2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consists of two groups of four teams each: the top 2 teams from each division played in the semifinals in a four-team bracket for a chance to play for promotion to Division II B, while the bottom 2 teams in each group played in placement rounds for 5th to 8th place. The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 – 19 January 2020. Iceland won the tournament.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 2000.

Match officials
Six referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇷🇺 Anton Gofman
 * 🇦🇹 Patrick Gruber
 * 🇨🇳 Liu Jiaqi
 * 🇷🇴 Levente Szilárd Sikó
 * 🇫🇮 Sakari Suominen
 * 🇦🇺 Kent Unwin


 * Linesmen
 * 🇦🇹 Christoph Barnthaler
 * 🇷🇴 Imre Fehér
 * 🇨🇳 Gao Yinfeng
 * 🇭🇺 Barna Kis-Király
 * 🇧🇾 Artsiom Labzov
 * 🇮🇸 Sæmundur Leifsson
 * Stef Oosterling
 * 🇧🇬 Kiril Peychinov
 * 🇬🇧 Graham Rodger
 * 🇧🇬 Vasiliy Vasilev

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).

Final ranking


Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

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

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Best Players Selected by the Directorate
Source: IIHF

Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches
Source: IIHF