2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Turkey |
| Dates | 26 January – 2 February 2023 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 207 (9.41 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,182 (236 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |  Dmitri Kuleshov(29 points) |
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The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1][2] It consisted of one pool of eight teams separated into groups A and B. The winner of this tournament will be promoted to the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II Group B.
To be eligible as a junior player in this tournament, a player cannot be born earlier than 2003.
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Participating teams
| Team | Qualification |
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| Australia |
Placed 3rd in 2022 Division III |
 Israel |
Placed 4th in 2022 Division III |
| Turkey |
Placed 5th in 2022 Division III |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Placed 6th in 2022 Division III |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Placed 7th in 2022 Division III |
 South Africa |
Placed 8th in 2022 Division III |
 Bulgaria |
Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020 |
 New Zealand |
Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020 |
Match officials
Five referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]
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- Referees
- Nicholas Air
- Murat Aygun
Bostjan Groznik
Yen-Chin Shen
Chris van Grinsven
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- Linesmen
- Berkay Aslanbey
- Ferhat Dogus Aygun
Thibo Christiaens
Yunjie Cui- John Dow
- Taha Kavlakoglu
Aron Magyar
Sem Ramirez
Kaspars Sirins
Chun Hang Wong
First round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Group B
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Playoffs
All teams enter the quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
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A1
Australia |
28 | |||||||||
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B4
South Africa |
0 | |||||||||
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1
Israel |
6 | |||||||||
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5
Turkey |
4 | |||||||||
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B1
Israel |
10 | |||||||||
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A4
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0 | |||||||||
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1
Israel |
1 | |||||||||
| 30 January | ||||||||||
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2
Australia |
4 | |||||||||
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A2
Kyrgyzstan |
1 | |||||||||
| 1 February | ||||||||||
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B3
Turkey |
3 | |||||||||
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2
Australia |
4 | |||||||||
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3
Bulgaria |
1 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
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B2
Bulgaria |
6 | |||||||||
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A3
New Zealand |
2 | |||||||||
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3
Bulgaria |
8 | |||||||||
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5
Turkey |
3 | |||||||||
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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7th place match
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5th place match
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3rd place match
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Final
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Final standings
| Rank | Team |
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Australia |
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Israel |
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Bulgaria |
| 4 | Turkey |
| 5 | New Zealand |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 8 | South Africa |
| Promoted to the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Division II B |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2023 Division III statistics
- ↑ IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III – Competition officials
