# 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It consisted of two tiered groups: the sixth-tier Division III A and the seventh-tier Division III B. For each tier's tournament, the team which places first will be promoted to the next higher division, while the team which places last in Group A will be relegated to Group B.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2004.

## Division III A

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 22 to 28 January 2024.

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| Mexico | placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated |
| Israel | placed 2nd in Division III last year |
| Bulgaria | hosts; placed 3rd in Division III last year |
| Turkey | placed 4th in Division III last year |
| New Zealand | placed 5th in Division III last year |
| Kyrgyzstan | placed 6th in Division III last year |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Israel | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 14 | +27 | 15 | Promoted to the 2025 Division II B |
| 2 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 11 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 10 | |
| 4 | Turkey | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Mexico | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 3 | |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 46 | −37 | 0 | Relegated to the 2025 Division III B |

### Results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| 1 | Mike Levin | Israel | 4 | 9 | 8 | 17 | +11 | 6 |
| 2 | Ivan Dalmatau | New Zealand | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | +7 | 2 |
| 3 | Yann Raskin | Israel | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +10 | 4 |
| 4 | Jackson Fontaine | New Zealand | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | +8 | 6 |
| 5 | Nikita Zitserman | Israel | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | +13 | 0 |
| 6 | Aleksandar Stanimirov | Bulgaria | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +3 | 2 |
| 7 | Caleb Chamberlin | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +7 | 2 |
| 8 | Jacob Carey | New Zealand | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +6 | 0 |
| 9 | Luc Taillon | New Zealand | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +7 | 0 |
| 10 | Youval Turner | Israel | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +7 | 0 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF

#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Andrea Karabadjakov | Bulgaria | 240:00 | 15 | 90.91 | 3.75 | 0 |
| 2 | Santiago Cucuraqui | Mexico | 292:59 | 19 | 89.44 | 3.89 | 0 |
| 3 | Furkan Duran | Turkey | 300:00 | 19 | 88.76 | 3.80 | 0 |
| 4 | Alon Shipinel | Israel | 180:00 | 8 | 87.88 | 2.67 | 0 |
| 5 | David Verkhovski | Israel | 120:00 | 6 | 85.71 | 3.00 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Andrea Karabadjakov
* Defenceman: Luke Simon
* Forward: Mike Levin
Source: IIHF

## Division III B

The Division III Group B tournament was played in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 25 to 30 January 2024.

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | hosts; placed 7th in Division III last year |
| South Africa | placed 8th in Division III last year |
| Luxembourg | first participation since 2003 |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 11 | Promoted to the 2025 Division III A |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 7 | |
| 3 | South Africa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 43 | −33 | 0 | |

### Results

All times are local (Central European Time – UTC+1).