# 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Reykjavík, Iceland, from 14 to 20 January 2019. Eight teams participated in the competition; they were drawn into two preliminary round groups of four. China won the tournament and were promoted to Division II B for 2020.
To be eligible as a junior, a player cannot be born earlier than 1999.
Bulgarian forward Miroslav Vasilev became the all-time leading scorer in Division III play with 42 points.

## Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Turkey | placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated |
| China | placed 2nd in Division III last year |
| Bulgaria | placed 3rd in Division III last year |
| Iceland | hosts; placed 4th in Division III last year |
| Australia | placed 5th in Division III last year |
| New Zealand | placed 6th in Division III last year |
| South Africa | placed 1st in Division III Qualification last year |
| Chinese Taipei | placed 2nd in Division III Qualification last year |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (Western European Time – UTC±0).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Iceland (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 5 | 5th–8th place playoffs |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | 5th–8th place playoffs |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | +29 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 3 | 5th–8th place playoffs |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 | 5th–8th place playoffs |

## 5th–8th place playoffs
### Bracket

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| 3A | Iceland | 11 | | | |
| 4B | New Zealand | 1 | | | |
| 4B | New Zealand | 1 | 3A | Iceland | 5 |
| | | | 4A | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| 3B | South Africa | 1 | 4A | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
| 4A | Chinese Taipei | 7 | 7th place game | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | | 3B | South Africa | 5 |
| | | | 4B | New Zealand | 3 |

### Fifth place game
## Championship playoffs
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1A | Australia | 7 | | | |
| 2B | Bulgaria | 4 | | | |
| 2B | Bulgaria | 4 | 1A | Australia | 1 |
| | | | 1B | China | 5 |
| 1B | China | 12 | 1B | China | 5 |
| 2A | Turkey | 1 | 3rd place game | 3rd place game | 3rd place game |
| | | | 2B | Bulgaria | 0 |
| | | | 2A | Turkey | 6 |

### Gold medal game
## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | China |
| | Australia |
| | Turkey |
| 4 | Bulgaria |
| 5 | Iceland |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei |
| 7 | South Africa |
| 8 | New Zealand |
* Promoted to the 2020 Division II B

## Statistics
### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 1 | Yan Juncheng | China | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | +19 | 0 |
| 2 | Huang Qianyi | China | 5 | 11 | 8 | 19 | +17 | 32 |
| 3 | Wang Jing | China | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | +16 | 0 |
| 4 | Zhang Dehan | China | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | +19 | 0 |
| 5 | Guo Jianing | China | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | +15 | 2 |
| 6 | Axel Orongan | Iceland | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +6 | 14 |
| 7 | Heidar Kristveigarson | Iceland | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 | +6 | 0 |
| 8 | Miroslav Vasilev | Bulgaria | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +4 | 38 |
| 9 | Jeremy Vasquez | Australia | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +3 | 4 |
| 10 | Fatih Taygar | Turkey | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +1 | 2 |
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 | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Wu Siming | China | 240:00 | 4 | 93.94 | 1.00 | 0 |
| 2 | Huang Sheng-Chun | Chinese Taipei | 283:23 | 16 | 93.73 | 3.39 | 0 |
| 3 | Maksymilian Mojzyszek | Iceland | 179:00 | 7 | 89.86 | 2.34 | 1 |
| 4 | Ivan Stoynov | Bulgaria | 283:32 | 17 | 89.76 | 3.60 | 0 |
| 5 | Burak Gümüşlü | Turkey | 300:00 | 20 | 88.30 | 4.00 | 1 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

### Awards
#### Best Players Selected by the Directorate

* Goaltender: Hung Sheng-Chun
* Defenceman: Zhang Dehan
* Forward: Heidar Kristveigarson