2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

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.

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 →

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

The Chinese team after winning the tournament

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
	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

1. Tournament statistics

External links

• IIHF.com
• New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation site