2018 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was held in Cape Town, South Africa and the qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the original hosts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, withdrew their application.

Georgia won the tournament and were promoted to Division II.

Kuwait and Turkmenistan made their debut in the World Championships, with both playing in the qualification tournament. Turkmenistan won their first ever game in the World Championships, defeating the United Arab Emirates and later went on to win the qualification and be promoted to next year's Division III.

Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇷🇴 Zsolt Csomortani - Did not attend the championships
 * 🇧🇾 Miroslav Iarets
 * 🇸🇪 Richard Magnusson
 * 🇪🇸 Alexey Roshchyn


 * Linesmen
 * 🇬🇧 Daniel Beresford
 * Jonathan Burger
 * 🇮🇹 Matthias Cristeli
 * 🇦🇹 Maximilian Gatol
 * 🇧🇾 Artsiom Labzov
 * 🇸🇮 Gregor Miklič
 * 🇵🇱 Marcin Polak

Results
All times are local (UTC+2).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goaltender: Charl Pretorius
 * Best Defenceman: 🇧🇬 Martin Boyadjiev
 * Best Forward: Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili

Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

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 = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com

Match officials
3 referees and 4 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * Martin Christensen
 * 🇬🇧 Stefan Hogarth
 * 🇵🇱 Paweł Meszyński


 * Linesmen
 * 🇨🇿 Tomáš Brejcha
 * 🇺🇦 Ilya Khohlov
 * 🇮🇪 Vytautas Lukoševičius
 * 🇧🇪 Maarten van der Acker

Results
All times are local (UTC+1).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goaltender: 🇧🇦 Edis Pribišić
 * Best Defenceman: 🇹🇲 Dmitriy Savin
 * Best Forward: 🇹🇲 Ahmet Gurbanov

Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

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 = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com