2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 16 to 22 January 2017.[1] Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The winners – Turkey – were promoted to Division II B for the 2018 tournament. Chinese Taipei returned after a five-year absence. With an increase of teams for 2018, the two bottom-place teams, South Africa and Chinese Taipei, were afterwards moved to a Division III Qualification tournament.

2017 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
Dates16–22 January 2017
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored148 (7.4 per match)
Attendance3,105 (155 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Rudi Ying
(19 points)
2016
2018

Participants

Team Qualification
 China finished 6th in 2016 Division II B and were relegated
 Bulgaria finished 2nd in 2016
 New Zealand finished 3rd in 2016
 Israel finished 4th in 2016
 Iceland finished 5th in 2016
 Turkey finished 6th in 2016
 South Africa finished 7th in 2016
 Chinese Taipei last participated in 2011

Results

Format

The two best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the semi-finals, while two last placed teams from both groups play for final placement.

All times are local. (New Zealand Daylight TimeUTC+13)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 0 19 8 +11 9 Advance to Semifinals
2  Iceland 3 2 0 0 1 11 6 +5 6
3  Israel 3 1 0 0 2 7 9 2 3
4  Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 0 3 5 19 14 0
Source: IIHF
16 January 2017
10:00
China 9–3
(5–2, 3–0, 1–1)
 Chinese TaipeiDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
16 January 2017
17:00
Israel 0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)
 IcelandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
17 January 2017
10:00
Israel 3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 Chinese TaipeiDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
17 January 2017
17:00
Iceland 1–4
(1–1, 0–0, 0–3)
 ChinaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
19 January 2017
10:00
Chinese Taipei 2–7
(0–2, 1–5, 1–0)
 IcelandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
19 January 2017
17:00
China 6–4
(3–1, 1–1, 2–2)
 IsraelDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 3 3 0 0 0 20 5 +15 9 Advance to Semifinals
2  New Zealand 3 2 0 0 1 12 12 0 6
3  Bulgaria 3 1 0 0 2 10 15 5 3
4  South Africa 3 0 0 0 3 4 14 10 0
Source: IIHF
16 January 2017
13:30
Bulgaria 5–2
(2–1, 1–1, 2–0)
 South AfricaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
16 January 2017
20:30
New Zealand 4–6
(1–3, 1–2, 2–1)
 TurkeyDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 200
17 January 2017
13:30
Turkey 8–1
(2–0, 2–0, 4–1)
 BulgariaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
17 January 2017
20:30
New Zealand 3–2
(2–2, 0–0, 1–0)
 South AfricaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 200
19 January 2017
13:30
South Africa 0–6
(0–1, 0–2, 0–3)
 TurkeyDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
19 January 2017
20:30
Bulgaria 4–5
(0–3, 3–0, 1–2)
 New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 230

Playoff round

  Semifinals     5th place
                 
  A3  Israel 9  
  B4  South Africa 0    
      A3  Israel 3
      B3  Bulgaria 2
  B3  Bulgaria 6    
  A4  Chinese Taipei 1   7th place
 
B4  South Africa 1
  A4  Chinese Taipei 7
  Semifinals     Final
                 
  A1  China 11  
  B2  New Zealand 2    
      B1  Turkey 2
      A1  China 1
  B1  Turkey 3    
  A2  Iceland 2   Third place
 
A2  Iceland 10
  B2  New Zealand 0

Semifinals

21 January 2017
10:00
Israel 9–0
(0–0, 5–0, 4–0)
 South AfricaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
21 January 2017
13:30
Bulgaria 6–1
(3–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 Chinese TaipeiDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
21 January 2017
17:00
Turkey 3–2
(0–1, 0–1, 3–0)
 IcelandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 150
21 January 2017
20:30
China 11–2
(4–0, 1–2, 6–0)
 New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 400

7th place game

22 January 2017
10:00
South Africa 1–7
(0–2, 1–2, 0–3)
 Chinese TaipeiDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100

5th place game

22 January 2017
13:30
Israel 3–2
(2–0, 0–0, 1–2)
 BulgariaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100

Bronze medal game

22 January 2017
17:00
Iceland 10–0
(0–0, 5–0, 5–0)
 New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 275

Final

22 January 2017
20:30
Turkey 2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)
 ChinaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 350

Statistics

Rudi Ying of China led the tournament in scoring and was named the top forward

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1Rudi Ying China591019+140
2Li Ou China56410+102
3Hakan Salt Turkey5729+90
4Deng Zemin China5459+124
4Ariel Kapulkin Israel5459+84
6Taylor Rooney New Zealand5527−12
7Huang Qianyi China5437+28
7Tom Ignatovich Israel5437+84
7Miroslav Vasilev Bulgaria5437014
10Hafthor Sigrunarson Iceland5347+620

Goaltending leaders

Yusuf Kars of Turkey was named the best defenceman

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1Arnar Hjaltested Iceland120:00294.741.001
2Raz Werner Israel279:511192.762.361
3Tolga Bozaci Turkey240:00891.752.000
4Maksymillian Mojzyszek Iceland179:00791.252.351
5Huang Sheng-chun Chinese Taipei206:141390.083.780

Best players selected by the directorate

  • Goaltender: Raz Werner
  • Defenceman: Yusuf Kars
  • Forward: Rudi Ying

Final ranking

Promoted to 2018 IIHF U20 Division II B
RankTeam
 Turkey
 China
 Iceland
4 New Zealand
5 Israel
6 Bulgaria
7 Chinese Taipei
8 South Africa

References

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