2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2017 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	South Korea   Serbia
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	2–8 April 2017 13–19 March 2017
Teams	12
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Main article: 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2017 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

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	2–8 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	92 (6.13 per game)
Attendance	11,184 (746 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Andrei Vasile (10 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

The Division II A tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 2 to 8 April 2017. ^[1]

Participants

Team	Qualification
South Korea	hosts; placed 6th in 2016 Division I B and were relegated
Romania	placed 2nd in 2016 Division II A
Lithuania	placed 3rd in 2016 Division II A
Great Britain	placed 4th in 2016 Division II A
Croatia	placed 5th in 2016 Division II A
Estonia	placed 1st in 2016 Division II B and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[2]

Referees Daniel Bøjle Djordje Fazekaš Joonas Kova Shinichi Takizawa

Linesmen Clément Goncalves Paweł Kosidło Tiange Liu David Obwegeser Mikita Paliakou Tobias Schwenk Maximilian Verworner

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Romania	5	4	0	1	0	20	8	+12	13	Promoted to the 2018 Division I B
2	Estonia	5	1	3	0	1	17	16	+1	9
3	Lithuania	5	2	1	0	2	15	12	+3	8
4	South Korea (H)	5	2	0	1	2	13	13	0	7 [a]
5	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	18	17	+1	7 [a]
6	Croatia	5	0	0	1	4	9	26	−17	1	Relegated to the 2018 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 3–2 Great Britain

Results

All times are local. (Korea Standard Time – UTC+9)

2 April 2017 12:00

Lithuania

4–2 (1–0, 2–1, 1–1)

South Korea

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung Attendance: 1,243

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	24 min
	28	Shots	41

2 April 2017 16:30

Romania

7–1 (2–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Croatia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 174

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	14

2 April 2017 21:00

Estonia

6–5 GWS (2–3, 3–0, 0–2) OT: (0–0) SO: (1–0)

Great Britain

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 215

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	27

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4 April 2017 12:00

Croatia

3–4 OT (2–1, 1–1, 0–1) OT: (0–1)

Estonia

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung Attendance: 1,306

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	17	Shots	40

4 April 2017 16:30

Romania

3–4 OT (2–2, 0–0, 1–1) OT: (0–1)

Lithuania

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 138

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	44

4 April 2017 21:00

South Korea

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Great Britain

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 956

Game reference
	51 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	30

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5 April 2017 12:00

Romania

4–0 (0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Estonia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 1,329

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	24	Shots	33

5 April 2017 16:30

Lithuania

1–3 (0–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Great Britain

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung Attendance: 297

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	37 min
	25	Shots	38

5 April 2017 21:00

South Korea

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Croatia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 424

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	27

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7 April 2017 12:00

Great Britain

2–4 (0–3, 1–0, 1–1)

Romania

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 2,058

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	46	Shots	18

7 April 2017 16:30

Croatia

1–5 (0–5, 1–0, 0–0)

Lithuania

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 100

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	27

7 April 2017 21:00

Estonia

4–3 OT (0–1, 2–0, 1–2) OT: (1–0)

South Korea

Kwandong Hockey Center, Gangneung Attendance: 1,143

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	37

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8 April 2017 12:00

Great Britain

6–3 (1–1, 1–1, 4–1)

Croatia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 245

Game reference
	37 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	22

8 April 2017 16:30

Lithuania

1–3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Estonia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 321

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	24

8 April 2017 21:00

South Korea

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Romania

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 1,235

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	28

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Division II B

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–19 March
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	88 (5.87 per game)
Attendance	3,729 (249 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Tyrone Bronte (12 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 13 to 19 March 2017. ^[3] Australia achieved the unusual distinction of being promoted in consecutive years.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Netherlands	placed 6th in 2016 Division II A and were relegated
Spain	placed 2nd in 2016 Division II B
Serbia	hosts; placed 3rd in 2016 Division II B
Iceland	placed 4th in 2016 Division II B
Belgium	placed 5th in 2016 Division II B
Australia	placed 1st in 2016 Division III A and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[4]

Referees Lehel Gergely Milan Novák Andrej Simankov Miroslav Štolc

Linesmen Murat Aygun Tibor Fazekaš Martin Jobbágy Artsiom Labzov Thomas Nordberg Pettersen David Perduv Anton Peretyatko

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Australia	5	4	0	0	1	19	7	+12	12 [a]	Promoted to the 2018 Division II A
2	Spain	5	4	0	0	1	24	10	+14	12 [a]
3	Serbia (H)	5	3	0	0	2	14	13	+1	9 [b]
4	Netherlands	5	3	0	0	2	16	12	+4	9 [b]
5	Iceland	5	1	0	0	4	8	23	−15	3
6	Belgium	5	0	0	0	5	7	23	−16	0	Relegated to the 2018 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. Spain 1–4 Australia
2. Serbia 3–2 Netherlands

Results

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

13 March 2017 13:00

Australia

5–2 (3–1, 2–1, 0–0)

Iceland

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 48

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	37	Shots	20

13 March 2017 16:30

Spain

7–1 (0–0, 2–1, 5–0)

Belgium

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 32

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	42	Shots	18

13 March 2017 20:30

Serbia

3–2 (0–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Netherlands

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 723

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	30	Shots	22

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14 March 2017 13:00

Belgium

1–5 (0–2, 1–3, 0–0)

Australia

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 53

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	34

14 March 2017 16:30

Netherlands

5–1 (2–0, 0–0, 3–1)

Iceland

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 42

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	0 min
	27	Shots	22

14 March 2017 20:00

Spain

4–3 (2–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Serbia

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 639

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	21

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16 March 2017 13:00

Netherlands

5–2 (1–0, 1–0, 3–2)

Belgium

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 29

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	33	Shots	25

16 March 2017 16:30

Spain

1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Australia

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 52

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	18

16 March 2017 20:00

Serbia

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Iceland

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 409

Game reference
	26 min	Penalties	40 min
	22	Shots	17

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18 March 2017 13:00

Iceland

0–7 (0–1, 0–4, 0–2)

Spain

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 36

Game reference
	28 min	Penalties	12 min
	13	Shots	70

18 March 2017 16:30

Australia

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Netherlands

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 76

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	16

18 March 2017 20:00

Belgium

1–3 (0–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Serbia

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 523

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	28

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19 March 2017 13:00

Netherlands

2–5 (1–1, 0–0, 1–4)

Spain

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 86

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	34

19 March 2017 16:30

Iceland

3–2 (2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Belgium

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 47

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	39

19 March 2017 20:00

Serbia

1–4 (1–0, 0–4, 0–0)

Australia

Ice Rink Pionir, Belgrade Attendance: 934

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	43 min
	21	Shots	32

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References

1. Division II A statistics
2. IIA Assignsments
3. Division II B statistics
4. IIB Assignsments