| Tourney Name: | IIHF U20 World Championship Division III |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Size: | x240px |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Dates: | 22–30 July 2022 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Games: | 22 |
| Goals: | 180 |
| Type: | ihj |
| Winners: | TPE |
| Second: | MEX |
| Third: | AUS |
| Attendance: | 5141 |
| Scoring Leader: |  Mike Levin |
| Points: | 16 |
| Website: | www.iihf.com |
| Prevseason: | 2020 ← |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
See also: 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
The 2022 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 would have been held in Querétaro, Mexico, from 6 to 16 January 2022, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Later it was rescheduled and was played from 22 to 30 July 2022.[2] [3]
Bulgaria withdrew from the July tournament and was replaced by Australia, which originally opted out of the January tournament.
To be eligible as a junior player in this tournament, a player cannot be born earlier than 2002.
| Team | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| placed 6th in 2020 Division II B and were relegated | ||
| placed 2nd in 2020 Division III | ||
| placed 3rd in 2020 Division III | ||
| hosts; placed 4th in 2020 Division III | ||
| placed 7th in 2020 Division III | ||
| placed 8th in 2020 Division III | ||
| first participation in World Championship | ||
| first participation in World Championship |
All teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.
| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 |
| Promoted to the 2023 Division II B |