The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 14 to 20 January 2019.2019 World Championship Division III official website2019 World Championship Division III statistics Eight teams participated in the competition; they were drawn into two preliminary round groups of four. China won the tournament and were promoted to Division II B for 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.
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 yearhosts; placed 4th in Division III last yearplaced 5th in Division III last yearplaced 6th in Division III last yearplaced 1st in Division III Qualification last yearplaced 2nd in Division III Qualification last year
Preliminary round All times are local (Western European Time – UTC±0).
Group A
Group B
5th–8th place playoffs Bracket
5th–8th place semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Championship playoffs Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Group standings
Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/-PIM 1 Yan Juncheng 5 7 13 20 +19 0 2 Huang Qianyi 5 11 8 19 +17 32 3 Wang Jing 5 5 10 15 +16 0 4 Zhang Dehan 5 1 14 15 +19 0 5 Guo Jianing 5 7 7 14 +15 2 6 Axel Orongan 5 5 8 13 +6 14 7 Heidar Kristveigarson 5 8 4 12 +6 0 8 Miroslav Vasilev 4 3 9 12 +4 38 9 Jeremy Vasquez 5 4 5 9 +3 4 10 Fatih Taygar 5 3 6 9 +1 2 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Wu Siming 240:00 4 93.94 1.00 0 2 Huang Sheng-Chun 283:23 16 93.73 3.39 0 3 Maksymilian Mojzyszek 179:00 7 89.86 2.34 1 4 Ivan Stoynov 283:32 17 89.76 3.60 0 5 Burak Gümüşlü 300:00 20 88.30 4.00 1
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
References
External links Official website of IIHF