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

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
	0–1 20:26 – Zhang Z. (Zuo T.) 0–2 27:03 – Huang P. (Wu H.) 0–3 34:17 – Wu H. (Zuo T., Huang P.) (PP) 0–4 39:00 – Lu H. (Zuo T., Qian J.) (PP) J. Duenas (B. Arjona, J. Cosio) (PP) – 46:18 1–4 1–5 46:48 – Liu Q. (Liu Y., Li H.) 1–6 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
	0–1 6:54 – C. Burns (H. Macharg, B. Roth) 0–2 11:08 – M. Macharg (B. Roth) D. Compton (M. Reelan) (PP) – 22:26 1–2 1–3 36:22 – B. Roth (J. Orr, T. Carson-Pratt) 1–4 41:32 – J. Orr (J. Hurring, B. Roth) (PP) 1–5 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
	0–1 1:25 – K. Thornton (D. Fisher) (PP) D. Bingol (B. Akay) (SH) – 19:39 1–1 1–2 39:54 – B. Husselman 1–3 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 1–0 1–1 19:27 – B. Ustun (F. Faner) (PP) Liu Y. (Li H., Zhu Z.) - 23:18 2–1 Liu Q. (Liu Y.) – 41:28 3–1 Liu Y. (Zhu Z.) (SH) - 44:59 4–1 Liu Y – 45:38 5–1 Liu Q. (Li H.) (PP) – 58:26 6–1
	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
	0–1 22:47 – M. Navarro (F. Alva) L. Frear (J. Hurring) (PP2) – 22:47 1–1 1–2 28:48 – G. Martinez (J. Duenas) J. Orr (B. Roth) – 34:39 2–2
	F. Ellis C. Burns H. Macharg F. Ellis	Shootout	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 00:45 – Li H. 0–2 06:30 – Zhang Z. (Zuo T., Wu J.) 0–3 12:19 – Liu Q. (Li H.) 0–4 14:21 – Liu Q. 0–5 16:38 – Li H. (Zhu Z.) 0–6 23:47 – Zhang P. (SH) 0–7 34:05 – Li H. (Wu J.) 0–8 43:59 – Liu Q. (Liang W.) 0–9 45:02 – Wu H. (Zhang P.) 0–10 50:07 – Zhu Z. (Liang W.) (PP) 0–11 53:55 – Yu M. (Qian J.) (PP) 0–12 55:25 – Zhang P. (Liang W.) 0–13 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 1–0 J. Duenas (D. Barron) (ENG) – 59:14 2–0 A. Bolanos (G. Martinez) – 59:59 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 1–0 L. Frear (J. Hurring) (PP) – 12:12 2–0 2–1 17:13 – H. Secer (S. Kavaz, S. Takar) (PP) 2–2 27:39 – E. Savas 2–3 33:55 – S. Takar (O. Kars) C. Burns (H. MacHarg) – 41:34 3–3 B. Roth (F. Ellis) (PP) – 46:06 4–3 T. Kennedy – 47:14 5–3
	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 1–0 F. Faner (A. Hars) – 34:50 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 1–0 Zhang Z. (Zuo T.) – 20:17 2–0 2–1 26:32 – F. Ellis (M. Kennedy, M. Macharg) (PP) Liu Q. (Zhu Z.) – 30:04 3–1 Liu Q. (Zhu Z.) (PP) – 44:27 4–1
	74 min	Penalties	33 min
	40	Shots	37

References

External links

• IIHF.com
• New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation site

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