2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host nation	Iceland
Dates	14–20 January 2019
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	165  (8.25 per game)
Attendance	3,155  (158 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Yan Juncheng

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consisted of eight teams split into two groups of four. The team that won the Division was promoted to Division II B for 2020. It was held from 14 to 20 January 2019.

To be eligible as a junior, a player cannot be born earlier than 1999. Bulgarian forward Miroslav Vasilev became the all-time leading scorer in Division III play with 42 points.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Turkey	placed 6th in Division IIB last year and were relegated
China	placed 2nd in Division III last year
Bulgaria	placed 3rd in Division III last year
Iceland	placed 4th in Division III last year
Australia	placed 5th in Division III last year
New Zealand	placed 6th in Division III last year
South Africa	placed 1st in Division III Qualification last year
Chinese Taipei	placed 2nd in Division III Qualification last year

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	0	1	0	12	10	2	7	Semifinals
2	Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	11	8	3	6
3	Iceland (H)	3	1	1	0	1	11	8	3	5	5–8th place semifinals
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

14 January 2019 17:00

Iceland

5–4 OT (2–1, 1–1, 1–2) (OT: 1–0)

Australia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 532

Game reference
				Referee: Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Gil Haim Tichon
	8 min	Penalties	38 min
	36	Shots	26

14 January 2019 20:30

Turkey

4–1 (3–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 27

Game reference
				Referee: Zsolt Csomortani Linesmen: Óli Gunnarsson Andreas Kroyer
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	54	Shots	18

15 January 2019 17:00

Iceland

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Chinese Taipei

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 350

Game reference
				Referee: Cemal Ersin Kaya Linesmen: Karolis Janušauskas Nicholas Verbruggen
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	53	Shots	21

15 January 2019 20:30

Australia

5–3 (1–0, 0–2, 4–1)

Turkey

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 58

Game reference
				Referee: Christoffer Hurtik Linesmen: Sindri Gunnarson Daniel Sparer
	24 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	21

17 January 2019 10:00

Chinese Taipei

2–3 (0–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Australia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 38

Game reference
				Referee: Zsolt Csomortani Linesmen: Karolis Janušauskas Nicholas Verbruggen
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	53

17 January 2019 17:00

Turkey

4–2 (1–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Iceland

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 400

Game reference
				Referee: Adam Kika Linesmen: Oscar Perez Daniel Sparer
	6 min	Penalties	20 min
	23	Shots	37

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	0	0	32	3	29	9	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	3	2	0	0	1	20	7	13	6
3	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	3	24	−21	3	5–8th place semifinals
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0

14 January 2019 10:00

Bulgaria

10–1 (2–0, 4–1, 4–0)

South Africa

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 53

Game reference
				Referee: Cemal Kaya Linesmen: Sindri Gunnarsson Nicholas Verbruggen
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	36	Shots	22

14 January 2019 13:30

China

12–1 (2–0, 5–0, 5–1)

New Zealand

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 196

Game reference
				Referee: Christoffer Hurtik Linesmen: James Ions Daniel Sparer
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	77	Shots	12

15 January 2019 10:00

Bulgaria

9–0 (3–0, 2–0, 4–0)

New Zealand

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 33

Game reference
				Referee: Wong Chun Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Oscar Perez
	34 min	Penalties	16 min
	42	Shots	21

15 January 2019 13:30

South Africa

1–14 (0–5, 0–6, 1–3)

China

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 45

Game reference
				Referee: Adam Kika Linesmen: Óli Gunnarsson Gil Haim Tichon
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	13	Shots	61

17 January 2019 13:30

New Zealand

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

South Africa

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 42

Game reference
				Referee: Wong Chun Linesmen: Kevin Briganti James Ions
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	31

17 January 2019 20:30

China

6–1 (1–0, 2–1, 3–0)]

Bulgaria

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 143

Game reference
				Referee: Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Andreas Kroyer Gil Haim Tichon
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	51	Shots	19

Placement round

5–8th place semifinals

19 January 2019 10:00

Iceland

11–1 (6–0, 3–0, 2–1)

New Zealand

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 258

Game reference
				Referee: Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: James Ions Oscar Perez
	4 min	Penalties	32 min
	63	Shots	10

19 January 2019 13:30

South Africa

1–7 (0–3, 1–2, 0–2)

Chinese Taipei

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 42

Game reference
				Referee: Cemal Kaya Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Sindri Gunnarsson
			22 min
	36	Shots	31

Seventh place game

20 January 2019 10:00

South Africa

5–3 (3–1, 0–2, 2–0)

New Zealand

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 43

Game reference
				Referee: Adam Kika Linesmen: Karolis Janusauskas Andreas Kroyer
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	31

Fifth place game

20 January 2019 13:30

Iceland

5–3 (2–1, 2–1, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 295

Game reference
				Referee: Wong Chung Linesmen: James Ions Gil Tichon
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	71	Shots	21

Playoff round

Bracket

	Semifinals					Gold medal
	1A	Australia	7
	2B	Bulgaria	4
						1A	Australia	1
						1B	China	5
	1B	China	12
	2A	Turkey	1

Semifinals

19 January 2019 17:00

Australia

7–4 (2–1, 1–2, 4–1)

Bulgaria

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 75

Game reference
				Referee: Adam Kika Linesmen: Andreas Kroyer Daniel Sparer
	2 min	Penalties	40 min
	44	Shots	32

19 January 2019 20:30

China

12–1 (1–1, 5–0, 6–0)

Turkey

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 100

Game reference
				Referee: Christoffer Hurtik Linesmen: Oli Gunnarsson Karolis Janusauskas
	8 min	Penalties	28 min
	55	Shots	21

Bronze medal game

20 January 2019 17:00

Bulgaria

0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Turkey

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 69

Game reference
				Referee: Christoffer Hurtik Linesmen: Oli Gunnarsson Daniel Sparer
	24 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	35

Gold medal game

20 January 2019 20:30

China

5–1

Australia

Laugardalur Arena, Reykjavik Attendance: 356

Game reference
				Referee: Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Nicholas Verbruggen
	41 min	Penalties	36 min
	50	Shots	20

Final ranking

Promoted to 2020 IIHF U20 Division II B

Rank	Team
1 !	China
1 !	Australia
1 !	Turkey
4	Bulgaria
5	Iceland
6	Chinese Taipei
7	South Africa
8	New Zealand

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• IIHF.com

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