2024 IIHF World Championship Division II

2024 IIHF World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Serbia   Bulgaria
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	21–27 April 22–28 April
Teams	12
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See also: 2024 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2024 IIHF World Championship Division II is two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ^[1]

The Group A tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 21 to 27 April and the Group B tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 April 2024. ^{[2] [3]}

Croatia won Group A and got promoted to Division I, while Iceland was relegated. ^[4] Group B was won by Belgium and saw Turkey getting relegated. ^[5]

Group A tournament

2024 IIHF World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
City	Belgrade
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–27 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	117 (7.8 per game)
Attendance	2,363 (158 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Artem Klavdiev (13 points)
Website	www.iihf.com

The IIHF temporarily indicated that Israel would not participate, ^[6] but two days later clarified that they will consider their participation in upcoming tournaments on a case by case basis. ^{[7] [8]}

Participants

Team	Qualification
Serbia	Host, placed 6th in Division I B in 2023 and was relegated.
Croatia	Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2023.
Australia	Placed 4th in Division II A in 2023.
Israel	Placed 5th in Division II A in 2023
Iceland	Placed 6th in Division II A in 2023.
United Arab Emirates	Placed 1st in Division II B in 2023 and was promoted.

Match officials

Five referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[9]

Referees	Linesmen
Nicolas Crégut Stef Oosterling Marcus Wannerstedt Bartosz Kaczmarek Andrii Kicha	Nicholas Albinati Fu Dahe Krešimir Polašek Marko Saković Uroš Mladenović David Perduv Patrick Dapuzzo

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Croatia	5	5	0	0	0	26	6	+20	15	Promoted to the 2025 Division I B
2	Serbia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	23	11	+12	12
3	United Arab Emirates	5	3	0	0	2	25	21	+4	9
4	Israel	5	1	1	0	3	17	26	−9	5
5	Australia	5	1	0	1	3	15	19	−4	4
6	Iceland	5	0	0	0	5	11	34	−23	0	Relegated to the 2025 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

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

21 April 2024 12:30

Croatia

11–2 (4–0, 4–2, 3–0)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 25

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Jóhann Ragnarsson	Referee: Nicolas Crégut Linesmen: Nicholas Albinati David Perduv
	Marinković (Dobrić, Čanić) (PP) – 03:12 1–0 Jarčov (Janković, V. Idžan) – 09:53 2–0 V. Idžan (Janković) – 16:13 3–0 Jarčov (SH) – 19:12 4–0 Jarčov (Katić) – 20:33 5–0 Katić (Marinković, B. Idžan) – 24:39 6–0 6–1 26:48 – Leifsson (Mikaelsson, Jóhannesson) 6–2 30:22 – Hlynsson (Sverrisson) (SH) Dimitrijević (Završki, Vedlin) – 35:03 7–2 Jarčov (V. Idžan, Rosandić) (PP) – 36:54 8–2 Janković (B. Idžan, Katić) – 50:35 9–2 B. Idžan (Čanić, Šimunković) (PP) – 56:00 10–2 B. Idžan (Slovinac, Jarčov) – 59:53 11–2
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	25

21 April 2024 16:00

United Arab Emirates

10–6 (2–2, 4–1, 4–3)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Maksim Rashchupkin	Goalies	Maksim Kaliaev Nir Tichon	Referee: Bartosz Kaczmarek Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Uroš Mladenović
	Likhachev (Klavdiev, Remess) – 03:00 1–0 1–1 06:19 – Mazour (D. Levin, Kozhevnikov) (PP) 1–2 13:13 – Polozov (M. Levin, D. Levin) (PP) Likhachev (Badegyev, Shapavalau) (PP) – 19:53 2–2 Vukoja (Salvasser) – 22:11 3–2 3–3 29:36 – D. Levin (M. Levin, Kozhevnikov) (PP) Klavdiev (Likhachev) – 30:11 4–3 Chuikov (Likhachev, Remess) – 35:50 5–3 Kuznetsov (Chuikov) – 37:13 6–3 6–4 40:25 – Polozov (D. Levin, Kozhevnikov) 6–5 43:37 – Mazour Klavdiev (Kuznetsov, Likhachev) – 44:56 7–5 Vukoja (Shapavalau, Salvasser) – 45:37 8–5 Chuikov (Klavdiev, Likhachev) (PP) – 51:50 9–5 9–6 56:48 – Milner (Turner) Likhachev (Shapavalau) – 59:11 10–6
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	38

21 April 2024 19:30

Australia

2–4 (1–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 346

Game reference
	Aleksi Toivonen	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Krešimir Polašek Marko Saković
	Ruck (Webster, Kyros) – 04:44 1–0 1–1 15:26 – Dragović (Đumić, Podunavac) Kennedy (Virjassov, Todd) – 20:37 2–1 2–2 23:42 – M. Popović (Anić) 2–3 33:45 – Đumić (Podunavac, Dragović) (PP) 2–4 53:44 – Đumić (Dragović)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	31

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22 April 2024 12:30

Iceland

2–7 (1–1, 1–6, 0–0)

United Arab Emirates

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Jakob Jóhannesson	Goalies	Maksim Rashchupkin	Referee: Stef Oosterling Linesmen: David Perduv Krešimir Polašek
	Arnarsson (Eggertsson) – 03:42 1–0 1–1 19:06 – Klavdiev (Likhachev, Chuikov) 1–2 21:23 – Kuznetsov (Remess, Salvasser) (PP) 1–3 21:53 – Kuznetsov (Salvasser) 1–4 29:08 – Klavdiev (Kuznetsov) (SH) 1–5 31:18 – Likhachev (Klavdiev) (PP) 1–6 35:32 – Ramseyer (Vukoja) Arason (Rúnarsson, Blöndal) – 38:17 2–6 2–7 39:41 – Chuikov (Klavdiev)
	6 min	Penalties	13 min
	31	Shots	27

22 April 2024 16:00

Croatia

3–2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Australia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 25

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Aleksi Toivonen	Referee: Nicolas Crégut Linesmen: Nicholas Albinati Uroš Mladenović
	0–1 11:00 – B. Kubara (Kyros, Webster) 0–2 27:03 – C. Kubara (Caruana, T. Kubara) Kašparek (Završki, Dobrić) – 27:36 1–2 Jarčov (Dobrić, V. Idžan) (PP) – 34:46 2–2 Bebek (Selitaj, Vukadin) – 41:57 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	19

22 April 2024 19:30

Serbia

5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 375

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Nir Tichon	Referee: Andri Kicha Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Fu Dahe
	Vučurević (Gvozdenović, Dinić) (PP) – 14:46 1–0 M. Mladenović (Gvozdenović, Subotić) (PP) – 24:49 2–0 Anić (Dragović, M. Popović) (SH) – 33:59 3–0 3–1 34:33 – Kapulkin (Khubashvili) (PP) Vučurević (Subotić, Racić) – 47:20 4–1 Racić (M. Mladenović, Vučurević) – 56:23 5–1
	37 min	Penalties	39 min
	59	Shots	26

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24 April 2024 12:30

Australia

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

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Aleksi Toivonen	Goalies	Maksim Kaliaev	Referee: Nicolas Crégut Linesmen: David Perduv Marko Saković
	Caruana (Woodman, C. Kubara) (PP) – 03:02 1–0 Webster (B. Kubara) – 03:54 2–0 Todd (Kennedy) – 22:05 3–0 3–1 46:20 – Khvoles (Spektor, Kozev) Allen (Webster, Virjassov) – 46:58 4–1 4–2 47:38 – Khubashvili (Aharonovich, Kapulkin) 4–3 59:01 – M. Levin (D. Levin, Mazour) (EA) 4–4 59:45 – M. Levin (Turner, Mazour) (EA)
	C. Kubara Hawes Todd Virjassov Kyros	Shootout	D. Levin M. Levin Kozhevnikov Spektor Marshchonak
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	29

24 April 2024 16:00

Croatia

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

United Arab Emirates

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 22

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Maksim Rashchupkin	Referee: Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Uroš Mladenović
	Završki (Marinković) – 06:23 1–0 1–1 06:41 – Vukoja (Shapavalau, Badegyev) Janković (Katić, Vedlin) (PP) – 19:39 2–1 Završki (Katić) – 26:52 3–1 Katić (Marinković) (PP) – 41:54 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	53	Shots	28

24 April 2024 19:30

Serbia

9–3 (3–1, 2–1, 4–1)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 220

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković Željko Bodiš	Goalies	Jakob Jóhannesson	Referee: Stef Oosterling Linesmen: Nicholas Albinati Fu Dahe
	0–1 03:28 – Sverrisson (Arnarsson) K. Mladenović (Ivanović, M. Mladenović) – 08:31 1–1 Dinić (Dragović, Anić) – 08:52 2–1 Gvozdenović (Dinić, Vučurević) (PP) – 17:10 3–1 Podunavac (M. Mladenović) – 22:08 4–1 4–2 33:21 – Magnusson (Rúnarsson, Hafberg) Zwick (Podunavac, M. Mladenović) – 35:29 5–2 5–3 55:09 – Leifsson (Mikaelsson, Jóhannesson) Kravljanac (Vučurević) (EN) – 56:45 6–3 Dinić (Subotić, Vučurević) (PP) – 58:22 7–3 Subotić (Gvozdenović, M. Mladenović) (PP2) – 59:11 8–3 Popović (Podunavac, Subotić) (PP) – 59:41 9–3
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	23

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25 April 2024 12:30

Israel

1–5 (1–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Croatia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Maksim Kaliaev	Goalies	Vito Nikolić	Referee: Bartosz Kaczmarek Linesmen: Fu Dahe Uroš Mladenović
	0–1 01:45 – Marinković (Završki) 0–2 06:21 – Dobrić (Janković, B. Idžan) Marshchonak (D. Levin, Kozev) (SH) – 13:17 1–2 1–3 19:34 – Marinković (V. Idžan, Janković) (PP) 1–4 24:09 – Vedlin (Dimitrijević, Katić) 1–5 43:17 – B. Idžan (Vedlin)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	36

25 April 2024 16:00

Iceland

2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 0–1)

Australia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 35

Game reference
	Jakob Jóhannesson	Goalies	Aleksi Toivonen	Referee: Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Marko Saković
	0–1 13:44 – Woodman (Caruana, C. Kubara) (SH) 0–2 17:00 – Hawes (Caruana) 0–3 25:13 – Webster (Virjassov) (SH) Arason (Sverrisson, Leifsson) (PP) – 33:20 1–3 Skúlason (Pálsson) (PP) – 45:08 2–3
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	28

25 April 2024 19:30

United Arab Emirates

2–5 (1–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 340

Game reference
	Maksim Rashchupkin	Goalies	Arsenije Ranković	Referee: Stef Oosterling Linesmen: Nicholas Albinati Krešimir Polašek
	Kuznetsov (Chuikov) – 09:25 1–0 1–1 15:03 – M. Popović (Dragović) 1–2 24:15 – Đumić (Racić) Kuznetsov (Vukoja) (PP) – 41:01 2–2 2–3 49:47 – Dinić (M. Popović, M. Mladenović) 2–4 54:44 – Kravljanac 2–5 59:18 – M. Popović (M. Mladenović) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	37

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27 April 2024 12:30

Australia

4–5 (2–1, 1–2, 1–2)

United Arab Emirates

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 25

Game reference
	Aleksi Toivonen	Goalies	Maksim Rashchupkin	Referee: Andrii Kicha Linesmen: David Perduv Marko Saković
	Virjassov (Hawes, Todd) – 02:39 1–0 Woodman – 06:35 2–0 2–1 07:54 – Kuznetsov (Klavdiev, Likhachev) Kyros (Wardlaw) – 21:12 3–1 3–2 30:46 – Klavdiev (Badegyev, Chuikov) 3–3 33:43 – Likhachev (Chuikov, Klavdiev) 3–4 48:32 – Badegyev (Shapavalau, Klavdiev) C. Kubara (Woodman, Caruana) (PP) – 50:27 4–4 4–5 59:19 – Chuikov (Klavdiev, Likhachev) (EN)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	30

27 April 2024 16:00

Israel

4–2 (0–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Maksim Kaliaev	Goalies	Jóhann Ragnarsson	Referee: Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Nicholas Albinati Krešimir Polašek
	0–1 17:49 – Arason M. Levin (Polozov, D. Levin) (PP) – 31:37 1–1 M. Levin (Mazour, D. Levin) (PP) – 52:01 2–1 Khvoles (Khubashvili) – 52:26 3–1 M. Levin (Kozev) (EN) – 55:56 4–1 4–2 59:33 – Rúnarsson (Eggertsson)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	26

27 April 2024 19:30

Serbia

0–3 (0–2, 0–1, 0–0)

Croatia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 800

Game reference
	Arsenije Ranković	Goalies	Vilim Rosandić	Referee: Bartosz Kaczmarek Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Fu Dahe
	0–1 06:30 – Kašparek (Bebek, Šimunković) 0–2 11:45 – Katić (Marinković) (PP) 0–3 31:21 – B. Idžan (Katić, Vedlin) (PP)
	35 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	30

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Artem Klavdiev	5	5	8	13	+6	2	F
Dmitry Likhachev	5	5	7	12	+5	4	F
Ilia Chuikov	5	4	5	9	+5	0	F
Marko Katić	5	3	6	9	+6	0	D
Sergei Kuznetsov	5	6	2	8	+3	4	D
David Levin	5	1	7	8	0	6	F
Marko Mladenović	5	1	7	8	+6	24	D
Mike Levin	4	5	2	7	−2	31	F
Bruno Idžan	5	4	3	7	+2	0	F
Karlo Marinković	5	3	4	7	+2	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Vilim Rosandić	240:00	5	1.25	99	94.95	1
Arsenije Ranković	277:25	10	2.16	113	91.15	0
Maksim Rashchupkin	298:32	20	4.02	186	89.25	0
Aleksi Toivonen	303:31	17	3.36	151	88.74	0
Maksim Kaliaev	229:31	18	4.71	124	85.48	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player [10]
Goaltender	Vilim Rosandić
Defenceman	Marko Katić
Forward	Mirko Đumić

Group B tournament

2024 IIHF World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
City	Sofia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–28 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	120 (8 per game)
Attendance	3,058 (204 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Sam Verelst (14 points)
Website	IIHF

Participants

Team	Qualification
Georgia	Disqualified from Division II A in 2023 and was relegated.
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II B in 2023.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 3rd in Division II B in 2023.
New Zealand	Placed 4th in Division II B in 2023.
Turkey	Placed 5th in Division II B in 2023.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 1st in Division III A in 2023 and was promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[11]

Referees	Linesmen
Filip Metzinger Kenneth Nielsen Alexey Roshchyn Walker Holton	Maxmillian Gatol Maarten van den Acker Martin Boyadjiev David Klouček Frederik Andersen Markus Merk Lodewijk Beelen

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Belgium	5	5	0	0	0	37	4	+33	15	Promoted to the 2025 Division II A
2	New Zealand	5	3	0	1	1	22	18	+4	10
3	Georgia	5	3	0	0	2	20	17	+3	9
4	Bulgaria (H)	5	1	1	0	3	17	29	−12	5
5	Chinese Taipei	5	1	0	1	3	14	27	−13	4
6	Turkey	5	0	1	0	4	10	25	−15	2	Relegated to the 2025 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

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

22 April 2024 13:00

Chinese Taipei

1–5 (1–0, 0–1, 0–4)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 70

Game reference
	Hsiao Po-yu	Goalies	Joel Hasselman	Referee: Kenneth Nielsen Linesmen: Maxmillian Gatol Maarten van den Acker
	Lin H. (Lin Yi., Lin J.) – 02:26 1–0 1–1 23:10 – Carey (Regan) 1–2 45:11 – Amston (Burns, Attwell) (PP) 1–3 48:47 – Fontaine (McIntosh, Amston) 1–4 51:30 – Schneider (Fontaine, Tappin) 1–5 57:22 – McIntosh (Strayer)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	40

22 April 2024 16:30

Belgium

8–0 (0–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Jelie Lievens	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı Oğulcan Kızılkaya	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Martin Boyadjiev David Klouček
	De Crook (Henry, Boni) – 23:18 1–0 Steyaert (Gyesgreghs, Verelst) – 27:56 2–0 Gyesbreghs (Blockx, James) (PP) – 34:18 3–0 De Smet – 41:11 4–0 Boni (De Smet, Henry) – 47:00 5–0 Blanchy (De Smet, Boni) – 47:14 6–0 Verelst (Steyaert) – 55:13 7–0 Coolen (Henry, De Smet) – 58:23 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	11

22 April 2024 20:00

Bulgaria

1–7 (1–1, 0–2, 0–4)

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 325

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Ivan Starostin	Referee: Walker Holton Linesmen: Frederik Andersen Markus Merk
	0–1 11:25 – Karelin (Bukiya) Hodulov (Tchaliov, Gatchev) – 15:36 1–1 1–2 26:29 – Dziov (Kireev) 1–3 34:40 – Kozyulin (Dziov, Kireev) 1–4 45:34 – Kurbatov (Marov) (PP) 1–5 48:04 – Kochkin 1–6 48:42 – Obolgogiani (Dziov, Ermoshenko) 1–7 53:11 – Marov
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	41

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23 April 2024 13:00

Turkey

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

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 47

Game reference
	Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Hsiao Po-yu	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Martin Boyadjiev Maarten van den Acker
	0–1 19:38 – Chen K. 0–2 22:32 – Pan (Wen, Shen Y.) 0–3 23:00 – Wang Y. Bakal (Karadağ) – 30:01 1–3 E. Faner (Y. Karş) – 41:38 2–3 2–4 48:10 – Pan (Yang, Peng) Ö. Karş (Bingöl, Demirdelen) – 48:25 3–4 Odabaş (Bakal, Karadağ) – 56:30 4–4
	Demirdelen Bakal F. Faner E. Faner Y. Karş Bakal Bakal E. Faner Meydanci Ö. Karş Gökçen	Shootout	Chen K. Lin H. Shen Y. Yang Lin Yo. Shen Y. Lin H. Wang P. Wen Peng Shen Y.
	2 min	Penalties	25 min
	34	Shots	28

23 April 2024 16:30

Georgia

2–6 (1–2, 0–2, 1–2)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 93

Game reference
	Ivan Starostin Mikhail Fofanov	Goalies	Csaba Kercso-Magos	Referee: Walker Holton Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Markus Merk
	Bukiya (Dumbadze, Marov) (PP) – 07:38 1–0 1–1 07:59 – McIntosh (Strayer, Harrison) 1–2 14:14 – Amston (Attwell) (PP) 1–3 20:53 – Strayer (McIntosh, Amston) 1–4 32:45 – Attwell (Amston, Dalmatau) (PP) 1–5 42:43 – Vortanov Kharizov (Romanov, Kurbatov) – 43:42 2–5 2–6 53:26 – Fontaine (Simon, Kozák)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	32

23 April 2024 20:00

Belgium

11–1 (3–0, 5–1, 3–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 352

Game reference
	Jelle Lievens	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov Andrea Karabadjakov	Referee: Filip Metzinger Linesmen: Maxmillian Gatol David Klouček
	Blanchy (Van Espen, Verelst) – 01:09 1–0 Gyesgreghs (Blockx, James) (PP) – 11:54 2–0 De Smet (Neven) (PP) – 19:01 3–0 Verelst (James, Gyesgreghs) (PP) – 21:51 4–0 Verelst (Ziarny) – 24:05 5–0 Gyesbreghs (De Smet, Henry) (PP2) – 33:02 6–0 Henry (Cuylen, Steyaert) – 34:09 7–0 7–1 35:21 – Hodulov Boni (De Smet, Blanchy) – 38:44 8–1 Verelst (James, Gyesgreghs) (PP) – 48:32 9–1 Gyesgreghs (Blockx) (PP) – 54:19 10–1 Blockx (James, Coolen) – 58:55 11–1
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	53	Shots	7

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25 April 2024 13:00

Georgia

3–2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Ivan Starostin	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Kenneth Nielsen Linesmen: Frederik Andersen Lodewijk Beelen
	0–1 03:36 – Karadağ (Odabaş, Demirdelen) 0–2 29:49 – Demirdelen Karelin (Obolgogiani) – 31:33 1–2 Karelin (Obolgogiani) – 33:34 2–2 Karelin (Obolgogiani, Kireev) – 44:18 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	19

25 April 2024 16:30

Belgium

8–1 (3–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 76

Game reference
	Ignace Van Noten	Goalies	Kuei Fu-hsiang	Referee: Filip Metzinger Linesmen: Martin Boyadjiev Maxmillian Gatol
	Steyaert (Verelst) – 00:48 1–0 Verelst (De Crook, Piccart) – 03:17 2–0 2–1 07:39 – Shen Y. (Wen, Lin Yo.) (PP) Coolen (Gentri, Gyesgreghs) – 16:21 3–1 De Crook (Verelst, Steyaert) – 21:05 4–1 Henry (Ziarny) – 21:37 5–1 De Smet (Henry, Van Espen) – 29:05 6–1 Steyaert (De Crook, Henry) (PP) – 46:01 7–1 Steyaert (Verelst, De Crook) – 55:21 8–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	11

25 April 2024 20:00

Bulgaria

7–6 GWS (4–2, 2–2, 0–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 483

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Joel Hasselman	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: David Klouček Markus Merk
	Hodulov (Yotov, Vasilev) (PP) – 01:38 1–0 1–1 06:21 – Schneider (McIntosh, Burns) (PP) Nakov (K. Dikov, Stamenov) (PP) – 10:25 2–1 Yotov (Muhachev) (PP) – 12:53 3–1 3–2 13:28 – Fontaine (Carey, Hayward) Gatchev (Nakov, Nikolov) – 13:51 4–2 Yotov (Hodulov, Vasilev) (PP) – 20:31 5–2 5–3 24:09 – Amston (McIntosh) 5–4 26:39 – Fontaine (Amston, Schneider) Hodulov (Tchaliov, V. Dikov) – 29:28 6–4 6–5 44:12 – Amston (Strayer, Schneider) 6–6 59:40 – Amston (Burns, Carey) (EA)
	Yotov Nakov Hodulov	Shootout	Amston Schneider Dalmatau
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	33

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27 April 2024 13:00

New Zealand

0–6 (0–1, 0–4, 0–1)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 90

Game reference
	Csaba Kercso-Magos	Goalies	Jelle Lievens	Referee: Kenneth Nielsen Linesmen: Frederik Andersen Lodewijk Beelen
	0–1 01:59 – Henry (De Smet) 0–2 25:22 – De Smet (Henry) 0–3 34:02 – De Crook (James, Steyaert) 0–4 37:48 – De Crook (Verelst, Gyesgreghs) 0–5 39:15 – De Smet (Henry, Neven) 0–6 49:51 – Boni (Henry)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	12	Shots	46

27 April 2024 16:30

Turkey

1–5 (0–0, 1–3, 0–2)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 640

Game reference
	Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Kenneth Nielsen Linesmen: Frederik Andersen Lodewijk Beelen
	Karakoç (Meydanci) – 22:24 1–0 1–1 26:04 – Dilkov (K. Dikov) 1–2 32:20 – Stamenov 1–3 35:39 – Nikolov (Nakov, Atanasov) 1–4 57:29 – Gatchev (EN) 1–5 59:27 – Vasilev (Muhachev)
	81 min	Penalties	81 min
	31	Shots	28

27 April 2024 20:00

Chinese Taipei

4–6 (1–2, 2–1, 1–3)

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 104

Game reference
	Hsiao Po-yu	Goalies	Mikhail Fofanov Ivan Starostin	Referee: Filip Metzinger Linesmen: Martin Boyadjiev Maarten van den Acker
	0–1 01:22 – Kozyulin (Bukiya) Wen (Chen K., Shen Y.) – 05:08 1–1 1–2 08:51 – Karelin (Ermoshenko) 1–3 22:21 – Shvetsov Lin H. – 25:49 2–3 Lin Yo. (Wen) (PP) – 26:07 3–3 3–4 40:54 – Karelin (Kurbatov) (PP) 3–5 41:59 – Bukiya (Kochkin) Peng – 51:42 4–5 4–6 56:03 – Bukiya (Kochkin)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	46

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28 April 2024 13:00

New Zealand

5–2 (2–0, 1–1, 2–1)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 77

Game reference
	Csaba Kercso-Magos	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Kenneth Nielsen Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Maarten van den Acker
	Fontaine (Harrison, Burns) – 10:23 1–0 Fontaine (Schneider, Carey) – 10:56 2–0 Attwell (SH) – 33:22 3–0 3–1 38:06 – Y. Karş (E. Faner, Demirdelen) (PP) Fontaine (Schneider) (EA) – 44:26 4–1 Strayer (Harrison, McIntosh) (PP) – 52:49 5–1 5–2 55:55 – Karadağ (Bingöl, Demirdelen) (PP)
	35 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	28

28 April 2024 16:30

Bulgaria

3–4 (1–0, 1–3, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Andrea Karabadjakov	Goalies	Hsiao Po-yu	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Frederik Andersen Maxmillian Gatol
	V. Dikov (Muhachev) – 11:48 1–0 1–1 22:15 – Chen K. (Pan) Nakov (Gatchev, Hodulov) (PP) – 34:46 2–1 2–2 36:53 – Lin H. (Sang) 2–3 37:42 – Lin Yo. (Pan) 2–4 58:51 – Wen (EN) Iskrenov (K. Dikov, Hodulov) (EA) – 59:30 3–4
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	38

28 April 2024 20:00

Georgia

2–4 (2–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 86

Game reference
	Ivan Starostin	Goalies	Jelle Lievens	Referee: Walker Holton Linesmen: David Klouček Markus Merk
	Obolgogiani (Ermoshenko) (PP) – 07:59 1–0 Shvetsov (Marov) – 08:28 2–0 2–1 17:36 – Van Espen 2–2 34:17 – Gyesgreghs (De Crook, Verelst) (PP) 2–3 34:45 – Gyesgreghs (De Crook, Verelst) 2–4 57:53 – De Crook (Verelst)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	15	Shots	32

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Sam Verelst	5	5	9	14	+11	2	F
Bryan Henry	5	3	9	12	+11	4	F
Vadim Gyesbreghs	5	6	5	11	+12	4	D
Oliver De Crook	5	5	6	11	+12	2	F
Yoren De Smet	5	5	6	11	+12	0	F
Stefan Amston	5	5	4	9	+9	2	D
Jackson Fontaine	5	7	1	8	+5	2	F
Iniaz Steyaert	4	4	4	8	+12	2	F
Ivan Hodulov	5	5	2	7	−2	33	F
Colin McIntosh	5	2	5	7	+6	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Jelle Lievens	240:00	3	0.75	45	93.33	2
Csaba Kercso-Magos	180:00	10	3.33	110	90.91	0
Hsiao Po-yu	245:00	18	4.41	155	88.39	0
Ivan Starostin	246:33	12	2.92	96	87.50	0
Dimitar Dimitrov	209:05	19	5.45	125	84.80	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player [12]
Goaltender	Jelle Lievens
Defenceman	Stefan Amston
Forward	Sam Verelst

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External links

• Official website of Division IIA
• Official website of Division IIB