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2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2010 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Turkey
CityIstanbul
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates4–10 January 2010
Teams7
← 2008
2009 (cancelled)
2011 →

The 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, the fourth level of the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 4 to 10 January 2010.[1] The top two teams in the tournament were promoted to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Iceland Placed 6th in 2008 Division II (Group A) and were relegated.
 New Zealand Placed 1st in 2008 Division III.
 Australia Placed 4th in 2008 Division III.
 Turkey Hosts; placed 6th in 2008 Division III.
 Bulgaria Placed 7th in 2008 Division III.
 North Korea Last participated in 1993.
 Chinese Taipei First participation in World Championship.

Preliminary round

The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the remaining teams played for fifth to seventh place.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 2 2 0 0 0 16 2 +14 6 Semifinals
2  New Zealand 2 1 0 0 1 6 6 0 3
3  Bulgaria 2 0 0 0 2 2 16 −14 0 5th–7th place playoffs
Source: IIHF
4 January 2010
13:00
Australia 11–1
(4–1, 2–0, 5–0)
 BulgariaIstanbul Arena
Game reference
6 January 2010
13:00
Bulgaria 1–5
(0–2, 0–0, 1–3)
 New ZealandIstanbul Arena
Game reference
7 January 2010
13:00
New Zealand 1–5
(0–1, 0–4, 1–0)
 AustraliaIstanbul Arena
Game reference

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iceland 3 3 0 0 0 25 6 +19 9 Semifinals
2  North Korea 3 2 0 0 1 18 13 +5 6
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 0 2 12 22 −10 3 5th–7th place playoffs
4  Turkey (H) 3 0 0 0 3 9 23 −14 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
4 January 2010
16:30
Iceland 11–1
(3–0, 5–0, 3–1)
 Chinese TaipeiIstanbul Arena
Game reference
4 January 2010
20:00
Turkey 3–8
(0–3, 1–1, 2–4)
 North KoreaIstanbul Arena
Game reference
6 January 2010
16:30
North Korea 3–6
(1–2, 0–3, 2–1)
 IcelandIstanbul Arena
Game reference
6 January 2010
20:00
Turkey 4–7
(0–3, 3–3, 1–1)
 Chinese TaipeiIstanbul Arena
Game reference
7 January 2010
16:30
Chinese Taipei 4–7
(2–2, 1–2, 1–3)
 North KoreaIstanbul Arena
Game reference
7 January 2010
20:00
Iceland 8–2
(3–0, 3–2, 2–0)
 TurkeyIstanbul Arena
Game reference

Final round

5th–7th place playoffs

5th–7th place semifinal 5th place game
B3  Chinese Taipei 6
A3  Bulgaria 7 B4  Turkey 3
B4  Turkey 8

5th–7th place semifinal

9 January 2010Bulgaria 7–8
(3–4, 2–3, 2–1)
 TurkeyIstanbul Arena
Game reference

5th place game

10 January 2010
13:00
Chinese Taipei 6–3
(2–2, 2–0, 2–1)
 TurkeyIstanbul Arena
Game reference

1st–4th place playoffs

The two finalists,  Australia and  Iceland, were promoted to Division II for the 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship.

Semifinals Final
      
A1  Australia 4
B2  North Korea 3
A1  Australia 3
B1  Iceland 1
B1  Iceland 4
A2  New Zealand 0 3rd place game
B2  North Korea 6
A2  New Zealand 5

Semifinals

9 January 2010
16:30
Iceland 4–0
(2–0, 2–0, 0–0)
 New ZealandIstanbul Arena
Game reference
9 January 2010
20:00
Australia 4–3 (OT)
(1–0, 2–2, 0–1)
(1–0)
 North KoreaIstanbul Arena
Game reference

3rd place game

10 January 2010
16:30
New Zealand 5–6 (OT)
(1–0, 2–4, 2–1)
(0–1)
 North KoreaIstanbul Arena
Game reference

Final

10 January 2010
20:00
Iceland 1–3
(0–1, 0–2, 1–0)
 AustraliaIstanbul Arena
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Final standings

Rank Team
1  Australia
2  Iceland
3  North Korea
4  New Zealand
5  Chinese Taipei
6  Turkey
7  Bulgaria
Promoted to the 2011 Division II

See also

References