IIHF World U20 Championship Division III

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IIHF World U20 Championship Division III
Upcoming season or competition: 2025 IIHF U20 World Championship Division III
Formerly	D-series (1996–2000)
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1996 (D-series) 2001 (Division III)
No. of teams	8
Most recent champion(s)	Israel
Most titles	China (4 titles)
Promotion to	Division II
Official website	IIHF.com

The IIHF World U20 Championship Division III is played every year among the ice hockey teams under the age of 20 who were placed in Division III in the previous year.^[1]^[2]

Until 2001 the tournament was known as the D-series.

Results

Year	Promoted		Relegated
Year	To IIHF U20 Division II	To Division III A	To Division III B
2001	Netherlands	Iceland (promoted to Division III)	–
2002	All teams get promoted	–	–
2003	South Korea, Belgium	–	–
2004	Australia, China	–	–
2005	Mexico, New Zealand	–	–
2006	Lithuania, Iceland	–	–
2007	China, Belgium	–	–
2008	New Zealand, Serbia	–	–
2009	Cancelled
2010	Australia, Iceland	–	–
2011	Mexico, Serbia	–	–
2012	Iceland	–	–
2013	China	–	–
2014	Belgium	–	–
2015	China	–	–
2016	Mexico	–	–
2017	Turkey	–	Chinese Taipei, South Africa (Relegated to Division III Qualification)
2018	Israel	South Africa, Chinese Taipei (Promoted to Division III)	–
2019	China	–	–
2020	Iceland	–	–
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Chinese Taipei, Mexico	–	–
2023	Australia	–	–
2024	Israel	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Kyrgyzstan
2025

References

v t e IIHF World Junior Championships
Current champions (2024): United States
2025 Championship teams	Canada Czechia Finland Germany Kazakhstan Latvia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States
Championships	Soviet Union 1974 (unofficial) Canada 1975 (unofficial) Finland 1976 (unofficial) Czechoslovakia 1977 Canada 1978 Sweden 1979 Finland 1980 West Germany 1981 United States/Canada 1982 Soviet Union 1983 Sweden 1984 Finland 1985 Canada 1986 Czechoslovakia 1987 Soviet Union 1988 United States 1989 Finland 1990 Canada 1991 Germany 1992 Sweden 1993 Czech Republic 1994 Canada 1995 United States 1996 Switzerland 1997 Finland 1998 Canada 1999 Sweden 2000 Russia 2001 Czech Republic 2002 Canada 2003 Finland 2004 United States 2005 Canada 2006 Sweden 2007 Czech Republic 2008 Canada 2009 Canada 2010 United States 2011 Canada 2012 Russia 2013 Sweden 2014 Canada 2015 Finland 2016 Canada 2017 United States 2018 Canada 2019 Czech Republic 2020 Canada 2021 Canada 2022 Canada 2023 Sweden 2024 Canada 2025 United States 2026 Canada 2027
Rosters	1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Division I	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024 2025
Division II	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024 2025
Division III	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ~~2009~~ 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~2021~~ 2022 2023 2024 2025
Medalists Finals Directorate award winners Media All-Star Teams Players for Canada Punch-up in Piestany Team Canada New Year's Eve Game

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