2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consisted of eight teams split into two groups of four. The team that won the Division will be promoted to Division IIB for 2020. It was held from 14 to 20 January 2019.

Main article: 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2019 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Iceland
Dates14–20 January 2019
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored165 (8.25 per match)
Attendance3,155 (158 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Yan Juncheng
(20 points)
← 2018
2020 →

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.

Participants
Team Qualification
 Turkey placed 6th in Division IIB last year and were relegated
 China placed 2nd in Division III last year
 Bulgaria placed 3rd in Division III last year
 Iceland 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

All times are local (UTC±0).

Group A
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 5–8th place semifinals
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, Reykjavik
Attendance: 532
14 January 2019
20:30		Turkey 4–1
(3–0, 1–0, 0–1)		 Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 27
15 January 2019
17:00		Iceland 4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 350
15 January 2019
20:30		Australia 5–3
(1–0, 0–2, 4–1)		 TurkeyLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 58
17 January 2019
10:00		Chinese Taipei 2–3
(0–1, 0–2, 2–1)		 AustraliaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 38
17 January 2019
17:00		Turkey 4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)		 IcelandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 400

Group B
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 5–8th place semifinals
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, Reykjavik
Attendance: 53
14 January 2019
13:30		China 12–1
(2–0, 5–0, 5–1)		 New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 196
15 January 2019
10:00		Bulgaria 9–0
(3–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 33
15 January 2019
13:30		South Africa 1–14
(0–5, 0–6, 1–3)		 ChinaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 45
17 January 2019
13:30		New Zealand 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 South AfricaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 42
17 January 2019
20:30		China 6–1
(1–0, 2–1, 3–0)		 BulgariaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 143

Placement round

Bracket
  5–8th 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

5–8th place semifinals
19 January 2019
10:00		Iceland 11–1
(6–0, 3–0, 2–1)		 New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 258
19 January 2019
13:30		South Africa 1–7
(0–3, 1–2, 0–2)		 Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 42

Seventh place game
20 January 2019
10:00		South Africa 5–3
(3–1, 0–2, 2–0)		 New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 43

Fifth place game
20 January 2019
13:30		Iceland 5–3
(2–1, 2–1, 1–1)		 Chinese TaipeiLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 295

Playoff round

Bracket
  Semifinals                    
  1A  Australia 7  
  2B  Bulgaria 4   Gold medal
      1A  Australia 1
  Semifinals   1B  China 5
  1B  China 12
  2A  Turkey 1   Bronze medal
    2B  Bulgaria 0
    2A  Turkey 6

Semifinals
19 January 2019
17:00		Australia 7–4
(2–1, 1–2, 4–1)		 BulgariaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 75
19 January 2019
20:30		China 12–1
(1–1, 5–0, 6–0)		 TurkeyLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 100

Bronze medal game
20 January 2019
17:00		Bulgaria 0–6
(0–2, 0–2, 0–2)		 TurkeyLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 69

Gold medal game
20 January 2019
20:30		China 5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 AustraliaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavik
Attendance: 356

Final ranking
Promoted to 2020 IIHF U20 Division II B
RankTeam
 China
 Australia
 Turkey
4 Bulgaria
5 Iceland
6 Chinese Taipei
7 South Africa
8 New Zealand

Statistics

Top 10 scorers
Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1Yan Juncheng China571320+190
2Huang Qianyi China511819+1732
3Wang Jing China551015+160
4Zhang Dehan China511415+190
5Guo Jianing China57714+152
6Axel Orongan Iceland55813+614
7Heidar Kristveigarson Iceland58412+60
8Miroslav Vasilev Bulgaria43912+438
9Jeremy Vasquez Australia5459+34
10Fatih Taygar Turkey5369+12

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1Wu Siming China240:00493.941.000
2Huang Sheng-Chun Chinese Taipei283:231693.733.390
3Maksymilian Mojzyszek Iceland179:00789.862.341
4Ivan Stoynov Bulgaria283:321789.763.600
5Burak Gümüşlü Turkey300:002088.304.001

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards
Best Players Selected by the Directorate
  • Goaltender: Hung Sheng-Chun
  • Defenceman: Zhang Dehan
  • Forward: Heidar Kristveigarson
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