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

21 March 2022
15:30		Spain 0–5
(0–1, 0–2, 0–2)		 CroatiaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150
Game reference
10 minPenalties6 min
31Shots41
21 March 2022
19:00		Netherlands 8–1
(3–1, 3–0, 2–0)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,250
Game reference
14 minPenalties10 min
52Shots21
22 March 2022
15:30		Netherlands 1–8
(0–1, 1–2, 0–5)		 CroatiaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 80
Game reference
16 minPenalties2 min
18Shots48
22 March 2022
19:00		Bulgaria 1–6
(0–2, 0–2, 1–2)		 SpainWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 850
Game reference
14 minPenalties10 min
18Shots52
24 March 2022
15:30		Spain 3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 NetherlandsWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 180
Game reference
8 minPenalties12 min
30Shots19
24 March 2022
19:00		Croatia 5–1
(1–1, 3–0, 1–0)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,100
Game reference
10 minPenalties12 min
41Shots23

References

  1. ^ Division II A official website
  2. ^ Division II A statistics
  3. ^ Division II B official website
  4. ^ Division II B statistics
  5. ^ "China team don't play". IIHF.com. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Australian teams withdrawn". IIHF.com. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.