2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

See also: 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Turkey  Thailand
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	27 January – 2 February 2025 11–14 December 2024
Teams	10

The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consists of 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's tournament, the first-placed team will be promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team from 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 2005.

Division III A

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III A

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 January – 2 February 2025
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	50 (8.33 per game)
Attendance	1,743 (291 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Peng Mo (7 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division III A tournament is being played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 January to 2 February 2025.[1][2]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Chinese Taipei	placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
New Zealand	placed 2nd in Division III A last year
Bulgaria	placed 3rd in Division III A last year
Turkey (hosts)	placed 4th in Division III A last year
Mexico	placed 5th in Division III A last year
Bosnia and Herzegovina	placed 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	0	0	15	5	+10	6	Promotion to the 2026 Division II B
2	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	0	10	0	+10	6
3	Turkey (H)	2	1	0	0	1	11	9	+2	3
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	0	0	1	7	13	−6	3
5	Mexico	2	0	0	0	2	4	11	−7	0
6	Bulgaria	2	0	0	0	2	3	12	−9	0	Relegation to the 2026 Division III B

Updated to match(es) played on 28 January 2025. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (Turkey Time – UTC+3).

27 January 2025 13:00

Bulgaria

3–7 (2–3, 1–1, 0–3)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 51

Game reference
	Kaloyan Stoyanov	Goalies	Chen Tai-Yu	Referee: Oleg Serebryakov Linesmen: Alkan Kilinç Carlos Trobajo
	0–1 00:52 – Chi K. (Wang Y., Chen Y.) 0–2 07:38 – Peng (Chen Y.) Stanimirov (Kozhuharov, Dikov) – 11:04 1–2 Dikov (Gyurkov, Peychev) – 11:54 2–2 2–3 12:23 – Chang (Wang K.) 2–4 31:56 – Lin (Yang) (PP) Stanimirov (Stamenov) – 33:40 3–4 3–5 43:10 – Peng (Wang Y., Chen Y.) (PP) 3–6 45:36 – Chi K. (Peng) 3–7 50:11 – Chen C. (Wang Y.)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	28	Shots	42

27 January 2025 16:30

New Zealand

5–0 (0–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Joel Gerard	Goalies	Santiago Cucuraqui	Referee: Serkan Kocakara Linesmen: Liu Ren Maarten van den Acker
	MacDonald (Ruski-Jones) (SH) – 27:48 1–0 Carey (Ruski-Jones, Koptev) (PP) – 32:03 2–0 MacDonald (Dalmatau, Blair) (SH) – 44:56 3–0 Ruski-Jones (MacDonald, Blair) – 47:38 4–0 Murray (Ruski-Jones, Koptev) – 52:40 5–0
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	42	Shots	18

27 January 2025 20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–9 (0–1, 0–3, 1–5)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 631

Game reference
	Karim Ahmetovski Amor Sacic	Goalies	Kayra Aydos Yusuf Balli	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Daniel Lindblom Bram Zwarthoed
	0–1 11:41 – Gok (SH) 0–2 22:49 – Inandi (Odabas) 0–3 28:50 – Altay (Yavuz, Meydanci) 0–4 32:32 – Inandi (Odabas) 0–5 47:07 – Yavuz (Tinaz, Inandi) (PP) 0–6 49:06 – Yavuz (Tinaz, Girgin) (PP) 0–7 51:29 – Altay (Tinaz) (SH) Mrkva (Vucinic) – 52:33 1–7 1–8 53:56 – Inandi (Karadag) 1–9 58:17 – Karadag (Inandi, Odabas)
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	16	Shots	59

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28 January 2025 13:00

New Zealand

5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Bulgaria

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 93

Game reference
	Joel Gerard	Goalies	Nikola Stefanov	Referee: Serkan Kocakara Linesmen: Alkan Kilinç Carlos Trobajo
	Bary (Wimmer) – 03:01 1–0 Blair (Audas, Carey) – 25:01 2–0 Carey (Murray) – 29:01 3–0 Ruski-Jones (Audas, MacDonald) – 35:38 4–0 Allen (Wimmer, Blair) – 43:20 5–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	18

28 January 2025 16:30

Mexico

4–6 (0–2, 2–2, 2–2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 68

Game reference
	Santiago Cucuraqui	Goalies	Karim Ahmetovski	Referee: Oleg Serebryakov Linesmen: Muhaammed Aksakal Maarten van den Acker
	0–1 03:06 – Vucinic (Mrkva, Drnda) (PP) 0–2 04:07 – Capin Couch (Potts) – 28:02 1–2 JP. Briseno (Parra) – 29:55 2–2 2–3 34:56 – Mrkva (Drnda) 2–4 39:33 – Drnda (Capin, Mrkva) JP. Briseno (Parra) – 42:58 3–4 3–5 47:47 – S. Koronja (Vulovic, K. Koronja) Parra (JP. Briseno, P. Briseno) – 48:38 4–5 4–6 56:19 – Drnda (Mrkva, Capin) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	19

28 January 2025 20:00

Chinese Taipei

8–2 (4–2, 1–0, 3–0)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Chen Tai-Yu Kao Hao-Hsuan	Goalies	Kayra Aydos	Referee: Casper Russelhuber Linesmen: Daniel Lindblom Liu Ren
	0–1 01:52 – Meydanci (Altay, Yavuz) Chang (Liu, Chen Y.) – 04:41 1–1 Chi K. (Peng Mo, Wang Y.) – 11:54 2–1 Liu (Chang) – 15:07 3–1 3–2 18:32 – Bahadir (Yayilkan) (SH) Chi K. (Peng Mo, Hung) (PP) – 19:33 4–2 Liu (Wang Y., Chen C.) (PP) – 28:41 5–2 Chang (Chen Y., Peng Mo) (PP) – 42:38 6–2 Lin (Peng K.) – 46:50 7–2 Chen C. (Peng Mo, Chi K.) (PP) – 56:13 8–2
	14 min	Penalties	55 min
	47	Shots	21

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30 January 2025 13:00

Chinese Taipei

v

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

30 January 2025 16:30

New Zealand

v

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

30 January 2025 20:00

Bulgaria

v

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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31 January 2025 13:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

v

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

31 January 2025 16:30

Mexico

v

Bulgaria

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

31 January 2025 20:00

Bulgaria

v

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

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2 February 2025 13:00

Bulgaria

v

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

2 February 2025 16:30

Chinese Taipei

v

New Zealand

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

2 February 2025 20:00

Turkey

v

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Peng Mo	Chinese Taipei	2	2	5	7	+1	4
2	Chi Kai-Yuan	Chinese Taipei	2	4	1	5	+2	2
3	Emin Inandi	Turkey	2	3	2	5	+4	2
4	Tarik Mrkva	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	3	5	+1	0
4	Axel Ruski-Jones	New Zealand	2	2	3	5	+4	0
6	Chen Yu-Chuan	Chinese Taipei	2	0	5	5	+4	0
6	Wang Yi-An	Chinese Taipei	2	0	5	5	+2	0
8	Chang Yun-Sheng	Chinese Taipei	2	3	1	4	+2	2
9	Adi Drnda	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	2	4	−1	0
9	Markus MacDonald	New Zealand	2	2	2	4	+5	2
9	Hamza Yavuz	Turkey	2	2	2	4	−1	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)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
1	Joel Gerard	New Zealand	120:00	0	100.00	0.00	2
2	Chen Tai-Yu	Chinese Taipei	114:21	5	89.36	2.62	0
3	Karim Ahmetovski	Bosnia and Herzegovina	93:58	8	87.69	5.11	0
4	Nikola Stefanov	Bulgaria	60:00	5	86.49	5.00	0
5	Kayra Aydos	Turkey	115:56	9	85.48	4.66	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Division III B

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III B

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
City	Bangkok
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–14 December 2024
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	53 (8.83 per game)
Attendance	1,494 (249 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Natchayatorn Yannakornthanapunt (7 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division III B tournament was played in Bangkok, Thailand, from 11 to 14 December 2024.[3][4]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Kyrgyzstan	placed 6th in Division III A last year and were relegated
Luxembourg	placed 2nd in Division III B last year
South Africa	placed 3rd in Division III B last year
Thailand (hosts)	first participation in World Championship

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Thailand (H)	3	3	0	0	0	19	5	+14	9	Promoted to the 2026 Division III A
2	Kyrgyzstan	3	2	0	0	1	14	9	+5	6
3	South Africa	3	0	1	0	2	11	21	−10	2
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	1	2	9	18	−9	1

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (Indochina Time – UTC+7).

11 December 2024 16:00

Kyrgyzstan

7–2 (1–0, 3–2, 3–0)

South Africa

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Emir Bolsunbekov	Goalies	Nico Janse van Rensburg	Referee: Shen Yen-Chin Linesmen: Edward Howard Teerasak Rattanachot
	Kalchaev (Esenov, Sapitov) – 16:36 1–0 Bem (Kalchaev, Nuraliev) – 28:00 2–0 Leshchenko (Ali-Askarov) – 29:56 (PP) 3–0 3–1 30:42 – Levin (Bate, Levi) Sapitov (Shamshybekov, Kalchaev) – 31:34 4–1 4–2 37:26 – Levin (PS) Sulaimanov (Ali-Askarov) – 47:30 5–2 Shumakov (Supokhunov) – 51:06 6–2 Sapitov (Shumakov) – 59:30 7–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	18

11 December 2024 19:30

Luxembourg

1–6 (1–2, 0–1, 0–3)

Thailand

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 223

Game reference
	Baptiste Franck	Goalies	Vijak Niyomvong	Referee: Heru Wardana Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Hung Chi-Lun
	Armuth (Vincens) – 1:14 (PP) 1–0 1–1 6:33 – Patong (Kulthanthorn) (PP) 1–2 10:00 – Patong (Limpanyakul) 1–3 35:10 – Yannakornthanapunt (Watthanaphaya) 1–4 51:50 – Yannakornthanapunt (Watthanaphaya) 1–5 57:46 – Sutivijitho (Khunraj, Yannakornthanapunt) 1–6 58:53 – Yannakornthanapunt (Shim)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	53

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12 December 2024 16:00

Luxembourg

6–7 OT (2–4, 4–1, 0–1) OT: (0–1)

South Africa

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 86

Game reference
	Baptiste Franck	Goalies	Nico Janse van Rensburg	Referee: Timur Morev Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Wachara Luenam
	0–1 1:55 – Bate (Levi) Toft – 5:18 1–1 1–2 14:20 – Mlangeni (van der Westhuizen) 1–3 16:27 – van der Merwe (Mlangeni) 1–4 18:51 – Levi (Levin) (PP) Reinert (D’Andrea) – 19:05 2–4 Springer (Nunes) – 22:22 3–4 3–5 23:09 – van der Westhuizen Springer (Vincens) – 26:17 (PP) 4–5 Mota (York) – 37:30 5–5 Cap (Fleischmann) – 38:35 6–5 6–6 47:08 – Levin (Bate) 6–7 61:14 – Baker (Bate)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	22

12 December 2024 19:30

Thailand

5–2 (0–1, 4–0, 1–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 275

Game reference
	Vijak Niyomvong	Goalies	Emir Bolsunbekov	Referee: Shen Yen-Chin Linesmen: Edward Howard Chi-Lun Hung
	0–1 04:30 – Ali-Askarov (Supokhunov) Thongin (Sutivijitho) – 27:12 1–1 Jaratkorn (SH) – 29:25 2–1 Patong (Jaratkorn, Limpanyakul) – 37:35 3–1 Prasertthanma (Kulthanthorn) – 37:58 4–1 Yannakornthanapunt (Kulthanthorn, Patong) (PP) – 52:40 5–1 5–2 59:20 – Ali-Askarov (Kalchaev, Sapitov)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	38

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14 December 2024 16:00

Kyrgyzstan

5–2 (2–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Luxembourg

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 135

Game reference
	Emir Bolsunbekov Artem Vasilev	Goalies	Baptiste Franck	Referee: Timur Morev Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Wachara Luenam
	Leshchenko (Supokhunov) – 11:29 1–0 Bekmuratov (Esenov, Ali-Askarov) – 16:13 2–0 Bem (Barmanov) – 27:25 3–0 Leshchenko (Ali-Askarov) – 36:47 4–0 4–1 50:19 – Lasis (Nunes, Vincens) (PP) Shamshybekov (Nuraliev, Leshchenko) – 55:36 5–1 5–2 58:00 – Lasis
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	49	Shots	22

14 December 2024 19:30

South Africa

2–8 (1–5, 0–1, 1–2)

Thailand

Bangkok International Ice Hockey Arena, Bangkok Attendance: 665

Game reference
	Connor Gilbert Nico Janse van Rensburg	Goalies	James Na Phikul Vijak Niyomvong	Referee: Shen Yen-Chin Linesmen: Edward Howard Teerasak Rattanachot
	0–1 3:57 – Limpanyakul (Yannakornthanapunt, Jaratkorn) (PP1) 0–2 7:11 – Sutivijitho (Khunraj) 0–3 8:26 – Jaratkorn 0–4 13:59 – Yannakornthanapunt (Watthanaphaya, Limpanyakul) 0–5 17:22 – Limpanyakul (Jaratkorn) Baker (van der Merwe) – 18:16 1–5 1–6 39:48 – Patong 1–7 40:37 – Watthanaphaya Levin (Levi, Bate) – 44:12 2–7 2–8 54:05 – Patong
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	55

Top Players

Best Players Selected by the Directorate
Best Goalkeeper	Vijak Niyomvong
Best Defender	Natchayatorn Yannakornthanapunt
Best Forward	Abdumalik Sapitov

Source: IIHF

Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches
Kyrgyzstan	Sher Shamshybekov
Luxembourg	Charlie Springer
South Africa	Noam Levin
Thailand	Vijak Niyomvong

Source: IIHF

References

1. Division III A official website, www.iihf.com
2. Division III A statistics, stats.iihf.com
3. Division III B official website, www.iihf.com
4. Division III B statistics, stats.iihf.com

External links

• Official website of IIHF