2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consists of two groups of four teams each: the top 2 teams from each division played in the semifinals in a four-team bracket for a chance to play for promotion to Division II B, while the bottom 2 teams in each group played in placement rounds for 5th to 8th place. The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 – 19 January 2020. Iceland won the tournament.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 2000. 
==Participants==
Team	Qualification
 	placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated
 	placed 2nd in Division III last year
 	placed 3rd in Division III last year
 	placed 4th in Division III last year
 	placed 5th in Division III last year
 	placed 6th in Division III last year
 	placed 7th in Division III last year
 	placed 8th in Division III last year
==Match officials==
Six referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
* Anton Gofman
* Patrick Gruber
* Liu Jiaqi
* Levente Szilárd Sikó 
* Sakari Suominen
* Kent Unwin
;Linesmen
* Christoph Barnthaler
* Imre Fehér
* Gao Yinfeng
* Barna Kis-Király
* Artsiom Labzov
* Sæmundur Leifsson
* Stef Oosterling
* Kiril Peychinov
* Graham Rodger
* Vasiliy Vasilev
==Preliminary round==
Division III Venue
Sofia
Winter Sports PalaceCapacity: 4,600
All times are local (UTC+2).
===Group A===
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===Group B===
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==Playoff round==
===5–8th Place Bracket===
===5–8th place semifinals===
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===Seventh place game===
===Fifth place game===
===Finals Bracket===
===Semifinals===
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===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
==Final ranking==
	Promoted to 2021 IIHF U20 Division II B
Rank	Team
 	
 	
 	
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==Statistics==
===Top 10 scorers===
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
1 	Axel Orongan 	 	5 	8	8	16 	+13	2
2 	Gonzalo Hagerman 	 	5 	6	5	11 	+3 	32
3 	Benjamin Dunn 	 	5 	3	7	10 	0 	20
4 	Firat Afsin 	 	5 	4	5	9 	+7 	2
5 	İsmet Gökçen 	 	5 	3	6	9 	+8 	0
6 	Miroslav Vasilev 	 	5 	6	2	8 	+4 	26
7 	Mehmet Turan 	 	5 	3	5	8 	+6 	8
8 	Heidar Kristveigarson	 	5 	4	3	7 	+10	0
8 	Xander Wardlaw 	 	5 	4	3	7 	+5 	2
10 	Sölvi Atlason 	 	5 	4	2	6 	+10	0
10 	Kenshin Hayashi 	 	5 	4	2	6 	+4 	2
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = 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 	Seb Woodlands 	 	274:55	9 	90.32	1.96	1
2 	Jóhann Ragnarsson 	 	280:00	9 	89.02	1.93	0
3 	Ivan Stoyov 	 	226:48	12	88.12	3.17	0
4 	Marcello de Antunano	 	234:06	10	87.50	2.56	1
5 	Finley Forbes 	 	238:57	15	87.18	3.77	0
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
==Awards==
===Best Players Selected by the Directorate===
Award 	Name
Best Goalkeeper	Seb Woodlands
Best Defenceman	Gonzalo Hagerman
Best Forward 	Axel Orongan
Source: IIHF
===Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches===
Country	Name
 	Michael Riley
 	Moussa Abdi
 	Axel Orongan
 	Gonzalo Hagerman
 	Finley Forbes
 	Ryan Boyd
 	Mi Huan-yu
 	Haktan Kabay
Source: IIHF
==References==
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Category:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Bulgaria
Category:2019–20 in Bulgarian ice hockey