The 2018 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.
The tournaments were played in a round-robin tournament format, with two points allotted for a win, one additional point for a regulation win, and one point for an overtime or game winning shots loss.
To be eligible as a junior, a player couldn't be born earlier than 1998.
Division II A was held in Dumfries, United Kingdom, while Division II B was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia.
Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Dumfries, United Kingdom, from 10 to 16 December 2017.2018 World Championship Division II A official website2018 World Championship Division II A statistics
As a result of the tournament, Japan was promoted to Division I B, and the Netherlands was relegated to Division II B.
Participating teams Team Qualificationhosts; placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division II A last yearplaced 3rd in Division II A last yearplaced 4th in Division II A last yearplaced 5th in Division II A last yearplaced 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Greenwich Mean Time – UTC+0).
Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Liam Kirk 5 7 7 14 +6 6 2 Lee Jong-min 5 6 4 10 +6 4 2 Lee Ju-hyung 5 6 4 10 +6 4 4 Tohi Kobayashi 5 4 6 10 +7 2 5 Szilárd Rokaly 5 5 4 9 +5 4 6 Samuel Duggan 5 4 5 9 +6 0 6 Zoltán Sándor 5 4 5 9 +3 4 6 Cole Shudra 5 4 5 9 +6 22 9 Andre Linde 5 2 7 9 –1 2 10 Park Min-gyu 5 1 7 8 +7 4 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 Ryota Koda 120:56 2 93.75 0.99 0 2 Eiki Sato 180:41 5 91.67 1.66 0 3 Kim Tae-kyung 185:00 11 90.83 3.57 0 4 Örs Adorján 286:25 17 90.12 3.56 0 5 Jordan Lawday 207:57 10 89.90 2.89 0 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 Tae-kyung Defenceman: Daiki Aoyama Forward: Liam Kirk
Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 10 to 16 January 2018.2018 World Championship Division II B official website2018 World Championship Division II B statistics
As a result of the tournament, Spain was promoted to Division II A, and Turkey was relegated to Division III.
Participating teams Team Qualificationplaced 6th in Division II A last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division II B last yearhosts; placed 3rd in Division II B last yearplaced 4th in Division II B last yearplaced 5th in Division II B last yearplaced 1st in Division III last year and were promoted
Final standings
Match results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/-PIM 1 Luka Vukićević 5 8 4 12 +8 14 2 Mirko Đjumić 5 3 8 11 +7 10 3 Joan Cerda 5 5 5 10 0 6 4 Dorian Donath 5 5 3 8 +6 6 5 Rino Dhondt 5 4 4 8 +7 18 6 Oliver de Croock 5 3 4 7 –3 4 6 Bruno Fičur 5 3 4 7 0 2 8 Ben Coolen 5 3 3 6 0 24 8 Jorge Pérez 5 3 3 6 –3 8 10 Yusuf Kars 5 1 5 6 –7 8 10 Srdjan Subotić 5 1 5 6 +3 8
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Vito Nikolić 239:20 8 92.98 2.01 0 2 Raul Barbo 305:00 8 90.12 1.57 1 3 Gerardo García del Valle 238:30 18 89.71 4.53 0 4 Jug Mitić 305:00 12 89.19 2.36 0 5 Onurcan Kaya 260:47 26 85.87 5.98 0
Awards Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Raul Barbo Defenceman: Luka Kramarić Forward: Luka Vukičević
References
External links Official website of IIHF