2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Last updated
2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates6–12 January 2025
19–25 January 2025
Teams12
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2026  

The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II were 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.

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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
2025 IIHF U20 World Championship Division II A logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
City Zagreb
Venue(s)1 (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 leader(s) Flag of Lithuania.svg 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]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (hosts)placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania placed 2nd in Division II A last year
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain placed 3rd in Division II A last year
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China placed 4th in Division II A last year
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands placed 5th in Division II A last year
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 55000395+3415Promotion to the 2026 Division I B
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 530021615+19 [a]
3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (H)53002222649 [a]
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 52003111546 [b]
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 52003182466 [b]
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 50005930210Relegation 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 TimeUTC+1).

6 January 2025
12:30
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg8–2
(3–1, 3–0, 2–1)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 52
Game reference
Daniil Cepov Goalies Sam Luitwieler Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Heidemann
Linesmen:
Flag of Croatia.svg Tomislav Grozaj
Flag of Romania.svg 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  Flag of Romania.svg3–4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 38
Game reference
Márton Buda Goalies Zhang Youyi Referee:
Flag of South Korea.svg Chae Young-jin
Linesmen:
Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Šaković
Flag of Poland.svg 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  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg1–3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 326
Game reference
Alfie Jefferis Goalies Nikša Slade Referee:
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Kenneth Englisch
Flag of Ukraine.svg 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  Flag of the Netherlands.svg2–5
(1–2, 1–1, 0–2)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 42
Game reference
Thijs Kivits Goalies Márton Buda Referee:
Flag of Italy.svg Omar Pinie
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Kenneth Englisch
Flag of Poland.svg 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  Flag of Lithuania.svg6–1
(0–1, 4–0, 2–0)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 54
Game reference
Julius Andrekus Goalies Alfie Jefferis
Alfie Blakeley
Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Heidemann
Linesmen:
Flag of Austria.svg Sebastian Bedynek
Flag of Croatia.svg 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  Flag of Croatia.svg7–4
(3–1, 3–2, 1–1)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 156
Game reference
Nikša Slade Goalies Zhang Youyi
Sun Xi
Referee:
Flag of Ukraine.svg Anton Peretyatko
Linesmen:
Flag of Romania.svg Áron Magyar
Flag of Ukraine.svg 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  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg4–3
(1–1, 1–1, 2–1)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 64
Game reference
Alfie Jefferis Goalies Zhang Youyi Referee:
Flag of South Korea.svg Chae Young-jin
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Kenneth Englisch
Flag of Croatia.svg 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  Flag of Lithuania.svg4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 55
Game reference
Daniil Cepov Goalies Balint Mark Referee:
Flag of Ukraine.svg Anton Peretyatko
Linesmen:
Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleh Ostroukh
Flag of Croatia.svg 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  Flag of Croatia.svg7–2
(3–1, 3–0, 1–1)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 235
Game reference
Nikša Slade Goalies Sam Luitwieler
Thijs Kivits
Referee:
Flag of Italy.svg Omar Pinie
Linesmen:
Flag of Austria.svg Sebastian Bedynek
Flag of Poland.svg 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, Jagatic) – 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  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg1–8
(1–2, 0–4, 0–2)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 58
Game reference
Sun Xi Goalies Julius Andrekus Referee:
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:
Flag of Austria.svg Sebastian Bedynek
Flag of Romania.svg 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  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–4
(0–0, 1–3, 0–1)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 87
Game reference
Thijs Kivits Goalies Alfie Jefferis Referee:
Flag of Ukraine.svg Anton Peretyatko
Linesmen:
Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleh Ostroukh
Flag of Croatia.svg 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  Flag of Romania.svg6–4
(0–4, 1–0, 5–0)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 620
Game reference
Balint Mark
Márton Buda
Goalies Nikša Slade Referee:
Flag of Italy.svg Omar Pinie
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Kenneth Englisch
Flag of Poland.svg 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  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg1–2
(0–2, 1–0, 0–0)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Alfie Jefferis Goalies Márton Buda Referee:
Flag of South Korea.svg Chae Young-jin
Linesmen:
Flag of Croatia.svg Tomislav Grozaj
Flag of Croatia.svg 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  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg6–2
(3–0, 1–2, 2–0)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 35
Game reference
Zhang Youyi Goalies Thijs Kivits
Sam Luitwieler
Referee:
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:
Flag of Romania.svg Áron Magyar
Flag of Poland.svg 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  Flag of Croatia.svg1–13
(0–2, 0–6, 1–5)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb
Attendance: 800
Game reference
Nikša Slade Goalies Julius Andrekus Referee:
Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Heidemann
Linesmen:
Flag of Austria.svg Sebastian Bedynek
Flag of Germany.svg 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

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/–PIM
1 Simas Ignatavičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 58614+134
2 Mykolas Škadauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 57512+118
3 Pijus Pranskevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 54610+100
4 Hrvoje Zovko Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 5639–14
5 Luka Bodiroga Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 5358+26
6 Fran Završki Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 5437–14
7 Deimantas Šulinskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 4347+827
8 Dovydas Jukna Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 5347+100
8 Luan Rong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5347+42
10 Tian Boyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5426–20

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)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO
1 Julius Andrekus Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 180:00393.621.000
2 Daniil Cepov Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 120:00292.591.001
3 Márton Buda Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 218:45790.791.920
4 Thijs Kivits Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 137:361090.384.360
5 Alfie Jefferis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 286:121589.663.140

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
2025 IIHF U20 World Championship Division II B logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
City Belgrade
Venue(s)1 (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 leader(s) Flag of Israel.svg 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. [3] [4]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (hosts)placed 2nd in Division II B last year
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland placed 3rd in Division II B last year
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia placed 4th in Division II B last year
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium placed 5th in Division II B last year
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel placed 1st in Division III A last year and were promoted

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 54010189+913Promotion to the 2026 Division II A
2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 53002181919
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (H)521021813+58
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 52003181916 [a]
5Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 520031614+26 [a]
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 510041024143Relegation 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 TimeUTC+1).

19 January 2025
12:30
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg5–2
(0–1, 2–0, 3–1)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 46
Game reference
David Verkhovsky Goalies Tom Forrest Referee:
Flag of Croatia.svg Trpimir Piragic
Linesmen:
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chi Hongda
Flag of Serbia.svg 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  Flag of Iceland.svg0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 53
Game reference
Þórir Aspar Goalies Pablo Salvador Referee:
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ilia Kisil
Flag of Serbia.svg Uros Mladenovic
0–139:34 – Gonzalez (Sanz, Fernandez)
0–250:46 – Collado (Cabello)
29 minPenalties4 min
13Shots30
19 January 2025
19:30
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg2–4
(1–0, 1–1, 0–3)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 726
Game reference
Filip Korenic Goalies Tibe Palinckx Referees:
Flag of Lithuania.svg Benas Jaksys
Flag of Slovenia.svg Gregor Režek
Linesmen:
Flag of Croatia.svg Krešimir Polašek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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  Flag of Spain.svg4–2
(1–0, 0–1, 3–1)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 32
Game reference
Enrique Mampel Goalies Tom Forrest Referee:
Flag of Slovenia.svg Gregor Režek
Linesmen:
Flag of Serbia.svg Matija Nikolic
Flag of Lithuania.svg Artyom Sidorov
Cantabrana (Collado, Perez) (PP) – 18:501–0
1–121:37 – Kuleshov (Gordon)
Garcia – 55:542–1
Gonzalez (Garcia) – 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  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg3–5
(2–2, 1–2, 0–1)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 42
Game reference
Tibe Palinckx Goalies David Verkhovsky Referee:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Klijberg
Linesmen:
Flag of Serbia.svg Uros Mladenovic
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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  Flag of Serbia.svg2–3
(1–1, 0–2, 1–0)
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 674
Game reference
Lazar Ilić
Filip Korenic
Goalies Þórir Aspar Referee:
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen:
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chi Hongda
Flag of Croatia.svg 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  Flag of Spain.svg2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 53
Game reference
Pablo Salvador Goalies Tibe Palinckx Referee:
Flag of Lithuania.svg Benas Jaksys
Linesmen:
Flag of Serbia.svg Uros Mladenovic
Flag of Croatia.svg Krešimir Polašek
Cortes (Badorrey) (SH) – 28:021–0
Cantabrana (Perez, Gonzalez) – 32:472–0
6 minPenalties4 min
35Shots12
22 January 2025
16:00
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg4–5
(3–1, 1–0, 0–4)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 37
Game reference
Þórir Aspar Goalies Marcus Henderson
Tom Forrest
Referees:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Klijberg
Flag of Croatia.svg Trpimir Piragic
Linesmen:
Flag of Serbia.svg Matija Nikolic
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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  Flag of Serbia.svg5–2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 764
Game reference
Filip Korenic Goalies David Verkhovskiy Referee:
Flag of Slovenia.svg Gregor Režek
Linesmen:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ilia Kisil
Flag of Lithuania.svg Artyom Sidorov
Popović (Vitorac) – 06:221–0
1–122:43 – Aharonovich (Goldshtein, Levin) (PP)
Opalić (Matović) – 31:262–1
2–244:01 – Levin (Goldshtein)
Martinovic (Popović) – 49:073–2
Opalić (P. Pećerić) – 49:424–2
Mladenović (Martinovic, Ivanovic) – 59:025–2
6 minPenalties10 min
39Shots21

23 January 2025
12:30
Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg2–7
(0–2, 2–3, 0–2)
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 23
Game reference
Tibe Palinckx Goalies Þórir Aspar Referee:
Flag of Lithuania.svg Benas Jaksys
Linesmen:
Flag of Serbia.svg Matija Nikolic
Flag of Lithuania.svg 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  Flag of Israel.svg3–7
(1–3, 1–1, 1–3)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 76
Game reference
Alon Shpinel Goalies Pablo Salvador Referees:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Klijberg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen:
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chi Hongda
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brian Van Rijzewijk
0–108:00 – Mazón (Cabello, Collado)
Levin (Goldshtein) (SH) – 12:231–1
1–212:56 – Gonzalez (Garcia, Segura) (PP)
1–319:52 – Cabello (Sanz) (SH)
Levin (Goldshtein, Ougortsin) (PP) – 27:082–3
2–433:07 – Blanco (Cantabrana, Perez) (PP)
Zitserman (Sigalov) (PP) – 40:333–4
3–550:17 – Acuna (Cortes, Segura)
3–655:19 – Gonzalez (Collado, Cantabrana)
3–759:12 – Perez (Collado, Gonzalez)
10 minPenalties10 min
26Shots47
23 January 2025
19:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–5
(0–0, 0–3, 1–2)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 714
Game reference
Tom Forrest Goalies Filip Korenic Referee:
Flag of Croatia.svg Trpimir Piragic
Linesmen:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ilia Kisil
Flag of Croatia.svg Krešimir Polašek
0–126:08 – Martinovic (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  Flag of Iceland.svg2–3
(1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 29
Game reference
Þórir Aspar Goalies David Verkhovsky Referees:
Flag of Croatia.svg Trpimir Piragic
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen:
Flag of Serbia.svg Matija Nikolic
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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  Flag of Australia (converted).svg8–1
(2–1, 4–0, 2–0)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 34
Game reference
Tom Forrest Goalies Tibe Palinckx Referees:
Flag of Lithuania.svg Benas Jaksys
Flag of Slovenia.svg Gregor Režek
Linesmen:
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chi Hongda
Flag of Serbia.svg 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  Flag of Spain.svg3–4 GWS
(2–1, 1–0, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–2)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade
Attendance: 742
Game reference
Enrique Mampel Goalies Filip Korenic Referees:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Klijberg
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ilia Kisil
Flag of Lithuania.svg Artyom Sidorov
Blanco (Acuna) – 12:141–0
Mazón (Vilar Cabello, Sanz) – 16:372–0
2–118:58 – Popović (S. Pećerić)
Perez (Cantabrana, Gonzalez) – 23:553–1
3–240:24 – Martinovic (Mladenović, Opalić)
3–341:46 – Popović
Gonzalez Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Perez Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Cantabrana Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Garcia Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck.svg Popović
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Mladenović
Ice hockey puck.svg Ivanović
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Martinovic
6 minPenalties2 min
38Shots36

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/–PIM
1 Mike Levin Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 57411+316
2 Samson Goldshtein Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5369+26
3 Ivan Kuleshov Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 553804
4 Brayden Maybee Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5527+32
5 Eduardo Gonzalez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5437+46
5 Lachlan Sucher Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5437−16
7 Kosta Mladenović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 5347+44
8 Arnar Kristjánsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 5257+34
9 Haukur Karvelsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 5516+30
10 Tobi Gentry Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 5426−60
10 Andreja Popović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 5426+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)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO
1 Pablo Salvador Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 180:00394.121.002
2 Þórir Aspar Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 296:451493.032.830
3 Filip Korenic Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 256:11991.352.080
4 Enrique Mampel Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 240:00590.382.400
5 Tom Forrest Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 240:001389.602.820

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

Source: IIHF

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