2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

The 2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 16 to 22 January 2017.Tournament statistics Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The winners – Turkey – were promoted to Division II B for the 2018 tournament. Chinese Taipei returned after a five-year absence. With an increase of teams for 2018, the two bottom-place teams, South Africa and Chinese Taipei, were afterwards moved to a Division III Qualification tournament.
==Participants==
Team	Qualification
 	finished 6th in 2016 Division II B and were relegated
 	finished 2nd in 2016
 	finished 3rd in 2016
 	finished 4th in 2016
 	finished 5th in 2016
 	finished 6th in 2016
 	finished 7th in 2016
 	last participated in 2011
== Results ==
=== Preliminary round ===
====Format====
The two best ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the semi-finals, while two last placed teams from both groups play for final placement.
All times are local. (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)
====Group A====
====Group B====
===Playoff round===
==== Semifinals ====
====7th place game====
====5th place game====
====Bronze medal game====
====Final====
===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
1 	Rudi Ying 	 	5 	9	10	19 	+14	0
2 	Li Ou 	 	5 	6	4 	10 	+10	2
3 	Hakan Salt 	 	5 	7	2 	9 	+9 	0
4 	Deng Zemin 	 	5 	4	5 	9 	+12	4
4 	Ariel Kapulkin 	 	5 	4	5 	9 	+8 	4
6 	Taylor Rooney 	 	5 	5	2 	7 	−1 	2
7 	Huang Qianyi 	 	5 	4	3 	7 	+2 	8
7 	Tom Ignatovich 	 	5 	4	3 	7 	+8 	4
7 	Miroslav Vasilev 	 	5 	4	3 	7 	0 	14
10 	Hafthor Sigrunarson	 	5 	3	4 	7 	+6 	20
====Goaltending leaders====
thumb|right|Yusuf Kars of Turkey was named the best defenceman
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Pos	Player 	Country	MINS 	GA	Sv% 	GAA 	SO
1 	Arnar Hjaltested 	 	120:00	2 	94.74	1.00	1
2 	Raz Werner 	 	279:51	11	92.76	2.36	1
3 	Tolga Bozaci 	 	240:00	8 	91.75	2.00	0
4 	Maksymillian Mojzyszek	 	179:00	7 	91.25	2.35	1
5 	Huang Sheng-chun 	 	206:14	13	90.08	3.78	0
===Awards===
====Best players selected by the directorate====
* Goaltender: Raz Werner
* Defenceman: Yusuf Kars
* Forward: Rudi Ying
==Final ranking==
	Promoted to 2018 IIHF U20 Division II B
Rank 	Team
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==References==
==External links==
*IIHF.com
*Official site
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