# 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III represents the sixth and the lowest tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. The tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 26 January to 2 February 2023. It consisted of one pool of eight teams separated into two preliminary round groups. The winners of this tournament, Australia, were promoted to the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II B.
To be eligible as a junior player in this tournament, a player cannot be born earlier than 2003.

## Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Australia | Placed 3rd in Division III last year. |
| Israel | Placed 4th in Division III last year. |
| Turkey | Hosts; placed 5th in Division III last year. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Placed 6th in Division III last year. |
| Kyrgyzstan | Placed 7th in Division III last year. |
| South Africa | Placed 8th in Division III last year. |
| Bulgaria | Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020. |
| New Zealand | Returned to World Championship for first time since 2020. |

## Match officials

Five referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.

### Referees

* Nicholas Air
* Murat Aygun
* Bostjan Groznik
* Yen-Chin Shen
* Chris van Grinsven

### Linesmen

* Berkay Aslanbey
* Ferhat Dogus Aygun
* Thibo Christiaens
* Yunjie Cui
* John Dow
* Taha Kavlakoglu
* Aron Magyar
* Sem Ramirez
* Kaspars Sirins
* Chun Hang Wong

## First round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 6 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 3 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 | Advance to Quarterfinals |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | +26 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Turkey (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 3 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 30 | −26 | 0 | Advance to Quarterfinals |

## Playoffs

All teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 30 January | 30 January | | | |
| A1 Australia | 28 | | | |
| A1 Australia | 28 | 1 February | 1 February | | |
| B4 South Africa | 0 | 1 February | 1 February | |
| B4 South Africa | 0 | 1 Israel | 6 | |
| 30 January | 30 January | | 1 Israel | 6 | |
| 30 January | 30 January | 5 Turkey | 4 | |
| B1 Israel | 10 | 5 Turkey | 4 | |
| B1 Israel | 10 | | | | 2 February | 2 February |
| A4 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | | | | 2 February | 2 February |
| A4 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | | | | 1 Israel | 1 |
| 30 January | 30 January | | | | | 1 Israel | 1 |
| 30 January | 30 January | | | | 2 Australia | 4 |
| A2 Kyrgyzstan | 1 | | | | 2 Australia | 4 |
| A2 Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1 February | 1 February | | | |
| B3 Turkey | 3 | 1 February | 1 February | | | |
| B3 Turkey | 3 | 2 Australia | 4 | | | |
| 30 January | 30 January | | 2 Australia | 4 | | | |
| 30 January | 30 January | 3 Bulgaria | 1 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| B2 Bulgaria | 6 | 3 Bulgaria | 1 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| B2 Bulgaria | 6 | | | | 2 February | 2 February |
| A3 New Zealand | 2 | | | | 2 February | 2 February |
| A3 New Zealand | 2 | | | | 3 Bulgaria | 8 |
| | | | | | 5 Turkey | 3 |

### Final
## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Australia |
| | Israel |
| | Bulgaria |
| 4 | Turkey |
| 5 | New Zealand |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 8 | South Africa |
* Promoted to the 2024 Division II B
* Relegated to the 2024 Division III B