2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III B
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	17–19 March
Teams	3
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	26 (8.67 per match)
Attendance	900 (300 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Jorge Ortiz; (6 points)
Website	IIHF.com

2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III A
Tournament details
Host country	Taiwan
Dates	21–27 March
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	121 (8.07 per match)
Attendance	7,382 (492 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Huang Qianyi; (20 points)
Website	IIHF.com

2017 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host countries	Taiwan; Mexico
Dates	21 – 27 March 2017; 17 – 19 March 2017
Teams	9
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III were two international under-18 men's ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The group A and B tournaments made up the sixth and seventh level of competition at the 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division III A[]

The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan, from 21 to 27 March 2017.

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
China	placed 6th in 2016 Division II B and were relegated
Turkey	placed 2nd in 2016 Division III A
Bulgaria	placed 3rd in 2016 Division III A
Israel	placed 4th in 2016 Division III A
Chinese Taipei	placed 5th in 2016 Division III A
New Zealand	placed 1st in 2016 Division III B and were promoted

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[1]

Referees

Jeronimus den Ridder
Jevgeņijs Griškevičs
Stefan Hogarth
Bartosz Kaczmarek

Linesmen

Jonathan Mark Burger
Shunsuke Ichikawa
Dustin McCrank
Simone Mischiatti
Laurynas Stepankevičius
Maarten van den Acker
Nick Verbruggen

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	China	5	5	0	0	0	36	1	+35	15	Promoted to Division II B
2	Israel	5	4	0	0	1	21	8	+13	12
3	Chinese Taipei (H)	5	2	1	0	2	16	13	+3	8
4	Bulgaria	5	2	0	0	3	18	18	0	6
5	Turkey	5	1	0	0	4	19	39	−20	3
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	1	4	11	42	−31	1	Relegation to 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. (National Standard Time – UTC+8)

21 March 2017
13:00

Bulgaria

0–6
(0–6, 0–0, 0–0)

China

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 200




14 min	Penalties	22 min
19	Shots	44

21 March 2017
16:30

New Zealand

2–8
(0–2, 0–3, 2–3)

Israel

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 150




6 min	Penalties	10 min
28	Shots	56

21 March 2017
20:00

Turkey

1–8
(0–3, 0–0, 1–5)

Chinese Taipei

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 537




10 min	Penalties	20 min
32	Shots	34

22 March 2017
13:00

Turkey

3–9
(1–2, 2–3, 0–4)

Bulgaria

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 215




27 min	Penalties	24 min
39	Shots	29

22 March 2017
16:30

China

3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Israel

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 258




10 min	Penalties	6 min
39	Shots	25

22 March 2017
20:00

Chinese Taipei

3–2 OT
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
OT: (1–0)

New Zealand

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 495




18 min	Penalties	20 min
59	Shots	33

24 March 2017
13:00

Turkey

12–5
(3–1, 5–2, 4–2)

New Zealand

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 229




38 min	Penalties	20 min
42	Shots	35

24 March 2017
16:30

Bulgaria

0–3
(0–3, 0–0, 0–0)

Israel

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 254




10 min	Penalties	14 min
40	Shots	24

24 March 2017
20:00

China

4–0
(3–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Chinese Taipei

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 978




70 min	Penalties	12 min
41	Shots	36

25 March 2017
13:00

New Zealand

0–12
(0–4, 0–3, 0–5)

China

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 549




14 min	Penalties	29 min
19	Shots	70

25 March 2017
16:30

Israel

6–2
(3–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 633




10 min	Penalties	10 min
45	Shots	29

25 March 2017
20:00

Chinese Taipei

4–2
(0–2, 1–0, 3–0)

Bulgaria

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 1,023




8 min	Penalties	52 min
47	Shots	35

27 March 2017
13:00

China

11–1
(4–1, 2–0, 5–0)

Turkey

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 211




10 min	Penalties	10 min
69	Shots	16

27 March 2017
16:30

Bulgaria

7–2
(1–1, 2–1, 4–0)

New Zealand

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 327




10 min	Penalties	8 min
37	Shots	30

27 March 2017
20:00

Israel

4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

Taipei Arena, Taipei
Attendance: 1,323




12 min	Penalties	6 min
44	Shots	25

Division III B[]

The Division III B tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico, from 17 to 19 March 2017.

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Mexico	placed 6th in 2016 Division III A and were relegated
South Africa	placed 2nd in 2016 Division III B
Hong Kong	placed 3rd in 2016 Division III B

Match officials[]

2 referees and 3 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[2]

Referees

Sean Fernandez
Fraser Lawrence

Linesmen

Ryan Madson
Kelsey Mahoney
Sem Ramirez

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico (H)	2	2	0	18	3	+15	6	Promoted to Division III A
2	Hong Kong	2	1	1	4	13	−9	3
3	South Africa	2	0	2	4	10	−6	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.

Results[]

All times are local. (Central Standard Time – UTC–6)

17 March 2017
20:30

Hong Kong

1–11
(0–3, 1–3, 0–5)

Mexico

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 200


Mathew Goldberg Joshua Ho	Goalies	Gerardo García del Valle Santiago Gómez	Referee: Fraser Lawrence
Au-Yeung (Ngan, J. Yiu) – 31:03	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 1–8 / 1–9 / 1–10 / 1–11	00:55 – Ramos (Díaz, Hagerman) / 04:49 – Ortiz (Ramos) (PP2) / 15:06 – Ariza / 28:38 – Cruz (Ortiz) / 31:57 – Cruz (Linares, Ortiz) / 37:25 – Cruz / 47:08 – Ortiz (Díaz) / 54:29 – Matsubara (Dunn) / 55:58 – Ariza (Rovalo, Rosales) / 57:20 – Valencia (Hagerman, Cruz) / 57:41 – Ortiz
6 min	Penalties	12 min
11	Shots	42

18 March 2017
20:00

South Africa

2–3
(1–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Hong Kong

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 100


Alistair Bywater	Goalies	Joshua Ho	Referee: Sean Fernandez
Birch – 16:08 / Johnson – 59:15	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	19:29 – Lo (Ngan) / 57:53 – Ngan / 59:40 – Lo (Li)
6 min	Penalties	2 min
35	Shots	14

19 March 2017
19:00

Mexico

7–2
(3–0, 2–2, 2–0)

South Africa

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 600


Gerardo García del Valle	Goalies	Ryan Boyd	Referee: Fraser Lawrence
Ortiz (Linares) – 01:02 / Díaz – 06:02 / Ramos (Urbano, Ariza) (PP) – 10:32 / Urbano (Ramos) – 21:06 / Rovalo (Ariza) – 23:51 / Urbano (Linares) – 50:06 / Rovalo – 55:30	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 5–1 / 5–2 / 6–2 / 7–2	25:08 – Schuurman (de Jager) (PP2) / 36:49 – Schuurman (Vivier)
20 min	Penalties	31 min
41	Shots	29

References[]

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Tournament details

Host countries	Taiwan Mexico
Dates	21 – 27 March 2017 17 – 19 March 2017
Teams	9
← 2016 2018 →