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{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name = IIHF Women's World Championship Division III
| year = 2020
| image = 2020 IIHF World Women's Championship Div III.png
| size = 200
| country = Bulgaria
| dates = 4–10 December 2019
| num_teams = 6
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| games = 15
| goals = 91
| attendance = {{#expr: 233 + 280 + 410 + 35 + 231 + 310 + 150 + 220 + 310 + 35 + 150 + 360 + 150 + 250 + 180}}
| scoring_leader = {{ihwicon|LTU}} Klara Miuller
| points = 10
| mvp = 
| website = [https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wwiii Website]
| nextseason = [[2021 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III|2021]] (cancelled)
}}

The '''2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III''' was an international [[ice hockey]] tournament organised by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]].

The tournament was held in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]], from 4 to 10 December 2019.<ref>[https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wwiii Division III website]</ref>

South Africa won the tournament and were promoted to Division II.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wwiii/news/16572/first-triumph-for-south-african-women|title=First triumph for South African women|date=11 December 2019|work=iihf.com}}</ref>

==Participants==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
|{{ihw|ROU}}
|Placed 6th in Division II B previous year and was relegated.
|-
|{{ihw|BEL}}
|Placed 2nd in Division II B Q previous year.
|-
|{{ihw|RSA}}
|Placed 3rd in Division II B Q previous year.
|-
|{{ihw|HKG}}
|Placed 4th in Division II B Q previous year.
|-
|{{ihw|BUL}}
|'''Host''', placed 5th in Division II B Q previous year.
|-
|{{ihw|LTU}}
||First time participating in tournament.
|}

==Final standings==
{| class="wikitable"
|Pos
|Team
|Pld
|W
|OTW
|OTL
|L
|GF
|GA
|GD
|Pts
|Promotion
|-
|1
|{{ih|South Africa}}
|5
|4
|0
|0
|1
|16
|18
|−2
|12
|Promoted to the 2021 Division II B
|-
|2
|{{ih|Belgium}}
|5
|3
|0
|0
|2
|22
|13
|9
|9
| colspan="1" rowspan="5" |
|-
|3
|{{ih|Romania}}
|5
|2
|1
|1
|1
|22
|15
|7
|9
|-
|4
|{{ih|Bulgaria}} (H)
|5
|2
|1
|0
|2
|14
|10
|4
|8
|-
|5
|{{ih|Lithuania}}
|5
|2
|0
|0
|3
|13
|14
|−1
|6
|-
|6
|{{ih|Hong Kong}}
|5
|0
|0
|1
|4
|4
|21
|−17
|1
|}

==Results==

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|bg         = 
|date       = 4 December 2019
|time       = 13:00
|team1      = {{ihw-rt|RSA}}
|team2      = '''{{ihw|ROU}}'''
|score      = 4–11
|periods    = (1–4, 0–5, 3–2)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 233
|official   = {{flagicon|USA}} Laura White
|linesman   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Aino Härkönen
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|SUI}} Michelle Müller
|reference  = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/855/IHW855901_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 4
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 19
|shots2     = 27
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 4 December 2019
|time       = 16:30
|team1      = '''{{ihw-rt|LTU}}'''
|team2      = {{ihw|HKG}}
|score      = 4–1
|periods    = (2–1, 0–0, 2–0)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 280
|official   = {{flagicon|NOR}} Rita Rygh
|linesman   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Beresford
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|NOR}} Nina Refset
|reference  = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/855/IHW855902_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 15
|shots2     = 32
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 4 December 2019
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = '''{{ihw-rt|BEL}}'''
|team2      = {{ihw|BUL}}
|score      = 4–2
|periods    = (2–0, 1–2, 1–0)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 410
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Shauna Neary
|linesman   = {{flagicon|RUS}} Yulia Lavelina
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|BLR}} Anastasia Tanasevich
|reference  = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/855/IHW855903_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 35
|shots2     = 13
}}
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{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 5 December 2019
|time       = 13:00
|team1      = '''{{ihw-rt|ROU}}'''
|team2      = {{ihw|HKG}}
|score      = 2–1 {{small|OT}}
|periods    = (0–0, 1–1, 0–0)<br>(OT: 1–0)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 35
|official   = {{flagicon|AUS}} Gabrielle Aston
|linesman   = {{flagicon|SVN}} Ines Confidenti
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|NOR}} Nina Refset
|reference  = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/855/IHW855904_74_3_2.pdf
|penalties1 = 24
|penalties2 = 24
|shots1     = 27
|shots2     = 14
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 5 December 2019
|time       = 16:30
|team1      = {{ihw-rt|BEL}}
|team2      = '''{{ihw|RSA}}'''
|score      = 3–4
|periods    = (2–1, 1–1, 0–2)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 231
|official   = {{flagicon|USA}} Laura White
|linesman   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Beresford
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|BLR}} Anastasia Tanasevich
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/855/IHW855905_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 2
|shots1     = 29
|shots2     = 18
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 5 December 2019
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = '''{{ihw-rt|BUL}}'''
|team2      = {{ihw|LTU}}
|score      = 2–1
|periods    = (0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 310
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Shauna Neary
|linesman   = {{flagicon|RUS}} Yulia Lavelina
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|SUI}} Michelle Müller
|reference  = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/855/IHW855906_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 4
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 45
|shots2     = 16
}}
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{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 7 December 2019
|time       = 13:00
|team1      = {{ihw-rt|BEL}}
|team2      = '''{{ihw|LTU}}'''
|score      = 3–4
|periods    = (2–1, 0–1, 1–2)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 150
|official   = {{flagicon|AUS}} Gabrielle Aston
|linesman   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Beresford
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Yulia Lavelina
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/855/IHW855907_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 2
|penalties2 = 2
|shots1     = 38
|shots2     = 8
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 7 December 2019
|time       = 16:30
|team1      = '''{{ihw-rt|RSA}}'''
|team2      = {{ihw|HKG}}
|score      = 2–1
|periods    = (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 220
|official   = {{flagicon|NOR}} Rita Rygh
|linesman   = {{flagicon|SVN}} Ines Confidenti
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|FIN}} Aino Härkönen
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/855/IHW855908_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 16
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 19
|shots2     = 11
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 7 December 2019
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{ihw-rt|ROU}}
|team2      = '''{{ihw|BUL}}'''
|score      = 3–4 {{small|OT}}
|periods    = (0–1, 3–1, 0–1)<br>(OT: 0–1)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 310
|official   = {{flagicon|USA}} Laura White
|linesman   = {{flagicon|SUI}} Michelle Müller
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|NOR}} Nina Refset
|reference  = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/855/IHW855909_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 26
|penalties2 = 35
|shots1     = 23
|shots2     = 27
}}
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{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 8 December 2019
|time       = 13:00
|team1      = {{ihw-rt|HKG}}
|team2      = '''{{ihw|BEL}}'''
|score      = 1–8
|periods    = (0–2, 1–6, 0–0)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 35
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Shauna Neary
|linesman   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Aino Härkönen
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|BLR}} Anastasia Tanasevich
|reference  = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/855/IHW855910_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 12
|shots1     = 4
|shots2     = 37
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 8 December 2019
|time       = 16:30
|team1      = {{ihw-rt|LTU}}
|team2      = '''{{ihw|ROU}}'''
|score      = 2–4
|periods    = (0–1, 1–0, 1–3)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 150
|official   = {{flagicon|AUS}} Gabrielle Aston
|linesman   = {{flagicon|SVN}} Ines Confidenti
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Yulia Lavelina
|reference  = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/855/IHW855911_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 14
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 10
|shots2     = 34
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 8 December 2019
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{ihw-rt|BUL}}
|team2      = '''{{ihw|RSA}}'''
|score      = 1–2
|periods    = (1–0, 0–0, 0–2)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 360
|official   = {{flagicon|NOR}} Rita Rygh
|linesman   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Beresford
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|SUI}} Michelle Müller
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/855/IHW855912_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 24
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 22
|shots2     = 20
}}
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{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 10 December 2019
|time       = 13:00
|team1      = '''{{ihw-rt|RSA}}'''
|team2      = {{ihw|LTU}}
|score      = 4–2
|periods    = (1–1, 2–1, 1–0)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 150
|official   = {{flagicon|USA}} Laura White 
|linesman   = {{flagicon|SLO}} Ines Confidenti 
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|BLR}} Anastasiya Tanasevich 
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/855/IHW855913_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 2
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 43
|shots2     = 9
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 10 December 2019
|time       = 16:30
|team1      = {{ihw-rt|HKG}}
|team2      = '''{{ihw|BUL}}'''
|score      = 0–5
|periods    = (0–1, 0–3, 0–1)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 250
|official   = {{flagicon|NOR}} Rita Rygh
|linesman   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Lorna Beresford
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|NOR}} Nina Refset
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/855/IHW855914_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 16
|shots1     = 8
|shots2     = 23
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = 
|date       = 10 December 2019
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{ihw-rt|ROU}}
|team2      = '''{{ihw|BEL}}'''
|score      = 2–4
|periods    = (1–1, 0–3, 1–0)
|stadium    = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 180
|official   = {{flagicon|CAN}} Shauna Neary
|linesman   = {{flagicon|FIN}} Aino Härkönen
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|RUS}} Yulia Lavelina
|reference  = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/855/IHW855915_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 24
|shots2     = 15
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.iihf.com Official website of IIHF]
{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:2020 in ice hockey|World Ice Hockey Championships - Women's]]
[[Category:IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championships]]