Technically, Canada losing to Russia isn't the end of the U20's, Although if head south from Buffalo and cross the border, you can see the end. Mexico host this year's edition of the "wait, those countries play hockey?!?!" edition of the U20's. With the format changing year-after-year for this tournament*, it's hard to get a good reading on who is going to win, so having to actually look at past tournaments (thanks IIHF) to see how each team is developing, here is what I think will happen.
*Side note: this year its straight everyone-plays-everyone with the top two teams advancing to the Division II next year.
U20 Division III - Bulgaria, Chinese Taipei, Mexico (host), New Zealand, North Korea, Serbia, Turkey
My Predictions:
1 (Promotion)- Mexico
2 (Promotion)- New Zealand
3- Serbia
4- North Korea
5- Chinese Taipei
6- Turkey
7- Bulgaria
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