2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Croatia
 Serbia
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates6–12 and 19–25 January 2025
Teams12

The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of 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's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2005.

Division II A

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
CityZagreb
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates6–12 January 2025
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored115 (7.67 per game)
Attendance2,697 (180 per game)
Scoring leaderLithuania Simas Ignatavičius (14 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 6 to 12 January 2025.[1][2][3][4]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Croatia (hosts) placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated
 Lithuania placed 2nd in Division II A last year
 Great Britain placed 3rd in Division II A last year
 China placed 4th in Division II A last year
 Netherlands placed 5th in Division II A last year
 Romania placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Lithuania 5 5 0 0 0 39 5 +34 15 Promotion to the 2026 Division I B
2  Romania 5 3 0 0 2 16 15 +1 9[a]
3  Croatia (H) 5 3 0 0 2 22 26 −4 9[a]
4  Great Britain 5 2 0 0 3 11 15 −4 6[b]
5  China 5 2 0 0 3 18 24 −6 6[b]
6  Netherlands 5 0 0 0 5 9 30 −21 0 Relegation to the 2026 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
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Romania 6–4 Croatia
  2. 1 2 Great Britain 4–3 China

Results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

6 January 2025
12:30
Lithuania 8–2
(3–1, 3–0, 2–1)
 NetherlandsAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 52
Game reference
Daniil CepovGoaliesSam LuitwielerReferee:
United States Samuel Heidemann
Linesmen:
Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
Romania Áron Magyar
0–102:55 – van Mourik (Wendijk, Andringa)
Šulinskas (Krakauskas) – 10:531–1
Baltrūnas (Škadauskas, Krakaukas) (PP) – 12:462–1
Škadauskas (Pranskevičius) – 13:183–1
Škadauskas (Ignatavičius) – 22:074–1
Pranskevičius (Sadauskas) – 29:525–1
Ignatavičius (Pranskevičius) – 37:356–1
Ignatavičius (Šulinskas) – 42:357–1
Škadauskas (Andrejauskas, Krakauskas) (PP) – 50:098–1
8–252:23 – Pothoven (Bax-Kristiansen)
10 minPenalties8 min
48Shots18
6 January 2025
16:00
Romania 3–4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)
 ChinaAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 38
Game reference
Márton BudaGoaliesZhang YouyiReferee:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Linesmen:
Croatia Marko Šaković
Poland Michał Żak
Bogács (Fehér, Szopos-Böjte) – 06:011–0
1–117:39 – Meng
1–229:16 – Sun (Lyu, Luan)
Márton (Szabó, E. Kovács) – 30:562–2
2–342:13 – Luan (Lyu)
Kozma (Timaru) – 45:043–3
3–457:26 – Meng (Xu, Luan)
4 minPenalties10 min
24Shots22
6 January 2025
19:30
Great Britain 1–3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2)
 CroatiaAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 326
Game reference
Alfie JefferisGoaliesNikša SladeReferee:
Poland Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:
Germany Kenneth Englisch
Ukraine Oleh Ostroukh
White-Sey (Kay) (PP) – 19:491–0
1–128:46 – Kašparek (Mandušić)
1–251:32 – Završki (Bodiroga) (PP)
1–356:40 – Bodiroga
12 minPenalties2 min
30Shots47

7 January 2025
12:30
Netherlands 2–5
(1–2, 1–1, 0–2)
 RomaniaAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 42
Game reference
Thijs KivitsGoaliesMárton BudaReferee:
Italy Omar Pinie
Linesmen:
Germany Kenneth Englisch
Poland Michał Żak
0–101:09 – Nagy (Bogács, Feher)
0–201:56 – B. Süveg (I. Süveg)
Kapitonov (van Mourik, Wendijk) – 09:091–2
1–322:27 – Bogács (Szopos-Bojte)
Andringa (Meerakker, Castronovo) (PP) – 24:492–3
2–450:38 – Szabó (Timaru, Nechita) (PP)
2–558:09 – E. Kovács (EN)
20 minPenalties10 min
20Shots44
7 January 2025
16:00
Lithuania 6–1
(0–1, 4–0, 2–0)
 Great BritainAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 54
Game reference
Julius AndrekusGoaliesAlfie Jefferis
Alfie Blakeley
Referee:
United States Samuel Heidemann
Linesmen:
Austria Sebastian Bedynek
Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
0–108:25 – Lynch (Bradon)
Jukna (Ignatavičius, Šulinskas) – 24:281–1
Kovalenko (Ignatavičius, Pranskevičius) (PP) – 30:022–1
Zeynalov (Škadauskas, Čečekovas) (PP) – 35:373–1
Ignatavičius (Pranskevičius, Kovalenko) (PP) – 38:284–1
Ignatavičius (Jukna, Boravski) – 49:155–1
Jukna (Kovalenko, Valivonis) – 49:356–1
33 minPenalties20 min
42Shots15
7 January 2025
19:30
Croatia 7–4
(3–1, 3–2, 1–1)
 ChinaAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 156
Game reference
Nikša SladeGoaliesZhang Youyi
Sun Xi
Referee:
Ukraine Anton Peretyatko
Linesmen:
Romania Áron Magyar
Ukraine Oleh Ostroukh
Bodiroga (Svjetličić, Varga) – 11:281–0
H. Zovko (Završki, Bodiroga) (PP) – 13:062–0
Svjetličić (B. Zovko, Slovinac) – 14:263–0
3–115:25 – Tian (SH)
Završki (PP) – 24:374–1
H. Zovko (Završki, Bodiroga) (PP) – 32:295–1
5–232:41 – Xu (Jiang, Luan)
Idžan (Kurjaković) – 36:586–2
6–339:55 – Huang (Tian, Zhao Z.)
6–453:58 – Li (Tian, Huang)
H. Zovko (EN) – 58:197–4
8 minPenalties12 min
35Shots28

9 January 2025
12:30
Great Britain 4–3
(1–1, 1–1, 2–1)
 ChinaAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 64
Game reference
Alfie JefferisGoaliesZhang YouyiReferee:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Linesmen:
Germany Kenneth Englisch
Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
0–101:41 – Zhou (Gao, Huang) (PP)
Capps (Kay, Bradon) (PP) – 18:031–1
Shaw (Thorpe, Lipsey) – 20:412–1
2–238:03 – Jiang (Xu)
2–344:44 – Luan (Lyu, Li)
Lyne (Bradon, Kay) (PP) – 49:013–3
Clarke (Knaggs) – 53:044–3
8 minPenalties8 min
31Shots16
9 January 2025
16:00
Lithuania 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 RomaniaAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 55
Game reference
Daniil CepovGoaliesBalint MarkReferee:
Ukraine Anton Peretyatko
Linesmen:
Ukraine Oleh Ostroukh
Croatia Marko Šaković
Kovalenko (Baltrūnas, Čečekovas) – 09:151–0
Boravski, (Pranskevičius) – 30:572–0
Boravski (Ignatavičius) – 33:373–0
Pranskevičius (Ignatavičius, Kovalenko) (PP) – 51:244–0
14 minPenalties45 min
58Shots9
9 January 2025
19:30
Croatia 7–2
(3–1, 3–0, 1–1)
 NetherlandsAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 235
Game reference
Nikša SladeGoaliesSam Luitwieler
Thijs Kivits
Referee:
Italy Omar Pinie
Linesmen:
Austria Sebastian Bedynek
Poland Michał Żak
Završki (H. Zovko, Slovinac) – 00:261–0
1–104:18 – van Mourik (Kapitonov, Bax-Kristiansen)
H. Zovko (Kašparek) – 04:392–1
Idžan (Mandušić, Slovinac) – 15:003–1
Savić – 28:254–1
Završki (Slovinac, Savic) (PP) – 32:085–1
H. Zovko (Kurjaković, Jagatić) – 34:596–1
6–249:53 – van Mourik (Wendijk, Kapitonov)
Slovinac (Filipović, Marojević) – 55:227–2
14 minPenalties8 min
30Shots29

10 January 2025
12:30
China 1–8
(1–2, 0–4, 0–2)
 LithuaniaAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 58
Game reference
Sun XiGoaliesJulius AndrekusReferee:
Poland Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:
Austria Sebastian Bedynek
Romania Áron Magyar
0–110:21 – Šulinskas (Ignatavičius, Jukna)
0–210:51 – Pranskevičius (Škadauskas, Sadauskas)
Tian (Huang) – 11:491–2
1–321:13 – Ignatavičius (Jukna) (SH)
1–424:01 – Ignatavičius (Škadauskas)
1–524:40 – Ignatavičius (Simbelis, Zeynalov)
1–628:27 – Pranskevičius (Jukna) (PP)
1–741:35 – Škadauskas (Pranskevičius, Zeynalov)
1–845:25 – Andrejaukaus (Šulinskas) (SH)
6 minPenalties14 min
22Shots65
10 January 2025
16:00
Netherlands 1–4
(0–0, 1–3, 0–1)
 Great BritainAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 87
Game reference
Thijs KivitsGoaliesAlfie JefferisReferee:
Ukraine Anton Peretyatko
Linesmen:
Ukraine Oleh Ostroukh
Croatia Marko Sakovic
Wendijk (Mittendorff, Castronovo) – 29:401–0
1–131:52 – White-Sey (Kay, Bradon) (PP)
1–235:26 – Capps (Kay) (PP)
1–336:03 – Clarke (Carruth)
1–451:22 – Bradon
12 minPenalties6 min
12Shots47
10 January 2025
19:30
Romania 6–4
(0–4, 1–0, 5–0)
 CroatiaAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 620
Game reference
Balint Mark
Márton Buda
GoaliesNikša SladeReferee:
Italy Omar Pinie
Linesmen:
Germany Kenneth Englisch
Poland Michał Żak
0–107:58 – Bodiroga (Završki, H. Zovko) (PP)
0–211:50 – B. Zovko (Bodiroga, Vukadin)
0–316:33 – Alić
0–418:15 – H. Zovko (Bodiroga, Vukadin) (PP)
Kozma (Szekeres, B. Süveg) – 26:051–4
S. Kovács – 50:222–4
S. Kovács (A. Kovács) (PP) – 52:393–4
Timaru (Nechita, Szopos-Bojte) – 54:234–4
Salamon (S. Kovács) – 58:255–4
Bogács (EN) – 59:396–4
14 minPenalties12 min
34Shots28

12 January 2025
12:30
Great Britain 1–2
(0–2, 1–0, 0–0)
 RomaniaAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Alfie JefferisGoaliesMárton BudaReferee:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Linesmen:
Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
Croatia Marko Šaković
0–103:31 – A. Kovács (Ágoston, E. Kovács) (PP)
0–213:17 – S. Kovács (E. Kovács)
Carruth (Capps, Bradon) (PP) – 39:121–2
59 minPenalties10 min
20Shots31
12 January 2025
16:00
China 6–2
(3–0, 1–2, 2–0)
 NetherlandsAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 35
Game reference
Zhang YouyiGoaliesThijs Kivits
Sam Luitwieler
Referee:
Poland Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:
Romania Áron Magyar
Poland Michał Żak
Lyu (Jiang, Xu) (PP) – 12:241–0
Luan (Wen) – 15:292–0
Tian (Jiang, Huang) – 19:433–0
Zhou Z. (Lyu) – 25:194–0
4–131:33 – Van de Meerakker (Muizer) (PP)
4–234:58 – Muizer (Noblesse, Versantvoort)
Zhou Z. (Lyu, Luan) – 42:075–2
Tian (Meng) (EN) – 54:496–2
6 minPenalties6 min
26Shots39
12 January 2025
19:30
Croatia 1–13
(0–2, 0–6, 1–5)
 LithuaniaAdmiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 800
Game reference
Nikša SladeGoaliesJulius AndrekusReferee:
United States Samuel Heidemann
Linesmen:
Austria Sebastian Bedynek
Germany Kenneth Englisch
0–108:06 – Ignatavičius (Šulinskas)
0–212:20 – Škadauskas
0–324:57 – Čečekovas (Baltrūnas)
0–426:45 – Škadauskas (Valivonis, Zeynalov) (PP)
0–527:13 – Sobolev (Boravski)
0–630:01 – Šulinskas (Boravski, Zeynalov)
0–738:14 – Zeynalov (Baltrūnas, Simbelis)
0–839:01 – Valivonis (PP)
Filipović (Kašparek, H. Zovko) – 40:511–8
1–945:36 – Škadauskas (Valivonis, Sadauskas)
1–1051:08 – Baltrūnas (Čečekovas, Andrejauskas) (PP)
1–1152:02 – Jukna
1–1253:27 – Sadauskas (Škadauskas, Boravski)
1–1355:36 – Olienikas (Kovalenko) (PP)
10 minPenalties2 min
10Shots55

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1Simas Ignatavičius Lithuania58614+134
2Mykolas Škadauskas Lithuania57512+118
3Pijus Pranskevičius Lithuania54610+100
4Hrvoje Zovko Croatia5639–14
5Luka Bodiroga Croatia5358+26
6Fran Završki Croatia5437–14
7Deimantas Šulinskas Lithuania4347+827
8Dovydas Jukna Lithuania5347+100
8Luan Rong China5347+42
10Tian Boyu China5426–20

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)

Pos Player Country TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1Julius Andrekus Lithuania180:00393.621.000
2Daniil Cepov Lithuania120:00292.591.001
3Márton Buda Romania218:45790.791.920
4Thijs Kivits Netherlands137:361090.384.360
5Alfie Jefferis Great Britain286:121589.663.140

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

Source: IIHF

Division II B

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Tournament details
Host country Serbia
CityBelgrade
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates19–25 January 2025
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored98 (6.53 per game)
Attendance4,045 (270 per game)
Scoring leaderIsrael Mike Levin (11 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 19 to 25 January 2025.[5][6][7]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Spain placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated
 Serbia (hosts) placed 2nd in Division II B last year
 Iceland placed 3rd in Division II B last year
 Australia placed 4th in Division II B last year
 Belgium placed 5th in Division II B last year
 Israel placed 1st in Division III A last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Spain 5 4 0 1 0 18 9 +9 13 Promotion to the 2026 Division II A
2  Israel 5 3 0 0 2 18 19 −1 9
3  Serbia (H) 5 2 1 0 2 18 13 +5 8
4  Australia 5 2 0 0 3 18 19 −1 6[a]
5  Iceland 5 2 0 0 3 16 14 +2 6[a]
6  Belgium 5 1 0 0 4 10 24 −14 3 Relegation to the 2026 Division III A
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
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Iceland 4–5 Australia

Results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

19 January 2025
12:30
Israel 5–2
(0–1, 2–0, 3–1)
 AustraliaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 46
Game reference
David VerkhovskyGoaliesTom ForrestReferee:
Croatia Trpimir Piragic
Linesmen:
China Chi Hongda
Serbia Matija Nikolic
0–114:03 – Maybee (Kuleshov, Suchler) (PP)
Goldshtein (Ougortsin, Zitserman) (PP) – 31:501–1
Goldshtein (Levin) – 35:132–1
2–243:03 – Maybee (Hughes, West)
Levin – 50:533–2
Levin (PP) – 57:274–2
Rigler (Levin, Aharonovich) (EN) – 59:425–2
14 minPenalties14 min
31Shots15
19 January 2025
16:00
Iceland 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 SpainPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 53
Game reference
Þórir AsparGoaliesPablo SalvadorReferee:
Belgium Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Serbia Uros Mladenovic
0–139:34 – González (Sanz, Fernández)
0–250:46 – Collado (Cabello)
29 minPenalties4 min
13Shots30
19 January 2025
19:30
Serbia 2–4
(1–0, 1–1, 0–3)
 BelgiumPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 726
Game reference
Filip KorenićGoaliesTibe PalinckxReferees:
Lithuania Benas Jaksys
Slovenia Gregor Režek
Linesmen:
Croatia Krešimir Polašek
Netherlands Brian Van Rijzewijk
Šaranović – 12:331–0
Popović (Mladenović, Ivanović) – 27:252–0
2–129:28 – Delport (Gentry)
2–243:15 – van Bruyssel (Gentry, Blomme) (PP)
2–351:54 – Delport
2–459:55 – Gentry (Levecque) (EN)
6 minPenalties6 min
29Shots24

20 January 2025
12:30
Spain 4–2
(1–0, 0–1, 3–1)
 AustraliaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 32
Game reference
Enrique MampelGoaliesTom ForrestReferee:
Slovenia Gregor Režek
Linesmen:
Serbia Matija Nikolic
Lithuania Artyom Sidorov
Cantabrana (Collado, Pérez) (PP) – 18:501–0
1–121:37 – Kuleshov (Gordon)
García – 55:542–1
González (García) – 58:543–1
3–259:10 – Kuleshov (Friederich, O'Handley) (EA)
Collado (EN) – 59:274–2
10 minPenalties8 min
28Shots17
20 January 2025
16:00
Belgium 3–5
(2–2, 1–2, 0–1)
 IsraelPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 42
Game reference
Tibe PalinckxGoaliesDavid VerkhovskyReferee:
Netherlands Jeroen Klijberg
Linesmen:
Serbia Uros Mladenovic
Netherlands Brian Van Rijzewijk
Gentry (Delport) (PP) – 09:111–0
Gentry (Blomme, van Bruyssel) (PP) – 11:062–0
2–114:37 – Goldshtein (Levin, Kreimerman) (PP)
2–215:41 – Kerner (Sigalov)
2–324:11 – Levin (Goldshtein, Zitserman)
2–428:59 – Rigler (Sigalov)
Delport (Blomme, van Bruyssel) – 37:093–4
3–556:03 – Zitserman
33 minPenalties10 min
20Shots43
20 January 2025
19:30
Serbia 2–3
(1–1, 0–2, 1–0)
 IcelandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 674
Game reference
Lazar Ilić
Filip Korenić
GoaliesÞórir AsparReferee:
Belgium Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen:
China Chi Hongda
Croatia Krešimir Polašek
0–104:05 – H. Karvelsson (A. Kristjánsson)
Opalić (S. Pećerić, P. Pećerić) – 05:131–1
1–225:31 – Einisson (A. Kristjánsson) (PP)
1–339:45 – H. Karvelsson (Hrolfsson)
Mladenović (Popović) – 40:522–3
2 minPenalties10 min
55Shots13

22 January 2025
12:30
Spain 2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0)
 BelgiumPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 53
Game reference
Pablo SalvadorGoaliesTibe PalinckxReferee:
Lithuania Benas Jaksys
Linesmen:
Serbia Uros Mladenovic
Croatia Krešimir Polašek
Cortes (Badorrey) (SH) – 28:021–0
Cantabrana (Pérez, González) – 32:472–0
6 minPenalties4 min
35Shots12
22 January 2025
16:00
Iceland 4–5
(3–1, 1–0, 0–4)
 AustraliaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 37
Game reference
Þórir AsparGoaliesMarcus Henderson
Tom Forrest
Referees:
Netherlands Jeroen Klijberg
Croatia Trpimir Piragic
Linesmen:
Serbia Matija Nikolic
Netherlands Brian Van Rijzewijk
Steinsen (H. Karvelsson, Jóhannsson) (PP) – 03:501–0
H. Karvelsson (A. Karvelsson) – 07:402–0
2–110:45 – Sucher (Costa, Maybee) (PP)
Björgvinsson (Blöndal) – 18:403–1
Bjarnason (Sigvaldason) – 39:454–1
4–246:10 – Sucher (Gordon, Bartlett)
4–351:20 – Friederich (Costa, Kuleshov) (PP)
4–451:49 – Gordon (Friederich, Kuleshov)
4–553:01 – Maybee (Sucher) (PP)
14 minPenalties4 min
23Shots47
22 January 2025
19:30
Serbia 5–2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1)
 IsraelPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 764
Game reference
Filip KorenićGoaliesDavid VerkhovskiyReferee:
Slovenia Gregor Režek
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Lithuania Artyom Sidorov
Popović (Vitorac) – 06:221–0
1–122:43 – Aharonovich (Goldshtein, Levin) (PP)
Opalić (Matović) – 31:262–1
2–244:01 – Levin (Goldshtein)
Martinović (Popović) – 49:073–2
Opalić (P. Pećerić) – 49:424–2
Mladenović (Martinović, Ivanović) – 59:025–2
6 minPenalties10 min
39Shots21

23 January 2025
12:30
Belgium 2–7
(0–2, 2–3, 0–2)
 IcelandPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 23
Game reference
Tibe PalinckxGoaliesÞórir AsparReferee:
Lithuania Benas Jaksys
Linesmen:
Serbia Matija Nikolic
Lithuania Artyom Sidorov
0–111:29 – Blöndal (Björgvinsson, Einisson)
0–212:00 – H. Karvelsson (Hrolfsson)
0–326:14 – Einisson (A. Kristjánsson, Blöndal)
Raciborski (Laeremans, Schoovaerts) – 27:091–3
1–429:25 – A. Karvelsson (A. Kristjánsson)
Gentry – 32:032–4
2–538:52 – A. Karvelsson (A. Kristjánsson)
2–646:37 – Einisson (Björgvinsson, Mojzyszek)
2–748:46 – A. Kristjánsson (Björgvinsson) (PP)
4 minPenalties4 min
34Shots31
23 January 2025
16:00
Israel 3–7
(1–3, 1–1, 1–3)
 SpainPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 76
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Alon ShpinelGoaliesPablo SalvadorReferees:
Netherlands Jeroen Klijberg
Belgium Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen:
China Chi Hongda
Netherlands Brian Van Rijzewijk
0–108:00 – Mazón (Cabello, Collado)
Levin (Goldshtein) (SH) – 12:231–1
1–212:56 – González (García, Segura) (PP)
1–319:52 – Cabello (Sanz) (SH)
Levin (Goldshtein, Ougortsin) (PP) – 27:082–3
2–433:07 – Blanco (Cantabrana, Pérez) (PP)
Zitserman (Sigalov) (PP) – 40:333–4
3–550:17 – Acuña (Cortes, Segura)
3–655:19 – González (Collado, Cantabrana)
3–759:12 – Pérez (Collado, González)
10 minPenalties10 min
26Shots47
23 January 2025
19:30
Australia 1–5
(0–0, 0–3, 1–2)
 SerbiaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 714
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Tom ForrestGoaliesFilip KorenićReferee:
Croatia Trpimir Piragic
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Croatia Krešimir Polašek
0–126:08 – Martinović (S. Pećerić, Mladenović)
0–228:25 – Ivanović (P. Pećerić, Mladenović) (PP)
0–338:23 – Martinovic (Opalić, S. Pećerić) (PP)
Gordon (Friederich) – 41:331–3
1–451:13 – Mladenović (Šaranović, Matović)
1–558:39 – P. Pećerić (EN)
10 minPenalties10 min
21Shots25

25 January 2025
12:30
Iceland 2–3
(1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
 IsraelPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 29
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Þórir AsparGoaliesDavid VerkhovskyReferees:
Croatia Trpimir Piragic
Belgium Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen:
Serbia Matija Nikolic
Netherlands Brian Van Rijzewijk
0–111:23 – Rigler (Kerner)
A. Kristjánsson (Björgvinsson) (PP2) – 14:281–1
1–231:22 – Kerner (Charniak)
H. Karvelsson – 37:162–2
2–342:46 – Levin (Goldshtein)
16 minPenalties20 min
27Shots35
25 January 2025
16:00
Australia 8–1
(2–1, 4–0, 2–0)
 BelgiumPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 34
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Tom ForrestGoaliesTibe PalinckxReferees:
Lithuania Benas Jaksys
Slovenia Gregor Režek
Linesmen:
China Chi Hongda
Serbia Uros Mladenovic
0–106:48 – Poitras (Hendrix, Paulissen
Maybee (Reader) – 07:341–1
Kuleshov – 17:462–1
Garas (York, Koudelka – 21:403–1
Sucher – 23:494–1
Sucher (Maybee) – 27:225–1
Kuleshov (Reader, Forrest) – 34:546–1
Maybee (Sucher, Friederich) (PP) – 47:347–1
Kuleshov (O'Handley, Friederich) – 59:158–1
0 minPenalties6 min
32Shots32
25 January 2025
19:30
Spain 3–4 GWS
(2–1, 1–0, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–2)
 SerbiaPionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 742
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Enrique MampelGoaliesFilip KorenićReferees:
Netherlands Jeroen Klijberg
Belgium Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen:
United Kingdom Ilia Kisil
Lithuania Artyom Sidorov
Blanco (Acuña) – 12:141–0
Mazón (Vilar Cabello, Sanz) – 16:372–0
2–118:58 – Popović (S. Pećerić)
Pérez (Cantabrana, González) – 23:553–1
3–240:24 – Martinović (Mladenović, Opalić)
3–341:46 – Popović
González MISS
Pérez MISS
Cantabrana MISS
García MISS
ShootoutGOAL Popović
MISS Mladenović
GOAL Ivanović
MISS Martinovic
6 minPenalties2 min
38Shots36

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1Mike Levin Israel57411+316
2Samson Goldshtein Israel5369+26
3Ivan Kuleshov Australia553804
4Brayden Maybee Australia5527+32
5Eduardo González Spain5437+46
5Lachlan Sucher Australia5437−16
7Kosta Mladenović Serbia5347+44
8Arnar Kristjánsson Iceland5257+34
9Haukur Karvelsson Iceland5516+30
10Tobi Gentry Belgium5426−60
10Andreja Popović Serbia5426+40

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)

Pos Player Country TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1Pablo Salvador Spain180:00394.121.002
2Þórir Aspar Iceland296:451493.032.830
3Filip Korenić Serbia256:11991.352.080
4Enrique Mampel Spain240:00590.382.400
5Tom Forrest Australia240:001389.602.820

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: Spain Pablo Salvador
  • Defenceman: Spain Bosco Collado
  • Forward: Israel Samson Goldshtein

Source: IIHF

References

  1. ↑ Division II A official website, www.iihf.com
  2. ↑ Division II A statistics, stats.iihf.com
  3. ↑ "Gorak okus bronce". hshl.hr (in Croatian). Hrvatski savez hokeja na ledu. 13 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "13 auksinių įvarčių: ledo ritulio jaunimo rinktinė rungtynėse dėl aukso smaginosi vienu įvarčiu po kito". www.sportas.lt (in Lithuanian). SPORTAS.LT. 12 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Division II B official website, www.iihf.com
  6. ↑ Division II B statistics, stats.iihf.com
  7. ↑ "España U20 logra el oro en Belgrado y regresa a la División II Grupo A". www.rfedh.es (in Spanish). Federación Española de Deportes de Hielo. 25 January 2025.