2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

See also: 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Croatia   Serbia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	6–12 January 2025 19–25 January 2025
Teams	12
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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
City	Zagreb
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	6–12 January 2025
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	115 (7.67 per game)
Attendance	2,697 (180 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	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. Romania 6–4 Croatia
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)

Netherlands

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 52

Game reference
	Daniil Cepov	Goalies	Sam Luitwieler	Referee: Samuel Heidemann Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Áron Magyar
	0–1 02:55 – van Mourik (Wendijk, Andringa) Šulinskas (Krakauskas) – 10:53 1–1 Baltrūnas (Škadauskas, Krakaukas) (PP) – 12:46 2–1 Škadauskas (Pranskevičius) – 13:18 3–1 Škadauskas (Ignatavičius) – 22:07 4–1 Pranskevičius (Sadauskas) – 29:52 5–1 Ignatavičius (Pranskevičius) – 37:35 6–1 Ignatavičius (Šulinskas) – 42:35 7–1 Škadauskas (Andrejauskas, Krakauskas) (PP) – 50:09 8–1 8–2 52:23 – Pothoven (Bax-Kristiansen)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	48	Shots	18

6 January 2025 16:00

Romania

3–4 (1–1, 1–1, 1–2)

China

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 38

Game reference
	Márton Buda	Goalies	Zhang Youyi	Referee: Chae Young-jin Linesmen: Marko Šaković Michał Żak
	Bogács (Fehér, Szopos-Böjte) – 06:01 1–0 1–1 17:39 – Meng 1–2 29:16 – Sun (Lyu, Luan) Márton (Szabó, E. Kovács) – 30:56 2–2 2–3 42:13 – Luan (Lyu) Kozma (Timaru) – 45:04 3–3 3–4 57:26 – Meng (Xu, Luan)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	22

6 January 2025 19:30

Great Britain

1–3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Croatia

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 326

Game reference
	Alfie Jefferis	Goalies	Nikša Slade	Referee: Krzysztof Kozłowski Linesmen: Kenneth Englisch Oleh Ostroukh
	White-Sey (Kay) (PP) – 19:49 1–0 1–1 28:46 – Kašparek (Mandušić) 1–2 51:32 – Završki (Bodiroga) (PP) 1–3 56:40 – Bodiroga
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	30	Shots	47

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7 January 2025 12:30

Netherlands

2–5 (1–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Romania

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 42

Game reference
	Thijs Kivits	Goalies	Márton Buda	Referee: Omar Pinie Linesmen: Kenneth Englisch Michał Żak
	0–1 01:09 – Nagy (Bogács, Feher) 0–2 01:56 – B. Süveg (I. Süveg) Kapitonov (van Mourik, Wendijk) – 09:09 1–2 1–3 22:27 – Bogács (Szopos-Bojte) Andringa (Meerakker, Castronovo) (PP) – 24:49 2–3 2–4 50:38 – Szabó (Timaru, Nechita) (PP) 2–5 58:09 – E. Kovács (EN)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	44

7 January 2025 16:00

Lithuania

6–1 (0–1, 4–0, 2–0)

Great Britain

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 54

Game reference
	Julius Andrekus	Goalies	Alfie Jefferis Alfie Blakeley	Referee: Samuel Heidemann Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Tomislav Grozaj
	0–1 08:25 – Lynch (Bradon) Jukna (Ignatavičius, Šulinskas) – 24:28 1–1 Kovalenko (Ignatavičius, Pranskevičius) (PP) – 30:02 2–1 Zeynalov (Škadauskas, Čečekovas) (PP) – 35:37 3–1 Ignatavičius (Pranskevičius, Kovalenko) (PP) – 38:28 4–1 Ignatavičius (Jukna, Boravski) – 49:15 5–1 Jukna (Kovalenko, Valivonis) – 49:35 6–1
	33 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	15

7 January 2025 19:30

Croatia

7–4 (3–1, 3–2, 1–1)

China

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 156

Game reference
	Nikša Slade	Goalies	Zhang Youyi Sun Xi	Referee: Anton Peretyatko Linesmen: Áron Magyar Oleh Ostroukh
	Bodiroga (Svjetličić, Varga) – 11:28 1–0 H. Zovko (Završki, Bodiroga) (PP) – 13:06 2–0 Svjetličić (B. Zovko, Slovinac) – 14:26 3–0 3–1 15:25 – Tian (SH) Završki (PP) – 24:37 4–1 H. Zovko (Završki, Bodiroga) (PP) – 32:29 5–1 5–2 32:41 – Xu (Jiang, Luan) Idžan (Kurjaković) – 36:58 6–2 6–3 39:55 – Huang (Tian, Zhao Z.) 6–4 53:58 – Li (Tian, Huang) H. Zovko (EN) – 58:19 7–4
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	28

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9 January 2025 12:30

Great Britain

4–3 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1)

China

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 64

Game reference
	Alfie Jefferis	Goalies	Zhang Youyi	Referee: Chae Young-jin Linesmen: Kenneth Englisch Tomislav Grozaj
	0–1 01:41 – Zhou (Gao, Huang) (PP) Capps (Kay, Bradon) (PP) – 18:03 1–1 Shaw (Thorpe, Lipsey) – 20:41 2–1 2–2 38:03 – Jiang (Xu) 2–3 44:44 – Luan (Lyu, Li) Lyne (Bradon, Kay) (PP) – 49:01 3–3 Clarke (Knaggs) – 53:04 4–3
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	16

9 January 2025 16:00

Lithuania

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Romania

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 55

Game reference
	Daniil Cepov	Goalies	Balint Mark	Referee: Anton Peretyatko Linesmen: Oleh Ostroukh Marko Šaković
	Kovalenko (Baltrūnas, Čečekovas) – 09:15 1–0 Boravski, (Pranskevičius) – 30:57 2–0 Boravski (Ignatavičius) – 33:37 3–0 Pranskevičius (Ignatavičius, Kovalenko) (PP) – 51:24 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	45 min
	58	Shots	9

9 January 2025 19:30

Croatia

7–2 (3–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Netherlands

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 235

Game reference
	Nikša Slade	Goalies	Sam Luitwieler Thijs Kivits	Referee: Omar Pinie Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Michał Żak
	Završki (H. Zovko, Slovinac) – 00:26 1–0 1–1 04:18 – van Mourik (Kapitonov, Bax-Kristiansen) H. Zovko (Kašparek) – 04:39 2–1 Idžan (Mandušić, Slovinac) – 15:00 3–1 Savić – 28:25 4–1 Završki (Slovinac, Savic) (PP) – 32:08 5–1 H. Zovko (Kurjaković, Jagatic) – 34:59 6–1 6–2 49:53 – van Mourik (Wendijk, Kapitonov) Slovinac (Filipović, Marojević) – 55:22 7–2
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	29

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10 January 2025 12:30

China

1–8 (1–2, 0–4, 0–2)

Lithuania

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 58

Game reference
	Sun Xi	Goalies	Julius Andrekus	Referee: Krzysztof Kozłowski Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Áron Magyar
	0–1 10:21 – Šulinskas (Ignatavičius, Jukna) 0–2 10:51 – Pranskevičius (Škadauskas, Sadauskas) Tian (Huang) – 11:49 1–2 1–3 21:13 – Ignatavičius (Jukna) (SH) 1–4 24:01 – Ignatavičius (Škadauskas) 1–5 24:40 – Ignatavičius (Simbelis, Zeynalov) 1–6 28:27 – Pranskevičius (Jukna) (PP) 1–7 41:35 – Škadauskas (Pranskevičius, Zeynalov) 1–8 45:25 – Andrejaukaus (Šulinskas) (SH)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	65

10 January 2025 16:00

Netherlands

1–4 (0–0, 1–3, 0–1)

Great Britain

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 87

Game reference
	Thijs Kivits	Goalies	Alfie Jefferis	Referee: Anton Peretyatko Linesmen: Oleh Ostroukh Marko Sakovic
	Wendijk (Mittendorff, Castronovo) – 29:40 1–0 1–1 31:52 – White-Sey (Kay, Bradon) (PP) 1–2 35:26 – Capps (Kay) (PP) 1–3 36:03 – Clarke (Carruth) 1–4 51:22 – Bradon
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	47

10 January 2025 19:30

Romania

6–4 (0–4, 1–0, 5–0)

Croatia

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 620

Game reference
	Balint Mark Márton Buda	Goalies	Nikša Slade	Referee: Omar Pinie Linesmen: Kenneth Englisch Michał Żak
	0–1 07:58 – Bodiroga (Završki, H. Zovko) (PP) 0–2 11:50 – B. Zovko (Bodiroga, Vukadin) 0–3 16:33 – Alić 0–4 18:15 – H. Zovko (Bodiroga, Vukadin) (PP) Kozma (Szekeres, B. Süveg) – 26:05 1–4 S. Kovács – 50:22 2–4 S. Kovács (A. Kovács) (PP) – 52:39 3–4 Timaru (Nechita, Szopos-Bojte) – 54:23 4–4 Salamon (S. Kovács) – 58:25 5–4 Bogács (EN) – 59:39 6–4
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	28

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12 January 2025 12:30

Great Britain

1–2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Romania

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Alfie Jefferis	Goalies	Márton Buda	Referee: Chae Young-jin Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Marko Šaković
	0–1 03:31 – A. Kovács (Ágoston, E. Kovács) (PP) 0–2 13:17 – S. Kovács (E. Kovács) Carruth (Capps, Bradon) (PP) – 39:12 1–2
	59 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	31

12 January 2025 16:00

China

6–2 (3–0, 1–2, 2–0)

Netherlands

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 35

Game reference
	Zhang Youyi	Goalies	Thijs Kivits Sam Luitwieler	Referee: Krzysztof Kozłowski Linesmen: Áron Magyar Michał Żak
	Lyu (Jiang, Xu) (PP) – 12:24 1–0 Luan (Wen) – 15:29 2–0 Tian (Jiang, Huang) – 19:43 3–0 Zhou Z. (Lyu) – 25:19 4–0 4–1 31:33 – Van de Meerakker (Muizer) (PP) 4–2 34:58 – Muizer (Noblesse, Versantvoort) Zhou Z. (Lyu, Luan) – 42:07 5–2 Tian (Meng) (EN) – 54:49 6–2
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	39

12 January 2025 19:30

Croatia

1–13 (0–2, 0–6, 1–5)

Lithuania

Admiral Ice Dome, Zagreb Attendance: 800

Game reference
	Nikša Slade	Goalies	Julius Andrekus	Referee: Samuel Heidemann Linesmen: Sebastian Bedynek Kenneth Englisch
	0–1 08:06 – Ignatavičius (Šulinskas) 0–2 12:20 – Škadauskas 0–3 24:57 – Čečekovas (Baltrūnas) 0–4 26:45 – Škadauskas (Valivonis, Zeynalov) (PP) 0–5 27:13 – Sobolev (Boravski) 0–6 30:01 – Šulinskas (Boravski, Zeynalov) 0–7 38:14 – Zeynalov (Baltrūnas, Simbelis) 0–8 39:01 – Valivonis (PP) Filipović (Kašparek, H. Zovko) – 40:51 1–8 1–9 45:36 – Škadauskas (Valivonis, Sadauskas) 1–10 51:08 – Baltrūnas (Čečekovas, Andrejauskas) (PP) 1–11 52:02 – Jukna 1–12 53:27 – Sadauskas (Škadauskas, Boravski) 1–13 55:36 – Olienikas (Kovalenko) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	10	Shots	55

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Simas Ignatavičius	Lithuania	5	8	6	14	+13	4
2	Mykolas Škadauskas	Lithuania	5	7	5	12	+11	8
3	Pijus Pranskevičius	Lithuania	5	4	6	10	+10	0
4	Hrvoje Zovko	Croatia	5	6	3	9	–1	4
5	Luka Bodiroga	Croatia	5	3	5	8	+2	6
6	Fran Završki	Croatia	5	4	3	7	–1	4
7	Deimantas Šulinskas	Lithuania	4	3	4	7	+8	27
8	Dovydas Jukna	Lithuania	5	3	4	7	+10	0
8	Luan Rong	China	5	3	4	7	+4	2
10	Tian Boyu	China	5	4	2	6	–2	0

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
1	Julius Andrekus	Lithuania	180:00	3	93.62	1.00	0
2	Daniil Cepov	Lithuania	120:00	2	92.59	1.00	1
3	Márton Buda	Romania	218:45	7	90.79	1.92	0
4	Thijs Kivits	Netherlands	137:36	10	90.38	4.36	0
5	Alfie Jefferis	Great Britain	286:12	15	89.66	3.14	0

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: Julius Andrekus
• Defenceman: Lovro Slovinac
• Forward: Simas Ignatavičius

Source: IIHF

Division II B

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
City	Belgrade
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	19–25 January 2025
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	98 (6.53 per game)
Attendance	4,045 (270 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	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. 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)

Australia

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 46

Game reference
	David Verkhovsky	Goalies	Tom Forrest	Referee: Trpimir Piragic Linesmen: Chi Hongda Matija Nikolic
	0–1 14:03 – Maybee (Kuleshov, Suchler) (PP) Goldshtein (Ougortsin, Zitserman) (PP) – 31:50 1–1 Goldshtein (Levin) – 35:13 2–1 2–2 43:03 – Maybee (Hughes, West) Levin – 50:53 3–2 Levin (PP) – 57:27 4–2 Rigler (Levin, Aharonovich) (EN) – 59:42 5–2
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	31	Shots	15

19 January 2025 16:00

Iceland

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Spain

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 53

Game reference
	Þórir Aspar	Goalies	Pablo Salvador	Referee: Chris van Grinsven Linesmen: Ilia Kisil Uros Mladenovic
	0–1 39:34 – Gonzalez (Sanz, Fernandez) 0–2 50:46 – Collado (Cabello)
	29 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	30

19 January 2025 19:30

Serbia

2–4 (1–0, 1–1, 0–3)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 726

Game reference
	Filip Korenic	Goalies	Tibe Palinckx	Referees: Benas Jaksys Gregor Režek Linesmen: Krešimir Polašek Brian Van Rijzewijk
	Šaranović – 12:33 1–0 Popović (Mladenović, Ivanović) – 27:25 2–0 2–1 29:28 – Delport (Gentry) 2–2 43:15 – van Bruyssel (Gentry, Blomme) (PP) 2–3 51:54 – Delport 2–4 59:55 – Gentry (Levecque) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	24

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20 January 2025 12:30

Spain

4–2 (1–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Australia

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 32

Game reference
	Enrique Mampel	Goalies	Tom Forrest	Referee: Gregor Režek Linesmen: Matija Nikolic Artyom Sidorov
	Cantabrana (Collado, Perez) (PP) – 18:50 1–0 1–1 21:37 – Kuleshov (Gordon) Garcia – 55:54 2–1 Gonzalez (Garcia) – 58:54 3–1 3–2 59:10 – Kuleshov (Friederich, O'Handley) (EA) Collado (EN) – 59:27 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	17

20 January 2025 16:00

Belgium

3–5 (2–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Israel

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 42

Game reference
	Tibe Palinckx	Goalies	David Verkhovsky	Referee: Jeroen Klijberg Linesmen: Uros Mladenovic Brian Van Rijzewijk
	Gentry (Delport) (PP) – 09:11 1–0 Gentry (Blomme, van Bruyssel) (PP) – 11:06 2–0 2–1 14:37 – Goldshtein (Levin, Kreimerman) (PP) 2–2 15:41 – Kerner (Sigalov) 2–3 24:11 – Levin (Goldshtein, Zitserman) 2–4 28:59 – Rigler (Sigalov) Delport (Blomme, van Bruyssel) – 37:09 3–4 3–5 56:03 – Zitserman
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	43

20 January 2025 19:30

Serbia

2–3 (1–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 674

Game reference
	Lazar Ilić Filip Korenic	Goalies	Þórir Aspar	Referee: Chris van Grinsven Linesmen: Chi Hongda Krešimir Polašek
	0–1 04:05 – H. Karvelsson (A. Kristjánsson) Opalić (S. Pećerić, P. Pećerić) – 05:13 1–1 1–2 25:31 – Einisson (A. Kristjánsson) (PP) 1–3 39:45 – H. Karvelsson (Hrolfsson) Mladenović (Popović) – 40:52 2–3
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	55	Shots	13

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22 January 2025 12:30

Spain

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 53

Game reference
	Pablo Salvador	Goalies	Tibe Palinckx	Referee: Benas Jaksys Linesmen: Uros Mladenovic Krešimir Polašek
	Cortes (Badorrey) (SH) – 28:02 1–0 Cantabrana (Perez, Gonzalez) – 32:47 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	12

22 January 2025 16:00

Iceland

4–5 (3–1, 1–0, 0–4)

Australia

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 37

Game reference
	Þórir Aspar	Goalies	Marcus Henderson Tom Forrest	Referees: Jeroen Klijberg Trpimir Piragic Linesmen: Matija Nikolic Brian Van Rijzewijk
	Steinsen (H. Karvelsson, Jóhannsson) (PP) – 03:50 1–0 H. Karvelsson (A. Karvelsson) – 07:40 2–0 2–1 10:45 – Sucher (Costa, Maybee) (PP) Björgvinsson (Blöndal) – 18:40 3–1 Bjarnason (Sigvaldason) – 39:45 4–1 4–2 46:10 – Sucher (Gordon, Bartlett) 4–3 51:20 – Friederich (Costa, Kuleshov) (PP) 4–4 51:49 – Gordon (Friederich, Kuleshov) 4–5 53:01 – Maybee (Sucher) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	47

22 January 2025 19:30

Serbia

5–2 (1–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Israel

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 764

Game reference
	Filip Korenic	Goalies	David Verkhovskiy	Referee: Gregor Režek Linesmen: Ilia Kisil Artyom Sidorov
	Popović (Vitorac) – 06:22 1–0 1–1 22:43 – Aharonovich (Goldshtein, Levin) (PP) Opalić (Matović) – 31:26 2–1 2–2 44:01 – Levin (Goldshtein) Martinovic (Popović) – 49:07 3–2 Opalić (P. Pećerić) – 49:42 4–2 Mladenović (Martinovic, Ivanovic) – 59:02 5–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	21

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23 January 2025 12:30

Belgium

2–7 (0–2, 2–3, 0–2)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 23

Game reference
	Tibe Palinckx	Goalies	Þórir Aspar	Referee: Benas Jaksys Linesmen: Matija Nikolic Artyom Sidorov
	0–1 11:29 – Blöndal (Björgvinsson, Einisson) 0–2 12:00 – H. Karvelsson (Hrolfsson) 0–3 26:14 – Einisson (A. Kristjánsson, Blöndal) Raciborski (Laeremans, Schoovaerts) – 27:09 1–3 1–4 29:25 – A. Karvelsson (A. Kristjánsson) Gentry – 32:03 2–4 2–5 38:52 – A. Karvelsson (A. Kristjánsson) 2–6 46:37 – Einisson (Björgvinsson, Mojzyszek) 2–7 48:46 – A. Kristjánsson (Björgvinsson) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	31

23 January 2025 16:00

Israel

3–7 (1–3, 1–1, 1–3)

Spain

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 76

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	Alon Shpinel	Goalies	Pablo Salvador	Referees: Jeroen Klijberg Chris van Grinsven Linesmen: Chi Hongda Brian Van Rijzewijk
	0–1 08:00 – Mazón (Cabello, Collado) Levin (Goldshtein) (SH) – 12:23 1–1 1–2 12:56 – Gonzalez (Garcia, Segura) (PP) 1–3 19:52 – Cabello (Sanz) (SH) Levin (Goldshtein, Ougortsin) (PP) – 27:08 2–3 2–4 33:07 – Blanco (Cantabrana, Perez) (PP) Zitserman (Sigalov) (PP) – 40:33 3–4 3–5 50:17 – Acuna (Cortes, Segura) 3–6 55:19 – Gonzalez (Collado, Cantabrana) 3–7 59:12 – Perez (Collado, Gonzalez)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	47

23 January 2025 19:30

Australia

1–5 (0–0, 0–3, 1–2)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 714

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	Tom Forrest	Goalies	Filip Korenic	Referee: Trpimir Piragic Linesmen: Ilia Kisil Krešimir Polašek
	0–1 26:08 – Martinovic (S. Pećerić, Mladenović) 0–2 28:25 – Ivanović (P. Pećerić, Mladenović) (PP) 0–3 38:23 – Martinovic (Opalić, S. Pećerić) (PP) Gordon (Friederich) – 41:33 1–3 1–4 51:13 – Mladenović (Šaranović, Matović) 1–5 58:39 – P. Pećerić (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	25

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25 January 2025 12:30

Iceland

2–3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Israel

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 29

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	Þórir Aspar	Goalies	David Verkhovsky	Referees: Trpimir Piragic Chris van Grinsven Linesmen: Matija Nikolic Brian Van Rijzewijk
	0–1 11:23 – Rigler (Kerner) A. Kristjánsson (Björgvinsson) (PP2) – 14:28 1–1 1–2 31:22 – Kerner (Charniak) H. Karvelsson – 37:16 2–2 2–3 42:46 – Levin (Goldshtein)
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	35

25 January 2025 16:00

Australia

8–1 (2–1, 4–0, 2–0)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 34

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	Tom Forrest	Goalies	Tibe Palinckx	Referees: Benas Jaksys Gregor Režek Linesmen: Chi Hongda Uros Mladenovic
	0–1 06:48 – Poitras (Hendrix, Paulissen Maybee (Reader) – 07:34 1–1 Kuleshov – 17:46 2–1 Garas (York, Koudelka – 21:40 3–1 Sucher – 23:49 4–1 Sucher (Maybee) – 27:22 5–1 Kuleshov (Reader, Forrest) – 34:54 6–1 Maybee (Sucher, Friederich) (PP) – 47:34 7–1 Kuleshov (O'Handley, Friederich) – 59:15 8–1
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	32

25 January 2025 19:30

Spain

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

Serbia

Pionir Ice Rink, Belgrade Attendance: 742

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	Enrique Mampel	Goalies	Filip Korenic	Referees: Jeroen Klijberg Chris van Grinsven Linesmen: Ilia Kisil Artyom Sidorov
	Blanco (Acuna) – 12:14 1–0 Mazón (Vilar Cabello, Sanz) – 16:37 2–0 2–1 18:58 – Popović (S. Pećerić) Perez (Cantabrana, Gonzalez) – 23:55 3–1 3–2 40:24 – Martinovic (Mladenović, Opalić) 3–3 41:46 – Popović
	Gonzalez Perez Cantabrana Garcia	Shootout	Popović Mladenović Ivanović Martinovic
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	38	Shots	36

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Mike Levin	Israel	5	7	4	11	+3	16
2	Samson Goldshtein	Israel	5	3	6	9	+2	6
3	Ivan Kuleshov	Australia	5	5	3	8	0	4
4	Brayden Maybee	Australia	5	5	2	7	+3	2
5	Eduardo Gonzalez	Spain	5	4	3	7	+4	6
5	Lachlan Sucher	Australia	5	4	3	7	−1	6
7	Kosta Mladenović	Serbia	5	3	4	7	+4	4
8	Arnar Kristjánsson	Iceland	5	2	5	7	+3	4
9	Haukur Karvelsson	Iceland	5	5	1	6	+3	0
10	Tobi Gentry	Belgium	5	4	2	6	−6	0
10	Andreja Popović	Serbia	5	4	2	6	+4	0

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
1	Pablo Salvador	Spain	180:00	3	94.12	1.00	2
2	Þórir Aspar	Iceland	296:45	14	93.03	2.83	0
3	Filip Korenic	Serbia	256:11	9	91.35	2.08	0
4	Enrique Mampel	Spain	240:00	5	90.38	2.40	0
5	Tom Forrest	Australia	240:00	13	89.60	2.82	0

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: Pablo Salvador
• Defenceman: Bosco Collado
• Forward: 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.

External links

• Official website of IIHF