The Australian men’s national under-20 team have lost 1-5 to China in their gold medal match of the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III tournament. As a result China is promoted to Division II Group B for 2020 while Australia will remain in Division III. Forward Liam Manwarring was named the Australian player of the tournament. In the other games played South Africa defeated New Zealand 5-3 to finish seventh, Iceland beat Chinese Taipei 5-3 to finish fifth and Turkey shutout Bulgaria 6-0 to claim third.
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Playoffs schedule
- Placement 5th-8th 1: Iceland 11–1 New Zealand (10:00, 19 January 2019)
- Placement 5th-8th 2: South Africa 1–7 Chinese Taipei (13:30, 19 January 2019)
- Semifinal 1: Australia 7–4 Bulgaria (17:00, 19 January 2019)
- Semifinal 2: China 12–1 Turkey (20:30, 19 January 2019)
- Placement 7th-8th: South Africa 5–3 New Zealand (10:00, 20 January 2019)
- Placement 5th-6th: Iceland 5–3 Chinese Taipei (13:30, 20 January 2019)
- Bronze: Bulgaria 0–6 Turkey (17:00, 20 January 2019)
- Gold: China 5–1 Australia (20:30, 20 January 2019)
Final standings
- China
- Australia
- Turkey
- Bulgaria
- Iceland
- Chinese Taipei
- South Africa
- New Zealand
Preliminary round: Group A
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Preliminary round: Group B
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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