2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4 to 10 December 2019.
South Africa won the tournament and were promoted to Division II.
==Participants==
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 6th in Division II B previous year and was relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division II B Q previous year.
 	Placed 3rd in Division II B Q previous year.
 	Placed 4th in Division II B Q previous year.
 	Host, placed 5th in Division II B Q previous year.
 	First time participating in tournament.
==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
==Standings==
source: IIHF
Pos.	Team	GP	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts.	Qualification
1 	 	5 	4	0 	0 	1	16	18	-2 	12 	Promotion to 2021 Division II B
2 	 	5 	3	0 	0 	2	22	13	+9 	9 	
3 	 	5 	2	1 	1 	1	22	15	+7 	9 	
4 	 	5 	2	1 	0 	2	14	10	+4 	8 	
5 	 	5 	2	0 	0 	3	13	14	-1 	6 	
6 	 	5 	0	0 	1 	4	4 	21	-17	1 	
class rules:
1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
==Results==
All times are local (UTC+2).
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===Awards and statistics===
====Awards====
AwardAwards 	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
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
2020
Division III
2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III