2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III B
Tournament details
Host country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–22 April
Teams	3
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	78 (13 per game)
Attendance	2,625 (438 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Nikko Gaković (20 points)

2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III A
Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–17 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	96 (6.4 per game)
Attendance	3,942 (263 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Wen Pei-An (13 points)

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host countries	Turkey; Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates	11–17 April (Group A); 17–22 April (Group B)
Teams	9
	← 2021 (cancelled); 2019 2023 →

See also: 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was two international under-18 men's ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The group A and B tournaments were the sixth and seventh level of competition at the 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Division III A[]

The Division III A tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 11 to 17 April 2022.^[1]^[2]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Belgium	Placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
Israel	Placed 2nd in Division III A last year.
Iceland	Placed 3rd in Division III A last year.
Turkey	Hosts, placed 4th in Division III A last year.
Mexico	Placed 5th in Division III A last year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted.

Match officials[]

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

Referees	Linesmen
Murat Cücü Ivan Nedeljković Ramon Sterkens	Yusuf Ceylan Alejandro García Taha Kavlakoğlu Jeroen Klijberg Stanislav Muhachev Ahmet Özden Marko Šaković

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei (P)	5	4	0	0	1	24	11	+13	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promotion to the 2023 Division II B
2	Belgium	5	4	0	0	1	23	8	+15	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Iceland	5	4	0	0	1	18	12	+6	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Israel	5	2	0	0	3	15	19	−4	6
5	Mexico	5	0	1	0	4	8	22	−14	2
6	Turkey (H, R)	5	0	0	1	4	8	24	−16	1	Relegation to the 2023 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

11 April 2022
13:00

Israel

4–3
(0–2, 4–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 50



Sigalov (Kreimerman, Ben Tov) (PP) – 22:30 / Abend (Segal, Sharon) – 23:19 / Bondar – 31:56 / Shulman (Ben Tov, Rigler) – 33:14	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 4–3	09:23 – Méndez / 14:21 – Quinzaños (Valencia) / 48:52 – Contreras (Quinzanos)
10 min	Penalties	10 min
24	Shots	26

11 April 2022
16:30

Iceland

3–1
(2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Belgium

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 101




8 min	Penalties	8 min
49	Shots	27

11 April 2022
20:30

Chinese Taipei

8–3
(3–1, 4–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 526


Chen Tai-Yu	Goalies	Abdulsamet Karasungur Furkan Duran	Referee: Ivan Nedeljković
Wen (Lin Yi-K.) (PP) – 04:29 / Peng (Wen) – 09:50 / Lin Yi-K. (Wen, Lin Yo.) – 14:49 / Lin Yi-K. (Wen, Lin Yo.) (PP) – 22:42 / Wen (Lin Yi-K.) – 29:28 / Wen (Peng, Hsiao) – 32:43 / Chen K. – 34:40 / Chen Chiu. (Hsiao) – 34:40	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2 / 7–2 / 8–2 / 8–3	06:42 – Kanat (Güçlü) / 23:28 – Odabaş (Tokay, Karadağ) / 51:12 – Demir (Şenkaya) (PP)
37 min	Penalties	45 min
50	Shots	24

12 April 2022
13:00

Israel

3–6
(0–2, 2–3, 1–1)

Iceland

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 50




6 min	Penalties	4 min
23	Shots	50

12 April 2022
16:30

Mexico

0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 82


Emmanuel Santiago	Goalies	Chen Tai-Yu Chen Chi-Chen	Referee: Ramon Sterkens
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	00:46 – Wen (Lin Yi-K., Lin Yo.) / 19:18 – Wu (Lin J.) / 39:26 – Wen (Chen Chiu., Wang Yu.) / 49:53 – Lin Yo. (Peng, Wen) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	10 min
16	Shots	26

12 April 2022
20:30

Belgium

5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 461




12 min	Penalties	8 min
42	Shots	19

14 April 2022
13:00

Belgium

9–1
(1–1, 2–0, 6–0)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 112




10 min	Penalties	16 min
38	Shots	25

14 April 2022
16:30

Israel

2–5
(1–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 43


David Verkhovskiy	Goalies	Chen Chi-Chen	Referee: Murat Cücü
Sigalov (Ben Tov) – 03:55 / Sigalov – 54:36	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 2–5	09:27 – Wen (Peng) (PP) / 33:25 – Peng (PP)/ 45:23 – Chen Chiu. / 50:36 – Wen / 59:01 – Lin Yo. (EN)
6 min	Penalties	4 min
23	Shots	20

14 April 2022
20:30

Iceland

4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 482




14 min	Penalties	12 min
44	Shots	18

15 April 2022
13:00

Chinese Taipei

2–4
(0–3, 2–0, 0–1)

Belgium

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 52


Chen Chi-Chen	Goalies	Stijin Raeymaekers	Referee: Murat Cücü
Peng (Lin Yo.) (PP) – 31:05 / Peng (Lin Yo.) (PP) – 32:50	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 2–4	05:32 – Van Montfort (van Reeth) / 11:54 – van Reeth (Gentry (PP) / 15:23 – van Reeth / 53:26 – Flavio Deverchin
12 min	Penalties	14 min
18	Shots	35

15 April 2022
16:30

Mexico

1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Iceland

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 77




8 min	Penalties	8 min
18	Shots	33

15 April 2022
20:30

Turkey

1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Israel

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 725




10 min	Penalties	35 min
21	Shots	36

17 April 2022
13:00

Iceland

2–5
(0–1, 0–1, 2–3)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 75


Helgi Ívarsson	Goalies	Chen Tai-Yu	Referee: Ramon Sterkens
Blöndal (Hlynsson) (PP2) – 48:38 / Blöndal (Jónsson) – 52:44	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 1–5 / 2–5	08:11 – Peng / 25:57 – Lin Yi-K. (Wen) / 40:50 – Lo (Lin Yi-K.) / 41:30 – Lin Yo. (Wen) / 44:00 – Chen P. (Peng) (PP)
38 min	Penalties	18 min
39	Shots	28

17 April 2022
16:30

Belgium

4–2
(0–0, 0–1, 4–1)

Israel

Silivrikapi Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 81


			Referee: Ivan Nedeljković

18 min	Penalties	29 min
16	Shots	31

17 April 2022
20:30

Turkey

2–3 OT
(0–0, 2–0, 0–2)
OT: (0–1)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul
Attendance: 1,025


			Referee: Vladislovas Rudzinskas
	0–0 / 1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3
4 min	Penalties	8 min
19	Shots	27