2025 IIHF World Championship Division III

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2025 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Turkey Mexico
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	21–27 April 27 April – 3 May
Teams	12

The 2025 IIHF World Championship Division III consists of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Divisions III A and III B represent the sixth and the seventh tier of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships.

Group A tournament

2025 IIHF World Championship Division III A

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–27 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	12
Goals scored	77 (6.42 per game)
Attendance	4,870 (406 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Mamed Seifulov (8 points)
Official website
Website

The Division III Group A tournament is being played in Istanbul, Turkey from 21 to 27 April 2025.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Turkey	Host, placed 6th in Division II B in 2024 and was relegated.
Kyrgyzstan	Placed 2nd in Division III A in 2024.
Luxembourg	Placed 3rd in Division III A in 2024.
Turkmenistan	Placed 4th in Division III A in 2024.
South Africa	Placed 5th in Division III A in 2024.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Placed 1st in Division III B in 2024 and was promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees	Linesmen
Filip Metzinger Nicolaas van Grinsven Ryan Cairns Petter Bakken	Martin Boyadjiev Óli Gunnarsson Damir Dairov Jozef Tichý Kang Kyu-seong Taha Kavlakoğlu Gökhan Peker

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kyrgyzstan	4	4	0	0	0	24	4	+20	12	Promotion to the 2026 Division II B
2	Turkey (H)	4	3	0	0	1	18	5	+13	9
3	Turkmenistan	4	3	0	0	1	14	13	+1	9
4	Luxembourg	4	1	0	0	3	8	23	−15	3
5	South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	7	18	−11	3
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	0	0	0	4	6	14	−8	0	Relegation to the 2026 Division III B

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2025. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

21 April 2025 13:00

Kyrgyzstan

5–2 (2–1, 2–0, 1–1)

South Africa

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 75

Game reference
	Alexander Petrov	Goalies	Ryan Boyd	Referee: Filip Metzinger Linesmen: Gökhan Peker Jozef Tichý
	0–1 00:47 – Samaii (Doesburgh) Kudashev (Titov) – 03:59 1–1 Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Shirokov) – 12:32 2–1 Nosov (Kudashev, Shirokov) – 30:46 3–1 Tonkikh (Terentyev) (PP) – 32:28 4–1 Seifulov (PS) – 44:28 5–1 5–2 58:30 – Morris (Obery)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	22

21 April 2025 16:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–3 (1–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Turkmenistan

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 55

Game reference
	Ivan Popov	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Martin Boyadjiev Taha Kavlakoğlu
	0–1 04:37 – Annasaparov (Bayjayev) Krehic – 13:39 1–1 1–2 46:57 – Baylyyev (Vahovskiy, Hydyrov) 1–3 49:51 – Hydyrov (Vahovskiy, Annageldiyev)
	37 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	42

21 April 2025 20:00

Luxembourg

1–7 (0–4, 0–2, 1–1)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 1,453

Game reference
	Sven Oberweis	Goalies	Sava Voronov	Referee: Nicolaas van Grinsven Linesmen: Damir Dairov Óli Gunnarsson
	0–1 03:46 – Bakal (Bingol, E. Faner) 0–2 05:11 – Colak (Savas, O. Kars) 0–3 17:54 – Karadag (Bakal, Bingol) 0–4 18:53 – F. Faner (Y. Kars, Bingol) (PP) 0–5 23:43 – Kabay (Hars) 0–6 32:16 – Karadag (Bingol) Cannon (Mossong, Mosr – 46:10 1–6 1–7 48:15 – E. Faner (Savas, Colak) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	0 min
	19	Shots	45

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22 April 2025 13:00

South Africa

3–2 (1–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 57

Game reference
	Ryan Boyd	Goalies	Ivan Popov	Referee: Petter Bakken Linesmen: Taha Kavlakoğlu Jozef Tichý
	Kamish (Levi, Compton) – 17:44 1–0 1–1 20:52 – Mlivic (Miskic, H. Mrkva) Kluyts (Valadas, Morris) – 23:13 2–1 Carelse (Samaai, Doesburgh) – 23:28 3–1 3–2 57:28 – T. Mrkva (Mlivic, Drnda) (PP)
	31 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	43

22 April 2025 16:30

Kyrgyzstan

6–0 (0–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Luxembourg

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Alexander Petrov	Goalies	Sven Oberweis Sven Cruchten	Referee: Filip Metzinger Linesmen: Damir Dairov Gökhan Peker
	Chuvalov (Terentyev, Vladimir Tonkikh – 28:58 1–0 Mirbekov (Bekmuratov) – 30:47 2–0 Seifulov (Abdyraev, Kudashev) – 37:20 3–0 Nosov (Chuvalov, Terentyev) – 52:33 4–0 Abdyraev (Seifulov) – 53:33 5–0 Abdyraev (Chuvalov, Titov) – 55:24 6–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	50	Shots	13

22 April 2025 20:00

Turkey

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Turkmenistan

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 1,071

Game reference
	Sava Voronov	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Martin Boyadjiev Kang Kyu-seong
	0–1 07:29 – Baylyyev (Vahovskiy, Tannyyev) Bakal (Y. Kars, F. Faner) (PP) – 16:36 1–1 1–2 21:36 – Vahovskiy (Barkovskiy)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	25

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24 April 2025 13:00

Luxembourg

3–8 (1–1, 1–0, 0–7)

Turkmenistan

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 55

Game reference
				Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Kang Kyu-seong Gökhan Peker
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	38

24 April 2025 16:30

Kyrgyzstan

5–1 (2–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 63

Game reference
				Referee: Nicolaas van Grinsven Linesmen: Damir Dairov Jozef Tichý
	73 min	Penalties	87 min
	56	Shots	20

24 April 2025 20:00

Turkey

7–0 (3–0, 3–0, 1–0)

South Africa

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 750

Game reference
				Referee: Petter Bakken Linesmen: Martin Boyadjiev Óli Gunnarsson
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	39	Shots	23

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25 April 2025 13:00

Turkmenistan

1–8 (0–4, 1–3, 0–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 45

Game reference
	Keremli Charyyev	Goalies	Alexander Petrov	Referee: Petter Bakken Linesmen: Taha Kavlakoğlu Jozef Tichy
	0–1 06:18 – Abdyraev (Titov, Seifulov) 0–2 07:57 – Tonkikh (Chuvalov) 0–3 09:31 – Mirbekov (Titov, Seifulov) 0–4 14:45 – Nosov 0–5 20:53 – Seifulov (Isamatov) 0–6 32:43 – Sapitov (Leshchenko, Popov) Barkovskiy (Baymyradov) – 34:20 1–6 1–7 38:02 – Chuvalov (Nosov, Tonkikh) 1–8 53:08 Mirbekov (Ismanov, Sapitov)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	11	Shots	56

25 April 2025 16:30

South Africa

2–4 (1–2, 0–1, 1–1)

Luxembourg

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 60

Game reference
				Referee: Nicolaas van Grinsven Linesmen: Martin Boyadjiev Óli Gunnarsson
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	21	Shots	28

25 April 2025 20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2–3 (0–3, 1–0, 1–0)

Turkey

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul Attendance: 1,036

Game reference
				Referee: Filip Metzinger Linesmen: Damir Dairov Kang Kyu-seong
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	35

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27 April 2025 13:00

Luxembourg

v

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

27 April 2025 16:30

Turkmenistan

v

South Africa

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

27 April 2025 20:00

Turkey

v

Kyrgyzstan

Zeytinburnu Ice Rink, Istanbul

Group B tournament

2025 IIHF World Championship Division III B

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
City	Queretaro
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 April – 3 May
Teams	6
Official website
Website

The Division III Group B tournament will be played in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico from 27 April to 3 May 2025.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Mexico	Host, placed 6th in Division III A in 2024 and was relegated.
North Korea	Placed 2nd in Division III B in 2024.
Hong Kong	Placed 3rd in Division III B in 2024.
Philippines	Placed 4th in Division III B in 2024.
Singapore	Placed 5th in Division III B in 2024.
Mongolia	Placed 1st in Division IV in 2024 and was promoted.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mexico (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to the 2026 Division III A
2	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Singapore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to the 2026 Division IV

First match(es) will be played: 27 April 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC−5).

27 April 2025 13:00

Mongolia

v

Philippines

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

27 April 2025 16:30

North Korea

v

Singapore

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

27 April 2025 20:30

Hong Kong

v

Mexico

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

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28 April 2025 13:00

Singapore

v

Mongolia

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

28 April 2025 16:30

North Korea

v

Hong Kong

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

28 April 2025 20:30

Mexico

v

Philippines

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

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30 April 2025 13:00

North Korea

v

Mongolia

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

30 April 2025 16:30

Hong Kong

v

Philippines

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

30 April 2025 20:30

Mexico

v

Singapore

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

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2 May 2025 13:00

Singapore

v

Hong Kong

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

2 May 2025 16:30

Philippines

v

North Korea

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

2 May 2025 20:30

Mongolia

v

Mexico

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

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3 May 2025 13:00

Philippines

v

Singapore

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

3 May 2025 16:30

Hong Kong

v

Mongolia

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro

3 May 2025 20:30

Mexico

v

North Korea

Lakeside Ice Park, Santiago de Querétaro