# 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A represents the fourth tier and Division II B the fifth tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team was relegated to a lower division.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2005.

## Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 6 to 12 January 2025.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Croatia (hosts) | placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated |
| Lithuania | placed 2nd in Division II A last year |
| Great Britain | placed 3rd in Division II A last year |
| China | placed 4th in Division II A last year |
| Netherlands | placed 5th in Division II A last year |
| Romania | placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Lithuania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 | +34 | 15 | Promotion to the 2026 Division I B |
| 2 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 9 | |
| 3 | Croatia (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 9 | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 6 | |
| 6 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 30 | −21 | 0 | Relegation to the 2026 Division II B |
* 1 2 Romania 6–4 Croatia
* 1 2 Great Britain 4–3 China

### Results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| 1 | Simas Ignatavičius | Lithuania | 5 | 8 | 6 | 14 | +13 | 4 |
| 2 | Mykolas Škadauskas | Lithuania | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +11 | 8 |
| 3 | Pijus Pranskevičius | Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +10 | 0 |
| 4 | Hrvoje Zovko | Croatia | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | –1 | 4 |
| 5 | Luka Bodiroga | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +2 | 6 |
| 6 | Fran Završki | Croatia | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | –1 | 4 |
| 7 | Deimantas Šulinskas | Lithuania | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +8 | 27 |
| 8 | Dovydas Jukna | Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +10 | 0 |
| 8 | Luan Rong | China | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 2 |
| 10 | Tian Boyu | China | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | –2 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P 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 | Julius Andrekus | Lithuania | 180:00 | 3 | 93.62 | 1.00 | 0 |
| 2 | Daniil Cepov | Lithuania | 120:00 | 2 | 92.59 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 3 | Márton Buda | Romania | 218:45 | 7 | 90.79 | 1.92 | 0 |
| 4 | Thijs Kivits | Netherlands | 137:36 | 10 | 90.38 | 4.36 | 0 |
| 5 | Alfie Jefferis | Great Britain | 286:12 | 15 | 89.66 | 3.14 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Julius Andrekus
* Defenceman: Lovro Slovinac
* Forward: Simas Ignatavičius
Source: IIHF

## Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 19 to 25 January 2025.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Spain | placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated |
| Serbia (hosts) | placed 2nd in Division II B last year |
| Iceland | placed 3rd in Division II B last year |
| Australia | placed 4th in Division II B last year |
| Belgium | placed 5th in Division II B last year |
| Israel | placed 1st in Division III A last year and were promoted |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 13 | Promotion to the 2026 Division II A |
| 2 | Israel | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 9 | |
| 3 | Serbia (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 8 | |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 6 | |
| 5 | Iceland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 6 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 3 | Relegation to the 2026 Division III A |
* 1 2 Iceland 4–5 Australia

### Results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| 1 | Mike Levin | Israel | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +3 | 16 |
| 2 | Samson Goldshtein | Israel | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | Ivan Kuleshov | Australia | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Brayden Maybee | Australia | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +3 | 2 |
| 5 | Eduardo Gonzalez | Spain | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +4 | 6 |
| 5 | Lachlan Sucher | Australia | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| 7 | Kosta Mladenović | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +4 | 4 |
| 8 | Arnar Kristjánsson | Iceland | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 4 |
| 9 | Haukur Karvelsson | Iceland | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +3 | 0 |
| 10 | Tobi Gentry | Belgium | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| 10 | Andreja Popović | Serbia | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P 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 | Pablo Salvador | Spain | 180:00 | 3 | 94.12 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 2 | Þórir Aspar | Iceland | 296:45 | 14 | 93.03 | 2.83 | 0 |
| 3 | Filip Korenic | Serbia | 256:11 | 9 | 91.35 | 2.08 | 0 |
| 4 | Enrique Mampel | Spain | 240:00 | 5 | 90.38 | 2.40 | 0 |
| 5 | Tom Forrest | Australia | 240:00 | 13 | 89.60 | 2.82 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Pablo Salvador
* Defenceman: Bosco Collado
* Forward: Samson Goldshtein
Source: IIHF