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{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name =IIHF U20 World Championship<br>Division III
| year = 2020
| image = 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III.png
| size = 150 px
| caption = 
| country = Bulgaria
| dates = 13–19 January 2020
| num_teams = 8
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| games = 20
| goals = 134
| type = ihj
| winners = ISL
| second  = AUS
| third   = TUR
| attendance = 5276
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|ISL}} Axel Orongan
| points = 16
| prevseason = [[2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III|2019]]
| nextseason = [[2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III|2021]] (cancelled)
}}
The '''2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III''' consists of two groups of four teams each: the top 2 teams from each division played in the semifinals in a four-team bracket for a chance to play for promotion to Division II B, while the bottom 2 teams in each group played in placement rounds for 5th to 8th place. The Division III tournament was played in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]], from 13 – 19 January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792000_08_1_0.pdf|title=IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div III – Competition schedule|date=26 September 2019|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|access-date=31 December 2019}}</ref> [[Iceland]] won the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wm20iii/news/17697/iceland-triumphs-in-u20-division-iii|title=Iceland triumphs in U20 Division III|last=Tchechankov|first=Ivan|date=20 January 2020|publisher=IIHF.com|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref>

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2000.

==Participants==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team || Qualification
|-
| {{ihj|MEX}} || placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
|-
| {{ihj|AUS}} || placed 2nd in Division III last year
|-
| {{ihj|TUR}} || placed 3rd in Division III last year
|-
| {{ihj|BUL}} || placed 4th in Division III last year
|-
| {{ihj|ISL}} || placed 5th in Division III last year
|-
| {{ihj|TPE}} || placed 6th in Division III last year
|-
| {{ihj|RSA}} || placed 7th in Division III last year
|-
| {{ihj|NZL}} || placed 8th in Division III last year
|}

===Group A===
{| class="wikitable"
|Pos
|Team
|Pld
|W
|OTW
|OTL
|L
|GF
|GA
|GD
|Pts
|Qualification
|-
|1
|{{ih|Iceland}}
|3
|3
|0
|0
|0
|19
|6
|13
|9
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Semifinals
|-
|2
|{{ih|Mexico}}
|3
|2
|0
|0
|1
|12
|7
|5
|6
|-
|3
|{{ih|Bulgaria}} (H)
|3
|1
|0
|0
|2
|8
|11
|−3
|3
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |5–8th place semifinals
|-
|4
|{{ih|New Zealand}}
|3
|0
|0
|0
|3
|3
|18
|−15
|0
|}

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| date        = 13 January 2020
| time        = 17:00
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|MEX}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|NZL}}
| score       = 5–0
| periods     = (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/hydra/792/IHM792A03_74_3_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Jiaqi
| linesman    = {{flagicon|HUN}} Barna Kis-Király
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|BUL}} Vasiliy Vasilev
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 115
| penalties1  = 18
| penalties2  = 10
| shots1      = 37
| shots2      = 14
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 13 January 2020
| time        = 20:30
| bg          = 
| team1       = {{ihj-rt|BUL}}
| team2       = '''{{ihj|ISL}}'''
| score       = 3–4
| periods     = (1–1, 0–2, 2–1)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792A04_74_4_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|RUS}} Anton Gofman
| linesman    = {{flagicon|BLR}} Artsiom Labzov
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Graham Rodger
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 760
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 10
| shots1      = 18
| shots2      = 45
}}
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| date        = 14 January 2020
| time        = 17:00
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|ISL}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|MEX}}
| score       = 5–2
| periods     = (1–0, 3–2, 1–0)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/hydra/792/IHM792A07_74_3_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|FIN}} Sakari Suominen
| linesman    = {{flagicon|ROU}} Imre Fehér
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|BUL}} Kiril Peychinov
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 110
| penalties1  = 20
| penalties2  = 28
| shots1      = 31
| shots2      = 11
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 14 January 2020
| time        = 20:30
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|BUL}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|NZL}}
| score       = 3–2
| periods     = (0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792A08_74_4_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|ROU}} Levente Szilárd Sikó
| linesman    = {{flagicon|AUT}} Christoph Barnthaler
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|ISL}} Sæmundur Leifsson
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 850
| penalties1  = 10
| penalties2  = 33
| shots1      = 26
| shots2      = 12
}}
----
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 16 January 2020
| time        = 13:30
| bg          = 
| team1       = {{ihj-rt|NZL}}
| team2       = '''{{ihj|ISL}}'''
| score       = 1–10
| periods     = (1–4, 0–2, 0–4)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792A10_74_3_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|AUS}} Kent Unwin
| linesman    = {{flagicon|AUT}} Christoph Barnthaler
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|BUL}} Kiril Peychinov
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 65
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 20
| shots1      = 21
| shots2      = 30
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 16 January 2020
| time        = 20:30
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|MEX}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|BUL}}
| score       = 5–2
| periods     = (1–0, 3–0, 1–2)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792A12_74_3_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|AUT}} Patrick Gruber
| linesman    = {{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Yinfeng
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|NED}} Stef Oosterling
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 920
| penalties1  = 16
| penalties2  = 22
| shots1      = 32
| shots2      = 18
}}

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable"
|Pos
|Team
|Pld
|W
|OTW
|OTL
|L
|GF
|GA
|GD
|Pts
|Qualification
|-
|1
|{{ih|Australia}}
|3
|3
|0
|0
|0
|14
|3
|11
|9
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Semifinals
|-
|2
|{{ih|Turkey}}
|3
|2
|0
|0
|1
|11
|4
|7
|6
|-
|3
|{{ih|South Africa}}
|3
|1
|0
|0
|2
|7
|15
|−8
|3
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |5–8th place semifinals
|-
|4
|{{ih|Chinese Taipei}}
|3
|0
|0
|0
|3
|3
|13
|−10
|0
|}

{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 13 January 2020
| time        = 10:00
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|TUR}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|TPE}}
| score       = 3–0
| periods     = (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792B01_74_4_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|ROU}} Levente Szilárd Sikó
| linesman    = {{flagicon|AUT}} Christoph Barnthaler
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|BUL}} Kiril Peychinov
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 120
| penalties1  = 0
| penalties2  = 14
| shots1      = 27
| shots2      = 14
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 13 January 2020
| time        = 13:30
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|AUS}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|RSA}}
| score       = 6–1
| periods     = (0–1, 5–0, 1–0)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792B02_74_4_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|FIN}} Sakari Suominen
| linesman    = {{flagicon|ROU}} Imre Fehér
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|ISL}} Sæmundur Leifsson
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 125
| penalties1  = 14
| penalties2  = 12
| shots1      = 30
| shots2      = 12
}}
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{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 14 January 2020
| time        = 10:00
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|TUR}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|RSA}}
| score       = 6–1
| periods     = (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/hydra/792/IHM792B05_74_3_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|AUS}} Kent Unwin
| linesman    = {{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Yinfeng
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|NED}} Stef Oosterling
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 95
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 32
| shots1      = 32
| shots2      = 12
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 14 January 2020
| time        = 13:30
| bg          = 
| team1       = {{ihj-rt|TPE}}
| team2       = '''{{ihj|AUS}}'''
| score       = 0–5
| periods     = (0–0, 0–4, 0–1)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792B06_74_3_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|AUT}} Patrick Gruber
| linesman    = {{flagicon|BLR}} Artsiom Labzov
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|BUL}} Vasiliy Vasilev
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 85
| penalties1  = 20
| penalties2  = 26
| shots1      = 19
| shots2      = 37
}}
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{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 16 January 2020
| time        = 10:00
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|RSA}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|TPE}}
| score       = 5–3
| periods     = (0–0, 2–2, 3–1)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792B09_74_3_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|RUS}} Anton Gofman
| linesman    = {{flagicon|HUN}} Barna Kis-Király
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|BUL}} Vasiliy Vasilev
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 60
| penalties1  = 34
| penalties2  = 6
| shots1      = 24
| shots2      = 28
}}
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 16 January 2020
| time        = 17:00
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|AUS}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|TUR}}
| score       = 3–2
| periods     = (0–1, 3–0, 0–1)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792B11_74_3_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Jiaqi
| linesman    = {{flagicon|ISL}} Sæmundur Leifsson
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Graham Rodger
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 105
| penalties1  = 12
| penalties2  = 6
| shots1      = 22
| shots2      = 29
}}

==Playoff round==

===5–8th place semifinals===
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 18 January 2020
| time        = 10:00
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|BUL}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|TPE}}
| score       = 8–1
| periods     = (2–1, 1–0, 5–0)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/hydra/792/IHM792213_74_4_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|FIN}} Sakari Suominen
| linesman    = {{flagicon|ROU}} Imre Fehér
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|BLR}} Artsiom Labzov
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 450
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 12
| shots1      = 27
| shots2      = 21
}}
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{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 18 January 2020
| time        = 13:30
| bg          = 
| team1       = {{ihj-rt|RSA}}
| team2       = '''{{ihj|NZL}}'''
| score       = 1–2
| periods     = (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/hydra/792/IHM792214_74_4_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|RUS}} Anton Gofman
| linesman    = {{flagicon|BUL}} Kiril Peychinov
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|BUL}} Vasiliy Vasilev
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 75
| penalties1  = 2
| penalties2  = 8
| shots1      = 27
| shots2      = 16
}}

===Seventh place game===
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 19 January 2020
| time        = 10:00
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|RSA}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|TPE}}
| score       = 4–5 {{small|OT}}
| periods     = (0–1, 2–1, 2–2)<br>(OT: 0–1)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792117_74_5_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|AUS}} Kent Unwin
| linesman    = {{flagicon|ROU}} Imre Fehér
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|ISL}} Sæmundur Leifsson
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 55
| penalties1  = 20
| penalties2  = 24
| shots1      = 27
| shots2      = 19
}}

===Fifth place game===
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 19 January 2020
| time        = 13:30
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|BUL}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|NZL}}
| score       = 6–1
| periods     = (2–0, 2–1, 2–0)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792118_74_5_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Jiaqi
| linesman    = {{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Yinfeng
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|NED}} Stef Oosterling
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 510
| penalties1  = 44
| penalties2  = 12
| shots1      = 27
| shots2      = 29
}}

===Semifinals===
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 18 January 2020
| time        = 17:00
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|AUS}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|MEX}}
| score       = 8–3
| periods     = (3–2,3–0, 2–1)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/hydra/792/IHM792215_74_4_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|ROU}} Levente Szilárd Sikó
| linesman    = {{flagicon|NED}} Stef Oosterling
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Graham Rodger
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 81
| penalties1  = 12
| penalties2  = 22
| shots1      = 24
| shots2      = 20
}}
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{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 18 January 2020
| time        = 20:30
| bg          = 
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|ISL}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|TUR}}
| score       = 5–2
| periods     = (1–1, 4–0, 0–0)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792216_74_4_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Jiaqi
| linesman    = {{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Yinfeng
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|HUN}} Barna Kis-Király
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 95
| penalties1  = 8
| penalties2  = 6
| shots1      = 22
| shots2      = 19
}}

===Bronze medal game===
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 19 January 2020
| time        = 17:00
| bg          = #ffdab9
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|TUR}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|MEX}}
| score       = 4–2
| periods     = (1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792119_74_4_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|FIN}} Sakari Suominen
| linesman    = {{flagicon|HUN}} Barna Kis-Király
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Graham Rodger
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 250
| penalties1  = 14
| penalties2  = 32
| shots1      = 25
| shots2      = 26
}}

===Gold medal game===
{{Ice hockey box
| date        = 19 January 2020
| time        = 20:30
| bg          = #f7F6A8
| team1       = '''{{ihj-rt|ISL}}'''
| team2       = {{ihj|AUS}}
| score       = 4–1
| periods     = 1–0, 2–0, 1–1
| reference   = http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/792/IHM792120_74_3_0.pdf
| official    = {{flagicon|RUS}} Anton Gofman
| linesman    = {{flagicon|AUT}} Christoph Barnthaler
| linesman2   = {{flagicon|BLR}} Artsiom Labzov
| stadium     = [[Winter Sports Palace]], [[Sofia]]
| attendance  = 350
| penalties1  = 22
| penalties2  = 10
| shots1      = 26
| shots2      = 16
}}

==Final ranking==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor=ccffcc| || Promoted to [[2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships#Division II|2021 IIHF U20 Division II B]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! width=170|Team
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| align=center|{{Gold1}} || {{ihj|ISL}}
|-
| align=center|{{Silver2}} || {{ihj|AUS}}
|-
| align=center|{{Bronze3}} || {{ihj|TUR}}
|-
| align=center|4 || {{ihj|MEX}}
|-
| align=center|5 || {{ihj|BUL}}
|-
| align=center|6 || {{ihj|NZL}}
|-
| align=center|7 || {{ihj|TPE}}
|-
| align=center|8 || {{ihj|RSA}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{World Junior Ice Hockey Championships}}
{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:2020 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:IIHF World U20 Championships]]