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2018 IIHF World Championship
Division III
2018 IIHF World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of South Africa South Africa
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates 16–22 April
25–28 February
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
2017
2019

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[1] and the qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the original hosts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, withdrew their application.[2]

Georgia won the tournament and were promoted to Division II.[3]

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.[4]

Division III[]

2018 IIHF World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host country Flag of South Africa South Africa
Dates 16–22 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 117 (7.8 per match)
Attendance 2,225 (148 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Georgia (country) Alexander Zhuzhunashvili
(19 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Turkey Turkey Placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Flag of Georgia Georgia Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Flag of South Africa South Africa Host, placed 5th in Division III last year.
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Placed 6th in Division III last year.

Match officials[]

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Referees
  • Flag of Romania Zsolt Csomortani - Did not attend the championships
  • Flag of Belarus Miroslav Iarets
  • Flag of Sweden Richard Magnusson
  • Flag of Spain Alexey Roshchyn

Linesmen
  • Flag of United Kingdom Daniel Beresford
  • Flag of South Africa Jonathan Burger
  • Flag of Italy Matthias Cristeli
  • Flag of Austria Maximilian Gatol
  • Flag of Belarus Artsiom Labzov
  • Flag of Slovenia Gregor Miklič
  • Flag of Poland Marcin Polak

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Georgia Georgia (P) 5 4 0 0 1 35 12 +23 12 Promoted to 2019 Division II B
2 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 5 3 1 0 1 28 10 +18 11
3 Flag of Turkey Turkey 5 3 0 1 1 22 14 +8 10
4 Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 5 2 0 0 3 16 25 −9 6[lower-alpha 1]
5 Flag of South Africa South Africa (H) 5 2 0 0 3 13 18 −5 6[lower-alpha 1]
6 Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong (R) 5 0 0 0 5 3 38 −35 0 Relegation to 2019 Division III qualification
Source: IIHF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 27 tournaments assigned. iihf.com (19 May 2017).
  2. IIHF tournament in Bosnia. iihf.com (3 October 2017).
  3. Georgia’s joy. iihf.com (24 April 2018).
  4. Galloping to glory. iihf.com (1 March 2018).
  5. Division III Assignments

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

16 April 2018
13:00
Georgia Flag of Georgia 6–2
(4–1, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Turkey Turkey The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 35
16 April 2018
16:15
Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei 5–1
(0–1, 2–0, 3–0)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 80
16 April 2018
20:00
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of South Africa South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 200
17 April 2018
13:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 20
17 April 2018
16:15
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 3–5
(2–1, 0–3, 1–1)
Flag of Georgia Georgia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 60
17 April 2018
20:00
South Africa Flag of South Africa 2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 180
19 April 2018
13:00
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria 7–2
(1–1, 4–0, 2–1)
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
19 April 2018
16:15
Georgia Flag of Georgia 11–1
(5–1, 3–0, 3–0)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 40
19 April 2018
20:00
Turkey Flag of Turkey 7–1
(1–0, 4–1, 2–0)
Flag of South Africa South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 250
20 April 2018
13:00
Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 0–10
(0–3, 0–3, 0–4)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 20
20 April 2018
16:15
Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei 2–4
(1–0, 1–1, 0–3)
Flag of Turkey Turkey The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
20 April 2018
20:00
South Africa Flag of South Africa 4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0)
Flag of Georgia Georgia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 700
22 April 2018
13:00
Georgia Flag of Georgia 11–2
(5–1, 3–0, 3–1)
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 100
22 April 2018
16:15
Turkey Flag of Turkey 3–4 OT
(2–2, 1–0, 0–1)
OT: (0–1)
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 80
22 April 2018
20:00
Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 0–6
(0–0, 0–4, 0–2)
Flag of South Africa South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 400

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

  • Best players selected by the directorate:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Georgia (country) Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili 5 10 9 19 +15 2 F
Flag of Georgia (country) Oliver Obolgogiani 5 8 6 14 +16 6 F
Flag of Georgia (country) Alexander Vasilchenko 5 5 7 12 +7 8 F
Flag of Bulgaria Ivan Hodulov 5 5 3 8 +2 4 F
Flag of Chinese Taipei Shen Yen-chin 5 5 3 8 –3 0 F
Flag of Bulgaria Martin Boyadjiev 5 4 4 8 +8 2 F
Flag of Bulgaria Daniel Dilkov 5 4 4 8 +7 0 F
Flag of Turkey Ferhat Bakal 5 3 5 8 +3 2 F
Flag of Georgia (country) Artem Kozyulin 5 2 6 8 +9 25 F
Flag of Georgia (country) Artem Kurbatov 5 2 6 8 +16 10 D

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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Flag of Turkey Muhammed Karagül 242:52 13 3.21 161 91.93 0
Flag of South Africa Charl Pretorius 204:11 9 2.64 111 91.89 1
Flag of Georgia (country) Andrei Ilienko 283:39 10 2.12 115 91.30 0
Flag of Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov 242:28 10 2.47 107 90.65 1
Flag of Chinese Taipei Liao Yu-cheng 265:54 18 4.06 137 86.86 0

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

Division III qualification tournament[]

2018 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates 25–28 February
Teams 4
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 68 (11.33 per match)
Attendance 3,020 (503 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov
(12 points)
Website IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Host, withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2016.
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Placed 7th in Division III last year and were relegated.
Flag of Kuwait Kuwait First time participating in tournament.
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan First time participating in tournament.

Match officials[]

3 referees and 4 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[1]

Referees
  • Flag of Denmark Martin Christensen
  • Flag of United Kingdom Stefan Hogarth
  • Flag of Poland Paweł Meszyński

Linesmen
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Brejcha
  • Flag of Ukraine Ilya Khohlov
  • Flag of Ireland Vytautas Lukoševičius
  • Flag of Belgium Maarten van der Acker

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan (P) 3 3 0 0 0 41 5 +36 9 Promoted to 2019 Division III
2 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 3 2 0 0 1 17 15 +2 6
3 Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 0 2 5 12 −7 3
4 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 3 0 0 0 3 5 36 −31 0
Source: IIHF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

25 February 2018
16:00
Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan 4–0
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 100
25 February 2018
20:00
Kuwait Flag of Kuwait 1–8
(0–2, 0–3, 1–3)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,100
26 February 2018
16:00
Kuwait Flag of Kuwait 2–24
(0–8, 0–7, 2–9)
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 110
26 February 2018
20:00
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 1–6
(0–1, 1–2, 0–3)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 600
28 February 2018
09:00
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates 4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Kuwait Kuwait Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 110
28 February 2018
20:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–13
(3–1, 0–5, 0–7)
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,000

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov 3 6 6 12 +10 9 F
Flag of Turkmenistan Pavel Barkovskiy 3 3 8 11 +9 2 F
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Omer 3 5 5 10 +7 20 F
Flag of Turkmenistan Aleksandr Vahovskiy 3 4 6 10 +10 0 F
Flag of Turkmenistan Dovlet Soyunov 3 6 3 9 +10 2 F
Flag of Turkmenistan Arslan Geldimyradov 3 5 4 9 +9 2 F
Flag of Turkmenistan Amangeldi Aganiyazov 3 2 7 9 +10 4 D
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Čordalija 3 5 1 6 +6 6 F
Flag of Turkmenistan Ishan Veleyev 3 5 1 6 +6 0 F
Flag of Turkmenistan Dmitriy Savin 3 2 3 5 +8 4 D

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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Flag of Turkmenistan Keremli Charyyev 140:00 3 1.29 29 89.66 1
Flag of United Arab Emirates Khaled Al-Suwaidi 180:00 12 4.00 107 88.79 0
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Edis Pribišić 169:19 12 4.25 97 87.63 0
Flag of Kuwait Jasem Al-Sarraf 154:43 25 9.70 98 74.49 0

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[]


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