# 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consisted of two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III A represents the sixth tier and Division III B the seventh tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team from Group A was relegated to Group B.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2005.

## Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 January to 2 February 2025.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Chinese Taipei | placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated |
| New Zealand | placed 2nd in Division III A last year |
| Bulgaria | 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 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | placed 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | New Zealand | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 8 | +24 | 15 | Promotion to the 2026 Division II B |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 11 | +28 | 12 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 9 | |
| 4 | Turkey (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 6 | |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 54 | −42 | 3 | |
| 6 | Mexico | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 0 | Relegation to the 2026 Division III B |

### Results

All times are local (Turkey Time – UTC+3).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| 1 | Peng Mo | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | +11 | 4 |
| 2 | Aleksandar Stanimirov | Bulgaria | 5 | 11 | 5 | 16 | +7 | 0 |
| 3 | Jacob Carey | New Zealand | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | +10 | 0 |
| 4 | Chen Chiung-Yuan | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | +11 | 2 |
| 5 | Chi Kai-Yuan | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +12 | 2 |
| 5 | Liu Kuan-Ting | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +5 | 2 |
| 7 | Ege Odabaş | Turkey | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | –2 | 0 |
| 8 | Aleksandar Kozhuharov | Bulgaria | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +2 | 0 |
| 8 | Tarik Mrkva | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −2 | 8 |
| 10 | Wang Yi-An | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +11 | 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 | Joel Gerard | New Zealand | 240:00 | 3 | 94.29 | 1.00 | 2 |
| 2 | Nikola Stefanov | Bulgaria | 180:00 | 10 | 88.64 | 3.33 | 0 |
| 3 | Kaloyan Stoyanov | Bulgaria | 120:00 | 7 | 88.14 | 3.50 | 1 |
| 4 | Kao Hao-Hsuan | Chinese Taipei | 185:39 | 6 | 86.67 | 1.94 | 0 |
| 5 | Santiago Cucuraqui | Mexico | 298:34 | 30 | 82.35 | 6.03 | 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: Joel Gerard
* Defenceman: Peng Mo
* Forward: Jacob Carey
Source: IIHF

## Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Bangkok, Thailand, from 11 to 14 December 2024.

### Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Kyrgyzstan | placed 6th in Division III A last year and were relegated |
| Luxembourg | placed 2nd in Division III B last year |
| South Africa | placed 3rd in Division III B last year |
| Thailand (hosts) | first participation in World Championship |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Thailand (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 9 | Promoted to the 2026 Division III A |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 2 | |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 1 | |

### Results

All times are local (Indochina Time – UTC+7).

### Top Players

Best Players Selected by the Directorate :
| Best Goalkeeper | Vijak Niyomvong |
| Best Defender | Natchayatorn Yannakornthanapunt |
| Best Forward | Abdumalik Sapitov |
Source: IIHF
Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches :
| Kyrgyzstan | Sher Shamshybekov |
| Luxembourg | Charlie Springer |
| South Africa | Noam Levin |
| Thailand | Vijak Niyomvong |
Source: IIHF