The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It consisted of two tiered groups: the sixth-tier Division III A and the seventh-tier Division III B. For each tier's tournament, the team which places first will be promoted to the next higher division, while the team which places last in Group A will be relegated to Group B.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2004.
Division III A
The Division III Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 January 2024.Division III A official website, www.iihf.comDivision III A statistics, stats.iihf.com
Participants TeamQualification placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division III last yearhosts; placed 3rd in Division III last year placed 4th in Division III last year placed 5th in Division III last year placed 6th in Division III last year
Standings
Results All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).
Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts +/–PIM 1 Mike Levin 4 9 8 17 +11 6 2 Ivan Dalmatau 5 7 6 13 +7 2 3 Yann Raskin 5 4 9 13 +10 4 4 Jackson Fontaine 5 8 4 12 +8 6 5 Nikita Zitserman 5 7 4 11 +13 0 6 Aleksandar Stanimirov 5 4 6 10 +3 2 7 Caleb Chamberlin 5 2 8 10 +7 2 8 Jacob Carey 2 5 4 9 +6 0 9 Luc Taillon 5 5 3 8 +7 0 10 Youval Turner 5 1 7 8 +7 0 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 Andrea Karabadjakov 240:00 15 90.91 3.75 0 2 Santiago Cucuraqui 292:59 19 89.44 3.89 0 3 Furkan Duran 300:00 19 88.76 3.80 0 4 Alon Shipinel 180:00 8 87.88 2.67 0 5 David Verkhovski 120:00 6 85.71 3.00 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF
Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Andrea Karabadjakov Defenceman: Luke Simon Forward: Mike Levin
Source: IIHF
Division III B
The Division III Group B tournament was played in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 25 to 30 January 2024.Division III B official website, www.iihf.comDivision III B statistics, stats.iihf.com
Participants TeamQualificationhosts; placed 7th in Division III last yearplaced 8th in Division III last yearfirst participation since 2003
Standings
Results All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
References
External links Official website of IIHF