2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	26 January – 2 February 2023
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played	22
Goals scored	207  (9.41 per game)
Attendance	5,182  (236 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Dmitri Kuleshov

The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 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

Team	Qualification
Australia	Placed 3rd in 2022 Division III
Israel	Placed 4th in 2022 Division III
Turkey	Placed 5th in 2022 Division III
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Placed 6th in 2022 Division III
Kyrgyzstan	Placed 7th in 2022 Division III
South Africa	Placed 8th in 2022 Division III
Bulgaria	Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020
New Zealand	Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020

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

26 January 2023 10:00

Australia

12–4 (3–1, 3–1, 6–2)

Kyrgyzstan

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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26 January 2023 17:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–6 (0–2, 0–3, 1–1)

New Zealand

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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27 January 2023 10:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3–4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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27 January 2023 17:00

New Zealand

2–6 (0–3, 1–3, 1–0)

Australia

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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29 January 2023 10:00

Australia

10–0 (1–0, 6–0, 3–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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29 January 2023 17:00

Kyrgyzstan

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

New Zealand

Zeytinburnu 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

26 January 2023 13:30

Israel

16–1 (4–0, 8–1, 4–0)

South Africa

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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26 January 2023 20:30

Turkey

3–5 (1–0, 1–2, 1–3)

Bulgaria

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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27 January 2023 13:30

Bulgaria

0–8 (0–5, 0–1, 0–2)

Israel

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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27 January 2023 20:30

Turkey

9–3 (4–2, 1–0, 4–1)

South Africa

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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29 January 2023 13:30

South Africa

0–5 (0–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Bulgaria

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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29 January 2023 20:30

Israel

6–3 (5–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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Playoffs

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

Quarterfinals

January 30, 2023 10:00

Australia

28–0 (5–0, 11–0, 12–0)

South Africa

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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January 30, 2023 13:30

Bulgaria

6–2 (3–1, 1–0, 2–1)

New Zealand

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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January 30, 2023 17:00

Israel

10–0 (4–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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January 30, 2023 20:30

Kyrgyzstan

1–3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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Semifinals

1 February 2023 17:00

Australia

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Bulgaria

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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1 February 2023 20:30

Israel

6–4 (1–1, 3–1, 2–2)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu 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 Africa

Zeytinburnu 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 Zealand

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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3rd place match

2 February 2023 17:00

Bulgaria

8–3 (3–1, 3–2, 2–0)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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Final

2 February 2023 20:30

Israel

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Australia

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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Final standings

Rank	Team
1 !	Australia
1 !	Israel
1 !	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

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