| 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.
| 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. |
Five referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]
Nicholas Air
Murat Aygun Berkay Aslanbey Ferhat Dogus Aygun
Thibo Christiaens
Yunjie Cui John Dow Taha Kavlakoglu
Aron Magyar
Sem Ramirez
Chun Hang WongAll teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.
| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 |
| Promoted to the 2024 Division II B | |
| Relegated to the 2024 Division III B |