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2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2020 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, from 13 to 19 January 2020.[1][2] Eight teams participated in the competition; they were drawn into two preliminary round groups of four: the top two teams from each group played in the semifinals in a four-team bracket for a chance to play for promotion to Division II B, while the bottom two teams in each group played in placement rounds for 5th to 8th place. Iceland won the tournament.[3]

2020 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates13–19 January 2020
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Iceland
Runner-up  Australia
Third place  Turkey
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored134 (6.7 per game)
Attendance5,276 (264 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Iceland Axel Orongan (16 points)
Websitewww.iihf.com
← 2019
(cancelled) 2021 →
2022 →
See also: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2000.

Participating teams edit

Team Qualification
  Mexico placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
  Australia placed 2nd in Division III last year
  Turkey placed 3rd in Division III last year
  Bulgaria hosts; placed 4th in Division III last year
  Iceland placed 5th in Division III last year
  Chinese Taipei placed 6th in Division III last year
  South Africa placed 7th in Division III last year
  New Zealand placed 8th in Division III last year

Match officials edit

Six referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Preliminary round edit

Division III Venue
Sofia
Winter Sports Palace
Capacity: 4,600
 

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

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iceland 3 3 0 0 0 19 6 +13 9 Semifinals
2   Mexico 3 2 0 0 1 12 7 +5 6
3   Bulgaria (H) 3 1 0 0 2 8 11 −3 3 5th–8th place playoffs
4   New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
13 January 2020
17:00		Mexico  5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		  New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 115
Game reference
Marcello de AntunanoGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
  Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
  Barna Kis-Király
  Vasiliy Vasilev
Hagerman (Dunn, Linares) (PP) – 09:591–0
Dunn – 28:552–0
Dunn (Sánchez, Tapia) – 30:283–0
Sánchez (Dunn, Tapia) – 45:384–0
Dunn – 49:095–0
18 minPenalties10 min
37Shots14
13 January 2020
20:30		Bulgaria  3–4
(1–1, 0–2, 2–1)		  IcelandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 760
Game reference
Ivan StoynovGoaliesJóhann RagnarssonReferee:
  Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
  Artsiom Labzov
  Graham Rodger
Vasilev – 08:271–0
1–117:37 – Magnússon (Árnason)
1–226:04 – Atlason
1–336:03 – Árnason (Orongan)
Vasilev (PP) – 41:122–3
Vachkov (EA) – 59:423–3
3–459:59 – Rúnarsson
8 minPenalties10 min
18Shots45
14 January 2020
17:00		Iceland  5–2
(1–0, 3–2, 1–0)		  MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 110
Game reference
Jóhann RagnarssonGoaliesSantiago GómezReferee:
  Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
  Imre Fehér
  Kiril Peychinov
Atlason (Orongan) – 12:191–0
Orongan – 20:192–0
Arason (Magnússon, Atlason) – 28:513–0
Sveinsson (Orongan, Kristveigarson (PP) – 29:524–0
4–131:06 – Rullan (Hagerman)
4–239:52 – Olvera (Hagerman, Linares)
Kristveigarson (Atlason, Orongan) (ENG) – 59:495–2
20 minPenalties28 min
31Shots11
14 January 2020
20:30		Bulgaria  3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)		  New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 850
Game reference
Ivan StoynovGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
  Levente Szilárd Sikó
Linesmen:
  Christoph Barnthaler
  Sæmundur Leifsson
Vasilev (Vachkov, Tomov) – 21:501–0
Ivanov (Nakov) – 25:362–0
2–135:25 – Robbie (Martinoli)
2–241:19 – Martinoli (Reid)
Dzhorov – 44:543–2
10 minPenalties33 min
26Shots12
16 January 2020
13:30		New Zealand  1–10
(1–4, 0–2, 0–4)		  IcelandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 65
Game reference
Rhett WilsonGoaliesJohann RagnarssonReferee:
  Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
  Christoph Barnthaler
  Kiril Peychinov
Audas (Flight) – 02:021–0
1–104:35 – Kristveigarson (V. Arason, Magnússon)
1–206:08 – Orongan (SH2)
1–314:13 – Sveinsson (Grant, Ólafarson) (PP)
1–419:39 – Orongan
1–520:49 – Orongan (G. Arason)
1–633:05 – Skulason (Magnusson, Gunnarsson)
1–747:02 – Grant (Sveinsson, Ólafarson)
1–849:24 – Kristveigarson
1–949:52 – Rúnarsson (Magnusson)
1–1058:26 – G. Arason (Maack, Orongan)
8 minPenalties20 min
21Shots30
16 January 2020
20:30		Mexico  5–2
(1–0, 3–0, 1–2)		  BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 920
Game reference
Marcello de AntunanoGoaliesIvan StoynovReferee:
  Patrick Gruber
Linesmen:
  Gao Yinfeng
  Stef Oosterling
Linares (Dunn, Esteban) (PP) – 16:411–0
Sanchez (Hagerman, Dunn) – 27:462–0
Hagerman (Dunn, Rullan (EA) – 31:023–0
Rullan (Esteban) – 35:254–0
Esteban (Diaz, Hagerman) – 46:115–0
5–150:16 – Tsitselkov (Tomov, Dikov) (EA)
5–252:08 – Nakov (Vachkov, Tsitselkov)
16 minPenalties22 min
32Shots18

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 3 3 0 0 0 14 3 +11 9 Semifinals
2   Turkey 3 2 0 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3   South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 7 15 −8 3 5th–8th place playoffs
4   Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: IIHF
13 January 2020
10:00		Turkey  3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)		  Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120
Game reference
Soykan VarlıGoaliesChung Shen-weiReferee:
  Levente Szilárd Sikó
Linesmen:
  Christoph Barnthaler
  Kiril Peychinov
Turan (Salt, Afşin) – 11:101–0
Turut (Kabay, Turan) (PP) – 15:052–0
Afşin (Turan, Kabay) – 20:543–0
0 minPenalties14 min
27Shots14
13 January 2020
13:30		Australia  6–1
(0–1, 5–0, 1–0)		  South AfricaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 125
Game reference
Seb Woodlands
Jeremy Friederich		GoaliesRyan BoydReferee:
  Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
  Imre Fehér
  Sæmundur Leifsson
0–105:52 – Delport (Vivier, Venter) (PP)
Lee (Riley) (PP) – 22:061–1
Gumm (SH) – 25:432–1
Riley (Lee) (SH) – 31:143–1
Barton (Chen, Handberg) – 37:074–1
Wardlaw (Kiliwnik, Hayashi) (PP) – 39:385–1
Wardlaw (Kiliwnik, Chen) – 49:196–1
14 minPenalties12 min
30Shots12
14 January 2020
10:00		Turkey  6–1
(2–0, 1–0, 3–1)		  South AfricaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 95
Game reference
Soykan VarlıGoaliesRyan BoydReferee:
  Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
  Gao Yinfeng
  Stef Oosterling
Gökçen (Afşin) (EA) – 13:381–0
Afşin (Kabay, Turan (PP2) – 16:362–0
Turan (Kabay, Gökçen) – 28:593–0
Demirezen (Turut, Kızılkaya) – 48:534–0
Afşin (Turan, Gökçen) – 49:265–0
Gökçen (Kabay, Afşin) – 52:216–0
6–153:13 – Vivier (Van der Merwe)
8 minPenalties32 min
32Shots12
14 January 2020
13:30		Chinese Taipei  0–5
(0–0, 0–4, 0–1)		  AustraliaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 85
Game reference
Chung Shen-wei
Lee Yi-cheng		GoaliesSeb WoodlandsReferee:
  Patrick Gruber
Linesmen:
  Artsiom Labzov
  Vasiliy Vasilev
0–123:20 – Lodge (Wardlaw)
0–234:33 – Lee (Lodge, Wardlaw) (PP)
0–338:30 – Ransome (Handberg, Benson)
0–439:08 – Wardlaw (Lodge, Hayashi)
0–556:02 – Riley (Barton, Urweiss)
20 minPenalties26 min
19Shots37
16 January 2020
10:00		South Africa  5–3
(0–0, 2–2, 3–1)		  Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 60
Game reference
Ryan BoydGoaliesLee Yi-chengReferee:
  Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
  Barna Kis-Király
  Vasiliy Vasilev
0–120:21 – Chang T. (Chuang, Liu)
0–221:19 – Chuang (Sang, Sun) (PP)
Schuurman (PP) – 29:061–2
Venter (Vivier) – 34:242–2
2–342:02 – Lin J.
Meyer (Delport) – 49:383–3
Schuurman – 56:544–3
Vivier (Meyer) (PP, ENG) – 59:495–3
34 minPenalties6 min
24Shots28
16 January 2020
17:00		Australia  3–2
(0–1, 3–0, 0–1)		  TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 105
Game reference
Seb WoodlandsGoaliesSoykan VarlıReferee:
  Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
  Sæmundur Leifsson
  Graham Rodger
0–113:18 – Salt (Afşin) (PP2)
Riley (Gumm) – 21:381–1
Lee (Kiliwnik, Benson) (SH) – 36:282–1
Wardlaw (PP) – 38:363–1
3–243:29 – Turan (Gökçen)
12 minPenalties6 min
22Shots29

5th–8th place playoffs edit

Bracket edit

 
5th–8th place semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
18 January
 
 
  Bulgaria8
 
19 January
 
  Chinese Taipei1
 
  Bulgaria6
 
18 January
 
  New Zealand1
 
  South Africa1
 
 
  New Zealand2
 
7th place match
 
 
19 January
 
 
  South Africa4
 
 
  Chinese Taipei (OT)5

5th–8th place semifinals edit

18 January 2020
10:00		Bulgaria  8–1
(2–1, 1–0, 5–0)		  Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 450
Game reference
Ivan StoynovGoaliesLee Yi-cheng
Chung Sheng-wei		Referee:
  Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
  Imre Fehér
  Artsiom Labzov
Minev (Vasilev, Tomov) – 12:071–0
1–112:43 – Liu (Sang, Yu)
Plajner (Dzhorov) – 16:092–1
Minev (Vasilev, Borisov) – 39:363–1
Vachkov (Ivanov) – 44:414–1
Nakov (Tsitselkov, Minev) – 45:515–1
Abdi (Ivanov, Vachkov) – 46:286—1
Vasilev (Atanasov, Borisov) – 47:257–1
Ivanov – 49:488–1
8 minPenalties12 min
27Shots21
18 January 2020
13:30		South Africa  1–2
(1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		  New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Ryan BoydGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
  Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
  Kiril Peychinov
  Vasiliy Vasilev
0–108:11 – Flight (Audas)
Venter (PP) – 15:221–1
1–253:36 – Boul
2 minPenalties8 min
27Shots16

Seventh place game edit

19 January 2020
10:00		South Africa  4–5 OT
(0–1, 2–1, 2–2)
(OT: 0–1)		  Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 55
Game reference
Ryan BoydGoaliesChung Sheng-weiReferee:
  Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
  Imre Fehér
  Sæmundur Leifsson
0–112:06 – Mi (Lin Y.)
Koekemoer-Brown (Kluyts, Schuurman) – 25:441–1
1–230:15 – Mi (Yu, Lin J.) – 30:15
Kluyts (Venter) – 31:412–2
2–347:24 – Sun (Liang
2–450:10 – Chen (Liang)
Delport (Vivier, Meyer) – 53:513–4
Delport (Venter, Schuurman) (PP) – 59:594–4
4–564:32 – Mi
20 minPenalties24 min
27Shots19

Fifth place game edit

19 January 2020
13:30		Bulgaria  6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)		  New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 510
Game reference
Nikola IlievGoaliesFinley ForbesReferee:
  Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
  Gao Yinfeng
  Stef Oosterling
Abdi – 04:431–0
Vasilev (SH) – 08:412–0
Dikov (PP) – 24:543–0
3–132:05 – Flight (Boul)
Nakov – 38:574–1
Vasilev (Dzhorov, Dikov) (PP) – 45:325–1
Ivanov (Atanasov) – 55:596–1
44 minPenalties12 min
27Shots29

Championship playoffs edit

Bracket edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 January
 
 
  Iceland5
 
19 January
 
  Turkey2
 
  Iceland4
 
18 January
 
  Australia1
 
  Australia8
 
 
  Mexico3
 
3rd place match
 
 
19 January
 
 
  Turkey4
 
 
  Mexico2

Semifinals edit

18 January 2020
17:00		Australia  8–3
(3–2,3–0, 2–1)		  MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 81
Game reference
Seb Woodlands
Jeremy Friederich		GoaliesMarcello de Antunano
Santiago Gomez		Referee:
  Levente Szilárd Sikó
Linesmen:
  Stef Oosterling
  Graham Rodger
0–102:27 – Hagerman (Rullan)
0–207:00 – Esterban (Hagerman)
Gumm (Riley, Sables) (PP) – 08:101–2
Handberg (Wang, Benson) – 10:122–2
Hayashi (Lodge) – 12:503–2
Hayashi (Lodge) – 21:234–2
Hayashi (Riley, Clifford) (PP) – 23:535–2
Hayashi (Wardlaw, Kiliwnik – 28:266–2
Fodor (James, Ransome) – 53:587–2
Handberg (Gumm, Sables) – 55:378–2
8–357:39 – Hagerman (Dunn, Linares) (PP)
12 minPenalties22 min
24Shots20
18 January 2020
20:30		Iceland  5–2
(1–1, 4–0, 0–0)		  TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 95
Game reference
Jóhann RagnarssonGoaliesSoykan Varlı
Eren Demirtürk		Referee:
  Liu Jiaqi
Linesmen:
  Gao Yinfeng
  Barna Kis-Király
Skúlason (Magnússon, Grant) – 16:161–0
1–116:54 – Afşin (Gökçen, Turan)
Orongan – 21:522–1
Atlason (Orongan, Kristveigarson) – 29:303–1
Orongan (V. Arason, G. Arason) – 34:274–1
Atlason (Arnarsson, Orongan) – 35:125–1
5–257:48 – Gökçen (SH)
8 minPenalties6 min
22Shots19

Bronze medal game edit

19 January 2020
17:00		Turkey  4–2
(1–1, 1–1, 2–0)		  MexicoWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Eren DemirturkGoaliesMarcello de AntunanoReferee:
  Sakari Suominen
Linesmen:
  Barna Kis-Király
  Graham Rodger
0–114:34 – Hagerman (Ortiz, Rullan) (PP)
Kızılkaya (Salt, Gökçen) (PP) – 16:331–1
1–226:13 – Hagerman (Dunn, Rullan) (PP)
Demirezen (Kızılkaya, Gökçen) – 35:462–2
Turut (Kızılkaya) – 45:553–2
Turut (Demirezen) (ENG) – 59:394–2
14 minPenalties32 min
25Shots26

Gold medal game edit

19 January 2020
20:30		Iceland  4–1
1–0, 2–0, 1–1		  AustraliaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 350
Game reference
Jóhann RagnarssonGoaliesSeb WoodlandsReferee:
  Anton Gofman
Linesmen:
  Christoph Barnthaler
  Artsiom Labzov
Jóhannsson (Kristveigarson) – 18:081–0
Orongan (SH) – 22:472–0
Orongan (PP) – 34:403–0
Kristveigarson (Orongan) – 40:174–0
4–143:12 – Ransome (Barton, Kiliwnik)
22 minPenalties10 min
26Shots16

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    Iceland
    Australia
    Turkey
4   Mexico
5   Bulgaria
6   New Zealand
7   Chinese Taipei
8   South Africa
Promoted to the 2022 Division II B

Statistics edit

Top 10 scorers edit

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1 Axel Orongan   Iceland 5 8 8 16 +13 2
2 Gonzalo Hagerman   Mexico 5 6 5 11 +3 32
3 Benjamin Dunn   Mexico 5 3 7 10 0 20
4 Firat Afsin   Turkey 5 4 5 9 +7 2
5 İsmet Gökçen   Turkey 5 3 6 9 +8 0
6 Miroslav Vasilev   Bulgaria 5 6 2 8 +4 26
7 Mehmet Turan   Turkey 5 3 5 8 +6 8
8 Heidar Kristveigarson   Iceland 5 4 3 7 +10 0
8 Xander Wardlaw   Australia 5 4 3 7 +5 2
10 Sölvi Atlason   Iceland 5 4 2 6 +10 0
10 Kenshin Hayashi   Australia 5 4 2 6 +4 2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders edit

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Seb Woodlands   Australia 274:55 9 90.32 1.96 1
2 Jóhann Ragnarsson   Iceland 280:00 9 89.02 1.93 0
3 Ivan Stoyov   Bulgaria 226:48 12 88.12 3.17 0
4 Marcello de Antunano   Mexico 234:06 10 87.50 2.56 1
5 Finley Forbes   New Zealand 238:57 15 87.18 3.77 0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards edit

Best Players Selected by the Directorate edit

Award Name
Best Goalkeeper   Seb Woodlands
Best Defenceman   Gonzalo Hagerman
Best Forward   Axel Orongan

Source: IIHF

Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches edit

Country Name
  Australia Michael Riley
  Bulgaria Moussa Abdi
  Iceland Axel Orongan
  Mexico Gonzalo Hagerman
  New Zealand Finley Forbes
  South Africa Ryan Boyd
  Chinese Taipei Mi Huan-yu
  Turkey Haktan Kabay

Source: IIHF

References edit

  1. ^ "2020 World Championship Division III official website". www.iihf.com.
  2. ^ "2020 World Championship Division III statistics". stats.iihf.com.
  3. ^ Tchechankov, Ivan (20 January 2020). "Iceland triumphs in U20 Division III". IIHF. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Competition Officials". IIHF. January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

External links edit

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