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2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III B
Tournament details
Host country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
City	Sarajevo
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25–30 January 2024
Teams	3
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	73 (12.17 per game)
Attendance	1,950 (325 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Belmin Sinanbegovic (12 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com

2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III A
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
City	Sofia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–28 January 2024
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	135 (9 per game)
Attendance	1,775 (118 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Mike Levin (17 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com

2024 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria; Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	22–28 January 2024; 25–30 January 2024
Teams	9
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The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It consisted of two tiered groups: the sixth-tier Division III A and the seventh-tier Division III B. For each tier's tournament, the team which places first will be promoted to the next higher division, while the team which places last in Group A will be relegated to Group B.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2004.

Division III A

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 January 2024.^[1]^[2]

Participants

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Israel	5	5	0	0	0	41	14	+27	15	Promoted to the 2025 Division II B
2	New Zealand	5	3	1	0	1	31	17	+14	11
3	Bulgaria (H)	5	3	0	1	1	22	19	+3	10
4	Turkey	5	2	0	0	3	15	19	−4	6
5	Mexico	5	1	0	0	4	17	20	−3	3
6	Kyrgyzstan	5	0	0	0	5	9	46	−37	0	Relegated to the 2025 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 (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

22 January 2024
13:00

Kyrgyzstan

3–4
(0–1, 3–1, 0–2)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

22 January 2024
16:30

Israel

8–6
(1–2, 5–1, 2–3)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

22 January 2024
20:00

Bulgaria

3–2
(0–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

23 January 2024
13:00

New Zealand

12–1
(7–0, 2–0, 3–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

23 January 2024
16:30

Mexico

3–4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

23 January 2024
20:00

Israel

7–3
(1–0, 3–3, 3–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

25 January 2024
13:00

Mexico

3–5
(0–3, 1–2, 2–0)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

25 January 2024
16:30

Israel

16–1
(5–1, 8–0, 3–0)

Kyrgyzstan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

25 January 2024
20:00

Bulgaria

5–4
(2–0, 2–2, 1–2)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

27 January 2024
13:00

Turkey

1–4
(1–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

27 January 2024
16:30

New Zealand

4–3 OT
(2–0, 1–1, 0–2)
OT: (1–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

27 January 2024
20:00

Kyrgyzstan

2–6
(1–2, 0–2, 1–2)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

28 January 2024
13:00

Turkey

2–4
(0–1, 1–0, 1–3)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

28 January 2024
16:30

Mexico

3–6
(0–2, 2–1, 1–3)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

28 January 2024
20:00

Bulgaria

8–2
(4–0, 0–2, 4–0)

Kyrgyzstan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia

Game reference

Statistics

Top 10 scorers

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1	Mike Levin	Israel	4	9	8	17	+11	6
2	Ivan Dalmatau	New Zealand	5	7	6	13	+7	2
3	Yann Raskin	Israel	5	4	9	13	+10	4
4	Jackson Fontaine	New Zealand	5	8	4	12	+8	6
5	Nikita Zitserman	Israel	5	7	4	11	+13	0
6	Aleksandar Stanimirov	Bulgaria	5	4	6	10	+3	2
7	Caleb Chamberlin	New Zealand	5	2	8	10	+7	2
8	Jacob Carey	New Zealand	2	5	4	9	+6	0
9	Luc Taillon	New Zealand	5	5	3	8	+7	0
10	Youval Turner	Israel	5	1	7	8	+7	0

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

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	Sv%	GAA
1	Andrea Karabadjakov	Bulgaria	240:00	15	90.91	3.75
2	Santiago Cucuraqui	Mexico	292:59	19	89.44	3.89
3	Furkan Duran	Turkey	300:00	19	88.76	3.80
4	Alon Shipinel	Israel	180:00	8	87.88	2.67
5	David Verkhovski	Israel	120:00	6	85.71	3.00

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

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Goaltender: Andrea Karabadjakov
Defenceman: Luke Simon
Forward: Mike Levin

Source: IIHF

Division III B

The Division III Group B tournament was played in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 25 to 30 January 2024.^[3]^[4]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Bosnia and Herzegovina	hosts; placed 7th in Division III last year
South Africa	placed 8th in Division III last year
Luxembourg	first participation since 2003

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	4	3	1	0	0	30	17	+13	11	Promoted to the 2025 Division III A
2	Luxembourg	4	2	0	1	1	33	13	+20	7
3	South Africa	4	0	0	0	4	10	43	−33	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