2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2022 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–30 July 2022
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Chinese Taipei
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Games played	22
Goals scored	180 (8.18 per game)
Attendance	5,141 (234 per game)
Scoring leader	Mike Levin (16 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com
	← 2020; ← 2021 (cancelled) 2023 →

The 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III represents the sixth and the lowest tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. The tournament would have been held in Querétaro, Mexico, from 6 to 16 January 2022, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Later it was rescheduled and was played from 22 to 30 July 2022.^[2]^[3]

Bulgaria withdrew from the July tournament and was replaced by Australia, which originally opted out of the January tournament.

To be eligible as a junior player in this tournament, a player cannot be born earlier than 2002.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Israel	placed 6th in 2020 Division II B and were relegated
Australia	placed 2nd in 2020 Division III
Turkey	placed 3rd in 2020 Division III
Mexico	hosts; placed 4th in 2020 Division III
Chinese Taipei	placed 7th in 2020 Division III
South Africa	placed 8th in 2020 Division III
Kyrgyzstan	first participation in World Championship
Bosnia and Herzegovina	first participation in World Championship

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	1	1	0	1	13	12	+1	5^[a]	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Israel	3	1	1	0	1	15	9	+6	5^[a]
3	Mexico (H)	3	1	0	2	0	11	10	+1	5^[a]
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	0	0	2	5	13	−8	3

Source: IIHF
(H) Host
Notes:

1 2 3 Chinese Taipei 5 Pts, Israel 2 Pts, Mexico 2 Pts, Israel 3–2 Mexico

22 July 2022
17:00

Kyrgyzstan

1–8
(0–5, 1–1, 0–2)

Israel

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

22 July 2022
20:45

Mexico

5–6 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 3–3)
(0–0, 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

23 July 2022
17:00

Israel

4–6
(1–1, 0–1, 3–4)

Chinese Taipei

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

23 July 2022
20:30

Mexico

4–1
(1–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

25 July 2022
17:00

Chinese Taipei

1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

25 July 2022
20:30

Israel

3–2 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 1–2)
(1–0)

Mexico

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	0	33	3	+30	9	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	15	14	+1	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	1	0	2	10	22	−12	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	1	2	7	26	−19	1

Source: IIHF

22 July 2022
10:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–12
(0–3, 1–7, 0–2)

Australia

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

22 July 2022
13:30

Turkey

8–2
(4–1, 2–0, 2–1)

South Africa

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

23 July 2022
10:00

Turkey

6–4
(2–1, 2–1, 2–2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

23 July 2022
13:30

Australia

13–1
(4–0, 4–1, 5–0)

South Africa

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

25 July 2022
10:00

South Africa

4–5 OT
(2–1, 1–1, 1–2)
(0–1)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

25 July 2022
13:30

Australia

8–1
(3–0, 1–1, 4–0)

Turkey

Lakeside Ice Park, Querétaro

Game reference

Playoffs

All teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

27 July

A1 Chinese Taipei	7
		29 July
B4 South Africa	2
		2 Chinese Taipei (OT)	6
27 July
		4 Israel	5
B1 Australia	5
				30 July
A4 Kyrgyzstan	1
				2 Chinese Taipei (OT)	5
27 July
				5 Mexico	4
A2 Israel	7
		29 July
B3 Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
		1 Australia	2
27 July
		5 Mexico	3	3rd place match
B2 Turkey	2
				30 July
A3 Mexico	5
				1 Australia	1

				4 Israel	0