2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
City | Istanbul |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 26 January – 2 February 2023 |
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 | |
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 |
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![]() | 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
Nicholas Air
Murat Aygun
Bostjan Groznik
Yen-Chin Shen
Chris van Grinsven
- 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 | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 |
26 January 2023 10:00 | Australia ![]() | 12–4 (3–1, 3–1, 6–2) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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26 January 2023 17:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 1–6 (0–2, 0–3, 1–1) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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27 January 2023 10:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 3–4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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27 January 2023 17:00 | New Zealand ![]() | 2–6 (0–3, 1–3, 1–0) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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29 January 2023 10:00 | Australia ![]() | 10–0 (1–0, 6–0, 3–0) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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29 January 2023 17:00 | Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | +26 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 0 |
(H) Host
26 January 2023 13:30 | Israel ![]() | 16–1 (4–0, 8–1, 4–0) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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26 January 2023 20:30 | Turkey ![]() | 3–5 (1–0, 1–2, 1–3) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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27 January 2023 13:30 | Bulgaria ![]() | 0–8 (0–5, 0–1, 0–2) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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27 January 2023 20:30 | Turkey ![]() | 9–3 (4–2, 1–0, 4–1) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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29 January 2023 13:30 | South Africa ![]() | 0–5 (0–1, 0–3, 0–1) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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29 January 2023 20:30 | Israel ![]() | 6–3 (5–0, 1–2, 0–1) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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Playoffs
All teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
30 January | ||||||||||
A1 ![]() | 28 | |||||||||
1 February | ||||||||||
B4 ![]() | 0 | |||||||||
1 ![]() | 6 | |||||||||
30 January | ||||||||||
5 ![]() | 4 | |||||||||
B1 ![]() | 10 | |||||||||
2 February | ||||||||||
A4 ![]() | 0 | |||||||||
1 ![]() | 1 | |||||||||
30 January | ||||||||||
2 ![]() | 4 | |||||||||
A2 ![]() | 1 | |||||||||
1 February | ||||||||||
B3 ![]() | 3 | |||||||||
2 ![]() | 4 | |||||||||
30 January | ||||||||||
3 ![]() | 1 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
B2 ![]() | 6 | |||||||||
2 February | ||||||||||
A3 ![]() | 2 | |||||||||
3 ![]() | 8 | |||||||||
5 ![]() | 3 | |||||||||
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Quarterfinals
January 30, 2023 10:00 | Australia ![]() | 28–0 (5–0, 11–0, 12–0) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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January 30, 2023 13:30 | Bulgaria ![]() | 6–2 (3–1, 1–0, 2–1) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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January 30, 2023 17:00 | Israel ![]() | 10–0 (4–0, 3–0, 3–0) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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January 30, 2023 20:30 | Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 1–3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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Semifinals
1 February 2023 17:00 | Australia ![]() | 4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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1 February 2023 20:30 | Israel ![]() | 6–4 (1–1, 3–1, 2–2) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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7th place match
1 February 2023 13:30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 7–3 (6–0, 1–1, 0–2) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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5th place match
2 February 2023 13:30 | Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 2–3 (1–0, 0–0, 1–3) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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3rd place match
2 February 2023 17:00 | Bulgaria ![]() | 8–3 (3–1, 3–2, 2–0) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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Final
2 February 2023 20:30 | Israel ![]() | 1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2) | ![]() | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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Final standings
Rank | Team |
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4 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
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8 | ![]() |
Promoted to the 2024 Division II B |
Relegated to the 2024 Division III B |
References
External links
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