The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II were international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division II A and the fifth-tier Division II B. For each tier's tournament, the team which will place first will be promoted to the next higher division, while the team which will place last will be relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 2003.

2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 11 to 17 December 2022.

2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Participants

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.

2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Referees

Gergely Korbuly

Krzysztof Kozłowski

Māris Locāns

Anton Peretyatko

Linesmen

Go Hashimoto

Alexander Kaptain

Sergii Kharaberyush

Vladislav Mashenkin

Aleksej Sascenkov

Jason Thorrignac

Juri Timofejev

Final standings

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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)

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Goaltender: Kazimieras Jukna

Defenceman: Jaime de Bonilla

Forward: Bruno Idžan

Source: IIHF

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 16 to 22 January 2023.

Participants

Final standings

Results

All times are local (UTC±0).

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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)

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Goaltender: Chen Shifeng

Defenceman: Lowie Vreys

Forward: Matija Dinić

Source: IIHF

References

External links

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