See main article: IIHF World Junior Championship.
| Last Season: | 2024 IIHF U20 World Championship Division III |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Formerly: | D-series (1979–2000) |
| Founded: | 1979 (D-series) 2001 (Division III) |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Most Champs: | (4 titles) |
| Promotion: | Division II |
| Website: | IIHF.com |
The IIHF World U20 Championship Division III is played every year among the ice hockey teams under the age of 20 who were placed in Division III in the previous year.[1] [2]
Until 2001 the tournament was known as the D-series.
| Year | Promoted | Relegated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=250px | To IIHF U20 Division II | To Division III A | To Division III B | |
| 2001 | (promoted to Division III) | – | ||
| 2002 | All teams get promoted | – | – | |
| 2003 | , | – | – | |
| 2004 | , | – | – | |
| 2005 | , | – | – | |
| 2006 | , | – | – | |
| 2007 | , | – | – | |
| 2008 | , | – | – | |
| 2009 | Cancelled | |||
| 2010 | , | – | – | |
| 2011 | , | – | – | |
| 2012 | – | – | ||
| 2013 | – | – | ||
| 2014 | – | – | ||
| 2015 | – | – | ||
| 2016 | – | – | ||
| 2017 | – | , (Relegated to Division III Qualification) | ||
| 2018 | , (Promoted to Division III) | – | ||
| 2019 | – | – | ||
| 2020 | – | – | ||
| 2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2022 | , | – | – | |
| 2023 | – | – | ||
| 2024 | ||||