2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II is played in two groups of six teams each. In each group the first place team is promoted to the next level, while the last place team is relegated to play in a lower level. The winner of Group B is promoted to Group A and the winner of Group A is promoted to the top division.Group A formatGroup B format Group A was played in Brasov, Romania, between December 9 and December 15, 2012. Group B was played in Belgrade, Serbia, between January 12 and January 18, 2013.Official Group A siteOfficial Group B site
==Participants==
;Group A
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 6th in Division I B last year and was relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year.
 	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division II A last year.
 	Placed 5th in Division II A last year.
 	Host Placed 1st in Division II B last year and was promoted.
;Group B
Team	Qualification
 	placed 6th in Division II A last year and was relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year.
 	Host, Placed 3rd in Division II B last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division II B last year.
 	Placed 5th in Division II B last year.
 	Placed 1st in Division III A last year and was promoted.
==Officials==
The IIHF selected 8 referees and 14 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF U20 World Championship DIV II.
Division II Group A has 4 referees and 7 linesman. DIV II Group B has 4 referees and 7 linesman.
They were the following:
2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group A in Romania
;Referees
* Alexei Belov
* Chris Deweerdt 
* Per Gustav Solem
* Jens Steinecke
;Linesmen
* Edvards Briedis
* Mihai Butucel
* Jan Cerne
* Dmitry Golyak
* Tomislav Grozaj
* Wojciech Moszczynski
* Adrian Cosmin Toparceanu
2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B in Serbia
;Referees
* Aleksandrs Borisovs
* Jean Paul De Brabander 
* Michele Gastaldelli 
* Maksyn Urda
;Linesmen
* Uros Aleksic
* Markus Hagerstrom 
* Benjamin Hoppe 
* Miroslav Lhotsky 
* Rudy Meyer Dainow 
* David Parduv 
* Jeroen Van den Berg 
==Division II A==
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	31	8 	15
 	5 	3	1 	0 	1	22	16	11
 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	18	19	9
 	5 	2	0 	1 	2	17	23	7
 	5 	1	0 	0 	4	14	19	3
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	12	29	0
Promoted to Division I B	Relegated to Division II B
All times local.
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==Statistics==
===Top 10 scorers===
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1 	Tony Ras 	 	5 	4	8	12 	+5 	6
2 	Danny Stempher 	 	5 	6	4	10 	+3 	2
3 	Shogo Nakajima 	 	5 	4	5	9 	+2 	0
4 	Makuru Furuhashi	 	5 	2	7	9 	+7 	6
5 	Aimas Fiscevas 	 	5 	3	5	8 	–1 	2
6 	Yuto Osawa 	 	5 	5	2	7 	+3 	4
7 	Reno de Hondt 	 	5 	4	3	7 	+2 	10
8 	Daniel Bogdziul 	 	5 	3	4	7 	–2 	12
9 	Roberto Gliga 	 	5 	2	5	7 	+1 	2
9 	Kenta Takagi 	 	5 	2	5	7 	+1 	2
=== Goaltending leaders ===
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
1 	Shun Hitomi 	 	180:00	4 	93.33	1.33	0
2 	Oliver Agoston 	 	229:22	7 	91.67	1.83	0
3 	Simas Baltrunas	 	179:00	9 	89.16	3.02	0
4 	Zoltan Toke 	 	260:00	17	88.36	3.92	0
5 	Deniz Mollen 	 	281:12	19	87:97	4.05	0
===Awards===
====Best Players Selected by the Directorate====
* Goaltender: Zoltan Toke
* Defenceman: Hiroto Sato
* Forward: Roberto Gliga
====Best players of each team selected by the coaches====
* Pablo Puyuelo
* Krisztian Nagy
* Yuto Osawa
* Aimas Fiscevas
* Danny Stempher
* Zsombor Molnar
==Division II B==
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
 	5 	5	0 	0 	0	62	6 	15
 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	23	14	12
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	17	21	6
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	12	22	6
 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	12	29	6
 	5 	0	0 	0 	5	13	47	0
Promoted to Division II A	Relegated to Division III
All times local.
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==Statistics==
===Top 10 scorers===
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
1 	Robert Rooba 	 	5 	7 	14	21 	+16	4
2 	Artjom Gornostajev	 	5 	10	7 	17 	+16	4
3 	Stanislav Gruznov 	 	5 	9 	5 	14 	+8 	2
3 	Shin Sanghoon 	 	5 	9 	5 	14 	+8 	27
5 	Mark Taru 	 	5 	8 	5 	13 	+19	0
6 	Jevgeni Missenjov 	 	4 	6 	7 	13 	+15	0
7 	Anton Gurtovoi 	 	5 	5 	8 	13 	+15	4
8 	Yoon Sang Won 	 	5 	5 	7 	12 	+10	2
9 	Pavel Kulakov 	 	5 	2 	10	12 	+9 	0
10 	Dennis Swinnen 	 	5 	7 	4 	11 	–9 	2
=== Goaltending leaders ===
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
1 	Aleksei Arno 	 	220:00	4 	93.44	1.09	0
2 	Fraser Carson 	 	199:30	12	90.08	3.61	0
3 	Peter Stepanovic	 	180:00	9 	89.77	3.00	0
4 	Lee Yeonseung 	 	163:10	7 	88.89	2.57	0
5 	Neil Bruyninckx 	 	191:46	18	87:92	5.63	0
===Awards===
====Best Players Selected by the Directorate====
* Goaltender: Peter Stepanovic
* Defenceman: Mark Taru
* Forward: Robert Rooba
==References==
==External links==
*IIHF.com
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