2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

2017 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Taiwan   Mexico
Dates	21–27 March 2017 17–19 March 2017
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was two international under-18 men's ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II A and Division II B tournaments represent the sixth and the seventh tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division III A

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III A

Tournament details
Host country	Taiwan
Dates	21–27 March
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	121 (8.07 per game)
Attendance	7,382 (492 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Huang Qianyi (20 points)
Website
IIHF.com

The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 21 to 27 March 2017. ^[1]

Participants

Team	Qualification
China	placed 6th in 2016 Division II B and were relegated
Turkey	placed 2nd in 2016 Division III A
Bulgaria	placed 3rd in 2016 Division III A
Israel	placed 4th in 2016 Division III A
Chinese Taipei	hosts; placed 5th in 2016 Division III A
New Zealand	placed 1st in 2016 Division III B and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[2]

Referees Jeronimus den Ridder Jevgeņijs Griškevičs Stefan Hogarth Bartosz Kaczmarek

Linesmen Jonathan Mark Burger Shunsuke Ichikawa Dustin McCrank Simone Mischiatti Laurynas Stepankevičius Maarten van den Acker Nick Verbruggen

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	China	5	5	0	0	0	36	1	+35	15	Promoted to the 2018 Division II B
2	Israel	5	4	0	0	1	21	8	+13	12
3	Chinese Taipei (H)	5	2	1	0	2	16	13	+3	8
4	Bulgaria	5	2	0	0	3	18	18	0	6
5	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4	19	39	−20	3
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	1	4	11	42	−31	1	Relegated to the 2018 Division III B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local. (National Standard Time – UTC+8)

21 March 2017 13:00

Bulgaria

0–6 (0–6, 0–0, 0–0)

China

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 200

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	22 min
	19	Shots	44

21 March 2017 16:30

New Zealand

2–8 (0–2, 0–3, 2–3)

Israel

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 150

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	56

21 March 2017 20:00

Turkey

1–8 (0–3, 0–0, 1–5)

Chinese Taipei

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 537

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	32	Shots	34

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22 March 2017 13:00

Turkey

3–9 (1–2, 2–3, 0–4)

Bulgaria

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 215

Game reference
	27 min	Penalties	24 min
	39	Shots	29

22 March 2017 16:30

China

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Israel

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 258

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	25

22 March 2017 20:00

Chinese Taipei

3–2 OT (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

New Zealand

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 495

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	59	Shots	33

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24 March 2017 13:00

Turkey

12–5 (3–1, 5–2, 4–2)

New Zealand

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 229

Game reference
	38 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	35

24 March 2017 16:30

Bulgaria

0–3 (0–3, 0–0, 0–0)

Israel

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 254

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	24

24 March 2017 20:00

China

4–0 (3–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Chinese Taipei

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 978

Game reference
	70 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	36

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25 March 2017 13:00

New Zealand

0–12 (0–4, 0–3, 0–5)

China

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 549

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	29 min
	19	Shots	70

25 March 2017 16:30

Israel

6–2 (3–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 633

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	45	Shots	29

25 March 2017 20:00

Chinese Taipei

4–2 (0–2, 1–0, 3–0)

Bulgaria

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 1,023

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	52 min
	47	Shots	35

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27 March 2017 13:00

China

11–1 (4–1, 2–0, 5–0)

Turkey

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 211

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	69	Shots	16

27 March 2017 16:30

Bulgaria

7–2 (1–1, 2–1, 4–0)

New Zealand

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 327

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	30

27 March 2017 20:00

Israel

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 1,323

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	44	Shots	25

Division III B

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III B

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	17–19 March
Teams	3
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played	3
Goals scored	26 (8.67 per game)
Attendance	900 (300 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Jorge Ortiz (6 points)
Website
IIHF.com

The Division III B tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 17 to 19 March 2017. ^[3]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Mexico	hosts; placed 6th in 2016 Division III A and were relegated
South Africa	placed 2nd in 2016 Division III B
Hong Kong	placed 3rd in 2016 Division III B

Match officials

2 referees and 3 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[4]

Referees Sean Fernandez Fraser Lawrence

Linesmen Ryan Madson Kelsey Mahoney Sem Ramirez

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Mexico (H)	2	2	0	0	0	18	3	+15	6	Promoted to the 2018 Division III A
2	Hong Kong	2	1	0	0	1	4	13	−9	3
3	South Africa	2	0	0	0	2	4	10	−6	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local. (Central Standard Time – UTC–6)

17 March 2017 20:30

Hong Kong

1–11 (0–3, 1–3, 0–5)

Mexico

Ice Dome, Mexico City Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Mathew Goldberg Joshua Ho	Goalies	Gerardo García del Valle Santiago Gómez	Referee: Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Ryan Madson Kelsey Mahoney
	0–1 00:55 – Ramos (Díaz, Hagerman) 0–2 04:49 – Ortiz (Ramos) (PP2) 0–3 15:06 – Ariza 0–4 28:38 – Cruz (Ortiz) Au-Yeung (Ngan, J. Yiu) – 31:03 1–4 1–5 31:57 – Cruz (Linares, Ortiz) 1–6 37:25 – Cruz 1–7 47:08 – Ortiz (Díaz) 1–8 54:29 – Matsubara (Dunn) 1–9 55:58 – Ariza (Rovalo, Rosales) 1–10 57:20 – Valencia (Hagerman, Cruz) 1–11 57:41 – Ortiz
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	11	Shots	42

18 March 2017 20:00

South Africa

2–3 (1–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Hong Kong

Ice Dome, Mexico City Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Alistair Bywater	Goalies	Joshua Ho	Referee: Sean Fernandez Linesmen: Kelsey Mahoney Sem Ramirez
	Birch – 16:08 1–0 1–1 19:29 – Lo (Ngan) 1–2 57:53 – Ngan Johnson – 59:15 2–2 2–3 59:40 – Lo (Li)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	35	Shots	14

19 March 2017 19:00

Mexico

7–2 (3–0, 2–2, 2–0)

South Africa

Ice Dome, Mexico City Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Gerardo García del Valle	Goalies	Ryan Boyd	Referee: Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Ryan Madson Kelsey Mahoney
	Ortiz (Linares) – 01:02 1–0 Díaz – 06:02 2–0 Ramos (Urbano, Ariza) (PP) – 10:32 3–0 Urbano (Ramos) – 21:06 4–0 Rovalo (Ariza) – 23:51 5–0 5–1 25:08 – Schuurman (de Jager) (PP2) 5–2 36:49 – Schuurman (Vivier) Urbano (Linares) – 50:06 6–2 Rovalo – 55:30 7–2
	20 min	Penalties	31 min
	41	Shots	29

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

References

1. Division III A statistics
2. IIIA Assignsments
3. Division III B statistics
4. IIIB Assignsments