2023 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division III were two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17 to 23 April and the Group B tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 27 February to 5 March 2023.
Chinese Taipei were promoted after winning Group A, with North Korea relegated after withdrawing before the tournament. Kyrgyzstan won the Group B tournament and got promoted, while Malaysia got relegated.
==Group A tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 3rd in Division III last edition.
 	Placed 4th in Division III last edition.
 	Placed 5th in Division III last edition.
 	Withdrew last edition and withdrew also this edition.
 	Host, placed 1st in Division III B last edition and was promoted.
 	Placed 2nd in Division III B last edition and was promoted.
===Match officials===
Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees	Linesmen
* Andrea Benvegnu
* Ryan Cairns
* Cemal Kaya
* Yahya Al-Jneibi	
* Fraser Ohlson
* Miroslav Lhotský
* Óscar Pérez
* Koep Leermakers
* Edward Howard
* Jason van Rooyen
* Helan Al-Ameri
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2)
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===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Jan Isaksson 	4 	9	2	11 	+4 	4 	F
Lin Hung-ju 	4 	6	5	11 	+7 	0 	F
Ken Kindborn 	4 	1	9	10 	+1 	12 	D
Yang Chang-hsing	4 	5	3	8 	+7 	0 	F
Pavel Barkovskiy	4 	2	5	7 	+1 	2 	F
Shen Yen-lin 	4 	2	5	7 	+6 	4 	D
Chen Kuan-ting 	4 	1	6	7 	+7 	2 	F
Hideki Nagayama 	4 	1	6	7 	+1 	4 	D
Kim Aarola 	4 	0	7	7 	+1 	2 	F
Lin Yo-chen 	4 	2	4	6 	+1 	4 	F
Shen Yen-chin 	4 	2	4	6 	+6 	2 	F
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
Hsiao Po-yu 	168:36	3 	1.07	73 	95.89	0
Benjamin Kleineschay	223:08	17	4.57	141	87.94	0
Rahman Myradov 	233:06	15	3.86	116	87.07	0
Ryan Boyd 	230:46	17	4.42	123	86.18	1
Philippe Lepage 	220:00	26	7.09	156	83.33	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
===Awards===
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Hsiao Po-yu
Defenceman	Ken Kindborn
Forward 	Jan Isaksson
==Group B tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Host, placed 3rd in Division III Q last edition.
 	Placed 1st in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
 	Placed 2nd in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
 	Placed 3rd in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
 	Placed 4th in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
 	Withdrew last edition.
===Match officials===
Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees	Linesmen
* Vitalijus Sevruk
* Park Jae-hyung
* Robert Hallin
* Phillip Ströbel	
* Huang Jen-hung
* Tomislav Grozaj
* Marko Saković
* Jiří Svoboda
* David Perduv
* Lukáš Kacej
* Alejandro García
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+1)
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===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Mamed Seifulov 	5 	18	10	28 	+31	0 	F
Islambek Abdyraev	5 	3 	18	21 	+27	0 	F
Mirza Omer 	5 	11	9 	20 	+13	0 	F
Justin Cheng 	5 	8 	12	20 	+15	2 	F
Alexander Titov 	5 	10	8 	18 	+24	0 	F
Adnan Mlivić 	5 	6 	11	17 	+9 	0 	F
Ryan Chu 	5 	10	6 	16 	+11	2 	F
Ethan Redden 	5 	8 	7 	15 	+5 	10 	F
Joshua Chan 	5 	9 	5 	14 	−1 	2 	F
Ernazar Isamatov 	5 	4 	10	14 	+30	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
Arslan Maraimbekov 	124:24	0 	0.00	13 	100.00	1
Dino Pašović 	278:58	19	4.09	171	88.89 	0
Cheung Ching-ho 	150:42	9 	3.58	78 	88.46 	0
Emerson Keung 	153:58	16	6.24	104	84.62 	0
Joshua Shao Ern Lee	230:57	24	6.24	144	83.33 	1
TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
===Awards===
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Dino Pašović
Defenceman	Ernazar Isamatov
Forward 	Justin Cheng
==References==
==External links==
*Official website of Division IIIA
*Official website of Division IIIB
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