2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

Last updated
2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates27 January – 2 February 2025
11–14 December 2024
Teams10
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The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consists of two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III A is the sixth tier and Division III B is the seventh tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team will be promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team from Group A will be relegated to Group B.

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To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2005.

Division III A

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III A
2025 IIHF U20 World Championship Division III A logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
City Istanbul
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates27 January – 2 February 2025
Teams6
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division III A tournament will be played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 January to 2 February 2025. [1] [2]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand placed 2nd in Division III A last year
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria placed 3rd in Division III A last year
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey hosts; placed 4th in Division III A last year
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico placed 5th in Division III A last year
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina placed 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 000000000Promotion to the 2026 Division II B
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 000000000
3Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 000000000
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (H)000000000
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 000000000
6Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 000000000Relegation to the 2026 Division III B
First match(es) will be played: 27 January 2025. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (Turkey Time – UTC+3).

27 January 2025
13:00		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svgvFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
27 January 2025
16:30		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svgvFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
27 January 2025
20:00		 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgvFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
28 January 2025
13:00		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svgvFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
28 January 2025
16:30		 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
28 January 2025
20:00		 Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svgvFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
30 January 2025
13:00		 Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svgvFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
30 January 2025
16:30		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
30 January 2025
20:00		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svgvFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
31 January 2025
13:00		 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgvFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
31 January 2025
16:30		 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svgvFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
31 January 2025
20:00		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svgvFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
2 February 2025
13:00		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
2 February 2025
16:30		 Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svgvFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
2 February 2025
20:00		 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svgvFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

Division III B

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III B
2025 IIHF U20 World Championship Division III B logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
City Bangkok
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–14 December 2024
Teams4
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored53 (8.83 per game)
Attendance1,494 (249 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Thailand.svg Natchayatorn Yannakornthanapunt (7 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division III B tournament was played in Bangkok, Thailand, from 11 to 14 December 2024. [3] [4]

Participating teams

TeamQualification
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan placed 6th in Division III A last year and were relegated
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg placed 2nd in Division III B last year
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa placed 3rd in Division III B last year
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand hosts; first participation in World Championship

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (H)33000195+149Promoted to the 2026 Division III A
2Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 32001149+56
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 301021121−102
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 30012918−91
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (Indochina Time – UTC+7).

11 December 2024
16:00		Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 7–2
(1–0, 3–2, 3–0)		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok
Attendance: 110
Game reference
Emir BolsunbekovGoaliesNico Janse van RensburgReferee:
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Shen Yen-Chin
Linesmen:
Flag of New Zealand.svg Edward Howard
Flag of Thailand.svg Teerasak Rattanachot
Kalchaev (Esenov, Sapitov) – 16:361–0
Bem (Kalchaev, Nuraliev) – 28:002–0
Leshchenko (Ali-Askarov) – 29:56 (PP)3–0
3–130:42 – Levin (Bate, Levi)
Sapitov (Shamshybekov, Kalchaev) – 31:344–1
4–237:26 – Levin (PS)
Sulaimanov (Ali-Askarov) – 47:305–2
Shumakov (Supokhunov) – 51:066–2
Sapitov (Shumakov) – 59:307–2
8 minPenalties8 min
38Shots18
11 December 2024
19:30		Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1–6
(1–2, 0–1, 0–3)		Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok
Attendance: 223
Game reference
Baptiste FranckGoaliesVijak NiyomvongReferee:
Flag of Indonesia.svg Heru Wardana
Linesmen:
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Constantineau
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hung Chi-Lun
Armuth (Vincens) – 1:14 (PP)1–0
1–16:33 – Patong (Kulthanthorn) (PP)
1–210:00 – Patong (Limpanyakul)
1–335:10 – Yannakornthanapunt (Watthanaphaya)
1–451:50 – Yannakornthanapunt (Watthanaphaya)
1–557:46 – Sutivijitho (Khunraj, Yannakornthanapunt)
1–658:53 – Yannakornthanapunt (Shim)
10 minPenalties4 min
32Shots53
12 December 2024
16:00		Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 6–7 OT
(2–4, 4–1, 0–1)
OT: (0–1)		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok
Attendance: 86
Game reference
Baptiste FranckGoaliesNico Janse van RensburgReferee:
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Timur Morev
Linesmen:
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Constantineau
Flag of Thailand.svg Wachara Luenam
0–11:55 – Bate (Levi)
Toft – 5:181–1
1–214:20 – Mlangeni (van der Westhuizen)
1–316:27 – van der Merwe (Mlangeni)
1–418:51 – Levi (Levin) (PP)
Reinert (D’Andrea) – 19:052–4
Springer (Nunes) – 22:223–4
3–523:09 – van der Westhuizen
Springer (Vincens) – 26:17 (PP)4–5
Mota (York) – 37:305–5
Cap (Fleischmann) – 38:356–5
6–647:08 – Levin (Bate)
6–761:14 – Baker (Bate)
10 minPenalties8 min
38Shots22
12 December 2024
19:30		Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 5–2
(0–1, 4–0, 1–1)		Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok
Attendance: 275
Game reference
Vijak NiyomvongGoaliesEmir BolsunbekovReferee:
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Shen Yen-Chin
Linesmen:
Flag of New Zealand.svg Edward Howard
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chi-Lun Hung
0–104:30 – Ali-Askarov (Supokhunov)
Thongin (Sutivijitho) – 27:121–1
Jaratkorn (SH) – 29:252–1
Patong (Jaratkorn, Limpanyakul) – 37:353–1
Prasertthanma (Kulthanthorn) – 37:584–1
Yannakornthanapunt (Kulthanthorn, Patong) (PP) – 52:405–1
5–259:20 – Ali-Askarov (Kalchaev, Sapitov)
8 minPenalties8 min
34Shots38
14 December 2024
16:00		Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 5–2
(2–0, 2–0, 1–2)		Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok
Attendance: 135
Game reference
Emir Bolsunbekov
Artem Vasilev		GoaliesBaptiste FranckReferee:
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Timur Morev
Linesmen:
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Constantineau
Flag of Thailand.svg Wachara Luenam
Leshchenko (Supokhunov) – 11:291–0
Bekmuratov (Esenov, Ali-Askarov) – 16:132–0
Bem (Barmanov) – 27:253–0
Leshchenko (Ali-Askarov) – 36:474–0
4–150:19 – Lasis (Nunes, Vincens) (PP)
Shamshybekov (Nuraliev, Leshchenko) – 55:365–1
5–258:00 – Lasis
14 minPenalties12 min
49Shots22
14 December 2024
19:30		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2–8
(1–5, 0–1, 1–2)		Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok
Attendance: 665
Game reference
Connor Gilbert
Nico Janse van Rensburg		GoaliesJames Na Phikul
Vijak Niyomvong		Referee:
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Shen Yen-Chin
Linesmen:
Flag of New Zealand.svg Edward Howard
Flag of Thailand.svg Teerasak Rattanachot
0–13:57 – Limpanyakul (Yannakornthanapunt, Jaratkorn) (PP1)
0–27:11 – Sutivijitho (Khunraj)
0–38:26 – Jaratkorn
0–413:59 – Yannakornthanapunt (Watthanaphaya, Limpanyakul)
0–517:22 – Limpanyakul (Jaratkorn)
Baker (van der Merwe) – 18:161–5
1–639:48 – Patong
1–740:37 – Watthanaphaya
Levin (Levi, Bate) – 44:122–7
2–854:05 – Patong
6 minPenalties4 min
21Shots55

Top Players

Best Players Selected by the Directorate
Best Goalkeeper Flag of Thailand.svg Vijak Niyomvong
Best Defender Flag of Thailand.svg Natchayatorn Yannakornthanapunt
Best Forward Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Abdumalik Sapitov

Source: IIHF

Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Sher Shamshybekov
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Charlie Springer
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Noam Levin
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Vijak Niyomvong

Source: IIHF

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