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See also: 2013 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
2013 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of South Africa South Africa
Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Dates 15 – 21 April 2013
14 – 17 October 2012
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2013 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Cape Town, South Africa,[1] running from 15 to 21 April 2013 and the qualification tournament was contested in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,[2] running from 14 to 17 October 2012.

Participants[]

Group A[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Ireland Ireland Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Flag of North Korea North Korea Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Flag of South Africa South Africa Host, placed 6th in Division II B last year and was relegated.
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Placed 1st in Qualification tournament.
Flag of Greece Greece Placed 2nd in Qualification tournament.

Qualification tournament[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Georgia Georgia Did not participate in 2012.
Flag of Greece Greece Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Flag of Mongolia Mongolia Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Host, did not participate in 2012.

Venues[]

Group A was played in Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town. The qualification tournament was played in Abu Dhabi Arena, Abu Dhabi.

Grandwest Ice Arena
Capacity: 1,014
Abu Dhabi Arena
Capacity: 1,200
Flag of South Africa South Africa – Cape Town Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi

Officials[]

The IIHF selected 7 referees and 12 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF World Championship DIV III.
Division III has 4 referees and 7 linesman. Division III Qualification had 3 referees and 5 linesman.

They were the following:

2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III in South Africa

Referees
  • Flag of Croatia Vedran Krcelić
  • Flag of Finland Mikko Kaukokari
  • Flag of Norway Stian Halm
  • Flag of Romania Marius Iliescu

Linesmen
  • Flag of Belgium Maarten van den Acker
  • Flag of Iceland Sindri Gunnarsson
  • Flag of Latvia Elvijs Trankalis
  • Flag of Lithuania Tomas Lauksedis
  • Flag of Netherlands Ramon Sterkens
  • Flag of South Africa Jonathan Burger
  • Flag of South Africa Ryan Marsh

2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III Qualification in the United Arab Emirates

Referees
  • Flag of Austria Ladislav Smetana
  • Flag of Denmark Rasmus Toppel
  • Flag of Serbia Djordje Fazekas

Linesmen
  • Flag of Bulgaria Todor Krastev
  • Flag of Lithuania Benas Jaksys
  • Flag of Netherlands Louis Beelen
  • Flag of Spain Alejandro Garcia Banos
  • Flag of Switzerland Michael Rohrer

Qualification Tournament[]

Standings[]

Qualified to Division III for 2013
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 0 14 3 +11 9
Flag of Greece Greece 3 2 0 0 1 18 4 +14 6
Flag of Mongolia Mongolia 3 1 0 0 2 10 8 +2 3
Flag of Georgia Georgia 3 0 0 0 3 1 28 −27 0

Fixtures & Results[]

All times local (UTC+4).

14 October 2012
16:00
Mongolia Flag of Mongolia 6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Abu Dhabi Arena, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 70
14 October 2012
19:30
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
Flag of Greece Greece Abu Dhabi Arena, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 357
15 October 2012
16:00
Greece Flag of Greece 13–0
(4–0, 7–0, 2–0)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Abu Dhabi Arena, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 67
15 October 2012
19:30
Mongolia Flag of Mongolia 2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Arena, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 246
17 October 2012
16:00
Greece Flag of Greece 5–2
(1–1, 1–1, 3–0)
Flag of Mongolia Mongolia Abu Dhabi Arena, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 175
17 October 2012
19:30
Georgia Flag of Georgia 1–9
(1–1, 0–4, 0–4)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Arena, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 247

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Ioannis Koufis Flag of Greece Greece 2 6 1 7 +7 2
2 Juma Al Dhaheri Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3 3 3 6 +4 4
2 Mubarak Al Mazrouei Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3 3 3 6 +5 6
2 Dimitrios Kalyvas Flag of Greece Greece 3 3 3 6 +6 14
5 Mishigsuren Namjil Flag of Mongolia Mongolia 3 5 2 5 +3 14
6 Alexandros Valsamas-Rallis Flag of Greece Greece 3 3 1 4 +5 0
7 Ali Al Haddad Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3 2 2 4 +5 12
7 Suhail Al Mheiri Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3 2 2 4 +5 6
9 Nikolaos Papadopoulos Flag of Greece Greece 3 1 3 4 +7 2
10 Munkhzaya Enkhtur Flag of Mongolia Mongolia 3 2 1 3 +3 0
10 Dimitrios Malamas Flag of Greece Greece 3 2 1 3 +4 6

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Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country MINS GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Ntalimpor Ploutsis Flag of Greece Greece 180:00 4 95.18 1.33 1
2 Khaled Al Suwaidi Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 120:00 2 94.87 1.00 1
3 Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan Flag of Mongolia Mongolia 165:40 8 92.59 2.90 0
4 Kakha Ambrolava Flag of Georgia Georgia 178:25 27 78.40 9.08 0

IIHF.com

Group A Tournament[]

Standings[]

Promoted to Division II B for 2014
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
Flag of South Africa South Africa 5 5 0 0 0 39 8 +31 15
Flag of North Korea North Korea 5 4 0 0 1 20 11 +9 12
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 5 3 0 0 2 20 13 +7 9
Flag of Ireland Ireland 5 2 0 0 3 18 20 −2 6
Flag of Greece Greece 5 1 0 0 4 11 27 −16 3
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 5 0 0 0 5 10 39 −29 0

Schedule[]

All times local.

15 April 2013
13:00
North Korea Flag of North Korea 5–3
(3–1, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 120
15 April 2013
16:15
Greece Flag of Greece 3–6
(1–1, 1–1, 1–4)
Flag of Ireland Ireland Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 150
15 April 2013
20:00
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 2–5
(0–0, 2–3, 0–2)
Flag of South Africa South Africa Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 596

16 April 2013
13:00
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 3–4
(2–1, 0–3, 1–0)
Flag of Greece Greece Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 120
16 April 2013
16:15
North Korea Flag of North Korea 5–2
(2–0, 3–0, 0–2)
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 105
16 April 2013
20:00
South Africa Flag of South Africa 7–4
(1–0, 3–2, 3–2)
Flag of Ireland Ireland Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 749

18 April 2013
13:00
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 5–0
(0–0, 2–0 3–0)
Flag of Ireland Ireland Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 109
18 April 2013
16:15
North Korea Flag of North Korea 7–1
(1–1, 2–0, 5–0)
Flag of Greece Greece Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 154
18 April 2013
20:00
South Africa Flag of South Africa 15–0
(7–0, 4–0, 4–0)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 780

19 April 2013
13:00
Ireland Flag of Ireland 1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 113
19 April 2013
16:15
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 1–8
(0–4, 0–3, 1–1)
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 159
19 April 2013
20:00
Greece Flag of Greece 1–8
(0–2, 0–5, 1–1)
Flag of South Africa South Africa Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 1,017

21 April 2013
13:00
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 3–2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of Greece Greece Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 187
21 April 2013
16:15
Ireland Flag of Ireland 7–3
(3–1, 2–0, 2–2)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 217
21 April 2013
20:00
South Africa Flag of South Africa 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town
Attendance: 1,154

Statistics[]

Top 10 scorers[]

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM
1 Macky Reinecke Flag of South Africa South Africa 5 4 14 18 +19 12
2 Joshua Reinecke Flag of South Africa South Africa 5 9 7 16 +20 16
3 Uthman Samaai Flag of South Africa South Africa 5 5 10 15 +17 8
4 Gareth Roberts Flag of Ireland Ireland 5 8 3 11 +4 16
5 Sacha Backes Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 5 4 4 8 +7 0
6 Ri Chol-Min Flag of North Korea North Korea 5 5 2 7 +6 4
7 Conor Redmond Flag of Ireland Ireland 5 3 4 7 −1 0
8 Robert Beran Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 5 1 6 7 0 2
9 Panagiotis Koulouris Flag of Greece Greece 5 4 2 6 −1 14
10 Thierry Beran Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 5 3 3 6 +7 4
10 Chris Reeves Flag of South Africa South Africa 5 3 3 6 +5 0
10 Jack Valadas Flag of South Africa South Africa 5 3 3 6 +5 0

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Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1 Michel Welter Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 180:00 7 92.78 2.33 1
2 Jack Nebe Flag of South Africa South Africa 260:00 8 92.59 1.85 0
3 Adam Pepper Flag of Ireland Ireland 124:42 5 91.07 2.41 0
4 Pak Kuk-Chol Flag of North Korea North Korea 191:02 6 90.48 1.88 0
5 Philippe Lepage Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 192:08 6 88.46 3.00 0

IIHF.com

Tournament Awards[]

Best players selected by the directorate
  • Best Goalkeeper: Flag of Luxembourg Michel Welter (LUX)
  • Best Forward: Flag of North Korea Ri Pong-Il (PRK)
  • Best Defenceman: Flag of South Africa Joshua Reinecke (RSA)

Team Photos[]


References[]

External links[]

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