See main article: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
| Tourney Name: | IIHF U20 World Championship Division III |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Size: | x240px |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Dates: | 16–22 January 2017 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Games: | 20 |
| Goals: | 148 |
| Attendance: | 3105 |
| Scoring Leader: |  Rudi Ying |
| Points: | 19 |
| Website: | www.iihf.com |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 16 to 22 January 2017.[1] [2] Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The winners – Turkey – were promoted to Division II B for the 2018 tournament. Chinese Taipei returned after a five-year absence. With an increase of teams for 2018, the two bottom-placed teams, South Africa and Chinese Taipei, were afterwards moved to a Division III Qualification tournament.
| Team | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated | ||
| placed 2nd in Division III last year | ||
| hosts; placed 3rd in Division III last year | ||
| placed 4th in Division III last year | ||
| placed 5th in Division III last year | ||
| placed 6th in Division III last year | ||
| placed 7th in Division III last year | ||
| last participated in 2011 |
The best two ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the semi-finals, while the bottom two teams from both groups advance to the 5th–8th place playoffs.
All times are local. (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)
| width=30 | Pos | width=165 | Player | width=125 | Country | width=30 | GP | width=30 | G | width=30 | A | width=30 | Pts | width=30 | +/- | width=30 | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 19 | +14 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +10 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +12 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +8 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +2 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +8 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +6 | 20 |
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| width=30 | Pos | width=165 | Player | width=125 | Country | width=20 | MINS | width=20 | GA | width=20 | Sv% | width=20 | GAA | width=20 | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120:00 | 2 | 94.74 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 279:51 | 11 | 92.76 | 2.36 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 240:00 | 8 | 91.75 | 2.00 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 179:00 | 7 | 91.25 | 2.35 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 206:14 | 13 | 90.08 | 3.78 | 0 |
Raz Werner
Yusuf Kars Rudi Ying
| Rank | width=170 | Team! | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promoted to the 2018 Division II B | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | Relegated to the 2018 Division III Qualification | ||
| 8 |