IIHF World U20 Championship Division II

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IIHF World U20 Championship Division IIUpcoming season or competition:
2025 IIHF U20 World Championship Division II

Formerly| C-series (1983–2000)
Sport| Ice hockey
Founded| 1983 (C-series)
2001 (Division II)
No. of teams| 12
Most recent
champion(s)|  South Korea (Group A)
China (Group B)
Most titles|  Japan (6 titles)
Promotion to| Division I
Relegation to| Division III
Official website| IIHF.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

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Year  | Promoted  | Relegated

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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
2025 |  |  |  |

## Pool C

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### Champions (1983–2000)

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Year  | National team

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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

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

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IIHF World Junior Championships

Current champions (2024):  United States

2025 Championship teams|

* Canada
* Czechia
* Finland
* Germany
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Slovakia
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United States

Championships|

* Soviet Union 1974 (unofficial)
* Canada 1975 (unofficial)
* Finland 1976 (unofficial)
* Czechoslovakia 1977
* Canada 1978
* Sweden 1979
* Finland 1980
* West Germany 1981
* United States/Canada 1982
* Soviet Union 1983
* Sweden 1984
* Finland 1985
* Canada 1986
* Czechoslovakia 1987
* Soviet Union 1988
* United States 1989
* Finland 1990
* Canada 1991
* Germany 1992
* Sweden 1993
* Czech Republic 1994
* Canada 1995
* United States 1996
* Switzerland 1997
* Finland 1998
* Canada 1999
* Sweden 2000
* Russia 2001
* Czech Republic 2002
* Canada 2003
* Finland 2004
* United States 2005
* Canada 2006
* Sweden 2007
* Czech Republic 2008
* Canada 2009
* Canada 2010
* United States 2011
* Canada 2012
* Russia 2013
* Sweden 2014
* Canada 2015
* Finland 2016
* Canada 2017
* United States 2018
* Canada 2019
* Czech Republic 2020
* Canada 2021
* Canada 2022
* Canada 2023
* Sweden 2024
* Canada 2025
* United States 2026
* Canada 2027

Rosters|

* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Division I|

* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Division II|

* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Division III|

* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* ~~2009~~
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

* Medalists
* Finals
* Directorate award winners
* Media All-Star Teams
* Players for Canada
* Punch-up in Piestany
* Team Canada New Year's Eve Game

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