2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

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2023 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division III.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
City Istanbul
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) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dmitri Kuleshov (29 points)
Website www.iihf.com
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2024  →

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.

Contents

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

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Hosts; placed 5th in Division III last year.
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan Placed 7th in Division III last year.
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Placed 8th in Division III last year.
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020.
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020.

Match officials

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

Referees
Linesmen

First round

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 33000286+229Advance to Quarterfinals
2Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 320011116−56
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 31002910−13
4Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 30003420−160
Source: IIHF
26 January 2023
10:00		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg12–4
(3–1, 3–1, 6–2)		Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
26 January 2023
17:00		 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg1–6
(0–2, 0–3, 1–1)		Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
27 January 2023
10:00		 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg3–4
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1)		Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
27 January 2023
17:00		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg2–6
(0–3, 1–3, 1–0)		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
29 January 2023
10:00		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg10–0
(1–0, 6–0, 3–0)		Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
29 January 2023
17:00		 Kyrgyzstan  Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 33000304+269Advance to Quarterfinals
2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 320011011−16
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (H)310021514+13
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30003430−260
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
26 January 2023
13:30		 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg16–1
(4–0, 8–1, 4–0)		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
26 January 2023
20:30		 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg3–5
(1–0, 1–2, 1–3)		Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
27 January 2023
13:30		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg0–8
(0–5, 0–1, 0–2)		Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
27 January 2023
20:30		 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg9–3
(4–2, 1–0, 4–1)		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
29 January 2023
13:30		 South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg0–5
(0–1, 0–3, 0–1)		Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
29 January 2023
20:30		 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg6–3
(5–0, 1–2, 0–1)		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference

Playoffs

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

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 30 January
 
 
A1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 		28
 
1 February
 
B4
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 		0
 
1
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 		6
 
 30 January
 
5
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 		4
 
B1
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 		10
 
2 February
 
A4
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 		0
 
1
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 		1
 
 30 January
 
2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 		4
 
A2
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 		1
 
1 February
 
B3
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 		3
 
2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 		4
 
 30 January
 
3
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 		1 3rd place match
 
B2
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 		6
 
2 February
 
A3
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 		2
 
3
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 		8
 
 
5
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 		3
 

Quarterfinals

January 30, 2023
10:00		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg28–0
(5–0, 11–0, 12–0)		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
January 30, 2023
13:30		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg6–2
(3–1, 1–0, 2–1)		Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
January 30, 2023
17:00		 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg10–0
(4–0, 3–0, 3–0)		Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
January 30, 2023
20:30		 Kyrgyzstan  Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference

Semifinals

1 February 2023
17:00		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)		Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference
1 February 2023
20:30		 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg6–4
(1–1, 3–1, 2–2)		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference

7th place match

1 February 2023
13:30		 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg7–3
(6–0, 1–1, 0–2)		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference

5th place match

2 February 2023
13:30		 Kyrgyzstan  Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg2–3
(1–0, 0–0, 1–3)		Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference

3rd place match

2 February 2023
17:00		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg8–3
(3–1, 3–2, 2–0)		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference

Final

2 February 2023
20:30		 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Game reference

Final standings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Israel.svg  Israel
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
6Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan
7Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
8Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Promoted to the 2024 Division II B
Relegated to the 2024 Division III B

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