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.Division II A official website, www.iihf.comDivision II A statistics, stats.iihf.com

Participating teams TeamQualification (hosts)placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division II A last yearplaced 3rd in Division II A last yearplaced 4th in Division II A last yearplaced 5th in Division II A last yearplaced 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted

Standings

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

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Simas Ignatavičius 5 8 6 14 +13 4 2 Mykolas Škadauskas 5 7 5 12 +11 8 3 Pijus Pranskevičius 5 4 6 10 +10 0 4 Hrvoje Zovko 5 6 3 9 –1 4 5 Luka Bodiroga 5 3 5 8 +2 6 6 Fran Završki 5 4 3 7 –1 4 7 Deimantas Šulinskas 4 3 4 7 +8 27 8 Dovydas Jukna 5 3 4 7 +10 0 8 Luan Rong 5 3 4 7 +4 2 10 Tian Boyu 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)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Julius Andrekus 180:00 3 93.62 1.00 0 2 Daniil Cepov 120:00 2 92.59 1.00 1 3 Márton Buda 218:45 7 90.79 1.92 0 4 Thijs Kivits 137:36 10 90.38 4.36 0 5 Alfie Jefferis 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 = ShutoutsSource: 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.Division II B official website, www.iihf.comDivision II B statistics, stats.iihf.com

Participating teams TeamQualification placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated (hosts)placed 2nd in Division II B last yearplaced 3rd in Division II B last yearplaced 4th in Division II B last yearplaced 5th in Division II B last yearplaced 1st in Division III A last year and were promoted

Standings

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

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Mike Levin 5 7 4 11 +3 16 2 Samson Goldshtein 5 3 6 9 +2 6 3 Ivan Kuleshov 5 5 3 8 0 4 4 Brayden Maybee 5 5 2 7 +3 2 5 Eduardo González 5 4 3 7 +4 6 5 Lachlan Sucher 5 4 3 7 −1 6 7 Kosta Mladenović 5 3 4 7 +4 4 8 Arnar Kristjánsson 5 2 5 7 +3 4 9 Haukur Karvelsson 5 5 1 6 +3 0 10 Tobi Gentry 5 4 2 6 −6 0 10 Andreja Popović 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)

PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Pablo Salvador 180:00 3 94.12 1.00 2 2 Þórir Aspar 296:45 14 93.03 2.83 0 3 Filip Korenić 256:11 9 91.35 2.08 0 4 Enrique Mampel 240:00 5 90.38 2.40 0 5 Tom Forrest 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 = ShutoutsSource: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Pablo Salvador Defenceman: Bosco Collado Forward: Samson Goldshtein Source: IIHF

References

External links Official website of IIHF