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.
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Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 22–28 January 2024 25–30 January 2024 |
Teams | 9 |
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2004.
Division III A
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Host country | Bulgarien |
City | Sofia |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 22–28 January 2024 |
Teams | 6 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 15 |
Goals scored | 135 (9 per game) |
Attendance | 1,775 (118 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Mike Levin (17 points) |
Official website | |
www.iihf.com |
The Division III Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 January 2024.[1][2]
Participants
editTeam | Qualification |
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Mexiko | placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated |
Israel | placed 2nd in Division III last year |
Bulgarien | hosts; placed 3rd in Division III last year |
Türkei | placed 4th in Division III last year |
Neuseeland | placed 5th in Division III last year |
Kirgisistan | placed 6th in Division III last year |
Standings
editPos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Israel | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 14 | +27 | 15 | Promoted to the 2025 Division II B |
2 | Neuseeland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 11 | |
3 | Bulgarien (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 10 | |
4 | Türkei | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 6 | |
5 | Mexiko | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 3 | |
6 | Kirgisistan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 46 | −37 | 0 | Relegated to the 2025 Division III B |
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.
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Results
editAll times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).
22 January 2024 13:00 | Kirgisistan | 3–4 (0–1, 3–1, 0–2) | Türkei | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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22 January 2024 16:30 | Israel | 8–6 (1–2, 5–1, 2–3) | Neuseeland | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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22 January 2024 20:00 | Bulgarien | 3–2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1) | Mexiko | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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23 January 2024 13:00 | Neuseeland | 12–1 (7–0, 2–0, 3–1) | Kirgisistan | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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23 January 2024 16:30 | Mexiko | 3–4 (1–2, 1–1, 1–1) | Türkei | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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23 January 2024 20:00 | Israel | 7–3 (1–0, 3–3, 3–0) | Bulgarien | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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25 January 2024 13:00 | Mexiko | 3–5 (0–3, 1–2, 2–0) | Neuseeland | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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25 January 2024 16:30 | Israel | 16–1 (5–1, 8–0, 3–0) | Kirgisistan | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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25 January 2024 20:00 | Bulgarien | 5–4 (2–0, 2–2, 1–2) | Türkei | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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27 January 2024 13:00 | Türkei | 1–4 (1–2, 0–0, 0–2) | Israel | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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27 January 2024 16:30 | Neuseeland | 4–3 OT (2–0, 1–1, 0–2) OT: (1–0) | Bulgarien | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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27 January 2024 20:00 | Kirgisistan | 2–6 (1–2, 0–2, 1–2) | Mexiko | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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28 January 2024 13:00 | Türkei | 2–4 (0–1, 1–0, 1–3) | Neuseeland | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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28 January 2024 16:30 | Mexiko | 3–6 (0–2, 2–1, 1–3) | Israel | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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28 January 2024 20:00 | Bulgarien | 8–2 (4–0, 0–2, 4–0) | Kirgisistan | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia |
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Statistics
editTop 10 scorers
editPos | Player | Land | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
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1 | Mike Levin | Israel | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | +11 | 6 |
2 | Ivan Dalmatau | Neuseeland | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +7 | 2 |
3 | Yann Raskin | Israel | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +10 | 4 |
4 | Jackson Fontaine | Neuseeland | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | +8 | 6 |
5 | Nikita Zitserman | Israel | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +13 | 0 |
6 | Aleksandar Stanimirov | Bulgarien | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +3 | 2 |
7 | Caleb Chamberlin | Neuseeland | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +7 | 2 |
8 | Jacob Carey | Neuseeland | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +6 | 0 |
9 | Luc Taillon | Neuseeland | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +7 | 0 |
10 | Youval Turner | Israel | 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
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Pos | Player | Land | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
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1 | Andrea Karabadjakov | Bulgarien | 240:00 | 15 | 90.91 | 3.75 | 0 |
2 | Santiago Cucuraqui | Mexiko | 292:59 | 19 | 89.44 | 3.89 | 0 |
3 | Furkan Duran | Türkei | 300:00 | 19 | 88.76 | 3.80 | 0 |
4 | Alon Shipinel | Israel | 180:00 | 8 | 87.88 | 2.67 | 0 |
5 | David Verkhovski | Israel | 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
edit- Goaltender: Andrea Karabadjakov
- Defenceman: Luke Simon
- Forward: Mike Levin
Source: IIHF
Division III B
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Host country | Bosnien und Herzegowina |
City | Sarajevo |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 25–30 January 2024 |
Teams | 3 |
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Games played | 6 |
Goals scored | 73 (12.17 per game) |
Attendance | 1,950 (325 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Belmin Sinanbegovic (12 points) |
Official website | |
www.iihf.com |
The Division III Group B tournament was played in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 25 to 30 January 2024.[3][4]
Participants
editTeam | Qualification |
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Bosnien und Herzegowina | hosts; placed 7th in Division III last year |
Südafrika | placed 8th in Division III last year |
Luxemburg | first participation since 2003 |
Standings
editPos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Bosnien und Herzegowina (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 11 | Promoted to the 2025 Division III A |
2 | Luxemburg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 7 | |
3 | Südafrika | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 43 | −33 | 0 |
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
editAll times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).
25 January 2024 18:00 | Bosnien und Herzegowina | 7–6 OT (1–3, 2–1, 3–2) (1–0) | Luxemburg | Skenderija, Sarajevo |
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26 January 2024 18:00 | Bosnien und Herzegowina | 9–2 (4–1, 3–0, 2–1) | Südafrika | Skenderija, Sarajevo |
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27 January 2024 18:00 | Südafrika | 0–12 (0–4, 0–3, 0–5) | Luxemburg | Skenderija, Sarajevo |
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28 January 2024 18:00 | Luxemburg | 2–5 (0–1, 1–2, 1–2) | Bosnien und Herzegowina | Skenderija, Sarajevo |
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29 January 2024 18:00 | Südafrika | 7–9 (1–3, 3–3, 3–3) | Bosnien und Herzegowina | Skenderija, Sarajevo |
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30 January 2024 18:00 | Luxemburg | 13–1 (5–0, 3–0, 5–1) | Südafrika | Skenderija, Sarajevo |
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References
edit- ^ Division III A official website, www.iihf.com
- ^ Division III A statistics, stats.iihf.com
- ^ Division III B official website, www.iihf.com
- ^ Division III B statistics, stats.iihf.com