2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2020 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	13–19 January 2020
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iceland
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	134 (6.7 per match)
Attendance	5,276 (264 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(16 points)
← 2019 2021 (cancelled) →

The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consists of two groups of four teams each: the top 2 teams from each division played in the semifinals in a four-team bracket for a chance to play for promotion to Division II B, while the bottom 2 teams in each group played in placement rounds for 5th to 8th place. The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 – 19 January 2020.^[1] Iceland won the tournament.^[2]

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2000.

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Mexico	placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
Australia	placed 2nd in Division III last year
Turkey	placed 3rd in Division III last year
Bulgaria	placed 4th in Division III last year
Iceland	placed 5th in Division III last year
Chinese Taipei	placed 6th in Division III last year
South Africa	placed 7th in Division III last year
New Zealand	placed 8th in Division III last year

Match officials[]

Six referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Preliminary round[]

Division III Venue

Sofia

Winter Sports Palace Capacity: 4,600

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	3	0	0	0	19	6	+13	9	Semifinals
2	Mexico	3	2	0	0	1	12	7	+5	6
3	Bulgaria (H)	3	1	0	0	2	8	11	−3	3	5–8th place semifinals
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	3	18	−15	0

13 January 2020 17:00

Mexico

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 115

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Barna Kis-Király Vasiliy Vasilev
	(, ) (PP) – 09:59 1–0 Dunn – 28:55 2–0 Dunn (, ) – 30:28 3–0 Sánchez (Dunn, Tapia) – 45:38 4–0 Dunn – 49:09 5–0
	18 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	14

13 January 2020 20:30

Bulgaria

3–4 (1–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Iceland

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 760

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Anton Gofman Linesmen: Artsiom Labzov Graham Rodger
	– 08:27 1–0 1–1 17:37 – () 1–2 26:04 – 1–3 36:03 – Árnason () Vasilev (PP) – 41:12 2–3 (EA) – 59:42 3–3 3–4 59:59 –
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	45

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14 January 2020 17:00

Iceland

5–2 (1–0, 3–2, 1–0)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 110

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Sakari Suominen Linesmen: Imre Fehér Kiril Peychinov
	() – 12:19 1–0 Orongan – 20:19 2–0 (, Atlason) – 28:51 3–0 (Orongan, (PP) – 29:52 4–0 4–1 31:06 – () 4–2 39:52 – (Hagerman, ) Kristveigarson (Atlason, Orongan) (ENG) – 59:49 5–2
	20 min	Penalties	28 min
	31	Shots	11

14 January 2020 20:30

Bulgaria

3–2 (0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 850

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Levente Szilárd Sikó Linesmen: Christoph Barnthaler Sæmundur Leifsson
	(, ) – 21:50 1–0 () – 25:36 2–0 2–1 35:25 – () 2–2 41:19 – Martinoli () – 44:54 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	33 min
	26	Shots	12

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16 January 2020 13:30

New Zealand

1–10 (1–4, 0–2, 0–4)

Iceland

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 65

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Christoph Barnthaler Kiril Peychinov
	() – 02:02 1–0 1–1 04:35 – (, ) 1–2 06:08 – (SH2) 1–3 14:13 – (, ) (PP) 1–4 19:39 – Orongan 1–5 20:49 – Orongan () 1–6 33:05 – (Magnusson, ) 1–7 47:02 – Grant (Sveinsson, Ólafarson) 1–8 49:24 – Kristveigarson 1–9 49:52 – (Magnusson) 1–10 58:26 – G. Arason (, Orongan)
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	21	Shots	30

16 January 2020 20:30

Mexico

5–2 (1–0, 3–0, 1–2)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 920

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Patrick Gruber Linesmen: Gao Yinfeng Stef Oosterling
	(, ) (PP) – 16:41 1–0 (, Dunn) – 27:46 2–0 Hagerman (Dunn, (EA) – 31:02 3–0 Rullan (Esteban) – 35:25 4–0 Esteban (, Hagerman) – 46:11 5–0 5–1 50:16 – (, ) (EA) 5–2 52:08 – (, Tsitselkov)
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	32	Shots	18

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	0	14	3	+11	9	Semifinals
2	Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	11	4	+7	6
3	South Africa	3	1	0	0	2	7	15	−8	3	5–8th place semifinals
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

13 January 2020 10:00

Turkey

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 120

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Levente Szilárd Sikó Linesmen: Christoph Barnthaler Kiril Peychinov
	(, ) – 11:10 1–0 (, Turan) (PP) – 15:05 2–0 Afşin (Turan, ) – 20:54 3–0
	0 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	14

13 January 2020 13:30

Australia

6–1 (0–1, 5–0, 1–0)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 125

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Sakari Suominen Linesmen: Imre Fehér Sæmundur Leifsson
	0–1 05:52 – (, ) (PP) () (PP) – 22:06 1–1 (SH) – 25:43 2–1 Riley (Lee) (SH) – 31:14 3–1 (, ) – 37:07 4–1 (, ) (PP) – 39:38 5–1 Wardlaw (Kiliwnik, Chen) – 49:19 6–1
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	12

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14 January 2020 10:00

Turkey

6–1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 95

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Gao Yinfeng Stef Oosterling
	() (EA) – 13:38 1–0 Afşin (, (PP2) – 16:36 2–0 Turan (Kabay, Gökçen) – 28:59 3–0 (, ) – 48:53 4–0 Afşin (Turan, Gökçen) – 49:26 5–0 Gökçen (Kabay, Afşin) – 52:21 6–0 6–1 53:13 – ()
	8 min	Penalties	32 min
	32	Shots	12

14 January 2020 13:30

Chinese Taipei

0–5 (0–0, 0–4, 0–1)

Australia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 85

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Patrick Gruber Linesmen: Artsiom Labzov Vasiliy Vasilev
	0–1 23:20 – () 0–2 34:33 – (Lodge, Wardlaw) (PP) 0–3 38:30 – (, ) 0–4 39:08 – Wardlaw (Lodge, ) 0–5 56:02 – (, )
	20 min	Penalties	26 min
	19	Shots	37

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16 January 2020 10:00

South Africa

5–3 (0–0, 2–2, 3–1)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 60

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Anton Gofman Linesmen: Barna Kis-Király Vasiliy Vasilev
	0–1 20:21 – (, ) 0–2 21:19 – Chuang (, ) (PP) (PP) – 29:06 1–2 () – 34:24 2–2 2–3 42:02 – () – 49:38 3–3 Schuurman – 56:54 4–3 Vivier (Meyer) (PP, ENG) – 59:49 5–3
	34 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	28

16 January 2020 17:00

Australia

3–2 (0–1, 3–0, 0–1)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 105

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Sæmundur Leifsson Graham Rodger
	0–1 13:18 – () (PP2) () – 21:38 1–1 (, ) (SH) – 36:28 2–1 (PP) – 38:36 3–1 3–2 43:29 – ()
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	29

Playoff round[]

5–8th Place Bracket[]

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	18 January
	Bulgaria	8
					19 January
	Chinese Taipei	1
					Bulgaria	6
	18 January
					New Zealand	1
	South Africa	1
	New Zealand	2
					Seventh place
					19 January
					South Africa	4
					Chinese Taipei (OT)	5

5–8th place semifinals[]

18 January 2020 10:00

Bulgaria

8–1 (2–1, 1–0, 5–0)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 450

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Sakari Suominen Linesmen: Imre Fehér Artsiom Labzov
	(, ) – 12:07 1–0 1–1 12:43 – (, ) () – 16:09 2–1 Minev (Vasilev, ) – 39:36 3–1 () – 44:41 4–1 (, Minev) – 45:51 5–1 (Ivanov, Vachkov) – 46:28 6—1 Vasilev (, Borisov) – 47:25 7–1 Ivanov – 49:48 8–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	21

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18 January 2020 13:30

South Africa

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 75

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Anton Gofman Linesmen: Kiril Peychinov Vasiliy Vasilev
	0–1 08:11 – () (PP) – 15:22 1–1 1–2 53:36 –
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	16

Seventh place game[]

19 January 2020 10:00

South Africa

4–5 OT (0–1, 2–1, 2–2) (OT: 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 55

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Imre Fehér Sæmundur Leifsson
	0–1 12:06 – () (, ) – 25:44 1–1 1–2 30:15 – Mi (, ) – 30:15 Kluyts () – 31:41 2–2 2–3 47:24 – ( 2–4 50:10 – (Liang) (, ) – 53:51 3–4 Delport (Venter, Schuurman) (PP) – 59:59 4–4 4–5 64:32 – Mi
	20 min	Penalties	24 min
	27	Shots	19

Fifth place game[]

19 January 2020 13:30

Bulgaria

6–1 (2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 510

Game reference
	Nikola Iliev	Goalies		Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Gao Yinfeng Stef Oosterling
	– 04:43 1–0 (SH) – 08:41 2–0 (PP) – 24:54 3–0 3–1 32:05 – () – 38:57 4–1 Vasilev (, Dikov) (PP) – 45:32 5–1 Ivanov () – 55:59 6–1
	44 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	29

Finals Bracket[]

	Semifinals				Final
	18 January
	Iceland	5
					19 January
	Turkey	2
					Iceland	4
	18 January
					Australia	1
	Australia	8
	Mexico	3
					Third place
					19 January
					Turkey	4
					Mexico	2

Semifinals[]

18 January 2020 17:00

Australia

8–3 (3–2,3–0, 2–1)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 81

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Levente Szilárd Sikó Linesmen: Stef Oosterling Graham Rodger
	0–1 02:27 – () 0–2 07:00 – (Hagerman) (, ) (PP) – 08:10 1–2 (, ) – 10:12 2–2 () – 12:50 3–2 Hayashi (Lodge) – 21:23 4–2 Hayashi (Riley, ) (PP) – 23:53 5–2 Hayashi (, – 28:26 6–2 (, ) – 53:58 7–2 Handberg (Gumm, Sables) – 55:37 8–2 8–3 57:39 – Hagerman (, ) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	24	Shots	20

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18 January 2020 20:30

Iceland

5–2 (1–1, 4–0, 0–0)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 95

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Gao Yinfeng Barna Kis-Király
	(, ) – 16:16 1–0 1–1 16:54 – (, ) – 21:52 2–1 (Orongan, ) – 29:30 3–1 Orongan (, ) – 34:27 4–1 Atlason (, Orongan) – 35:12 5–1 5–2 57:48 – Gökçen (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	19

Bronze medal game[]

19 January 2020 17:00

Turkey

4–2 (1–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 250

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Sakari Suominen Linesmen: Barna Kis-Király Graham Rodger
	0–1 14:34 – (, ) (PP) (, ) (PP) – 16:33 1–1 1–2 26:13 – Hagerman (, Rullan) (PP) (Kızılkaya, Gökçen) – 35:46 2–2 (Kızılkaya) – 45:55 3–2 (Demirezen) (ENG) – 59:39 4–2
	14 min	Penalties	32 min
	25	Shots	26

Gold medal game[]

19 January 2020 20:30

Iceland

4–1 1–0, 2–0, 1–1

Australia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 350

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Anton Gofman Linesmen: Christoph Barnthaler Artsiom Labzov
	() – 18:08 1–0 (SH) – 22:47 2–0 Orongan (PP) – 34:40 3–0 Kristveigarson (Orongan) – 40:17 4–0 4–1 43:12 – (, )
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	16

Final ranking[]

Promoted to 2021 IIHF U20 Division II B

Rank	Team
	Iceland
	Australia
	Turkey
4	Mexico
5	Bulgaria
6	New Zealand
7	Chinese Taipei
8	South Africa

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1		Iceland	5	8	8	16	+13	2
2		Mexico	5	6	5	11	+3	32
3		Mexico	5	3	7	10	0	20
4		Turkey	5	4	5	9	+7	2
5		Turkey	5	3	6	9	+8	0
6		Bulgaria	5	6	2	8	+4	26
7		Turkey	5	3	5	8	+6	8
8		Iceland	5	4	3	7	+10	0
8		Australia	5	4	3	7	+5	2
10		Iceland	5	4	2	6	+10	0
10		Australia	5	4	2	6	+4	2

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	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1		Australia	274:55	9	90.32	1.96	1
2		Iceland	280:00	9	89.02	1.93	0
3		Bulgaria	226:48	12	88.12	3.17	0
4		Mexico	234:06	10	87.50	2.56	1
5		New Zealand	238:57	15	87.18	3.77	0

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

Awards[]

Best Players Selected by the Directorate[]

Award	Name
Best Goalkeeper
Best Defenceman
Best Forward

Source: IIHF

Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches[]

Country	Name
Australia
Bulgaria
Iceland
Mexico
New Zealand
South Africa
Chinese Taipei
Turkey

Source: IIHF

References[]