The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was played with one group of six teams, as well as a two-team qualification tournament for the 2019 tournament. Israel won all their games and were promoted to Division II B. The team which placed first in the qualification tournament was expected to be promoted to Division III, swapping places with the sixth place team in Division III, but the 2019 organizers chose to make Division III a single tournament making these placings irrelevant.
The tournament was a round-robin tournament format, with two points allotted for a win, one additional point for a regulation win, and one point for an overtime or game winning shots loss.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player could not be born earlier than 1998.
The main tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, while the qualification was played in Cape Town, South Africa. The qualification was supposed to have the debut of the Turkmenistan national junior team, though they dropped out prior to it starting.
Division III main tournament
The Division III main tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 January 2018.2018 World Championship Division III (main tournament) official website2018 World Championship Division III (main tournament) statistics
Participating teams Team Qualificationplaced 6th in Division II B last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division III last yearplaced 3rd in Division III last yearplaced 4th in Division III last yearplaced 5th in Division III last yearhosts; placed 6th in Division III last year
Final standings
Match results All times are local (UTC+2).
Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/-PIM 1 Mark Revniaga 5 11 4 15 +7 6 2 Rudi Ying 5 8 6 14 +10 4 3 Daniel Dilkov 5 8 5 13 +4 6 4 Miroslav Vasilev 5 5 7 12 +2 16 5 Huang Qianyi 5 5 6 11 +14 4 5 Axel Orongan 5 5 6 11 −1 12 7 Wang Jing 5 3 8 11 +9 22 8 Tomer Aharonovich 5 3 7 10 +3 18 9 Aiden Sillato 5 2 8 10 +1 6 10 Thomas Steven 5 3 5 8 +1 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)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Raz Werner 180:00 6 93.41 2.00 1 2 Maksymillian Mojzyszek 165:51 7 91.14 2.53 0 3 Yehonatan Reisinger 120:00 5 90.38 2.50 0 4 Zhang Yuhang 153:57 5 87.80 1.95 0 5 Arnar Hjaltested 134:32 8 85.19 3.57 0 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: Maksymillian Mojzyszek Defenceman: Konstantin Dikov Forward: Mark Revniaga
Division III Qualification The Division III Qualification tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 5 to 7 February 2018.2018 World Championship Division III (qualification tournament) statistics
Participating teams Team Qualificationplaced 7th in Division III last year and were relegatedhosts; placed 8th in Division III last year and were relegated
The tournament originally included Turkmenistan, but they withdrew before the event began.
Final standings
Match results All times are local (UTC+2).
References
External links Official website of IIHF