International ice hockey tournament
2023 IIHF U20 World Championship Tournament details Host country Turkey City Istanbul Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 26 January – Teams 8 Tournament statistics Games played 22 Goals scored 207 (9.41 per game) Attendance 5,182 (236 per game) Scoring leader(s) Official website www.iihf.com ← 2022 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. 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
Australia Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Israel Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Turkey Hosts; placed 5th in Division III last year.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Kyrgyzstan Placed 7th in Division III last year.
South Africa Placed 8th in Division III last year.
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.
Referees Linesmen First round
Group A
Source: IIHF
Group B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Israel
3
3
0
0
0
30
4
+26
9
Advance to Quarterfinals
2
Bulgaria
3
2
0
0
1
10
11
−1
6
3
Turkey (H)
3
1
0
0
2
15
14
+1
3
4
South Africa
3
0
0
0
3
4
30
−26
0
Source: IIHF 26 January 2023 Turkey 3–5 (1–0, 1–2, 1–3) Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
27 January 2023 Bulgaria 0–8 (0–5, 0–1, 0–2) Israel Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
29 January 2023 Israel 6–3 (5–0, 1–2, 0–1) Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Playoffs
All teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.
Quarterfinals
January 30, 2023 Kyrgyzstan 1–3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1) Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Semifinals
1 February 2023 Australia 4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1) Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
1 February 2023 Israel 6–4 (1–1, 3–1, 2–2) Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
2 February 2023 Bulgaria 8–3 (3–1, 3–2, 2–0) Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Final
2 February 2023 Israel 1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2) Australia Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Final standings
References
2023 World Championship Division III official website , www.iihf.com
2023 World Championship Division III statistics , stats.iihf.com
2023 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III – Competition officials
External links
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Turkey
Dmitri Kuleshov (29 points)
Israel
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kyrgyzstan
South Africa
Bulgaria
New Zealand
Bostjan Groznik
Yen-Chin Shen
Chris van Grinsven
Thibo Christiaens
Yunjie Cui
Aron Magyar
Sem Ramirez
Kaspars Sirins
Chun Hang Wong
