2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

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.

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

Main article: 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships

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.

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.

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
5	Great Britain	5	2	0	1	2	18	17	+1	7
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:

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. 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.

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	Promoted to the 2018 Division II A
2	Spain	5	4	0	0	1	24	10	+14	12
3	Serbia (H)	5	3	0	0	2	14	13	+1	9
4	Netherlands	5	3	0	0	2	16	12	+4	9
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:

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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