2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

See also: 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Turkey   Thailand
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	27 January – 2 February 2025 11–14 December 2024
Teams	10
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The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consisted of two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III A represents the sixth tier and Division III B the seventh tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team from Group A was relegated to Group B.

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

Division III A

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III A

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 January – 2 February 2025
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	152 (10.13 per game)
Attendance	5,543 (370 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Peng Mo (19 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division III A tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 January to 2 February 2025. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Chinese Taipei	placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
New Zealand	placed 2nd in Division III A last year
Bulgaria	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
Bosnia and Herzegovina	placed 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	New Zealand	5	5	0	0	0	32	8	+24	15	Promotion to the 2026 Division II B
2	Chinese Taipei	5	4	0	0	1	39	11	+28	12
3	Bulgaria	5	3	0	0	2	29	17	+12	9
4	Turkey (H)	5	2	0	0	3	27	31	−4	6
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	0	0	4	12	54	−42	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	0	5	13	31	−18	0	Relegation to the 2026 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 (Turkey Time – UTC+3).

27 January 2025 13:00

Bulgaria

3–7 (2–3, 1–1, 0–3)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 51

Game reference
	Kaloyan Stoyanov	Goalies	Chen Tai-Yu	Referee: Oleg Serebryakov Linesmen: Alkan Kilinç Carlos Trobajo
	0–1 00:52 – Chi K. (Wang Y., Chen Y.) 0–2 07:38 – Peng (Chen Y.) Stanimirov (Kozhuharov, Dikov) – 11:04 1–2 Dikov (Gyurkov, Peychev) – 11:54 2–2 2–3 12:23 – Chang (Wang K.) 2–4 31:56 – Lin (Yang) (PP) Stanimirov (Stamenov) – 33:40 3–4 3–5 43:10 – Peng (Wang Y., Chen Y.) (PP) 3–6 45:36 – Chi K. (Peng) 3–7 50:11 – Chen C. (Wang Y.)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	42

27 January 2025 16:30

New Zealand

5–0 (0–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Joel Gerard	Goalies	Santiago Cucuraqui	Referee: Serkan Kocakara Linesmen: Liu Ren Maarten van den Acker
	MacDonald (Ruski-Jones) (SH) – 27:48 1–0 Carey (Ruski-Jones, Koptev) (PP) – 32:03 2–0 MacDonald (Dalmatau, Blair) (SH) – 44:56 3–0 Ruski-Jones (MacDonald, Blair) – 47:38 4–0 Murray (Ruski-Jones, Koptev) – 52:40 5–0
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	18

27 January 2025 20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–9 (0–1, 0–3, 1–5)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 631

Game reference
	Karim Ahmetovski Amor Sacic	Goalies	Kayra Aydos Yusuf Balli	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Daniel Lindblom Bram Zwarthoed
	0–1 11:41 – Gok (SH) 0–2 22:49 – Inandi (Odabaş) 0–3 28:50 – Altay (Yavuz, Meydanci) 0–4 32:32 – Inandi (Odabaş) 0–5 47:07 – Yavuz (Tinaz, Inandi) (PP) 0–6 49:06 – Yavuz (Tinaz, Girgin) (PP) 0–7 51:29 – Altay (Tinaz) (SH) Mrkva (Vucinic) – 52:33 1–7 1–8 53:56 – Inandi (Karadag) 1–9 58:17 – Karadag (Inandi, Odabaş)
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	16	Shots	59

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28 January 2025 13:00

New Zealand

5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Bulgaria

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 93

Game reference
	Joel Gerard	Goalies	Nikola Stefanov	Referee: Serkan Kocakara Linesmen: Alkan Kilinç Carlos Trobajo
	Bary (Wimmer) – 03:01 1–0 Blair (Audas, Carey) – 25:01 2–0 Carey (Murray) – 29:01 3–0 Ruski-Jones (Audas, MacDonald) – 35:38 4–0 Allen (Wimmer, Blair) – 43:20 5–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	18

28 January 2025 16:30

Mexico

4–6 (0–2, 2–2, 2–2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 68

Game reference
	Santiago Cucuraqui	Goalies	Karim Ahmetovski	Referee: Oleg Serebryakov Linesmen: Muhaammed Aksakal Maarten van den Acker
	0–1 03:06 – Vucinic (Mrkva, Drnda) (PP) 0–2 04:07 – Capin Couch (Potts) – 28:02 1–2 JP. Briseno (Parra) – 29:55 2–2 2–3 34:56 – Mrkva (Drnda) 2–4 39:33 – Drnda (Capin, Mrkva) JP. Briseno (Parra) – 42:58 3–4 3–5 47:47 – S. Koronja (Vulovic, K. Koronja) Parra (JP. Briseno, P. Briseno) – 48:38 4–5 4–6 56:19 – Drnda (Mrkva, Capin) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	19

28 January 2025 20:00

Chinese Taipei

8–2 (4–2, 1–0, 3–0)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Chen Tai-Yu Kao Hao-Hsuan	Goalies	Kayra Aydos	Referee: Casper Russelhuber Linesmen: Daniel Lindblom Liu Ren
	0–1 01:52 – Meydanci (Altay, Yavuz) Chang (Liu, Chen Y.) – 04:41 1–1 Chi K. (Peng Mo, Wang Y.) – 11:54 2–1 Liu (Chang) – 15:07 3–1 3–2 18:32 – Bahadir (Yayilkan) (SH) Chi K. (Peng Mo, Hung) (PP) – 19:33 4–2 Liu (Wang Y., Chen C.) (PP) – 28:41 5–2 Chang (Chen Y., Peng Mo) (PP) – 42:38 6–2 Lin (Peng K.) – 46:50 7–2 Chen C. (Peng Mo, Chi K.) (PP) – 56:13 8–2
	14 min	Penalties	55 min
	47	Shots	21

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30 January 2025 13:00

Chinese Taipei

5–1 (2–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 94

Game reference
	Kao Hao-Hsuan	Goalies	Santiago Cucuraqui	Referee: Oleg Serebryakov Linesmen: Liu Ren Maarten van den Acker
	0–1 04:35 – Natenzon (Arzaluz Molina, Loria) Chi K. (Chen C., Peng Mo) – 13:37 1–1 Liu (Wang K.) – 16:13 2–1 Liu (Peng Mo, Wu) (PP) – 32:33 3–1 Chen C. (Peng Mo) – 39:02 4–1 Chen C. (Peng Mo, Wang Y.) (PP) – 53:38 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	16

30 January 2025 16:30

New Zealand

12–4 (6–1, 5–2, 1–1)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 87

Game reference
	Caleb Price	Goalies	Karim Ahmetovski Amor Sacic	Referee: Casper Russelhuber Linesmen: Muhaammed Aksakal Daniel Lindblom
	Ruski-Jones (Koptev, MacDonald) – 01:29 1–0 Blair (Murray, Lewis) (PP) – 04:42 2–0 Audas (Carey) – 07:17 3–0 Paterson – 08:22 4–0 Dalmatau (Carey, Audas) (PP) – 15:30 5–0 5–1 16:24 – Mrkva (Vucinic, Capin) Dalmatau (Carey, Koptev) (PP) – 17:49 6–1 Campbell (Lewis, Boniface) – 22:45 7–1 Campbell (Lewis, Bary) – 23:37 8–1 8–2 23:56 – Mrkva (Capin, Vucinic) 8–3 32:51 – Smajlovic (Vucinic, Drnda) (PP) Carey (Dalmatau, Blair) – 32:59 9–3 Allen (Wimmer, Chamberlin) – 36:27 10–3 Carey (Paterson) – 37:35 11–3 MacDonald (Lewis, Campbell) – 48:44 12–3 12–4 59:59 – Capin (Drnda, Mrkva)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	51	Shots	17

30 January 2025 20:00

Bulgaria

9–4 (3–0, 3–2, 3–2)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: TBA

Game reference
	Nikola Stefanov	Goalies	Kayra Aydos Yusuf Balli	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Carlos Trobajo Bram Zwarthoed
	Pandilov (Stanimirov) – 00:44 1–0 Stanimirov – 15:38 2–0 McMullin (Todorov) – 18:44 3–0 Peychev (Kozhuharov, Stefanov) (SH) – 25:36 4–0 4–1 29:47 – Yayilkan (Meydanci) Stanimirov (Tomov, Peychev) – 35:00 5–1 5–2 37:06 – Odabaş (Karadag) (SH) Stanimirov (Pandilov, Dikov) (PP) – 37:28 6–2 Kozhuharov (Pandilov, Stanimirov) (PP) – 55:14 7–2 McMullin (EN) – 57:17 8–2 8–3 58:07 – Yayilkan Pandilov (McMullin) – 58:57 9–3 9–4 59:50 – Yavuz (Meydanci)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	39

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31 January 2025 13:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–18 (0–1, 0–5, 1–12)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 71

Game reference
	Amor Sacic	Goalies	Kao Hao-Hsuan	Referee: Serkan Kocakara Linesmen: Muhaammed Aksakal Liu Ren
	0–1 04:20 – Lin (Peng K., Chen T.C) 0–2 23:30 – Peng Mo (Wang Y., Chen C.) 0–3 28:00 – Wang Y. (Chi, Chen C.) 0–4 29:55 – Peng Mo (Chen C.) 0–5 35:17 – Peng Mo (Wu) 0–6 38:08 – Liu (Chen Y., Peng Mo) (PP2) 0–7 40:43 – Wu (Chen Y., Wang K.) (PP) 0–8 42:24 – Chen C. (Chi, Peng Mo) 0–9 42:58 – Wang K. (Chen Y.) 0–10 43:45 – Chen C. 0–11 45:18 – Liu Mrkva (Capin, Silajdzic) – 48:45 1–11 1–12 50:22 – Peng K. 1–13 50:47 – Chi (Wang Y., Peng Mo) 1–14 51:07 – Liu (Chang) 1–15 53:13 – Wu – (Wang K., Chen Y.) (PP2) 1–16 54:11 – Chen C. (Liu, Peng Mo) 1–17 58:51 – Chi (Liu) 1–18 59:18 – Yang (Ou, Peng K.)
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	6	Shots	50

31 January 2025 16:30

Mexico

1–6 (0–3, 0–2, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 153

Game reference
	Santiago Cucuraqui	Goalies	Nikola Stefanov	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Alkan Kilinç Daniel Lindblom
	0–1 05:14 – Stanimirov (Todorov, D. Mladenov) 0–2 07:51 – Pandilov (Stanimirov) 0–3 10:21 – Gyurkov (Stanimirov, Tomov) 0–4 28:26 – Stanimirov (Stamenov, Dikov) (PP) 0–5 34:56 – Kozhuharov (D. Mladenov, Stanimirov) Potts (Loria, F. Briseno) (PP) – 48:42 1–5 1–6 57:42 – Dikov (Stefanov)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	12	Shots	36

31 January 2025 20:00

Turkey

3–6 (0–2, 2–2, 1–2)

New Zealand

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 1,206

Game reference
	Kayra Aydos Yusuf Balli	Goalies	Joel Gerard	Referee: Casper Russelhuber Linesmen: Bram Zwarthoed Maarten van den Acker
	0–1 03:07 – Jansen Middleton (Audas, Allen) 0–2 18:24 – Dalmatau (Audas, Carey) (PP) 0–3 20:09 – Audas (Carey) Tinaz (Yayilkan, Atkin) – 24:09 1–3 Yavuz (Meydanci, Odabaş) – 30:20 2–3 2–4 37:52 – MacDonald (Audas, Carey) (EA) Odabaş (Karadag, Yayilkan) (PP) – 52:03 3–4 3–5 58:09 – Dalmatau (Koptev, Carey) (EN) 3–6 58:41 – MacDonald (Paterson)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	23

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2 February 2025 13:00

Bulgaria

11–0 (4–0, 3–0, 4–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 135

Game reference
	Kaloyan Stoyanov	Goalies	Karim Ahmetovski Amor Sacic	Referee: Oleg Serebryakov Linesmen: Muhaammed Aksakal Maarten van den Acker
	Stanimirov (Pandilov) – 00:36 1–0 Peychev (Krushichki, Kozhuharov) – 02:19 2–0 Peychev (Kozhuharov, Tomov) – 05:50 3–0 Stanimirov (Tomov) – 09:59 4–0 Stanimirov (Gyurkov, Stamenov) – 35:19 5–0 Kozhuharov (D. Mladenov) – 37:07 6–0 Stanimirov (Dikov, Pandilov) (PP) – 39:09 7–0 Aleksandrov – 47:40 8–0 Kozhuharov (Dikov, Stamenov) (PP) – 52:14 9–0 Pandilov (McMullin, Mitrikov) – 56:14 10–0 Kozhuharov (Dikov, Stamenov) (PP) – 57:25 11–0
	4 min	Penalties	31 min
	33	Shots	17

2 February 2025 16:30

Chinese Taipei

1–4 (1–2, 0–1, 0–1)

New Zealand

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 302

Game reference
	Kao Hao-Hsuan	Goalies	Joel Gerard	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Alkan Kilinç Daniel Lindblom
	0–1 06:21 – Carey (Dalmatau, Koptev) Peng Mo (PS) – 09:01 1–1 1–2 14:04 – Ruski-Jones (Chamberlin, Paterson) 1–3 35:57 – Dalmatau (Carey, Ruski-Jones) (PP) 1–4 45:51 – Carey (Murray)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	12	Shots	21

2 February 2025 20:00

Turkey

9–7 (4–4, 2–3, 3–0)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 1,752

Game reference
	Kayra Aydos Yusuf Balli	Goalies	Santiago Cucuraqui	Referee: Casper Russelhuber Linesmen: Carlos Trobajo Bram Zwarthoed
	Yavuz (Atkin) – 02:47 1–0 1–1 03:58 – Natenzon (Morosoli, Hernandez) 1–2 10:06 – Hernandez (P. Briseno) Odabaş (Atkin, Inandi) – 13:26 2–2 2–3 13:49 – Borja (Loria, Morosoli) Yavuz (Meydanci, Atkin) – 16:01 3–3 Karadag (Odabaş) (SH) – 17:44 4–3 4–4 18:49 – Borja (Potts, F. Briseno) (PP2) 4–5 22:48 – F. Briseno (Couoh, Potts) Odabaş (Karadag, Atkin) (PP) – 31:05 5–5 5–6 32:20 – Potts (F. Briseno, Lorenzana) Inandi (Odabaş) – 33:36 6–6 6–7 35:40 – JP. Briseno (P. Briseno) Meydanci (Bahadir) – 40:39 7–7 Tinaz (Yayilkan, Atkin) – 42:00 8–7 Yayilkan (EN) – 57:33 9–7
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	40

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Peng Mo	Chinese Taipei	5	6	13	19	+11	4
2	Aleksandar Stanimirov	Bulgaria	5	11	5	16	+7	0
3	Jacob Carey	New Zealand	5	6	9	15	+10	0
4	Chen Chiung-Yuan	Chinese Taipei	5	7	5	12	+11	2
5	Chi Kai-Yuan	Chinese Taipei	5	7	3	10	+12	2
5	Liu Kuan-Ting	Chinese Taipei	5	7	3	10	+5	2
7	Ege Odabaş	Turkey	5	4	6	10	–2	0
8	Aleksandar Kozhuharov	Bulgaria	5	5	4	9	+2	0
8	Tarik Mrkva	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	5	4	9	−2	8
10	Wang Yi-An	Chinese Taipei	5	1	8	9	+11	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Joel Gerard	New Zealand	240:00	3	94.29	1.00	2
2	Nikola Stefanov	Bulgaria	180:00	10	88.64	3.33	0
3	Kaloyan Stoyanov	Bulgaria	120:00	7	88.14	3.50	1
4	Kao Hao-Hsuan	Chinese Taipei	185:39	6	86.67	1.94	0
5	Santiago Cucuraqui	Mexico	298:34	30	82.35	6.03	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

• Goaltender: Joel Gerard
• Defenceman: Peng Mo
• Forward: Jacob Carey

Source: IIHF

Division III B

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III B

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
City	Bangkok
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–14 December 2024
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	53 (8.83 per game)
Attendance	1,494 (249 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Natchayatorn Yannakornthanapunt (7 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division III B tournament was played in Bangkok, Thailand, from 11 to 14 December 2024. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Kyrgyzstan	placed 6th in Division III A last year and were relegated
Luxembourg	placed 2nd in Division III B last year
South Africa	placed 3rd in Division III B last year
Thailand (hosts)	first participation in World Championship

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Thailand (H)	3	3	0	0	0	19	5	+14	9	Promoted to the 2026 Division III A
2	Kyrgyzstan	3	2	0	0	1	14	9	+5	6
3	South Africa	3	0	1	0	2	11	21	−10	2
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	1	2	9	18	−9	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

Results

All times are local (Indochina Time – UTC+7).

11 December 2024 16:00

Kyrgyzstan

7–2 (1–0, 3–2, 3–0)

South Africa

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Emir Bolsunbekov	Goalies	Nico Janse van Rensburg	Referee: Shen Yen-Chin Linesmen: Edward Howard Teerasak Rattanachot
	Kalchaev (Esenov, Sapitov) – 16:36 1–0 Bem (Kalchaev, Nuraliev) – 28:00 2–0 Leshchenko (Ali-Askarov) – 29:56 (PP) 3–0 3–1 30:42 – Levin (Bate, Levi) Sapitov (Shamshybekov, Kalchaev) – 31:34 4–1 4–2 37:26 – Levin (PS) Sulaimanov (Ali-Askarov) – 47:30 5–2 Shumakov (Supokhunov) – 51:06 6–2 Sapitov (Shumakov) – 59:30 7–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	18

11 December 2024 19:30

Luxembourg

1–6 (1–2, 0–1, 0–3)

Thailand

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 223

Game reference
	Baptiste Franck	Goalies	Vijak Niyomvong	Referee: Heru Wardana Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Hung Chi-Lun
	Armuth (Vincens) – 1:14 (PP) 1–0 1–1 6:33 – Patong (Kulthanthorn) (PP) 1–2 10:00 – Patong (Limpanyakul) 1–3 35:10 – Yannakornthanapunt (Watthanaphaya) 1–4 51:50 – Yannakornthanapunt (Watthanaphaya) 1–5 57:46 – Sutivijitho (Khunraj, Yannakornthanapunt) 1–6 58:53 – Yannakornthanapunt (Shim)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	53

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12 December 2024 16:00

Luxembourg

6–7 OT (2–4, 4–1, 0–1) OT: (0–1)

South Africa

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 86

Game reference
	Baptiste Franck	Goalies	Nico Janse van Rensburg	Referee: Timur Morev Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Wachara Luenam
	0–1 1:55 – Bate (Levi) Toft – 5:18 1–1 1–2 14:20 – Mlangeni (van der Westhuizen) 1–3 16:27 – van der Merwe (Mlangeni) 1–4 18:51 – Levi (Levin) (PP) Reinert (D’Andrea) – 19:05 2–4 Springer (Nunes) – 22:22 3–4 3–5 23:09 – van der Westhuizen Springer (Vincens) – 26:17 (PP) 4–5 Mota (York) – 37:30 5–5 Cap (Fleischmann) – 38:35 6–5 6–6 47:08 – Levin (Bate) 6–7 61:14 – Baker (Bate)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	22

12 December 2024 19:30

Thailand

5–2 (0–1, 4–0, 1–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 275

Game reference
	Vijak Niyomvong	Goalies	Emir Bolsunbekov	Referee: Shen Yen-Chin Linesmen: Edward Howard Chi-Lun Hung
	0–1 04:30 – Ali-Askarov (Supokhunov) Thongin (Sutivijitho) – 27:12 1–1 Jaratkorn (SH) – 29:25 2–1 Patong (Jaratkorn, Limpanyakul) – 37:35 3–1 Prasertthanma (Kulthanthorn) – 37:58 4–1 Yannakornthanapunt (Kulthanthorn, Patong) (PP) – 52:40 5–1 5–2 59:20 – Ali-Askarov (Kalchaev, Sapitov)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	38

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14 December 2024 16:00

Kyrgyzstan

5–2 (2–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Luxembourg

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 135

Game reference
	Emir Bolsunbekov Artem Vasilev	Goalies	Baptiste Franck	Referee: Timur Morev Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Wachara Luenam
	Leshchenko (Supokhunov) – 11:29 1–0 Bekmuratov (Esenov, Ali-Askarov) – 16:13 2–0 Bem (Barmanov) – 27:25 3–0 Leshchenko (Ali-Askarov) – 36:47 4–0 4–1 50:19 – Lasis (Nunes, Vincens) (PP) Shamshybekov (Nuraliev, Leshchenko) – 55:36 5–1 5–2 58:00 – Lasis
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	49	Shots	22

14 December 2024 19:30

South Africa

2–8 (1–5, 0–1, 1–2)

Thailand

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 665

Game reference
	Connor Gilbert Nico Janse van Rensburg	Goalies	James Na Phikul Vijak Niyomvong	Referee: Shen Yen-Chin Linesmen: Edward Howard Teerasak Rattanachot
	0–1 3:57 – Limpanyakul (Yannakornthanapunt, Jaratkorn) (PP1) 0–2 7:11 – Sutivijitho (Khunraj) 0–3 8:26 – Jaratkorn 0–4 13:59 – Yannakornthanapunt (Watthanaphaya, Limpanyakul) 0–5 17:22 – Limpanyakul (Jaratkorn) Baker (van der Merwe) – 18:16 1–5 1–6 39:48 – Patong 1–7 40:37 – Watthanaphaya Levin (Levi, Bate) – 44:12 2–7 2–8 54:05 – Patong
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	55

Top Players

Best Players Selected by the Directorate
Best Goalkeeper	Vijak Niyomvong
Best Defender	Natchayatorn Yannakornthanapunt
Best Forward	Abdumalik Sapitov

Source: IIHF

Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches
Kyrgyzstan	Sher Shamshybekov
Luxembourg	Charlie Springer
South Africa	Noam Levin
Thailand	Vijak Niyomvong

Source: IIHF

References

1. Division III A official website, www.iihf.com
2. Division III A statistics, stats.iihf.com
3. "17-year wait over for under-20s team". www.odt.co.nz. Otago Daily Times. 4 February 2025.
4. Division III B official website, www.iihf.com
5. Division III B statistics, stats.iihf.com
6. "ไอซ์ฮอกกี้ไทยผงาดแชมป์โลกรุ่นยู-20 ดิวิชั่น 3 กลุ่มบี". www.siamsport.co.th (in Thai). SIAMSPORT. 16 December 2024.

External links

• Official website of IIHF