2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

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2020 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates13–19 January 2020
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Iceland
Runner-up  Australia
Third place  Turkey
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored134 (6.7 per game)
Attendance5,276 (264 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Iceland Axel Orongan (16 points)
Websitewww.iihf.com
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The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 to 19 January 2020.[1][2] Eight teams participated in the competition; they were drawn into two preliminary round groups of four: the top two teams from each group played in the semifinals in a four-team bracket for a chance to play for promotion to Division II B, while the bottom two teams in each group played in placement rounds for 5th to 8th place. Iceland won the tournament.[3]

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

Participating teams[edit]

Team Qualification
 Mexico placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
 Australia placed 2nd in Division III last year
 Turkey placed 3rd in Division III last year
 Bulgaria hosts; placed 4th in Division III last year
 Iceland placed 5th in Division III last year
 Chinese Taipei placed 6th in Division III last year
 South Africa placed 7th in Division III last year
 New Zealand placed 8th in Division III last year

Match officials[edit]

Six referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Preliminary round[edit]

Division III Venue
Sofia
Winter Sports Palace
Capacity: 4,600

All times are local (Eastern European TimeUTC+2).

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iceland 3 3 0 0 0 19 6 +13 9 Semifinals
2  Mexico 3 2 0 0 1 12 7 +5 6
3  Bulgaria (H) 3 1 0 0 2 8 11 −3 3 5th–8th place playoffs
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
13 January 2020
17:00
Mexico 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 115
Game reference
Marcello de AntunanoGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
China Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
Bulgaria Vasiliy Vasilev
Hagerman (Dunn, Linares) (PP) – 09:591–0
Dunn – 28:552–0
Dunn (Sánchez, Tapia) – 30:283–0
Sánchez (Dunn, Tapia) – 45:384–0
Dunn – 49:095–0
18 minPenalties10 min
37Shots14
13 January 2020
20:30
Bulgaria 3–4
(1–1, 0–2, 2–1)
 IcelandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 760
Game reference
Ivan StoynovGoaliesJóhann RagnarssonReferee:
Russia Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
Belarus Artsiom Labzov
United Kingdom Graham Rodger
Vasilev – 08:271–0
1–117:37 – Magnússon (Árnason)
1–226:04 – Atlason
1–336:03 – Árnason (Orongan)
Vasilev (PP) – 41:122–3
Vachkov (EA) – 59:423–3
3–459:59 – Rúnarsson
8 minPenalties10 min
18Shots45

14 January 2020
17:00
Iceland 5–2
(1–0, 3–2, 1–0)
 MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 110
Game reference
Jóhann RagnarssonGoaliesSantiago GómezReferee:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
Romania Imre Fehér
Bulgaria Kiril Peychinov
Atlason (Orongan) – 12:191–0
Orongan – 20:192–0
Arason (Magnússon, Atlason) – 28:513–0
Sveinsson (Orongan, Kristveigarson (PP) – 29:524–0
4–131:06 – Rullan (Hagerman)
4–239:52 – Olvera (Hagerman, Linares)
Kristveigarson (Atlason, Orongan) (ENG) – 59:495–2
20 minPenalties28 min
31Shots11
14 January 2020
20:30
Bulgaria 3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)
 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 850
Game reference
Ivan StoynovGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
Romania Levente Szilárd Sikó
Linesmen:
Austria Christoph Barnthaler
Iceland Sæmundur Leifsson
Vasilev (Vachkov, Tomov) – 21:501–0
Ivanov (Nakov) – 25:362–0
2–135:25 – Robbie (Martinoli)
2–241:19 – Martinoli (Reid)
Dzhorov – 44:543–2
10 minPenalties33 min
26Shots12

16 January 2020
13:30
New Zealand 1–10
(1–4, 0–2, 0–4)
 IcelandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 65
Game reference
Rhett WilsonGoaliesJohann RagnarssonReferee:
Australia Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
Austria Christoph Barnthaler
Bulgaria Kiril Peychinov
Audas (Flight) – 02:021–0
1–104:35 – Kristveigarson (V. Arason, Magnússon)
1–206:08 – Orongan (SH2)
1–314:13 – Sveinsson (Grant, Ólafarson) (PP)
1–419:39 – Orongan
1–520:49 – Orongan (G. Arason)
1–633:05 – Skulason (Magnusson, Gunnarsson)
1–747:02 – Grant (Sveinsson, Ólafarson)
1–849:24 – Kristveigarson
1–949:52 – Rúnarsson (Magnusson)
1–1058:26 – G. Arason (Maack, Orongan)
8 minPenalties20 min
21Shots30
16 January 2020
20:30
Mexico 5–2
(1–0, 3–0, 1–2)
 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 920
Game reference
Marcello de AntunanoGoaliesIvan StoynovReferee:
Austria Patrick Gruber
Linesmen:
China Gao Yinfeng
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
Linares (Dunn, Esteban) (PP) – 16:411–0
Sanchez (Hagerman, Dunn) – 27:462–0
Hagerman (Dunn, Rullan (EA) – 31:023–0
Rullan (Esteban) – 35:254–0
Esteban (Diaz, Hagerman) – 46:115–0
5–150:16 – Tsitselkov (Tomov, Dikov) (EA)
5–252:08 – Nakov (Vachkov, Tsitselkov)
16 minPenalties22 min
32Shots18

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 0 14 3 +11 9 Semifinals
2  Turkey 3 2 0 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3  South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 7 15 −8 3 5th–8th place playoffs
4  Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: IIHF
13 January 2020
10:00
Turkey 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120
Game reference
Soykan VarlıGoaliesChung Shen-weiReferee:
Romania Levente Szilárd Sikó
Linesmen:
Austria Christoph Barnthaler
Bulgaria Kiril Peychinov
Turan (Salt, Afşin) – 11:101–0
Turut (Kabay, Turan) (PP) – 15:052–0
Afşin (Turan, Kabay) – 20:543–0
0 minPenalties14 min
27Shots14
13 January 2020
13:30
Australia 6–1
(0–1, 5–0, 1–0)
 South AfricaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 125
Game reference
Seb Woodlands
Jeremy Friederich
GoaliesRyan BoydReferee:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
Romania Imre Fehér
Iceland Sæmundur Leifsson
0–105:52 – Delport (Vivier, Venter) (PP)
Lee (Riley) (PP) – 22:061–1
Gumm (SH) – 25:432–1
Riley (Lee) (SH) – 31:143–1
Barton (Chen, Handberg) – 37:074–1
Wardlaw (Kiliwnik, Hayashi) (PP) – 39:385–1
Wardlaw (Kiliwnik, Chen) – 49:196–1
14 minPenalties12 min
30Shots12

14 January 2020
10:00
Turkey 6–1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1)
 South AfricaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 95
Game reference
Soykan VarlıGoaliesRyan BoydReferee:
Australia Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
China Gao Yinfeng
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
Gökçen (Afşin) (EA) – 13:381–0
Afşin (Kabay, Turan (PP2) – 16:362–0
Turan (Kabay, Gökçen) – 28:593–0
Demirezen (Turut, Kızılkaya) – 48:534–0
Afşin (Turan, Gökçen) – 49:265–0
Gökçen (Kabay, Afşin) – 52:216–0
6–153:13 – Vivier (Van der Merwe)
8 minPenalties32 min
32Shots12
14 January 2020
13:30
Chinese Taipei 0–5
(0–0, 0–4, 0–1)
 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 85
Game reference
Chung Shen-wei
Lee Yi-cheng
GoaliesSeb WoodlandsReferee:
Austria Patrick Gruber
Linesmen:
Belarus Artsiom Labzov
Bulgaria Vasiliy Vasilev
0–123:20 – Lodge (Wardlaw)
0–234:33 – Lee (Lodge, Wardlaw) (PP)
0–338:30 – Ransome (Handberg, Benson)
0–439:08 – Wardlaw (Lodge, Hayashi)
0–556:02 – Riley (Barton, Urweiss)
20 minPenalties26 min
19Shots37

16 January 2020
10:00
South Africa 5–3
(0–0, 2–2, 3–1)
 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 60
Game reference
Ryan BoydGoaliesLee Yi-chengReferee:
Russia Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
Bulgaria Vasiliy Vasilev
0–120:21 – Chang T. (Chuang, Liu)
0–221:19 – Chuang (Sang, Sun) (PP)
Schuurman (PP) – 29:061–2
Venter (Vivier) – 34:242–2
2–342:02 – Lin J.
Meyer (Delport) – 49:383–3
Schuurman – 56:544–3
Vivier (Meyer) (PP, ENG) – 59:495–3
34 minPenalties6 min
24Shots28
16 January 2020
17:00
Australia 3–2
(0–1, 3–0, 0–1)
 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 105
Game reference
Seb WoodlandsGoaliesSoykan VarlıReferee:
China Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
Iceland Sæmundur Leifsson
United Kingdom Graham Rodger
0–113:18 – Salt (Afşin) (PP2)
Riley (Gumm) – 21:381–1
Lee (Kiliwnik, Benson) (SH) – 36:282–1
Wardlaw (PP) – 38:363–1
3–243:29 – Turan (Gökçen)
12 minPenalties6 min
22Shots29

5th–8th place playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

 
5th–8th place semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
18 January
 
 
 Bulgaria8
 
19 January
 
 Chinese Taipei1
 
 Bulgaria6
 
18 January
 
 New Zealand1
 
 South Africa1
 
 
 New Zealand2
 
7th place match
 
 
19 January
 
 
 South Africa4
 
 
 Chinese Taipei (OT)5

5th–8th place semifinals[edit]

18 January 2020
10:00
Bulgaria 8–1
(2–1, 1–0, 5–0)
 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 450
Game reference
Ivan StoynovGoaliesLee Yi-cheng
Chung Sheng-wei
Referee:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
Romania Imre Fehér
Belarus Artsiom Labzov
Minev (Vasilev, Tomov) – 12:071–0
1–112:43 – Liu (Sang, Yu)
Plajner (Dzhorov) – 16:092–1
Minev (Vasilev, Borisov) – 39:363–1
Vachkov (Ivanov) – 44:414–1
Nakov (Tsitselkov, Minev) – 45:515–1
Abdi (Ivanov, Vachkov) – 46:286—1
Vasilev (Atanasov, Borisov) – 47:257–1
Ivanov – 49:488–1
8 minPenalties12 min
27Shots21

18 January 2020
13:30
South Africa 1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)
 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Ryan BoydGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
Russia Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
Bulgaria Kiril Peychinov
Bulgaria Vasiliy Vasilev
0–108:11 – Flight (Audas)
Venter (PP) – 15:221–1
1–253:36 – Boul
2 minPenalties8 min
27Shots16

Seventh place game[edit]

19 January 2020
10:00
South Africa 4–5 OT
(0–1, 2–1, 2–2)
(OT: 0–1)
 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 55
Game reference
Ryan BoydGoaliesChung Sheng-weiReferee:
Australia Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
Romania Imre Fehér
Iceland Sæmundur Leifsson
0–112:06 – Mi (Lin Y.)
Koekemoer-Brown (Kluyts, Schuurman) – 25:441–1
1–230:15 – Mi (Yu, Lin J.) – 30:15
Kluyts (Venter) – 31:412–2
2–347:24 – Sun (Liang
2–450:10 – Chen (Liang)
Delport (Vivier, Meyer) – 53:513–4
Delport (Venter, Schuurman) (PP) – 59:594–4
4–564:32 – Mi
20 minPenalties24 min
27Shots19

Fifth place game[edit]

19 January 2020
13:30
Bulgaria 6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)
 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 510
Game reference
Nikola IlievGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
China Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
China Gao Yinfeng
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
Abdi – 04:431–0
Vasilev (SH) – 08:412–0
Dikov (PP) – 24:543–0
3–132:05 – Flight (Boul)
Nakov – 38:574–1
Vasilev (Dzhorov, Dikov) (PP) – 45:325–1
Ivanov (Atanasov) – 55:596–1
44 minPenalties12 min
27Shots29

Championship playoffs[edit]

Bracket[edit]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 January
 
 
 Iceland5
 
19 January
 
 Turkey2
 
 Iceland4
 
18 January
 
 Australia1
 
 Australia8
 
 
 Mexico3
 
3rd place match
 
 
19 January
 
 
 Turkey4
 
 
 Mexico2

Semifinals[edit]

18 January 2020
17:00
Australia 8–3
(3–2,3–0, 2–1)
 MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 81
Game reference
Seb Woodlands
Jeremy Friederich
GoaliesMarcello de Antunano
Santiago Gomez
Referee:
Romania Levente Szilárd Sikó
Linesmen:
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
United Kingdom Graham Rodger
0–102:27 – Hagerman (Rullan)
0–207:00 – Esterban (Hagerman)
Gumm (Riley, Sables) (PP) – 08:101–2
Handberg (Wang, Benson) – 10:122–2
Hayashi (Lodge) – 12:503–2
Hayashi (Lodge) – 21:234–2
Hayashi (Riley, Clifford) (PP) – 23:535–2
Hayashi (Wardlaw, Kiliwnik – 28:266–2
Fodor (James, Ransome) – 53:587–2
Handberg (Gumm, Sables) – 55:378–2
8–357:39 – Hagerman (Dunn, Linares) (PP)
12 minPenalties22 min
24Shots20

18 January 2020
20:30
Iceland 5–2
(1–1, 4–0, 0–0)
 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 95
Game reference
Jóhann RagnarssonGoaliesSoykan Varlı
Eren Demirtürk
Referee:
China Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
China Gao Yinfeng
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
Skúlason (Magnússon, Grant) – 16:161–0
1–116:54 – Afşin (Gökçen, Turan)
Orongan – 21:522–1
Atlason (Orongan, Kristveigarson) – 29:303–1
Orongan (V. Arason, G. Arason) – 34:274–1
Atlason (Arnarsson, Orongan) – 35:125–1
5–257:48 – Gökçen (SH)
8 minPenalties6 min
22Shots19

Bronze medal game[edit]

19 January 2020
17:00
Turkey 4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
 MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Eren DemirturkGoaliesMarcello de AntunanoReferee:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
United Kingdom Graham Rodger
0–114:34 – Hagerman (Ortiz, Rullan) (PP)
Kızılkaya (Salt, Gökçen) (PP) – 16:331–1
1–226:13 – Hagerman (Dunn, Rullan) (PP)
Demirezen (Kızılkaya, Gökçen) – 35:462–2
Turut (Kızılkaya) – 45:553–2
Turut (Demirezen) (ENG) – 59:394–2
14 minPenalties32 min
25Shots26

Gold medal game[edit]

19 January 2020
20:30
Iceland 4–1
1–0, 2–0, 1–1
 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 350
Game reference
Jóhann RagnarssonGoaliesSeb WoodlandsReferee:
Russia Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
Austria Christoph Barnthaler
Belarus Artsiom Labzov
Jóhannsson (Kristveigarson) – 18:081–0
Orongan (SH) – 22:472–0
Orongan (PP) – 34:403–0
Kristveigarson (Orongan) – 40:174–0
4–143:12 – Ransome (Barton, Kiliwnik)
22 minPenalties10 min
26Shots16

Final standings[edit]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Iceland
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Turkey
4  Mexico
5  Bulgaria
6  New Zealand
7  Chinese Taipei
8  South Africa
Promoted to the 2022 Division II B

Statistics[edit]

Top 10 scorers[edit]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Axel Orongan  Iceland 5 8 8 16 +13 2
2 Gonzalo Hagerman  Mexico 5 6 5 11 +3 32
3 Benjamin Dunn  Mexico 5 3 7 10 0 20
4 Firat Afsin  Turkey 5 4 5 9 +7 2
5 İsmet Gökçen  Turkey 5 3 6 9 +8 0
6 Miroslav Vasilev  Bulgaria 5 6 2 8 +4 26
7 Mehmet Turan  Turkey 5 3 5 8 +6 8
8 Heidar Kristveigarson  Iceland 5 4 3 7 +10 0
8 Xander Wardlaw  Australia 5 4 3 7 +5 2
10 Sölvi Atlason  Iceland 5 4 2 6 +10 0
10 Kenshin Hayashi  Australia 5 4 2 6 +4 2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders[edit]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Seb Woodlands  Australia 274:55 9 90.32 1.96 1
2 Jóhann Ragnarsson  Iceland 280:00 9 89.02 1.93 0
3 Ivan Stoyov  Bulgaria 226:48 12 88.12 3.17 0
4 Marcello de Antunano  Mexico 234:06 10 87.50 2.56 1
5 Finley Forbes  New Zealand 238:57 15 87.18 3.77 0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards[edit]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate[edit]

Award Name
Best Goalkeeper Australia Seb Woodlands
Best Defenceman Mexico Gonzalo Hagerman
Best Forward Iceland Axel Orongan

Source: IIHF

Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches[edit]

Country Name
 Australia Michael Riley
 Bulgaria Moussa Abdi
 Iceland Axel Orongan
 Mexico Gonzalo Hagerman
 New Zealand Finley Forbes
 South Africa Ryan Boyd
 Chinese Taipei Mi Huan-yu
 Turkey Haktan Kabay

Source: IIHF

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2020 World Championship Division III official website". www.iihf.com.
  2. ^ "2020 World Championship Division III statistics". stats.iihf.com.
  3. ^ Tchechankov, Ivan (20 January 2020). "Iceland triumphs in U20 Division III". IIHF. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Competition Officials". IIHF. January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

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