2023 IIHF World U18 Championships

The Group A matches were played in Porrentruy, Switzerland, from 20 to 25 April 2023.[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	18	3	+15	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	20	14	+6	9
3	Slovakia	4	1	1	0	2	15	15	0	5
4	Czechia	4	1	0	1	2	12	14	−2	4
5	Germany	4	0	0	0	4	5	24	−19	0	Advance to Relegation round

20 April 2023 14:30

Canada

0–8 (0–5, 0–1, 0–2)

Sweden

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,998

Game reference
	Carson Bjarnason Gabriel D'Aigle	Goalies	Noah Erliden	Referees: Adam Kika Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Lukáš Rampír Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 03:33 – Stenberg (Willander, Unger Sörum) 0–2 04:53 – Nordh (Sandin Pellikka) 0–3 10:43 – Dower Nilsson (Sandin Pellikka, Forsfjäll) 0–4 12:51 – Sandin Pellikka (Stenberg, Edstrom) 0–5 13:28 – Wahlberg (Forsfjäll) (EA) 0–6 25:32 – Forsfjäll (Lindstein, Sandin Pellikka) (PP) 0–7 41:44 – Stenberg (Wahlberg, Sandin Pellikka) (PP2) 0–8 56:08 – Unger Sörum (Stenberg, Wahlberg)
	60 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	24

20 April 2023 18:30

Czechia

2–3 GWS (0–1, 2–1, 0–0) OT: (0–0) SO: (0–1)

Slovakia

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,193

Game reference
	Michael Hrabal	Goalies	Samuel Urban	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Loic Ruprecht Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Simon Riecken
	0–1 10:24 – Cedzo (Štrbák, Jenčko) (PP) 0–2 23:35 – Cedzo (Kukumberg, Pišoja) (PP) Csabi (Jecho, Vochvest) – 37:38 1–2 Šalé (Šimek) – 39:26 2–2
	Csabi Petr Šalé Holinka Štancl	Shootout	Masnica Cedzo Dvorský Ridzoň Jenčko
	37 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	42

21 April 2023 14:30

Canada

8–0 (2–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Germany

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 968

Game reference
	Carson Bjarnason	Goalies	Leon Willerscheid	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Christian Ofner Linesmen: Emil Dalsgaard Niko Jusi
	Lardis (Martone, Ritchie) (PP) – 15:06 1–0 Wood (Cristall, Celebrini) (PP) – 16:45 2–0 Dragicevic (Bjarnason) (PP) – 30:39 3–0 Martone (MacDonell, Halaburda) – 31:59 4–0 Wood (Celebrini, Ritchie) – 35:00 5–0 Ritchie (Celebrini, Allen) – 46:30 6–0 Lardis (Catton, Martone) – 55:05 7–0 Lardis (Allen, Ritchie) (PP) – 58:55 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	39 min
	50	Shots	11

21 April 2023 18:30

Slovakia

3–5 (1–3, 0–0, 2–2)

Sweden

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,287

Game reference
	Samuel Urban	Goalies	Noah Erliden	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Nolan Bloyer Linesmen: Nicolas Boivin Markus Merk
	0–1 04:35 – Lindstein (Forsfjäll, Dower Nilsson) (PP) 0–2 10:39 – Sandin Pellikka (Forsfjäll, Lindstein) (PP) Pekarčík (Masnica, Štrbák) (PP) – 15:52 1–2 1–3 16:44 – Edstrom (Stenberg, Kangas) Masnica (Dvorský, Pekarčík) (PP) – 51:51 2–3 Kukumberg (Jenčko, Cedzo) – 53:59 3–3 3–4 56:14 – Wahlberg 3–5 59:54 – Unger Sörum (Lindstein) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	52

22 April 2023 17:00

Germany

1–7 (0–3, 0–3, 1–1)

Czechia

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 787

Game reference
	Valentin Ankirchner Leon Willerscheid	Goalies	Michael Hrabal	Referees: Dominic Cadieux Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Emil Dalsgaard Oto Durmis
	0–1 02:15 – Židlický (Šimek, Dvořák) (PP) 0–2 10:08 – Šalé (SH) 0–3 13:09 – Šalé (PS) 0–4 20:36 – Dvořák (Felcman, Fábry) 0–5 23:19 – Hradec (Dvořák, Jiříček) 0–6 25:41 – Hradec (Kučera, Matějíček) Brandl (Bicker, Homann) – 56:42 1–6 1–7 58:58 – Petr (Jecho, Eichler)
	33 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	35

23 April 2023 13:00

Slovakia

3–4 (0–1, 1–2, 2–1)

Canada

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,751

Game reference
	Lukáš Fürsten	Goalies	Carson Bjarnason	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Emil Dalsgaard Lukáš Rampír
	0–1 00:50 – Barlow (Price, Allen) 0–2 23:28 – Ritchie (Wood, Celebrini) 0–3 34:50 – Martone (MacDonell) (SH) Dvorský (Eperješi) – 37:31 1–3 Císar (Kukumberg, Gron) – 42:24 2–3 2–4 53:05 – Celebrini (Wood, Dragicevic) (PP) Pekarčík (Štrbák, Dvorský) (EA) – 59:10 3–4
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	42

23 April 2023 17:00

Sweden

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Czechia

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,558

Game reference
	Noah Erliden	Goalies	Michael Hrabal	Referees: Martin Jobbágy Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Markus Merk Simon Riecken
	Willander (Unger Sörum, Stenberg) (PP2) – 48:12 1–0 Stenberg (Edstrom) (ENG) – 59:55 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	15

24 April 2023 18:30

Germany

4–6 (1–1, 3–2, 0–3)

Slovakia

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 548

Game reference
	Leon Willerscheid	Goalies	Samuel Urban	Referees: Nolan Bloyer Riku Brander Linesmen: Nicolas Boivin Shane Gustafson
	0–1 15:09 – Dvorský (Pekarčík) (PP) Panocha (Vinzens, Sumpf) (PP) – 17:17 1–1 Sumpf (Tropmann, Bosecker) (PP) – 21:32 2–1 2–2 22:31 – Jenčko (Štrbák, Pekarčík) Schreiner (Müller, Tropmann) (EA) – 26:02 3–2 Bicker (Brandl, Panocha) – 29:16 4–2 4–3 36:00 – Dvorský (Cedzo) 4–4 51:37 – Dvorský (Chromiak, Cedzo) 4–5 57:37 – Dvorský (Císar, Pekarčík) (PP) 4–6 59:20 – Pekarčík (Dvorský, Štrbák) (PP, ENG)
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	38

25 April 2023 14:30

Sweden

3–0 (0–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Germany

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 2,653

Game reference
	Melker Thelin	Goalies	Nico Pertuch	Referees: Christian Ofner Loic Ruprecht Linesmen: Nicolas Boivin Lukáš Rampír
	Edstrom (Stenberg, Willander) – 50:42 1–0 Willander (Stenberg, Edstrom) (PP) – 56:31 2–0 Kangas (Nordh, Bergström) (ENG) – 58:14 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	14

25 April 2023 18:30

Czechia

3–8 (0–2, 2–3, 1–3)

Canada

Raiffeisen Arena, Porrentruy Attendance: 1,586

Game reference
	Michael Hrabal Jan Kavan	Goalies	Carson Bjarnason	Referees: Daniel Eriksson Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Markus Merk Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 17:16 – Barlow (Howe) 0–2 17:40 – Wood (Ritchie) 0–3 20:14 – Wood (Celebrini, Price) Šalé (Petr, Hradec) (PP) – 30:04 1–3 1–4 33:32 – Wood (Heidt, Barlow) (PP) Felcman (Šalé) – 37:18 2–4 2–5 38:24 – Halaburda (Pharand, Martone) 2–6 42:54 – Martone (Halaburda, Price) 2–7 44:49 – Lardis (Cristall, Catton) (PP) 2–8 52:39 – Dragicevic (Celebrini, Ritchie) Matějíček (Petr) – 56:25 3–8
	8 min	Penalties	29 min
	26	Shots	45

The Group B matches were played in Basel, Switzerland, from 20 to 25 April 2023.[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	37	6	+31	12	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Finland	4	3	0	0	1	23	14	+9	9
3	Switzerland (H)	4	2	0	0	2	12	15	−3	6
4	Latvia	4	1	0	0	3	5	17	−12	3
5	Norway	4	0	0	0	4	3	28	−25	0	Advance to Relegation round

20 April 2023 16:00

United States

7–1 (0–0, 3–0, 4–1)

Latvia

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 810

Game reference
	Trey Augustine Hampton Slukynsky	Goalies	Aksels Ozols Nils Mauriņš	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Riku Brander Linesmen: Markus Merk Tobias Nordlander
	Eiserman (Hagens, Hutson) (PP) – 20:59 1–0 Leonard (Perreault, Terrance) (PP) – 30:05 2–0 Smith (Leonard, Hutson) – 34:15 3–0 Moore (Hutson, Eiserman) (PP) – 40:22 4–0 4–1 41:43 – Niedrājs (SH) Smith (Perreault, Leonard) (PP2) – 44:05 5–1 Guzzo (Nelson, Minnetian) – 54:15 6–1 Schulz (Moore, Terrance) – 55:29 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	39 min
	36	Shots	24

20 April 2023 20:00

Finland

4–2 (0–0, 2–2, 2–0)

Switzerland

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 1,988

Game reference
	Eemil Vinni	Goalies	Ewan Huet	Referees: Nolan Bloyer Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Nicolas Boivin Oto Durmis
	Järventie (Nurmi, Kiiskinen) (PP) – 25:41 1–0 Leppä (Lind) – 26:16 2–0 2–1 36:07 – Braillard (Schneller, Dorthe) (PP) 2–2 38:24 – Wagner (E. Meier) Halttunen (Alasiurua, Pieniniemi) – 51:41 3–2 Nurmi (Kiviharju, Hynninen) (ENG) – 57:59 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	18

21 April 2023 16:00

Latvia

2–5 (0–1, 0–3, 2–1)

Finland

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 342

Game reference
	Aksels Ozols Linards Feldbergs	Goalies	Visa Vedenpää	Referees: Dominic Cadieux Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 01:25 – Kumpulainen (Uronen) 0–2 30:53 – Hynninen (Nurmi, Järventie) (PP) 0–3 37:12 – Halttunen (Helenius, Alasiurua) 0–4 38:07 – Uronen (Muhonen, Järventie) Niedrājs (Ansons) – 44:52 1–4 1–5 46:12 – Kumpulainen (Kiviharju, Kangas) Streikišs (Bulāns, Livšics) (PP) – 53:59 2–5
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	47

21 April 2023 20:00

Norway

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Switzerland

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 2,126

Game reference
	Marius Bjørnsgaard Martin Lundberg	Goalies	Ewan Huet	Referees: Riku Brander Adam Kika Linesmen: Tobias Nordlander Lukáš Rampír
	0–1 07:58 – Kaderli (Gredig, Muggli) 0–2 12:51 – R. Meier (Braillard, S. Meier) (PP) 0–3 27:30 – Dorthe (Reber, Ustinkov) 0–4 31:04 – Schneller (Reber, Gredig) 0–5 59:14 – Wagner (E. Meier)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	23

22 April 2023 19:00

Norway

1–12 (0–4, 1–5, 0–3)

United States

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 732

Game reference
	Martin Lundberg Marius Bjørnsgaard	Goalies	Carsen Musser	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Niko Jusi Simon Riecken
	0–1 01:45 – Eiserman (Moore, Vote) (PP) 0–2 03:54 – Perreault (Smith) 0–3 10:29 – Eiserman (Fine) 0–4 13:04 – Leonard (Perreault, Hutson) Vatne (Karlsen, Amundsen) – 25:35 1–4 1–5 26:05 – Smith (Leonard, Perreault) 1–6 29:15 – Perreault (Leonard, Smith) 1–7 31:42 – Eiserman (Hagens) 1–8 32:37 – Nelson (Hendrickson, Fischer) 1–9 33:10 – Perreault (Vote, Smith) 1–10 45:19 – Slaggert (Nelson) (SH) 1–11 48:34 – Eiserman (Vote, Schulz) (PP) 1–12 54:10 – Moore (Fine, Terrance)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	15	Shots	61

23 April 2022 15:00

Switzerland

5–1 (2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Latvia

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 3,277

Game reference
	Ewan Huet	Goalies	Aksels Ozols	Referees: Dominic Cadieux Christian Ofner Linesmen: Niko Jusi Tobias Nordlander
	Reber (Pedrazzini, Bünzli) – 02:06 1–0 1–1 13:25 – Mateiko (Livšics, Krūmiņš) (PP) Braillard (Bünzli) (SH) – 18:13 2–1 E. Meier (Wagner, Ustinkov) – 30:31 3–1 Ustinkov (Reber, E. Meier) (PP) – 44:23 4–1 Braillard (Graf, Schneller) (PP) – 57:37 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	18

23 April 2023 19:00

United States

8–4 (2–2, 3–1, 3–1)

Finland

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 1,442

Game reference
	Trey Augustine	Goalies	Eemil Vinni	Referees: Daniel Eriksson Loic Ruprecht Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Dominik Schlegel
	Moore (Fine) – 01:04 1–0 Minnetian (Smith, Perreault) 2–0 2–1 13:58 – Helenius (Kiviharju, Kumpulainen) (PP) 2–2 19:22 – Alasiurua (Halttunen, Helenius) Eiserman (Huutson, Hagens) (PP) – 23:58 3–2 Hagens (Vote) – 28:22 4–2 4–3 33:19 – Halttunen (Kuusla, Leppä) Smith (Buium) – 38:54 5–3 Terrance (Perreault, Smith) (PP) – 43:00 6–3 6–4 43:10 – Kiiskinen Perreault (Smith, Leonard) – 55:14 7–4 Leonard (Perreault, Smith) – 59:01 8–4
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	31

24 April 2023 20:00

Latvia

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Norway

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 372

Game reference
	Aksels Ozols	Goalies	Martin Lundberg	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Adam Kika Linesmen: Emil Dalsgaard Oto Durmis
	Mots (Mateiko, Bulāns) – 53:03 1–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	19

25 April 2023 16:00

Switzerland

0–10 (0–4, 0–2, 0–4)

United States

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 2,091

Game reference
	Christian Kirsch	Goalies	Trey Augustine	Referees: Riku Brander Martin Jobbágy Linesmen: Oto Durmis Simon Riecken
	0–1 00:15 – Fortescue (Leonard, Hutson) 0–2 16:11 – Eiserman (Hagens, Vote) 0–3 16:27 – Leonard (Buium, Smith) 0–4 19:07 – Eiserman (Smith, Vote) 0–5 20:49 – Perreault (Smith, Leonard) 0–6 31:56 – Leonard (Perreault, Terrance) (PP) 0–7 41:00 – Smith (Perreault, Hutson) 0–8 46:37 – Leonard (Smith, Perreault) 0–9 47:52 – Buium (PS) 0–10 55:32 – Moore (Fine, Buium)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	34

25 April 2023 20:00

Finland

10–2 (4–1, 4–0, 2–1)

Norway

St. Jakob Arena, Basel Attendance: 831

Game reference
	Noa Vali	Goalies	Marius Bjørnsgaard	Referees: Lukas Kohlmüller Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Niko Jusi Tobias Nordlander
	Kiiskinen (Nurmi, Kiviharju) – 01:09 1–0 Leppä (Eliseev) (SH) – 06:29 2–0 Väisänen (Kiviharju, Järventie) – 12:30 3–0 Kiiskinen (Kiviharju, Nurmi) – 14:45 4–0 4–1 15:54 – Indergaard (Sætre, Myhre) (PP) Muhonen (Hynninen, Kiiskinen) – 30:30 5–1 Järventie – 31:23 6–1 Halttunen (Väisänen) – 32:49 7–1 Kumpulainen (Halttunen, Jokinen) (PP) – 39:46 8–1 8–2 44:35 – Granath (Bjørnsgaard) (SH) Halttunen (Kiviharju, Kumpulainen) (PP) – 55:18 9–2 Helenius (Halttunen, Kangas) – 58:34 10–2
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	15

Winning teams will be reseeded in accordance with the following ranking:[5]

1. higher position in the group
2. higher number of points
3. better goal difference
4. higher number of goals scored for
5. better seeding coming into the tournament (final placement at the 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships).

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	United States	B	1	12	+31	37	2
2	Sweden	A	1	12	+15	18	1
3	Finland	B	2	9	+9	23	3
4	Canada	A	2	9	+6	20	5
5	Switzerland	B	3	6	−3	12	6
6	Slovakia	A	3	5	0	15	9
7	Czechia	A	4	4	−2	12	4
8	Latvia	B	4	3	−12	5	7

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	William Smith	United States	7	9	11	20	+15	2
2	Gabe Perreault	United States	7	5	13	18	+15	0
3	Ryan Leonard	United States	7	8	9	17	+16	4
4	Otto Stenberg	Sweden	7	7	9	16	+13	4
5	Macklin Celebrini	Canada	7	6	9	15	+11	6
6	Dalibor Dvorský	Slovakia	7	8	5	13	−1	6
7	Matthew Wood	Canada	7	7	6	13	+12	6
8	Cole Hutson	United States	7	1	11	12	+14	8
9	Cole Eiserman	United States	7	9	2	11	+3	8
10	Axel Sandin Pellikka	Sweden	7	2	9	11	+8	0

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Noah Erliden	Sweden	362:20	9	1.49	163	94.48	2
2	Trey Augustine	United States	335:32	9	1.61	136	93.38	0
3	Michael Hrabal	Czechia	289:09	15	3.11	188	92.02	0
4	Samuel Urban	Slovakia	336:30	21	3.74	227	90.75	0
5	Ewan Huet	Switzerland	215:37	9	2.50	90	90.00	1

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

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Noah Erliden
  • Best Defenceman: Axel Sandin Pellikka
  • Best Forward: William Smith

Source: IIHF

• Media All-Stars:
  • MVP: William Smith
  • Goaltender: Noah Erliden
  • Defencemen: Axel Sandin Pellikka / Cole Hutson
  • Forwards: William Smith / Otto Stenberg / Dalibor Dvorský

Source: IIHF

The tournament was played in Angers, France, from 23 to 29 April 2023.[6][7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kazakhstan	5	4	0	0	1	22	9	+13	12	Promoted to the 2024 Top Division
2	Denmark	5	3	1	0	1	26	11	+15	11
3	Japan	5	2	1	0	2	13	15	−2	8
4	Hungary	5	2	0	1	2	8	15	−7	7
5	Ukraine	5	0	2	1	2	8	16	−8	5
6	France (H)	5	0	0	2	3	7	18	−11	2	Relegated to the 2024 Division I B

The tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia, from 10 to 16 April 2023.[8][9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria	5	4	0	0	1	21	10	+11	12	Promoted to the 2024 Division I A
2	Slovenia (H)	5	3	1	0	1	20	13	+7	11
3	Italy	5	3	0	1	1	9	9	0	10
4	South Korea	5	2	0	0	3	17	15	+2	6
5	Estonia	5	1	0	0	4	8	21	−13	3[lower-alpha 1]
6	Poland	5	1	0	0	4	9	16	−7	3[lower-alpha 1]	Relegated to the 2024 Division II A

The tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 15 April 2023.[10][11]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	0	0	22	5	+17	14	Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2	Croatia	5	4	0	0	1	28	9	+19	12
3	Great Britain	5	2	1	1	1	14	16	−2	9
4	Serbia (H)	5	1	0	1	3	15	24	−9	4[lower-alpha 1]
5	Romania	5	1	0	1	3	11	29	−18	4[lower-alpha 1]
6	Spain	5	0	1	0	4	10	17	−7	2	Relegated to the 2024 Division II B

The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 27 March to 2 April 2023.[12][13]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	0	26	7	+19	15	Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2	China	5	4	0	0	1	26	12	+14	12
3	Chinese Taipei	5	2	0	0	3	16	25	−9	6[lower-alpha 1]
4	Bulgaria (H)	5	2	0	0	3	12	16	−4	6[lower-alpha 1]
5	Australia	5	2	0	0	3	12	20	−8	6[lower-alpha 1]
6	Belgium	5	0	0	0	5	8	20	−12	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division III A

The tournament was played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 12 to 18 March 2023.[14][15]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Israel	5	4	0	0	1	39	5	+34	12[lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to the 2024 Division II B
2	Iceland (H)	5	4	0	0	1	36	12	+24	12[lower-alpha 1]
3	Turkey	5	3	0	0	2	27	15	+12	9[lower-alpha 2]
4	Mexico	5	3	0	0	2	31	16	+15	9[lower-alpha 2]
5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	0	0	4	8	29	−21	3
6	Luxembourg	5	0	0	0	5	3	67	−64	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division III B

The tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 16 March 2023.[16][17]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	New Zealand	3	2	0	0	1	15	8	+7	6[lower-alpha 1]	Promoted to the 2024 Division III A
2	Hong Kong	3	2	0	0	1	13	11	+2	6[lower-alpha 1]
3	Thailand	3	2	0	0	1	14	9	+5	6[lower-alpha 1]
4	South Africa (H)	3	0	0	0	3	4	18	−14	0