2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 14 to 20 January 2019.[1][2] Eight teams participated in the competition; they were drawn into two preliminary round groups of four. China won the tournament and were promoted to Division II B for 2020.

2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Iceland
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–20 January 2019
Teams8
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored165 (8.25 per game)
Attendance3,155 (158 per game)
Scoring leader(s)China Yan Juncheng (20 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com
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To be eligible as a junior, a player cannot be born earlier than 1999.

Bulgarian forward Miroslav Vasilev became the all-time leading scorer in Division III play with 42 points.

Participating teams

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Team Qualification
  Turkey placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
  China placed 2nd in Division III last year
  Bulgaria placed 3rd in Division III last year
  Iceland hosts; placed 4th in Division III last year
  Australia placed 5th in Division III last year
  New Zealand placed 6th in Division III last year
  South Africa placed 1st in Division III Qualification last year
  Chinese Taipei placed 2nd in Division III Qualification last year

Preliminary round

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All times are local (Western European TimeUTC±0).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 3 2 0 1 0 12 10 +2 7 Semifinals
2   Turkey 3 2 0 0 1 11 8 +3 6
3   Iceland (H) 3 1 1 0 1 11 8 +3 5 5th–8th place playoffs
4   Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
14 January 2019
17:00
Iceland  5–4 OT
(2–1, 1–1, 1–2)
(OT: 1–0)
  AustraliaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 532
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Maksymilian MojzyszekGoaliesSeb WoodlandsReferee:
  Fraser Lawrence
Linesmen:
  Kevin Briganti
  Gil Haim Tichon
Maack (Árnason, G. Arason) (PP,EA) – 10:211–0
1–111:01 – Vasquez (Manwarring, Wang) (SH)
Gunnarsson (Maack) (PP) – 15:482–1
Grant (Orongan, G. Arason) (PP) – 22:053–1
3–235:48 – Wang (Wardlaw)
3–340:30 – Vasquez (Sillato) (PP)
3–450:45 – Wardlaw (Hayashi)
Kristveigarson (Atlason, Orongan) – 51:534–4
Orongan (Kristveigarson, Þorsteinsson) – 60:375–4
8 minPenalties38 min
36Shots26
14 January 2019
20:30
Turkey  4–1
(3–0, 1–0, 0–1)
  Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 27
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Burak GümüşlüGoaliesHuang Sheng-chunReferee:
  Zsolt Csomortani
Linesmen:
  Óli Gunnarsson
  Andreas Kroyer
Taygar (PP) – 13:321–0
Taygar – 14:232–0
Taygar (H. Salt) – 19:443–0
Gökçen (Elakaş) (PP) – 30:204–0
4–158:58 – Sang (Chen K.)
6 minPenalties14 min
54Shots18
15 January 2019
17:00
Iceland  4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)
  Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 350
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Maksymilian MojzyszekGoaliesHuang Sheng-сhunReferee:
  Cemal Ersin Kaya
Linesmen:
  Karolis Janušauskas
  Nicholas Verbruggen
Orongan (Grant) – 24:271–0
G. Arason (Grant) – 35:202–0
Grant (G. Arason) – 42:183–0
Gunnarsson – 58:004–0
8 minPenalties6 min
53Shots21
15 January 2019
20:30
Australia  5–3
(1–0, 0–2, 4–1)
  TurkeyLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 58
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Seb WoodlandsGoaliesBurak GümüşlüReferee:
  Christoffer Hurtik
Linesmen:
  Sindri Gunnarson
  Daniel Sparer
Hayashi (Vasquez) (PP) – 13:291–0
1–135:22 – Ulaş (PP)
1–237:47 – Demirezen
McGuiness – 40:232–2
2–343:32 – H. Salt
Vasquez (Manwarring, McGuiness) – 45:553–3
Wardlaw (Hayashi) – 47:254–3
Brunt – 59:255–3
24 minPenalties14 min
35Shots21
17 January 2019
10:00
Chinese Taipei  2–3
(0–1, 0–2, 2–1)
  AustraliaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 38
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Huang Sheng-chunGoaliesSeb WoodlandsReferee:
  Zsolt Csomortani
Linesmen:
  Karolis Janušauskas
  Nicholas Verbruggen
0–104:10 – Hayashi (Tripp, Lodge)
0–235:08 – McGuiness (Manwarring, Vasquez)
Lin K. (Cheung) (PP) – 46:071–2
1–351:04 – McGuiness (Manwarring)
Cheung (Chen P., Chen K.) – 58:472–3
18 minPenalties4 min
27Shots53
17 January 2019
17:00
Turkey  4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)
  IcelandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 400
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Burak GümüşlüGoaliesMaksymilian MojzyszekReferee:
  Adam Kika
Linesmen:
  Oscar Perez
  Daniel Sparer
H. Salt (PP) – 07:481–0
1–110:42 – Kristveigarson (Orongan)
H. Salt – 23:152–1
2–224:35 – Kristveigarson (V. Arason, Atlason) (SH)
Afşin (Salt) (PP) – 46:313–2
Bingöl (H. Salt) (ENG) – 59:434–2
6 minPenalties20 min
23Shots37

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   China 3 3 0 0 0 32 3 +29 9 Semifinals
2   Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 1 20 7 +13 6
3   South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 3 24 −21 3 5th–8th place playoffs
4   New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 1 22 −21 0
Source: IIHF
14 January 2019
10:00
Bulgaria  10–1
(2–0, 4–1, 4–0)
  South AfricaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 53
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Ivan StoynovGoaliesRyan Boyd
Alistair Bywater
Referee:
  Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:
  Sindri Gunnarsson
  Nicholas Verbruggen
Vasilev (Vachkov) (SH) – 01:371–0
Vachkov (Vasilev, T. Abdi) (PP) – 14:372–0
2–123:09 – Schuurman (J. Venter) (SH)
Dikov (Vasilev, Vachkov) (PP) – 25:443–1
Vachkov (Dikov) (PP) – 35:174–1
T. Abdi (Vachkov) (PP) – 36:515–1
Tsitselkov (Dzhorov, Nakov) – 37:006–1
Tsitselkov (Vasilev, Stoilov) – 47:327–1
Veselinov (Gatsev) (PP) – 52:488–1
Nakov – 56:019–1
Veselinov (Penchev) – 56:2210–1
8 minPenalties14 min
36Shots22
14 January 2019
13:30
China  12–1
(2–0, 5–0, 5–1)
  New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 196
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Wu SimingGoaliesDrew Kinney
Evan Froger
Referee:
  Christoffer Hurtik
Linesmen:
  James Ions
  Daniel Sparer
Guo (Yan J., Zhang D.) – 00:131–0
Li (Yang) (EA) – 09:292–0
Chu (Wang J.) – 21:383–0
Huang (Wang J.) – 23:224–0
Yan J. (Guo, Zhang D.) (SH) – 31:145–0
Yan R. (Fu) – 33:396–0
Chu (Huang, Zhang D.) (PP) – 36:167–0
Chu (Huang, Wang J.) – 42:048–0
Huang (Zhang D.) – 53:119–0
9–154:55 – Boul (Du Plooy, Tappin)
Huang (Wang J.) (SH) – 55:3510–1
Guo (Yan J.) (SH) – 58:2811–1
Wang J. (Huang) – 59:3412–1
10 minPenalties8 min
77Shots12
15 January 2019
10:00
Bulgaria  9–0
(3–0, 2–0, 4–0)
  New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 33
Game reference
Ivan Stoynov
Nikola Georgiev
GoaliesDrew KinneyReferee:
  Wong Chun
Linesmen:
  Kevin Briganti
  Oscar Perez
Vasilev (Dikov) (PP) – 03:401–0
Penchev (Veselinov) – 11:592–0
Vachkov (Vasilev) (PP) – 19:033–0
T. Abdi (Vasilev) -28:354–0
Vasilev (PP) – 38:445–0
Penchev (Vasilev, Atanasov) – 43:046–0
Dikov (Tsitselkov) – 51:087–0
Vachkov (Stoilov) – 54:368–0
Tsitselkov (Vasilev) (PP) – 57:529–0
34 minPenalties16 min
42Shots21
15 January 2019
13:30
South Africa  1–14
(0–5, 0–6, 1–3)
  ChinaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 45
Game reference
Ryan Boyd
Alistair Bywater
GoaliesWu SimingReferee:
  Adam Kika
Linesmen:
  Óli Gunnarsson
  Gil Haim Tichon
0–101:44 – Si (Yan J., Zhang D.) (PP)
0–204:07 – Si (Yan J., Yan R.) (PP)
0–306:01 – Yan J. (Guo, Zhang D.)
0–409:05 – Guo (Yan J., Zhang D.) (PP)
0–509:19 – Huang (Wang J.)
0–622:12 – Wang J. (SH)
0–725:41 – Guo
0–827:31 – Guo (Yan J.)
0–933:21 – Zhang D. (Huang, Yan J.)
0–1037:22 – Li (Yan J., Yan R.)
0–1138:47 – Wang J.
0–1247:45 – Li (Yu, Si)
Schuurman (R. Venter) (PP) – 51:071–12
1–1354:15 – Huang (Wang J.)
1–1459:14 – Yang (Yan J.)
8 minPenalties18 min
13Shots61
17 January 2019
13:30
New Zealand  0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
  South AfricaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 42
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Drew KinneyGoaliesRyan BoydReferee:
  Wong Chun
Linesmen:
  Kevin Briganti
  James Ions
0–149:32 – Schuurman (R. Venter)
6 minPenalties6 min
25Shots31
17 January 2019
20:30
China  6–1
(1–0, 2–1, 3–0)
  BulgariaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 143
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Zhang YuhangGoaliesIvan StoynovReferee:
  Fraser Lawrence
Linesmen:
  Andreas Kroyer
  Gil Haim Tichon
Zhang H. (Yu, Yan J.) – 10:321–0
1–134:31 – Nakov
Wang J. (Yang, Fu) – 34:512–1
Guo (Yan J.) (SH) – 38:443–1
Yu (Li, Zhang D.) – 47:444–1
Yan J. (Guo, Zhang D.) (PP) – 53:135–1
Huang (Wang) – 57:246–1
14 minPenalties16 min
51Shots19

5th–8th place playoffs

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Bracket

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5th–8th place semifinals 5th place game
      
3A   Iceland 11
4B   New Zealand 1
3A   Iceland 5
4A   Chinese Taipei 3
3B   South Africa 1
4A   Chinese Taipei 7 7th place game
3B   South Africa 5
4B   New Zealand 3

5th–8th place semifinals

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19 January 2019
10:00
Iceland  11–1
(6–0, 3–0, 2–1)
  New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 258
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Arnar HjaltestedGoaliesDrew Kinney
Evan Froger
Referee:
  Fraser Lawrence
Linesmen:
  James Ions
  Oscar Perez
Orongan (Atlason, G. Arason) – 00:171–0
Þorsteinsson (Kristveigarson) (PP) – 10:292–0
V. Arason (Helgason, Gunnarsson) – 14:323–0
Kristveigarson (Orongan, Atlason) (PP) – 15:354–0
Kristveigarson (SH) – 18:015–0
Orongan (Kristveirgarson) – 19:206–0
Kristveigarson (Atlason, Hjaltested) – 20:417–0
Atlason (Arnason, G. Arason) (PP) – 24:058–0
Kristveigarson (Orongan, Thorsteinsson) (PP) – 36:229–0
Rúnarsson (Orongan, Ágústsson) – 53:2710–0
Kristveigarson (Orongan, Atlason) (PP) – 54:2511–0
11–156:28 – Hill (Flight)
4 minPenalties32 min
63Shots10
19 January 2019
13:30
South Africa  1–7
(0–3, 1–2, 0–2)
  Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 42
Game reference
Alistair Bywater
Ryan Boyd
GoaliesHuang Sheng-chun
Lee Yi-cheng
Referee:
  Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:
  Kevin Briganti
  Sindri Gunnarsson
0–101:29 – Fu (Chen P., Chen K.)
0–204:19 – Sang (Fu, Cheung) (PP)
0–306:35 – Lin K. (Sang)
0–420:47 – Sang (Chu, Yang H.)
0–525:44 – Lin K. (Cheung) (PP)
Meyer (Johnson) – 39:381–5
1–642:54 – Fu
1–744:40 – Lin C. (Chen K.)
Penalties22 min
36Shots31

Seventh place game

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20 January 2019
10:00
South Africa  5–3
(3–1, 0–2, 2–0)
  New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 43
Game reference
Ryan BoydGoaliesEvan FrogerReferee:
  Adam Kika
Linesmen:
  Karolis Janusauskas
  Andreas Kroyer
0–102:13 – Boul
Phakathi (R. Venter) – 02:501–1
Schuurman – 10:592–1
Schuurman (Phakathi) (PP) – 12:153–1
3–234:07 – Hill
3–337:12 – Boul (Lilly)
Delport (Meyer) – 50:204–3
Meyer (Delport, J. Venter) – 55:035–3
4 minPenalties4 min
38Shots31

Fifth place game

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20 January 2019
13:30
Iceland  5–3
(2–1, 2–1, 1–1)
  Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 295
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Arnar HjaltestedGoaliesHuang Sheng-chunReferee:
  Wong Chung
Linesmen:
  James Ions
  Gil Tichon
Atlason (Orongan, Kristveigarson) – 00:401–0
Maack (Grant) – 18:132–0
2–119:00 – Chen K. (Fu)
Gunnarsson (G. Arason) (PP) – 21:393–1
Grant (Þorsteinsson) (PP) – 29:024–1
4–236:48 – Lin K. (Chen K., Cheung) (PP)
4–353:21 – Chen K. (Chen P.)
Orongan (Ágústsson) (ENG) – 59:085–3
10 minPenalties16 min
71Shots21

Championship playoffs

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Bracket

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Semifinals Final
      
1A   Australia 7
2B   Bulgaria 4
1A   Australia 1
1B   China 5
1B   China 12
2A   Turkey 1 3rd place game
2B   Bulgaria 0
2A   Turkey 6

Semifinals

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19 January 2019
17:00
Australia  7–4
(2–1, 1–2, 4–1)
  BulgariaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 75
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Seb WoodlandsGoaliesIvan StoynovReferee:
  Adam Kika
Linesmen:
  Andreas Kroyer
  Daniel Sparer
Vasquez (McGuiness) (PP) – 07:171–0
1–110:02 – Nakov
Sillato (Manwarring, Brunt) (PP) – 11:102–1
Brunt (Wardlaw, Sillato) – 25:133–1
3–227:20 – Vasilev (T. Abdi)
3–328:19 – Stoilov
Manwarring (Vasquez, McGuiness) – 44:154–3
4–449:51 – T. Abdi (Vachkov, Vasilev) (PP)
Sillato (PP) – 56:595–4
Manwarring (Vasquez, Brunt) (PP,ENG) – 58:156–4
Hayashi (Sillato, Vasquez) (ENG) – 59:477–4
2 minPenalties40 min
44Shots32
19 January 2019
20:30
China  12–1
(1–1, 5–0, 6–0)
  TurkeyLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 100
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Wu SimingGoaliesBurak GümüşlüReferee:
  Christoffer Hurtik
Linesmen:
  Oli Gunnarsson
  Karolis Janusauskas
Chu (Huang, Wang J.) (PP) – 11:511–0
1–119:24 – K. Salt (Taygar) (PP)
Yan R. (Zhang D., Yan J.) – 30:172–1
Li (Yu, Zhang D.) – 32:313–1
Yan R. (Guo, Yan J.) – 33:164–1
Yan J. (Guo, Zhang D.) – 35:465–1
Huang (Chu) – 35:596–1
Yan J. (Guo) – 40:457–1
Huang (Guo, Zhang D.) (PP) – 43:348–1
Yan J. (PP) – 46:029–1
Huang (Wang J., Zhang D.) (SH) – 48:4710–1
Huang (Wang J.) – 55:5111–1
Yu (Wang Y., Li) – 58:3712–1
8 minPenalties28 min
55Shots21

Bronze medal game

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20 January 2019
17:00
Bulgaria  0–6
(0–2, 0–2, 0–2)
  TurkeyLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 69
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Ivan StoynovGoaliesBurak GümüşlüReferee:
  Christoffer Hurtik
Linesmen:
  Oli Gunnarsson
  Daniel Sparer
0–114:19 – Demirezen (K. Salt, Bingöl) (PP)
0–215:09 – Bingol (Taygar, Demirezen)
0–334:24 – Gökçen (Şentürk, Taygar)
0–438:03 – Bingöl (Taygar) (SH)
0–541:04 – Bingöl (Taygar)
0–659:02 – Bingöl (Taygar, H. Salt) (PP)
24 minPenalties10 min
27Shots35

Gold medal game

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20 January 2019
20:30
China  5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)
  AustraliaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
Attendance: 356
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Wu SimingGoaliesSeb Woodlands
Ethan Spelde
Referee:
  Fraser Lawrence
Linesmen:
  Kevin Briganti
  Nicholas Verbruggen
Yan J. (Yan R., Guo) – 06:211–0
Wang J. (Huang) – 06:542–0
Guo (Wu) (PP) – 22:093–0
Huang – 42:324–0
Huang (Zhang D.) (PP) – 50:085–0
5–155:03 – Hayashi (SH)
41 minPenalties36 min
50Shots20

Final standings

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Rank Team
    China
    Australia
    Turkey
4   Bulgaria
5   Iceland
6   Chinese Taipei
7   South Africa
8   New Zealand
Promoted to the 2020 Division II B

Statistics

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Top 10 scorers

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Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1 Yan Juncheng   China 5 7 13 20 +19 0
2 Huang Qianyi   China 5 11 8 19 +17 32
3 Wang Jing   China 5 5 10 15 +16 0
4 Zhang Dehan   China 5 1 14 15 +19 0
5 Guo Jianing   China 5 7 7 14 +15 2
6 Axel Orongan   Iceland 5 5 8 13 +6 14
7 Heidar Kristveigarson   Iceland 5 8 4 12 +6 0
8 Miroslav Vasilev   Bulgaria 4 3 9 12 +4 38
9 Jeremy Vasquez   Australia 5 4 5 9 +3 4
10 Fatih Taygar   Turkey 5 3 6 9 +1 2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

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(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Wu Siming   China 240:00 4 93.94 1.00 0
2 Huang Sheng-Chun   Chinese Taipei 283:23 16 93.73 3.39 0
3 Maksymilian Mojzyszek   Iceland 179:00 7 89.86 2.34 1
4 Ivan Stoynov   Bulgaria 283:32 17 89.76 3.60 0
5 Burak Gümüşlü   Turkey 300:00 20 88.30 4.00 1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

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Best Players Selected by the Directorate

References

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