The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III represents the sixth and the lowest tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. The tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 26 January to 2 February 2023.2023 World Championship Division III official website, www.iihf.com2023 World Championship Division III statistics, stats.iihf.com It consisted of one pool of eight teams separated into two preliminary round groups. The winners of this tournament, Australia, were promoted to the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II B.
To be eligible as a junior player in this tournament, a player cannot be born earlier than 2003.
Participating teams Team Qualification Placed 3rd in Division III last year. Placed 4th in Division III last year. Hosts; 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. Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020. Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020.
Match officials Five referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.2023 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III – Competition officials
Referees Nicholas Air Murat Aygun Bostjan Groznik Yen-Chin Shen Chris van Grinsven
Linesmen Berkay Aslanbey Ferhat Dogus Aygun Thibo Christiaens Yunjie Cui John Dow Taha Kavlakoglu Aron Magyar Sem Ramirez Kaspars Sirins Chun Hang Wong
First round Group A
Group B
Playoffs All teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standings
Position Team Promotion / Relegation1 Promoted to the 2024 Division II B2 3 4 5 6 7 Relegated to the 2024 Division III B8
References
External links Official website of IIHF