The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was an international

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tournament organized by the

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. The tournament was played in

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, Bulgaria, from 4 to 10 December 2019. South Africa won the tournament and were promoted to Division II B.

Participating teams

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.

Final standings

Match results

''All times are local (

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Awards and statistics

Awards

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
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Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list. ''TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA =

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; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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References

External links

Official website of IIHF
{{Women's ice hockey tournaments

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