2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

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2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Logo for the Competition
Tournament details
Host nation  Turkey
Dates 26 January – 2 February 2023
Teams 8
Venue(s) (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) Flag of Australia Dmitri Kuleshov

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

Team Qualification
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Placed 3rd in 2022 Division III
Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Placed 4th in 2022 Division III
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Placed 5th in 2022 Division III
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia and Herzegovina Placed 6th in 2022 Division III
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan Placed 7th in 2022 Division III
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa Placed 8th in 2022 Division III
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png 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 Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia 3 3 0 0 0 28 6 22 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan 3 2 0 0 1 11 16 −5 6
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand 3 1 0 0 2 9 10 −1 3
4 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 0 3 4 20 −16 0
26 January 2023
10:00
Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 12–4
(3–1, 3–1, 6–2)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
26 January 2023
17:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png 1–6
(0–2, 0–3, 1–1)
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
27 January 2023
10:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png 3–4
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
27 January 2023
17:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg.png 2–6
(0–3, 1–3, 1–0)
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
29 January 2023
10:00
Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 10–0
(1–0, 6–0, 3–0)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
29 January 2023
17:00
Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel 3 3 0 0 0 30 4 26 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 1 10 11 −1 6
3 Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey (H) 3 1 0 0 2 15 14 1 3
4 Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa 3 0 0 0 3 4 30 −26 0


26 January 2023
13:30
Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 16–1
(4–0, 8–1, 4–0)
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
26 January 2023
20:30
Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg.png 3–5
(1–0, 1–2, 1–3)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
27 January 2023
13:30
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 0–8
(0–5, 0–1, 0–2)
Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
27 January 2023
20:30
Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg.png 9–3
(4–2, 1–0, 4–1)
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
29 January 2023
13:30
South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg.png 0–5
(0–1, 0–3, 0–1)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
29 January 2023
20:30
Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 6–3
(5–0, 1–2, 0–1)
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

Playoffs

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

Quarterfinals

January 30, 2023
10:00
Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 28–0
(5–0, 11–0, 12–0)
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
January 30, 2023
13:30
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 6–2
(3–1, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
January 30, 2023
17:00
Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 10–0
(4–0, 3–0, 3–0)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
January 30, 2023
20:30
Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png 1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

Semifinals

1 February 2023
17:00
Australia Flag of Australia.svg.png 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
1 February 2023
20:30
Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 6–4
(1–1, 3–1, 2–2)
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

7th place match

1 February 2023
13:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png 7–3
(6–0, 1–1, 0–2)
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

5th place match

2 February 2023
13:30
Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png 2–3
(1–0, 0–0, 1–3)
Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

3rd place match

2 February 2023
17:00
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 8–3
(3–1, 3–2, 2–0)
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

Final

2 February 2023
20:30
Israel Flag of Israel.svg.png 1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

Final standings

Rank Team
1 Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia
1 Flag of Israel.svg.png Israel
1 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria
4 Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg.png New Zealand
6 Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan
7 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia and Herzegovina
8 Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa
Promoted to the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Division II B

References

World Junior Championships
IIHF World U20 Championship (1974-)

Soviet Union 1974 - Canada 1975 - Finland 1976 - Czechoslovakia 1977 - Canada 1978 - Sweden 1979 - Finland 1980 - West Germany 1981 - United States 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

IIHF World U18 Championship (1999-)

Germany 1999 - Switzerland 2000 - Finland 2001 - Slovakia 2002 - Russia 2003 - Belarus 2004 - Czech Republic 2005 - Sweden 2006 - Finland 2007 - Russia 2008 - United States 2009 - Belarus 2010 - Germany 2011 - Czech Republic 2012 - Russia 2013 - Finland 2014 = Switzerland 2015 - United States 2016 - Slovakia 2017 - Russia 2018 - Sweden 2019 - United States 2020 - United States 2021 - Germany 2022 - Switzerland 2023 - Finland 2024

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