2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

See also: 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Turkey   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates	11–17 April (Group A) 17–22 April (Group B)
Teams	9
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The 2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III A and Division III B tournaments represent the sixth and the seventh tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division III A

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III A

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–17 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	96 (6.4 per game)
Attendance	3,942 (263 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Wen Pei-An (13 points)

The Division III A tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 11 to 17 April 2022. ^{[1] [2]}

Participants

Team	Qualification
Belgium	Placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
Israel	Placed 2nd in Division III A last year.
Iceland	Placed 3rd in Division III A last year.
Turkey	Hosts, placed 4th in Division III A last year.
Mexico	Placed 5th in Division III A last year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted.

Match officials

Three referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[3]

Referees	Linesmen
Murat Cücü Ivan Nedeljković Ramon Sterkens	Yusuf Ceylan Alejandro García Taha Kavlakoğlu Jeroen Klijberg Stanislav Muhachev Ahmet Özden Marko Šaković

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Chinese Taipei	5	4	0	0	1	24	11	+13	12 [lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to the 2023 Division II B
2	Belgium	5	4	0	0	1	23	8	+15	12 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Iceland	5	4	0	0	1	18	12	+6	12 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Israel	5	2	0	0	3	15	19	−4	6
5	Mexico	5	0	1	0	4	8	22	−14	2
6	Turkey (H)	5	0	0	1	4	8	24	−16	1

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
Notes:

1. Chinese Taipei 3 Pts, +1 GD; Belgium 3 Pts, 0 GD; Iceland 3 Pts, –1 GD

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

11 April 2022 13:00

Israel

4–3 (0–2, 4–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 50

Game reference
	0–1 09:23 – Méndez 0–2 14:21 – Quinzaños (Valencia) Sigalov (Kreimerman, Ben Tov) (PP) – 22:30 1–2 Abend (Segal, Sharon) – 23:19 2–2 Bondar – 31:56 3–2 Shulman (Ben Tov, Rigler) – 33:14 4–2 4–3 48:52 – Contreras (Quinzanos)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	26

11 April 2022 16:30

Iceland

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Belgium

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 101

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	49	Shots	27

11 April 2022 20:30

Chinese Taipei

8–3 (3–1, 4–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 526

Game reference
	Chen Tai-Yu	Goalies	Abdulsamet Karasungur Furkan Duran	Referee: Ivan Nedeljković Linesmen: Jeroen Klijberg Marko Šaković
	Wen (Lin Yi-K.) (PP) – 04:29 1–0 1–1 06:42 – Kanat (Güçlü) Peng (Wen) – 09:50 2–1 Lin Yi-K. (Wen, Lin Yo.) – 14:49 3–1 Lin Yi-K. (Wen, Lin Yo.) (PP) – 22:42 4–1 4–2 23:28 – Odabaş (Tokay, Karadağ) Wen (Lin Yi-K.) – 29:28 5–2 Wen (Peng, Hsiao) – 32:43 6–2 Chen K. – 34:40 7–2 Chen Chiu. (Hsiao) – 34:40 8–2 8–3 51:12 – Demir (Şenkaya) (PP)
	37 min	Penalties	45 min
	50	Shots	24

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12 April 2022 13:00

Israel

3–6 (0–2, 2–3, 1–1)

Iceland

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 50

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	50

12 April 2022 16:30

Mexico

0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 82

Game reference
	Emmanuel Santiago	Goalies	Chen Tai-Yu Chen Chi-Chen	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Taha Kavlakoğlu Marko Šaković
	0–1 00:46 – Wen (Lin Yi-K., Lin Yo.) 0–2 19:18 – Wu (Lin J.) 0–3 39:26 – Wen (Chen Chiu., Wang Yu.) 0–4 49:53 – Lin Yo. (Peng, Wen) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	26

12 April 2022 20:30

Belgium

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 461

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	42	Shots	19

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14 April 2022 13:00

Belgium

9–1 (1–1, 2–0, 6–0)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 112

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	25

14 April 2022 16:30

Israel

2–5 (1–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 43

Game reference
	David Verkhovskiy	Goalies	Chen Chi-Chen	Referee: Murat Cücü Linesmen: Yusuf Ceylan Marko Šaković
	Sigalov (Ben Tov) – 03:55 1–0 1–1 09:27 – Wen (Peng) (PP) 1–2 33:25 – Peng (PP) 1–3 45:23 – Chen Chiu. 1–4 50:36 – Wen Sigalov – 54:36 2–4 2–5 59:01 – Lin Yo. (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	20

14 April 2022 20:30

Iceland

4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 482

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	44	Shots	18

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15 April 2022 13:00

Chinese Taipei

2–4 (0–3, 2–0, 0–1)

Belgium

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 52

Game reference
	Chen Chi-Chen	Goalies	Stijin Raeymaekers	Referee: Murat Cücü Linesmen: Stanislav Muhachev Ahmet Özden
	0–1 05:32 – Van Montfort (van Reeth) 0–2 11:54 – van Reeth (Gentry (PP) 0–3 15:23 – van Reeth Peng (Lin Yo.) (PP) – 31:05 1–3 Peng (Lin Yo.) (PP) – 32:50 2–3 2–4 53:26 – Flavio Deverchin
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	35

15 April 2022 16:30

Mexico

1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Iceland

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 77

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	33

15 April 2022 20:30

Turkey

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Israel

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 725

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	35 min
	21	Shots	36

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17 April 2022 13:00

Iceland

2–5 (0–1, 0–1, 2–3)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Helgi Ívarsson	Goalies	Chen Tai-Yu	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Taha Kavlakoğlu Jeroen Klijberg
	0–1 08:11 – Peng 0–2 25:57 – Lin Yi-K. (Wen) 0–3 40:50 – Lo (Lin Yi-K.) 0–4 41:30 – Lin Yo. (Wen) 0–5 44:00 – Chen P. (Peng) (PP) Blöndal (Hlynsson) (PP2) – 48:38 1–5 Blöndal (Jónsson) – 52:44 2–5
	38 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	28

17 April 2022 16:30

Belgium

4–2 (0–0, 0–1, 4–1)

Israel

Silivrikapi Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 81

Game reference
				Referee: Ivan Nedeljković Linesmen: Yusuf Ceylan Ahmet Özden
	18 min	Penalties	29 min
	16	Shots	31

17 April 2022 20:30

Turkey

2–3 OT (0–0, 2–0, 0–2) OT: (0–1)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 1,025

Game reference
				Referee: Vladislovas Rudzinskas Linesmen: Alejandro García Marko Šaković
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	27

Division III B

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III B

Tournament details
Host country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–22 April
Teams	3
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	78 (13 per game)
Attendance	2,625 (438 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Nikko Gaković (20 points)

The Division III B tournament was played in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 17 to 22 April 2022. ^{[4] [5]}

Participants

Team	Qualification
New Zealand	Placed 6th in Division III A last year and were relegated.
Hong Kong	Placed 2nd in Division III B last year.
South Africa	Placed 3rd in Division III B last year.
Luxembourg	Placed 4th in Division III B last year.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hosts, first time participating since 2005.

Match officials

Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[6]

Referees	Linesmen
Luděk Pilný Omar Piniè	Peter Jedlička Lukáš Rampír Chris van Grinsven

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	4	4	0	0	0	37	15	+22	12	Promoted to the 2023 Division III A
2	Luxembourg	4	1	0	0	3	20	36	−16	3
3	South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	21	27	−6	3
–	New Zealand [lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn
–	Hong Kong [lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
Notes:

1. New Zealand withdrew their team because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[7]
2. Hong Kong withdrew their team because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[8]

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

17 April 2022 18:00

South Africa

4–8 (1–2, 1–4, 2–2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 855

Game reference
	Ivan Muller	Goalies	Karim Ahmetovski	Referee: Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Chris van Grinsven
	0–1 05:52 – Gaković (Mrkva) (PP) Beek (Levi) – 08:23 1–1 1–2 15:28 – Pleho (Mrkva) 1–3 20:08 – Gaković (Mrkva) 1–4 26:50 – Drnda (Vranešić) 1–5 27:26 – Vulović (Pleho) Levi (Beek, Mlangeni) – 31:21 2–5 2–6 39:07 – Mrkva (Pleho) 2–7 43:23 – Mrkva Levi – 44:22 3–7 3–8 50:38 – Mrkva (Gaković) Levi (Sauer) – 55:57 4–8
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	38

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18 April 2022 18:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

11–4 (5–1, 3–2, 3–1)

Luxembourg

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 565

Game reference
	Karim Ahmetovski	Goalies	Finn Molitor	Referee: Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Lukáš Rampír
	Memić (Gaković) (PP) – 05:14 1–0 Gaković (Drnda) (PP) – 06:13 2–0 2–1 08:03 – Nunes (Braun) (PP) Pleho (Vranešić) (SH) – 12:23 3–1 Mrkva (Smajlović) – 15:30 4–1 Gaković (Mrkva, Drnda) (PP) – 18:14 5–1 Drnda (Memić, Mušović) – 21:23 6–1 6–2 26:46 – Springer (Braun) 6–3 33:09 – Potucek (Konsbruck, Vincens) Gaković (Dizdarević) – 33:23 7–3 Drnda (Vulović, Mušović) – 34:57 8–3 Mrkva (Memić) (PP) – 40:25 9–3 Pleho (Gaković) – 43:12 10–3 10–4 51:18 – Springer (Konsbruck, Schonckert) Mrkva (Gaković, Vulović) (PP) – 55:41 11–4
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	26

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19 April 2022 18:00

South Africa

7–4 (3–3, 3–0, 1–1)

Luxembourg

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 125

Game reference
	Ruan van der Merwe	Goalies	Aubéri Lorang	Referee: Omar Piniè Linesmen: Lukáš Rampír Chris van Grinsven
	Levi (Geyer) – 07:14 1–0 Ras (T. van der Merwe) – 09:06 2–0 2–1 10:18 – Ferretti (Mykkanen) (PP) 2–2 13:52 – Mykkanen (Braun) (PP) 2–3 18:21 – Ferretti (Vincens) (SH) Levi (Beek, Baker) (PP) – 19:01 3–3 Beek – 20:58 4–3 Booi (Baker) – 24:43 5–3 Mlangeni (Taylor) (PP) – 39:25 6–3 6–4 56:31 – Weyders (Nunes, Springer) (PP) Levi (ENG) – 58:59 7–4
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	35

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20 April 2022 18:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

6–4 (5–0, 1–2, 0–2)

South Africa

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 600

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	49	Shots	23

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21 April 2022 18:00

Luxembourg

3–12 (1–2, 0–5, 2–5)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 325

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	37

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22 April 2022 18:00

Luxembourg

9–6 (2–3, 3–2, 4–1)

South Africa

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 155

Game reference
				Referee: Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Lukáš Rampír
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	47	Shots	19

References

1. "IIHF - Home 2022 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division III, Group A". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation.
2. "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Div III Group A". stats.iihf.com.
3. "IIIB game officials" (PDF).
4. "IIHF - Home 2022 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division III, Group B". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation.
5. "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Div III Group B". stats.iihf.com.
6. "Competition Officials" (PDF).
7. "New Zealand withdraws". IIHF. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
8. "Hong Kongers won't play this season". IIHF. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.