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 II A and the fifth-tier Division II B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

The tournaments were played in 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 couldn't be born earlier than 1998.

Division II A was held in Dumfries, United Kingdom, while Division II B was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia.

Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Dumfries, United Kingdom, from 10 to 16 December 2017.

As a result of the tournament, Japan was promoted to Division I B, and the Netherlands was relegated to Division II B.

Final standings


Match results
All times are local (Greenwich Mean Time – UTC+0).

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: 🇰🇷 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 II A, and Turkey was relegated to Division III.

Final standings


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

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

 * Goaltender: 🇪🇸 Raul Barbo
 * Defenceman: Luka Kramarić
 * Forward: 🇷🇸 Luka Vukičević