The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 to 19 January 2020. Eight teams participated in the competition; they were drawn into two preliminary round groups of four: the top two teams from each group played in the semifinals in a four-team bracket for a chance to play for promotion to Division II B, while the bottom two teams in each group played in placement rounds for 5th to 8th place. Iceland won the tournament.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2000.
Participating teams Team Qualification placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated placed 2nd in Division III last year placed 3rd in Division III last year hosts; placed 4th in Division III last year placed 5th in Division III last year placed 6th in Division III last year placed 7th in Division III last year placed 8th in Division III last year
Match officials Six referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Anton Gofman Patrick Gruber Liu Jiaqi Levente Szilárd Sikó Sakari Suominen Kent Unwin
Linesmen Christoph Barnthaler Imre Fehér Gao Yinfeng Barna Kis-Király Artsiom Labzov Sæmundur Leifsson Stef Oosterling Kiril Peychinov Graham Rodger Vasiliy Vasilev
Preliminary round Division III VenueSofiaWinter Sports PalaceCapacity: 4,600 All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).
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 Axel Orongan 5 8 8 16 +13 2 2 Gonzalo Hagerman 5 6 5 11 +3 32 3 Benjamin Dunn 5 3 7 10 0 20 4 Firat Afsin 5 4 5 9 +7 2 5 İsmet Gökçen 5 3 6 9 +8 0 6 Miroslav Vasilev 5 6 2 8 +4 26 7 Mehmet Turan 5 3 5 8 +6 8 8 Heidar Kristveigarson 5 4 3 7 +10 0 8 Xander Wardlaw 5 4 3 7 +5 2 10 Sölvi Atlason 5 4 2 6 +10 0 10 Kenshin Hayashi 5 4 2 6 +4 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)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Seb Woodlands 274:55 9 90.32 1.96 1 2 Jóhann Ragnarsson 280:00 9 89.02 1.93 0 3 Ivan Stoyov 226:48 12 88.12 3.17 0 4 Marcello de Antunano 234:06 10 87.50 2.56 1 5 Finley Forbes 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 Seb Woodlands Best Defenceman Gonzalo Hagerman Best Forward Axel Orongan Source: IIHF
Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches Country Name Michael Riley Moussa Abdi Axel Orongan Gonzalo Hagerman Finley Forbes Ryan Boyd Mi Huan-yu Haktan Kabay Source: IIHF
References
External links Official website of IIHF