2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consists of two groups of four teams each: the top 2 teams from each division played in the semifinals in a four-team bracket for a chance to play for promotion to Division II B, while the bottom 2 teams in each group played in placement rounds for 5th to 8th place. The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 – 19 January 2020.[1] Iceland won the tournament.[2]

Main article: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2020 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Dates13–19 January 2020
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iceland
Runner-up  Australia
Third place  Turkey
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored134 (6.7 per game)
Attendance5,276 (264 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Iceland Axel Orongan
(16 points)

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2000.

Participants
TeamQualification
 Mexicoplaced 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
 Australiaplaced 2nd in Division III last year
 Turkeyplaced 3rd in Division III last year
 Bulgariaplaced 4th in Division III last year
 Icelandplaced 5th in Division III last year
 Chinese Taipeiplaced 6th in Division III last year
 South Africaplaced 7th in Division III last year
 New Zealandplaced 8th in Division III last year

Match officials

Six referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Preliminary round
Division III Venue
Sofia
Winter Sports Palace
Capacity: 4,600

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iceland 3 3 0 0 0 19 6 +13 9 Semifinals
2  Mexico 3 2 0 0 1 12 7 +5 6
3  Bulgaria (H) 3 1 0 0 2 8 11 −3 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
13 January 2020
17:00		Mexico 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 115
Game reference
Marcello de AntunanoGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
China Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
Bulgaria Vasiliy Vasilev
Hagerman (Dunn, Linares) (PP) – 09:591–0
Dunn – 28:552–0
Dunn (Sánchez, Tapia) – 30:283–0
Sánchez (Dunn, Tapia) – 45:384–0
Dunn – 49:095–0
18 minPenalties10 min
37Shots14
13 January 2020
20:30		Bulgaria 3–4
(1–1, 0–2, 2–1)		 IcelandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 760
Game reference
Ivan StoynovGoaliesJóhann RagnarssonReferee:
Russia Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
Belarus Artsiom Labzov
United Kingdom Graham Rodger
Vasilev – 08:271–0
1–117:37 – Magnússon (Árnason)
1–226:04 – Atlason
1–336:03 – Árnason (Orongan)
Vasilev (PP) – 41:122–3
Vachkov (EA) – 59:423–3
3–459:59 – Rúnarsson
8 minPenalties10 min
18Shots45
14 January 2020
17:00		Iceland 5–2
(1–0, 3–2, 1–0)		 MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 110
Game reference
Jóhann RagnarssonGoaliesSantiago GómezReferee:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
Romania Imre Fehér
Bulgaria Kiril Peychinov
Atlason (Orongan) – 12:191–0
Orongan – 20:192–0
Arason (Magnússon, Atlason) – 28:513–0
Sveinsson (Orongan, Kristveigarson (PP) – 29:524–0
4–131:06 – Rullan (Hagerman)
4–239:52 – Olvera (Hagerman, Linares)
Kristveigarson (Atlason, Orongan) (ENG) – 59:495–2
20 minPenalties28 min
31Shots11
14 January 2020
20:30		Bulgaria 3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 850
Game reference
Ivan StoynovGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
Romania Levente Szilárd Sikó
Linesmen:
Austria Christoph Barnthaler
Iceland Sæmundur Leifsson
Vasilev (Vachkov, Tomov) – 21:501–0
Ivanov (Nakov) – 25:362–0
2–135:25 – Robbie (Martinoli)
2–241:19 – Martinoli (Reid)
Dzhorov – 44:543–2
10 minPenalties33 min
26Shots12
16 January 2020
13:30		New Zealand 1–10
(1–4, 0–2, 0–4)		 IcelandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 65
Game reference
Rhett WilsonGoaliesJohann RagnarssonReferee:
Australia Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
Austria Christoph Barnthaler
Bulgaria Kiril Peychinov
Audas (Flight) – 02:021–0
1–104:35 – Kristveigarson (V. Arason, Magnússon)
1–206:08 – Orongan (SH2)
1–314:13 – Sveinsson (Grant, Ólafarson) (PP)
1–419:39 – Orongan
1–520:49 – Orongan (G. Arason)
1–633:05 – Skulason (Magnusson, Gunnarsson)
1–747:02 – Grant (Sveinsson, Ólafarson)
1–849:24 – Kristveigarson
1–949:52 – Rúnarsson (Magnusson)
1–1058:26 – G. Arason (Maack, Orongan)
8 minPenalties20 min
21Shots30
16 January 2020
20:30		Mexico 5–2
(1–0, 3–0, 1–2)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 920
Game reference
Marcello de AntunanoGoaliesIvan StoynovReferee:
Austria Patrick Gruber
Linesmen:
China Gao Yinfeng
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
Linares (Dunn, Esteban) (PP) – 16:411–0
Sanchez (Hagerman, Dunn) – 27:462–0
Hagerman (Dunn, Rullan (EA) – 31:023–0
Rullan (Esteban) – 35:254–0
Esteban (Diaz, Hagerman) – 46:115–0
5–150:16 – Tsitselkov (Tomov, Dikov) (EA)
5–252:08 – Nakov (Vachkov, Tsitselkov)
16 minPenalties22 min
32Shots18

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 0 14 3 +11 9 Semifinals
2  Turkey 3 2 0 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3  South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 7 15 −8 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: IIHF
13 January 2020
10:00		Turkey 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120
Game reference
Soykan VarlıGoaliesChung Shen-weiReferee:
Romania Levente Szilárd Sikó
Linesmen:
Austria Christoph Barnthaler
Bulgaria Kiril Peychinov
Turan (Salt, Afşin) – 11:101–0
Turut (Kabay, Turan) (PP) – 15:052–0
Afşin (Turan, Kabay) – 20:543–0
0 minPenalties14 min
27Shots14
13 January 2020
13:30		Australia 6–1
(0–1, 5–0, 1–0)		 South AfricaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 125
Game reference
Seb Woodlands
Jeremy Friederich		GoaliesRyan BoydReferee:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
Romania Imre Fehér
Iceland Sæmundur Leifsson
0–105:52 – Delport (Vivier, Venter) (PP)
Lee (Riley) (PP) – 22:061–1
Gumm (SH) – 25:432–1
Riley (Lee) (SH) – 31:143–1
Barton (Chen, Handberg) – 37:074–1
Wardlaw (Kiliwnik, Hayashi) (PP) – 39:385–1
Wardlaw (Kiliwnik, Chen) – 49:196–1
14 minPenalties12 min
30Shots12
14 January 2020
10:00		Turkey 6–1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1)		 South AfricaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 95
Game reference
Soykan VarlıGoaliesRyan BoydReferee:
Australia Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
China Gao Yinfeng
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
Gökçen (Afşin) (EA) – 13:381–0
Afşin (Kabay, Turan (PP2) – 16:362–0
Turan (Kabay, Gökçen) – 28:593–0
Demirezen (Turut, Kızılkaya) – 48:534–0
Afşin (Turan, Gökçen) – 49:265–0
Gökçen (Kabay, Afşin) – 52:216–0
6–153:13 – Vivier (Van der Merwe)
8 minPenalties32 min
32Shots12
14 January 2020
13:30		Chinese Taipei 0–5
(0–0, 0–4, 0–1)		 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 85
Game reference
Chung Shen-wei
Lee Yi-cheng		GoaliesSeb WoodlandsReferee:
Austria Patrick Gruber
Linesmen:
Belarus Artsiom Labzov
Bulgaria Vasiliy Vasilev
0–123:20 – Lodge (Wardlaw)
0–234:33 – Lee (Lodge, Wardlaw) (PP)
0–338:30 – Ransome (Handberg, Benson)
0–439:08 – Wardlaw (Lodge, Hayashi)
0–556:02 – Riley (Barton, Urweiss)
20 minPenalties26 min
19Shots37
16 January 2020
10:00		South Africa 5–3
(0–0, 2–2, 3–1)		 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 60
Game reference
Ryan BoydGoaliesLee Yi-chengReferee:
Russia Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
Bulgaria Vasiliy Vasilev
0–120:21 – Chang T. (Chuang, Liu)
0–221:19 – Chuang (Sang, Sun) (PP)
Schuurman (PP) – 29:061–2
Venter (Vivier) – 34:242–2
2–342:02 – Lin J.
Meyer (Delport) – 49:383–3
Schuurman – 56:544–3
Vivier (Meyer) (PP, ENG) – 59:495–3
34 minPenalties6 min
24Shots28
16 January 2020
17:00		Australia 3–2
(0–1, 3–0, 0–1)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 105
Game reference
Seb WoodlandsGoaliesSoykan VarlıReferee:
China Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
Iceland Sæmundur Leifsson
United Kingdom Graham Rodger
0–113:18 – Salt (Afşin) (PP2)
Riley (Gumm) – 21:381–1
Lee (Kiliwnik, Benson) (SH) – 36:282–1
Wardlaw (PP) – 38:363–1
3–243:29 – Turan (Gökçen)
12 minPenalties6 min
22Shots29

Playoff round

5–8th Place Bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
18 January
 
 
 Bulgaria8
 
19 January
 
 Chinese Taipei1
 
 Bulgaria6
 
18 January
 
 New Zealand1
 
 South Africa1
 
 
 New Zealand2
 
Seventh place
 
 
19 January
 
 
 South Africa4
 
 
 Chinese Taipei (OT)5

5–8th place semifinals
18 January 2020
10:00		Bulgaria 8–1
(2–1, 1–0, 5–0)		 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 450
Game reference
Ivan StoynovGoaliesLee Yi-cheng
Chung Sheng-wei		Referee:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
Romania Imre Fehér
Belarus Artsiom Labzov
Minev (Vasilev, Tomov) – 12:071–0
1–112:43 – Liu (Sang, Yu)
Plajner (Dzhorov) – 16:092–1
Minev (Vasilev, Borisov) – 39:363–1
Vachkov (Ivanov) – 44:414–1
Nakov (Tsitselkov, Minev) – 45:515–1
Abdi (Ivanov, Vachkov) – 46:286—1
Vasilev (Atanasov, Borisov) – 47:257–1
Ivanov – 49:488–1
8 minPenalties12 min
27Shots21
18 January 2020
13:30		South Africa 1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Ryan BoydGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
Russia Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
Bulgaria Kiril Peychinov
Bulgaria Vasiliy Vasilev
0–108:11 – Flight (Audas)
Venter (PP) – 15:221–1
1–253:36 – Boul
2 minPenalties8 min
27Shots16

Seventh place game
19 January 2020
10:00		South Africa 4–5 OT
(0–1, 2–1, 2–2)
(OT: 0–1)		 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 55
Game reference
Ryan BoydGoaliesChung Sheng-weiReferee:
Australia Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
Romania Imre Fehér
Iceland Sæmundur Leifsson
0–112:06 – Mi (Lin Y.)
Koekemoer-Brown (Kluyts, Schuurman) – 25:441–1
1–230:15 – Mi (Yu, Lin J.) – 30:15
Kluyts (Venter) – 31:412–2
2–347:24 – Sun (Liang
2–450:10 – Chen (Liang)
Delport (Vivier, Meyer) – 53:513–4
Delport (Venter, Schuurman) (PP) – 59:594–4
4–564:32 – Mi
20 minPenalties24 min
27Shots19

Fifth place game
19 January 2020
13:30		Bulgaria 6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 510
Game reference
Nikola IlievGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
China Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
China Gao Yinfeng
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
Abdi – 04:431–0
Vasilev (SH) – 08:412–0
Dikov (PP) – 24:543–0
3–132:05 – Flight (Boul)
Nakov – 38:574–1
Vasilev (Dzhorov, Dikov) (PP) – 45:325–1
Ivanov (Atanasov) – 55:596–1
44 minPenalties12 min
27Shots29

Finals Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 January
 
 
 Iceland5
 
19 January
 
 Turkey2
 
 Iceland4
 
18 January
 
 Australia1
 
 Australia8
 
 
 Mexico3
 
Third place
 
 
19 January
 
 
 Turkey4
 
 
 Mexico2

Semifinals
18 January 2020
17:00		Australia 8–3
(3–2,3–0, 2–1)		 MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 81
Game reference
Seb Woodlands
Jeremy Friederich		GoaliesMarcello de Antunano
Santiago Gomez		Referee:
Romania Levente Szilárd Sikó
Linesmen:
Netherlands Stef Oosterling
United Kingdom Graham Rodger
0–102:27 – Hagerman (Rullan)
0–207:00 – Esterban (Hagerman)
Gumm (Riley, Sables) (PP) – 08:101–2
Handberg (Wang, Benson) – 10:122–2
Hayashi (Lodge) – 12:503–2
Hayashi (Lodge) – 21:234–2
Hayashi (Riley, Clifford) (PP) – 23:535–2
Hayashi (Wardlaw, Kiliwnik – 28:266–2
Fodor (James, Ransome) – 53:587–2
Handberg (Gumm, Sables) – 55:378–2
8–357:39 – Hagerman (Dunn, Linares) (PP)
12 minPenalties22 min
24Shots20
18 January 2020
20:30		Iceland 5–2
(1–1, 4–0, 0–0)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 95
Game reference
Jóhann RagnarssonGoaliesSoykan Varlı
Eren Demirtürk		Referee:
China Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
China Gao Yinfeng
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
Skúlason (Magnússon, Grant) – 16:161–0
1–116:54 – Afşin (Gökçen, Turan)
Orongan – 21:522–1
Atlason (Orongan, Kristveigarson) – 29:303–1
Orongan (V. Arason, G. Arason) – 34:274–1
Atlason (Arnarsson, Orongan) – 35:125–1
5–257:48 – Gökçen (SH)
8 minPenalties6 min
22Shots19

Bronze medal game
19 January 2020
17:00		Turkey 4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)		 MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Eren DemirturkGoaliesMarcello de AntunanoReferee:
Finland Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
Hungary Barna Kis-Király
United Kingdom Graham Rodger
0–114:34 – Hagerman (Ortiz, Rullan) (PP)
Kızılkaya (Salt, Gökçen) (PP) – 16:331–1
1–226:13 – Hagerman (Dunn, Rullan) (PP)
Demirezen (Kızılkaya, Gökçen) – 35:462–2
Turut (Kızılkaya) – 45:553–2
Turut (Demirezen) (ENG) – 59:394–2
14 minPenalties32 min
25Shots26

Gold medal game
19 January 2020
20:30		Iceland 4–1
1–0, 2–0, 1–1		 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 350
Game reference
Jóhann RagnarssonGoaliesSeb WoodlandsReferee:
Russia Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
Austria Christoph Barnthaler
Belarus Artsiom Labzov
Jóhannsson (Kristveigarson) – 18:081–0
Orongan (SH) – 22:472–0
Orongan (PP) – 34:403–0
Kristveigarson (Orongan) – 40:174–0
4–143:12 – Ransome (Barton, Kiliwnik)
22 minPenalties10 min
26Shots16

Final ranking
Promoted to 2021 IIHF U20 Division II B

RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) Iceland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Turkey
4 Mexico
5 Bulgaria
6 New Zealand
7 Chinese Taipei
8 South Africa

Statistics

Top 10 scorers
Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1Axel Orongan Iceland58816+132
2Gonzalo Hagerman Mexico56511+332
3Benjamin Dunn Mexico53710020
4Firat Afsin Turkey5459+72
5İsmet Gökçen Turkey5369+80
6Miroslav Vasilev Bulgaria5628+426
7Mehmet Turan Turkey5358+68
8Heidar Kristveigarson Iceland5437+100
8Xander Wardlaw Australia5437+52
10Sölvi Atlason Iceland5426+100
10Kenshin Hayashi Australia5426+42

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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
1Seb Woodlands Australia274:55990.321.961
2Jóhann Ragnarsson Iceland280:00989.021.930
3Ivan Stoyov Bulgaria226:481288.123.170
4Marcello de Antunano Mexico234:061087.502.561
5Finley Forbes New Zealand238:571587.183.770

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

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate
AwardName
Best GoalkeeperAustralia Seb Woodlands
Best DefencemanMexico Gonzalo Hagerman
Best ForwardIceland Axel Orongan

Source: IIHF

Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches
CountryName
 AustraliaMichael Riley
 BulgariaMoussa Abdi
 IcelandAxel Orongan
 MexicoGonzalo Hagerman
 New ZealandFinley Forbes
 South AfricaRyan Boyd
 Chinese TaipeiMi Huan-yu
 TurkeyHaktan Kabay

Source: IIHF

References
  1. "IIHF Ice hockey U20 World Championship Div III – Competition schedule" (PDF). IIHF. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  2. Tchechankov, Ivan (20 January 2020). "Iceland triumphs in U20 Division III". IIHF.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. "Competition Officials". IIHF. January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
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