2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It consisted of two tiered groups: the sixth-tier Division III A and the seventh-tier Division III B. For each tier's tournament, the team which places first will be promoted to the next higher division, while the team which places last in Group A will be relegated to Group B.

2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries Bulgaria
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates22–28 January 2024
25–30 January 2024
Teams9
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To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2004.

Division III A

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2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III A
 
Tournament details
Host country  Bulgaria
CitySofia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates22–28 January 2024
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored135 (9 per game)
Attendance1,775 (118 per game)
Scoring leader(s)  Mike Levin (17 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 January 2024.[1][2]

Participants

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Team Qualification
  Mexico placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
  Israel placed 2nd in Division III last year
  Bulgaria hosts; placed 3rd in Division III last year
  Turkey placed 4th in Division III last year
  New Zealand placed 5th in Division III last year
  Kyrgyzstan placed 6th in Division III last year

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Israel 5 5 0 0 0 41 14 +27 15 Promoted to the 2025 Division II B
2   New Zealand 5 3 1 0 1 31 17 +14 11
3   Bulgaria (H) 5 3 0 1 1 22 19 +3 10
4   Turkey 5 2 0 0 3 15 19 −4 6
5   Mexico 5 1 0 0 4 17 20 −3 3
6   Kyrgyzstan 5 0 0 0 5 9 46 −37 0 Relegated to the 2025 Division III B
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

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All times are local (Eastern European TimeUTC+2).

22 January 2024
13:00
Kyrgyzstan  3–4
(0–1, 3–1, 0–2)
  TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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22 January 2024
16:30
Israel  8–6
(1–2, 5–1, 2–3)
  New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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22 January 2024
20:00
Bulgaria  3–2
(0–1, 1–0, 2–1)
  MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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23 January 2024
13:00
New Zealand  12–1
(7–0, 2–0, 3–1)
  KyrgyzstanWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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23 January 2024
16:30
Mexico  3–4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)
  TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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23 January 2024
20:00
Israel  7–3
(1–0, 3–3, 3–0)
  BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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25 January 2024
13:00
Mexico  3–5
(0–3, 1–2, 2–0)
  New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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25 January 2024
16:30
Israel  16–1
(5–1, 8–0, 3–0)
  KyrgyzstanWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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25 January 2024
20:00
Bulgaria  5–4
(2–0, 2–2, 1–2)
  TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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27 January 2024
13:00
Turkey  1–4
(1–2, 0–0, 0–2)
  IsraelWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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27 January 2024
16:30
New Zealand  4–3 OT
(2–0, 1–1, 0–2)
OT: (1–0)
  BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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27 January 2024
20:00
Kyrgyzstan  2–6
(1–2, 0–2, 1–2)
  MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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28 January 2024
13:00
Turkey  2–4
(0–1, 1–0, 1–3)
  New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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28 January 2024
16:30
Mexico  3–6
(0–2, 2–1, 1–3)
  IsraelWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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28 January 2024
20:00
Bulgaria  8–2
(4–0, 0–2, 4–0)
  KyrgyzstanWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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Statistics

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Top 10 scorers

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Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Mike Levin   Israel 4 9 8 17 +11 6
2 Ivan Dalmatau   New Zealand 5 7 6 13 +7 2
3 Yann Raskin   Israel 5 4 9 13 +10 4
4 Jackson Fontaine   New Zealand 5 8 4 12 +8 6
5 Nikita Zitserman   Israel 5 7 4 11 +13 0
6 Aleksandar Stanimirov   Bulgaria 5 4 6 10 +3 2
7 Caleb Chamberlin   New Zealand 5 2 8 10 +7 2
8 Jacob Carey   New Zealand 2 5 4 9 +6 0
9 Luc Taillon   New Zealand 5 5 3 8 +7 0
10 Youval Turner   Israel 5 1 7 8 +7 0

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 TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Andrea Karabadjakov   Bulgaria 240:00 15 90.91 3.75 0
2 Santiago Cucuraqui   Mexico 292:59 19 89.44 3.89 0
3 Furkan Duran   Turkey 300:00 19 88.76 3.80 0
4 Alon Shipinel   Israel 180:00 8 87.88 2.67 0
5 David Verkhovski   Israel 120:00 6 85.71 3.00 0

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

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Source: IIHF

Division III B

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2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III B
 
Tournament details
Host country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
CitySarajevo
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates25–30 January 2024
Teams3
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored73 (12.17 per game)
Attendance1,950 (325 per game)
Scoring leader(s)  Belmin Sinanbegovic (12 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division III Group B tournament was played in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 25 to 30 January 2024.[3][4]

Participants

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Team Qualification
  Bosnia and Herzegovina hosts; placed 7th in Division III last year
  South Africa placed 8th in Division III last year
  Luxembourg first participation since 2003

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 4 3 1 0 0 30 17 +13 11 Promoted to the 2025 Division III A
2   Luxembourg 4 2 0 1 1 33 13 +20 7
3   South Africa 4 0 0 0 4 10 43 −33 0
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

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All times are local (Central European TimeUTC+1).

25 January 2024
18:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina  7–6 OT
(1–3, 2–1, 3–2)
(1–0)
  LuxembourgSkenderija, Sarajevo
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26 January 2024
18:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina  9–2
(4–1, 3–0, 2–1)
  South AfricaSkenderija, Sarajevo
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27 January 2024
18:00
South Africa  0–12
(0–4, 0–3, 0–5)
  LuxembourgSkenderija, Sarajevo
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28 January 2024
18:00
Luxembourg  2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)
  Bosnia and HerzegovinaSkenderija, Sarajevo
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29 January 2024
18:00
South Africa  7–9
(1–3, 3–3, 3–3)
  Bosnia and HerzegovinaSkenderija, Sarajevo
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30 January 2024
18:00
Luxembourg  13–1
(5–0, 3–0, 5–1)
  South AfricaSkenderija, Sarajevo
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References

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