2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III explained

Tourney Name:IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Year:2023
Size:x240px
Country:Turkey
City:Istanbul
Dates:26 January –
2 February 2023
Num Teams:8
Venues:1
Cities:1
Games:22
Goals:207
Attendance:5182
Scoring Leader: Dmitri Kuleshov
Points:29
Website:www.iihf.com
Prevseason:2022
Nextseason:2024

See also: 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The 2023 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 was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 26 January to 2 February 2023.[1] [2] It consisted of one pool of eight teams separated into two preliminary round groups. The winners of this tournament, Australia, were promoted to the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II B.

To be eligible as a junior player in this tournament, a player cannot be born earlier than 2003.

Participating teams

Team Qualification
Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Hosts; placed 5th in Division III last year.
Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Placed 7th in Division III last year.
Placed 8th in Division III last year.
Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020.
Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020.

Match officials

Five referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees
Linesmen

First round

Group B

Playoffs

All teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.

Final

Final standings

Rank Team
4
5
6
7
8
Promoted to the 2024 Division II B
Relegated to the 2024 Division III B

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wm20iii 2023 World Championship Division III official website
  2. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/455/ 2023 World Championship Division III statistics
  3. https://stats.iihf.com/hydra/455/IHM455000_35B_2_0.pdf 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III – Competition officials