2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
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Tournament details
Host country Turkey
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates26 January – 2 February 2023
Teams8
Tournament statistics
Games played22
Goals scored207 (9.41 per game)
Attendance5,182 (236 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Australia Dmitri Kuleshov (29 points)

The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1][2] It consisted of one pool of eight teams separated into groups A and B. The winner of this tournament will be promoted to the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II Group B.

To be eligible as a junior player in this tournament, a player cannot be born earlier than 2003.

Participating teams

TeamQualification
 AustraliaPlaced 3rd in 2022 Division III
 IsraelPlaced 4th in 2022 Division III
 TurkeyPlaced 5th in 2022 Division III
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaPlaced 6th in 2022 Division III
 KyrgyzstanPlaced 7th in 2022 Division III
 South AfricaPlaced 8th in 2022 Division III
 BulgariaReturned to World Championship for first time since 2020
 New ZealandReturned to World Championship for first time since 2020

Match officials

Five referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees
  • Australia Nicholas Air
  • Turkey Murat Aygun
  • Slovenia Bostjan Groznik
  • Chinese Taipei Yen-Chin Shen
  • Netherlands Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen
  • Turkey Berkay Aslanbey
  • Turkey Ferhat Dogus Aygun
  • Belgium Thibo Christiaens
  • China Yunjie Cui
  • Australia John Dow
  • Turkey Taha Kavlakoglu
  • Romania Aron Magyar
  • Mexico Sem Ramirez
  • Latvia Kaspars Sirins
  • Hong Kong Chun Hang Wong

First round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 0 28 6 +22 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Kyrgyzstan 3 2 0 0 1 11 16 −5 6
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 0 2 9 10 −1 3
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 0 3 4 20 −16 0
Source: IIHF
26 January 2023
10:00		Australia 12–4
(3–1, 3–1, 6–2)		 KyrgyzstanZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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26 January 2023
17:00		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–6
(0–2, 0–3, 1–1)		 New ZealandZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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27 January 2023
10:00		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–4
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1)		 KyrgyzstanZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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27 January 2023
17:00		New Zealand 2–6
(0–3, 1–3, 1–0)		 AustraliaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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29 January 2023
10:00		Australia 10–0
(1–0, 6–0, 3–0)		 Bosnia and HerzegovinaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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29 January 2023
17:00		Kyrgyzstan 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 New ZealandZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 3 3 0 0 0 30 4 +26 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 1 10 11 −1 6
3  Turkey (H) 3 1 0 0 2 15 14 +1 3
4  South Africa 3 0 0 0 3 4 30 −26 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
26 January 2023
13:30		Israel 16–1
(4–0, 8–1, 4–0)		 South AfricaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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26 January 2023
20:30		Turkey 3–5
(1–0, 1–2, 1–3)		 BulgariaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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27 January 2023
13:30		Bulgaria 0–8
(0–5, 0–1, 0–2)		 IsraelZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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27 January 2023
20:30		Turkey 9–3
(4–2, 1–0, 4–1)		 South AfricaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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29 January 2023
13:30		South Africa 0–5
(0–1, 0–3, 0–1)		 BulgariaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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29 January 2023
20:30		Israel 6–3
(5–0, 1–2, 0–1)		 TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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Playoffs

All teams enter the quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 30 January
 
 
A1
 Australia		28
 
1 February
 
B4
 South Africa		0
 
1
 Israel		6
 
 30 January
 
5
 Turkey		4
 
B1
 Israel		10
 
2 February
 
A4
 Bosnia and Herzegovina		0
 
1
 Israel		1
 
 30 January
 
2
 Australia		4
 
A2
 Kyrgyzstan		1
 
1 February
 
B3
 Turkey		3
 
2
 Australia		4
 
 30 January
 
3
 Bulgaria		1 3rd place match
 
B2
 Bulgaria		6
 
2 February
 
A3
 New Zealand		2
 
3
 Bulgaria		8
 
 
5
 Turkey		3
 

Quarterfinals

January 30, 2023
10:00		Australia 28–0
(5–0, 11–0, 12–0)		 South AfricaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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January 30, 2023
13:30		Bulgaria 6–2
(3–1, 1–0, 2–1)		 New ZealandZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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January 30, 2023
17:00		Israel 10–0
(4–0, 3–0, 3–0)		 Bosnia and HerzegovinaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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January 30, 2023
20:30		Kyrgyzstan 1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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Semifinals

1 February 2023
17:00		Australia 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 BulgariaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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1 February 2023
20:30		Israel 6–4
(1–1, 3–1, 2–2)		 TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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7th place match

1 February 2023
13:30		Bosnia and Herzegovina 7–3
(6–0, 1–1, 0–2)		 South AfricaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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5th place match

2 February 2023
13:30		Kyrgyzstan 2–3
(1–0, 0–0, 1–3)		 New ZealandZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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3rd place match

2 February 2023
17:00		Bulgaria 8–3
(3–1, 3–2, 2–0)		 TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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Final

2 February 2023
20:30		Israel 1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)		 AustraliaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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Final standings

RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Israel
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bulgaria
4 Turkey
5 New Zealand
6 Kyrgyzstan
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 South Africa
Promoted to the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Division II B

References

  1. ↑ "IIHF - 2023 Ice Hockey U20 World Championships Division III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ↑ 2023 Division III statistics
  3. ↑ IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III – Competition officials
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