The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 16 to 22 January 2017.2017 World Championship Division III official website2017 World Championship Division III statistics Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The winners – Turkey – were promoted to Division II B for the 2018 tournament. Chinese Taipei returned after a five-year absence. With an increase of teams for 2018, the two bottom-placed teams, South Africa and Chinese Taipei, were afterwards moved to a Division III Qualification tournament.
Participating teams Team Qualificationplaced 6th in Division II B last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division III last yearhosts; placed 3rd in Division III last yearplaced 4th in Division III last yearplaced 5th in Division III last yearplaced 6th in Division III last yearplaced 7th in Division III last yearlast participated in 2011
Preliminary round Format The best two ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the semi-finals, while the bottom two teams from both groups advance to the 5th–8th place playoffs.
All times are local. (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)
Group A
Group B
5th–8th place playoffs Bracket
5th–8th place semifinals
7th place game
5th place game
Championship playoffs Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/-PIM 1 Rudi Ying 5 9 10 19 +14 0 2 Li Ou 5 6 4 10 +10 2 3 Hakan Salt 5 7 2 9 +9 0 4 Deng Zemin 5 4 5 9 +12 4 4 Ariel Kapulkin 5 4 5 9 +8 4 6 Taylor Rooney 5 5 2 7 −1 2 7 Huang Qianyi 5 4 3 7 +2 8 7 Tom Ignatovich 5 4 3 7 +8 4 7 Miroslav Vasilev 5 4 3 7 0 14 10 Hafthor Sigrunarson 5 3 4 7 +6 20
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Arnar Hjaltested 120:00 2 94.74 1.00 1 2 Raz Werner 279:51 11 92.76 2.36 1 3 Tolga Bozaci 240:00 8 91.75 2.00 0 4 Maksymillian Mojzyszek 179:00 7 91.25 2.35 1 5 Huang Sheng-chun 206:14 13 90.08 3.78 0
Awards Best players selected by the directorate Goaltender: Raz Werner Defenceman: Yusuf Kars Forward: Rudi Ying
Standings
Rank TeamResult1Promoted to the 2018 Division II B234567 Relegated to the 2018 Division III Qualification8
References
External links Official website of IIHF