2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II B
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–24 March
Teams	5
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	40 (6.67 per game)
Attendance	3,610 (602 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Karlo Marinković (10 points)

2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country	Estonia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	3–9 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	106 (7.07 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Kim Si-hwan (12 points)

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Estonia; Bulgaria
Dates	3–9 April (Group A); 21–27 March (Group B)
Teams	11
	← 2021 (cancelled); 2019 2023 →

See also: 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II was 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[]

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

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
United Kingdom	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

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Korea (P)	5	4	0	0	1	33	9	+24	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promoted to the 2023 Division I B
2	Estonia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	24	7	+17	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	United Kingdom	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 (R)	5	0	0	0	5	7	39	−32	0	Relegated to the 2023 Division II B

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

3 April 2022
12:30

Serbia

2–3
(0–3, 1–0, 1–0)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn


Željko Bodiš	Goalies	Alex Olaru	Referee: Niki de Herdt
Simić (Dinić) – 34:56 / Dinić (PP, EA) – 59:09	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3	02:47 – Lőrincz (Molnár) / 02:59 – Iuga (Ördög) / 14:59 – Nyisztor (Both) (SH)
8 min	Penalties	12 min
19	Shots	40

3 April 2022
16:00

Estonia

3–2
(1–0, 0–1, 2–1)

United Kingdom

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 876


Georg Vladimirov	Goalies	Benjamin Norton	Referee: Dániel Soós
Nevolainen (Proskurin, Novitskiy) (PP) – 16:02 / Kontseus (E. Potšinok) – 43:53 / E. Potšinok – 56:50	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2	32:22 – Hazeldine (Hopkins) (PP) / 53:43 – Hopkins (Cooper, Hazeldine)
6 min	Penalties	16 min
39	Shots	18

3 April 2022
19:30

Lithuania

3–5
(1–1, 1–3, 1–1)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 155


Daniil Cepov	Goalies	Seo Kyung-min	Referee: Pavel Halas Jr
Dumčius (PS) – 14:09 / Čižas (Andrejauskas, Grybauskas) (PP) – 23:50 / Grybauskas (Ignatavičius, Andrejauskas) (PP) – 55:27	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 3–5	18:14 – Lim (Kim Sa.) (PP) / 24:20 – Kim Si. / 29:05 – Lee D. (Jang, Lee Jae-s.) / 32:01 – Huh (Kim Sa., Lim) (PP) / 42:46 – Huh (Kim Si.) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	6 min
15	Shots	36

5 April 2022
12:30

United Kingdom

3–2 OT
(0–2, 2–0, 0–0)
OT: (1–0)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 137


Benjamin Norton	Goalies	Alex Olaru	Referee: Artjom Jeremejev
Beatie (Hazeldine, Hopkins) (PP) – 21:11 / Osborn (Lyne) – 24:06 / Stewart – 60:37	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2	01:32 – Nyisztor / 08:50 – Molnár (PP)
12 min	Penalties	14 min
35	Shots	14

5 April 2022
16:00

South Korea

15–2
(6–0, 7–1, 2–1)

Serbia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 177


Seo Kyung-min Oh Eun-yul	Goalies	Željko Bodiš Lazar Ilić	Referee: Pavel Halas Jr
Huh – 02:35 / Hong (Kong, Kim Si.) – 03:22 / Kim Sa. (Lim, Lee M.) – 11:04 / Kim Si. (Huh, Jung S.) – 12:32 / Kim G. (Jung J. (Jang) – 16:39 / Kim D. (Huh, Kim Si.) – 18:06 / Lee M. (SH) – 23:04 / Lee Jae-h. (Kwon) – 24:07 / Chae (Jang, Kim D.) (PP) – 29:08 / Kim Si. (Lee Jae-h., Yang) – 29:38 / Kwon (Lim, Kong) – 30:15 / Kim Sa. (PS) – 32:46 / Lee Jae-s. (Kim Sa.) – 36:34 / Kwon (Jang, Kim D.) (PP) – 45:57 / Kim Sa. (Kim Si., Kim D.) – 59:58	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0 / 11–0 / 12–0 / 12–1 / 13–1 / 13–2 / 14–2 / 15–2	33:53 – Simić / 44:41 – Vidović (SH)
14 min	Penalties	12 min
72	Shots	8

5 April 2022
19:30

Lithuania

3–8
(1–2, 1–4, 1–2)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 928


Domas Makarevičius Daniil Cepov	Goalies	Georg Vladimirov	Referee: Dániel Soós
Ignatavičius (Dumčius) – 19:41 / Levčenko (Michalevič) – 39:01 / Grybauskas (Ignatavičius) – 43:07	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 3–6 / 3–7 / 3–8	07:39 – Nevolainen (Välja) / 13:46 – E. Potšinok (Stepanov) / 24:13 – M. Potšinok (Kontseus, E. Potšinok) / 36:17 – Stepanov (Nevolainen, Timofejev) / 37:53 – M. Potšinok (Proskurin, Timofejev) (PP) / 39:40 – Stepanov (Timofejev, Nevolainen) / 44:12 – E. Potšinok (Kontseus, M. Potšinok) / 57:23 – Neltsas (Burkov, Välja)
6 min	Penalties	8 min
31	Shots	38

6 April 2022
12:30

United Kingdom

3–2
(1–2, 2–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 125


Benjamin Norton	Goalies	Oh Eun-yol	Referee: Dániel Soós
Steele (Endicott, Russell) – 01:13 / Hopkins (PP) – 26:51 / Stewart (Corkum) – 35:59	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2	05:55 – Chae (Kwon, Jang) (PP) / 17:32 – Lee Jae-s. (Chae)
35 min	Penalties	10 min
14	Shots	33

6 April 2022
16:00

Lithuania

6–3
(3–0, 0–2, 3–1)

Serbia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 115


Daniil Cepov	Goalies	Lazar Ilić	Referee: Artjom Jeremejev
Jukna (Čyvas, Fediukin) – 13:51 / Seniut (Dumčius, Levčenko) (PP) – 14:50 / Cecekovas (Valčiukas, Valivonis) – 19:59 / Michalevič (Levčenko, Seniut) (PP) – 41:02 / Levčenko (Čižas, Čyvas) – 52:02 / Zeynalov – 53:24	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 5–3 / 6–3	26:00 – Ivanović (Vidović, Dinić) / 31:07 – Ivanovic (Dinić) (PP) / 49:38 – Vidović (Dinić) (PP)
14 min	Penalties	14 min
50	Shots	15

6 April 2022
19:30

Estonia

5–0
(3–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 734


Georg Vladimirov	Goalies	Alex Olaru Nándor Bíró	Referee: Niki de Herdt
Välja (Neltsas, Velja) – 10:01 / Kontseus (Tammeorg) – 11:11 / M. Potšinok (Kontseus, E. Potšinok) (PP) – 15:25 / Sildre (Kontseus, M.Potšinok) (PP) – 23:08 / M. Potšinok (Kontseus, E. Potšinok) – 27:48	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
10 min	Penalties	10 min
39	Shots	16

8 April 2022
12:30

Romania

1–2
(0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Lithuania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 233


Alex Olaru	Goalies	Daniil Cepov	Referee: Pavel Halas Jr
Sârbu (Kovács, Nyika) (PP) – 23:58	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2	01:44 – Levčenko (Čižas) / 19:26 – Ignatavičius (Valčiukas, Seniut)
58 min	Penalties	14 min
24	Shots	35

8 April 2022
16:00

Serbia

0–8
(0–2, 0–5, 0–1)

United Kingdom

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 146


Željko Bodiš Lazar Ilić	Goalies	Benjamin Norton Luca Tessadri	Referee: Niki de Herdt
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8	00:53 – Stewart (Hopkins) / 05:20 – Steele / 20:45 – Hopkins (Stewart) / 25:31 – Chung (Hamill) / 29:40 – Brown (Beatie) / 37:38 – Osborn (Hamill) / 39:03 – Hamill (Stewart, Beatie) (PP) / 51:17 – Hamill
12 min	Penalties	14 min
14	Shots	47

8 April 2022
19:30

South Korea

2–1
(0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,857


Seo Kyung-min	Goalies	Georg Vladimirov	Referee: Dániel Soós
Kim Si. (Kim D.) – 57:45 / Lim (PP, EA) – 59:42	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1	31:18 – E. Potšinok (M. Potšinok, Kontseus) (PP)
16 min	Penalties	14 min
34	Shots	25

9 April 2022
12:30

United Kingdom

4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Lithuania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 212


			Referee: Niki de Herdt

14 min	Penalties	8 min
23	Shots	27

9 April 2022
16:00

Estonia

7–0
(1–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Serbia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 956


			Referee: Pavel Halas Jr

10 min	Penalties	6 min
49	Shots	17

9 April 2022
19:30

Romania

0–9
(0–1, 0–2, 0–6)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 568


			Referee: Artjom Jeremejev

18 min	Penalties	16 min
12	Shots	58

Division II B[]

The Division II B tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 21 to 24 March 2022.^[1]^[2]

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

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Croatia (P)	3	3	0	18	2	+16	9	Promoted to the 2023 Division II A
2	Spain	3	2	1	9	7	+2	6
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	10	12	−2	3
4	Bulgaria (H, R)	3	0	3	3	19	−16	0
–	China^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn
–	Australia^{[lower-alpha 3]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ Official website of Division II B
↑ Division II B statistics
↑ China team don't play. IIHF.com (21 March 2022). Retrieved on 21 March 2022.
↑ Australian teams withdrawn. IIHF.com (22 January 2022). Retrieved on 22 January 2022.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

21 March 2022
15:30

Spain

0–5
(0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Croatia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150




10 min	Penalties	6 min
31	Shots	41

21 March 2022
19:00

Netherlands

8–1
(3–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,250




14 min	Penalties	10 min
52	Shots	21

22 March 2022
15:30

Netherlands

1–8
(0–1, 1–2, 0–5)

Croatia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 80




16 min	Penalties	2 min
18	Shots	48

22 March 2022
19:00

Bulgaria

1–6
(0–2, 0–2, 1–2)

Spain

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 850




14 min	Penalties	10 min
18	Shots	52

24 March 2022
15:30

Spain

3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Netherlands

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 180




8 min	Penalties	12 min
30	Shots	19

24 March 2022
19:00

Croatia

5–1
(1–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,100




10 min	Penalties	12 min
41	Shots	23

References[]

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[1] Official website of Division II A

[2] Division II A statistics

[4] Official website of Division II B

[5] Division II B statistics

[6] China team don't play. IIHF.com (21 March 2022). Retrieved on 21 March 2022.

[8] Australian teams withdrawn. IIHF.com (22 January 2022). Retrieved on 22 January 2022.

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Tournament details
Host countries	Estonia Bulgaria
Dates	3–9 April (Group A) 21–27 March (Group B)
Teams	11
← 2021 (cancelled) 2019 2023 →