2011 IIHF World Championship Division III

2011 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	April 11 – April 17
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
	← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested between April 11–17, 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa.^[1] Prior to the start of the tournament, the Mongolian national team announced they would withdraw, citing financial reasons. All games against them were counted as a forfeit, with a score of 5–0 for the opposing team.^[2]

Israel won all five of its games by a combined score of 57-9, and was promoted to the 2012 IIHF World Championship Division II.^[3] Israel's Eliezer Sherbatov led the tournament in points, goals, assists, and +/-, earning 26 points (14 goals + 12 assists) in four games.^[4] He was named the best forward of the tournament.^[4]^[5]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Greece	Placed 2nd in Division III A last year.^[6]
Israel	Placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated in 2010.^[7]
Luxembourg	Placed 3rd in Division III A last year.^[6]
Mongolia	Placed 3rd in Division III B last year.^[8] (withdrew from tournament)
South Africa	Host, Placed 2nd in Division III B last year.^[8]
Turkey	Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated in 2010.^[9]

Tournament[]

Standings[]

	Promoted to Division II for 2012

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
1	Israel	5	4	1	0	0	57	9	+48	14
2	South Africa	5	4	0	1	0	43	9	+34	13
3	Turkey	5	3	0	0	2	29	25	+4	9
4	Luxembourg	5	2	0	0	3	33	22	+11	6
5	Greece	5	1	0	0	4	7	79	−72	3
6	Mongolia	5	0	0	0	5	0	25	−25	0

Fixtures[]

All times local.

April 11
13:00

Turkey

5–0
(forfeit)

Mongolia

Grandwest Ice Arena

April 11
16:15

Greece

0–20
(0–5, 0–7, 0–8)

Luxembourg

Grandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 140

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Maksym Urda
Linesmen:

Jos Korte

Arkadiy Subbotin

	0–1	03:42 – (, ) (SH)
	0–2	06:46 – (, ) (PP)
	0–3	10:57 – ()
	0–4	16:21 – T. Beran (R. Beran) (SH)
	0–5	19:02 – T. Beran (R. Beran, F. Schons)
	0–6	21:36 – T. Beran (R. Beran, )
	0–7	22:35 – R. Beran (T. Beran, )
	0–8	23:43 – (P. Schon)
	0–9	24:46 – R. Beran (T. Beran)
	0–10	26:23 – Y. Dessouroux (C. Mossong, )
	0–11	27:44 – P. Schon (C. Mossong)
	0–12	32:56 – P. Schon (C. Mossong)
	0–13	41:31 – S. Minden (T. Beran, R. Beran)
	0–14	46:11 – (P. Schon)
	0–15	46:32 – (, S. Backes)
	0–16	53:16 – (P. Schon) (PP)
	0–17	53:46 – R. Beran (T. Beran, C. Mossong)
	0–18	55:54 – B. Welter (G. Scheier)
	0–19	57:24 – T. Beran (R. Beran, F. Schons)
	0–20	57:55 – S. Backes (B. Welter)

43 min

Penalties

45 min

13

Shots

60

April 11
21:45

South Africa

5 – 6 OT
(2–1, 2–2, 1–2)
( OT: 0–1 )

Israel

Grandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 851

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Claudio Pianezze
Linesmen:

Ulrich Pardatscher

Jacques Riisom-Birker

() (PP2) – 02:24	1–0
(B. Matthews) (PP) – 06:57	2–0
	2–1	12:13 – D. Bochner (, ) (PP)
() – 24:53	3–1
	3–2	26:23 – D. Mazour (S. Norman)
(, ) – 33:22	4–2
	4–3	37:32 – (D. Mazour) (PP)
	4–4	41:08 – ()
C. Birrell () – 41:33	5–4
	5–5	55:10 – E. Sherbatov (D. Mazour) (PP)
	5–6	63:51 – E. Sherbatov (D. Mazour)

22 min

Penalties

20 min

36

Shots

37

April 12
13:00

Mongolia

0–5
(forfeit)

Greece

Grandwest Ice Arena

April 12
16:15

Israel

11–1
(4–0, 4–0, 3–1)

Luxembourg

Grandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 56

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Chris Deweerdt
Linesmen:

Nickolas Beukes

Seung Won Jung

E. Sherbatov ( D. Bochner) (PP) – 02:47	1–0
() (PP) – 06:33	2–0
E. Sherbatov (, S. Frenkel) (PP) – 11:01	3–0
D. Mazour (, ) – 16:27	4–0
E. Sherbatov (D. Spivak, ) (SH) – 23:45	5–0
S. Norman (D. Mazour, S. Frenkel) – 25:43	6–0
S. Frenkel (A. Geller, E. Sherbatov) – 27:02	7–0
S. Frenkel (E. Sherbatov) – 39:31	8–0
D. Mazour (, D. Bochner) – 42:14	9–0
A. Geller (S. Frenkel, ) – 47:34	10–0
	10–1	52:23 – ()
E. Sherbatov (D. Spivak, R. Oz) (SH) – 55:34	11–1

10 min

Penalties

29 min

38

Shots

25

April 12
21:45

Turkey

1–11
(0–5, 1–3, 0–3)

South Africa

Grandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 738

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Mikhal Buturlin
Linesmen:

Mikulash Furnadziev

Jacques Riisom-Birker

	0–1	00:41 – ( )
	0–2	08:31 – (M. Giot)
	0–3	11:41 – () (PP)
	0–4	13:41 – C. Engelbrecht () (PP)
	0–5	14:23 – D. Magmoed (D. Cardoso, M. Giot)
(PP) – 24:00	1–5
	1–6	25:25 – C. Birrell (D. Cardoso)
	1–7	30:18 – D. Magmoed () (PP)
	1–8	37:59 – C. Engelbrecht (, C. Birrell) (PP)
	1–9	47:59 – (B. Matthews, )
	1–10	56:07 – (C. Birrell, J. Valadas)
	1–11	57:22 – M. Giot

16 min

Penalties

16 min

31

Shots

67

April 14
13:00

Israel

5–0
(forfeit)

Mongolia

Grandwest Ice Arena

April 14
16:00

Turkey

16–0
(6–0, 4–0, 6–0)

Greece

Grandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 113

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Claudio Pianezze
Linesmen:

Jos Korte

Ulrich Pardatscher

(, ) – 01:31	1–0
(, ) (PP) – 06:24	2–0
Y. Halil () – 07:21	3–0
(S. Yildirim) – 08:15	4–0
O. Yavuzarslan (S. Yildirim) – 13:53	5–0
E. Ozmen (S. Aktürk) – 14:14	6–0
Y. Halil (, S. Aktürk) (PP) – 25:07	7–0
G. Tasdemir (S. Gumus) – 26:16	8–0
(S. Aktürk) – 32:33	9–0
S. Aktürk (E. Coskun) (SH) – 33:32	10–0
C. Akyıldız (S. Gumus, A. Solak) – 42:03	11–0
S. Aktürk – 46:31	12–0
O. Yavuzarslan () – 53:30	13–0
A. Solak (S. Gumus) – 54:47	14–0
E. Coskun (D. Ince) – 55:01	15–0
E. Ozmen (G. Tasdemir) – 58:57	16–0

16 min

Penalties

12 min

46

Shots

10

April 14
21:45

South Africa

5–2
(1–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Luxembourg

Grandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,014

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Maksym Urda
Linesmen:

Seung Won Jung

Arkadiy Subbotin

(, ) (PP) – 02:14	1–0
	1–1	11:29 – (, )
() (PP) – 31:36	2–1
	2–2	41:22 – () (PP)
A. Marais (, B. Matthews) (PP2) – 46:56	3–2
B. Matthews (, C. Birrell) (PP) – 47:34	4–2
C. Birrell (A. Marais, ) – 57:40	5–2

32 min

Penalties

24 min

49

Shots

37

April 15
13:00

Mongolia

0–5
(forfeit)

South Africa

Grandwest Ice Arena

April 15
16:15

Luxembourg

5–6
(1–1, 1–2, 3–3)

Turkey

Grandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 87

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Mikhal Buturlin
Linesmen:

Nickolas Beukes

Arkadiy Subbotin

	0–1	06:06 – ()
(, ) – 18:23	1–1
	1–2	21:23 – (Y. Halil, )
(, ) – 31:09	2–2
	2–3	38:55 – S. Gumus (G. Tasdemir, Y. Halil) (PP)
	2–4	41:06 – ()
	2–5	42:49 – S. Aktürk (E. Ozmen, E. Coskun)
G. Scheier (PP) – 54:05	3–5
(S. Minden) (PP) – 54:12	4–5
	4–6	56:03 – S. Aktürk (E. Coskun, E. Ozmen) (PP)
B. Welter (R. Beran, S. Minden) (PP) – 59:47	5–6

35 min

Penalties

18 min

36

Shots

35

April 15
19:45

Greece

2–26
(0–6, 0–8, 2–12)

Israel

Grandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,014

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Chris Deweerdt
Linesmen:

Mikulash Furnadziev

Jos Korte

	0–1	03:05 – ()
	0–2	06:25 – (E. Sherbatov)
	0–3	07:25 – (, )
	0–4	09:30 – E. Sherbatov (D. Mazour, )
	0–5	12:56 – S. Frenkel ()
	0–6	17:27 – M. Lebedev (, I. Levy)
	0–7	24:53 – E. Sherbatov (A. Geller) (SH)
	0–8	25:17 – D. Mazour (SH)
	0–9	26:56 – (E. Kniter, D. Spivak)
	0–10	27:40 – E. Sherbatov (S. Frenkel)
	0–11	31:06 – D. Mazour (E. Sherbatov, )
	0–12	33:02 – E. Kniter ()
	0–13	37:37 – S. Frenkel (E. Sherbatov)
	0–14	38:37 – S. Frenkel (E. Sherbatov)
	0–15	40:33 – E. Sherbatov
	0–16	44:01 – D. Mazour (S. Frenkel, D. Spivak) (PP)
	0–17	45:25 – I. Levy (S. Norman, M. Lebedev)
	0–18	46:31 – S. Frenkel (E. Sherbatov) (PP)
	0–19	48:25 – E. Sherbatov (S. Frenkel)
() – 50:37	1–19
	1–20	51:15 –
	1–21	51:51 – E. Kniter (A. Boulakhov)
	1–22	52:27 – D. Mazour (S. Frenkel, E. Sherbatov)
	1–23	53:01 – E. Sherbatov
	1–24	54:45 – S. Frenkel (E. Sherbatov)
	1–25	56:41 – V. Schwarzman () (PP)
	1–26	56:50 – D. Mazour (E. Sherbatov)
– 57:48	2–26

8 min

Penalties

2 min

8

Shots

65

April 17
13:00

Luxembourg

5–0
(forfeit)

Mongolia

Grandwest Ice Arena

April 17
16:15

Israel

9–1
(3–1, 5–0, 1–0)

Turkey

Grandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,014

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Claudio Pianezze
Linesmen:

Ulrich Pardatscher

Jacques Riisom-Birker

– 01:30	1–0
(E. Sherbatov, ) (PP2) – 04:26	2–0
E. Sherbatov (S. Frenkel) – 12:28	3–0
	3–1	16:31 – A. Solak (, )
S. Frenkel (E. Sherbatov) (PP) – 23:18	4–1
(D. Mazour, ) (PP) – 24:31	5–1
(D. Spivak) (PP) – 25:28	6–1
E. Sherbatov (S. Frenkel) (PP) – 33:23	7–1
S. Frenkel – 35:48	8–1
(D. Spivak) (PP) – 52:35	9–1

34 min

Penalties

63 min

40

Shots

21

April 17
21:45

South Africa

17–0
(4–0, 6–0, 7–0)

Greece

Grandwest Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,014

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Maksym Urda
Linesmen:

Mikulash Furnadziev

Seung Won Jung

(, ) – 01:55	1–0
() – 06:42	2–0
(, ) – 10:43	3–0
(, ) – 15:30	4–0
() – 22:55	5–0
G. Miller (, C. Reeves) – 24:06	6–0
D. Magmoed (D. Cardoso, M. Giot) – 25:38	7–0
(, ) – 31:08	8–0
G. Lyon (G. Miller, ) – 32:56	9–0
D. Magmoed (J. Valadas, G. Miller) (PP) – 36:17	10–0
U. Samaai (G. Lyon) (SH) – 43:39	11–0
D. Magmoed (U. Samaai, A. Marais) – 46:11	12–0
G. Miller (G. Lyon) – 47:16	13–0
D. Cardoso (G. Yates) – 49:40	14–0
D. Cardoso (M. Giot) (PP) – 50:27	15–0
U. Samaai (C. Reeves) – 51:48	16–0
D. Cardoso (D. Watson, M. Giot) – 58:09	17–0

43 min

Penalties

18 min

73

Shots

4

Officials[]

The IIHF selected 4 referees and 7 linesmen to work the 2011 IIHF World Championship Div III. They were the following:

Referees

Maksym Urda
Claudio Pianezze
Chris Deweerdt
Mikhal Buturlin

Linesmen

Jos Korte
Arkadiy Subbotin
Ulrich Pardatscher
Jacques Riisom-Birker
Nickolas Beukes
Seung Won Jung
Mikulash Furnadziev

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Eliezer Sherbatov	4	14	12	26	+22	0
	4	11	11	22	+21	4
	4	11	7	18	+18	10
	4	4	8	12	+8	31
	4	4	7	11	+4	0
	4	4	6	10	+5	4
	4	0	10	10	+16	0
	4	6	3	9	+9	4
	4	4	5	9	+5	10
	4	1	8	9	+8	6

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

Leading goaltenders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
120:00	68	3	1.50	95.59	0
201:14	81	6	1.79	92.59	0
123:51	41	6	2.91	85.37	1
191:05	114	17	5.34	85.09	1
221:57	124	21	5.68	83.06	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[]

Best players selected by the directorate

Best Goaltender: David Berger
Best Forward: Eliezer Sherbatov
Best Defenceman:

Best players

Best player of each team selected by the coaches.

References[]

^ "2011 IIHF World Championship Div. III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
^ IIHF (2011-03-31). "Mongolia cancels trips". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
^ Sammy Hudes (22 July 2011). "Israeli hockey player shocks world; (Video) Eliezer Sherbatov scores unbelievable, made-for-YouTube goal". Ynet.
^ ^a ^b Murray Greig (August 24, 2020). "Israeli's Auschwitz switch causes stir". China Daily.
^ "Eli Sherbatov profile - Ели Шербатов Профиль". Eurohockey.com.
^ ^a ^b "2010 IIHF World Championship Div. III Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
^ "2010 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
^ ^a ^b "2010 IIHF World Championship Div. III Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
^ "2010 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2010-11-15.

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[auto7-4] Murray Greig (August 24, 2020). "Israeli's Auschwitz switch causes stir". China Daily.

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[2010DIIIB-8] "2010 IIHF World Championship Div. III Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2010-11-15.

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