The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consisted of two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division III A represents the sixth tier and Division III B the seventh tier of the IIHF World Junior Championship. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team was promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team from Group A was relegated to Group B.
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player couldn't be born earlier than 2005.
Division III A
The Division III A tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 January to 2 February 2025.Division III A official website, www.iihf.comDivision III A statistics, stats.iihf.com
Participating teams TeamQualification placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division III A last yearplaced 3rd in Division III A last year (hosts)placed 4th in Division III A last yearplaced 5th in Division III A last yearplaced 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted
Standings
Results All times are local (Turkey Time – UTC+3).
Statistics Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/–PIM 1 Peng Mo 5 6 13 19 +11 4 2 Aleksandar Stanimirov 5 11 5 16 +7 0 3 Jacob Carey 5 6 9 15 +10 0 4 Chen Chiung-Yuan 5 7 5 12 +11 2 5 Chi Kai-Yuan 5 7 3 10 +12 2 5 Liu Kuan-Ting 5 7 3 10 +5 2 7 Ege Odabaş 5 4 6 10 –2 0 8 Aleksandar Kozhuharov 5 5 4 9 +2 0 8 Tarik Mrkva 5 5 4 9 −2 8 10 Wang Yi-An 5 1 8 9 +11 0 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IIHF
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Joel Gerard 240:00 3 94.29 1.00 2 2 Nikola Stefanov 180:00 10 88.64 3.33 0 3 Kaloyan Stoyanov 120:00 7 88.14 3.50 1 4 Kao Hao-Hsuan 185:39 6 86.67 1.94 0 5 Santiago Cucuraqui 298:34 30 82.35 6.03 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF
Best Players Selected by the Directorate Goaltender: Joel Gerard Defenceman: Peng Mo Forward: Jacob Carey
Source: IIHF
Division III B
The Division III B tournament was played in Bangkok, Thailand, from 11 to 14 December 2024.Division III B official website, www.iihf.comDivision III B statistics, stats.iihf.com
Participating teams TeamQualification placed 6th in Division III A last year and were relegatedplaced 2nd in Division III B last yearplaced 3rd in Division III B last year (hosts)first participation in World Championship
Standings
Results All times are local (Indochina Time – UTC+7).
Top Players Best Players Selected by the Directorate Best Goalkeeper Vijak Niyomvong Best Defender Natchayatorn Yannakornthanapunt Best Forward Abdumalik Sapitov Source: IIHF Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches Sher Shamshybekov Charlie Springer Noam Levin Vijak Niyomvong Source: IIHF
References
External links Official website of IIHF