The 2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III were two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III A represents the sixth tier and Division III B the seventh tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. For each tier, the first-placed team was promoted to the next higher tier. The last-placed team from Division III A was relegated to Division III B.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2006.

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 19 to 25 January 2026.Division III A official website, www.iihf.comDivision III A statistics, stats.iihf.com

Participating teams TeamQualification placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division III A last year (hosts)placed 3rd in Division III A last yearplaced 4th in Division III A last yearplaced 5th in Division III A last yearplaced 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted

Standings

Results All times are local, EET (UTC+2).

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/–PIM 1 Emin İnandı 5 10 6 16 +4 6 2 Aleksandar Stanimirov 5 10 5 15 +7 2 3 Tsai Cheng-Yuan 5 3 9 12 +8 0 4 Antani Todorov 5 2 10 12 +8 0 5 Wang Kuan-Che 5 5 6 11 +9 2 6 Arhan Girgin 5 4 7 11 +7 4 7 Tsui Shuo-En 5 3 8 11 +8 8 7 Abdullah Yayilkan 5 3 8 11 +10 4 9 Liu Kuan-Ting 5 6 3 9 +11 0 10 Ege Odabaş 5 5 4 9 +6 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 Georgi Milanov 268:56 8 90.00 1.78 2 2 Thijs Scheyltjens 234:07 11 86.90 2.82 0 3 Kayra Aydos 250:30 13 86.02 3.11 0 4 Kao Hao-Hsuan 206:03 10 85.71 2.91 0 5 Teeranon Ardharn 297:01 35 78:53 7.07 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Georgi Milanov Defenceman: Alexander Stamenov Forward: Emin İnandı

Source: IIHF

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from 18 to 24 January 2026.Division III B official website, www.iihf.comDivision III B statistics, stats.iihf.com

Participating teams TeamQualification placed 6th in Division III A last year and were relegated (hosts)placed 2nd in Division III B last yearplaced 3rd in Division III B last yearplaced 4th in Division III B last yearfirst participation in World Championshipfirst participation in World Championship

Standings

Results All times are local, KGT (UTC+6).

Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/–PIM 1 Alikhan Ali-Askarov 5 10 10 20 +20 2 2 Umar Egemberdiev 5 10 7 17 +21 4 3 Egor Leshchenko 5 5 6 11 +19 10 4 Umar Esenov 5 2 9 11 +19 6 5 Wong Wai-sum 5 3 7 10 +3 2 6 Randolph Mak 5 3 6 9 +6 2 7 Wang Tsan-lam 5 6 2 8 +7 2 8 Magnuss Lasis 5 3 5 8 0 4 9 Leopold Toft 5 2 6 8 −2 2 10 Martin Fleischmann 5 3 4 7 –3 12 10 Tim Pang 5 3 4 7 –1 6 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 Michael Gan 120:00 3 90.48 1.00 0 2 Moses Fung 177:28 8 89.04 2.70 0 3 Artem Vasilev 240:00 8 86.67 2.00 0 4 Santiago Cucuraqui 290:04 15 85.15 3.10 0 5 Nico Janse van Rensburg 294:48 25 84.85 5.09 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF

Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Santiago Cucuraqui Defenceman: Egor Leshchenko Forward: Alikhan Ali-Askarov

Source: IIHF

References

External links Official website of IIHF