2019 IIHF World Championship Division III

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	31 March–6 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	170 (11.33 per game)
Attendance	1,585 (106 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Artur Zainutdinov (18 points)
Website	Website

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–28 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	137 (9.13 per game)
Attendance	6,650 (443 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Miroslav Vasilev (16 points)
Website	Website

2019 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria; United Arab Emirates
Dates	22–28 April; 31 March–6 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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Main article: 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 28 April and the qualification tournament in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 31 March to 6 April 2019.^[1] Both Kyrgyzstan and Thailand made their debut in the World Championships, with each winning their first game (Kyrgyzstan won all five of its games, but the first four were changed to forfeits due to an ineligible player).

Bulgaria earned promotion to Division II, while the United Arab Emirates won the qualification tournament and were promoted. South Africa finished last and were demoted to the qualification tournament.^[2]^[3]

Division III[]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Luxembourg	Placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Turkey	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
South Africa	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Turkmenistan	Placed 1st in Division III qualification last year.

Match officials[]

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

Referees

Linesmen

Feng Lei
Stefan Hogarth
Vladimir Babic
Ryan Cairns

Kiril Peychinov
Luchezar Stoyanov
Henri Neva
Anton Boryayev

Dāvis Zunde
Mihai Paul
Chae Youn-jin

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bulgaria (H, P)	5	5	0	0	0	39	7	+32	15	Promotion to 2020 Division II B
2	Turkey	5	3	0	0	2	21	17	+4	9
3	Turkmenistan	5	2	0	1	2	21	21	0	7
4	Luxembourg	5	2	0	0	3	15	20	−5	6
5	Chinese Taipei	5	1	1	0	3	23	35	−12	5
6	South Africa (R)	5	1	0	0	4	18	37	−19	3	Relegation to 2020 Division III B

Source: IIHF
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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

22 April 2019
13:00

Turkey

2–3
(0–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Luxembourg

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120


Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Marcus Anselm	Referee: Ryan Cairns
Bingöl (Kavaz, Ö. Karş) – 31:33 / Elakaş (Halil, Gümüş) (PP) – 51:54	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3	14:01 – Mosr (Mossong, Bechtold) (PP) / 46:56 – Backes (Eriksson, C. Cannon) / 57:39 – Mossong (Welter, Mosr)
2 min	Penalties	2 min
36	Shots	28

22 April 2019
16:30

Turkmenistan

4–5 OT
(0–0, 0–3, 4–1)
(OT: 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 130


Keremli Charyyev Rahman Myradov	Goalies	Hou Ta-yu	Referee: Vladimir Babic
Dovletmyradov (Gurbanov, Vahovskiy) – 47:40 / Kuliyev (Baymyradov) – 49:05 / Hydyrov (Vahovskiy) (PP) – 52:02 / Geldimyradov (Soyunov) – 59:18	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 4–4 / 4–5	25:45 – Weng (Shen, Yang) / 26:32 – Weng (Lin H., Shen) / 34:11 – Weng (Pan) / 54:12 – Lin K. (Lin H.) (PP) / 62:00 – Weng (Lin H.)
10 min	Penalties	10 min
36	Shots	22

22 April 2019
20:00

Bulgaria

12–2
(7–1, 1–1, 4–0)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 850


Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Charl Pretorius	Referee: Stefan Hogarth
Muhachev (M. Vasilev) – 00:34 / Yotov (Hodulov, Stoilov) – 01:32 / M. Vasilev (Boyadjiev) – 12:43 / M. Vasilev (Yotov) (PP) – 14:26 / M. Vasilev (V. Dikov) – 15:46 / Yotov (Stoilov, Stefanov) – 16:42 / M. Vasilev (Boyadjiev) – 17:24 / M. Vasilev (Hodulov) – 39:42 / Hodulov (Yotov) – 41:39 / Hodulov (K. Dikov) – 47:03 / Dzhorov – 49:50 / Muhachev (V. Dikov, Gatchev) – 53:55	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 7–2 / 8–2 / 9–2 / 10–2 / 11–2 / 12–2	04:50 – Samaai (Carelse) / 29:28 – R. Venter (Kluyts)
24 min	Penalties	12 min
32	Shots	25

23 April 2019
13:00

South Africa

2–7
(0–2, 1–3, 1–2)

Turkmenistan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 136


Charl Pretorius Ryan Boyd	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Feng Lei
Marais (Samaai) – 39:53 / Giot (Obery) – 48:50	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 1–5 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 2–7	02:10 – Baymyradov (Tannyyev) / 02:59 – Gurbanov (Dovletmyradov) / 26:13 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov, Dovletmyradov) / 27:45 – Aganiyazov (Gurbanov, Dovletmyradov) (PP) / 39:42 – Baymyradov (Tannyyev) / 57:56 – Baymyradov / 59:39 – Vahovskiy (Soyunov)
8 min	Penalties	2 min
32	Shots	30

23 April 2019
16:30

Luxembourg

4–5
(0–0, 3–2, 1–3)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 180


Marcus Anselm	Goalies	Hou Ta-yu He Wei-chih	Referee: Ryan Cairns
Mosr (Mossong, Welter) – 30:01 / Backes (C. Cannon, Scheier) – 35:31 / C. Cannon (Eriksson) – 38:28 / C. Cannon (Bechtold) (SH) – 57:01	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5 / 4–5	31:21 – Lin H. (Weng, Shen) / 34:52 – Weng (Yang, Wang) / 42:47 – Wang (Weng, Shen) (PP) / 45:55 – Shen (Chen W.) / 48:58 – Weng (Lin H.) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	14 min
35	Shots	28

23 April 2019
20:00

Bulgaria

3–1
(0–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,200


Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Stefan Hogarth
M. Vasilev – 23:12 / V. Dikov – 26:36 / Gatchev (Yotov, Boyadjiev) – 37:40	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1	51:57 – Çıplak
14 min	Penalties	6 min
31	Shots	34

25 April 2019
13:00

Luxembourg

5–2
(1–1, 3–0, 1–1)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 108


Marcus Anselm	Goalies	Ryan Boyd Charl Pretorius	Referee: Feng Lei
Backes (C. Cannon) – 11:50 / Welter (Bechtold, C. Cannon) (SH) – 22:46 / Welter (Mossong) – 35:31 / Backes (Eriksson) – 35:47 / Grönlund (EN) – 57:29	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 5–2	05:19 – Samaai (Carelse, Marais) / 57:17 – Marais
4 min	Penalties	2 min
24	Shots	36

25 April 2019
16:30

Turkey

7–4
(0–2, 3–2, 4–0)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 128


Muhammed Karagül Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Hou Ta-yu	Referee: Stefan Hogarth
Bingöl (Aktürk, E. Faner) – 23:10 / Özmen (Hars) – 31:00 / Gümüş (K. Karş, Çıplak) (PP2) – 34:29 / Ö. Karş – 41:51 / Salt (Faner) (PP) – 47:10 / Çıplak (Gümüş) – 54:07 / K. Karş (Faner) – 58:52	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 4–4 / 5–4 / 6–4 / 7–4	03:57 – Lin H. (Yang, Weng) / 14:32 – Hsiao (Lin T.) / 26:39 – Yu (Lin H.) / 39:59 – Weng (Shen, Lin H.) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	24 min
46	Shots	19

25 April 2019
20:00

Bulgaria

6–2
(2–0, 2–2, 2–0)

Turkmenistan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,200


Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Vladimir Babic
Nikolov – 06:36 / K. Dikov (Nikolov) (PP) – 15:50 / Muhachev (Boyadjiev, V. Dikov) (PP) – 30:32 / K. Dikov (M. Vasilev, Muhachev) (PP) – 36:58 / Hodulov (Boyadjiev, M. Vasilev) (PP2) – 43:38 / Boyadjiev (M. Vasilev, Muhachev) – 45:16	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2	21:36 – Barkovskiy (PP) / 33:34 – Barkovskiy (Soyunov)
44 min	Penalties	46 min
39	Shots	20

26 April 2019
13:00

South Africa

3–6
(2–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120


Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Vladimir Babic
Valadas – 03:28 / Kluyts (Van Doesburgh) – 12:42 / Giot (Botha, Magmoed) (PP) – 30:16	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5 / 3–6	10:37 – K. Karş (Gümüş) (PP) / 22:17 – Gümüş (Salt) (PP) / 38:45 – Halil (F. Faner) / 43:42 – Özmen (Halil) (PP) / 58:47 – Bakal (Salt, Halil) (EN) / 59:09 – Özmen (EN)
22 min	Penalties	8 min
17	Shots	47

26 April 2019
16:30

Turkmenistan

4–3
(0–2, 3–1, 1–0)

Luxembourg

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 195


Keremli Charyyev	Goalies	Marcus Anselm	Referee: Feng Lei
Barkovskiy (Soyunov, Geldimyradov) (PP) – 29:12 / Aganiyazov (PP) – 31:17 / Veleyev (Barkovskiy) – 39:01 / Dovletmyradov (Gurbanov) – 45:44	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3	02:54 – Mossong (Mosr, Welter) / 08:51 – C. Cannon (Eriksson) / 33:48 – Mossong (Mosr)
6 min	Penalties	10 min
38	Shots	26

26 April 2019
20:00

Chinese Taipei

2–11
(1–1, 1–6, 0–4)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 953


Hou Ta-yu He Wei-chih	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Ryan Cairns
Lin T. (Hsiao) – 12:22 / Lin H. (Shen, Weng) – 32:39	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5 / 2–6 / 2–7 / 2–8 / 2–9 / 2–10 / 2–11	17:09 – M. Vasilev (Muhachev) / 21:35 – M. Vasilev (Hodulov) / 23:38 – Boyadjiev (M. Vasilev, V. Dikov) / 26:33 – Hodulov / 30:07 – T. Georgiev (V. Vasilev) / 35:13 – Hodulov (Boyadjiev) (PP) / 35:33 – Dilkov (Dzhorov, T. Georgiev) / 48:52 – M. Vasilev (V. Vasilev) (PP) / 57:22 – Hodulov (Stoilov, Nikolov) / 57:44 – Muhachev (M. Vasilev, Dzhorov) / 59:58 – M. Vasilev (Bachvarov, Hodulov) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	10 min
35	Shots	40

28 April 2019
13:00

Turkey

5–4
(0–1, 2–1, 3–2)

Turkmenistan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 90


Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Ryan Cairns
Ö. Karş (Gümüş, Halil) – 24:17 / F. Faner (Halil) – 27:06 / Bakal (Salt, Halil) – 40:53 / Özmen (Gümüş) (PP2) – 54:14 / Bingöl (Ö. Karş, E. Faner) – 56:03	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 4–4 / 5–4	08:48 – Dovletmyradov (Vahovskiy, Veleyev) / 26:53 – Dovletmyradov (Gurbanov, Vahovskiy) (PP) / 42:09 – Vahovskiy (Veleyev) / 45:52 – Barkovskiy (Geldimyradov)
10 min	Penalties	14 min
38	Shots	22

28 April 2019
16:30

Chinese Taipei

7–9
(1–2, 2–4, 4–3)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 105


Hou Ta-yu He Wei-chih	Goalies	Charl Pretorius	Referee: Feng Lei
Lin H. (Weng, Sang) (PP2) – 09:13 / Shen (Lin H.) (PP) – 32:01 / Lin H. (Weng) – 34:06 / Sang (Weng, Shen) (SH) – 46:48 / Chen W. (Chen K.) – 48:23 / Chen W. – 54:47 / Chiang (Weng) – 56:11	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 2–6 / 3–6 / 3–7 / 4–7 / 4–8 / 5–8 / 6–8 / 7–8 / 7–9	11:51 – Carelse (Samaai) / 18:03 – Carelse (Obery, Samaai) / 22:39 – Schuurman / 24:03 – Compton / 25:54 – Botha (Samaai, Carelse) (PP) / 27:46 – Compton / 41:51 – Schuurman (Compton) / 47:42 – Samaai (PP) / 59:43 – Marais (EN)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
34	Shots	22

28 April 2019
20:00

Luxembourg

0–7
(0–4, 0–1, 0–2)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,135


Marcus Anselm Sven Cruchten	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Stefan Hogarth
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7	12:28 – Hodulov (V. Vasilev) / 14:50 – Hodulov (Yotov) / 16:13 – Georgiev (SH) / 18:18 – Muhachev (V. Dikov, Dilkov) / 32:18 – Hodulov (Yotov, Boyadjiev) / 44:35 – Yotov (Gatchev, Stoilov) / 59:59 – Hodulov (Dilkov) (PP2)
28 min	Penalties	14 min
26	Shots	29

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goalkeeper: Dimitar Dimitrov
- Best Defenseman: Shen Yen-lin
- Best Forward: Miroslav Vasilev

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Miroslav Vasilev	5	10	6	16	+10	22	F
Weng To	5	7	8	15	+3	2	F
Ivan Hodulov	5	10	4	14	+10	18	F
Lin Hung-ju	5	5	7	12	−2	12	F
Martin Boyadjiev	5	2	7	9	+8	6	D
Shen Yen-lin	5	2	7	9	+1	0	D
Stanislav Muhachev	5	5	3	8	+10	0	F
Alexei Yotov	5	3	5	8	+7	0	F
Begench Dovletmyradov	5	4	3	7	+2	2	F
Colm Cannon	5	3	4	7	+2	4	F
Uthman Samaai	5	3	4	7	+1	6	F
Aleksandr Vahovskiy	5	3	4	7	0	6	F

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
Dimitar Dimitrov	300:00	7	1.40	138	94.93	1
Marcus Anselm	292:18	19	3.90	160	88.12	0
Keremli Charyyev	266:32	18	4.05	147	87.76	0
Tolga Bozacı	272:26	14	3.08	114	87.72	0
Hou Ta-yu	224:52	22	5.87	134	83.58	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[]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Hong Kong	Placed 6th in Division III last year and were relegated.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Placed 2nd in Division III qualification last year.
United Arab Emirates	Host, placed 3rd in Division III qualification last year.
Kuwait	Placed 4th in Division III qualification last year.
Thailand	First time participating in tournament.
Kyrgyzstan	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials[]

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

Referees

Linesmen

Kent Unwin
Liu Jiaqi
Dean Smith
Toh Sung-taek

Jiří Gebauer
Norbert Muzsik
Kang Tae-woo
Murat Aygün

Oleksiy Ryabikov
Heylaan Al-Ameri
Yahya Al-Jneibi

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	United Arab Emirates (H, P)	5	4	0	0	1	46	14	+32	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promotion to 2020 Division III
2	Hong Kong	5	4	0	0	1	31	18	+13	12^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Thailand	5	2	1	0	2	26	19	+7	8
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2	0	1	2	21	22	−1	7
5	Kuwait	5	1	0	0	4	9	43	−34	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Later assigned to 2020 Division IV
6	Kyrgyzstan	5	1	0	0	4	7	24	−17	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Later assigned to 2020 Division IV

Source: IIHF
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.
Notes:

↑ Kazakhstan, Japan get top events. new-iihf.com (18 May 2018).
↑ Bulgaria storms to another gold. iihf.com (28 April 2018).
↑ Emirates win on home ice. iihf.com (6 April 2018).
↑ Assignments
↑ Qualification assignments

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+4).

Kyrgyzstan played its first four games, all wins, with Russian born player Aleksandr Titov in their lineup. Before their final game, also a win, when it was found that Titov was not yet eligible to play for Kyrgyzstan, he was disqualified from the tournament and Kyrgyzstan forfeited their first four games.

31 March 2019
12:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4–5 GWS
(4–1, 0–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Thailand

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 47


Amel Ćapin	Goalies	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Referee: Liu Jiaqi
Hodžić – 00:53 / Ćatović (Omer) (PP) – 08:48 / Pilav (Ćatović, Mrkva) (PP) – 13:46 / Omer (Dzamalija) – 15:36	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 4–4	18:23 – Nagayama (PP) / 22:16 – Thanakroekkiat (Nagayama) / 42:09 – Ingkharratphithakon (Vattanapanyakul, Nagayama) / 49:39 – Limpinphet (Suwachirat, Luckanatinakorn)
12 min	Penalties	16 min
29	Shots	53

31 March 2019
16:00

Kyrgyzstan

0–5 (~~14–0~~ forfeit)
(9–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Kuwait

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 52


Aleksandr Petrov	Goalies	Jasem Al-Sarraf	Referee: Dean Smith
Titov (Abdyraev) – 04:29 / Chuvalov – 05:26 / Abdyraev (Kudashev) (PP) – 06:19 / Chuvalov (Terentyev) – 08:08 / Titov (Kolodii) – 08:51 / Egorov (Nosov) – 12:01 / Terentyev (Nosov, Egorov) (PP2) – 14:08 / Titov (Kolodii) (PP) – 14:39 / Tonkikh (Titov) (SH) – 18:40 / Terentyev (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) – 33:45 / Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Nosov) – 38:17 / Nosov (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) – 44:47 / Kudashev (Titov, Abdyraev) – 54:18 / Isamatov (Tynaliev) – 59:56	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0 / 11–0 / 12–0 / 13–0 / 14–0
6 min	Penalties	14 min
60	Shots	5

31 March 2019
20:00

United Arab Emirates

11–1
(5–0, 6–0, 0–1)

Hong Kong

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 168


Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Emerson Keung Cheung Ching Ho	Referee: Toh Sung-taek
Karkotsky (Remess) – 08:31 / Zainutdinov (Karkotsky) – 13:10 / Remess (J. Al-Dhareri) – 16:46 / Zainutdinov – 18:48 / Al-Mahrooqi (Zainutdinov) – 19:19 / Zainutdinov – 21:14 / Al-Mehairi (O. Al-Shamsi) – 22:36 / J. Al-Dhareri (Zainutdinov) – 27:14 / J. Al-Dhareri (Zainutdinov) – 36:21 / Zainutdinov (Al-Kaabi) – 37:46 / Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhareri, Al-Mahrooqi) – 39:37	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0 / 11–0 / 11–1	51:52 – Wong K. (Tang)
4 min	Penalties	4 min
41	Shots	16

1 April 2019
12:00

Hong Kong

12–2
(4–1, 2–0, 6–1)

Kuwait

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 68


Cheung Ching-ho	Goalies	Ahmad Al-Saegh	Referee: Kent Unwin
Lau (Lo, Au-Yeung) – 06:07 / Sham (Wong K., To) – 07:25 / Au-Yeung (Tang, Wong K.) (PP) – 10:33 / Wong K. (Sham, To) – 14:16 / Tang – 30:00 / Kan S. (SH) / Chau (L. Wong, Sham) – 43:05 / Lo – 44:27 / J. Wong (Fung) – 46:03 / J. Wong (Kan C.) – 46:20 / Chau (Tang) – 49:16 / Chau (Lam, Kan C.) – 53:30	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1 / 9–1 / 10–1 / 11–1 / 12–1 / 12–2	03:32 – A. Al-Sarraf (Al-Qattan) / 58:53 – Al-Awadhi (Al-Zidan, Al-Maraghy) (PP)
12 min	Penalties	10 min
33	Shots	17

1 April 2019
16:00

Thailand

5–0 (~~2–6~~ forfeit)
(0–4, 0–0, 2–2)

Kyrgyzstan

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 82


Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Goalies	Aleksandr Petrov	Referee: Liu Jiaqi
Luckanatinakorn – 42:40 / Thanakroekkiat (Luckanatinakorn) (PP) – 44:13	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 2–6	11:33 – Tynaliev (Gorobets) / 12:00 – Tonkikh (Nosov) / 16:36 – Titov (Abdyraev, Kolodii) / 18:55 – Chuvalov (Nosov, Tonkikh) / 49:02 – Nosov (Tonkikh) / 18:55 – Egorov (Chuvalov)
8 min	Penalties	49 min
8	Shots	48

1 April 2019
20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3–10
(0–3, 1–6, 2–2)

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 74


Amel Ćapin Dino Pašović	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Dean Smith
Hasović – 30:55 / Dzamalija (Đinalić, Omer) – 48:12 / Mrkva (Omer) – 57:50	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 1–8 / 1–9 / 2–9 / 2–10 / 3–10	07:22 – J. Al-Dhaheri (Remess) (PP) / 12:26 – Savko (O. Al-Shamsi) / 17:36 – J. Al-Dhaheri (Zainutdinov, Karkotsky) (PP) / 22:13 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhaheri) (PP) / 26:10 – Karkotsky / 28:01 – Al-Mahrooqi (Remess) / 32:27 – Zainutdinov (Remess) (SH) / 33:22 – Al-Mahrooqi (J. Al-Dhaheri, Zainutdinov) / 39:15 – A. Al-Suwaidi (O. Al-Shamsi) / 49:20 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhaheri, Al-Mahrooqi)
12 min	Penalties	10 min
17	Shots	50

3 April 2019
12:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5–0 (~~3–14~~ forfeit)
(0–4, 2–7, 1–3)

Kyrgyzstan

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 66


Dino Pašović Amel Ćapin	Goalies	Aleksandr Petrov	Referee: Kent Unwin
Omer (Ćatović) (PP) – 22:22 / London (Hodžić, Hasović) (PP) – 33:59 / Omer (Hodžić) (PP) – 55:51	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 1–8 / 1–9 / 1–10 / 1–11 / 2–11 / 2–12 / 2–13 / 3–13 / 3–14	04:38 – Nosov (SH) / 04:58 – Egorov (Nosov) (SH) / 05:51 – Tonkikh (Isamatov) / 10:34 – Nosov (Tonkikh, Egorov) / 20:53 – Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Kolodii) (PP) / 23:16 – Nosov (Egorov) / 23:35 – Tynaliev (Abdyraev) (PP) / 27:08 – Tonkikh (Nosov, Chuvalov) / 27:59 – Nosov (Chuvalov, Terentyev) (PP) / 31:02 – Kolodii (Shushenkov, Nosov) (PP2) / 33:15 – Shushenkov (SH) / 40:45 – Tagaev (Abdyraev, Titov) / 48:44 – Nosov (Tonkikh, Egorov) (PP2) / 58:53 – Chuvalov
107 min	Penalties	41 min
12	Shots	55

3 April 2019
16:00

Hong Kong

6–5
(0–3, 3–2, 3–0)

Thailand

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 56


Keung Emerson	Goalies	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Referee: Toh Sung-taek
Kan S. (Wong K.) – 27:22 / Tang (Lo) – 35:11 / To (Tang) – 36:42 / To (Tang) – 54:33 / Sham – 57:23 / Wong K. (Kan S., L. Wong) (PP) – 59:20	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5 / 3–5 / 4–5 / 5–5 / 6–5	06:51 – Nagayama (Suwachirat) / 15:52 – Suwachirat (Supadilokluk, Forster) / 16:20 – Kitayama (Supadilokluk) / 20:52 – Suwachirat (Forster, Nagayama) / 31:13 – Limpinphet (Kitayama, Nagayama)
12 min	Penalties	16 min
34	Shots	26

3 April 2019
20:00

United Arab Emirates

13–1
(5–0, 8–0, 0–1)

Kuwait

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 98


Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	Goalies	Jasem Al-Saraf Ahmad Al-Saegh	Referee: Liu Jiaqi
J. Al-Dhareri (Al-Mehairi) – 01:25 /Al-Kaabi (Al-Nuaimi, Al-Mehairi) – 02:40 / Al-Nuaimi (Al-Kaabi) – 12:19 / Al-Mahrooqi (Al-Ameri, Al-Mazrouei) – 18:24 / Al-Kaabi (Al-Mazrouei, Al-Nuaimi) – 19:52 / J. Al-Dhareri (Al-Mehairi, Al-Mahrooqi) – 21:45 / Al-Zaabi (J. Al-Dhareri, Al-Ameri) – 25:12 / Al-Blooshi – 30:17 / Al-Kaabi (Al-Mazrouei, M. Al-Shamsi) – 30:44 / Al-Mehairi (Al-Nuaimi) – 31:59 / O. Al-Shamsi – 32:23 / Al-Kaabi (Al-Blooshi) (SH) – 36:59 / Al-Mahrooqi (PP) – 39:53	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0 / 11–0 / 12–0 / 13–0 / 13–1	57:10 – Al-Ajmi
6 min	Penalties	16 min
27	Shots	9

4 April 2019
12:00

Kyrgyzstan

0–5 (~~8–3~~ forfeit)
(3–0, 1–3, 4–0)

Hong Kong

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 44


Temir Muktarbek	Goalies	Cheung Ching Ho	Referee: Dean Smith
Tonkikh (Nosov) (PP) – 05:18 / Nosov (Chuvalov) – 12:36 / Abdyraev (Ulugbek) – 18:24 / Nosov (SH) – 20:43 / Chuvalov – 43:32 / Titov (Abdyraev, Shushenkov) (PP) – 49:42 / Kolodii (Chuvalov, Nosov) – 51:23 / Chuvalov (Nosov) (SH) – 55:37	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 5–3 / 6–3 / 7–3 / 8–3	27:16 – Lo (Kan S.) / 32:32 – Yeung (Sham, Wong K.) (PP) / 33:24 – Chau (Wong K., Au-Yeung) (PP)
43 min	Penalties	12 min
37	Shots	14

4 April 2019
16:00

Kuwait

0–9
(0–2, 0–3, 0–4)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 52


Jasem Al-Sarraf	Goalies	Amel Ćapin Dino Pašović	Referee: Toh Sung-taek
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6 / 0–7 / 0–8 / 0–9	03:51 – Ćatović (Omer, Hodžić) / 10:40 – Ismailović (Omer, Hodžić) / 28:17 – Mrkva (Omer, Ćatović) / 28:31 – Ćatović (Omer, London) / 31:13 – Hodžić (PP) / 45:05 – Omer / 47:51 – Hasović (Hodžić) / 57:02 – Mušić / 59:28 – Mušić (Posavec, Omer)
6 min	Penalties	14 min
18	Shots	35

4 April 2019
20:00

Thailand

2–8
(1–4, 1–3, 0–1)

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 123


Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Kent Unwin
Limpinphet (Luckanatinakorn) – 08:09 / Kitayama (Luckanatinakorn, Nagayama) (SH) – 34:39	1–0 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 2–6 / 2–7 / 2–8	08:55 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhareri) / 11:04 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhareri) (PP) / 14:15 – Zainutdinov (O. Al-Shamsi) / 18:02 – Al-Kaabi (Karkotsky, Al-Mazrouei) / 24:44 – Remess (Al-Nuaimi, Al-Mazrouei) (PP2) / 32:32 – Karkotsky (Savko) / 37:34– Karkotsky (SH) / 57:54 – Al-Mazrouei (M. Al-Shamsi, Al-Nuaimi) (PP)
53 min	Penalties	42 min
23	Shots	33

6 April 2019
12:00

Kuwait

1–9
(0–0, 1–4, 0–5)

Thailand

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 47


Jasem Al-Sarraf	Goalies	Sujin Charoensuk	Referee: Kent Unwin
Al-Ajmi – 33:35	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6 / 1–7 / 1–8 / 1–9	24:11 – Suwachirat (Kitayama) / 27:09 – Supadilokluk (Thanakroekkiat) (PP) / 28:37 – Vattanapanyakul (Sukwiboon, Forster) / 38:42 – Luckanatinakorn (Thanakroekkiat, Nagayama) / 43:42 – Thanakroekkiat (Tengsakul) (PP) / 44:13 – Nagayama (Thanakroekkiat, Limpinphet) / 46:53 – Limpinphet (Thanakroekkiat, Forster) (PP) / 54:03 – Limpinphet (Nagayama, Suwachirat) (SH) / 55:25 – Luckanatinakorn (Sigel)
32 min	Penalties	14 min
11	Shots	50

6 April 2019
16:00

Hong Kong

7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 39


Emerson Keung	Goalies	Amel Ćapin	Referee: Toh Sung-taek
Lo (Lam) (SH) – 12:28 / Sham (Au-Yeung, Kan S.) – 15:28 / Kan S. (Tang, Wong K.) (PP) – 19:14 / Kan S. – 38:23 / Lo (Au-Yeung, Kan S.) – 51:53 / Tang (Sham, Wong K.) – 53:21 / Chau – 54:05	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0
8 min	Penalties	4 min
26	Shots	13

6 April 2019
20:00

United Arab Emirates

4–7
(2–3, 1–0, 1–4)

Kyrgyzstan

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 580


Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Aleksandr Petrov	Referee: Dean Smith
Al-Kaabi – 09:06 / Zainutdinov (Al-Mahrooqi) – 14:28 / Al-Mahrooqi (Karkotsky) (PP) – 29:44 / Zainutdinov – 40:22	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 4–4 / 4–5 / 4–6 / 4–7	03:11 – Egorov (PP) / 10:20 – Kolodii (Tonkikh, Abdyraev) / 19:16 – Egorov (Nosov) (PP) / 48:14 – Egorov (Chuvalov) / 49:54 – Tonkikh (Gorobets, Abdyraev) / 50:39 – Nosov (Tonkikh) / 55:01 – Nosov
42 min	Penalties	10 min
14	Shots	36

Statistics[]

All statistics from Kyrgyzstan's first four games were not counted by the IIHF, including their opponents scoring and goaltending details.

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Artur Zainutdinov	5	13	5	18	+13	4	F
Juma Al-Dhaheri	5	6	8	14	+18	2	F
Khalifa Al-Mahrooqi	5	6	4	12	+16	10	F
Hideki Nagayama	4	3	7	10	+5	2	D
Mirza Omer	4	2	8	10	+6	8	F
Tang Shin Ming Jasper	4	3	6	9	+5	4	F
Mohamed Al-Kaabi	5	6	2	8	+4	38	F
Artyom Karkotsky	5	4	4	8	+2	16	F
Wong Ka-ho	4	3	5	8	–2	2	D
Kan Siu-him	4	4	3	7	+3	2	F

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

Kyrgyz players Vladimir Nosov (23 points), Vladimir Tonkikh (16), Mikhail Chuvalov (16), Islambek Abdyraev (10) and Maksim Egorov (10) do not appear in this list because their statistics from their first four games were deemed invalid.^[1]

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
Khaled Al-Suwaidi	240:00	13	3.25	92	85.87	0
Amel Ćapin	201:45	20	5.95	126	84.13	0
Keung Emerson	140:00	10	4.29	54	81.48	1
Cheung Ching-ho	100:00	8	4.80	43	81.40	0
Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	184:36	18	5.85	96	81.25	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[]

↑ KGZ stats from four forfeited games

External links[]

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[1] Kazakhstan, Japan get top events. new-iihf.com (18 May 2018).

[2] Bulgaria storms to another gold. iihf.com (28 April 2018).

[3] Emirates win on home ice. iihf.com (6 April 2018).

[4] Assignments

[5] Qualification assignments

[8] KGZ stats from four forfeited games

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