The 2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II were two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A represents the fourth tier and Division II B the fifth tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. For each tier, the first-placed team was promoted to the next higher tier, while the last-placed team was relegated to the next lower tier.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2006.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Bucharest, Romania, from 4 to 10 January 2026.Division II A official website, www.iihf.comDivision II A statistics, stats.iihf.com

Participating teams TeamQualification placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated (hosts)placed 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

Standings

Results All times are local, EET (UTC+2).

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Kim Jung-jun 5 2 13 15 +11 0 2 Roko Goršič 5 4 7 11 –1 10 3 Matko Idžan 5 6 4 10 –1 4 4 Kim Beom-su 5 4 6 10 +8 2 5 Lee Jun-seo 5 4 3 7 +6 6 6 Brynley Capps 5 5 1 6 0 6 6 Kim Do-hyun 5 5 1 6 +6 10 8 Bailey Yates 5 4 2 6 0 2 9 Kim Jian 5 3 3 6 +5 4 9 Kim Kwan-yu 5 3 3 6 +6 2 9 Lim Sung-kyu 5 3 3 6 +7 16 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 Park Sang-woo 260:00 5 93.90 1.15 1 2 Benjamin Clark Leach 301:29 13 90.85 2.59 0 3 Zhang Youyi 181:49 9 90.43 2.97 0 4 Guillermo Esteban 146:59 12 89.83 4.90 0 5 Calin Mardale 178:27 9 88.89 3.03 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Benjamin Clark Leach Defenceman: Roko Goršič Forward: Kim Jung-jun

Source: IIHF

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 18 to 24 January 2026.Division II B official website, www.iihf.comDivision II B statistics, stats.iihf.com

Participating teams 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 yearplaced 4th in Division II B last yearplaced 5th in Division II B last yearplaced 1st in Division III A last year and were promoted

Standings

Results All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Jaidy van Mourik 5 7 9 16 +15 2 2 Donny van Belkom 5 3 8 11 +9 0 3 Ivan Kuleshov 5 3 7 10 –4 0 4 Nikita Zitserman 5 7 2 9 –4 10 5 Jelle Noblesse 5 4 5 9 +14 0 6 Stijn Andringa 5 5 3 8 +8 0 7 Jan Versantvoort 5 4 3 7 +6 0 8 Bryan Wendijk 3 3 4 7 +7 2 9 Koen Raijmakers 5 3 4 7 +9 0 10 Daniel Koudelka 5 0 7 7 0 2 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 Thijs Kivits 120:00 1 97.44 0.50 1 2 Danylo Douma 180:00 2 97.10 0.67 2 3 Michael Kozlov 291:23 17 89.03 3.50 0 4 Elvar Sigurdarson 200:44 15 88.81 4.48 0 5 Filip Korenič 298:04 18 88.08 3.62 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Danylo Douma Defenceman: Daniel Koudelka Forward: Jaidy van Mourik

Source: IIHF

References

External links Official website of IIHF