2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division IIA and the fifth-tier Division IIB. For each tier, the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.
The tournaments were 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 cannot be born earlier than 1998.
Division IIA was held in Dumfries, United Kingdom, while Division IIB was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia.
==Division IIA==
The Division IIA tournament was played in Dumfries, United Kingdom, from 10 to 16 December 2017.
As a result of the tournament, Japan was promoted to Division IB, and the Netherlands was relegated to Division IIB.
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	placed 6th in Division I B last year and were 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
 	placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted
===Final standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC).
===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1 	Liam Kirk 	 	5 	7	7	14 	+6 	6
2 	Lee Jong-min 	 	5 	6	4	10 	+6 	4
2 	Lee Ju-hyung 	 	5 	6	4	10 	+6 	4
4 	Tohi Kobayashi	 	5 	4	6	10 	+7 	2
5 	Szilárd Rokaly	 	5 	5	4	9 	+5 	4
6 	Samuel Duggan 	 	5 	4	5	9 	+6 	0
6 	Zoltán Sándor 	 	5 	4	5	9 	+3 	4
6 	Cole Shudra 	 	5 	4	5	9 	+6 	22
9 	Andre Linde 	 	5 	2	7	9 	–1 	2
10 	Park Min-gyu 	 	5 	1	7	8 	+7 	4
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 	Ryota Koda 	 	120:56	2 	93.75	0.99	0
2 	Eiki Sato 	 	180:41	5 	91.67	1.66	0
3 	Kim Tae-kyung	 	185:00	11	90.83	3.57	0
4 	Örs Adorján 	 	286:25	17	90.12	3.56	0
5 	Jordan Lawday	 	207:57	10	89.90	2.89	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: Kim Tae-kyung
* Defenceman: Daiki Aoyama
* Forward: Liam Kirk
==Division II B==
The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 10 to 16 January 2018.
As a result of the tournament, Spain was promoted to Division IIA, and Turkey was relegated to Division III.
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in Division II B last year
 	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 last year and were promoted
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
1 	Luka Vukićević 	 	5 	8	4	12 	+8 	14
2 	Mirko Đjumić 	 	5 	3	8	11 	+7 	10
3 	Joan Cerda 	 	5 	5	5	10 	0 	6
4 	Dorian Donath 	 	5 	5	3	8 	+6 	6
5 	Rino Dhondt 	 	5 	4	4	8 	+7 	18
6 	Oliver de Croock	 	5 	3	4	7 	–3 	4
6 	Bruno Fičur 	 	5 	3	4	7 	0 	2
8 	Ben Coolen 	 	5 	3	3	6 	0 	24
8 	Jorge Pérez 	 	5 	3	3	6 	–3 	8
10 	Yusuf Kars 	 	5 	1	5	6 	–7 	8
10 	Srdjan Subotić 	 	5 	1	5	6 	+3 	8
====Goaltending leaders====
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
1 	Vito Nikolić 	 	239:20	8 	92.98	2.01	0
2 	Raul Barbo 	 	305:00	8 	90.12	1.57	1
3 	Gerardo García del Valle	 	238:30	18	89.71	4.53	0
4 	Jug Mitić 	 	305:00	12	89.19	2.36	0
5 	Onurcan Kaya 	 	260:47	26	85.87	5.98	0
===Awards===
====Best Players Selected by the Directorate====
* Goaltender: Raul Barbo
* Defenceman: Luka Kramarić
* Forward: Luka Vukičević
==External links==
*IIHF.com
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