2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

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2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates27 January – 2 February 2025
11–14 December 2024
Teams10
  2024
2026  

The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III will be two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III consists of two tiered groups of six teams each: the sixth-tier Division III A and the seventh-tier Division III B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team will be promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team from Group A will be relegated to Group B.

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To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2005.

Division III A

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III A
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
City Istanbul
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates27 January – 2 February 2025
Teams6
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division III A tournament will be played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 January to 2 February 2025. [1] [2]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand placed 2nd in Division III A last year
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria placed 3rd in Division III A last year
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey hosts; placed 4th in Division III A last year
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico placed 5th in Division III A last year
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina placed 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 000000000Promotion to the 2026 Division II B
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 000000000
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 000000000
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (H)000000000
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 000000000
6Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 000000000Relegation to the 2026 Division III B
First match(es) will be played: 27 January 2025. 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 (Turkey TimeUTC+3).

27 January 2025
13:00
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svgvFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
27 January 2025
16:30
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svgvFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
27 January 2025
20:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgvFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
28 January 2025
13:00
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svgvFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
28 January 2025
16:30
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
28 January 2025
20:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svgvFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
30 January 2025
13:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svgvFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
30 January 2025
16:30
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
30 January 2025
20:00
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svgvFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
31 January 2025
13:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgvFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
31 January 2025
16:30
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svgvFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
31 January 2025
20:00
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svgvFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
2 February 2025
13:00
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
2 February 2025
16:30
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svgvFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
2 February 2025
20:00
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svgvFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

Division III B

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III B
2025 IIHF U20 World Championship Division III B logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
City Bangkok
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–14 December 2024
Teams4

The Division III B tournament will be played in Bangkok, Thailand, from 11 to 14 December 2024. [3]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan placed 6th in Division III A last year and were relegated
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg placed 2nd in Division III B last year
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa placed 3rd in Division III B last year
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand hosts; first participation in World Championship

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 000000000Promotion to the 2026 Division III A
2Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 000000000
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 000000000
4Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (H)000000000
First match(es) will be played: 11 December 2024. 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

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