IIHF World U20 Championship Division II

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IIHF World U20 Championship Division II
Most recent season or competition:
2024 IIHF U20 World Championship Division II
FormerlyC-series (1983–2000)
SportIce hockey
Founded1979 (C-series)
2001 (Division II)
No. of teams12
Most recent
champion(s)
 South Korea (Group A)
 China (Group B)
Most titles Japan (6 titles)
Promotion toDivision I
Relegation toDivision III
Official websiteIIHF.com

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]

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

Results[edit]

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 team
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,  South Korea  Croatia,  Netherlands No relegated team No relegated team
2023  Croatia  China  Romania  Mexico
2024  South Korea  Romania  Spain  Chinese Taipei

Pool C[edit]

Champions (1983–2000)[edit]

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[edit]

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