# 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 10 December 2019.
South Africa won the tournament and were promoted to Division II B.

## Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Romania | Placed 6th in Division II B previous year and were relegated. |
| Belgium | Placed 2nd in Division II B Qualification previous year. |
| South Africa | Placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification previous year. |
| Hong Kong | Placed 4th in Division II B Qualification previous year. |
| Bulgaria | Hosts; placed 5th in Division II B Qualification previous year. |
| Lithuania | First time participating in World Championship. |

## Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.
| Referees | Linesmen |
| Gabrielle Aston Shauna Neary Rita Rygh Laura White | Anastasia Tanasevich Aino Härkönen Lorna Beresford Nina Refset Yulia Lavelina Ines Confidenti Michelle Müller |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | South Africa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 12 | Promoted to the 2022 Division II B |
| 2 | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 9 | |
| 3 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 9 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 8 | |
| 5 | Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 6 | |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Romania 2–4 Belgium

## Match results

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

## Awards and statistics
### Awards

| Award | Player |
| Best Goalkeeper | Emilie Simonsen |
| Best Defenceman | Donne van Doesburgh |
| Best Forward | Klara Miuller |

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Klara Miuller | 5 | 9 | 1 | 10 | +4 | 10 | F |
| Chloe Schuurman | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | +7 | 4 | F |
| Lotte De Guchtenaere | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | F |
| Timea Csiszér | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +8 | 4 | F |
| Veronika Metanova | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | +2 | 4 | F |
| Dalene Rhode | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +5 | 8 | F |
| Ana Voicu | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +6 | 20 | F |
| Femke Bosmans | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 2 | F |
| Tina Lisichkova | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | D |
| Chinouk Van Calster | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +6 | 0 | D |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

### Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Emilie Simonsen | 300:00 | 14 | 2.80 | 192 | 92.71 | 0 |
| Paulina Georgieva | 303:22 | 10 | 1.98 | 102 | 90.20 | 1 |
| Sumi Chau | 213:27 | 10 | 2.81 | 82 | 87.80 | 0 |
| Shaylene Swanepoel | 266:20 | 14 | 3.15 | 87 | 83.91 | 0 |
| Andrea Kurkó | 198:19 | 11 | 3.33 | 58 | 81.03 | 0 |
TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com