2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2022 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Mexico
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates22–30 July 2022
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Chinese Taipei
Runner-up  Mexico
Third place  Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played22
Goals scored180 (8.18 per game)
Attendance5,141 (234 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Israel Mike Levin (16 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com
← 2020
← 2021 (cancelled)
2023 →
See also: 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III represents the sixth and the lowest tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. The tournament would have been held in Querétaro, Mexico, from 6 to 16 January 2022, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Later it was rescheduled and was played from 22 to 30 July 2022.[2][3]

Bulgaria withdrew from the July tournament and was replaced by Australia, which originally opted out of the January tournament.

To be eligible as a junior player in this tournament, a player cannot be born earlier than 2002.

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Israel placed 6th in 2020 Division II B and were relegated
 Australia placed 2nd in 2020 Division III
 Turkey placed 3rd in 2020 Division III
 Mexico hosts; placed 4th in 2020 Division III
 Chinese Taipei placed 7th in 2020 Division III
 South Africa placed 8th in 2020 Division III
 Kyrgyzstan first participation in World Championship
 Bosnia and Herzegovina first participation in World Championship

First round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 3 1 1 0 1 13 12 +1 5[a] Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Israel 3 1 1 0 1 15 9 +6 5[a]
3  Mexico (H) 3 1 0 2 0 11 10 +1 5[a]
4  Kyrgyzstan 3 1 0 0 2 5 13 −8 3
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Chinese Taipei 5 Pts, Israel 2 Pts, Mexico 2 Pts, Israel 3–2 Mexico
22 July 2022
17:00		Kyrgyzstan 1–8
(0–5, 1–1, 0–2)		 IsraelLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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22 July 2022
20:45		Mexico 5–6 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 3–3)
(0–0, 0–1)		 Chinese TaipeiLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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23 July 2022
17:00		Israel 4–6
(1–1, 0–1, 3–4)		 Chinese TaipeiLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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23 July 2022
20:30		Mexico 4–1
(1–0, 3–0, 0–1)		 KyrgyzstanLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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25 July 2022
17:00		Chinese Taipei 1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 KyrgyzstanLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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25 July 2022
20:30		Israel 3–2 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2)
(1–0)		 MexicoLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 0 33 3 +30 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Turkey 3 2 0 0 1 15 14 +1 6
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 1 0 2 10 22 −12 2
4  South Africa 3 0 0 1 2 7 26 −19 1
Source: IIHF
22 July 2022
10:00		Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–12
(0–3, 1–7, 0–2)		 AustraliaLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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22 July 2022
13:30		Turkey 8–2
(4–1, 2–0, 2–1)		 South AfricaLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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23 July 2022
10:00		Turkey 6–4
(2–1, 2–1, 2–2)		 Bosnia and HerzegovinaLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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23 July 2022
13:30		Australia 13–1
(4–0, 4–1, 5–0)		 South AfricaLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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25 July 2022
10:00		South Africa 4–5 OT
(2–1, 1–1, 1–2)
(0–1)		 Bosnia and HerzegovinaLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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25 July 2022
13:30		Australia 8–1
(3–0, 1–1, 4–0)		 TurkeyLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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Playoffs

All teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 27 July
 
 
A1
 Chinese Taipei		7
 
29 July
 
B4
 South Africa		2
 
2
 Chinese Taipei (OT)		6
 
 27 July
 
4
 Israel		5
 
B1
 Australia		5
 
30 July
 
A4
 Kyrgyzstan		1
 
2
 Chinese Taipei (OT)		5
 
 27 July
 
5
 Mexico		4
 
A2
 Israel		7
 
29 July
 
B3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina		3
 
1
 Australia		2
 
 27 July
 
5
 Mexico		3 3rd place match
 
B2
 Turkey		2
 
30 July
 
A3
 Mexico		5
 
1
 Australia		1
 
 
4
 Israel		0
 

Quarterfinals

27 July 2022
10:00		Australia 5–1
(3–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 KyrgyzstanLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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27 July 2022
13:30		Turkey 2–5
(0–1, 0–1, 2–3)		 MexicoLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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27 July 2022
17:00		Chinese Taipei 7–2
(2–0, 3–0, 2–2)		 South AfricaLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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27 July 2022
20:30		Israel 7–3
(2–1, 2–0, 3–2)		 Bosnia and HerzegovinaLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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Semifinals

29 July 2022
14:00		Australia 2–3
(0–1, 0–1, 2–1)		 MexicoLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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29 July 2022
18:30		Chinese Taipei 6–5 OT
(1–1, 1–3, 3–1)
(1–0)		 IsraelLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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7th place match

29 July 2022
10:00		Kyrgyzstan 4–3 OT
(2–0, 1–1, 0–2)
(1–0)		 South AfricaLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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5th place match

30 July 2022
11:00		Turkey 5–1
(3–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 Bosnia and HerzegovinaLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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3rd place match

30 July 2022
15:00		Australia 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 IsraelLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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Final

30 July 2022
19:00		Chinese Taipei 5–4 OT
(1–2, 3–1, 0–1)
(1–0)		 MexicoLakeside Ice Park, Querétaro
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Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mexico
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia
4  Israel
5  Turkey
6  Bosnia and Herzegovina
7  Kyrgyzstan
8  South Africa
Promoted to the 2023 Division II B

References

  1. ^ "IIHF – January tournaments cancelled". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. ^ 2022 World Championship Division III official website
  3. ^ 2022 World Championship Division III statistics