IIHF World U20 Championship Division II

The IIHF World U20 Championship Division II is played every year among the ice hockey teams under the age of 20 who were placed in Division II in the previous year.[1][2]

Main article: IIHF World U20 Championship

IIHF World U20 Championship Division II
Most recent season or competition:
2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
FormerlyC-series (1983–2000)
SportIce hockey
Founded1979 (C-series)
2001 (Division II)
No. of teams12
Most recent
champion(s)		 Croatia (Group A)
 China (Group B)
Most titles Japan (6 titles)
Promotion toDivision I
Relegation toDivision III
Official websiteIIHF.com

Until 2001 the tournament was known as the C-series.

Results
Year Promoted Relegated
To IIHF U20 Division I To Division II A To Division II B To IIHF U20 Division III
2001  Slovenia – –  Estonia
2002  Japan,  Denmark,  Latvia,  Croatia – – No relegated teams
2003  Estonia,  Hungary – –  Bulgaria,  Mexico
2004  Poland,  Great Britain – –  Iceland,  South Africa
2005  Japan,  Hungary – –  Lithuania,  Belgium
2006  Great Britain,  Estonia – –  New Zealand,  China
2007  Hungary,  Lithuania – –  Australia,  Serbia
2008  Italy,  Estonia – –  Iceland,  China
2009  Japan,  Croatia – –  New Zealand,
2010  Great Britain,  Lithuania – –  Mexico,  Serbia
2011  France,  Poland – –  Iceland,  China
2012  Ukraine  Romania  South Korea  Mexico
2013  Japan  Estonia  Spain  Belgium
2014  Hungary  South Korea  Croatia  China
2015  Great Britain  Croatia  Romania  Iceland
2016  Hungary  Romania  South Korea  China
2017  Lithuania  South Korea  Croatia  Australia
2018  Japan  Spain  Netherlands  Turkey
2019  Estonia  Serbia  South Korea  Mexico
2020  Japan  South Korea  Serbia  Israel
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022  Italy Cancelled  Romania Cancelled
2023  Croatia  China  Romania  Mexico

Pool C

Champions (1983–2000)
Year National team
1983 Romania
1984 Italy
1985 Bulgaria
1986 France
1987 Yugoslavia
1988 Denmark
1989 Austria
1990 Netherlands
1991 North Korea
1992 Italy
1993 Ukraine
1994 Slovakia
1995 Latvia
1996 Kazakhstan
1997 Belarus
1998 Denmark
1999 Italy
2000 Austria

References
  1. "IIHF - Tournaments".
  2. "Past Tournaments".
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