The 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

[1][2] Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

The champions, Mexico, were promoted to the Division II B for the 2017 tournament, and the last-placed nation (South Africa) were to be relegated to a qualification tournament for 2017,[3] instead an eight-team Division III tournament was decided on in September 2016.

Israel participated in a World Junior tournament for the first time since 1997, while Bulgaria returned after withdrawing from the 2015 tournament.

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)