2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III A

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–17 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	96 (6.4 per game)
Attendance	3,942 (263 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Wen Pei-An (13 points)

The Division III A tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey, from 11 to 17 April 2022.^[1][2]

Team	Qualification
Belgium	Placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
Israel	Placed 2nd in Division III A last year.
Iceland	Placed 3rd in Division III A last year.
Turkey	Hosts, placed 4th in Division III A last year.
Mexico	Placed 5th in Division III A last year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 1st in Division III B last year and were promoted.

Three referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Chinese Taipei	5	4	0	0	1	24	11	+13	12[a]	Promoted to the 2023 Division II B
2	Belgium	5	4	0	0	1	23	8	+15	12[a]
3	Iceland	5	4	0	0	1	18	12	+6	12[a]
4	Israel	5	2	0	0	3	15	19	−4	6
5	Mexico	5	0	1	0	4	8	22	−14	2
6	Turkey (H)	5	0	0	1	4	8	24	−16	1

All times are local (UTC+3).

11 April 2022 13:00

Israel

4–3 (0–2, 4–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 50

11 April 2022 16:30

Iceland

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Belgium

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 101

11 April 2022 20:30

Chinese Taipei

8–3 (3–1, 4–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 526

Game reference
	Chen Tai-Yu	Goalies	Abdulsamet Karasungur Furkan Duran	Referee: Ivan Nedeljković Linesmen: Jeroen Klijberg Marko Šaković
	Wen (Lin Yi-K.) (PP) – 04:29 1–0 1–1 06:42 – Kanat (Güçlü) Peng (Wen) – 09:50 2–1 Lin Yi-K. (Wen, Lin Yo.) – 14:49 3–1 Lin Yi-K. (Wen, Lin Yo.) (PP) – 22:42 4–1 4–2 23:28 – Odabaş (Tokay, Karadağ) Wen (Lin Yi-K.) – 29:28 5–2 Wen (Peng, Hsiao) – 32:43 6–2 Chen K. – 34:40 7–2 Chen Chiu. (Hsiao) – 34:40 8–2 8–3 51:12 – Demir (Şenkaya) (PP)
	37 min	Penalties	45 min
	50	Shots	24

12 April 2022 13:00

Israel

3–6 (0–2, 2–3, 1–1)

Iceland

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 50

12 April 2022 16:30

Mexico

0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 82

Game reference
	Emmanuel Santiago	Goalies	Chen Tai-Yu Chen Chi-Chen	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Taha Kavlakoğlu Marko Šaković
	0–1 00:46 – Wen (Lin Yi-K., Lin Yo.) 0–2 19:18 – Wu (Lin J.) 0–3 39:26 – Wen (Chen Chiu., Wang Yu.) 0–4 49:53 – Lin Yo. (Peng, Wen) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	26

12 April 2022 20:30

Belgium

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 461

14 April 2022 13:00

Belgium

9–1 (1–1, 2–0, 6–0)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 112

14 April 2022 16:30

Israel

2–5 (1–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 43

Game reference
	David Verkhovskiy	Goalies	Chen Chi-Chen	Referee: Murat Cücü Linesmen: Yusuf Ceylan Marko Šaković
	Sigalov (Ben Tov) – 03:55 1–0 1–1 09:27 – Wen (Peng) (PP) 1–2 33:25 – Peng (PP) 1–3 45:23 – Chen Chiu. 1–4 50:36 – Wen Sigalov – 54:36 2–4 2–5 59:01 – Lin Yo. (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	20

14 April 2022 20:30

Iceland

4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 482

15 April 2022 13:00

Chinese Taipei

2–4 (0–3, 2–0, 0–1)

Belgium

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 52

Game reference
	Chen Chi-Chen	Goalies	Stijin Raeymaekers	Referee: Murat Cücü Linesmen: Stanislav Muhachev Ahmet Özden
	0–1 05:32 – Van Montfort (van Reeth) 0–2 11:54 – van Reeth (Gentry (PP) 0–3 15:23 – van Reeth Peng (Lin Yo.) (PP) – 31:05 1–3 Peng (Lin Yo.) (PP) – 32:50 2–3 2–4 53:26 – Flavio Deverchin
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	35

15 April 2022 16:30

Mexico

1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Iceland

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 77

15 April 2022 20:30

Turkey

1–4 (0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Israel

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 725

17 April 2022 13:00

Iceland

2–5 (0–1, 0–1, 2–3)

Chinese Taipei

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Helgi Ívarsson	Goalies	Chen Tai-Yu	Referee: Ramon Sterkens Linesmen: Taha Kavlakoğlu Jeroen Klijberg
	0–1 08:11 – Peng 0–2 25:57 – Lin Yi-K. (Wen) 0–3 40:50 – Lo (Lin Yi-K.) 0–4 41:30 – Lin Yo. (Wen) 0–5 44:00 – Chen P. (Peng) (PP) Blöndal (Hlynsson) (PP2) – 48:38 1–5 Blöndal (Jónsson) – 52:44 2–5
	38 min	Penalties	18 min
	39	Shots	28

17 April 2022 16:30

Belgium

4–2 (0–0, 0–1, 4–1)

Israel

Silivrikapi Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 81

Game reference
				Referee: Ivan Nedeljković Linesmen: Yusuf Ceylan Ahmet Özden
	18 min	Penalties	29 min
	16	Shots	31

17 April 2022 20:30

Turkey

2–3 OT (0–0, 2–0, 0–2) OT: (0–1)

Mexico

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 1,025

Game reference
				Referee: Vladislovas Rudzinskas Linesmen: Alejandro García Marko Šaković
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	27

2022 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III B

Tournament details
Host country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–22 April
Teams	3
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	78 (13 per game)
Attendance	2,625 (438 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Nikko Gaković (20 points)

The Division III B tournament was played in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 17 to 22 April 2022.^[4][5]

Team	Qualification
New Zealand	Placed 6th in Division III A last year and were relegated.
Hong Kong	Placed 2nd in Division III B last year.
South Africa	Placed 3rd in Division III B last year.
Luxembourg	Placed 4th in Division III B last year.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hosts, first time participating since 2005.

Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	4	4	0	0	0	37	15	+22	12	Promoted to the 2023 Division III A
2	Luxembourg	4	1	0	0	3	20	36	−16	3
3	South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	21	27	−6	3
–	New Zealand[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn
–	Hong Kong[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

17 April 2022 18:00

South Africa

4–8 (1–2, 1–4, 2–2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 855

Game reference
	Ivan Muller	Goalies	Karim Ahmetovski	Referee: Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Chris van Grinsven
	0–1 05:52 – Gaković (Mrkva) (PP) Beek (Levi) – 08:23 1–1 1–2 15:28 – Pleho (Mrkva) 1–3 20:08 – Gaković (Mrkva) 1–4 26:50 – Drnda (Vranešić) 1–5 27:26 – Vulović (Pleho) Levi (Beek, Mlangeni) – 31:21 2–5 2–6 39:07 – Mrkva (Pleho) 2–7 43:23 – Mrkva Levi – 44:22 3–7 3–8 50:38 – Mrkva (Gaković) Levi (Sauer) – 55:57 4–8
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	38

18 April 2022 18:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

11–4 (5–1, 3–2, 3–1)

Luxembourg

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 565

Game reference
	Karim Ahmetovski	Goalies	Finn Molitor	Referee: Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Lukáš Rampír
	Memić (Gaković) (PP) – 05:14 1–0 Gaković (Drnda) (PP) – 06:13 2–0 2–1 08:03 – Nunes (Braun) (PP) Pleho (Vranešić) (SH) – 12:23 3–1 Mrkva (Smajlović) – 15:30 4–1 Gaković (Mrkva, Drnda) (PP) – 18:14 5–1 Drnda (Memić, Mušović) – 21:23 6–1 6–2 26:46 – Springer (Braun) 6–3 33:09 – Potucek (Konsbruck, Vincens) Gaković (Dizdarević) – 33:23 7–3 Drnda (Vulović, Mušović) – 34:57 8–3 Mrkva (Memić) (PP) – 40:25 9–3 Pleho (Gaković) – 43:12 10–3 10–4 51:18 – Springer (Konsbruck, Schonckert) Mrkva (Gaković, Vulović) (PP) – 55:41 11–4
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	26

19 April 2022 18:00

South Africa

7–4 (3–3, 3–0, 1–1)

Luxembourg

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 125

Game reference
	Ruan van der Merwe	Goalies	Aubéri Lorang	Referee: Omar Piniè Linesmen: Lukáš Rampír Chris van Grinsven
	Levi (Geyer) – 07:14 1–0 Ras (T. van der Merwe) – 09:06 2–0 2–1 10:18 – Ferretti (Mykkanen) (PP) 2–2 13:52 – Mykkanen (Braun) (PP) 2–3 18:21 – Ferretti (Vincens) (SH) Levi (Beek, Baker) (PP) – 19:01 3–3 Beek – 20:58 4–3 Booi (Baker) – 24:43 5–3 Mlangeni (Taylor) (PP) – 39:25 6–3 6–4 56:31 – Weyders (Nunes, Springer) (PP) Levi (ENG) – 58:59 7–4
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	35

20 April 2022 18:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

6–4 (5–0, 1–2, 0–2)

South Africa

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 600

21 April 2022 18:00

Luxembourg

3–12 (1–2, 0–5, 2–5)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 325

22 April 2022 18:00

Luxembourg

9–6 (2–3, 3–2, 4–1)

South Africa

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 155

Game reference
				Referee: Luděk Pilný Linesmen: Peter Jedlička Lukáš Rampír
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	47	Shots	19