2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

The 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was two international under-18 men's ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II A and Division II B tournaments represent the sixth and the seventh tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

2017 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Taiwan Mexico
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	21–27 March 2017 17–19 March 2017
Teams	9

Division III A

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III A

Tournament details
Host country	Taiwan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–27 March
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	121 (8.07 per game)
Attendance	7,382 (492 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Huang Qianyi (20 points)
Website	IIHF.com

The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 21 to 27 March 2017.

Participants

Team	Qualification
China	placed 6th in 2016 Division II B and were relegated
Turkey	placed 2nd in 2016 Division III A
Bulgaria	placed 3rd in 2016 Division III A
Israel	placed 4th in 2016 Division III A
Chinese Taipei	hosts; placed 5th in 2016 Division III A
New Zealand	placed 1st in 2016 Division III B and were promoted

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees

• Jeronimus den Ridder
• Jevgeņijs Griškevičs
• Stefan Hogarth
• Bartosz Kaczmarek

Linesmen

• Jonathan Mark Burger
• Shunsuke Ichikawa
• Dustin McCrank
• Simone Mischiatti
• Laurynas Stepankevičius
• Maarten van den Acker
• Nick Verbruggen

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	China	5	5	0	0	0	36	1	+35	15	Promoted to the 2018 Division II B
2	Israel	5	4	0	0	1	21	8	+13	12
3	Chinese Taipei (H)	5	2	1	0	2	16	13	+3	8
4	Bulgaria	5	2	0	0	3	18	18	0	6
5	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4	19	39	−20	3
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	1	4	11	42	−31	1	Relegated to the 2018 Division III B

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local. (National Standard Time – UTC+8)

21 March 2017 13:00

Bulgaria

0–6 (0–6, 0–0, 0–0)

China

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 200

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	22 min
	19	Shots	44

21 March 2017 16:30

New Zealand

2–8 (0–2, 0–3, 2–3)

Israel

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 150

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	56

21 March 2017 20:00

Turkey

1–8 (0–3, 0–0, 1–5)

Chinese Taipei

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 537

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	32	Shots	34

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22 March 2017 13:00

Turkey

3–9 (1–2, 2–3, 0–4)

Bulgaria

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 215

Game reference
	27 min	Penalties	24 min
	39	Shots	29

22 March 2017 16:30

China

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Israel

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 258

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	25

22 March 2017 20:00

Chinese Taipei

3–2 OT (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) OT: (1–0)

New Zealand

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 495

Game reference
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	59	Shots	33

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24 March 2017 13:00

Turkey

12–5 (3–1, 5–2, 4–2)

New Zealand

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 229

Game reference
	38 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	35

24 March 2017 16:30

Bulgaria

0–3 (0–3, 0–0, 0–0)

Israel

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 254

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	24

24 March 2017 20:00

China

4–0 (3–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Chinese Taipei

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 978

Game reference
	70 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	36

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25 March 2017 13:00

New Zealand

0–12 (0–4, 0–3, 0–5)

China

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 549

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	29 min
	19	Shots	70

25 March 2017 16:30

Israel

6–2 (3–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 633

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	45	Shots	29

25 March 2017 20:00

Chinese Taipei

4–2 (0–2, 1–0, 3–0)

Bulgaria

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 1,023

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	52 min
	47	Shots	35

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27 March 2017 13:00

China

11–1 (4–1, 2–0, 5–0)

Turkey

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 211

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	69	Shots	16

27 March 2017 16:30

Bulgaria

7–2 (1–1, 2–1, 4–0)

New Zealand

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 327

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	30

27 March 2017 20:00

Israel

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

Taipei Arena, Taipei Attendance: 1,323

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	44	Shots	25

Division III B

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III B

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–19 March
Teams	3
Tournament statistics
Games played	3
Goals scored	26 (8.67 per game)
Attendance	900 (300 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jorge Ortiz (6 points)
Website	IIHF.com

The Division III B tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 17 to 19 March 2017.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Mexico	hosts; placed 6th in 2016 Division III A and were relegated
South Africa	placed 2nd in 2016 Division III B
Hong Kong	placed 3rd in 2016 Division III B

Match officials

2 referees and 3 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees

• Sean Fernandez
• Fraser Lawrence

Linesmen

• Ryan Madson
• Kelsey Mahoney
• Sem Ramirez

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Mexico (H)	2	2	0	0	0	18	3	+15	6	Promoted to the 2018 Division III A
2	Hong Kong	2	1	0	0	1	4	13	−9	3
3	South Africa	2	0	0	0	2	4	10	−6	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local. (Central Standard Time – UTC–6)

17 March 2017 20:30

Hong Kong

1–11 (0–3, 1–3, 0–5)

Mexico

Ice Dome, Mexico City Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Mathew Goldberg Joshua Ho	Goalies	Gerardo García del Valle Santiago Gómez	Referee: Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Ryan Madson Kelsey Mahoney
	0–1 00:55 – Ramos (Díaz, Hagerman) 0–2 04:49 – Ortiz (Ramos) (PP2) 0–3 15:06 – Ariza 0–4 28:38 – Cruz (Ortiz) Au-Yeung (Ngan, J. Yiu) – 31:03 1–4 1–5 31:57 – Cruz (Linares, Ortiz) 1–6 37:25 – Cruz 1–7 47:08 – Ortiz (Díaz) 1–8 54:29 – Matsubara (Dunn) 1–9 55:58 – Ariza (Rovalo, Rosales) 1–10 57:20 – Valencia (Hagerman, Cruz) 1–11 57:41 – Ortiz
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	11	Shots	42

18 March 2017 20:00

South Africa

2–3 (1–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Hong Kong

Ice Dome, Mexico City Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Alistair Bywater	Goalies	Joshua Ho	Referee: Sean Fernandez Linesmen: Kelsey Mahoney Sem Ramirez
	Birch – 16:08 1–0 1–1 19:29 – Lo (Ngan) 1–2 57:53 – Ngan Johnson – 59:15 2–2 2–3 59:40 – Lo (Li)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	35	Shots	14

19 March 2017 19:00

Mexico

7–2 (3–0, 2–2, 2–0)

South Africa

Ice Dome, Mexico City Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Gerardo García del Valle	Goalies	Ryan Boyd	Referee: Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Ryan Madson Kelsey Mahoney
	Ortiz (Linares) – 01:02 1–0 Díaz – 06:02 2–0 Ramos (Urbano, Ariza) (PP) – 10:32 3–0 Urbano (Ramos) – 21:06 4–0 Rovalo (Ariza) – 23:51 5–0 5–1 25:08 – Schuurman (de Jager) (PP2) 5–2 36:49 – Schuurman (Vivier) Urbano (Linares) – 50:06 6–2 Rovalo – 55:30 7–2
	20 min	Penalties	31 min
	41	Shots	29

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan