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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Turkey |
| City | Istanbul |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 26 January – 2 February 2023 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 207 (9.41 per game) |
| Attendance | 5,182 (236 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) |  Dmitri Kuleshov (29 points) |
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The 2023 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 was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 26 January to 2 February 2023.[1][2] It consisted of one pool of eight teams separated into two preliminary round groups. The winners of this tournament, Australia, were promoted to the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II B.
To be eligible as a junior player in this tournament, a player cannot be born earlier than 2003.
| Team | Qualification |
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| Australia |
Placed 3rd in Division III last year. |
 Israel |
Placed 4th in Division III last year. |
| Turkey |
Hosts; placed 5th in Division III last year. |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Placed 6th in Division III last year. |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Placed 7th in Division III last year. |
 South Africa |
Placed 8th in Division III last year. |
 Bulgaria |
Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020. |
 New Zealand |
Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020. |
Five referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]
Nicholas Air Murat Aygun
Bostjan Groznik
Yen-Chin Shen
Chris van Grinsven Berkay Aslanbey Ferhat Dogus Aygun
Thibo Christiaens
Yunjie Cui John Dow Taha Kavlakoglu
Aron Magyar
Sem Ramirez
Kaspars Sirins
Chun Hang Wong| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Australia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 6 | |
| 3 | New Zealand
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 |
| 26 January 2023 10:00 | Australia | 12–4 (3–1, 3–1, 6–2) | Kyrgyzstan | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 26 January 2023 17:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–6 (0–2, 0–3, 1–1) | New Zealand | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 27 January 2023 10:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1) | Kyrgyzstan | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 27 January 2023 17:00 | New Zealand | 2–6 (0–3, 1–3, 1–0) | Australia | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 29 January 2023 10:00 | Australia | 10–0 (1–0, 6–0, 3–0) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 29 January 2023 17:00 | Kyrgyzstan | 3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0) | New Zealand | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Israel
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | +26 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Bulgaria
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Turkey (H)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | South Africa
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 0 |
| 26 January 2023 13:30 | Israel | 16–1 (4–0, 8–1, 4–0) | South Africa | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 26 January 2023 20:30 | Turkey | 3–5 (1–0, 1–2, 1–3) | Bulgaria | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 27 January 2023 13:30 | Bulgaria | 0–8 (0–5, 0–1, 0–2) | Israel | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 27 January 2023 20:30 | Turkey | 9–3 (4–2, 1–0, 4–1) | South Africa | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 29 January 2023 13:30 | South Africa | 0–5 (0–1, 0–3, 0–1) | Bulgaria | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 29 January 2023 20:30 | Israel | 6–3 (5–0, 1–2, 0–1) | Turkey | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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All teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.
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| 30 January | |||||||||
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| A1 Australia | 28 | ||||||||
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| B4 South Africa | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 Israel | 6 | ||||||||
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| 5 Turkey | 4 | ||||||||
| B1 Israel | 10 | ||||||||
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| A4 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 Israel | 1 | ||||||||
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| 2 Australia | 4 | ||||||||
| A2 Kyrgyzstan | 1 | ||||||||
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| B3 Turkey | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 Australia | 4 | ||||||||
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| 3 Bulgaria | 1 | 3rd place match | |||||||
| B2 Bulgaria | 6 | ||||||||
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| A3 New Zealand | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 Bulgaria | 8 | ||||||||
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| 5 Turkey | 3 | ||||||||
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| January 30, 2023 10:00 | Australia | 28–0 (5–0, 11–0, 12–0) | South Africa | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| January 30, 2023 13:30 | Bulgaria | 6–2 (3–1, 1–0, 2–1) | New Zealand | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| January 30, 2023 17:00 | Israel | 10–0 (4–0, 3–0, 3–0) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| January 30, 2023 20:30 | Kyrgyzstan | 1–3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1) | Turkey | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 1 February 2023 17:00 | Australia | 4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1) | Bulgaria | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 1 February 2023 20:30 | Israel | 6–4 (1–1, 3–1, 2–2) | Turkey | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 1 February 2023 13:30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7–3 (6–0, 1–1, 0–2) | South Africa | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 2 February 2023 13:30 | Kyrgyzstan | 2–3 (1–0, 0–0, 1–3) | New Zealand | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 2 February 2023 17:00 | Bulgaria | 8–3 (3–1, 3–2, 2–0) | Turkey | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| 2 February 2023 20:30 | Israel | 1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2) | Australia | Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul |
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| Rank | Team |
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Australia
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Israel
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Bulgaria
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| 4 | Turkey
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| 5 | New Zealand
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| 6 | Kyrgyzstan
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| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| 8 | South Africa
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| Promoted to the 2024 Division II B |
| Relegated to the 2024 Division III B |
