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. 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.

Participants

Results

Preliminary round

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.

Group A

Group B

Playoff round

Semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Bronze medal game

Final

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Goaltending leaders

PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO
1Arnar Hjaltested120:00294.741.001
2Raz Werner279:511192.762.361
3Tolga Bozaci240:00891.752.000
4Maksymillian Mojzyszek179:00791.252.351
5Huang Sheng-chun206:141390.083.780

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate

RankTeam
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