2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

2026 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II B
Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
City	Belgrade
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–24 January 2026
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	129 (8.6 per game)
Attendance	4,455 (297 per game)
Scoring leader	Jaidy van Mourik (16 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com

2026 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II A
Tournament details
Host country	Romania
City	Bucharest
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–10 January 2026
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	108 (7.2 per game)
Attendance	8,601 (573 per game)
Scoring leader	Kim Jung-jun (15 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com

2026 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Romania; Serbia
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	4–10 January 2026; 18–24 January 2026
Teams	12

The 2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II were two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division II A represents the fourth tier and Division II B the fifth tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. For each tier, the first-placed team was promoted to the next higher tier, while the last-placed team was relegated to the next lower tier.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2006.

Division II A

The Division II A tournament was played in Bucharest, Romania, from 4 to 10 January 2026.^[1]^[2]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
South Korea	placed 6th in Division I B last year and were relegated
Romania (hosts)	placed 2nd in Division II A last year
Croatia	placed 3rd in Division II A last year
Great Britain	placed 4th in Division II A last year
China	placed 5th in Division II A last year
Spain	placed 1st in Division II B last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	33	6	+27	15	Promotion to the 2027 Division I B
2	Great Britain	5	3	1	0	1	15	13	+2	11
3	Croatia	5	2	1	0	2	18	27	−9	8
4	Romania (H)	5	1	1	1	2	16	19	−3	6
5	China	5	1	0	2	2	15	18	−3	5
6	Spain	5	0	0	0	5	11	25	−14	0	Relegation to the 2027 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 next best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.^[3]^[4]
(H) Host

Results

All times are local, EET (UTC+2).

4 January 2026
12:30

Croatia

2–12
(1–1, 0–5, 1–6)

South Korea

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 520

Game reference

Niksa Slade
Borna Jurin

Goalies

Park Sang-woo
Koh Taeyi

Referees:
Kristoffer Folkstrand
Oliver Trusswell
Linesmen:
Barna Borsos
Frantisek Stepanek

	0–1	03:37 – Lee J. (Kim Ju., Lee G.) (PP)
Alic (Idzan) – 14:45	1–1
	1–2	24:33 – Kim B. (Lim S.)
	1–3	27:31 – Kim Ju. (Park S., Lim K.)
	1–4	30:17 – Kim Da. (Lee G., Kim Ju.) (SH)
	1–5	37:29 – Kim Da. (Lee G., Kim Ju.) (PP2)
	1–6	39:43 – Yoo (Park S.)
	1–7	40:13 – Kim Do. (Kim Da., Kim Ju.)
Kurjakovic (Idzan) – 40:38	2–7
	2–8	44:28 – Lee J. (SH)
	2–9	49:17 – Yoo (Jung M., Kim Jian)
	2–10	50:09 – Kim Jian (Kim Jih.)
	2–11	51:00 – Kim K. (Kim Da., Kim Ju.)
	2–12	51:22 – Lee G. (Kim K.)

35 min

Penalties

12 min

10

Shots

47

4 January 2026
16:00

Spain

3–4
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Great Britain

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 530

Game reference

Guillermo Esteban

Goalies

Benjamin Clark Leech

Referees:
Juraj Konc
Jakob Schauer
Linesmen:
Jonas Reinold
Andreas Vyssios

	0–1	06:53 – Misins (Yates, Henderson) (PP)
Lacasta (Morillas, Gonzalez) – 18:24	1–1
	1–2	26:36 – Henderson (Lynch)
	1–3	31:51 – Yates (Oksanen, Kay)
Perez (Sanz, Perez-Santamarina) (PP) – 39:14	2–3
	2–4	52:21 – Capps (Bennett)
Gonzalez (Mazon) – 59:30	3–4

6 min

Penalties

8 min

19

Shots

47

4 January 2026
19:30

Romania

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

China

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 708

Game reference

Hunor Gergely

Goalies

Zhang Youyi

Referees:
Oleg Serebriakov
Davis Zunde
Linesmen:
Andries Gheorghies
Eryk Sztwiertnia

Marton (Szekeres) (PP) – 03:14	1–0
	1–1	04:27 – Guo (Xu)
Marton (Szekeres, Agoston) (PP) – 07:34	2–1
	2–2	22:13 – Tian (Zhao, Huang)
	2–3	34:47 – Tian (Zhao)
Kovacs (Bolocan) – 47:53	3–3

Bolocan
Marton
Kovacs
Moise
Nagy
Moise
Marton
Timaru

Shootout

Gao
Xu
Tian
Guo
Jiang S.X.
Xu
Xu
Jiang S.X.

6 min

Penalties

32 min

39

Shots

24

5 January 2026
12:30

South Korea

4–0
(2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 380

Game reference

Park Sang-woo

Goalies

Benjamin Clark Leech

Referees:
Juraj Konc
Oleg Serebriakov
Linesmen:
Thomas Dockery
Andries Gheorghies

Kim K. (Sol E.) – 01:58	1–0
Lim S. (Kim B., Yoo) – 12:53 (PP)	2–0
Kim Do. (Kim Da., Kim Ju.) – 25:07 (PP)	3–0
Kim Do. (Kim Da., (Kim Ju.) – 43:13	4–0

16 min

Penalties

12 min

37

Shots

28

5 January 2026
16:00

China

5–2
(1–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Spain

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 510

Game reference

Zhang Youyi

Goalies

Albert Bosch

Referees:
Kristoffer Folkstrand
Oliver Trusswell
Linesmen:
Barna Borsos
Frantisek Stepanek

Huang (Zhao, Tian) – 09:17	1–0
	1–1	19:12 – Cabello (Perez)
Jiang S.X. (Xu, Gao) – 20:45	2–1
Jiang (Gao, Guo) – 24:16 (PP)	3–1
Wen J. (Guo) – 38:05	4–1
	4–2	41:12 – Gonzalez (Garkusha, Perez)
Xu – 56:34	5–2

10 min

Penalties

37 min

45

Shots

30

5 January 2026
19:30

Romania

5–6 OT
(0–1, 4–2, 1–2)
(OT: 0–1)

Croatia

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 780

Game reference

Hunor Gergely

Goalies

Niksa Slade

Referees:
David Elford
Jakob Schauer
Linesmen:
Jonas Reinold
Andreas Vyssios

	0–1	17:30 – Idzan (Gorsic, Zovko) (PP)
Bolocan (Moise) – 21:49	1–1
Marton (Agoston, Bolocan) (PP) – 25:38	2–1
	2–2	27:48 – Marojevic (Gorsic, Svjetlicic) (PP)
Bolocan – 31:56	3–2
	3–3	36:07 – Idzan (Kurjakovic, Zlatar)
Moise (Timaru, Nagy) (PP) – 38:51	4–3
Marton (Bolocan) – 44:54	5–3
	5–4	49:17 – Gorsic (Svircic, Martinec)
	5–5	55:13 – Svjetlicic (Idzan, Gorsic) (PP)
	5–6	64:20 – Idzan (Gorsic)

12 min

Penalties

10 min

36

Shots

39

7 January 2026
12:30

South Korea

4–1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

China

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 580

Game reference

Park Sang-woo

Goalies

Wen Jiayou

Referees:
David Elford
Jakob Schauer
Linesmen:
Jonas Reinold
Eryk Sztwiertnia

Lim S. (Kim B.) (SH) – 13:26	1–0
Jung M. (Park S., Kim Jian) – 15:23	2–0
Kim B. (Kim Ju., Kim Do.) – 18:29	3–0
	3–1	48:55 – Wen J.H. (Zhao)
Kang (Lee J., Kim K.) – 55:30	4–1

6 min

Penalties

12 min

35

Shots

19

7 January 2026
16:00

Croatia

2–5
(0–1, 1–1, 1–3)

Great Britain

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 590

Game reference

Niksa Slade

Goalies

Benjamin Clark Leech

Referees:
Kristoffer Folkstrand
Davis Zunde
Linesmen:
Andries Gheorghies
Frantisek Stepanek

	0–1	08:17 – Clarke (Capps, Bruton)
	0–2	36:44 – Yates (Carruth)
Zovko – 39:38	1–2
Gorsic (Martinec) (SH) – 46:26	2–2
	2–3	48:16 – Lipsey (Kynaston)
	2–4	50:25 – Capps (Clarke) (PP)
	2–5	57:15 – Misins (SH, ENG)

12 min

Penalties

12 min

28

Shots

43

7 January 2026
19:30

Romania

4–3
(0–0, 2–2, 2–1)

Spain

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 783

Game reference

Calin Mardale

Goalies

Guillermo Esteban

Referees:
Juraj Konc
Oliver Trusswell
Linesmen:
Barna Borsos
Thomas Dockery

	0–1	20:54 – Morillas (PP)
Nagy (Moise, Mathe) (PP) – 28:29	1–1
	1–2	30:57 – Martinez (Segurola)
Kovacs (Janos) – 33:42	2–2
	2–3	40:49 – Garkusha (Perez-Santamarina, Cabello) (PP)
Timaru (Nechita, Mic) – 46:48	3–3
Kovacs (Agoston, Salamon) – 49:12	4–3

35 min

Penalties

14 min

48

Shots

21

8 January 2026
12:30

China

3–4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Croatia

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 117

Game reference

Zhang Youyi

Goalies

Niksa Slade

Referees:
Juraj Konc
Oleg Serebriakov
Linesmen:
Thomas Dockery
Andreas Vyssios

	0–1	07:36 – Idzan (Gorsic)
Wen J.H. (Wen X., Jiang W.H.) (PP) – 13:36	1–1
	1–2	32:59 – Idzan (Pranjic)
Guo (Weng X.) – 33:52	2–2
	2– 3	50:52 – Marojevic (Pranjic)
	2–4	54:01 – Idzan (Gorsic)
Huang (Xu, Wen X.) – 57:23	3–4

16 min

Penalties

8 min

31

Shots

27

8 January 2026
16:00

Spain

1–8
(0–4, 1–3, 0–1)

South Korea

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 538

Game reference

Albert Bosch

Goalies

Park Sang-woo
Lee Wook-young

Referees:
Jakob Schauer
Davis Zunde
Linesmen:
Andries Gheorghies
Jonas Reinold

	0–1	01:05 – Kim K. (Lee J., Lim S.)
	0–2	14:07 – Kim Do. (Kim Ju., Kim B.)
	0–3	14:47 – Kim B. (Kim Ju., Park S.)
	0–4	16:06 – Kim Jian (Sol E., Jung M.)
Perez – 22:01	1–4
	1–5	27:10 – Kim Do. (Kim B., Kim Ju.)
	1–6	33:27 – Lim S. (Kim Jian, Kim Jih.)
	1–7	37:38 – Park Ji. (Kang, Lee J.)
	1–8	41:14 – Lee J. (Park S., Kim K.) (SH)

16 min

Penalties

8 min

21

Shots

59

8 January 2026
19:30

Great Britain

2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Romania

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 710

Game reference

Benjamin Clark Leech

Goalies

Calin Mardale

Referees:
David Elford
Kristoffer Folkstrand
Linesmen:
Frantisek Stepanek
Eryk Sztwiertnia

Capps (Carruth, Vengis) (PP) – 04:35	1–0
Yates (Rushby, Clarke) (PP) – 25:05	2–0
	2–1	52:51 – Kovacs (Nechita, Timaru

8 min

Penalties

12 min

32

Shots

39

10 January 2026
12:30

Great Britain

4–3 OT
(1–1, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)

China

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 490

Game reference

Benjamin Clark Leech

Goalies

Wen Jiayou

Referees:
David Elford
Oliver Trusswell
Linesmen:
Barna Borsos
Jonas Reinold

	0–1	03:48 – Wen (Zhao)
Carruth (Bradley, Yates) – 07:03	1–1
Yates (Lynch, Carruth) – 25:07	2–1
Capps (Clarke, Rimko) (PP) – 33:58	3–1
	3–2	37:01 – Sun (Xu, Geng) (PP)
	3–3	42:28 – Zhao (Jin)
Capps – 61:29	4–3

8 min

Penalties

12 min

43

Shots

20

10 January 2026
16:00

Croatia

4–2
(0–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Spain

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 570

Game reference

Niksa Slade

Goalies

Albert Bosch
Guillermo Esteban

Referees:
Oleg Serebriakov
Davis Zunde
Linesmen:
Thomas Dockery
Eryk Sztwiertnia

	0–1	06:52 – Sanz (Perez, Fernandez) (PP)
Gorsic (Zovko) (PP) – 37:54	1–1
Gorsic (Ferencina, Ivanus) – 49:52	2–1
Alic (Ferencina) – 52:04	3–1
	3–2	57:44 – Garkusha (Perez, Gonzalez) (PP, EA)
Alic (Zovko) – 58:15	4–2

16 min

Penalties

28 min

36

Shots

30

10 January 2026
19:30

South Korea

5–2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Romania

Berceni Arena, Bucharest
Attendance: 795

Game reference

Park Sang-woo

Goalies

Calin Mardale

Referees:
Kristoffer Folkstrand
Juraj Konc
Linesmen:
Frantisek Stepanek
Andreas Vyssios

	0–1	07:24 – M. Janos (D. Janos, Lusztig)
Lee J. (Yoo, Lee S.) – 08:38	1–1
Kim B. (Kim Ju.) – 10:44	2–1
	2–2	21:05 – Nagy (Timaru, Mathe) (PP)
Lee G. (Kim B., Kim Ju.) (PP) – 27:12	3–2
Kim Jian (Park J., Jung M.) – 29:31	4–2
Kim Ju. (Kim B., Kim Ji.) (ENG) – 57:34	5–2

20 min

Penalties

16 min

29

Shots

21

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Kim Jung-jun	South Korea	5	2	13	15	+11	0
2	Roko Goršič	Croatia	5	4	7	11	–1	10
3	Matko Idžan	Croatia	5	6	4	10	–1	4
4	Kim Beom-su	South Korea	5	4	6	10	+8	2
5	Lee Jun-seo	South Korea	5	4	3	7	+6	6
6	Brynley Capps	Great Britain	5	5	1	6	0	6
6	Kim Do-hyun	South Korea	5	5	1	6	+6	10
8	Bailey Yates	Great Britain	5	4	2	6	0	2
9	Kim Jian	South Korea	5	3	3	6	+5	4
9	Kim Kwan-yu	South Korea	5	3	3	6	+6	2
9	Lim Sung-kyu	South Korea	5	3	3	6	+7	16

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)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Park Sang-woo	South Korea	260:00	5	93.90	1.15	1
2	Benjamin Clark Leach	Great Britain	301:29	13	90.85	2.59	0
3	Zhang Youyi	China	181:49	9	90.43	2.97	0
4	Guillermo Esteban	Spain	146:59	12	89.83	4.90	0
5	Calin Mardale	Romania	178:27	9	88.89	3.03	0

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: Benjamin Clark Leach
Defenceman: Roko Goršič
Forward: Kim Jung-jun

Source: IIHF

Division II B

The Division II B tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 18 to 24 January 2026.^[5]^[6]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Netherlands	placed 6th in Division II A last year and were relegated
Israel	placed 2nd in Division II B last year
Serbia (hosts)	placed 3rd in Division II B last year
Australia	placed 4th in Division II B last year
Iceland	placed 5th in Division II B last year
New Zealand	placed 1st in Division III A last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	0	40	3	+37	15	Promotion to the 2027 Division II A
2	Australia	5	3	0	0	2	29	21	+8	9
3	Israel	5	2	1	0	2	20	18	+2	8
4	Serbia (H)	5	2	0	1	2	14	19	−5	7
5	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	4	11	44	−33	3^[a]
6	Iceland	5	1	0	0	4	15	24	−9	3^[a]	Relegation to the 2027 Division III A

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 next best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.^[3]^[4]
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: New Zealand 3, Iceland 0

Results

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

18 January 2026
12:30

New Zealand

1–13
(0–4, 1–6, 0–3)

Australia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 42

Game reference

Caleb Price
Jake Thompson

Goalies

Justin Baxter

Referee:
Andrea Moschen
Linesmen:
Oli Gunnarsson
Matija Nikolic

	0–1	01:09 – Kuleshov
	0–2	02:16 – Suchler (Gilchrist)
	0–3	03:33 – Colev (Koudelka, Astafiev)
	0–4	15:25 – Colev (Harrow, Ouimette)
	0–5	26:46 – Lake
Bary (MacDonald, Wimmer) – 32:32	1–5
	1–6	34:32 – Garas (Hodges, Loria)
	1–7	35:50 – Colev (Reader, Oxlade)
	1–8	37:22 – Trnka (Koudelka, Ouimette)
	1–9	39:10 – Kuleshov
	1–10	39:28 – Shumak (Garas, Koudelka)
	1–11	49:30 – Suchler (Ouimette, Loria)
	1–12	56:13 – Mollee (Reader, Garas)
	1–13	58:33 – Kuleshov (Shearer, Koudelka)

0 min

Penalties

2 min

15

Shots

50

18 January 2026
16:00

Israel

5–4
(3–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 39

Game reference

Michael Kozlov

Goalies

Elias Runarsson

Referee:
Leevan Thiebault
Linesmen:
Jungoh Chae
Jozef Tichy

	0–1	00:52 – Hrolfsson (Kristjansson, Mojzyszek)
Vizelman (Revniaga) – 10:36	1–1
Zitserman (Vasilev) (PP) – 14:54	2–1
Melnikov (Kerner, Elkin) – 15:18	3–1
	3–2	18:59 – Mojzyszek (Hrolfsson)
	3–3	21:21 – Mojzyszek (Kristjansson, Sigurolason)
Zitserman (Kazinets) (PP) – 27:31	4–3
Kerner (Melnikov, Elkin) – 49:04	5–3
	5–4	49:57 – Bjorgvinsson (Ingason)

10 min

Penalties

10 min

31

Shots

21

18 January 2026
19:30

Serbia

0–5
(0–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Netherlands

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 724

Game reference

Filip Korenic

Goalies

Danylo Douma

Referee:
Torjus Brynildsen
Linesmen:
Eathan Arnold
Gian Muggli

	0–1	15:07 – Wendijk (van Mourik, Geheniau)
	0–2	21:07 – Noblesse (Wendijk, van Mourik)
	0–3	23:51 – van Mourik (Muizer) (PP)
	0–4	28:59 – Versantvoort (Raijmakers, de Zwart) (PP)
	0–5	50:17 – Wilkes (Cornelder, Topfer)

10 min

Penalties

2 min

15

Shots

35

19 January 2026
12:30

Iceland

2–6
(1–3, 0–1, 1–2)

New Zealand

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 28

Game reference

Elias Runarsson

Goalies

Caleb Price

Referee:
Jan Leben
Linesmen:
Gian Muggli
Matija Nikolic

	0–1	02:30 – Gallagher (Byfield)
	0–2	03:48 – Gallagher (Paterson) (PP)
Kristjansson (Mojzyszek) – 12:20	1–2
	1–3	16:47 – Middleton (Campbell)
	1–4	35:23 – Koptev (PP)
	1–5	45:38 – Rout (Ruski-Jones, Wimmer) (PP)
Ingason (Eiriksson) – 50:19	2–5
	2–6	59:34 – Bary (Boniface, Middleton) (PP2)

16 min

Penalties

6 min

27

Shots

28

19 January 2026
16:00

Netherlands

8–1
(1–0, 3–1, 4–0)

Australia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 53

Game reference

Thijs Kivits

Goalies

Thomas Papas

Referee:
Leevan Thiebault
Linesmen:
Jungoh Chae
Oli Gunnarsson

Wendijk – 00:49	1–0
van Mourik (Wendijk, Noblesse)– 24:15	2–0
van Brunshott (Wendijk, Noblesse) – 27:14	3–0
Versantvoort (van Belkom, Andringa) – 28:46	4–0
	4–1	39:36 – Harrow
Cornelder (Topfer) – 42:03	5–1
van Belkom (Flippini, Geheniau) – 44:09	6–1
Wilkes (de Zwart) – 46:12	7–1
Wilkes (de Zwart,van Brunschott) – 50:14	8–1

2 min

Penalties

6 min

40

Shots

23

19 January 2026
19:30

Israel

3–2 OT
(0–1, 0–1, 2–0)
(OT: 1–0)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 637

Game reference

Michael Kozlov

Goalies

Filip Korenic

Referee:
Andrea Moschen
Linesmen:
Eathan Arnold
Jozef Tichy

	0–1	08:56 – Agic (Matovic, Temunovic)
	0–2	39:16 – Breastvic (Martinovic)
Zitserman (Kazinets, Kerner) (PP) – 54:51	1–2
Kazinets (Zitserman, Kerner) (PP) – 57:46	2–2
Zitserman (Kazinets, Vasilev) (PP) – 61:09	3–2

10 min

Penalties

30 min

42

Shots

24

21 January 2026
12:30

Netherlands

5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 43

Game reference

Danylo Douma

Goalies

Elvar Sigurdarson

Referee:
Leevan Thiebault
Linesmen:
Jungoh Chae
Matija Nikolic

Versantvoort (Noblesse, van Belkom)– 03:16	1–0
Wendijk (van Mourik, Flippini) – 07:54	2–0
van Mourik (Wendijk, Noblesse) – 21:48	3–0
Noblesse (van Brunshott, van Mourik) – 41:52	4–0
van Belkom (Andringa, Versantvoort) – 54:07	5–0

4 min

Penalties

2 min

48

Shots

25

21 January 2026
16:00

Israel

9–1
(2–0, 5–0, 2–1)

New Zealand

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 37

Game reference

Michael Kozlov
Ben Rahman

Goalies

Caleb Price
Jake Thompson

Referee:
Torjus Brynildsen
Linesmen:
Eathan Arnold
Timur Iskakov

Zitserman – 03:52	1–0
Kerner (Charniak, Melnikov) – 19:26	2–0
Elkin (Charniak, Melnikov) (PP) – 26:54	3–0
Zitserman (Vasilev, Goldshtein) – 28:19	4–0
Vizelman (Kerner, Ougortsin) – 29:42	5–0
Graves (Mueller, Kaplan) – 32:57	6–0
Vasilev (Goldshtein, Zitserman) – 39:59	7–0
Kazinets (Vasilev, Goldshtein) (PP) – 45:53	8–0
	8–1	56:39 – Clamor (Paterson)
Zitserman (Vasilev, Goldshtein) – 57:42	9–1

4 min

Penalties

8 min

42

Shots

24

21 January 2026
19:30

Serbia

6–4
(2–1, 2–1, 2–2)

Australia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 687

Game reference

Filip Korenic

Goalies

Thomas Papas

Referee:
Jan Leben
Linesmen:
Gian Muggli
Jozef Tichy

	0–1	05:32 – Harrow (Shearer)
Peceric (Saranovic, Dimitric) – 12:09	1–1
Peceric (Milovanovic, Milikic) – 18:03	2–1
Temunovic (Matic, Saranovic) – 23:58	3–1
	3–2	30:36 – Kuleshov (Suchler, Ouimette)
Martinovic (Temunovic, Banzic) (PP) – 38:56	4–2
Vujovic (Dimitric) – 51:14	5–2
	5–3	56:17 – Lake (Kuleshov, Ouimette)
Martinovic – 56:43	6–3
	6–4	58:29 – Reader (Oxlade, Harrow)

8 min

Penalties

12 min

27

Shots

31

22 January 2026
12:30

New Zealand

0–16
(0–4, 0–8, 0–4)

Netherlands

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 36

Game reference

Jake Thompson
Caleb Price

Goalies

Thijs Kivits

Referee:
Andrea Moschen
Linesmen:
Oli Gunnarsson
Timur Iskakov

	0–1	06:24 – de Zwart (Noblesse, Raijmakers)
	0–2	10:16 – Raijmakers (Muizer, Noblesse)
	0–3	11:57 – Geheniau (Noblesse, Flippini)
	0–4	15:12 – Flippini (Cornelder, van den Thillart)
	0–5	22:42 – Andringa (van Mourik, van Belkom) (PP)
	0–6	24:14 – Raijmakers (van Mourik, Topfer)
	0–7	26:02 – Andringa (Versantvoort, van den Thillart)
	0–8	28:47 – van Belkom (van Mourik, Muizer) (PP)
	0–9	31:02 – van Mourik
	0–10	35:25 – van Mourik (van Belkom, van Brunshott)
	0–11	36:00 – van Mourik (Raijmakers, Flippini)
	0–12	39:27 – Versantvoort (van Belkom, Andringa)
	0–13	43:18 – Wilkes (Cornelder, van den Thillart)
	0–14	44:27 – Topfer (Noblesse, de Graaf)
	0–15	49:22 – Raijmakers (Noblesse, de Graaf)
	0–16	51:20 – Muizer (Noblesse)

6 min

Penalties

2 min

16

Shots

63

22 January 2026
16:00

Australia

5–1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 42

Game reference

Thomas Papas

Goalies

Michael Kozlov

Referee:
Jan Leben
Linesmen:
Eathan Arnold
Matija Nikolic

Jerome (Kuleshov, Koudelka) (PP) – 15:49	1–0
Lake (Kuleshov, Koudelka) (PP) – 22:06	2–0
Colev (Hodges, Garas) – 36:09	3–0
Harrow (Jerome) – 48:16	4–0
	4–1	50:58 – Graves (Melnikov, Mueller)
Hodges (Reader, Harrow) (PP) – 54:40	5–1

12 min

Penalties

41 min

35

Shots

42

22 January 2026
19:30

Iceland

4–2
(0–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 872

Game reference

Elvar Sigurdarson

Goalies

Filip Korenic

Referee:
Torjus Brynildsen
Linesmen:
Jung-Oh Chae
Gian Muggli

	0–1	15:28 – Peceric (Banzic, Temunovic) (PP)
Karvelsson (Johannsson, Westin) – 28:37	1–1
Hrolfsson (Karvelsson, Waage) – 41:17	2–1
Egilsson (Bjarnason, Hrolfsson) – 48:39	3–1
	3–2	57:21 – Peceric (Matovic, Martinovic) (PP, EA)
Ingason (Mojzyszek) (ENG) – 59:43	4–2

4 min

Penalties

4 min

22

Shots

32

24 January 2026
12:30

Australia

6–5
(0–2, 0–1, 6–2)

Iceland

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 47

Game reference

Thomas Papas

Goalies

Elvar Sigurdarson

Referee:
Leevan Thiebault
Linesmen:
Eathan Arnold
Matija Nikolic

	0–1	01:57 – Garcia (Bjarnason)
	0–2	09:51 – Johannsson (Egilsson, Garcia)
	0–3	39:36 – Bjorgvinsson (Mojzyszek) (SH)
Lake (Koudelka, Kuleshov) (PP) – 40:22	1–3
Lake (Kuleshov, Jerome) (PP) – 42:56	2–3
	2–4	43:13 – Gudnason (Bjorgvinsson, Steinsen)
	2–5	43:55 – Waage (Karvelsson, Hrolfsson)
Astafiev – 47:07	3–5
Astafiev (Gilchrist, Garas) – 49:40	4–5
Suchler (Jerome, Kuleshov) (PP) – 52:48	5–5
Garas (Ouimette, Lake) – 53:31	6–5

6 min

Penalties

8 min

42

Shots

27

24 January 2026
16:00

Netherlands

6–2
(4–0, 0–1, 2–1)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 51

Game reference

Danylo Douma

Goalies

Michael Kozlov

Referee:
Torjus Brynildsen
Linesmen:
Timur Iskakov
Jozef Tichy

Andringa (Muizer, Versantvoort)– 00:44	1–0
van Mourik – 12:11	2–0
Noblesse (van Belkom, van Mourik) (PP) – 17:10	3–0
Andringa (van Belkom, Keulen) – 18:46	4–0
	4–1	23:20 – Vizelman (Revniaga)
Andringa (van Belkom, Topfer) – 51:42	5–1
	5–2	52:12 – Elkin (Rendell, Vizelman)
Noblesse (van Mourik, Raijmakers) – 55:43	6–2

4 min

Penalties

8 min

54

Shots

29

24 January 2026
19:30

Serbia

4–3
(0–1, 1–1, 3–1)

New Zealand

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,117

Game reference

Filip Korenic

Goalies

Caleb Price

Referee:
Jan Leben
Linesmen:
Oli Gunnarsson
Gian Muggli

	0–1	03:44 – MacDonald
	0–2	27:30 – MacDonald (Rout, Paterson) (PP)
Temunovic (Vujovic, Damnjanovic) – 28:12	1–2
Matic (Jovicic) – 42:29	2–2
Banzic (Vujovic, Matovic) – 47:34	3–2
Brestovac (Martinovic, Banzic) – 57:23	4–2
	4–3	58:42 – Ruski-Jones (EA)

35 min

Penalties

2 min

55

Shots

22

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Jaidy van Mourik	Netherlands	5	7	9	16	+15	2
2	Donny van Belkom	Netherlands	5	3	8	11	+9	0
3	Ivan Kuleshov	Australia	5	3	7	10	–4	0
4	Nikita Zitserman	Israel	5	7	2	9	–4	10
5	Jelle Noblesse	Netherlands	5	4	5	9	+14	0
6	Stijn Andringa	Netherlands	5	5	3	8	+8	0
7	Jan Versantvoort	Netherlands	5	4	3	7	+6	0
8	Bryan Wendijk	Netherlands	3	3	4	7	+7	2
9	Koen Raijmakers	Netherlands	5	3	4	7	+9	0
10	Daniel Koudelka	Australia	5	0	7	7	0	2

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)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Thijs Kivits	Netherlands	120:00	1	97.44	0.50	1
2	Danylo Douma	Netherlands	180:00	2	97.10	0.67	2
3	Michael Kozlov	Israel	291:23	17	89.03	3.50	0
4	Elvar Sigurdarson	Iceland	200:44	15	88.81	4.48	0
5	Filip Korenič	Serbia	298:04	18	88.08	3.62	0

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: Danylo Douma
Defenceman: Daniel Koudelka
Forward: Jaidy van Mourik

Source: IIHF

References

^ Division II A official website, www.iihf.com
^ Division II A statistics, stats.iihf.com
^ ^a ^b "IIHF Divisions World Championships Event Code" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "IIHF - Tournament Info 2026 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP". IIHF. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
^ Division II B official website, www.iihf.com
^ Division II B statistics, stats.iihf.com

External links

Official website of IIHF

[table_hth_NZL0.65228112351721-7] Head-to-head points: New Zealand 3, Iceland 0

[1] Division II A official website, www.iihf.com

[2] Division II A statistics, stats.iihf.com

[tiePDF-3] "IIHF Divisions World Championships Event Code" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved December 25, 2025.

[tieWEB-4] "IIHF - Tournament Info 2026 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP". IIHF. Retrieved December 25, 2025.

[5] Division II B official website, www.iihf.com

[6] Division II B statistics, stats.iihf.com

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