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2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

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2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries Turkey
 Thailand
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates27 January – 2 February 2025
11–14 December 2024
Teams10
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The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III will be two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III consists of two tiered groups of six teams each: the sixth-tier Division III A and the seventh-tier Division III B. 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

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2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III A
Tournament details
Host country Turkey
CityIstanbul
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates27 January – 2 February 2025
Teams6
Official website
www.iihf.com

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

Participating teams

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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

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the 2026 Division II B
2  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Turkey (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the 2026 Division III B
First match(es) will be played: 27 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

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

27 January 2025
13:00		Bulgaria v Chinese TaipeiZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
27 January 2025
16:30		New Zealand v MexicoZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
27 January 2025
20:00		Bosnia and Herzegovina v TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
28 January 2025
13:00		New Zealand v BulgariaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
28 January 2025
16:30		Mexico v Bosnia and HerzegovinaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
28 January 2025
20:00		Chinese Taipei v TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
30 January 2025
13:00		Chinese Taipei v MexicoZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
30 January 2025
16:30		New Zealand v Bosnia and HerzegovinaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
30 January 2025
20:00		Bulgaria v TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
31 January 2025
13:00		Bosnia and Herzegovina v Chinese TaipeiZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
31 January 2025
16:30		Mexico v BulgariaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
31 January 2025
20:00		Bulgaria v TurkeyZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
2 February 2025
13:00		Bulgaria v Bosnia and HerzegovinaZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
2 February 2025
16:30		Chinese Taipei v New ZealandZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
2 February 2025
20:00		Turkey v MexicoZeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

Division III B

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2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III B
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
CityBangkok
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–14 December 2024
Teams4

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

Participating teams

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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

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the 2026 Division III A
2  Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Thailand (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 December 2024. 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

References

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  1. ^ Division III A official website, www.iihf.com
  2. ^ Division III A statistics, stats.iihf.com
  3. ^ Tournament list, www.iihf.com
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