The 2025 IIHF World Championship Division III consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Divisions III A and III B represented the sixth and the seventh tier of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships.
Kyrgyzstan won Group A and got promoted to Division II, while Luxembourg was relegated. Mexico won Group B and got promoted, while Singapore was relegated to Division IV.
Group A tournament
The Division III Group A tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey from 21 to 27 April 2025.
Participating teams Team QualificationHost, placed 6th in Division II B in 2024 and was relegated.Placed 2nd in Division III A in 2024.Placed 3rd in Division III A in 2024.Placed 4th in Division III A in 2024.Placed 5th in Division III A in 2024.Placed 1st in Division III B in 2024 and was promoted.
Match officials Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Filip Metzinger Nicolaas van Grinsven Ryan Cairns Petter Bakken Martin Boyadjiev Óli Gunnarsson Damir Dairov Jozef Tichý Kang Kyu-seong Taha Kavlakoğlu Gökhan Peker
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+3).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Mamed Seifulov 5 6 3 9 +9 2 F Colm Cannon 5 5 3 8 −2 6 F Mikhail Chuvalov 5 3 4 7 +8 2 F Ferhat Bakal 5 5 1 6 +6 0 F Pavel Barkovskiy 5 5 1 6 +5 4 F Claude Mossong 5 3 3 6 −2 2 F Vladimir Tonkikh 5 3 3 6 +5 9 F Adnan Mlivić 5 1 5 6 +1 0 F Baymyrat Baymyradov 5 4 1 5 +2 0 F Kerven Baylyyev 5 3 2 5 +8 0 F Ersultan Mirbekov 5 3 2 5 +6 29 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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Alexander Petrov 280:00 5 1.07 92 94.57 1 Sava Voronov 296:19 8 1.62 125 93.60 1 Ivan Popov 297:36 16 3.23 195 91.79 0 Keremli Charyyev 300:41 18 3.59 161 88.82 0 Ryan Boyd 269:49 22 4.89 161 86.34 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 Sava Voronov Defenceman Kuzma Terentyev Forward Islambek Abdyraev
Group B tournament
The Division III Group B tournament was played in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico from 27 April to 3 May 2025.
Participating teams Team QualificationHost, placed 6th in Division III A in 2024 and was relegated.Placed 2nd in Division III B in 2024.Placed 3rd in Division III B in 2024.Placed 4th in Division III B in 2024.Placed 5th in Division III B in 2024.Placed 1st in Division IV in 2024 and was promoted.
Match officials Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Alexander Hlavaty Dominic Cadieux Murat Aygün Chazz Knoche Emilio Gómez Óscar Pérez Sem Ramírez Jason van Rooyen Aleix Espino Luis Estirado Revuelta Zachary Carson
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC−5).
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Héctor Majul 5 15 5 20 +12 4 F Batu Gendunov 5 9 11 20 +2 6 D Bryan Tang 5 8 10 18 +19 12 F Lokel Wong 5 6 10 16 +14 4 F Justin Cheng 5 10 4 14 +11 2 F Chinzolboo Mishigsuren 5 7 7 14 +10 4 F Luis Valencia 5 2 12 14 +13 4 F Angel Tapia 5 8 4 12 +9 8 F Pak Yong-jo 5 5 6 11 +8 2 F Bilguun Ankhbayar 5 3 8 11 +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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Enkhkhuslen Enkh-Erdene 158:15 9 3.41 56 83.93 0 Cheung Ching Ho 266:13 16 3.61 93 82.80 0 Alfonso de Alba 180:00 10 3.33 57 82.46 0 Kim Kang-gun 261:13 22 5.05 120 81.67 0 Joshua Lee 300:00 61 12.20 270 77.41 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 Alfonso de Alba Defenceman Batu Batorovich Forward Héctor Majul
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