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.

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. (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)''

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Best players selected by the directorate

 * Goaltender: 🇮🇱 Raz Werner
 * Defenceman: 🇹🇷 Yusuf Kars
 * Forward: 🇨🇳 Rudi Ying