Ice Hockey Wiki
Advertisement
2023 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of South Africa South Africa
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates 17–23 April
27 February – 5 March
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
2022
2024

The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division III were two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

The Group A tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17 to 23 April and the Group B tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 27 February to 5 March 2023.

Chinese Taipei were promoted after winning Group A, with North Korea relegated after withdrawing before the tournament.[2] Kyrgyzstan won the Group B tournament and got promoted, while Malaysia got relegated.[3]

Group A tournament[]

2023 IIHF World Championship Division III A
2023 IIHF World Championship Division III A
Tournament details
Host country Flag of South Africa South Africa
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 17–23 April
Teams 5
Tournament statistics
Games played 10
Goals scored 86 (8.6 per game)
Attendance 1,815 (182 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Thailand Jan Isaksson (11 points)
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Placed 3rd in Division III last edition.
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Placed 4th in Division III last edition.
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Placed 5th in Division III last edition.
Flag of North Korea North Korea Withdrew last edition and withdrew also this edition.
Flag of South Africa South Africa Host, placed 1st in Division III B last edition and was promoted.
Flag of Thailand Thailand Placed 2nd in Division III B last edition and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Italy Andrea Benvegnu
  • Flag of New Zealand Ryan Cairns
  • Flag of Turkey Cemal Kaya
  • Flag of United Arab Emirates Yahya Al-Jneibi
  • Flag of Australia Fraser Ohlson
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
  • Flag of Mexico Óscar Pérez
  • Flag of Netherlands Koep Leermakers
  • Flag of New Zealand Edward Howard
  • Flag of South Africa Jason van Rooyen
  • Flag of United Arab Emirates Helan Al-Ameri

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 4 4 0 0 0 30 4 +26 12 Promoted to the 2024 Division II B
2 Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 4 2 0 0 2 17 16 +1 6[lower-alpha 1]
3 Flag of South Africa South Africa (H) 4 2 0 0 2 16 17 −1 6[lower-alpha 1]
4 Flag of Thailand Thailand 4 2 0 0 2 20 21 −1 6[lower-alpha 1]
5 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 4 0 0 0 4 3 28 −25 0
6 Flag of North Korea North Korea[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to the 2024 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.
Notes:

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2)

17 April 2023
16:00
Thailand Flag of Thailand 2–11
(0–3, 1–3, 1–5)
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
17 April 2023
20:00
Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan 6–9
(3–0, 0–4, 3–5)
Flag of South Africa South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 187

18 April 2023
20:00
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 2–10
(0–2, 1–5, 1–3)
Flag of Thailand Thailand The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 51

19 April 2023
16:00
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg 1–4
(0–1, 1–3, 0–0)
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 40
19 April 2023
20:00
Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei 6–1
(0–0, 3–1, 3–0)
Flag of South Africa South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 300

20 April 2023
20:00
Thailand Flag of Thailand 3–6
(0–0, 0–3, 3–3)
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30

21 April 2023
16:00
Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei 10–0
(6–0, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 27
21 April 2023
20:00
South Africa Flag of South Africa 2–5
(1–2, 1–1, 0–2)
Flag of Thailand Thailand The Ice Station, Cape Town

23 April 2023
14:00
Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan 1–3
(0–0, 0–2, 1–1)
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 150
23 April 2023
18:00
South Africa Flag of South Africa 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 1,000

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Thailand Jan Isaksson 4 9 2 11 +4 4 F
Chinese Taipei Lin Hung-ju 4 6 5 11 +7 0 F
Thailand Ken Kindborn 4 1 9 10 +1 12 D
Chinese Taipei Yang Chang-hsing 4 5 3 8 +7 0 F
Turkmenistan Pavel Barkovskiy 4 2 5 7 +1 2 F
Chinese Taipei Shen Yen-lin 4 2 5 7 +6 4 D
Chinese Taipei Chen Kuan-ting 4 1 6 7 +7 2 F
Thailand Hideki Nagayama 4 1 6 7 +1 4 D
Thailand Kim Aarola 4 0 7 7 +1 2 F
Chinese Taipei Lin Yo-chen 4 2 4 6 +1 4 F
Chinese Taipei Shen Yen-chin 4 2 4 6 +6 2 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
Chinese Taipei Hsiao Po-yu 168:36 3 1.07 73 95.89 0
Thailand Benjamin Kleineschay 223:08 17 4.57 141 87.94 0
Turkmenistan Rahman Myradov 233:06 15 3.86 116 87.07 0
South Africa Ryan Boyd 230:46 17 4.42 123 86.18 1
Luxembourg Philippe Lepage 220:00 26 7.09 156 83.33 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

Awards[]

Position Player[1]
Goaltender Chinese Taipei Hsiao Po-yu
Defenceman Thailand Ken Kindborn
Forward Thailand Jan Isaksson

Group B tournament[]

2023 IIHF World Championship Division III B
2023 IIHF World Championship Division III B
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 27 February – 5 March
Teams 6
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 212 (14.13 per game)
Attendance 4,585 (306 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Kyrgyzstan Mamed Seifulov (28 points)
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Host, placed 3rd in Division III Q last edition.
Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Placed 1st in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
Flag of Iran Iran Placed 2nd in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
Flag of Singapore Placed 3rd in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia Placed 4th in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Withdrew last edition.

Match officials[]

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.[2]

Referees Linesmen
  • Flag of Lithuania Vitalijus Sevruk
  • Flag of South Korea Park Jae-hyung
  • Flag of Sweden Robert Hallin
  • Flag of Switzerland Phillip Ströbel
  • Flag of Chinese Taipei Huang Jen-hung
  • Flag of Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
  • Flag of Croatia Marko Saković
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Jiří Svoboda
  • Flag of Serbia David Perduv
  • Flag of Slovakia Lukáš Kacej
  • Flag of Spain Alejandro García

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 5 5 0 0 0 76 5 +71 15 Promoted to the 2024 Division III A
2 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 5 3 1 0 1 39 20 +19 11
3 Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 5 2 1 1 1 41 26 +15 9
4 Flag of Singapore 5 2 0 1 2 31 31 0 7
5 Flag of Iran Iran 5 1 0 0 4 19 53 −34 3
6 Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 5 0 0 0 5 6 77 −71 0 Relegated to the 2024 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.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1)

27 February 2023
13:00
Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan 14–2
(7–1, 5–1, 2–0)
Flag of Singapore Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 69
27 February 2023
16:30
Malaysia Flag of Malaysia 4–14
(1–3, 0–7, 3–4)
Flag of Iran Iran Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 55
27 February 2023
20:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6–5 GWS
(1–2, 2–3, 2–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 800

28 February 2023
13:00
Flag of Singapore

10–0
(2–0, 5–0, 3–0)
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 100
28 February 2023
16:30
Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 11–1
(3–0, 5–0, 3–1)
Flag of Iran Iran Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 47
28 February 2023
20:00
Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan 10–1
(3–0, 4–0, 3–1)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 168

2 March 2023
13:00
Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 7–6 OT
(1–2, 1–2, 4–2)
(OT: 1–0)
Flag of Singapore Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 101
2 March 2023
16:30
Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan 22–0
(7–0, 10–0, 5–0)
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 87
2 March 2023
20:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina 9–2
(1–1, 3–1, 5–0)
Flag of Iran Iran Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 569

3 March 2023
13:00
Malaysia Flag of Malaysia 1–16
(1–3, 0–6, 0–7)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 57
3 March 2023
16:30
Iran Flag of Iran 0–18
(0–7, 0–4, 0–7)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 49
3 March 2023
20:00
Flag of Singapore 2–8
(0–2, 1–4, 1–2)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 850

5 March 2023
13:00
Iran Flag of Iran 2–11
(1–5, 0–4, 1–2)
Flag of Singapore

Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 64
5 March 2023
16:30
Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 2–12
(1–4, 1–4, 0–4)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 112
5 March 2023
20:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina 15–1
(5–1, 4–0, 6–0)
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,457

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Kyrgyzstan Mamed Seifulov 5 18 10 28 +31 0 F
Kyrgyzstan Islambek Abdyraev 5 3 18 21 +27 0 F
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Omer 5 11 9 20 +13 0 F
Hong Kong Justin Cheng 5 8 12 20 +15 2 F
Kyrgyzstan Alexander Titov 5 10 8 18 +24 0 F
Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Mlivić 5 6 11 17 +9 0 F
Hong Kong Ryan Chu 5 10 6 16 +11 2 F
Flag of Singapore
Ethan Redden || 5 || 8 || 7 || 15 || +5 || 10 || F
Flag of Singapore
Joshua Chan || 5 || 9 || 5 || 14 || −1 || 2 || F
Kyrgyzstan Ernazar Isamatov 5 4 10 14 +30 0 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
Kyrgyzstan Arslan Maraimbekov 124:24 0 0.00 13 100.00 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Pašović 278:58 19 4.09 171 88.89 0
Hong Kong Cheung Ching-ho 150:42 9 3.58 78 88.46 0
Hong Kong Emerson Keung 153:58 16 6.24 104 84.62 0
Flag of Singapore
Joshua Shao Ern Lee || 230:57 || 24 || 6.24 || 144 || 83.33 || 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

Awards[]

Position Player[3]
Goaltender Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Pašović
Defenceman Kyrgyzstan Ernazar Isamatov
Forward Hong Kong Justin Cheng

References[]

External links[]

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at 2023 IIHF World Championship Division III. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).



Cite error: <ref> tags exist for a group named "lower-alpha", but no corresponding <references group="lower-alpha"/> tag was found

Advertisement