2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Estonia   Bulgaria
Dates	3–9 April (Group A) 21–27 March (Group B)
Teams	10
← 2021 (cancelled) ← 2019 2023 →

The 2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II were 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

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Estonia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	3–9 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	106 (7.07 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Kim Si-hwan (12 points)

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 3 to 9 April 2022. ^{[1] [2]}

Participants

Team	Qualification
Great Britain	placed 6th in 2019 Division I B and were relegated
Lithuania	placed 2nd in 2019 Division II A
Estonia	hosts, placed 3rd in 2019 Division II A
Romania	placed 4th in 2019 Division II A
South Korea	placed 5th in 2019 Division II A
Serbia	placed 1st in 2019 Division II B and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	South Korea	5	4	0	0	1	33	9	+24	12 [a]	Promoted to the 2023 Division I B
2	Estonia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	24	7	+17	12 [a]
3	Great Britain	5	3	1	0	1	20	9	+11	11
4	Lithuania	5	2	0	0	3	16	21	−5	6
5	Romania	5	1	0	1	3	6	21	−15	4
6	Serbia	5	0	0	0	5	7	39	−32	0

Results

All times are local ( UTC+3).

3 April 2022 12:30

Serbia

2–3 (0–3, 1–0, 1–0)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

Game reference
	Željko Bodiš	Goalies	Alex Olaru	Referee: Niki de Herdt Linesmen: Matthias Cristelli Aleksej Sascenkov
	0–1 02:47 – Lőrincz ( Molnár) 0–2 02:59 – Iuga ( Ördög) 0–3 14:59 – Nyisztor ( Both) (SH) Simić ( Dinić) – 34:56 1–3 Dinić (PP, EA) – 59:09 2–3
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	19	Shots	40

3 April 2022 16:00

Estonia

3–2 (1–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Great Britain

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 876

Game reference
	Georg Vladimirov	Goalies	Benjamin Norton	Referee: Dániel Soós Linesmen: Vladislav Mashenkin Agris Ozoliņš
	Nevolainen ( Proskurin, Novitskiy) (PP) – 16:02 1–0 1–1 32:22 – Hazeldine ( Hopkins) (PP) Kontseus ( E. Potšinok) – 43:53 2–1 2–2 53:43 – Hopkins ( Cooper, Hazeldine) E. Potšinok – 56:50 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	18

3 April 2022 19:30

Lithuania

3–5 (1–1, 1–3, 1–1)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 155

Game reference
	Daniil Cepov	Goalies	Seo Kyung-min	Referee: Pavel Halas Jr Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Dávid Váczi
	Dumčius (PS) – 14:09 1–0 1–1 18:14 – Lim ( Kim Sa.) (PP) Čižas ( Andrejauskas, Grybauskas) (PP) – 23:50 2–1 2–2 24:20 – Kim Si. 2–3 29:05 – Lee D. ( Jang, Lee Jae-s.) 2–4 32:01 – Huh (Kim Sa., Lim) (PP) 2–5 42:46 – Huh (Kim Si.) (PP) Grybauskas ( Ignatavičius, Andrejauskas) (PP) – 55:27 3–5
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	15	Shots	36

5 April 2022 12:30

Great Britain

3–2 OT (0–2, 2–0, 0–0) OT: (1–0)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 137

Game reference
	Benjamin Norton	Goalies	Alex Olaru	Referee: Artjom Jeremejev Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Agris Ozoliņš
	0–1 01:32 – Nyisztor 0–2 08:50 – Molnár (PP) Beatie ( Hazeldine, Hopkins) (PP) – 21:11 1–2 Osborn ( Lyne) – 24:06 2–2 Stewart – 60:37 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	14

5 April 2022 16:00

South Korea

15–2 (6–0, 7–1, 2–1)

Serbia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 177

Game reference
	Seo Kyung-min Oh Eun-yul	Goalies	Željko Bodiš Lazar Ilić	Referee: Pavel Halas Jr Linesmen: Aleksej Sascenkov Toivu Tilku
	Huh – 02:35 1–0 Hong ( Kong, Kim Si.) – 03:22 2–0 Kim Sa. ( Lim, Lee M.) – 11:04 3–0 Kim Si. (Huh, Jung S.) – 12:32 4–0 Kim G. ( Jung J. ( Jang) – 16:39 5–0 Kim D. (Huh, Kim Si.) – 18:06 6–0 Lee M. (SH) – 23:04 7–0 Lee Jae-h. ( Kwon) – 24:07 8–0 Chae (Jang, Kim D.) (PP) – 29:08 9–0 Kim Si. (Lee Jae-h., Yang) – 29:38 10–0 Kwon (Lim, Kong) – 30:15 11–0 Kim Sa. (PS) – 32:46 12–0 12–1 33:53 – Simić Lee Jae-s. (Kim Sa.) – 36:34 13–1 13–2 44:41 – Vidović (SH) Kwon (Jang, Kim D.) (PP) – 45:57 14–2 Kim Sa. (Kim Si., Kim D.) – 59:58 15–2
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	72	Shots	8

5 April 2022 19:30

Lithuania

3–8 (1–2, 1–4, 1–2)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 928

Game reference
	Domas Makarevičius Daniil Cepov	Goalies	Georg Vladimirov	Referee: Dániel Soós Linesmen: Vladislav Mashenkin Dávid Váczi
	0–1 07:39 – Nevolainen ( Välja) 0–2 13:46 – E. Potšinok ( Stepanov) Ignatavičius ( Dumčius) – 19:41 1–2 1–3 24:13 – M. Potšinok ( Kontseus, E. Potšinok) 1–4 36:17 – Stepanov (Nevolainen, Timofejev) 1–5 37:53 – M. Potšinok ( Proskurin, Timofejev) (PP) Levčenko ( Michalevič) – 39:01 2–5 2–6 39:40 – Stepanov (Timofejev, Nevolainen) Grybauskas (Ignatavičius) – 43:07 3–6 3–7 44:12 – E. Potšinok (Kontseus, M. Potšinok) 3–8 57:23 – Neltsas ( Burkov, Välja)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	38

6 April 2022 12:30

Great Britain

3–2 (1–2, 2–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 125

Game reference
	Benjamin Norton	Goalies	Oh Eun-yol	Referee: Dániel Soós Linesmen: Vladislav Mashenkin Dávid Váczi
	Steele ( Endicott, Russell) – 01:13 1–0 1–1 05:55 – Chae ( Kwon, Jang) (PP) 1–2 17:32 – Lee Jae-s. (Chae) Hopkins (PP) – 26:51 2–2 Stewart ( Corkum) – 35:59 3–2
	35 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	33

6 April 2022 16:00

Lithuania

6–3 (3–0, 0–2, 3–1)

Serbia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 115

Game reference
	Daniil Cepov	Goalies	Lazar Ilić	Referee: Artjom Jeremejev Linesmen: Matthias Cristeli Toivo Tilku
	Jukna ( Čyvas, Fediukin) – 13:51 1–0 Seniut ( Dumčius, Levčenko) (PP) – 14:50 2–0 Cecekovas ( Valčiukas, Valivonis) – 19:59 3–0 3–1 26:00 – Ivanović ( Vidović, Dinić) 3–2 31:07 – Ivanovic (Dinić) (PP) Michalevič (Levčenko, Seniut) (PP) – 41:02 4–2 4–3 49:38 – Vidović (Dinić) (PP) Levčenko ( Čižas, Čyvas) – 52:02 5–3 Zeynalov – 53:24 6–3
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	50	Shots	15

6 April 2022 19:30

Estonia

5–0 (3–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 734

Game reference
	Georg Vladimirov	Goalies	Alex Olaru Nándor Bíró	Referee: Niki de Herdt Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Agris Ozoliņš
	Välja ( Neltsas, Velja) – 10:01 1–0 Kontseus ( Tammeorg) – 11:11 2–0 M. Potšinok (Kontseus, E. Potšinok) (PP) – 15:25 3–0 Sildre (Kontseus, M.Potšinok) (PP) – 23:08 4–0 M. Potšinok (Kontseus, E. Potšinok) – 27:48 5–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	16

8 April 2022 12:30

Romania

1–2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Lithuania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 233

Game reference
	Alex Olaru	Goalies	Daniil Cepov	Referee: Pavel Halas Jr Linesmen: Christopher Dehn Toivo Tilku
	0–1 01:44 – Levčenko ( Čižas) 0–2 19:26 – Ignatavičius ( Valčiukas, Seniut) Sârbu ( Kovács, Nyika) (PP) – 23:58 1–2
	58 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	35

8 April 2022 16:00

Serbia

0–8 (0–2, 0–5, 0–1)

Great Britain

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 146

Game reference
	Željko Bodiš Lazar Ilić	Goalies	Benjamin Norton Luca Tessadri	Referee: Niki de Herdt Linesmen: Matthias Cristeli Aleksej Sascenkov
	0–1 00:53 – Stewart ( Hopkins) 0–2 05:20 – Steele 0–3 20:45 – Hopkins (Stewart) 0–4 25:31 – Chung ( Hamill) 0–5 29:40 – Brown ( Beatie) 0–6 37:38 – Osborn (Hamill) 0–7 39:03 – Hamill (Stewart, Beatie) (PP) 0–8 51:17 – Hamill
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	14	Shots	47

8 April 2022 19:30

South Korea

2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,857

Game reference
	Seo Kyung-min	Goalies	Georg Vladimirov	Referee: Dániel Soós Linesmen: Vladislav Mashenkin Dávid Váczi
	0–1 31:18 – E. Potšinok ( M. Potšinok, Kontseus) (PP) Kim Si. ( Kim D.) – 57:45 1–1 Lim (PP, EA) – 59:42 2–1
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	25

9 April 2022 12:30

Great Britain

4–2 (2–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Lithuania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 212

Game reference
				Referee: Niki de Herdt Linesmen: Vladislav Mashenkin Agris Ozoliņš
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	27

9 April 2022 16:00

Estonia

7–0 (1–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Serbia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 956

Game reference
				Referee: Pavel Halas Jr Linesmen: Matthias Cristeli Christopher Dehn
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	49	Shots	17

9 April 2022 19:30

Romania

0–9 (0–1, 0–2, 0–6)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 568

Game reference
				Referee: Artjom Jeremejev Linesmen: Aleksej Sascenkov Toivo Tilku
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	12	Shots	58

Division II B

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–24 March
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	40 (6.67 per game)
Attendance	3,610 (602 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Karlo Marinković (10 points)

The Division II B tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 21 to 24 March 2022. ^{[3] [4]}

Participants

Team	Qualification
Spain	placed 6th in 2019 Division II A and were relegated
China	placed 2nd in 2019 Division II B
Netherlands	placed 3rd in 2019 Division II B
Croatia	placed 4th in 2019 Division II B
Australia	placed 5th in 2019 Division II B
Bulgaria	hosts, placed 1st in 2019 Division III A and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	0	18	2	+16	9	Promoted to the 2023 Division II A
2	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	9	7	+2	6
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	0	2	10	12	−2	3
4	Bulgaria (H)	3	0	0	0	3	3	19	−16	0
–	China [a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn
–	Australia [b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results

All times are local ( UTC+2).

21 March 2022 15:30

Spain

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Croatia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 150

21 March 2022 19:00

Netherlands

8–1 (3–1, 3–0, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 1,250

22 March 2022 15:30

Netherlands

1–8 (0–1, 1–2, 0–5)

Croatia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 80

22 March 2022 19:00

Bulgaria

1–6 (0–2, 0–2, 1–2)

Spain

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 850

24 March 2022 15:30

Spain

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Netherlands

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 180

24 March 2022 19:00

Croatia

5–1 (1–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 1,100

References