2024 IIHF World Championship Division II

The 2024 IIHF World Championship Division II is two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 21 to 27 April and the Group B tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 28 April 2024.
Croatia won Group A and got promoted to Division I, while Iceland was relegated.
==Group A tournament==
The IIHF temporarily indicated that Israel would not participate, but two days later clarified that they will consider their participation in upcoming tournaments on a case by case basis.
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Host, placed 6th in Division I B in 2023 and was relegated.
 	Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2023.
 	Placed 4th in Division II A in 2023.
 	Placed 5th in Division II A in 2023
 	Placed 6th in Division II A in 2023.
 	Placed 1st in Division II B in 2023 and was promoted.
===Match officials===
Five referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees	Linesmen
* Nicolas Crégut
* Stef Oosterling
* Marcus Wannerstedt
* Bartosz Kaczmarek
* Andrii Kicha	
* Nicholas Albinati
* Fu Dahe
* Krešimir Polašek
* Marko Saković
* Uroš Mladenović
* David Perduv
* Patrick Dapuzzo
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2).
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===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Artem Klavdiev 	5 	5	8	13 	+6 	2 	F
Dmitry Likhachev	5 	5	7	12 	+5 	4 	F
Ilia Chuikov 	5 	4	5	9 	+5 	0 	F
Marko Katić 	5 	3	6	9 	+6 	0 	D
Sergei Kuznetsov	5 	6	2	8 	+3 	4 	D
David Levin 	5 	1	7	8 	0 	6 	F
Marko Mladenović	5 	1	7	8 	+6 	24 	D
Mike Levin 	4 	5	2	7 	−2 	31 	F
Bruno Idžan 	5 	4	3	7 	+2 	0 	F
Karlo Marinković	5 	3	4	7 	+2 	0 	F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
====Goaltending leaders====
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Vilim Rosandić 	240:00	5 	1.25	99 	94.95	1
Arsenije Ranković 	277:25	10	2.16	113	91.15	0
Maksim Rashchupkin	298:32	20	4.02	186	89.25	0
Aleksi Toivonen 	303:31	17	3.36	151	88.74	0
Maksim Kaliaev 	229:31	18	4.71	124	85.48	0
TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
===Awards===
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Vilim Rosandić
Defenceman	Marko Katić
Forward 	Mirko Đumić
==Group B tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Disqualified from Division II A in 2023 and was relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division II B in 2023.
 	Host, placed 3rd in Division II B in 2023.
 	Placed 4th in Division II B in 2023.
 	Placed 5th in Division II B in 2023.
 	Placed 1st in Division III A in 2023 and was promoted.
===Match officials===
Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees	Linesmen
* Filip Metzinger
* Kenneth Nielsen
* Alexey Roshchyn
* Walker Holton	
* Maxmillian Gatol
* Maarten van den Acker
* Martin Boyadjiev
* David Klouček
* Frederik Andersen
* Markus Merk
* Lodewijk Beelen
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+3).
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==References==
==External links==
*Official website of Division IIA
*Official website of Division IIB
Division II
Category:IIHF World Championship Division II
Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Serbia
Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Bulgaria