The 2022 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 25 to 30 April and the Group B tournament in Reykjavík, Iceland from 18 to 23 April 2022.

After the tournament was cancelled the two previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams stayed put in their respective groups.

China won Group A and got promoted to Division IB, while Iceland won Group B and got promoted to Group A.

In order to fill each group of the World Championships back to their normal number of teams, the IIHF made the decision following the tournament not to relegate Israel or Mexico, who finished last in Groups A and B respectively, but instead to promote the Netherlands and Georgia, the runners-up of each group.

Group A tournament

Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division I B last edition and was relegated.Host, placed 2nd in Division II A last edition.Placed 3rd in Division II A last edition.Placed 4th in Division II A last edition.Placed 5th in Division II A last edition.Placed 1st in Division II B last edition and was promoted.

Match officials Three referees and five linesmen are selected for the tournament.IIA game officials

Referees Linesmen Martin Christensen Vitalijus Sevruk Bartosz Kaczmarek Tomislav Grozaj Marko Šaković Barnabás Fényi Ľudovít Šoltés Anže Bergant

Standings

Results All times are local (UTC+2)

Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Fu Shuai 4 4 6 10 +10 2 F Nick Verschuren 4 4 6 10 +6 2 F Fu Jiang 4 3 7 10 +11 0 F Raymond van der Schuit 4 3 6 9 +6 4 F Danny Stempher 4 3 6 8 +6 0 F Jieke Kailiaosi 4 2 6 8 +11 2 D Luo Jia 4 4 2 6 +9 0 F Ye Jinguang 4 3 3 6 +5 0 F Wang Taile 4 1 5 6 +6 0 F Ruian Sipulaoer 4 1 4 5 +8 0 D 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 Yongli Ouban 240:00 4 1.00 91 95.60 0 Ignacio García 161:18 3 1.12 56 94.64 1 Martijn Oosterwijk 120:00 3 1.50 42 92.86 1 Nir Tichon 117:59 11 5.59 151 92.72 0 Vilim Rosandić 185:00 7 2.27 91 92.31 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 Vilim Rosandić Defenceman Jordy Verkiel Forward Fu Jiang

Group B tournament

Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II A last edition and was relegated.Host, placed 2nd in Division II B last edition.Placed 3rd in Division II B last edition.Placed 4th in Division II B last edition.Placed 5th in Division II B last edition.Placed 1st in Division III last edition and was promoted.

Match officials Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIB game officials

Referees Linesmen Julien Peyre Andrew Dalton Jos Korte Wayne Gerth Andrew Cook Óli Gunnarsson Sindri Gunnarsson Herman Johansen

Standings

Results All times are local (UTC±0)

Statistics Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Nikita Bukiya 4 7 4 11 +9 4 F Ivan Karelin 4 5 6 11 +6 0 F Björn Sigurðarson 4 3 6 9 +4 2 F Ben Coolen 4 3 5 8 +4 0 F Johann Leifsson 4 2 6 8 +4 6 F Andri Mikaelsson 4 3 4 7 +4 0 F Axel Orongan 4 4 2 6 +4 6 F Alec James 4 3 3 6 +3 4 F Gunnar Arason 4 2 4 6 +3 0 D Frank Neven 4 2 4 6 +3 4 D 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 Jóhann Ragnarsson 120:00 4 2.00 78 94.87 0 Jakob Jóhannesson 120:00 3 1.50 47 93.62 0 Arne Waumans 176:32 4 1.36 55 92.73 1 Mikhail Fofanov 187:26 8 2.56 105 92.38 1 Marcello de Antuñano 113:13 11 5.83 89 87.64 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 Jóhann Ragnarsson Defenceman Frank Neven Forward Johann Leifsson

References

External links Official site for Division IIA Official site for Division IIB