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{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name =IIHF U20 World Championship<br>Division III
| year = 2017
| image = 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III.png
| size = 130
| caption = 
| country = New Zealand
| dates = 16–22 January 2017
| num_teams = 8
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| games  = 20
| goals  = 148
| attendance = 3105
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|CHN}} Rudi Ying
| points = 19
| prevseason = [[2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III|2016]]
| nextseason = [[2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III|2018]]
}}

The '''2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III''' tournament was played in [[Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]], from 16 to 22 January 2017.<ref>[http://webarchive.iihf.com/competition/596/statistics/ Tournament statistics]</ref> Division III represents the sixth tier of the [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. The winners – Turkey – were promoted to Division II B for the 2018 tournament. Chinese Taipei returned after a five-year absence. With an increase of teams for [[2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III|2018]], the two bottom-place teams, South Africa and Chinese Taipei, were afterwards moved to a Division III Qualification tournament.

==Participants==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
|{{ihj|CHN}}
|finished 6th in 2016 Division II B and were relegated
|-
|{{ihj|BUL}}
|finished 2nd in 2016
|-
|{{ihj|NZL}}
|finished 3rd in 2016
|-
|{{ihj|ISR}}
|finished 4th in 2016
|-
|{{ihj|ISL}}
|finished 5th in 2016
|-
|{{ihj|TUR}}
|finished 6th in 2016
|-
|{{ihj|RSA}}
|finished 7th in 2016
|-
|{{ihj|TPE}}
|last participated in [[2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III|2011]]
|}

== Results ==

=== Preliminary round ===

====Format====
The two best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the semi-finals, while two last placed teams from both groups play for final placement.

====Group A====
{| class="wikitable"
|Pos
|Team
|Pld
|W
|OTW
|OTL
|L
|GF
|GA
|GD
|Pts
|Qualification
|-
|1
|{{ih|China}}
|3
|3
|0
|0
|0
|19
|8
|11
|9
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Advance to Semifinals
|-
|2
|{{ih|Iceland}}
|3
|2
|0
|0
|1
|11
|6
|5
|6
|-
|3
|{{ih|Israel}}
|3
|1
|0
|0
|2
|7
|9
|−2
|3
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |
|-
|4
|{{ih|Chinese Taipei}}
|3
|0
|0
|0
|3
|5
|19
|−14
|0
|}

{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 16 January 2017
| time        = 10:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|CHN}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|TPE}}
| score       = 9–3
| periods     = (5–2, 3–0, 1–1)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596A03_74_4_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 16
| penalties2  = 4
| shots1      = 53
| shots2      = 17
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 16 January 2017
| time        = 17:00
| team1       = {{ihj-rt|ISR}}
| team2       = '''{{ihj|ISL}}'''
| score       = 0–3
| periods     = (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596A02_74_5_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 8
| shots1      = 18
| shots2      = 33
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 17 January 2017
| time        = 10:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|ISR}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|TPE}}
| score       = 3–0
| periods     = (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596A05_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 6
| penalties2  = 6
| shots1      = 37
| shots2      = 26
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 17 January 2017
| time        = 17:00
| team1       = {{ihj-rt|ISL}}
| team2       = '''{{ihj|CHN}}'''
| score       = 1–4
| periods     = (1–1, 0–0, 0–3)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596A07_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 18
| penalties2  = 18
| shots1      = 28
| shots2      = 35
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 19 January 2017
| time        = 10:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ihj-rt|TPE}}
| team2       = '''{{ihj|ISL}}'''
| score       = 2–7
| periods     = (0–2, 1–5, 1–0)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596A09_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 14
| penalties2  = 14
| shots1      = 18
| shots2      = 60
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 19 January 2017
| time        = 17:00
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|CHN}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|ISR}}
| score       = 6–4
| periods     = (3–1, 1–1, 2–2)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596A11_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 10
| penalties2  = 10
| shots1      = 47
| shots2      = 20
}}

====Group B====
{| class="wikitable"
|Pos
|Team
|Pld
|W
|OTW
|OTL
|L
|GF
|GA
|GD
|Pts
|Qualification
|-
|1
|{{ih|Turkey}}
|3
|3
|0
|0
|0
|20
|5
|15
|9
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Advance to Semifinals
|-
|2
|{{ih|New Zealand}}
|3
|2
|0
|0
|1
|12
|12
|0
|6
|-
|3
|{{ih|Bulgaria}}
|3
|1
|0
|0
|2
|10
|15
|−5
|3
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |
|-
|4
|{{ih|South Africa}}
|3
|0
|0
|0
|3
|4
|14
|−10
|0
|}

{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 16 January 2017
| time        = 13:30
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|BUL}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|RSA}}
| score       = 5–2
| periods     = (2–1, 1–1, 2–0)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596B01_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 14
| penalties2  = 18
| shots1      = 37
| shots2      = 23
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 16 January 2017
| time        = 20:30
| team1       = {{ihj-rt|NZL}}
| team2       = '''{{ihj|TUR}}'''
| score       = 4–6
| periods     = (1–3, 1–2, 2–1)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596B04_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 200
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 4
| shots1      = 13
| shots2      = 21
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 17 January 2017
| time        = 13:30
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|TUR}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|BUL}}
| score       = 8–1
| periods     = (2–0, 2–0, 4–1)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596B06_74_5_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 12
| penalties2  = 20
| shots1      = 54
| shots2      = 18
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 17 January 2017
| time        = 20:30
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|NZL}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|RSA}}
| score       = 3–2
| periods     = (2–2, 0–0, 1–0)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596B08_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 200
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 31
| shots1      = 41
| shots2      = 19
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 19 January 2017
| time        = 13:30
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ihj-rt|RSA}}
| team2       = '''{{ihj|TUR}}'''
| score       = 0–6
| periods     = (0–1, 0–2, 0–3)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596B10_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 16
| penalties2  = 6
| shots1      = 10
| shots2      = 55
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 19 January 2017
| time        = 20:30
| team1       = {{ihj-rt|BUL}}
| team2       = '''{{ihj|NZL}}'''
| score       = 4–5
| periods     = (0–3, 3–0, 1–2)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596B12_74_1_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 230
| penalties1  = 67
| penalties2  = 34
| shots1      = 26
| shots2      = 46
}}

===Playoff round===
==== Semifinals ====

{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 21 January 2017
| time        = 10:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|ISR}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|RSA}}
| score       = 9–0
| periods     = (0–0, 5–0, 4–0)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596213_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 6
| shots1      = 47
| shots2      = 13
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 21 January 2017
| time        = 13:30
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|BUL}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|TPE}}
| score       = 6–1
| periods     = (3–0, 2–0, 1–1)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596214_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 16
| penalties2  = 4
| shots1      = 40
| shots2      = 36
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 21 January 2017
| time        = 17:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|TUR}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|ISL}}
| score       = 3–2
| periods     = (0–1, 0–1, 3–0)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596215_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 150
| penalties1  = 18
| penalties2  = 18
| shots1      = 28
| shots2      = 28
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 21 January 2017
| time        = 20:30
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|CHN}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|NZL}}
| score       = 11–2
| periods     = (4–0, 1–2, 6–0)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596216_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 400
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 10
| shots1      = 58
| shots2      = 15
}}

====7th place game====
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 22 January 2017
| time        = 10:00
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = {{ihj-rt|RSA}}
| team2       = '''{{ihj|TPE}}'''
| score       = 1–7
| periods     = (0–2, 1–2, 0–3)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596117_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 22
| penalties2  = 12
| shots1      = 18
| shots2      = 34
}}

====5th place game====
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 22 January 2017
| time        = 13:30
| bg          = #eeffff
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|ISR}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|BUL}}
| score       = 3–2
| periods     = (2–0, 0–0, 1–2)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596118_74_2_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 100
| penalties1  = 10
| penalties2  = 14
| shots1      = 22
| shots2      = 37
}}

====Bronze medal game====
{{Ice hockey box
| bg = #ffdab9
| date        = 22 January 2017
| time        = 17:00
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|ISL}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|NZL}}
| score       = 10–0
| periods     = (0–0, 5–0, 5–0)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596119_74_3_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 275
| penalties1  = 6
| penalties2  = 16
| shots1      = 63
| shots2      = 20
}}

====Final====
{{Ice hockey box
| bg = #F7F6A8
| date        = 22 January 2017
| time        = 20:30
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|TUR}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|CHN}}
| score       = 2–1
| periods     = (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
| reference   = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/596/IHM596120_74_4_0.pdf
| stadium     = [[Dunedin Ice Stadium]]
| attendance  = 350
| penalties1  = 4
| penalties2  = 4
| shots1      = 25
| shots2      = 31
}}

==Final ranking==
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank !!width=170|Team!!Result
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=center|{{Gold1}}||{{ihj|TUR}}||Promoted to [[2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II|2018 IIHF U20 Division II B]]
|-
|align=center|{{Silver2}}||{{ihj|CHN}}
|-
|align=center|{{Bronze3}}||{{ihj|ISL}}
|-
|align=center|4||{{ihj|NZL}}
|-
|align=center|5||{{ihj|ISR}}
|-
|align=center|6||{{ihj|BUL}}
|-
|align=center|7||{{ihj|TPE}}
|-
|align=center|8||{{ihj|RSA}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/home.html IIHF.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181021193027/https://2017.u20icehockey.com/ Official site]

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