2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2013 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
CitySofia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–20 January 2013
Teams6
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See also: 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, between 14 and 20 January 2013.[1] The Division III represents the sixth tier of the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The UAE were to have made their first appearance, but forfeited all games for not fulfilling minimum registration requirements.[2] Their games were still played, but did not count in the standings.

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Mexico Placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
 China Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
 New Zealand Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
 Bulgaria Hosts; placed 4th in Division III last year.
 Turkey Placed 5th in Division III last year.
 United Arab Emirates First participation in World Championship.

Match officials

Referees

  • Slovenia Luka Kamšek
  • United Kingdom Jonathan Liptrott
  • Austria Christian Potocan
  • Spain Alexei Roshchyn

Linesmen

  • South Korea Youngjin Chae
  • Latvia Viesturs Levalds
  • Austria Manuel Nikolic
  • Iceland Orri Sigmarsson
  • Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
  • Bulgaria Tzvetko Tanev
  • Belgium Chris van Grinsven

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  China 5 5 0 0 0 32 6 +26 15 Promoted to the 2014 Division II B
2  Bulgaria (H) 5 4 0 0 1 19 14 +5 12
3  New Zealand 5 3 0 0 2 13 12 +1 9
4  Mexico 5 2 0 0 3 18 12 +6 6
5  Turkey 5 1 0 0 4 15 28 −13 3
–  United Arab Emirates[a] (D) 5 0 0 0 5 0 25 −25 0 Disqualified
Source: IIHF
(D) Disqualified; (H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^  United Arab Emirates were disqualified and all their games were counted as 5-0 wins for their opponents. They played each team in an exhibition schedule, losing each game with a combined total of two goals for and sixty-eight goals against.

Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

14 January 2013
13:00		China 7–3
(3–2, 4–0, 0–1)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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14 January 2013
16:30		New Zealand 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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14 January 2013
20:00		United Arab Emirates 0–5 (forfeit)
0–16 (exhibition)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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15 January 2013
13:00		China 4–1
(3–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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15 January 2013
16:30		Turkey 5–0 (forfeit)
11–0 (exhibition)		 United Arab EmiratesWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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15 January 2013
20:00		Mexico 1–3
(0–0, 1–1, 0–2)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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17 January 2013
13:00		Mexico 11–2
(3–1, 2–1, 6–0)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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17 January 2013
16:30		China 5–0 (forfeit)
23–1 (exhibition)		 United Arab EmiratesWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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17 January 2013
20:00		New Zealand 0–6
(0–0, 0–3, 0–3)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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18 January 2013
13:00		United Arab Emirates 0–5 (forfeit)
0–6 (exhibition)		 MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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18 January 2013
16:30		Turkey 2–6
(1–2, 1–2, 0–2)		 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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18 January 2013
20:00		Bulgaria 1–10
(0–6, 1–2, 0–2)		 ChinaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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20 January 2013
13:00		New Zealand 5–0 (forfeit)
12–1 (exhibition)		 United Arab EmiratesWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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20 January 2013
16:30		Bulgaria 4–3
(2–1, 1–1, 1–1)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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20 January 2013
20:00		Mexico 1–6
(0–3, 1–2, 0–1)		 ChinaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
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References

  1. ^ 2013 World Championship Division III statistics
  2. ^ UAE explanation and game summaries