IIHF World U20 Championship Division II

The IIHF World U20 Championship Division II is played every year among the ice hockey teams under the age of 20 who were placed in Division II in the previous year.[1][2]

IIHF World U20 Championship Division II
Most recent season or competition:
2024 IIHF U20 World Championship Division II
FormerlyC-series (1983–2000)
SportIce hockey
Founded1983 (C-series)
2001 (Division II)
No. of teams12
Most recent
champion(s)
 South Korea (Group A)
 China (Group B)
Most titles Japan (6 titles)
Promotion toDivision I
Relegation toDivision III
Official websiteIIHF.com

Until 2001 the tournament was known as the C-series.

Results

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Year Promoted Relegated
To IIHF U20 Division I To Division II A To Division II B To IIHF U20 Division III
2001   Slovenia   Estonia
2002   Japan,   Denmark,   Latvia,   Croatia No relegated team
2003   Estonia,   Hungary   Bulgaria,   Mexico
2004   Poland,   Great Britain   Iceland,   South Africa
2005   Japan,   Hungary   Lithuania,   Belgium
2006   Great Britain,   Estonia   New Zealand,   China
2007   Hungary,   Lithuania   Australia,   Serbia
2008   Italy,   Estonia   Iceland,   China
2009   Japan,   Croatia   New Zealand,
2010   Great Britain,   Lithuania   Mexico,   Serbia
2011   France,   Poland   Iceland,   China
2012   Ukraine   Romania   South Korea   Mexico
2013   Japan   Estonia   Spain   Belgium
2014   Hungary   South Korea   Croatia   China
2015   Great Britain   Croatia   Romania   Iceland
2016   Hungary   Romania   South Korea   China
2017   Lithuania   South Korea   Croatia   Australia
2018   Japan   Spain   Netherlands   Turkey
2019   Estonia   Serbia   South Korea   Mexico
2020   Japan   South Korea   Serbia   Israel
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022   Italy,   South Korea   Croatia,   Netherlands No relegated team No relegated team
2023   Croatia   China   Romania   Mexico
2024   South Korea   Romania   Spain   Chinese Taipei

Pool C

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Champions (1983–2000)

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Year National team
1983   Romania
1984   Italy
1985   Bulgaria
1986   France
1987   Yugoslavia
1988   Denmark
1989   Austria
1990   Netherlands
1991   North Korea
1992   Italy
1993   Ukraine
1994   Slovakia
1995   Latvia
1996   Kazakhstan
1997   Belarus
1998   Denmark
1999   Italy
2000   Austria

References

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  1. ^ "IIHF - Tournaments".
  2. ^ "Past Tournaments".