# 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It 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-placed teams, South Africa and Chinese Taipei, were afterwards moved to a Division III Qualification tournament.

## Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| China | placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated |
| Bulgaria | placed 2nd in Division III last year |
| New Zealand | hosts; placed 3rd in Division III last year |
| Israel | placed 4th in Division III last year |
| Iceland | placed 5th in Division III last year |
| Turkey | placed 6th in Division III last year |
| South Africa | placed 7th in Division III last year |
| Chinese Taipei | last participated in 2011 |

## Preliminary round
### Format

The best two ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the semi-finals, while the bottom two teams from both groups advance to the 5th–8th place playoffs.
All times are local. (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Iceland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | 5th–8th place playoffs |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 | 5th–8th place playoffs |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Turkey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 3 | 5th–8th place playoffs |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 | 5th–8th place playoffs |

## 5th–8th place playoffs
### Bracket

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| A3 | Israel | 9 | | | |
| B4 | South Africa | 0 | | | |
| B4 | South Africa | 0 | A3 | Israel | 3 |
| | | | B3 | Bulgaria | 2 |
| B3 | Bulgaria | 6 | B3 | Bulgaria | 2 |
| A4 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 7th place match | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | | B4 | South Africa | 1 |
| | | | A4 | Chinese Taipei | 7 |

### 5th place game
## Championship playoffs
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| B1 | Turkey | 3 | | | |
| A2 | Iceland | 2 | | | |
| A2 | Iceland | 2 | B1 | Turkey | 2 |
| | | | A1 | China | 1 |
| A1 | China | 11 | A1 | China | 1 |
| B2 | New Zealand | 2 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | | A2 | Iceland | 10 |
| | | | B2 | New Zealand | 0 |

### Final
## Statistics
### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Rudi Ying | China | 5 | 9 | 10 | 19 | +14 | 0 |
| 2 | Li Ou | China | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +10 | 2 |
| 3 | Hakan Salt | Turkey | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +9 | 0 |
| 4 | Deng Zemin | China | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +12 | 4 |
| 4 | Ariel Kapulkin | Israel | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +8 | 4 |
| 6 | Taylor Rooney | New Zealand | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −1 | 2 |
| 7 | Huang Qianyi | China | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +2 | 8 |
| 7 | Tom Ignatovich | Israel | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +8 | 4 |
| 7 | Miroslav Vasilev | Bulgaria | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Hafthor Sigrunarson | Iceland | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +6 | 20 |

### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Arnar Hjaltested | Iceland | 120:00 | 2 | 94.74 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 2 | Raz Werner | Israel | 279:51 | 11 | 92.76 | 2.36 | 1 |
| 3 | Tolga Bozaci | Turkey | 240:00 | 8 | 91.75 | 2.00 | 0 |
| 4 | Maksymillian Mojzyszek | Iceland | 179:00 | 7 | 91.25 | 2.35 | 1 |
| 5 | Huang Sheng-chun | Chinese Taipei | 206:14 | 13 | 90.08 | 3.78 | 0 |

## Awards
### Best players selected by the directorate

* Goaltender: Raz Werner
* Defenceman: Yusuf Kars
* Forward: Rudi Ying

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Result |
| 1 | Turkey | Promoted to the 2018 Division II B |
| 2 | China |
| 3 | Iceland |
| 4 | New Zealand |
| 5 | Israel |
| 6 | Bulgaria |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | Relegated to the 2018 Division III Qualification |
| 8 | South Africa | Relegated to the 2018 Division III Qualification |