2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Turkey
CityIstanbul
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates26 January –
2 February 2023
Teams8
Tournament statistics
Games played22
Goals scored207 (9.41 per game)
Attendance5,182 (236 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Australia Dmitri Kuleshov (29 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com
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See also: 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III represents the sixth and the lowest tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. The tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 26 January to 2 February 2023.[1][2] It consisted of one pool of eight teams separated into two preliminary round groups. The winners of this tournament, Australia, were promoted to the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II B.

To be eligible as a junior player in this tournament, a player cannot be born earlier than 2003.

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
 Australia Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
 Israel Placed 4th in Division III last year.
 Turkey Hosts; placed 5th in Division III last year.
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Placed 6th in Division III last year.
 Kyrgyzstan Placed 7th in Division III last year.
 South Africa Placed 8th in Division III last year.
 Bulgaria Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020.
 New Zealand Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020.

Match officials

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Five referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees
  • Australia Nicholas Air
  • Turkey Murat Aygun
  • Slovenia Bostjan Groznik
  • Chinese Taipei Yen-Chin Shen
  • Netherlands Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen
  • Turkey Berkay Aslanbey
  • Turkey Ferhat Dogus Aygun
  • Belgium Thibo Christiaens
  • China Yunjie Cui
  • Australia John Dow
  • Turkey Taha Kavlakoglu
  • Romania Aron Magyar
  • Mexico Sem Ramirez
  • Latvia Kaspars Sirins
  • Hong Kong Chun Hang Wong

First round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 0 28 6 +22 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Kyrgyzstan 3 2 0 0 1 11 16 −5 6
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 0 2 9 10 −1 3
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 0 3 4 20 −16 0
Source: IIHF
26 January 2023
10:00		Australia 12–4
(3–1, 3–1, 6–2)		 KyrgyzstanZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
26 January 2023
17:00		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–6
(0–2, 0–3, 1–1)		 New ZealandZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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27 January 2023
10:00		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–4
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1)		 KyrgyzstanZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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27 January 2023
17:00		New Zealand 2–6
(0–3, 1–3, 1–0)		 AustraliaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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29 January 2023
10:00		Australia 10–0
(1–0, 6–0, 3–0)		 Bosnia and HerzegovinaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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29 January 2023
17:00		Kyrgyzstan 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 New ZealandZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 3 3 0 0 0 30 4 +26 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 1 10 11 −1 6
3  Turkey (H) 3 1 0 0 2 15 14 +1 3
4  South Africa 3 0 0 0 3 4 30 −26 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
26 January 2023
13:30		Israel 16–1
(4–0, 8–1, 4–0)		 South AfricaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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26 January 2023
20:30		Turkey 3–5
(1–0, 1–2, 1–3)		 BulgariaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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27 January 2023
13:30		Bulgaria 0–8
(0–5, 0–1, 0–2)		 IsraelZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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27 January 2023
20:30		Turkey 9–3
(4–2, 1–0, 4–1)		 South AfricaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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29 January 2023
13:30		South Africa 0–5
(0–1, 0–3, 0–1)		 BulgariaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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29 January 2023
20:30		Israel 6–3
(5–0, 1–2, 0–1)		 TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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Playoffs

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All teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 30 January
 
 
A1
 Australia		28
 
1 February
 
B4
 South Africa		0
 
1
 Israel		6
 
 30 January
 
5
 Turkey		4
 
B1
 Israel		10
 
2 February
 
A4
 Bosnia and Herzegovina		0
 
1
 Israel		1
 
 30 January
 
2
 Australia		4
 
A2
 Kyrgyzstan		1
 
1 February
 
B3
 Turkey		3
 
2
 Australia		4
 
 30 January
 
3
 Bulgaria		1 3rd place match
 
B2
 Bulgaria		6
 
2 February
 
A3
 New Zealand		2
 
3
 Bulgaria		8
 
 
5
 Turkey		3
 

Quarterfinals

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January 30, 2023
10:00		Australia 28–0
(5–0, 11–0, 12–0)		 South AfricaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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January 30, 2023
13:30		Bulgaria 6–2
(3–1, 1–0, 2–1)		 New ZealandZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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January 30, 2023
17:00		Israel 10–0
(4–0, 3–0, 3–0)		 Bosnia and HerzegovinaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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January 30, 2023
20:30		Kyrgyzstan 1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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Semifinals

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1 February 2023
17:00		Australia 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 BulgariaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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1 February 2023
20:30		Israel 6–4
(1–1, 3–1, 2–2)		 TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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7th place match

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1 February 2023
13:30		Bosnia and Herzegovina 7–3
(6–0, 1–1, 0–2)		 South AfricaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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5th place match

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2 February 2023
13:30		Kyrgyzstan 2–3
(1–0, 0–0, 1–3)		 New ZealandZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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3rd place match

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2 February 2023
17:00		Bulgaria 8–3
(3–1, 3–2, 2–0)		 TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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Final

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2 February 2023
20:30		Israel 1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)		 AustraliaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
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Final standings

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Israel
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Bulgaria
4  Turkey
5  New Zealand
6  Kyrgyzstan
7  Bosnia and Herzegovina
8  South Africa
Promoted to the 2024 Division II B
Relegated to the 2024 Division III B

References

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  1. ^ 2023 World Championship Division III official website, www.iihf.com
  2. ^ 2023 World Championship Division III statistics, stats.iihf.com
  3. ^ 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III – Competition officials
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