The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II were a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It consists 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 team which will place first will be promoted to the next higher division, while the team which place last will be relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2004.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Dumfries, United Kingdom, from 11 to 17 December 2023.Division II A official website, www.iihf.comDivision II A statistics, stats.iihf.com

Participants TeamQualification placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegatedhosts; placed 2nd in Division II A last year placed 3rd in Division II A last year placed 4th in Division II A last year placed 5th in Division II A last year placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted

Standings

Results

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Kim Si-hwan 5 5 9 14 +10 4 2 Huh Min-joon 5 5 8 13 +6 0 3 Kong Yu-chan 5 2 9 11 +7 4 4 Jack Hopkins 5 6 4 10 +8 2 5 Lee Moo-young 5 3 6 9 +5 4 6 Marijus Dumčius 5 2 6 8 +2 10 7 Mackenzie Stewart 5 1 7 8 +6 8 8 Paulius Grybauskas 5 4 3 7 +1 2 9 Linas Dedinas 5 3 3 6 +3 4 9 Vitalij Fediukin 5 3 3 6 +4 0 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 Benjamin Norton 300:43 11 93.45 2.19 0 2 Daniil Cepov 125:00 4 93.10 1.92 0 3 Chen Shifeng 281:48 18 92.86 3.83 0 4 Seo Kyung-min 271:16 10 91.45 2.21 0 5 Sam Luitwieler 180:00 15 91.12 5.00 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: Benjamin Norton Defenceman: Artur Seniut Forward: Huh Min-joon

Source: IIHF

Division II B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 14 to 20 January 2024.Division II B official websiteDivision II B statistics, stats.iihf.com

Participants TeamQualification placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division II B last year hosts; placed 3rd in Division II B last year placed 4th in Division II B last year placed 5th in Division II B last year placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted

Standings

Results

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Minja Ivanović 5 6 4 10 +9 12 2 Csongor Antal 5 6 3 9 +5 6 3 Arnar Kristjánsson 5 2 7 9 +7 2 4 Alex Sveinsson 5 4 4 8 +6 6 5 Viggó Hlynsson 5 3 5 8 +5 8 6 Petar Šimić 5 3 4 7 +5 4 7 Petar Pećerić 4 1 6 7 +5 8 8 Ákos Nyisztor 4 5 1 6 +6 2 9 Níels Hafsteinsson 5 3 3 6 +1 4 10 Matija Dinić 5 1 5 6 +3 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 Filip Korenić 251:55 3 97.22 0.71 2 2 Nándor Bíró 183:21 4 94.12 1.31 0 3 Helgi Ívarsson 217:57 10 91.87 2.75 1 4 Stijn Raeymaekers 238:18 13 89.68 3.27 0 5 Matúš Trnka 285:20 16 89.04 3.36 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: Filip Korenić Defenceman: Arnar Kristjánsson Forward: Csongor Antal

Source: IIHF

References

External links Official website of IIHF