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2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

Main article: 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 16 to 22 January 2017.[1][2] 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-placed 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
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates16–22 January 2017
Teams8
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored148 (7.4 per game)
Attendance3,105 (155 per game)
Scoring leader(s)China Rudi Ying (19 points)
Websitewww.iihf.com
← 2016
2018 →

Participating teams edit

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

Preliminary round edit

Format edit

The best two ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the semi-finals, while the bottom two teams from both groups advance to the 5th–8th place playoffs.

All times are local. (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   China 3 3 0 0 0 19 8 +11 9 Semifinals
2   Iceland 3 2 0 0 1 11 6 +5 6
3   Israel 3 1 0 0 2 7 9 −2 3 5th–8th place playoffs
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
Game reference
Ren MingweiGoaliesHe Wei-chih
Huang Sheng-chun		Referee:
  Sergey Morozov
Linesmen:
  Jinya Chiba
  Frederic Peuriere
Ying – 02:111–0
1–102:11 – Yu
Ma (Huang) – 08:192–1
Ying (Li) – 13:213–1
Li – 15:034–1
Huang (Zuo) (SH) – 17:555–1
5–218:24 – Chiang (Chang C.)
Deng (Li, Ying) (PP) – 21:076–2
Deng (SH) – 27:137–2
Ying (Li) – 37:518–2
8–350:17 – Chiang (Chang C.) (PP)
Li (Ying) (SH) – 52:309–3
16 minPenalties4 min
53Shots17
16 January 2017
17:00		Israel  0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)		  IcelandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Raz WernerGoaliesMaksymilian MojzyszekReferee:
  Michael Weber
Linesmen:
  Aaron Clough
  Naoki Sawayama
0–105:48 – Johannsson (Oskarsson, Maack)
0–231:38 – Sigrunarson (Olafsson, Induss) (PP)
0–331:44 – Orongan (Kristinsson, Kristveigarson)
8 minPenalties8 min
18Shots33
17 January 2017
10:00		Israel  3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		  Chinese TaipeiDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Raz WernerGoaliesHuang Sheng-chunReferee:
  Sergey Morozov
Linesmen:
  Oliver Finch
  Park Jae-hyung
Merkulov (Aharonovich, Mostovoy) – 27:581–0
Levin (Halpert, Ignatovich) – 36:002–0
Kapulkin (PP) – 46:473–0
6 minPenalties6 min
37Shots26
17 January 2017
17:00		Iceland  1–4
(1–1, 0–0, 0–3)		  ChinaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Maksymillian Mojzyszek
Arnar Hjaltested		GoaliesRen MingweiReferee:
  Peter Tarnaris
Linesmen:
  Danny Beresford
  Fraser Ohlson
Induss (J. Arnason) (PP) – 04:481–0
1–116:34 – Gao (Ying)
1–242:55 – Li (Ying, Huang)
1–358:52 – Ying (Huang) (PP)
1–459:12 – Li (Deng, Ying)
18 minPenalties18 min
28Shots35
19 January 2017
10:00		Chinese Taipei  2–7
(0–2, 1–5, 1–0)		  IcelandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Huang Sheng-chun – Out 27:17
Wei-Chih-he – In 27:17		GoaliesArnar HjaltestedReferee:
  Michael Weber
Linesmen:
  Jinya Chiba
  Frederic Peuriere
0–103:37 – Induss (J. Arnason, V. Arason) (SH)
0–212:36 – J. Arnason (Olafsson, Sigrunarson)
0–320:43 – Induss (Sigrunarson, Olafsson)
0–424:51 – Olafsson (Sigrunarson, Thorsteinsson)
0–527:17 – Maack (Gunnlaugsson, Oskarsson
0–628:25 – Sigrunarson (Induss, Olafsson)
Huang P. (Tang, Pan) – 34:041–6
1–738:21 – Kristveigarson (A. Orongan) (PP)
Hsu (Pan, Huang P.) – 58:032–7
14 minPenalties14 min
18Shots60
19 January 2017
17:00		China  6–4
(3–1, 1–1, 2–2)		  IsraelDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Ren Mingwei
Wang Yupeng		GoaliesRaz WernerReferee:
  Peter Haxell
Linesmen:
  Lauri Nikulainen
  Naoki Sawayama
0–107:40 – Revniaga
Guo J. (Zuo, Gao) – 07:501–1
Huang (Wang C., Guo J.) (PP) – 09:432–1
Zhang (Wu, Deng) (PP) – 15:363–1
Wu (Xie, Ma) – 24:344–1
4–229:11 – Sever (Hoffman) (PP)
Huang (Zuo, Guo J.) (PP) – 48:235–2
Ying (Zhang, Deng) – 54:486–2
6–356:48 – Ignatovich (Kapulkin)
6–459:45 – Ignatovich (Kapulkin, Hoffman)
10 minPenalties10 min
47Shots20

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Turkey 3 3 0 0 0 20 5 +15 9 Semifinals
2   New Zealand 3 2 0 0 1 12 12 0 6
3   Bulgaria 3 1 0 0 2 10 15 −5 3 5th–8th place playoffs
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
Game reference
Dimitar DimitrovGoaliesAslam KhanReferee:
  Shingo Ikegami
Linesmen:
  Oliver Finch
  Park Jae-hyung
Vachkov (M. Vasilev) – 01:021–0
M. Vasilev (Vachkov) – 03:472–0
2–115:16 – Beukes (Venter) (PP2)
2–229:46 – Ruthven (Bremner, Compton)
Dilkov (T. Georgiev, M. Vasilev) (PP) – 31:153–2
M. Vasilev (T. Georgiev) – 53:444–2
Blagoev (Genkov) (SH,ENG) – 58:475–2
14 minPenalties18 min
37Shots23
16 January 2017
20:30		New Zealand  4–6
(1–3, 1–2, 2–1)		  TurkeyDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 200
Game reference
James Moore (out 07:50)
Taylor Goodall (in 07:50)		GoaliesTolga BozaciReferee:
  Peter Tarnaris
Linesmen:
  Lauri Nikulainen
  Fraser Ohlson
0–102:18 – H. Salt (Bakal) (SH)
0–205:42 – H. Salt (Bakal) (PP)
0–307:50 – Bingol (Savas)
Rooney (S. Brown, Vortanov) – 19:251–3
Vortanov (Harford) – 20:342–3
2–434:26 Taygar (Y. Kars)
2–537:04 – H. Salt (Savas)
2–646:59 – H. Salt (Bakal, Y. Kars)(PP)
Harford – 48:373–6
Vortanov (Rooney, S. Brown) – 54:254–6
8 minPenalties4 min
13Shots21
17 January 2017
13:30		Turkey  8–1
(2–0, 2–0, 4–1)		  BulgariaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Tolga BozaciGoaliesDimitar DimitrovReferee:
  Peter Haxell
Linesmen:
  Aaron Clough
  Naoki Sawayama
Kavaz (Savas, Bingol) – 15:261–0
Bingol (Kavaz, Faner) (PP) – 18:232–0
Bakal (SH) – 24:523–0
H. Salt (Taygar, Bakal) – 36:184–0
Kavaz (K. Salt) (PP) – 50:185–0
Y. Kars (Savas) (PP) – 50:346–0
Bingol (H. Secer, H. Salt) – 52:107–0
7–155:30 – Ivanov (I. Gerogiev)
Kavaz (PP) – 58:398–1
12 minPenalties20 min
54Shots18
17 January 2017
20:30		New Zealand  3–2
(2–2, 0–0, 1–0)		  South AfricaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 200
Game reference
Tyler GoodallGoaliesRyan BoydReferee:
  Michael Weber
Linesmen:
  Jinya Chiba
  Frederic Peuriere
Vortanov – 00:521–0
Rooney (S. Brown) – 05:442–0
2–113:55 – L. Vivier (Compton, Bremner)
2–215:05 – De Jager (Britz, Patrick)
Vortanov (Fraser) – 56:123–2
8 minPenalties31 min
41Shots19
19 January 2017
13:30		South Africa  0–6
(0–1, 0–2, 0–3)		  TurkeyDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Aslam KhanGoaliesMuhammed KaragulReferee:
  Shingo Ikegami
Linesmen:
  Oliver Finch
  Park Jae-hyung
0–107:05 – E. Secer
0–227:55 – O. Kars (Y. Kars)
0–331:19 – Kavaz (Y. Kars)
0–444:32 – Faner (H. Secer) (PP)
0–553:08 – O. Kars (K. Salt) (PP)
0–659L02 – Bingol (O. Kars)
16 minPenalties6 min
10Shots55
19 January 2017
20:30		Bulgaria  4–5
(0–3, 3–0, 1–2)		  New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 230
Game reference
Dimitar DimitrovGoaliesTaylor GoodallReferee:
  Sergey Morozov
Linesmen:
  Danny Beresford
  Fraser Ohlson
0–103:29 – Rooney (S. Brown)
0–213:01 – Egan
0–318:06 – Rooney (S. Brown) (PP2)
Dilkov (T. Georgiev) (PP) – 20:551–3
Gatchev (Genkov) (PP) – 24:522–3
Gatchev (T. Georgiev) (PP) – 27:343–3
Blagoev (T. Georgiev) – 48:024–3
4–456:50 – Rooney
4–559:35 – Vortanov (S. Brown) (PP2)
67 minPenalties34 min
26Shots46

5th–8th place playoffs edit

Bracket edit

5th–8th place semifinals 5th place match
      
A3   Israel 9
B4   South Africa 0
A3   Israel 3
B3   Bulgaria 2
B3   Bulgaria 6
A4   Chinese Taipei 1 7th place match
B4   South Africa 1
A4   Chinese Taipei 7

5th–8th place semifinals edit

21 January 2017
10:00		Israel  9–0
(0–0, 5–0, 4–0)		  South AfricaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Raz Werner
Yoav Regev		GoaliesRyan Boyd
Aslam Khan		Referee:
  Peter Haxell
Linesmen:
  Jinya Chiba
  Oliver Finch
Kapulkin (Ignatovich, Hoffman) – 20:371–0
Sever (Avraham, Revniaga) – 24:002–0
Ignatovich (Kapulkin, Merkulov) – 24:493–0
Aharonovich (Avraham, Kozev) (PP) – 31:044–0
Kapulkin (Ignatovich, Kafri) – 39:415–0
Revniaga – 44:166–0
Mostovoy (Avraham, Sever) – 52:237–0
Levin (Haver, Halpert) – 56:368–0
Revniaga (Kapulkin, Hoffman) (PP) – 59:489–0
8 minPenalties6 min
47Shots13
21 January 2017
13:30		Bulgaria  6–1
(3–0, 2–0, 1–1)		  Chinese TaipeiDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Dimitar DimitrovGoaliesHe Wei-chih
Huang Sheng-chun		Referee:
  Shingo Ikegami
Linesmen:
  Danny Beresford
  Fraser Ohlson
M. Vasilev (Vachkov, Gatchev) – 03:201–0
M. Vasilev (Dilkov, I. Georgiev) – 05:092–0
Dilkov (M. Vasilev, Gatchev) – 05:233–0
Gatchev (Blagoev) – 35:314–0
I. Georgiev (Dikov) – 36:125–0
5–148:14 – Pan (Chang C.)
Blagoev (Dikov) – 59:086–1
16 minPenalties4 min
40Shots36

7th place game edit

22 January 2017
10:00		South Africa  1–7
(0–2, 1–2, 0–3)		  Chinese TaipeiDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Aslam KhanGoaliesHuang Sheng-chun
He Wei-chih		Referee:
Peter Tarnaris  
Linesmen:
Fraser Ohlson  
Frederic Peuriere  
0–101:40 – Lo (Tang)
0–208:51 – Chen K. (Chiang) (PP)
0–328:42 – Hsu (Huang P.)
Bremner (Husselman) (PP) – 33:101–3
1–433:18 – Chen K.
1–540:17 – Chang H. (Huang P. )
1–646:31 – Hsu (Lu)
1–754:11 – Hsu (Pan, Huang P.) (PP)
22 minPenalties12 min
18Shots34

5th place game edit

22 January 2017
13:30		Israel  3–2
(2–0, 0–0, 1–2)		  BulgariaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Raz WernerGoaliesDimitar DimitrovReferee:
  Peter Haxell
Linesmen:
  Danny Beresford
  Oliver Finch
Kapulkin (Merkulov, Hoffman) – 03:021–0
Revniaga (Kapulkin, Kafri) (PP) – 12:102–0
Ignatovich – 54:383–0
3–155:34 – Dikov (T. Georgiev)
3–255:52 – Gatchev
10 minPenalties14 min
22Shots37

Championship playoffs edit

Bracket edit

Semifinals Final
      
B1   Turkey 3
A2   Iceland 2
B1   Turkey 2
A1   China 1
A1   China 11
B2   New Zealand 2 3rd place match
A2   Iceland 10
B2   New Zealand 0

Semifinals edit

21 January 2017
17:00		Turkey  3–2
(0–1, 0–1, 3–0)		  IcelandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Tolga BozaciGoaliesMaksymilian MojzyszekReferee:
Michael Weber  
Linesmen:
Frederic Peuriere  
Naoki Sawayama  
0–111:42 – Johannsson (SH)
0–239:25 – V. Arason (G. Arason, Oskarsson)
Bakal – 45:241–2
K. Salt (Savas, Y. Kars) (PP) – 54:552–2
Faner (K. Salt, Bakal) – 56:403–2
18 minPenalties18 min
28Shots28
21 January 2017
20:30		China  11–2
(4–0, 1–2, 6–0)		  New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 400
Game reference
Mingwei RenGoaliesTaylor Goodall
James Moore		Referee:
Peter Tarnaris  
Linesmen:
Lauri Nikulainen  
Jae Hyung Park  
Ying (Zuo) – 04:301–0
Huang (Zuo) – 04:552–0
Ying (Deng) – 06:063–0
Deng (Ying, Zhang) (PP) – 13:574–0
4–134:16 – Leahy (Rooney)
Deng, (Wu) (PP) – 36:185–1
5–239:02 – S. Brown
Li (Ying) – 40:206–2
Deng (Ying) – 42:507–2
Ma (Goa, Ying) – 49:388–2
Wu (Li) (PP2) – 53:219–2
Ying (Zhang) – 56:4410–2
Ma (Si) – 58:2611–2
8 minPenalties10 min
58Shots15

Bronze medal game edit

22 January 2017
17:00		Iceland  10–0
(0–0, 5–0, 5–0)		  New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 275
Game reference
Arnar HjaltestedGoaliesJames Moore
Taylor Goodall		Referee:
  Shingo Ikegami
Linesmen:
  Jinya Chiba
  Park Jae-hyung
Johannsson (H. Arnason) – 21:461–0
J. Arnason (Maack, Kristinsson) – 23:142–0
Sigrunarson (Olafsson, J. Arnason) – 32:133–0
Induss (J. Arnason) – 33:524–0
Olafsson (V. Arason, Sigrunarson) – 34:545–0
Kristinsson – 44:476–0
Thorsteinsson (Orongan) (PP) – 46:487–0
Kristveigarson (J. Arnason) – 49:478–0
Gunlaugsson (Orongan, Kristveigarson) – 51:009–0
Gunnlaugsson (Kristveigarson) – 59:5710–0
6 minPenalties16 min
63Shots20

Final edit

22 January 2017
20:30		Turkey  2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0)		  ChinaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 350
Game reference
Tolga BozaciGoaliesRen MingweiReferee:
  Sergey Morozov
Linesmen:
  Lauri Nikulainen
  Naoki Sawayama
H. Salt (E. Secer) – 18:221–0
Y. Kars (Savas) – 30:532–0
2–135:00 – li (Deng, Ying)
4 minPenalties4 min
25Shots31

Statistics edit

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

Top 10 scorers edit

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1 Rudi Ying   China 5 9 10 19 +14 0
2 Li Ou   China 5 6 4 10 +10 2
3 Hakan Salt   Turkey 5 7 2 9 +9 0
4 Deng Zemin   China 5 4 5 9 +12 4
4 Ariel Kapulkin   Israel 5 4 5 9 +8 4
6 Taylor Rooney   New Zealand 5 5 2 7 −1 2
7 Huang Qianyi   China 5 4 3 7 +2 8
7 Tom Ignatovich   Israel 5 4 3 7 +8 4
7 Miroslav Vasilev   Bulgaria 5 4 3 7 0 14
10 Hafthor Sigrunarson   Iceland 5 3 4 7 +6 20

Goaltending leaders edit

 
Yusuf Kars of Turkey was named the best defenceman

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Arnar Hjaltested   Iceland 120:00 2 94.74 1.00 1
2 Raz Werner   Israel 279:51 11 92.76 2.36 1
3 Tolga Bozaci   Turkey 240:00 8 91.75 2.00 0
4 Maksymillian Mojzyszek   Iceland 179:00 7 91.25 2.35 1
5 Huang Sheng-chun   Chinese Taipei 206:14 13 90.08 3.78 0

Awards edit

Best players selected by the directorate edit

Final standings edit

Rank Team Result
    Turkey Promoted to the 2018 Division II B
    China
    Iceland
4   New Zealand
5   Israel
6   Bulgaria
7   Chinese Taipei Relegated to the 2018 Division III Qualification
8   South Africa

References edit

  1. ^ 2017 World Championship Division III official website
  2. ^ 2017 World Championship Division III statistics

External links edit

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