2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2015 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	20 – 25 January 2015
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 20 to 25 January 2015.^[1] Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The winners, China, were promoted to the Division II B for the 2016 tournament.

Bulgaria withdrew from the tournament on December 27.

Participants

Team	Qualification
China	finished 6th in 2014 Division II B and were relegated
New Zealand	hosts, finished 2nd in 2014
Mexico	finished 3rd in 2014
Turkey	finished 4th in 2014
South Africa	finished 5th in 2014

Final standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	0	29	3	+26	12
New Zealand	4	2	0	1	1	13	11	+2	7
Mexico	4	1	1	0	2	8	10	−2	5
South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	4	22	−18	3
Turkey	4	1	0	0	3	7	15	−8	3

Promoted to the 2016 Division II B

Results

All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13).

20 January 2015 15:30

Mexico

1–6 (0–0, 0–4, 1–2)

China

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Richard Albrecht	Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi Linesmen: Braden O'Loughlin Casper Russelhuber
	J. Duenas (B. Arjona, J. Cosio) (PP) – 46:18	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 1–4 1–5 1–6	20:26 – Zhang Z. (Zuo T.) 27:03 – Huang P. (Wu H.) 34:17 – Wu H. (Zuo T., Huang P.) (PP) 39:00 – Lu H. (Zuo T., Qian J.) (PP) 46:48 – Liu Q. (Liu Y., Li H.) 51:17 – Zuo T. (Lu H., Zhang Z.) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	34 min
	6	Shots	37

20 January 2015 19:00

South Africa

1–5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Marcello Strydom	Goalies	Liam Henare	Referee: Cory Ross Linesmen: Jake Davis Shinobu Kawai
	D. Compton (M. Reelan) (PP) – 22:26	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5	6:54 – C. Burns (H. Macharg, B. Roth) 11:08 – M. Macharg (B. Roth) 36:22 – B. Roth (J. Orr, T. Carson-Pratt) 41:32 – J. Orr (J. Hurring, B. Roth) (PP) 51:31 – T. Kennedy (J. Hurring, F. Ellis)
	8 min	Penalties	26 min
	21	Shots	30

21 January 2015 19:00

Turkey

1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

South Africa

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Muhammed Karagul	Goalies	Marcello Strydom	Referee: Wlodzimierz Marczuk Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Park Jae Hyung
	D. Bingol (B. Akay) (SH) – 19:39	0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3	1:25 – K. Thornton (D. Fisher) (PP) 39:54 – B. Husselman 53:36 – K. Thornton (W. Krotz, D. Compton)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	22

22 January 2015 15:30

China

6–1 (1–1, 1–0, 4–0)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies	Muhammed Karagul	Referee: Cory Ross Linesmen: Jake Davis Braden O'Loughlin
	Li H. (Yue X.) – 9:56 Liu Y. (Li H., Zhu Z.) - 23:18 Liu Q. (Liu Y.) – 41:28 Liu Y. (Zhu Z.) (SH) - 44:59 Liu Y – 45:38 Liu Q. (Li H.) (PP) – 58:26	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1	19:27 – B. Ustun (F. Faner) (PP)
	41 min	Penalties	24 min
	41	Shots	10

22 January 2015 19:00

New Zealand

2–3 SO (0–0, 2–2, 0–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–2)

Mexico

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Liam Henare	Goalies	Jaime Perez	Referee: Wlodzimierz Marczuk Linesmen: Park Jae Hyung Casper Russelhuber
	L. Frear (J. Hurring) (PP2) – 22:47 J. Orr (B. Roth) – 34:39 F. Ellis C. Burns H. Macharg F. Ellis	0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 Shootout:	22:47 – M. Navarro (F. Alva) 28:48 – G. Martinez (J. Duenas) B. Arjona G. Martinez N. Dunn J. Perez
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	35	Shots	23

23 January 2015 19:00

South Africa

0–13 (0–5, 0–2, 0–6)

China

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Aslam Khan Marcello Strydom	Goalies	Han Wang	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Park Jae Hyung
		0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8 0–9 0–10 0–11 0–12 0–13	00:45 – Li H. 06:30 – Zhang Z. (Zuo T., Wu J.) 12:19 – Liu Q. (Li H.) 14:21 – Liu Q. 16:38 – Li H. (Zhu Z.) 23:47 – Zhang P. (SH) 34:05 – Li H. (Wu J.) 43:59 – Liu Q. (Liang W.) 45:02 – Wu H. (Zhang P.) 50:07 – Zhu Z. (Liang W.) (PP) 53:55 – Yu M. (Qian J.) (PP) 55:25 – Zhang P. (Liang W.) 57:10 – Huang P.
	12 min	Penalties	73 min
	13	Shots	53

24 January 2015 15:30

Mexico

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

South Africa

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Jaime Perez	Goalies	Marcello Strydom	Referee: Cory Ross Linesmen: Shinobu Kawai Braden O'Loughlin
	G. Martinez (M. Navarro, A. Garcia) (PP) – 16:36 J. Duenas (D. Barron) (ENG) – 59:14 A. Bolanos (G. Martinez) – 59:59	1–0 2–0 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	19

24 January 2015 19:00

New Zealand

5–3 (2–1, 0–2, 3–0)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Hunter Waugh Liam Henare	Goalies	Muhammed Karagul	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi Linesmen: Jake Davis Casper Russelhuber
	F. Ellis (H. MacHarg) (PP) – 02:46 L. Frear (J. Hurring) (PP) – 12:12 C. Burns (H. MacHarg) – 41:34 B. Roth (F. Ellis) (PP) – 46:06 T. Kennedy – 47:14	1–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–3 4–3 5–3	17:13 – H. Secer (S. Kavaz, S. Takar) (PP) 27:39 – E. Savas 33:55 – S. Takar (O. Kars)
	16 min	Penalties	30 min
	43	Shots	28

25 January 2015 15:30

Turkey

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Berk Akin	Goalies	Richard Albrecht	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi Linesmen: Ryan Cairns Park Jae Hyung
	F. Faner (B. Akay, O. Uzunali) (PP) – 10:45 F. Faner (A. Hars) – 34:50	1–0 2–0 2–1	55:07 – A. Garcia (G. Martinez) (EA)
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	28	Shots	35

25 January 2015 19:00

China

4–1 (1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Wang Han	Goalies	Liam Henare	Referee: Wlodzimierz Marczuk Linesmen: Jake Davis Shinobu Kawai
	Lu H. (Zhang Z., Zuo T.) – 03:20 Zhang Z. (Zuo T.) – 20:17 Liu Q. (Zhu Z.) – 30:04 Liu Q. (Zhu Z.) (PP) – 44:27	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1	26:32 – F. Ellis (M. Kennedy, M. Macharg) (PP)
	74 min	Penalties	33 min
	40	Shots	37

References

1. Tournament statistics

External links

• IIHF.com
• New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation site