2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Year:2019
Size:x240px
Country:Iceland
Dates:14–20 January 2019
Num Teams:8
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:20
Goals:165
Attendance:3155
Scoring Leader: Yan Juncheng
Points:20
Website:www.iihf.com
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

See also: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 14 to 20 January 2019.[1] [2] Eight teams participated in the competition; they were drawn into two preliminary round groups of four. China won the tournament and were promoted to Division II B for 2020.

To be eligible as a junior, a player cannot be born earlier than 1999.

Bulgarian forward Miroslav Vasilev became the all-time leading scorer in Division III play with 42 points.

Participating teams

TeamQualification
placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
placed 2nd in Division III last year
placed 3rd in Division III last year
hosts; placed 4th in Division III last year
placed 5th in Division III last year
placed 6th in Division III last year
placed 1st in Division III Qualification last year
placed 2nd in Division III Qualification last year

Preliminary round

All times are local (Western European TimeUTC±0).

Group B

5th–8th place playoffs

Bracket

Fifth place game

Championship playoffs

Bracket

Gold medal game

Final standings

Rank width=170Team
4
5
6
7
8
bgcolor=#ccffcc Promoted to the 2020 Division II B

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

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1 5 7 13 20 +19 0
2 5 11 8 19 +17 32
3 5 5 10 15 +16 0
4 5 1 14 15 +19 0
5 5 7 7 14 +15 2
6 5 5 8 13 +6 14
7 5 8 4 12 +6 0
8 4 3 9 12 +4 38
9 5 4 5 9 +3 4
10 5 3 6 9 +1 2
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)

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1 240:00 4 93.94 1.00 0
2 align = left align = left 283:23 16 93.73 3.39 0
3 179:00 7 89.86 2.34 1
4 283:32 17 89.76 3.60 0
5 300:00 20 88.30 4.00 1

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

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate
  • Goaltender: Hung Sheng-Chun
  • Defenceman: Zhang Dehan
  • Forward: Heidar Kristveigarson

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm20iii 2019 World Championship Division III official website
  2. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/701/ 2019 World Championship Division III statistics