The 2026 IIHF World Championship Division III consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Divisions III A and III B represent the sixth and the seventh tier of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships.
Turkey won Group A and got promoted, while Turkmenistan was relegated. In Group B, Uzbekistan got the win and promoted.
Group A tournament
The Division III Group A tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 19 April 2026.
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II B in 2025 and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division III A in 2025.Placed 3rd in Division III A in 2025.Hosts; placed 4th in Division III A in 2025.Placed 5th in Division III A in 2025.Placed 1st in Division III B in 2025 and were promoted.
Match officials Four referees and seven linesperson were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesman Anton Boryayev Elvijs Trankalis Richard Button Mikael Johansson Maximilian Gatol Frederic Monnaie Andreas Fuglsang Willem Gloudemans Matúš Stanzel Jason von Rooyen Hamish Young
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Héctor Majul 5 6 7 13 +10 24 F Luis Valencia 5 7 5 12 +9 14 F Ferhat Bakal 5 6 3 9 +7 0 F Adnan Mlivić 5 5 3 8 +5 2 F Masato Kitayama 5 4 4 8 −6 4 F Jakub Silajdžić 5 3 5 8 +5 8 F Mehmet Karadağ 5 1 7 8 +7 0 F Begench Dovletmyradov 5 5 2 7 +4 25 F Osman Çolak 5 3 3 6 +3 0 F Bertan Demirdelen 5 3 3 6 +8 20 F Nicholas Lampson 5 3 3 6 −7 0 F Alexander Valencia 5 3 3 6 +6 2 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Sava Voronov 300:00 10 2.00 139 92.81 0 Ivan Popov 301:29 14 2.79 184 92.49 0 Alfonso de Alba 285:35 19 3.99 152 87.50 0 Ryan Boyd 242:58 18 4.45 137 86.86 0 Benjamin Kleineschay 260:17 22 5.07 167 86.83 0 TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Awards Position Player Goaltender Sava Voronov Defenceman Yusuf Karş Forward Héctor Majul
Group B tournament
The Division III Group B tournament was played in Hong Kong from 13 to 19 April 2026. No team was relegated because of the cancellation of the Division IV tournament.
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division III A in 2025 and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division III B in 2025.Hosts; placed 3rd in Division III B in 2025.Placed 4th in Division III B in 2025.Placed 5th in Division III B in 2025.Placed 1st in Division IV in 2025 and were promoted.
Match officials Four referees and seven linesperson were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesman Shen Yen-chin Nicolaas van Grinsven Carlos Trobajo Aomsin Ubolluck Nicholas Air Hung Chi-lun Tomislav Grozaj Chan Ka Hei Benjaming Huang Michael Loh Miroslav Tvrdoň
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+8).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Vadim Kravchenko 5 19 16 35 +28 0 F Vasiliy Jilov 5 8 21 29 +24 2 F Pavel Sinyavskiy 5 11 17 28 +30 0 F Javokhir Rasulov 5 7 19 26 +31 0 F Egor Dorofeev 5 10 13 23 +25 0 F Bryan Tang 5 12 8 20 +6 33 F Ilya Nazarevich 5 6 12 18 +29 2 D Artem Golubovich 5 8 8 16 +28 0 F Chinzolboo Mishigsuren 5 8 7 15 −5 0 F Batu Batorovich 5 5 9 14 −11 27 D GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Rexton Chui 219:32 17 4.65 150 88.67 0 Daniel Muratov 249:38 10 2.40 79 87.34 0 Kim Kang-gun 236:17 16 4.06 109 85.32 0 Jesse Barbadillo 289:38 29 6.01 194 85.05 0 Francois Gautier 240:22 37 9.24 202 81.68 0 TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts Source: IIHF.com
Awards Position Player Goaltender Rexton Chui Defenceman Batu Batorovich Forward Vadim Kravchenko
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