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Host countries | Turkey Thailand |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 27 January – 2 February 2025 11–14 December 2024 |
Teams | 10 |
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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 represents the sixth tier and Division III B 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.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2005.
Division III A
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Turkey |
City | Istanbul |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 27 January – 2 February 2025 |
Teams | 6 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 11 |
Goals scored | 111 (10.09 per game) |
Attendance | 2,148 (195 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Peng Mo (18 points) |
Official website | |
www.iihf.com |
The Division III A tournament is being played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 January to 2 February 2025.
Participating teams
Team | Qualification |
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Chinese Taipei | placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated |
New Zealand | placed 2nd in Division III A last year |
Bulgaria | placed 3rd in Division III A last year |
Turkey (hosts) | placed 4th in Division III A last year |
Mexico | placed 5th in Division III A last year |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | placed 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted |
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Chinese Taipei (S) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7 | +31 | 12 | Promotion to the 2026 Division II B |
2 | New Zealand (S) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 9 | |
3 | Bulgaria (E) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 6 | |
4 | Turkey (H, E) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 3 | |
5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (E) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 43 | −31 | 3 | |
6 | Mexico (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 0 | Relegation to the 2026 Division III B |
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.
(E) Eliminated; (H) Host; (S) Safe from Relegation
Results
All times are local (Turkey Time – UTC+3).
27 January 2025 13:00 | Bulgaria | 3–7 (2–3, 1–1, 0–3) | Chinese Taipei | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 51 |
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Kaloyan Stoyanov | Goalies | Chen Tai-Yu | Referee: Oleg Serebryakov Linesmen: Alkan Kilinç Carlos Trobajo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 42 |
27 January 2025 16:30 | New Zealand | 5–0 (0–0, 2–0, 3–0) | Mexico | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 50 |
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Joel Gerard | Goalies | Santiago Cucuraqui | Referee: Serkan Kocakara Linesmen: Liu Ren Maarten van den Acker | ||||||||||||||
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42 | Shots | 18 |
27 January 2025 20:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–9 (0–1, 0–3, 1–5) | Turkey | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 631 |
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Karim Ahmetovski Amor Sacic | Goalies | Kayra Aydos Yusuf Balli | Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Daniel Lindblom Bram Zwarthoed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Shots | 59 |
28 January 2025 13:00 | New Zealand | 5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0) | Bulgaria | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 93 |
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Joel Gerard | Goalies | Nikola Stefanov | Referee: Serkan Kocakara Linesmen: Alkan Kilinç Carlos Trobajo | ||||||||||||||
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37 | Shots | 18 |
28 January 2025 16:30 | Mexico | 4–6 (0–2, 2–2, 2–2) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 68 |
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Santiago Cucuraqui | Goalies | Karim Ahmetovski | Referee: Oleg Serebryakov Linesmen: Muhaammed Aksakal Maarten van den Acker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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35 | Shots | 19 |
28 January 2025 20:00 | Chinese Taipei | 8–2 (4–2, 1–0, 3–0) | Turkey | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 850 |
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Chen Tai-Yu Kao Hao-Hsuan | Goalies | Kayra Aydos | Referee: Casper Russelhuber Linesmen: Daniel Lindblom Liu Ren | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 55 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Shots | 21 |
30 January 2025 13:00 | Chinese Taipei | 5–1 (2–1, 2–0, 1–0) | Mexico | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 94 |
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Kao Hao-Hsuan | Goalies | Santiago Cucuraqui | Referee: Oleg Serebryakov Linesmen: Liu Ren Maarten van den Acker | |||||||||||||||||
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37 | Shots | 16 |
30 January 2025 16:30 | New Zealand | 12–4 (6–1, 5–2, 1–1) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 87 |
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Caleb Price | Goalies | Karim Ahmetovski Amor Sacic | Referee: Casper Russelhuber Linesmen: Muhaammed Aksakal Daniel Lindblom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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51 | Shots | 17 |
30 January 2025 20:00 | Bulgaria | 9–4 (3–0, 3–2, 3–2) | Turkey | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: TBA |
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Nikola Stefanov | Goalies | Kayra Aydos Yusuf Balli | Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Carlos Trobajo Bram Zwarthoed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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29 | Shots | 39 |
31 January 2025 13:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–18 (0–1, 0–5, 1–12) | Chinese Taipei | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 71 |
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Amor Sacic | Goalies | Kao Hao-Hsuan | Referee: Serkan Kocakara Linesmen: Muhaammed Aksakal Liu Ren | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 | Shots | 50 |
31 January 2025 16:30 | Mexico | 1–6 (0–3, 0–2, 1–1) | Bulgaria | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 153 |
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12 | Shots | 36 |
31 January 2025 20:00 | Turkey | v | New Zealand | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
2 February 2025 13:00 | Bulgaria | v | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
2 February 2025 16:30 | Chinese Taipei | v | New Zealand | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
2 February 2025 20:00 | Turkey | v | Mexico | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
Statistics
Top 10 scorers
Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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1 | Peng Mo | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | +3 | 4 |
2 | Jacob Carey | New Zealand | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +6 | 0 |
2 | Tarik Mrkva | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +2 | 2 |
4 | Aleksandar Stanimirov | Bulgaria | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | –1 | 0 |
5 | Chi Kai-Yuan | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | +4 | 2 |
6 | Chen Chiung-Yuan | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +3 | 2 |
7 | Markus MacDonald | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +7 | 2 |
7 | Axel Ruski-Jones | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 0 |
9 | Morgan Blair | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +7 | 6 |
9 | Faris Capin | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 2 |
9 | Adi Drnda | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
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1 | Joel Gerard | New Zealand | 120:00 | 0 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 2 |
2 | Chen Tai-Yu | Chinese Taipei | 114:21 | 5 | 89.36 | 2.62 | 0 |
3 | Nikola Stefanov | Bulgaria | 120:00 | 9 | 88.16 | 4.50 | 0 |
4 | Santiago Cucuraqui | Mexico | 179:47 | 16 | 83.67 | 5.34 | 0 |
5 | Karim Ahmetovski | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 109:28 | 13 | 83.12 | 7.13 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF
Division III B
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Thailand |
City | Bangkok |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 11–14 December 2024 |
Teams | 4 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 6 |
Goals scored | 53 (8.83 per game) |
Attendance | 1,494 (249 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | 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.
Participating teams
Team | Qualification |
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Kyrgyzstan | placed 6th in Division III A last year and were relegated |
Luxembourg | placed 2nd in Division III B last year |
South Africa | placed 3rd in Division III B last year |
Thailand (hosts) | first participation in World Championship |
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Thailand (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 9 | Promoted to the 2026 Division III A |
2 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 2 | |
4 | Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 1 |
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 | Kyrgyzstan | 7–2 (1–0, 3–2, 3–0) | South Africa | Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 110 |
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Emir Bolsunbekov | Goalies | Nico Janse van Rensburg | Referee: Shen Yen-Chin Linesmen: Edward Howard Teerasak Rattanachot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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38 | Shots | 18 |
11 December 2024 19:30 | Luxembourg | 1–6 (1–2, 0–1, 0–3) | Thailand | Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 223 |
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Baptiste Franck | Goalies | Vijak Niyomvong | Referee: Heru Wardana Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Hung Chi-Lun | ||||||||||||||||||||
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32 | Shots | 53 |
12 December 2024 16:00 | Luxembourg | 6–7 OT (2–4, 4–1, 0–1) OT: (0–1) | South Africa | Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 86 |
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38 | Shots | 22 |
12 December 2024 19:30 | Thailand | 5–2 (0–1, 4–0, 1–1) | Kyrgyzstan | Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 275 |
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Vijak Niyomvong | Goalies | Emir Bolsunbekov | Referee: Shen Yen-Chin Linesmen: Edward Howard Chi-Lun Hung | ||||||||||||||||||||
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34 | Shots | 38 |
14 December 2024 16:00 | Kyrgyzstan | 5–2 (2–0, 2–0, 1–2) | Luxembourg | Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 135 |
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Emir Bolsunbekov Artem Vasilev | Goalies | Baptiste Franck | Referee: Timur Morev Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Wachara Luenam | ||||||||||||||||||||
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49 | Shots | 22 |
14 December 2024 19:30 | South Africa | 2–8 (1–5, 0–1, 1–2) | Thailand | Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 665 |
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Connor Gilbert Nico Janse van Rensburg | Goalies | James Na Phikul Vijak Niyomvong | Referee: Shen Yen-Chin Linesmen: Edward Howard Teerasak Rattanachot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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21 | Shots | 55 |
Top Players
Best Players Selected by the Directorate | |
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Best Goalkeeper | Vijak Niyomvong |
Best Defender | Natchayatorn Yannakornthanapunt |
Best Forward | Abdumalik Sapitov |
Source: IIHF
Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches | |
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Kyrgyzstan | Sher Shamshybekov |
Luxembourg | Charlie Springer |
South Africa | Noam Levin |
Thailand | Vijak Niyomvong |
Source: IIHF
References
- Division III A official website, www.iihf.com
- Division III A statistics, stats.iihf.com
- Division III B official website, www.iihf.com
- Division III B statistics, stats.iihf.com
External links
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