# 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2022 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 would have been held in Querétaro, Mexico, from 6 to 16 January 2022, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later it was rescheduled and was played from 22 to 30 July 2022.
Bulgaria withdrew from the July tournament and was replaced by Australia, which originally opted out of the January tournament.
To be eligible as a junior player in this tournament, a player cannot be born earlier than 2002.

## Participating teams

| Team | Qualification |
| Israel | placed 6th in 2020 Division II B and were relegated |
| Australia | placed 2nd in 2020 Division III |
| Turkey | placed 3rd in 2020 Division III |
| Mexico | hosts; placed 4th in 2020 Division III |
| Chinese Taipei | placed 7th in 2020 Division III |
| South Africa | placed 8th in 2020 Division III |
| Kyrgyzstan | first participation in World Championship |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | first participation in World Championship |

## First round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 5 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
* 1 2 3 Chinese Taipei 5 Pts, Israel 2 Pts, Mexico 2 Pts, Israel 3–2 Mexico

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 | 9 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 2 | Advance to Quarterfinals |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 1 | Advance to Quarterfinals |

## Playoffs

All teams enter the Quarterfinals; Semifinals are to be re-seeded.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 27 July | 27 July | | | |
| A1 Chinese Taipei | 7 | | | |
| A1 Chinese Taipei | 7 | 29 July | 29 July | | |
| B4 South Africa | 2 | 29 July | 29 July | |
| B4 South Africa | 2 | 2 Chinese Taipei (OT) | 6 | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | 2 Chinese Taipei (OT) | 6 | |
| 27 July | 27 July | 4 Israel | 5 | |
| B1 Australia | 5 | 4 Israel | 5 | |
| B1 Australia | 5 | | | | 30 July | 30 July |
| A4 Kyrgyzstan | 1 | | | | 30 July | 30 July |
| A4 Kyrgyzstan | 1 | | | | 2 Chinese Taipei (OT) | 5 |
| 27 July | 27 July | | | | | 2 Chinese Taipei (OT) | 5 |
| 27 July | 27 July | | | | 5 Mexico | 4 |
| A2 Israel | 7 | | | | 5 Mexico | 4 |
| A2 Israel | 7 | 29 July | 29 July | | | |
| B3 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 29 July | 29 July | | | |
| B3 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1 Australia | 2 | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | 1 Australia | 2 | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | 5 Mexico | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| B2 Turkey | 2 | 5 Mexico | 3 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| B2 Turkey | 2 | | | | 30 July | 30 July |
| A3 Mexico | 5 | | | | 30 July | 30 July |
| A3 Mexico | 5 | | | | 1 Australia | 1 |
| | | | | | 4 Israel | 0 |

### Final
## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Chinese Taipei |
| | Mexico |
| | Australia |
| 4 | Israel |
| 5 | Turkey |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 8 | South Africa |
* Promoted to the 2023 Division II B