See also: 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was played with one group of six teams, as well as a two-team qualification tournament for the 2019 tournament. Israel won all their games and were promoted to Division II B. The team which placed first in the qualification tournament was expected to be promoted to Division III, swapping places with the sixth place team in Division III, but the 2019 organizers chose to make Division III a single tournament making these placings irrelevant.

The tournament was a round-robin tournament format, with two points allotted for a win, one additional point for a regulation win, and one point for an overtime or game winning shots loss.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player could not be born earlier than 1998.

The main tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, while the qualification was played in Cape Town, South Africa. The qualification was supposed to have the debut of the Turkmenistan national junior team, though they dropped out prior to it starting.

Division III main tournament

The Winter Sports Palace (on right), hosted the tournament.

The Division III main tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 January 2018.[1][2]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Australia placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
 China placed 2nd in Division III last year
 Iceland placed 3rd in Division III last year
 New Zealand placed 4th in Division III last year
 Israel placed 5th in Division III last year
 Bulgaria hosts; placed 6th in Division III last year

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Israel 5 5 0 0 0 25 11 +14 15 Promoted to the 2019 Division II B
2  China 5 3 0 0 2 30 12 +18 9
3  Bulgaria (H) 5 3 0 0 2 22 24 −2 9
4  Iceland 5 2 0 1 2 20 15 +5 7
5  Australia 5 1 1 0 3 18 24 −6 5
6  New Zealand 5 0 0 0 5 11 40 −29 0
Source: IIHF.com
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

Match results

All times are local (UTC+2).

22 January 2018
13:00		Iceland 1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–1)		 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Maksymillian MojzyszekGoaliesAlex TetreaultReferee:
Belarus Petr Amosov
Linesmen:
Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
Estonia Toivo Tilku
0–155:17 – Kubara (Sillato) (PP2)
Orongan (PS) – 59:101–1
1–260:37 – Sillato
28 minPenalties16 min
20Shots28
22 January 2018
16:30		China 2–3
(1–1, 1–0, 0–2)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 280
Game reference
Ren MingweiGoaliesRaz WernerReferee:
Norway Marcus Wannerstedt
Linesmen:
Finland Joona Elonen
Lithuania Deividas Kuneikis
0–104:45 – Revniaga (PP)
Zhang P. (Ying) (PP) – 16:371–1
Ying (Guo) (PP) – 26:182–1
2–245:45 – Revniaga (Avraham)
2–352:07 – Aharonovich (Valeev, Revniaga) (PP)
8 minPenalties22 min
36Shots12
22 January 2018
20:00		Bulgaria 5–3
(2–1, 1–1, 2–1)		 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 550
Game reference
Ivan StoynovGoaliesTayor GoodallReferee:
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
China Liu Tiange
Germany Tobias Schwenk
0–113:44 – Aguirre-Landshoeft
V. Dikov (Vasilev) (PP) – 18:501–1
Gatsev (Abdi) – 19:052–1
Dilkov – 23:453–1
3–228:48 – Hill (Taylor, Hopkins)
Vasilev (Gatsev) – 46:554–2
4–353:34 – Hill (SH)
Vasilev (ENG) – 59:075–3
12 minPenalties14 min
29Shots20
23 January 2018
13:00		China 1–2
(1–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 IcelandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 83
Game reference
Ren MingweiGoaliesMaksymillian MojzyszekReferee:
Norway Marcus Wannerstedt
Linesmen:
Lithuania Deividas Kuneikis
Poland Rafal Noworyta
Zhu (Hou, Ying) – 09:181–0
1–136:17 – Thorsteinsson (Induss) (PP)
1–253:19 – Orongan (Atlason)
6 minPenalties10 min
30Shots25
23 January 2018
16:30		Australia 6–3
(2–1, 1–1, 3–1)		 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Alex TetreaultGoaliesTaylor GoodallReferee:
Kazakhstan Konstantin Chubenko
Linesmen:
Finland Joona Elonen
China Liu Tiange
0–107:04 – Brown (Aguirre-Landshoeft)
Rye (Sillato) – 13:091–1
Wood (Steven, Kubara) (PP) – 16:422–1
Ruck (Wood, Haley) – 34:373–1
3–238:02 – Hill (Martinoli)
Sillato (Rye, Kubara) – 50:524–2
4–351:59 – Martinoli
Flanagan (Steven, Sillato) – 52:145–3
Wood (Kubara, Tripp) – 57:576–3
14 minPenalties8 min
35Shots15
23 January 2018
20:00		Israel 4–3
(1–1, 2–1, 1–1)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 580
Game reference
Yehonatan ReisingerGoaliesIvan StoynovReferee:
Belarus Petr Amosov
Linesmen:
Germany Tobias Schwenk
Estonia Toivo Tilku
Kozev – 17:321–0
1–118:09 – Abdi (Perchemliev)
1–222:40 – Vasilev (Dilkov)
Mostovoy (Revniaga – 24:282–2
Ignatovich (Valeev, Mostovoy) (PP) – 26:493–2
3–345:17 – Dilkov (Vasilev, V. Dikov) (PP)
Ignatovich – 52:464–3
38 minPenalties10 min
26Shots27
25 January 2018
13:00		Australia 4–7
(1–1, 1–4, 2–2)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 80
Game reference
Alex Tetreault
Sebastian Woodlands		GoaliesRaz WernerReferee:
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Lithuania Deividas Kuneikis
Poland Rafal Noworyta
0–108:07 – Revniaga (Avraham)
Steven (Sillato, Flanagan) (PP) – 18:371–1
Wood (Sillato, Steven) (PP) – 21:262–1
2–223:02 – Revniaga (Avraham, Aharonovich) (PP)
2–330:53 – Avraham (Revniaga, Aharonovich) (PP)
2–432:51 – Valeev (Mostovoy, Lonkry)
2–537:54 – Halpert (Hoffman) (PP)
2–641:45 – Revniaga (Aharonovich, Mostovoy)
Ruck (Steven) – 49:403–6
3–750:28 – Revniaga (Avraham, Mostovoy) (PP)
Wood (Ruck, Steven) – 51:024–7
18 minPenalties18 min
29Shots29
25 January 2018
16:30		Iceland 13–3
(3–0, 6–2, 4–1)		 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 90
Game reference
Amar HjaltestedGoaliesTaylor Goodall
Finley Forbes		Referee:
Belarus Petr Amosov
Linesmen:
Germany Tobias Schwenk
Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
Atlason (G. Arason, Orongan) (PP) – 01:531–0
K. Arnason (Stefansson) (SH) – 04:402–0
J. Árnason (Induss, Kristveigarson) – 14:303–0
Kristinsson (Induss) – 24:274–0
Orongan – 25:015–0
Atlason (Orongan) – 28:126–0
6–128:35 – Graham (Vince, Morley-Hall)
Induss (J. Árnason) – 29:337–1
7–232:28 – Martinoli
Atlason (Orongan) – 32:538–2
Induss (V. Arason, Kristinsson) (PP) – 35:149–2
Induss (Orongan) (PP) – 47:5610–2
10–351:42 – Rawiri (Martinoli, Hill) (PP)
Kristveigarson (Grant) – 54:4711–3
Atlason (Orongan) (PP) – 55:3412–3
Maack (Kristinsson) – 56:4513–3
32 minPenalties16 min
32Shots20
25 January 2018
20:00		China 10–4
(3–1, 5–2, 2–1)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 620
Game reference
Ren Mingwei
Zhang Yuhang		GoaliesIvan Stoynov
Yavor Yordanov		Referee:
Kazakhstan Konstantin Chubenko
Linesmen:
Finland Joona Elonen
Estonia Toivo Tilku
0–102:14 – Dilkov (Vasilev) (PP)
Wang J. (Guo, Huang) – 03:231–1
Xie (Zuo) – 11:482–1
Huang (Wang J., Zhang D.) (PP) – 19:453–1
3–223:29 – Dilkov (PP)
Hou (Zhang P.) – 26:254–2
Hou (Zhang P., Ying) (PP) – 28:085–2
Ying – 29:506–2
6–334:52 – Vasilev (Dilkov)
Guo (Ying, Wang J.) – 37:227–3
Wang J. (Huang) (SH) – 39:098–3
Ying – 51:499–3
Huang (Ying) – 54:2010–3
10–459:31 – V. Dikov (K. Dikov, Dilkov)
20 minPenalties24 min
39Shots14
26 January 2018
13:00		Israel 6–2
(3–0, 0–0, 3–2)		 IcelandWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 71
Game reference
Yehonatan ReisingerGoaliesMaksymillian Mojzyszek
Arnar Hjaltested		Referee:
Kazakhstan Konstantin Chubenko
Linesmen:
China Liu Tiange
Germany Tobias Schwenk
Revniaga (Aharonovich) – 08:071–0
Ignatovich – 11:032–0
Marziko (Shahar) – 19:263–0
3–141:02 – Orongan (Kristveigarson, G. Arason)
Mostovoy (Aharonovich, Kapulkin) – 43:224–1
Revniaga (Aharonovich) (PP) – 48:445–1
5–251:35 – Kristveigarson (Atlason, Orongan)
Revniaga (Aharonovich, Ignatovich) (PP) – 57:086–2
24 minPenalties14 min
26Shots25
26 January 2018
16:30		New Zealand 2–11
(0–3, 0–6, 2–2)		 ChinaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Taylor Goodall
Finley Forbes		GoaliesZhang YuhangReferee:
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Poland Rafal Noworyta
Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
0–101:23 – Zhu (Yuyang)
0–204:31 – Ying (Zhang D., Wang J.) (PP)
0–311:33 – Feng
0–420:46 – Guo (Yan, Huang)
0–526:13 – Hou (Ying, Zhu)
0–626:57 – Li (Xie)
0–707:41 – Huang (Wang J.)
0–830:04 – Huang (Wang J.)
0–931:46 – Ying (Zhang P., Zhang D.) (PP)
0–1041:29 – Ying
Egan (Hill) (PP) – 51:171–10
Egan (Martinoli) (PP) – 56:402–10
2–1159:20 – Yu (Guo)
12 minPenalties26 min
9Shots44
26 January 2018
20:00		Bulgaria 7–5
(1–0, 2–3, 4–2)		 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 410
Game reference
Ivan StoynovGoaliesSebastian WoodlandsReferee:
Norway Marcus Wannerstedt
Linesmen:
Finland Joona Elonen
Lithuania Deividas Kuneikis
Dilkov (SH) – 06:531–0
1–122:18 – Kubara (Brunt, Sillato) (PP)
1–226:25 – Steven (Flanagan)
1–329:27 – Kubara (Sillato)
Dilkov (Vasilev, V. Dikov) – 36:582–3
Petkov – 38:113–3
Ivanov (K. Dikov) – 45:304–3
4–449:39 – Ruck
4–550:47 – Steven (Wardlaw)
V. Dikov (Petkov, Georgiev) – 51:065–5
K. Dikov (Vasilev) (PP) – 55:586–5
Vasilev (Dilkov, V. Dikov) (ENG) – 59:477–5
10 minPenalties14 min
37Shots26
28 January 2018
13:00		New Zealand 0–5
(0–1, 0–3, 0–1)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 51
Game reference
Taylor GoodallGoaliesRaz WernerReferee:
Norway Marcus Wannerstedt
Linesmen:
Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
Estonia Toivo Tilku
0–119:28 – Avraham (Hoffman, Tamir) (PP)
0–229:51 – Aharonovich (Mostovoy, Revniaga) (PP)
0–331:04 – Revniaga (Lavon, Hoffman)
0–434:19 – Lavon (Hoffman) (PP)
0–552:36 – Revniaga (Kozev, Merkulov)
35 minPenalties10 min
26Shots35
28 January 2018
16:30		Iceland 2–3
(1–0, 0–1, 1–2)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 670
Game reference
Arnar HjaltestedGoaliesIvan StoynovReferee:
Kazakhstan Konstantin Chubenko
Linesmen:
China Liu Tiange
Poland Rafal Noworyta
Induss (Sverrisson, Kristinsson) – 02:521–0
1–133:08 – Dilkov (Vasilev)
Orongan (PP) – 41:322–1
2–248:04 – Dilkov (Vasilev, Mladenov)
2–359:46 – V. Dikov (Dilkov, Mladenov)
8 minPenalties10 min
28Shots29
28 January 2018
20:00		Australia 1–6
(0–2, 1–2, 0–2)		 ChinaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 105
Game reference
Alex Tetreault
Sebastian Woodlands		GoaliesZhang YuhangReferee:
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Finland Joona Elonen
Germany Tobias Schwenk
0–100:16 – Guo (Huang, Wang J.)
0–205:28 – Ying (Zhang D., Wang J.) (PP)
0–325:26 – Ying
0–429:09 – Zhu (Ying, Hou) (EA)
Wood (Sillato) – 38:281–4
1–547:16 – Wang J. (Hou, Zhang D.) (PP2)
1–653:42 – Huang (Wang J., Guo)
30 minPenalties18 min
21Shots41

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/- PIM
1 Mark Revniaga  Israel 5 11 4 15 +7 6
2 Rudi Ying  China 5 8 6 14 +10 4
3 Daniel Dilkov  Bulgaria 5 8 5 13 +4 6
4 Miroslav Vasilev  Bulgaria 5 5 7 12 +2 16
5 Huang Qianyi  China 5 5 6 11 +14 4
5 Axel Orongan  Iceland 5 5 6 11 −1 12
7 Wang Jing  China 5 3 8 11 +9 22
8 Tomer Aharonovich  Israel 5 3 7 10 +3 18
9 Aiden Sillato  Australia 5 2 8 10 +1 6
10 Thomas Steven  Australia 5 3 5 8 +1 2

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Raz Werner  Israel 180:00 6 93.41 2.00 1
2 Maksymillian Mojzyszek  Iceland 165:51 7 91.14 2.53 0
3 Yehonatan Reisinger  Israel 120:00 5 90.38 2.50 0
4 Zhang Yuhang  China 153:57 5 87.80 1.95 0
5 Arnar Hjaltested  Iceland 134:32 8 85.19 3.57 0

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

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Division III Qualification

The Division III Qualification tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 5 to 7 February 2018.[3]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Chinese Taipei placed 7th in Division III last year and were relegated
 South Africa hosts; placed 8th in Division III last year and were relegated

The tournament originally included Turkmenistan, but they withdrew before the event began.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  South Africa (H) 2 2 0 0 0 6 4 +2 6 Promoted to the 2019 Division III
2  Chinese Taipei 2 0 0 0 2 4 6 −2 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) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (UTC+2).

5 February 2018
20:00		Chinese Taipei 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 South AfricaThe Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Huang Sheng-chunGoaliesRyan BoydReferees:
France Pierre Dehaen
Slovakia Vladimir Snášel
Linesmen:
Hungary Botond Pálkövi
Israel Gil Haim Tichon
0–128:47 – Johnson (R. Venter, Phakathi) (PP)
12 minPenalties29 min
22Shots29
6 February 2018
20:00		South Africa 5–4
(2–3, 2–0, 1–1)		 Chinese TaipeiThe Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 125
Game reference
Ryan BoydGoaliesHuang Sheng-chunReferees:
France Pierre Dehaen
Slovakia Vladimir Snášel
Linesmen:
Hungary Botond Pálkövi
Israel Gil Haim Tichon
Taljaard (Kruger, Alford) – 01:501–0
1–108:12 – Lin C. (Kuo, Chen K.) (PP)
R. Venter (Johnson, J. Venter) – 13:072–1
2–214:19 – Lin K. (Chen K.) (PP)
2–317:34 – Chiang (Lin C.) (PP)
Johnson (Cerff) (PP) – 23:313–3
Schuurman (Beukes) (PP) – 26:504–3
4–440:53 – Chiang (Lee) (PP2)
Bremner (J. Venter, Schuurman) – 53:055–4
34 minPenalties32 min
37Shots33
7 February 2018
20:00		Chinese Taipei 6–4 (exhibition only) South AfricaThe Ice Station, Cape Town
The third game was officially cancelled by the IIHF directorate, but an exhibition game was still played

References

  1. ^ 2018 World Championship Division III (main tournament) official website
  2. ^ 2018 World Championship Division III (main tournament) statistics
  3. ^ 2018 World Championship Division III (qualification tournament) statistics
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_World_Junior_Ice_Hockey_Championships_%E2%80%93_Division_III
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