2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Estonia  Croatia
Dates	13–19 January 2019 15–21 January 2019
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division II A and the fifth-tier Division II B. For each tier, the team which places first promoted to the next highest division, while the team which places last relegated to a lower division.

The tournaments are a round-robin tournament format, with two points allotted for a win, one additional point for a regulation win, and one point for an overtime or game winning shots loss.

To be eligible as a junior, a player couldn't be born earlier than 1999.

Division II A was held in Tallinn, Estonia, while Division II B was hosted in Zagreb, Croatia.

Division II A[]

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 13 to 19 January 2019.

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Estonia
Dates	13–19 January 2019
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	105 (7 per match)
Attendance	11,195 (746 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Liam Kirk (14 points)

Participants[]

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

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Estonia (H)	5	4	1	0	0	25	7	+18	14	Promoted to Division I B
2	Lithuania	5	3	0	2	0	22	12	+10	11
3	Great Britain	5	3	0	0	2	30	16	+14	9
4	Romania	5	1	2	0	2	13	20	−7	7
5	Spain	5	1	0	0	4	8	18	−10	3
6	South Korea	5	0	0	1	4	7	32	−25	1	Relegation to Division II B

All times are local. (UTC+2)

13 January 2019 13:00

South Korea

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 153

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Knut Braten Sandro Gurtner
	() – 11:31 1–0 1–1 34:10 – () 1–2 62:43 – Filip ()
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	35

13 January 2019 16:30

Spain

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,514

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Killian Hinterdobler Jozef Tvrdoň
	0–1 02:29 – (, ) () – 20:54 1–1 1–2 36:06 – (, ) (PP)
	37 min	Penalties	39 min
	23	Shots	33

13 January 2019 20:00

Great Britain

4–6 (0–4, 2–1, 2–1)

Lithuania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 356

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Filip Metzinger Linesmen: Botond Redai Patrick Richardson
	0–1 01:55 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 03:18 – Grinius () (PP) 0–3 07:59 – Grinius (Washco) 0–4 16:54 – (Gusevas) (PP) (Kirk) – 29:24 1–4 () (PP) – 36:56 2–4 2–5 38:25 – Washco (Buesa) (PP) – 45:42 3–5 3–6 55:06 – Washco (SH) (Waller, Buesa) (EA) – 58:22 4–6
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	54	Shots	19

14 January 2019 13:00

Romania

3–2 (1–2, 1–0, 1–0)

Spain

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 103

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Filip Metzinger Linesmen: Killian Hinterdobler Patrik Richardson
	0–1 07:02 – () 0–2 10:42 – Zaballa () (, ) – 18:19 1–2 () – 33:41 2–2 (Vasile, Filip) – 54:36 3–2
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	44	Shots	37

14 January 2019 16:30

South Korea

1–13 (0–3, 0–5, 1–5)

Great Britain

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 235

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Knut Braten Botond Redai
	0–1 02:47 – (Kirk) 0–2 04:07 – () 0–3 11:05 – Smith (Howlett, ) 0–4 23:54 – (, ) 0–5 25:39 – (Neilson, Alderson) (PP) 0–6 30:26 – Waller (Kirk, ) 0–7 32:23 – () 0–8 34:10 – Buesa (, Kirk) (PP) 0–9 41:16 – Smith (Howlett) () – 45:03 1–9 1–10 46:17 – Waller (Brown, Smith) 1–11 46:33 – Brown (Kirk) 1–12 52:27 – Alderson (Neilson, Pizzo) 1–13 53:53 – Kirk (Brown, Waller)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	60

14 January 2019 20:00

Lithuania

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

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,830

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Cody Huseby Jozef Tvrdoň
	0–1 34:46 – ( () (PP) () – 45:33 1–1
		Shootout	Linde
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	30	Shots	37

16 January 2019 13:00

Lithuania

4–5 OT (1–1, 2–2, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 150

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Knut Braten Jozef Tvrdoň
	() – 00:52 1–0 1–1 01:47 – () (PP) – 21:45 2–1 2–2 23:30 – () () – 27:12 3–2 3–3 36:51 – (Reszegh, Vizi) (PP) 3–4 56:10 – Vizi (, Reszegh) (PP) () – 56:23 4–4 4–5 64:45 – Resezegh (Vizi)
	22 min	Penalties	24 min
	39	Shots	37

16 January 2019 16:30

South Korea

2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Spain

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 201

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Sandro Gurtner Botond Redai
	() – 00:57 1–0 1–1 08:54 – (, ) 1–2 14:11 – () Yang () – 32:04 2–2 2–3 44:34 – () (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	39

16 January 2019 20:00

Great Britain

2–5 (0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,558

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Rober Hallin Linesmen: Cody Huseby Patrick Richardson
	0–1 19:09 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 24:19 – () (PP) Kirk – 26:06 1–2 1–3 32:42 – (, Novikov) Kirk (, ) – 45:28 2–3 2–4 48:49 – Kiik (K. Jogi, ) 2–5 52:14 – Aleksandrov ()
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	34

17 January 2019 13:00

Spain

0–4 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Lithuania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 225

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Knut Braten Sandro Gurtner
	0–1 04:50 – (, ) 0–2 27:41 – (, ) 0–3 29:42 – Grinius (Washco, ) 0–4 46:47 – Krukovski (Grinius, Washco)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	34

17 January 2019 16:30

Romania

2–4 (0–1, 2–3, 0–0)

Great Britain

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 354

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Killian Hinterdobler Patrick Richardson
	0–1 09:08 – Kirk (, ) (PP) 0–2 20:12 – (, Kirk) (PP) 0–3 20:43 – Brown (Kirk, ) 0–4 25:21 – Kirk (, Cooper) (, ) (PP) – 27:36 1–4 () – 32:02 2–4
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	40

17 January 2019 20:00

Estonia

7–2 (0–0, 2–0, 5–2)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,730

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Filip Metzinger Linesmen: Cody Huseby Botond Redai
	() – 28:26 1–0 () – 33:40 2–0 2–1 41:04 – () (PP) 2–2 42:08 – (, ) (PP) (, ) (SH) – 43:15 3–2 (, ) – 47:30 4–2 (Linde) (PP2) – 49:25 5–2 (Kiik) (PP) – 49:58 6–2 Savenkov – 52:20 7–2
	31 min	Penalties	14 min
	48	Shots	18

19 January 2019 13:00

Great Britain

7–2 (2–2, 2–0, 3–0)

Spain

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 115

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: Filip Metzinger Cody Huseby
	0–1 00:39 – () – 02:37 1–1 1–2 09:05 – () (Kirk, ) (PP) – 13:56 2–2 Cooper () – 26:48 3–2 (Alderson) – 32:01 4–2 Buesa (Neilson, Alderson) – 42:23 5–2 () (SH,ENG) – 51:22 6–2 Cooper (, Kirk) – 55:57 7–2
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	22

19 January 2019 16:30

Lithuania

7–1 (2–0, 3–1, 2–0)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 121

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Milan Zrnič Linesmen: Knut Braten Botond Redai
	() – 19:02 1–0 (, ) – 19:17 2–0 Misiuk () – 22:38 3–0 () – 23:49 4–0 (, Binkulas) (PP) 5–0 5–1 31:20 – (, ) (Misiuk) (PP2) – 41:25 6–1 Misiuk (Ragas) (PP2) – 59:25 7–1
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	44	Shots	24

19 January 2019 20:00

Estonia

9–1 (2–1, 1–0, 6–0)

Romania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 2,550

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Killian Hinterdobler Jozef Tvrdoň
	0–1 05:59 – () (, ) (PP) – 10:51 1–1 (K. Jogi) – 11:21 2–1 Lodeikin (Kiik, ) (PP) – 30:27 3–1 () – 43:09 4–1 () (PP) – 44:15 5–1 Hast () – 46:11 6–1 (Slessarevski, Hast) (PP) – 48:16 7–1 Jurgens (SH) – 50:50 8–1 K. Jogi (Jurgens) – 58:01 9–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	50	Shots	16

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Liam Kirk	Great Britain	5	5	9	14	+8	4
2		Great Britain	5	5	4	9	+5	0
3		Lithuania	4	4	4	8	+4	4
4		Great Britain	5	5	2	7	+2	2
5		Lithuania	5	3	4	7	+6	16
5		Estonia	5	3	4	7	+3	6
7		Great Britain	5	2	5	7	+5	4
8		Great Britain	5	4	2	6	+2	2
9		Romania	5	3	3	6	+1	2
9		South Korea	5	3	3	6	–3	16

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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		Estonia	183:00	6	94.37	1.31	0
2		Lithuania	309:45	11	93.79	2.13	1
3		Estonia	122:00	3	92.50	1.48	0
4		Romania	293:39	17	90.96	3.47	0
5		Estonia	294:50	17	89.57	3.46	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate[]

• Goaltender:
• Defenceman:
• Forward: Liam Kirk

Division II B[]

The Division II B tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 15 to 21 January 2019.

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Dates	15–21 January 2019
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	109 (7.27 per match)
Attendance	7,446 (496 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(11 points)

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Netherlands	placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated
Serbia	placed 2nd in Division II B last year
Croatia	placed 3rd in Division II B last year
Belgium	placed 4th in Division II B last year
Mexico	placed 5th in Division II B last year
Israel	placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Serbia	5	5	0	0	0	26	5	+21	15	Promoted to Division II A
2	Croatia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	18	9	+9	12
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	0	2	25	22	+3	9
4	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	22	24	−2	6
5	Israel	5	1	0	0	4	12	21	−9	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	6	28	−22	0	Relegation to Division III

All times are local. (UTC+1)

15 January 2019 13:00

Israel

3–6 (0–1, 1–1, 2–4)

Belgium

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimír Snášel Linesmen: Nicola Basso Krešimir Polašek
	0–1 07:38 – () () – 20:43 1–1 1–2 34:00 – James () 1–3 41:10 – (, ) (Halpert) (PP) – 43:51 2–3 2–4 44:36 – James (Vervoort, De Ceuster) (SH) 2–5 51:44 – Versin (James) Bachinski (Halpert) – 57:27 3–5 3–6 59:52 – (James, ) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	58

15 January 2019 16:30

Serbia

6–1 (1–1, 1–0, 4–0)

Mexico

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 132

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimir Yefremov Linesmen: Marko Šaković Wiktor Zień
	(Subotić) – 03:05 1–0 1–1 10:58 – () (Subotić, ) – 28:57 2–1 Dragović () – 43:30 3–1 (, Španjević) – 45:33 4–1 (, ) – 58:25 5–1 Đumić (, ) – 59:13 6–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	13

15 January 2019 20:00

Croatia

7–0 (1–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Netherlands

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 966

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Joona Elonen Clement Goncalves
	() – 17:09 1–0 () (PP) – 32:41 2–0 (Čanić, ) – 39:04 3–0 (Čanić) – 41:31 4–0 () – 45:06 5–0 (Zanoff) (PP) – 51:04 6–0 ��anić (Dobrić) (SH) – 54:18 7–0
	24 min	Penalties	28 min
	28	Shots	29

16 January 2019 13:00

Mexico

1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1)

Israel

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 197

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Daniel Rigoni Marko Šaković
	0–1 09:02 – () 0–2 19:55 – (, Halpert) (PP) 0–3 29:57 – Halpert (, ) 0–4 38:46 – (Mostovoy) (PP) () – 44:16 1–4 1–5 53:51 – Merkulov (Mostovoy, Hoffman) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	29

16 January 2019 16:30

Netherlands

9–4 (3–1, 4–1, 2–2)

Belgium

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 146

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimir Yefremov Linesmen: Krešimir Polašek Wiktor Zień
	(, ) (PP) – 04:22 1–0 (, ) – 04:44 2–0 2–1 09:10 – Sars (D. Hessels) – 18:40 3–1 (, ) – 21:56 4–1 Van Elten (Sars) – 24:24 5–1 D. Hessels (, Van Elten) – 27:10 6–1 6–2 35:43 – () (PP) Klem (, Sikma) (PP) – 39:59 7–2 7–3 44:07 – () 7–4 47:54 – (Swennen) (PP) Sars (Jacobs) – 52:34 8–4 Jacobs (D. Hessels, Sars) – 57:32 9–4
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	44

16 January 2019 20:00

Serbia

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Croatia

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 2,234

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimír Snášel Linesmen: Nicola Basso Clement Goncalves
	() – 04:58 1–0 () – 37:54 2–0 () – 41:17 3–0 Subotić (Španjević) (PP2) – 43:42 4–0 4–1 58:12 – (, )
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	23

18 January 2019 13:00

Netherlands

7–2 (1–0, 3–2, 3–0)

Mexico

Dom Sportova, Zagreb

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Krešimir Polašek Wiktor Zień
	(, ) – 15:45 1–0 (, ) – 26:37 2–0 () – 30:18 3–0 3–1 31:58 – () 3–2 33:32 – () Tjin-A-Ton (Makarin) – 39:51 4–2 (Makarin, Sikma) (PP) – 50:18 5–2 Geerlings (Tjin-A-Ton, ) – 50:29 6–2 Sars (, D. Hessels) – 55:04 7–2
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	42	Shots	17

18 January 2019 16:30

Serbia

5–0 (4–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Israel

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 65

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimir Yefremov Linesmen: Nicola Basso Marko Šaković
	(, ) – 00:10 1–0 () – 01:43 2–0 () – 10:02 3–0 (Anđelković) – 15:31 4–0 Dragović () – 56:35 5–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	40	Shots	6

18 January 2019 20:00

Croatia

5–4 (1–1, 1–1, 3–2)

Belgium

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 1,120

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Joona Elonen Daniel Rigoni
	() – 03:12 1–0 1–1 11:12 – () (PP) 1–2 26:33 – () (N. Kramarić) – 30:41 2–2 – 47:02 3–2 3–3 47:17 – () Dobrić (, ) (PP) – 48:44 4–3 Selitaj () (PP) – 55:37 5–3 5–4 56:07 – De Ceuster (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	30

19 January 2019 13:00

Belgium

1–5 (0–0, 0–3, 1–2)

Serbia

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 123

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Joona Elonen Marko Saković
	0–1 28:13 – (Subotić, ) (PP) 0–2 35:42 – Subotić (Đumić, ) (PP2) 0–3 39:42 – (Dragović) 0–4 47:06 – () 0–5 54:17 – (Dragović, Kastel) (SH) () (PP) – 54:44 1–5
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	45

19 January 2019 16:30

Israel

3–7 (0–1, 1–4, 2–2)

Netherlands

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 80

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimír Snášel Linesmen: Clement Goncalves Krešimir Polašek
	0–1 19:24 – (, ) 0–2 21:33 – (, ) 0–3 25:03 – Sikma (Klem, Gerretsen) (PP) 0–4 28:48 – () 0–5 31:56 – (Tjin-A-Ton) (, ) (PP) – 38:21 1–5 (, Aharonovich) (PP) – 40:53 2–5 2–6 46:11 – Sars (, D. Hessels) (PP) 2–7 55:15 – Geerligs (Tjin-A-Ton, ) (Halpert) (PP) – 59:53 3–7
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	22	Shots	58

19 January 2019 20:00

Mexico

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Croatia

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 1,133

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Daniel Rigoni Wiktor Zień
	0–1 01:02 – (, ) 0–2 23:11 – Dobrić (Čanić, ) (PP) 0–3 47:56 – (Selitaj, (EA)
	46 min	Penalties	14 min
	9	Shots	40

21 January 2019 13:00

Netherlands

2–6 (1–2, 1–2, 0–2)

Serbia

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 222

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Marc Iwert Linesmen: Clement Goncalves Krešimir Polašek
	(, ) – 06:28 1–0 1–1 08:45 – () 1–2 18:25 – Subotić () (PP) 1–3 30:12 – (, Subotić) (PP) 1–4 35:10 – Đumić (PP2) () (PP) – 37:19 2–4 2–5 46:25 – Subotić (Đumić) 2–6 51:13 – Đumić (Dragović, )
	24 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	34

21 January 2019 16:30

Belgium

7–2 (2–2, 0–0, 5–0)

Mexico

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 135

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimír Snášel Linesmen: Nicola Basso Marko Saković
	() (PP) – 09:03 1–0 1–1 14:55 – () (PP) 1–2 16:16 – Cruz () () – 19:38 2–2 (, ) (PP) – 50:37 3–2 De Ceuster () (SH) – 51:43 4–2 De Ceuster (Boolen) (SH) – 55:46 5–2 (Versin) – 57:47 6–2 De Ceuster () – 58:52 7–2
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	13

21 January 2019 20:00

Croatia

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Israel

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 678

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Joona Elonen Daniel Rigoni
	() (PP) – 17:54 1–0 (Čanić, ) (PP) – 24:44 2–0 2–1 50:48 – () (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	51	Shots	13

External links[]

• IIHF.com