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2015 IIHF World Championship
Division III
2015 IIHF World Championship Division III logo
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Turkey Turkey
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 3–12 April
Teams 7
Tournament statistics
Games played 21
Goals scored 215 (10.24 per game)
Attendance 7,955 (379 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Turkey Alec Koçoğlu (18 points)
Website IIHF.com
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The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in İzmir, Turkey, from 3 to 12 April 2015.[1] Seven nations participated, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, who joined the world championships for the first time since 2008. After three consecutive years of finishing in the second place, North Korea won the tournament and was promoted to Division II Group B for 2016.

Divisional tournaments are designed, by the rules, to include six teams, however the Bosnian federation asked to be included and the Turkish organizers agreed. Georgia recorded their first victory, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–1.[2]

Venue[]

İzmir
Ice Sports Hall
Capacity: 1,751
İzmir Buz Sporları Salonu

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Turkey Turkey Host, placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
Flag of North Korea North Korea Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Flag of Georgia Georgia Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Did not enter last year. Last played in 2008.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees
  • Flag of France Geoffrey Barcelo
  • Flag of China Feng Lei
  • Flag of Hungary Gergely Kincses
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Sergei Sobolev

Linesmen
  • Flag of Turkey Murat Aygün
  • Flag of Ukraine Anton Gladchenko
  • Flag of Turkey Cemal Ersin Kaya
  • Flag of Slovenia Grega Markizeti
  • Flag of Israel Gil Haim Tichon
  • Flag of Romania Mihai Ariel Trandafir
  • Flag of Kazakhstan Vladimir Yefremov

Standings[]

Promoted to Division II B for 2016
Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Flag of North Korea North Korea 6 5 1 0 0 50 9 +41 17
Flag of Turkey Turkey 6 5 0 1 0 59 11 +48 16
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 6 4 0 0 2 39 19 +20 12
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 6 3 0 0 3 30 30 0 9
Flag of Georgia Georgia 6 1 1 0 4 20 56 −36 5
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 6 1 0 1 4 14 44 −30 4
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 0 0 0 6 3 46 −43 0

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

3 April
13:00
North Korea Flag of North Korea 13–0
(3–0, 3–0, 7–0)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 55
3 April
16:30
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 15–3
(3–2, 3–1, 9–0)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 67
3 April
20:00
Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 8–3
(1–0, 2–2, 5–1)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 73
4 April
13:00
Georgia Flag of Georgia 4–12
(2–3, 1–5, 1–4)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 93
4 April
16:30
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 2–7
(1–2, 0–2, 1–3)
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 115
4 April
20:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 11–0
(3–0, 4–0, 4–0)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 1,583
6 April
13:00
Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 8–0
(5–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 85
6 April
16:30
North Korea Flag of North Korea 7–0
(5–0, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 72
6 April
20:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 13–1
(3–0, 6–0, 4–1)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 728
7 April
13:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–5
(0–3, 0–1, 0–1)
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 61
7 April
16:30
Georgia Flag of Georgia 3–11
(1–3, 1–4, 1–4)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 69
7 April
20:00
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 0–15
(0–7, 0–3, 0–5)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 773
9 April
12:30
Georgia Flag of Georgia 4–1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 83
9 April
16:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 10–1
(3–0, 5–1, 2–0)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 745
9 April
19:30
North Korea Flag of North Korea 5–2
(1–1, 1–0, 3–1)
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 126
10 April
12:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–5
(0–2, 2–0, 0–3)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 87
10 April
16:00
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 5–7
(2–0, 2–3, 1–4)
Flag of Turkey Turkey Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 653
10 April
19:30
Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 0–9
(0–3, 0–3, 0–3)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 73
12 April
11:00
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 4–5 GWS
(1–2, 1–0, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Georgia Georgia Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 47
12 April
14:30
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 5–2
(2–1, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 232
12 April
18:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 3–4 OT
(1–2, 0–0, 2–1)
(OT 0–1)
Flag of North Korea North Korea Bornova Ice Sports Hall, İzmir
Attendance: 2,135

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

SerkanGümüş (2)

Serkan Gümüşr of Turkey finished third in scoring, with 16 points in 6 games.

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Turkey Alec Koçoğlu 6 9 9 18 +18 2 F
Flag of North Korea Hong Chun-rim 6 10 7 17 +20 2 F
Flag of Turkey Serkan Gümüş 6 9 7 16 +15 4 F
Flag of Turkey Serdar Semiz 6 9 7 16 +17 0 F
Flag of Georgia (country) Vitali Dumbadze 6 9 6 16 −3 33 F
Flag of Turkey Emrah Özmen 6 4 11 15 +20 6 F
Flag of Turkey Yusuf Halil 6 6 6 12 +14 6 F
Flag of Luxembourg Thierry Beran 6 5 7 12 +4 4 F
Flag of Turkey Erdoğan Coşkun 6 5 7 12 +15 2 F
Flag of North Korea Ri Chol-min 6 5 7 12 +22 0 F

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

Goaltending leaders[]

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Flag of North Korea Pak Il 161:09 2 0.74 28 92.86 1
Flag of North Korea Pak Kuk-chol 203:40 7 2.06 85 91.76 0
Flag of Turkey Levent Őzbaydugan 150:11 3 1.20 35 91.43 1
Flag of Turkey Erol Kahraman 214:38 8 2.24 58 86.21 0
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Pašović 253:43 31 7.33 209 85.17 1

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

References[]

  1. 28 tournaments confirmed. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved on 2014-05-24.
  2. Manninen, Henrik (2015-04-13). DPR Korea steps up. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 2015-04-15.
  3. Competition Officials. iihf.com (25 November 2014).

External links[]

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