2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II was a pair of 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 first-placed team was promoted to a higher division, while the last-placed team was relegated to a lower division.

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

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

Match officials
Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * 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


Match results
All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

Top 10 scorers
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)

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.

Final standings


Match results
All times are local (Time in Iceland – UTC±0).

Top 10 scorers
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)

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