2024 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II International ice hockey competition
2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II Host countries Poland Spain Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Dates 17–23 April 2024 (A) Teams 12
The 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II consists of two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . The Divisions II A and II B represent the fourth and fifth tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship .
Division II A
International ice hockey competition
2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II A Host country Poland City Sosnowiec Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 17–23 April 2024 Teams 6 Games played 15 Goals scored 107 (7.13 per game) Attendance 6,193 (413 per game) Scoring leader(s) Brynley Capps (11 points)www.iihf.com
The Division II Group A tournament was played in Sosnowiec , Poland, from 17 to 23 April 2024.[ 1] [ 2]
Participating teams
Team
Qualification
Poland Hosts; placed 6th in 2023 Division I B and were relegated
Croatia Placed 2nd in 2023 Division II A
Great Britain Placed 3rd in 2023 Division II A
Serbia Placed 4th in 2023 Division II A
Romania Placed 5th in 2023 Division II A
Netherlands Placed 1st in 2023 Division II B and were promoted
Standings
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Poland (H)
5
5
0
0
0
34
5
+29
15
Promoted to the 2025 Division I B
2
Great Britain
5
4
0
0
1
30
11
+19
12
3
Netherlands
5
3
0
0
2
18
19
−1
9
4
Romania
5
1
0
1
3
8
25
−17
4
5
Croatia
5
1
0
0
4
11
21
−10
3
6
Serbia
5
0
1
0
4
6
26
−20
2
Relegated to the 2025 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
Results and schedule
Source:[ 3] All times are local. (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2 )
17 April 2024 Croatia 2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1) Romania Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 50
17 April 2024 Great Britain 4–6 (0–3, 2–0, 2–3) Poland Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 700
17 April 2024 Netherlands 7–2 (2–0, 3–0, 2–2) Serbia Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 100
18 April 2024 Romania 2–5 (2–1, 0–1, 0–3) Netherlands Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 160
18 April 2024 Poland 10–1 (2–1, 4–0, 4–0) Serbia Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 1100
20 April 2024 Great Britain 4–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0) Serbia Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 126
20 April 2024 Poland 7–0 (0–0, 5–0, 2–0) Romania Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 1200
20 April 2024 Croatia 3–5 (1–1, 0–3, 2–1) Netherlands Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 117
21 April 2024 Serbia 1–4 (1–1, 0–1, 0–2) Croatia Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 80
21 April 2024 Netherlands 0–3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1) Poland Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 1,050
23 April 2024 Serbia 2–1 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) Romania Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 50
23 April 2024 Poland 8–0 (5–0, 1–0, 2–0) Croatia Winter Stadium, Sosnowiec Attendance: 1,100
Division II B
International ice hockey competition
2024 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II B Host country Spain City Puigcerdà Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 17–23 March 2024 Teams 6 Games played 15 Goals scored 142 (9.47 per game) Attendance 2,778 (185 per game) Scoring leader(s) Xu Ziheng (15 points)www.iihf.com
The Division II Group B tournament was played in Puigcerdà , Spain, from 17 to 23 March 2024.[ 4] [ 5]
Participating teams
Team
Qualification
Spain Hosts; placed 6th in 2023 Division II A and were relegated
China Placed 2nd in 2023 Division II B
Chinese Taipei Placed 3rd in 2023 Division II B
Bulgaria Placed 4th in 2023 Division II B
Australia Placed 5th in 2023 Division II B
Israel Placed 1st in 2023 Division III A and were promoted
Standings
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
China
5
5
0
0
0
30
15
+15
15
Promoted to the 2025 Division II A
2
Spain (H)
5
3
0
1
1
33
14
+19
10
3
Bulgaria
5
2
1
0
2
23
22
+1
8
4
Australia
5
2
0
1
2
23
23
0
7
5
Chinese Taipei
5
1
1
0
3
15
26
−11
5
6
Israel
5
0
0
0
5
18
42
−24
0
Relegated to the 2025 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
Results
All times are local. (Central European Time – UTC+1 )
17 March 2024 China 6–3 (3–3, 1–0, 2–0) Australia Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 67
17 March 2024 Israel 6–7 (1–3, 4–3, 1–1) Bulgaria Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 87
17 March 2024 Chinese Taipei 0–6 (0–1, 0–2, 0–3) Spain Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 275
18 March 2024 Australia 12–4 (5–2, 3–1, 4–1) Israel Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 69
18 March 2024 China 5–3 (1–1, 3–1, 1–1) Chinese Taipei Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 60
18 March 2024 Spain 4–5 OT (3–1, 1–0, 0–3) Bulgaria Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 248
20 March 2024 China 7–4 (2–1, 5–2, 0–1) Israel Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 130
20 March 2024 Spain 7–1 (1–1, 4–0, 2–0) Australia Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 455
21 March 2024 Bulgaria 2–7 (1–4, 1–2, 0–1) China Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 25
21 March 2024 Australia 4–5 OT (0–0, 0–4, 4–0) Chinese Taipei Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 67
21 March 2024 Israel 1–11 (0–2, 0–6, 1–3) Spain Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 320
23 March 2024 Chinese Taipei 5–3 (2–0, 0–3, 3–0) Israel Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 70
23 March 2024 Bulgaria 1–3 (1–0, 0–0, 0–3) Australia Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 120
23 March 2024 Spain 2–8 (2–0, 0–3, 3–0) China Poliesportiu Puigcerdà, Puigcerdà Attendance: 752
References
