2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

2018 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	United Kingdom   Serbia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	10–16 December 2017 10–16 January 2018
Teams	12
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See also: 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted 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 first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

The tournaments were played in a round-robin tournament format, with two points allotted for a win, one additional point for a regulation win, and one point for an overtime or game winning shots loss.

To be eligible as a junior, a player couldn't be born earlier than 1998.

Division II A was held in Dumfries, United Kingdom, while Division II B was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia.

Division II A

2018 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	United Kingdom
City	Dumfries
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	10–16 December 2017
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	117 (7.8 per game)
Attendance	5,928 (395 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Liam Kirk (14 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Dumfries, United Kingdom, from 10 to 16 December 2017. ^{[1] [2]}

As a result of the tournament, Japan was promoted to Division I B, and the Netherlands was relegated to Division II B.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Great Britain	hosts; placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated
Japan	placed 2nd in Division II A last year
Romania	placed 3rd in Division II A last year
Estonia	placed 4th in Division II A last year
Netherlands	placed 5th in Division II A last year
South Korea	placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Japan	5	4	1	0	0	23	7	+16	14	Promoted to the 2019 Division I B
2	South Korea	5	2	2	0	1	21	19	+2	10 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Great Britain (H)	5	3	0	1	1	23	15	+8	10 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Estonia	5	1	0	1	3	20	25	−5	4 [lower-alpha 2]
5	Romania	5	1	0	1	3	17	20	−3	4 [lower-alpha 2]
6	Netherlands	5	1	0	0	4	13	31	−18	3	Relegated to the 2019 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. South Korea defeated Great Britain 5–4
2. Estonia defeated Romania 8–4

Match results

All times are local (Greenwich Mean Time – UTC+0).

10 December 2017 13:00

Japan

6–1 (3–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Netherlands

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 167

Game reference
	Ryota Koda	Goalies	Sander Kosters	Referee: Joonas Kova Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Mads Mandrup
	Kobori (Aoyama) (PP) – 06:03 1–0 Yoneyama (PP) – 06:47 2–0 Aoyama (Sakuma) (PP) – 12:25 3–0 3–1 18:23 – J. van Soest Kobayashi (Tokuda, Shinoda) – 33:51 4–1 Igari (Kaneko, Aiki) – 34:42 5–1 Kobayashi (Tokuda, Sawade) – 41:47 6–1
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	51	Shots	8

10 December 2017 16:30

South Korea

5–4 GWS (0–1, 2–0, 2–3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 3–1)

Estonia

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 236

Game reference
	Kim Tae-kyung	Goalies	Oliver Soovik	Referee: Adam Kika Linesmen: Christian Cristeli Ally Flockhart
	0–1 01:40 – Kuznetsov (Jürgens) Lee Jo. (Lee T.) (PP) – 25:09 1–1 Lee T. (Lee Ju., Lee Jo.) – 35:00 2–1 2–2 44:06 – Simonov (Linde) Lee Jo. (Park M., Lee Ju.) – 55:15 3–2 Kim S. (Chung, Lee H.) – 57:06 4–2 4–3 58:50 – Linde (Kuznetsov, Simonov) (PP, EA) 4–4 59:14 – Kuznetsov (Linde, Nestertsuk) (PP, EA)
	Park H. Lee Ju. Park M. Lee Jo.	Shootout	Linde Simonov K. Jõgi Nestertsuk
	33 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	37

10 December 2017 20:00

Great Britain

3–2 (0–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Romania

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 418

Game reference
	Jordan Lawday	Goalies	Örs Adorjan	Referee: Miha Bajt Linesmen: Nicholas Briganti Nikita Vilyugin
	Duggan (Shudra, Kirk) – 20:11 1–0 1–1 38:27 – Sándor (Ferencz-Csibi) 1–2 43:19 – Reszegh (Casaneanu, Ferencz-Csibi) Garrigan (Howlett, Gulliver) – 43:35 2–2 Shudra (Kirk, Howlett) (PP) – 52:16 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	32

11 December 2017 13:00

Netherlands

4–5 (1–2, 3–2, 0–1)

South Korea

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 427

Game reference
	Jaimy Missler	Goalies	Chun Jong-hun	Referee: Andrej Simankov Linesmen: Cedric Borga Ally Flockhart
	0–1 00:58 – Lee Jo. (Park M., Lee Ju.) 0–2 01:58 – Park K. Sikma (Muller) (SH) – 14:43 1–2 J. van Soest (T. van Soest, De Bonth) – 22:44 2–2 2–3 23:10 – Kim Jung. (Park H.) 2–4 23:57 – Lee Ju. (Park M., Lee Jo.) (PP) Pohlman (Sikma, Copier) (PP2) – 31:55 3–4 Muller (T. van Soest) (PP) – 32:35 4–4 4–5 50:11 – Lee H. (Kim S.)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	33	Shots	29

11 December 2017 16:30

Japan

3–2 OT (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Romania

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 253

Game reference
	Eiki Sato	Goalies	Örs Adorjan	Referee: Adam Kika Linesmen: Andrew Dalton Nikita Vilyugin
	Sawade (Tokuda) – 08:55 1–0 1–1 14:28 – Ferencz-Csibi (Rokaly) Kobori (Miura) – 25:50 2–1 2–2 26:04 – Reszegh (PS) Kobayashi (Shimizu) – 61:37 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	57	Shots	18

11 December 2017 20:00

Great Britain

6–2 (0–1, 3–0, 3–1)

Estonia

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 487

Game reference
	Jordan Lawday	Goalies	Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi	Referee: Joonas Kova Linesmen: Nicholas Briganti Christian Cristeli
	0–1 09:12 – Slessarevski (Linde) (PP2) Kirk (Shudra, Lawday) (PP) – 24:11 1–1 Knaggs (Kelsall, Kerr) (PP) – 26:33 2–1 Buesa (Gulliver, Garrigan) – 26:48 3–1 Duggan (Kerr, Kirk) – 44:00 4–1 Shudra (Duggan) (PP) – 45:18 5–1 Duggan (Shudra, Kirk) – 50:54 6–1 6–2 52:41 – Jefremov (Slessarevski) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	39	Shots	27

13 December 2017 13:00

Romania

4–8 (2–1, 0–4, 2–3)

Estonia

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 547

Game reference
	Örs Adorján Magor Szopos	Goalies	Oliver Soovik	Referee: Andrej Simankov Linesmen: Nicholas Briganti Andrew Dalton
	Sándor (Ferencz-Csibi, Rokaly) (PP) – 02:26 1–0 1–1 07:44 – Linde (Jürgens) (PP2) Ferencz-Csibi (Vasile, Sándor) (SH) – 17:57 2–1 2–2 23:44 – Simonov (Linde, Laosma) 2–3 26:48 – Nestertsuk (Linde, Slessarevski) (PP) 2–4 30:45 – Nestertsuk (K. Jõgi) (SH) 2–5 37:30 – Kuznetsov (Romanov, Barantsukov) 2–6 45:53 – Romanov (Saar, Puzakov) 2–7 46:19 – Kuznetsov (Jürgens, Laosma) Rokaly – 54:48 3–7 Rokaly (Sándor, Antal) (SH) – 56:41 4–7 4–8 59:09 – Simonov (Nestertsuk, Linde)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	35	Shots	45

13 December 2017 16:30

Japan

5–1 (2–1, 0–0, 3–0)

South Korea

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 235

Game reference
	Eiki Sato	Goalies	Kim Tae-kyung	Referee: Miha Bajt Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Mads Mandrup
	Tokuda (Sawade, Kobayashi) (PP) – 03:54 1–0 1–1 11:01 – Lee Jo. (Lee S.) Sawade (Kobayashi, Tokuda) (PP) – 16:20 2–1 Kon (Sawade, Kobayashi) (PP) – 48:15 3–1 Aiki (Igari, Kudo) – 49:06 4–1 Aoyama (Kon, Kobayashi) – 52:18 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	48	Shots	14

13 December 2017 20:00

Great Britain

8–1 (1–0, 1–1, 6–0)

Netherlands

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 527

Game reference
	Ethan James	Goalies	Sander Kosters	Referee: Adam Kika Linesmen: Cedric Borga Nikita Vilyugin
	Kirk (Duggan) – 17:50 1–0 1–1 21:51 – Muller (Uytrecht) Stubley (Gulliver, Buesa) – 26:29 2–1 Gulliver (Kirk) – 43:10 3–1 Kirk (Duggan, Buesa) (PP) – 47:38 4–1 Buesa – 48:36 5–1 Gulliver (Buesa) – 51:45 6–1 Waller (Kirk, Stubley) – 55:43 7–1 Kirk (PP) – 59:57 8–1
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	48	Shots	16

14 December 2017 13:00

Estonia

1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Japan

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 473

Game reference
	Oliver Soovik	Goalies	Ryota Koda	Referee: Joonas Kova Linesmen: Christian Cristeli Andrew Dalton
	0–1 05:30 – Kobayashi (Kon, Tokuda) (PP) Kuznetsov (Anufrijev, Aleksandrov) (PP) – 29:50 1–1 1–2 31:46 – Aoyama (Miura, Shimizu) (PP) 1–3 32:48 – Aoyama (Kobori) 1–4 57:47 – Aiki (Sawade) (ENG)
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	24	Shots	34

14 December 2017 16:30

Netherlands

1–7 (0–1, 0–2, 1–4)

Romania

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 196

Game reference
	Jaimy Missler	Goalies	Örs Adorján	Referee: Miha Bajt Linesmen: Ally Flockhart Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 03:45 – Rokaly (PP) 0–2 20:19 – Sándor (Rokaly) 0–3 27:00 – Rokaly (Ferencz-Csibi, Gajdo) 0–4 46:38 – Reszegh (Rokaly, Antal) (PP2) Smeets (Hessels) – 51:39 1–4 1–5 52:21 – R. Márton (Timaru) 1–6 56:37 – Reszegh (Haraga) 1–7 57:23 – Rokaly (Reszegh, Sándor) (PP)
	32 min	Penalties	12 min
	16	Shots	49

14 December 2017 20:00

South Korea

5–4 GWS (0–0, 3–3, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 3–1)

Great Britain

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 467

Game reference
	Chun Jong-hun	Goalies	Jordan Lawday Ethan James	Referee: Andrej Simankov Linesmen: Cedric Borga Mads Mandrup
	Lee H. (Kim S.) – 21:45 1–0 1–1 27:03 – Shudra (Howlett, Kelsall) Park H. (Kim Jung.) – 27:50 2–1 2–2 36:38 – Kirk (Duggan, Shudra) Lee Ju. (PS) – 38:10 3–2 3–3 38:40 – Duggan (PS) Lee Ju. (Lee Jo.) – 51:26 4–3 4–4 57:33 – Kirk (Buesa, Shudra) (PP)
	Park H. Lee Ju. Park M. Kim Jo. Park K.	Shootout	Kirk Duggan Waller Shudra
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	42

16 December 2017 13:00

Romania

2–5 (1–2, 0–1, 1–2)

South Korea

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 327

Game reference
	Örs Adorjan	Goalies	Kim Tae-kyung	Referee: Joonas Kova Linesmen: Christian Cristeli Mads Mandrup
	0–1 01:28 – Lee Jo. (Lee Ju., Park M.) 0–2 07:32 – Park M. (Chae, Kim Jung.) Sándor – 10:40 1–2 1–3 25:46 – Lee Jo. (Park M., Lee Seok-jin) 1–4 45:39 – Lee Ju. (Park M., Kang) (PP) Reszegh (Sandor) – 58:44 2–4 2–5 59:39 – Lee Ju. (Lee Jo., Park M.) (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	33

16 December 2017 16:30

Estonia

5–6 (3–0, 1–4, 1–2)

Netherlands

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 433

Game reference
	Christopher-Kullervo Jõgi Oliver Soovik	Goalies	Sander Dalton Jaimy Missler	Referee: Adam Kirk Linesmen: Cedric Borga Andrew Dalton
	Koll (Barantsukov) – 04:29 1–0 Nevzorov (Jurgens) – 05:36 2–0 Aleksandrov (Koll, Anufrijev) (PP) – 16:43 3–0 3–1 22:00 – J. van Soest (T. van Soest, De Bonth) Nestertsuk (Slessarevski, Aleksandrov) – 29:39 4–1 4–2 32:48 – J. van Soest (Sikma) 4–3 33:55 – Coehorst (De Ruiter) 4–4 38:40 – Muller 4–5 47:47 – J. van Soest (T. van Soest) (PP) 4–6 51:19 – Sars (J. van Soest) Aleksandrov (Linde) – 57:36 5–6
	18 min	Penalties	18 min
	48	Shots	24

16 December 2017 20:00

Great Britain

2–5 (0–2, 1–0, 1–3)

Japan

Dumfries Ice Bowl Attendance: 735

Game reference
	Jordan Lawday	Goalies	Eiki Sato	Referee: Miha Bajt Linesmen: Nicholas Briganti Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 04:22 – Kume (Sakuma) 0–2 08:49 – Miura (Tokoro, Kobori) (PP) Kirk (Knaggs, Kelsall) (PP2) – 29:21 1–2 1–3 42:33 – Aiki (Kon) 1–4 51:09 – Miura (Shimizu, Tokoro) (PP) Shudra (Kirk, Knaggs) (EA) – 55:37 2–4 2–5 59:04 – Shinoda (Tokoro, Kobayashi (ENG)
	26 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	30

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Liam Kirk	Great Britain	5	7	7	14	+6	6
2	Lee Jong-min	South Korea	5	6	4	10	+6	4
2	Lee Ju-hyung	South Korea	5	6	4	10	+6	4
4	Tohi Kobayashi	Japan	5	4	6	10	+7	2
5	Szilárd Rokaly	Romania	5	5	4	9	+5	4
6	Samuel Duggan	Great Britain	5	4	5	9	+6	0
6	Zoltán Sándor	Romania	5	4	5	9	+3	4
6	Cole Shudra	Great Britain	5	4	5	9	+6	22
9	Andre Linde	Estonia	5	2	7	9	–1	2
10	Park Min-gyu	South Korea	5	1	7	8	+7	4

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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
1	Ryota Koda	Japan	120:56	2	93.75	0.99	0
2	Eiki Sato	Japan	180:41	5	91.67	1.66	0
3	Kim Tae-kyung	South Korea	185:00	11	90.83	3.57	0
4	Örs Adorján	Romania	286:25	17	90.12	3.56	0
5	Jordan Lawday	Great Britain	207:57	10	89.90	2.89	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Kim Tae-kyung
• Defenceman: Daiki Aoyama
• Forward: Liam Kirk

Division II B

2018 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
City	Belgrade
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	10–16 January 2018
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	111 (7.4 per game)
Attendance	3,720 (248 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Luka Vukičević (12 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 10 to 16 January 2018. ^{[3] [4]}

As a result of the tournament, Spain was promoted to Division II A, and Turkey was relegated to Division III.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Croatia	placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated
Spain	placed 2nd in Division II B last year
Serbia	hosts; placed 3rd in Division II B last year
Belgium	placed 4th in Division II B last year
Mexico	placed 5th in Division II B last year
Turkey	placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	0	26	8	+18	14	Promoted to the 2019 Division II A
2	Serbia (H)	5	4	0	1	0	22	12	+10	13
3	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	16	11	+5	9
4	Belgium	5	1	0	0	4	22	28	−6	3 [lower-alpha 1]
5	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4	12	22	−10	3 [lower-alpha 1]
6	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4	13	30	−17	3 [lower-alpha 1]	Relegated to the 2019 Division III

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. Belgium 3 Pts, +4 GD; Mexico 3 Pts, –1 GD; Turkey 3 Pts, –3 GD

Match results

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

10 January 2018 13:00

Turkey

3–8 (1–2, 2–2, 0–4)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Tolga Bozacı Onurcan Kaya	Goalies	Anthony Gubbels	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: David Perduv Nicholas Verbruggen
	0–1 02:34 – Claessens (Cuylaerts) 0–2 08:28 – Dhondt (Cuylaerts, Tambeur) Taygar (M. Turan, H. Seçer) – 10:59 1–2 1–3 25:27 – Dhondt (Tambeur, Auger) Bingöl (E. Seçer) – 26:42 2–3 K. Salt (Taygar, Kars) (SH) – 33:59 3–3 3–4 37:27 – Coolen (Dhondt, Auger) 3–5 50:05 – De Croock (Klijsen) (SH) 3–6 52:52 – De Croock (Delmarche, Cuylaerts) (PP) 3–7 55:07 – Ceuster (Coolen, Cuylaerts) (PP) 3–8 57:58 – Dhondt (Wellens
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	44

10 January 2018 16:30

Spain

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Mexico

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Gerado García del Valle	Referee: Michal Baca Linesmen: Oli Gunnarsson Flavius Crisan Hunor
	Gil (Burgos) – 17:58 1–0 Cerda (Mendizabal, Arraras) (PP) – 24:32 2–0 Donath (Rubio, Baldris) (PP) – 46:17 3–0 O'Hare – 58:56 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	54	Shots	9

10 January 2018 20:00

Serbia

3–2 (1–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Croatia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 630

Game reference
	Jug Mitić	Goalies	Vito Nikolić	Referee: Paer Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Kelsey Mahoney Timur Morev
	Subotić (Ćurčić) – 02:18 1–0 1–1 17:31 – Kramarić (Fičur, Trstenjak) (PP) 1–2 28:48 – Čanić (Trstenjak) (PP) Ćurčić (Subotić) – 41:09 2–2 Vukičević (Đumić) – 48:12 3–2
	18 min	Penalties	24 min
	28	Shots	15

11 January 2018 13:00

Mexico

4–6 (2–1, 0–2, 2–3)

Turkey

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Gerardo García del Valle	Goalies	Onurcan Kaya	Referee: Michal Baca Linesmen: Tibor Fazekas Kelsey Mahoney
	0–1 08:44 – Anlar (Bakal, H. Seçer) (PP) Nájera (Hagerman) – 10:33 1–1 Ariza (Najera, Gil) – 17:06 2–1 2–2 26:16 – Kars (SH) 2–3 37:57 – H. Seçer (Kars) Cruz (Pérez) – 43:29 3–3 Ramos (Ortiz) – 47:15 4–3 4–4 48:38 – Bakal 4–5 52:09 – K. Salt (Taygar, Kahraman) (PP2) 4–6 52:39 – Bakal (H. Salt, Kars) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	48

11 January 2018 16:30

Croatia

4–2 (2–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Vito Nikolić	Goalies	Anthony Gubbels	Referee: Paer Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Flavius Crisan Hunor Timur Morev
	Kramarić (Čanić, Paulovic) (PP) – 08:13 1–0 Crnec (Krikšić, Trstenjak) (PP) – 17:06 2–0 2–1 34:53 – Coolen (Ceuster, Cuylaerts) Paulovic (Čanić, Fičur) (PP) – 52:19 3–1 3–2 53:10 – Daems (Klijsen, Coolen) Paulovic – 56:20 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	32	Shots	33

11 January 2018 20:00

Spain

3–2 GWS (1–0, 0–0, 1–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–1)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 720

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Jug Mitić	Referee: Alexander Soin Linesmen: Oli Gunnarsson Nicholas Verbruggen
	Sánchez (Cerda, A. Martin) (PP) – 19:01 1–0 1–1 46:52 – Pejčić (Vukičević) (SH) 1–2 51:20 – Vukičević (Grković, Subotić) (PP) A. Garcia (Donath, Cerda) (PP) – 59:01 2–2
	Cerda Burgos O'Hare Baldris Rubio Cerda	Shootout	Grković Đumić Subotić Kastel Vojinovic Đumić
	37 min	Penalties	34 min
	39	Shots	29

13 January 2018 13:00

Croatia

5–2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Mexico

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Leon Hergešić-Adamović	Goalies	Gerardo García del Valle	Referee: Alexander Soin Linesmen: Tibor Fazekas Timur Morev
	Fičur – 00:34 1–0 1–1 08:35 – Hagerman Vuglač (Stančić) – 23:24 2–1 2–2 30:01 – Linares (Ramos) Krikšić (Fičur) (SH) – 32:02 3–2 Šutevski – 52:51 4–2 Fičur (Matić) (ENG) – 59:08 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	23

13 January 2018 16:30

Spain

7–2 (3–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Turkey

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Onurcan Kaya	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: David Perduv Nicholas Verbruggen
	Burgos (Mendizabal, Cerda) – 04:08 1–0 1–1 12:31 – Kahraman (Bingöl) O'Hare (Dorath, Baldris) – 12:48 2–1 A. Martin (Sarmiento, Martinez) – 18:27 3–1 Martinez (P. Garcia, Baldris) – 33:39 4–1 Rubio (O'Hare, Donath) – 38:43 5–1 5–2 44:16 – Bakal (Kars, K. Salt) (PP2) Donath (Rubio) – 52:56 6–2 Cerda (Burgos) (PP) – 58:15 7–2
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	50	Shots	11

13 January 2018 20:00

Serbia

7–5 (4–2, 2–0, 1–3)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 720

Game reference
	Jug Mitić	Goalies	Anthony Gubbels	Referee: Michal Baca Linesmen: Oli Gunnarsson Kelsey Mahoney
	Ćurčić (Grković) – 02:16 1–0 Đumić (Vukičević, Španjević) – 02:39 2–0 2–1 08:12 – Henin (Dhondt) Kastel (PP) – 10:25 3–1 3–2 11:54 – Auger (Henin) (PP) Vojinovic (Dragović, Kastel) (PP) – 18:24 4–2 Đumić (Vukičević) – 24:12 5–2 Vukičević (Đumić) (SH) – 27:27 6–2 6–3 42:08 Dhondt (Tambeur) 6–4 47:30 – Swennen (Dhondt) Vukičević (Đumić) (ENG) – 58:09 7–4 7–5 58:19 – De Croock (Auger)
	36 min	Penalties	47 min
	29	Shots	34

15 January 2018 13:00

Belgium

3–9 (1–1, 2–4, 0–4)

Spain

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 40

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	Anthony Gubbels	Goalies	Raul Barbo	Referee: Paer Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Kelsey Mahoney David Perduv
	Coolen (De Ceuster) – 06:38 1–0 1–1 19:31 – Rubio (Baldris, O'Hare) (PP) Compere (Klijsen, Delmarche) (PP) – 24:29 2–1 2–2 26:25 – Torres (Arraras, Sánchez) Swennen (Dhondt, Tambeur) – 28:16 3–2 3–3 36:54 – Cerda (Burgos) (PP) 3–4 37:23 – Giménez (Arraras) 3–5 38:06 – Torres (Cerda, Burgos) (PP) 3–6 44:21 – Torres (Cerda) (PP) 3–7 49:29 – Cerda (Mendizabal, Torres) (PP) 3–8 52:38 – Donath 3–9 59:17 – Arraras (SH2)
	68 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	36

15 January 2018 16:30

Turkey

1–4 (1–0, 0–1, 0–3)

Croatia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 30

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	Onurcan Kaya	Goalies	Vito Nikolić	Referee: Alexander Soin Linesmen: Tibor Fazekas Nicholas Verbruggen
	Bakal (Kars, E. Seçer) – 18:01 1–0 1–1 26:45 – Matić (Krikšić) 1–2 42:38 – Trstenjak (SH) 1–3 47:52 – Paulovic (PP) 1–4 58:02 – Krikšić (Matić, Fičur)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	45

15 January 2018 20:00

Mexico

1–3 (0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 740

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	Santiago Gómez	Goalies	Jug Mitić	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Flavius Crisan Hunor Timur Morev
	0–1 29:09 – Filipović (Đumić) 0–2 36:41 – Vukičević (Subotić, Kastel) (PP) Pérez (Cruz, Urbano) – 38:02 1–2 1–3 54:55 – Grković (Subotić, Đumić) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	9	Shots	38

16 January 2018 13:00

Croatia

1–3 (0–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Spain

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 50

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	Vito Nikolić	Goalies	Raul Barbo	Referee: Paer Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Tibor Fazekas Kelsey Mahoney
	0–1 08:21 – Arraras (Rubio, Baldris) Fičur (Trstenjak, Čanić) – 29:56 1–1 1–2 47:03 – Donath (PP) 1–3 59:23 – Donath (A. Garcia) (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	18	Shots	36

16 January 2018 16:30

Belgium

4–5 (3–3, 1–2, 0–0)

Mexico

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 20

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	Morgan Schaller Anthony Gubbels	Goalies	Gerardo García del Valle	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Timur Morev David Perduv
	De Ceuster (Coolen, Daems) – 08:15 1–0 Versin (De Croock) – 11:35 2–0 2–1 12:51 – Pierce (Cruz, Pérez) (PP) 2–2 15:42 – Pérez Klijsen (De Croock, Versin) (PP) – 16:50 3–2 3–3 18:34 – Ramos (Gil, Linares) (PP) Versin (De Croock, Klijsen) – 20:37 4–3 4–4 22:46 – Urbano (Pérez) 4–5 32:14 – Pérez (Gil)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	25

16 January 2018 20:00

Serbia

7–1 (1–1, 4–0, 2–0)

Turkey

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 560

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	Jug Mitić	Goalies	Onurcan Kaya	Referee: Michal Baca Linesmen: Oli Gunnarsson Nicholas Verbruggen
	Vukičević (Đumić, Španjević) – 00:38 1–0 1–1 19:26 – Kahraman (Bingöl) Vukičević (Španjević, Đumić) – 24:11 2–1 Grković (Subotić, Kastel) – 24:54 3–1 Vukičević (M. Marković, Đumić) – 26:34 4–1 Đumić (Vukičević, Filipović) – 35:32 5–1 Janković (Kastel) (PP) – 46:55 6–1 Dragović (Zotović) – 58:14 7–1
	24 min	Penalties	20 min
	47	Shots	14

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1	Luka Vukićević	Serbia	5	8	4	12	+8	14
2	Mirko Đjumić	Serbia	5	3	8	11	+7	10
3	Joan Cerda	Spain	5	5	5	10	0	6
4	Dorian Donath	Spain	5	5	3	8	+6	6
5	Rino Dhondt	Belgium	5	4	4	8	+7	18
6	Oliver de Croock	Belgium	5	3	4	7	–3	4
6	Bruno Fičur	Croatia	5	3	4	7	0	2
8	Ben Coolen	Belgium	5	3	3	6	0	24
8	Jorge Pérez	Mexico	5	3	3	6	–3	8
10	Yusuf Kars	Turkey	5	1	5	6	–7	8
10	Srdjan Subotić	Serbia	5	1	5	6	+3	8

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Vito Nikolić	Croatia	239:20	8	92.98	2.01	0
2	Raul Barbo	Spain	305:00	8	90.12	1.57	1
3	Gerardo García del Valle	Mexico	238:30	18	89.71	4.53	0
4	Jug Mitić	Serbia	305:00	12	89.19	2.36	0
5	Onurcan Kaya	Turkey	260:47	26	85.87	5.98	0

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Raul Barbo
• Defenceman: Luka Kramarić
• Forward: Luka Vukičević

References

1. 2018 World Championship Division II A official website
2. 2018 World Championship Division II A statistics
3. 2018 World Championship Division II B official website
4. 2018 World Championship Division II B statistics

External links

• Official website of IIHF