2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The 2020 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's tournament, the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.

Main article: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2020 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Lithuania  South Korea
Dates	6–12 January 2020 (Group A) 28 January – 3 February 2020 (Group B)
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 2000.

Division II A

2020 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Lithuania
Dates	6–12 January 2020
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	114 (7.6 per match)
Attendance	7,303 (487 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Teruto Nakajima (13 points)

The Division II A tournament was played in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 6 to 12 January 2020.[1]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Japan	Placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated
Lithuania	Placed 2nd in Division II A last year
Great Britain	Placed 3rd in Division II A last year
Romania	Placed 4th in Division II A last year
Spain	Placed 5th in Division II A last year
Serbia	Placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted

Match officials

Four referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]

Referees Niki De Herdt Niclas Lundsgaard Tilen Pahor Turo Virta

Linesmen Joris Barcelo Karolis Janušauskas Herman Johansen Norbert Muzsik Laurynas Stepankevičius Nikita Vilyugin Dāvis Zunde

Standings

Division II A Venue

Vilnius

Pramogu-Arena Capacity: 2,500

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Japan	5	5	0	0	0	37	7	+30	15	Promoted to Division I B
2	Great Britain	5	3	1	0	1	23	17	+6	11
3	Lithuania (H)	5	3	0	0	2	20	17	+3	9
4	Romania	5	2	0	0	3	15	24	−9	6
5	Spain	5	1	0	1	3	8	23	−15	4
6	Serbia	5	0	0	0	5	11	26	−15	0	Relegation to Division II B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

6 January 2020 12:00

Great Britain

3–6 (0–1, 1–2, 2–3)

Japan

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 79

Game reference
	William Kerlin	Goalies	Eiki Sato	Referee: Niki De Herdt Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Karolis Janušauskas
	0–1 08:10 – Hanzawa (Takebe) 0–2 30:04 – Ando (Otomo, Miyata) Mitchell-King (Larkin, Chabot) – 30:16 1–2 1–3 35:37 – Hanzawa (Nakajima) (PP) Buesa (Graham, Russell) – 46:53 2–3 2–4 49:49 – Nakajima (Y. Sato, Yoneyama) (PP) 2–5 50:31 – Ishida (Ando) 2–6 54:49 – Ueno (Iguchi, Ando) (PP) Graham – 58:46 3–6
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	36

6 January 2020 15:30

Serbia

3–5 (3–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Romania

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 87

Game reference
	Bojan Vasić	Goalies	Levente Ambrus Arnold Demeter	Referee: Tilen Pahor Linesmen: Herman Johansen Laurynas Stepankevičius
	Popović (Dragović) – 07:34 1–0 Mladenović – 16:03 2–0 Mirkov – 18:38 3–0 3–1 29:35 – Karda (Szabó) 3–2 31:45 – Filip (Gecse) 3–3 38:21 – Filip (Ilyés) 3–4 40:52 – Gecse (Szabó, Filip) (PP) 3–5 50:38 – Gecse (Silló)
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	24

6 January 2020 19:00

Lithuania

5–1 (4–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Spain

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 998

Game reference
	Laurynas Lubys	Goalies	Raul Barbo Sergi Reina	Referee: Niclas Lundsgaard Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Nikita Vilyugin
	Mažulis (SH) – 02:15 1–0 Noreika (Krasilnikovas, Motiejūnas) (SH) – 02:53 2–0 Stankius (Laimutis) – 03:47 3–0 3–1 12:53 – Negre (Torralba, Muratet) Motiejūnas (Mukovoz) – 13:11 4–1 Krasilnikovas (Binkulis, Stankius) (PP) – 44:06 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	26

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7 January 2020 12:00

Japan

8–0 (2–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Romania

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 54

Game reference
	Eiki Sato	Goalies	Arnold Demeter	Referee: Turo Virta Linesmen: Herman Johansen Laurynas Stepankevičius
	Y. Sato (Hanzawa) – 00:36 1–0 Gondaira (Kaneko, Murakami) – 16:05 2–0 Hanzawa (Nakajima, Yoneyama) (PP) – 34:45 3–0 Y. Sato (Hanzawa, Nakajima) (PP2) – 36:44 4–0 Takebe (Iguchi, Momen) – 43:27 5–0 Nakajima (Gondaira) (PP2)– 46:29 6–0 Sasanaka (Gondaira, Taneichi) – 52:09 7–0 Hanzawa (Nakajima, Yoneyama) – 57:53 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	14

7 January 2020 15:30

Spain

3–2 (0–1, 0–0, 3–1)

Serbia

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 103

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	Bojan Vasić	Referee: Niki De Herdt Linesmen: Karolis Janušauskas Nikita Vilyugin
	0–1 06:15 – Racić Rubio (Sarmiento) – 45:13 1–1 Capillas (Zaballa) (PP) – 52:05 2–1 Sarasa (Sánchez) – 52:33 3–1 3–2 59:19 – Tharakan (Pejčić)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	20

7 January 2020 19:00

Lithuania

3–6 (1–2, 1–3, 1–1)

Great Britain

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 907

Game reference
	Laurynas Lubys Nikita Kuzminov	Goalies	Tyler Perre	Referee: Tilen Pahor Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 01:58 – Mitchell-King (Larkin, Hazeldine) (PP) 0–2 05:42 – Cooper (Alderson) Grinius (Mažulis, Washco) – 14:28 1–2 1–3 23:56 – Larkin 1–4 25:06 – Buesa (Hazeldine) 1–5 35:29 – Graham (Alderson, Neilson) (PP) Grinius (Mažulis, Mukovoz) – 39:42 2–5 2–6 49:06 – Mitchell-King (Larkin, Chabot) Mažulis (Grinius) (PP) – 49:53 3–6
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	26

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9 January 2020 12:00

Japan

8–0 (5–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Spain

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 82

Game reference
	Eiki Sato Ryuto Nakamoto	Goalies	Sergi Reina Raul Barbo	Referee: Niki De Herdt Linesmen: Karolis Janušauskas Norbert Muzsik
	Taneichi (Kaneko, Gondaira) – 02:31 1–0 Hanzawa – 05:38 2–0 Yoneyama (Nakajima, Ishida) (PP) – 06:59 3–0 Nakajima (Yoneyama, Hanzawa) (PP2) – 11:03 4–0 Miyata (Takeya) – 19:53 5–0 Ando (Ishida) – 21:31 6–0 Momen (Murakami, Takeya) – 26:02 7–0 Ando (Miura) – 37:23 8–0
	37 min	Penalties	26 min
	31	Shots	25

9 January 2020 15:30

Great Britain

5–3 (2–0, 0–1, 3–2)

Romania

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 101

Game reference
	William Kerlin	Goalies	Arnold Demeter	Referee: Niclas Lundsgaard Linesmen: Laurynas Stepankevičius Dāvis Zunde
	Alderson (Graham, Neilson) – 00:23 1–0 Chabot (Larkin, Mitchel-King) – 15:34 2–0 2–1 21:36 – Petrică (Ilyés, Nagy-Galaczi) 2–2 44:27 – Cășăneanu (Gecse, Karda) Alderson (Graham, Neilson) – 46:50 3–2 3–3 47:54 – Részegh (Filip) Alderson (Neilson, Hazeldine) – 48:41 4–3 Neilson (Alderson, Russell) (PP) – 53:25 5–3
	22 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	36

9 January 2020 19:00

Lithuania

3–2 (2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Serbia

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 792

Game reference
	Laurynas Lubys	Goalies	Bojan Vasić Dušan Ilijin	Referee: Turo Virta Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Nikita Vilyugin
	Washco (Grinius, Mažulis) – 08:16 1–0 Krasilnikovas (Rumševičius, Binkulis) – 12:13 2–0 Šusterovas (Piazenko, Motiejūnas) – 32:38 3–0 3–1 34:11 – Subotić (Dragović, Popović) (PP) 3–2 50:56 – Mladenović (Racić, Mirkov)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	19

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10 January 2020 12:00

Spain

3–4 GWS (0–1, 3–2, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Great Britain

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 81

Game reference
	Raul Barbo	Goalies	William Kerlin Tyler Perre	Referee: Turo Virta Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Laurynas Stepankevičius
	0–1 08:10 – Graham (Cooper, Stenton) (PP) 0–2 23:34 – Milton 0–3 24:44 – Cooper (Neilson, Stenton) (PP) Layola (Zaballa) – 26:51 1–3 Rubio (De Bonilla) – 35:07 2–3 Layola (Zaballa, Capillas) – 39:29 3–3
	Mendizabal Layola Rubio Capillas	Shootout	Neilson Alderson Milton
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	28

10 January 2020 15:30

Serbia

2–10 (1–2, 1–5, 0–3)

Japan

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 95

Game reference
	Dušan Ilijin Bojan Vasić	Goalies	Eiki Sato Ryuto Nakamoto	Referee: Tilen Pahor Linesmen: Karolis Janušauskas Herman Johansen
	0–1 03:22 – Miura (Ando) (PP) Mašić – 13:09 1–1 1–2 17:05 – Kimura (Ueno, Ishida) 1–3 21:46 – Taneichi 1–4 22:51 – Hanzawa (Nakajima, Yoneyama) (PP) 1–5 23:51 – Yoneyama (Takeya, Ando) Pejčić (Subotić) (PP) – 37:18 2–5 2–6 37:55 – Nakajima (Iguchi, Sasanaka) 2–7 39:53 – Momen (Taneichi, Yoneyama) 2–8 48:30 – Iguchi 2–9 54:39 – Iguchi (Takeya) (PP) 2–10 57:29 – Gondaira (Ueno) (PP2)
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	8	Shots	46

10 January 2020 19:00

Romania

3–7 (2–2, 1–3, 0–2)

Lithuania

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 1,207

Game reference
	Levente Ambrus	Goalies	Laurynas Lubys Nikita Kuzminov	Referee: Niclas Lundsgaard Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Dāvis Zunde
	Gecse (Sándor-Székely) – 05:59 1–0 Filip (Ilyés, Gajdó) – 08:09 2–0 2–1 09:19 – Stankius (Silinas) 2–2 16:23 – Grinius (Washco, Noreika) 2–3 25:54 – R. Marcinkevičius (Šusterovas, Silinas) 2–4 27:08 – Mažulis (Washco, Mukovoz) Gecse (Cășăneanu, Sándor-Székely) – 33:25 3–4 3–5 39:39 – Binkulis (Noreika, Misiukas) 3–6 41:54 – Mukovoz (Noreika, Motiejūnas) 3–7 57:49 – Piazenko (Misiukas)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	36

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12 January 2020 12:00

Great Britain

5–2 (2–0, 0–2, 3–0)

Serbia

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 121

Game reference
	Tyler Perre	Goalies	Bojan Vasić	Referee: Niki De Herdt Linesmen: Karolis Janušauskas Herman Johansen
	Russell (Mitchell-King) (PP) – 14:23 1–0 Bradley (Neilson, Alderson) – 17:03 2–0 2–1 22:41 – Mladenović (Dragović, Pejčić) (PP) 2–2 34:29 – Gvozdenović (Dragović) (PP) Graham (Cochrane, Alderson) – 50:37 3–2 Ulrick (Cooper, Buesa) – 56:53 4–2 Neilson (Bradley) – 59:24 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	54 min
	49	Shots	20

12 January 2020 15:30

Romania

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Spain

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 209

Game reference
	Arnold Demeter	Goalies	Raul Barbo	Referee: Tilen Pahor Linesmen: Laurynas Stepankevičius Dāvis Zunde
	Sándor-Székely – 08:21 1–0 1–1 09:07 – Sarasa (Didkovsky, Sánchez) Karda (Cășăneanu) – 37:18 2–1 Cășăneanu (Részegh) (SH) – 39:55 3–1 Cășăneanu (Karda, Gecse) – 47:37 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	35	Shots	28

12 January 2020 19:00

Japan

5–2 (3–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Lithuania

Utenos pramogų arena, Vilnius Attendance: 2,387

Game reference
	Eiki Sato	Goalies	Nikita Kuzminov Laurynas Lubys	Referee: Niclas Lundsgaard Linesmen: Joris Barcelo Nikita Vilyugin
	Y. Sato (Yoneyama, Hanzawa) – 00:13 1–0 Takeya (Ando, Yoneyama) – 09:28 2–0 Hanzawa (Y. Sato, Murakami) – 15:49 3–0 Y. Sato (Hanzawa, Nakajima) – 25:58 4–0 4–1 48:08 – Mažulis (Grinius) 4–2 53:02 – Grinius (Mažulis, Washco) (PP) Nakajima – 57:51 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	21

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Teruto Nakajima	Japan	5	5	8	13	+6	0
2	Chikara Hanzawa	Japan	5	7	5	12	+8	2
3	Koki Yoneyama	Japan	5	2	8	10	+5	2
4	Timonas Mažulis	Lithuania	5	4	4	8	+2	6
5	Mason Alderson	Great Britain	5	3	5	8	+5	2
5	Yusaku Ando	Japan	5	3	5	8	+6	2
7	Cade Neilson	Great Britain	5	2	6	8	+5	0
8	Olivér Gecse	Romania	5	4	3	7	0	6
8	Alex Graham	Great Britain	5	4	3	7	+7	8
8	Martynas Grinius	Lithuania	5	4	3	7	+2	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Eiki Sato	Japan	260:00	7	91.67	1.62	1
2	Tyler Perre	Great Britain	145:00	5	91.23	2.07	0
3	Bojan Vasić	Serbia	232:08	19	87.74	4.91	0
4	William Kerlin	Great Britain	160:00	12	87.37	4.50	0
5	Arnold Demeter	Romania	219:18	14	87.04	3.83	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Eiki Sato
• Defenceman: Paulius Rumševičius
• Forward: Chikara Hanzawa

Source: IIHF

Division II B

2020 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	27 January – 3 February 2020
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	121 (8.07 per match)
Attendance	5,022 (335 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Dominic Čanić (16 points)

The Division II B tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 27 January to 3 February 2020.[3]

Participants

Team	Qualification
South Korea	Placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated
Croatia	Placed 2nd in Division II B last year
Netherlands	Placed 3rd in Division II B last year
Belgium	Placed 4th in Division II B last year
Israel	Placed 5th in Division II B last year
China	Placed 1st in Division III last year and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Referees Stefan Hogarth Benas Jakšys Liu Ren Andrew Wilk

Linesmen Chae Young-jin Yong Elbert Cheah Ryan Fraley Go Hashimoto James Ions Li Lintai Seo Kwang-suk

Standings

Division II B Venue

Gangneung

Gangneung Hockey Centre Capacity: 10,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	South Korea (H)	5	5	0	0	0	20	6	+14	15	Promoted to Division II A
2	Netherlands	5	3	0	0	2	30	13	+17	9[lower-alpha 1]
3	China	5	3	0	0	2	22	10	+12	9[lower-alpha 1]
4	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	31	17	+14	9[lower-alpha 1]
5	Belgium	5	1	0	0	4	15	25	−10	3
6	Israel	5	0	0	0	5	3	50	−47	0	Relegation to Division III

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:

1. Netherlands 3 Pts, +3 GD; China 3 Pts, –1 GD; Croatia 3 Pts, –2 GD

Results

All times are local (UTC+9).

28 January 2020 13:00

Croatia

16–1 (3–0, 7–1, 6–0)

Israel

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 104

Game reference
	Domagoj Troha Luka Goršić	Goalies	Yehonatan Reisinger Daniel Kreiner	Referee: Liu Ren Linesmen: Go Hashimoto James Ions
	Čanić (Dobrić) – 03:51 1–0 Selitaj (Čanić, Dobrić) – 12:45 2–0 Bebek (Idžan, Belina) (PP) – 17:30 3–0 Dobrić (Selitaj, Čanić) – 20:28 4–0 Paulović (Selitaj, Dobrićk) (PP) – 22:26 5–0 Čanić (Selitaj) – 24:55 6–0 6–1 25:57 – Rossokhovatskiy (Kostrinsky) Pleština (Cerovečki) – 27:52 7–1 Polonijo – 28:38 8–1 Selitaj (Čanić) – 33:04 9–1 Čanić (Paulović) – 39:59 10–1 Hanžek (Paulović) (SH) – 49:35 11–1 Rakar (Mandić) – 52:58 12–1 Idžan (Polonijo) – 54:32 13–1 Čanić (Paulović) – 56:03 14–1 Hanžek (Rakar, Belina) – 56:38 15–1 Mandić – 59:51 16–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	79	Shots	8

28 January 2020 16:30

China

5–3 (1–2, 1–0, 3–1)

Belgium

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 133

Game reference
	Wu Siming	Goalies	Arne Waumans	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Yong Elbert Cheah Seo Kwang-suk
	0–1 16:01 – Versin (Coolen) (PP) 0–2 16:14 – Delbrassine (Compere) Zheng (Yan J.) (PP) – 19:10 1–2 Wang J. (Hou) – 21:19 2–2 2–3 41:35 – Laeremans (Versin) Hou (Yan R., Wang) – 50:34 3–3 Li X. (Wang J.) (PP) – 55:26 4–3 Guo J. (Yan J.) – 55:42 5–3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	29

28 January 2020 20:00

Netherlands

1–5 (1–2, 0–0, 0–3)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 875

Game reference
	Jowin Ansems	Goalies	Kim Hyung-chan	Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Ryan Fraley Li Lintai
	0–1 05:37 – Mun (Kim M., Kang M.) 0–2 12:08 – Kim Jae-s. (Jeong, Kim Hyo.) De Ruiter (Collard, Van Elten) – 16:38 1–2 1–3 41:22 – Kim Hyo. (Park S., Ahn) 1–4 46:57 – Choi (Lee M., Lee J.) 1–5 56:17 – Jeong (Kang M.)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	40

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29 January 2020 13:00

Israel

0–12 (0–5, 0–4, 0–3)

China

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 148

Game reference
	Daniel Kreiner Yehonatan Reisinger	Goalies	Hu Haoran	Referee: Benas Jakšys Linesmen: Chae Young-jin James Ions
	0–1 01:49 – Li X. 0–2 06:14 – Wang J. (Hou, Yan R.) (PP) 0–3 07:51 – Yan J. 0–4 16:07 – Zheng (Guo J.) 0–5 18:04 – Wang J. (Hou) 0–6 31:04 – Zheng (Guo J., Yan J.) 0–7 32:27 – Yu (Li X.) 0–8 33:48 – Yan J. (Guo J.) (SH) 0–9 39:59 – Hou (Yan R., Wang J.) 0–10 40:24 – Zheng (Guo J., Yan J.) 0–11 42:26 – Yan J. (Wang Y.) 0–12 46:24 – Yan J. (Li Zi., Li Ze.)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	9	Shots	60

29 January 2020 16:30

Croatia

2–7 (0–5, 1–0, 1–2)

Netherlands

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 153

Game reference
	Domagoj Troha Luka Goršić	Goalies	Jowin Ansems	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Yong Elbert Cheah Ryan Fraley
	0–1 02:59 – Jacobs (Sars, D. Hessels) 0–2 08:45 – Sars (D. Hessels) 0–3 12:26 – Sars (Borgman) 0–4 14:35 – Sars (D. Hessels, Jacobs) 0–5 15:44 – Huisman (D. Hessels, Van der Meulen) Dobrić (Čanić, Selitaj) (PP2) – 35:43 1–5 Selitaj (Čanić, Dobrić) – 43:06 2–5 2–6 53:17 – Collard (R. Ansems, Gerretsen) 2–7 54:25 – Sars (N. Hessels, Gerretsen) (SH)
	4 min	Penalties	24 min
	27	Shots	33

29 January 2020 20:00

South Korea

5–2 (2–2, 2–0, 1–0)

Belgium

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 402

Game reference
	Kim Hyung-chan	Goalies	Arne Waumans	Referee: Liu Ren Linesmen: Go Hashimoto Li Lintai
	0–1 01:01 – Coolen (Klijsen, De Ceuster) Kim M. (Lee J.) – 02:51 1–1 Kim Hyo. – 10:08 2–1 2–2 10:53 – De Ceuster (Klijsen) Lee J. (Jeong) – 26:54 3–2 Kim W. – 39:11 4–2 Mun (Kang M., Lee M.) – 44:43 5–2
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	44	Shots	18

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31 January 2020 13:00

Netherlands

6–1 (1–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Belgium

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 147

Game reference
	Jowin Ansems	Goalies	Jelle Lievens	Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Li Lintai Seo Kwang-suk
	Huisman (Versteeg, Van der Meulen) – 10:55 1–0 Sars (D. Hessels, De Ruiter) (PP) – 20:27 2–0 Jacobs (D. Hessels, Sars) – 26:02 3–0 Maas (Borgman) – 35:23 4–0 Sars (Jacobs, De Ruiter) – 41:14 5–0 N. Hessels (Sars, Jacobs) (PP) – 51:47 6–0 6–1 57:15 – Coolen (Compere, Versin)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	17

31 January 2020 16:30

Croatia

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

China

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 173

Game reference
	Domagoj Troha	Goalies	Wu Siming Hu Haoran	Referee: Benas Jakšys Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Go Hashimoto
	Kramarić (Dobrić, Paulović) – 09:53 1–0 Selitaj (Dobrić, Čanić) (PP2) – 14:55 2–0 Hanžek (Kramarić, Mandić) – 34:37 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	32

31 January 2020 20:00

South Korea

5–1 (1–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Israel

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 753

Game reference
	Kim Hyung-chan Kim Gi-wan	Goalies	Yehonatan Reisinger	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Yong Elbert Cheah James Ions
	Kim Jae-s. – 14:14 1–0 Kang M. (Kim M., Lee M.) – 24:41 2–0 Lee M. (Kim Hyo., Kim Jae-s.) – 47:49 3–0 Yoo (Lee M.) – 53:13 4–0 Kim Jae-s. (Jeong) – 55:50 5–0 5–1 59:42 – Rozin (Halpert, Rossokhovatskiy) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	68	Shots	6

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1 February 2020 13:00

Belgium

5–8 (2–2, 1–4, 2–2)

Croatia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 146

Game reference
	Jelle Lievens Arne Waumans	Goalies	Domagoj Troha	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: James Ions Li Lintai
	Coolen (De Ceuster) – 07:37 1–0 Daems (Delbrassine) – 09:00 2–0 2–1 15:22 – Đerek (Čanić, Selitaj) 2–2 16:56 – Paulović (Dobrić, Selitaj) (PP) Delbrassine (Coolen, De Ceuster) – 23:24 3–2 3–3 25:16 – Polonijo (SH) 3–4 29:04 – Mandić (Selitaj, Čanić) 3–5 34:55 – Mandić (Paulović, Selitaj) 3–6 37:36 – Selitaj (Čanić, Dobrić) Steeno (EA) – 45:33 4–6 4–7 49:24 – Đerek (Dobrić, Čanić) 4–8 50:12 – Mandić (Idžan, Polonijo) (PP) Compere (Daems, Bollen) (PP) – 51:09 5–8
	24 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	31

1 February 2020 16:30

China

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 1,025

Game reference
	Wu Siming	Goalies	Kim Hyung-chan	Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Ryan Fraley Go Hashimoto
	0–1 27:04 – Kang M. (Mun)
	4 min	Penalties	27 min
	18	Shots	41

1 February 2020 20:00

Israel

0–13 (0–6, 0–3, 0–4)

Netherlands

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 123

Game reference
	Daniel Kreiner Yehonatan Reisinger	Goalies	Julien van Nes	Referee: Liu Ren Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Seo Kwang-suk
	0–1 00:27 – D. Hessels (Jacobs, N. Hessels) 0–2 04:16 – De Ruiter (Collard, Gerretsen) 0–3 06:28 – D. Hessels (Jacobs, N. Hessels) 0–4 08:25 – Sars (D. Hessels, N. Hessels) (PP) 0–5 13:22 – Huisman (Versteeg, Van der Meulen) 0–6 18:19 – Jacobs (D. Hessels) 0–7 23:07 – Collard (De Ruiter) 0–8 23:44 – Hendriks (Van der Genugten, R. Ansems) 0–9 31:16 – D. Hessels (PP) 0–10 45:12 – D. Hessels (Jacobs, Collard) 0–11 53:23 – Van Elten (PP) 0–12 54:30 – R. Ansems (Gerretsen, Van Baarsen) 0–13 54:40 – R. Ansems (De Ruiter, Collard)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	9	Shots	63

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3 February 2020 13:00

Netherlands

3–5 (0–2, 1–1, 2–2)

China

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 147

Game reference
	Jowin Ansems	Goalies	Wu Siming	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Seo Kwang-suk
	0–1 06:23 – Yu (Guo Z., Li X.) 0–2 12:15 – Yan J. (Yan R., Wang J.) (PP2) 0–3 23:33 – Hou (Yan J., Wang J.) (PP) Jacobs (Sars, De Ruiter) (PP) – 31:03 1–3 Huisman (Van der Meulen, Versteeg) – 41:22 2–3 Versteeg (Huisman, Borgman) – 46:53 3–3 3–4 51:11 – Wang J. (Hou, Yan J.) 3–5 59:19 – Wang J. (ENG)
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	21

3 February 2020 16:30

Belgium

4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Israel

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Jelle Lievens	Goalies	Yehonatan Reisinger	Referee: Benas Jakšys Linesmen: Yong Elbert Cheah Li Lintai
	0–1 02:13 – Rozin (Halpert) Coolen – 16:49 1–1 Vangenechten (Adriaenssens, Steeno) (PP) – 27:59 2–1 Delbrassine (Moons) – 48:03 3–1 Versin (De Ceuster, Laeremans) (PP) – 49:03 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	69	Shots	9

3 February 2020 20:00

South Korea

4–2 (1–0, 0–0, 3–2)

Croatia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 543

Game reference
	Kim Hyung-chan	Goalies	Domagoj Troha	Referee: Andrew Wilk Linesmen: Ryan Fraley Go Hashimoto
	Mun (Kang H.) – 03:04 1–0 1–1 41:09 – Paulović (Dobrić, Čanić) (PP) Choi (Kim Y.) – 47:36 2–1 2–2 49:26 – Selitaj (Čanić, Paulović) (PP) Lee M. – 52:13 3–2 Kim Hyo. – 58:57 4–2
	24 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	26

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Dominic Čanić	Croatia	5	4	12	16	+7	0
2	Leo Selitaj	Croatia	5	6	8	14	+8	10
3	Wouter Sars	Netherlands	5	7	5	12	+7	2
4	Delaney Hessels	Netherlands	5	4	8	12	+7	0
5	Patrik Dobrić	Croatia	5	2	10	12	+1	2
6	Yan Juncheng	China	5	5	6	11	+8	0
7	Wang Jing	China	5	5	5	10	+5	4
8	Tijn Jacobs	Netherlands	5	4	6	10	+7	4
9	Sven Paulović	Croatia	4	3	6	9	+10	0
10	Hou Yuyang	China	5	3	4	7	+5	6

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	Kim Hyung-chan	South Korea	280:00	7	94.19	1.07	1
2	Wu Siming	China	236:29	10	92.42	2.54	0
3	Jowin Ansems	Netherlands	239:49	12	88.46	3.00	0
4	Yehonatan Reisinger	Israel	221:48	29	88.16	7.84	0
5	Domagoj Troha	Croatia	225:11	14	86.79	3.73	1

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 Hyung-chan
• Defenceman: Lee Min-jae
• Forward: Dominic Čanić

Source: IIHF

References

1. "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div II Group A – Competition schedule" (PDF). IIHF. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
2. "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div II Group A – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
3. "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div II Group B – Competition schedule" (PDF). IIHF. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
4. "Competition Officials". IIHF. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.