# 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A was contested in Tallinn, Estonia and Division II B in Logroño, Spain. These tournaments represent the fourth and fifth tiers of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

## Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 11 to 17 December 2016.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Japan | withdrew from Division I B last year and were relegated |
| Lithuania | placed 2nd Division II A last year |
| Estonia | hosts; placed 3rd in Division II A last year |
| Croatia | 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 |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Lithuania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 10 | +32 | 15 | Promoted to the 2018 Division I B |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 12 | |
| 3 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 7 | |
| 4 | Estonia (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 3 | |
| 6 | Croatia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 36 | −25 | 2 | Relegated to the 2018 Division II B |

### Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Emilijus Krakauskas | Lithuania | 5 | 11 | 4 | 15 | +10 | 2 |
| 2 | Ilja Cetvertak | Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +11 | 0 |
| 3 | Szilard Rokaly | Romania | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +3 | 4 |
| 4 | Dominik Bogdziul | Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +7 | 2 |
| 5 | Tamas Reszegh | Romania | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +4 | 0 |
| 6 | Arturas Laukaitis | Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +9 | 4 |
| 7 | Atsuki Ikeda | Japan | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +5 | 2 |
| 8 | Daichi Saito | Japan | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +6 | 4 |
| 9 | Edvinas Boroska | Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +5 | 0 |
| 10 | Vladimir Nestertsuk | Estonia | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +3 | 2 |
source:IIHF

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Yujiro Isobe | Japan | 156:48 | 4 | 92.59 | 1.53 | 0 |
| 2 | Artur Pavliukov | Lithuania | 300:00 | 10 | 91.87 | 2.00 | 2 |
| 3 | Ruud Leeuwesteijn | Netherlands | 238:41 | 17 | 89.76 | 4.27 | 0 |
| 4 | Vito Nikolić | Croatia | 220:02 | 19 | 88.62 | 5.18 | 0 |
| 5 | Daniil Erport | Estonia | 179:01 | 11 | 86.42 | 3.69 | 0 |
source:IIHF

### Awards
#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Artur Pavliukov
* Defenceman: Yusuke Kon
* Forward: Emilijus Krakauskas

## Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Logroño, Spain, from 7 to 13 January 2017.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| South Korea | placed 6th in the Division II A last year and were relegated |
| Spain | hosts; placed 2nd in Division II B last year |
| Serbia | placed 3rd in Division II B last year |
| Belgium | placed 4th in Division II B last year |
| Australia | placed 5th in Division II B last year |
| Mexico | placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted |

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 14 | Promoted to the 2018 Division II A |
| 2 | Spain (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 12 | |
| 3 | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 10 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Mexico | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 39 | −26 | 2 | |
| 6 | Australia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 36 | −27 | 1 | Relegated to the 2018 Division III |

### Match results

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

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Oriol Rubio | Spain | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +3 | 4 |
| 2 | Mirko Đjumić | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +12 | 6 |
| 3 | Bruno Baldris | Spain | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | +5 | 2 |
| 4 | Ignacio Granell | Spain | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +3 | 0 |
| 5 | Alejandro Burgos | Spain | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +6 | 6 |
| 6 | Luka Vukićević | Serbia | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +8 | 6 |
| 7 | Lazar Lestarić | Serbia | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +7 | 0 |
| 8 | Arunas Bermejo | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –6 | 14 |
| 9 | Alfonso Garcia | Spain | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +7 | 0 |
| 9 | Nam Heedoo | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +10 | 0 |

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Shim Hyounseop | South Korea | 215:35 | 6 | 93.68 | 1.67 | 0 |
| 2 | Jug Mitić | Serbia | 303:24 | 12 | 92.73 | 2.37 | 1 |
| 3 | Lucas Serna | Spain | 299:04 | 11 | 91.20 | 2.21 | 1 |
| 4 | Alex Tetreault | Australia | 266:33 | 28 | 87.93 | 6.30 | 0 |
| 5 | Seppe Stroobants | Belgium | 149:16 | 9 | 87.84 | 3.62 | 0 |

### Awards
#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Jug Mitić
* Defenceman: Bruno Baldris
* Forward: Oriol Rubio