2014 IIHF World Championship Division III

2014 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	Luxembourg
Dates	6 – 12 April 2014
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	179 (11.93 per match)
Attendance	6,050 (403 per match)
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The 2014 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, from 6 to 12 April 2014.^[1] Division III represents the sixth tier of the Ice Hockey World Championships. Hong Kong returned to the World Championship for the first time since 1987.

Venues[]

Division III

Kockelscheuer

Capacity: 768

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Bulgaria	Placed 6th in Division II B last year and was relegated.
North Korea	Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Luxembourg	Host, placed 3rd in Division III last year.
United Arab Emirates	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Hong Kong	First participation since 1987.
Georgia	Placed 4th in Division III qualification tournament last year.

Standings[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	5	5	0	0	0	48	13	+35	15
North Korea	5	4	0	0	1	54	11	+43	12
Luxembourg	5	3	0	0	2	43	16	+27	9
Hong Kong	5	1	1	0	3	17	27	−10	5
United Arab Emirates	5	1	0	1	3	14	34	−20	4
Georgia	5	0	0	0	5	3	78	−75	0

Promoted to 2015 Division II B

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

6 April 12:30

Hong Kong

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

United Arab Emirates

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Simone Lega Botond Palkovi
	() – 11:39 1–0 1–1 15:53 – (, )
		Shootout	O. Al-Shamisi J. Al-Dhaheri
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	23	Shots	46

6 April 16:00

North Korea

22–1 (6–0, 9–0, 7–1)

Georgia

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Igor Tsernyshov Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Cui Zhinan
	() – 06:13 1–0 () – 09:18 2���0 (Kim H-j.) – 10:31 3–0 Ri C-m. (Kim H-j.) (SH) – 15:10 4–0 (, ) – 17:14 5–0 (Ri P-i.) – 18:29 6–0 Kim M-c. (Ri C-m.) – 20:14 7–0 () – 22:02 8–0 Ri S-g. (Ju S-h., Kim K-h.) – 23:33 9–0 Kim K-h (Pak S-j.) – 24:17 10–0 Kim H-j. (Kim M-c., Ri C-m.) – 25:33 11–0 – 33:03 12–0 () – 34:30 13–0 Kim N-h. (Ri C-m., An C-h.) – 35:26 14–0 Kim C-b. (Kim J-h.) – 37:04 15–0 Ju S-h. (Pak S-j., Kim S-g.) – 41:42 16–0 (Kim C-h., Ri C-j.) – 42:08 17–0 Ri C-j. – 43:52 18–0 Ju S-h. (Ri S-g.) – 44:48 19–0 Kim H-j. (Kim M-c.) – 49:54 20–0 Kim H-j. (Kim M-c., Kim C-b.) (PP) – 53:30 21–0 21–1 54:05 – Kim J-h. (Ri C-j., Kim C-h.) (PP) – 58:45 22–1
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	92	Shots	4

6 April 19:45

Luxembourg

5–8 (2–3, 3–3, 0–2)

Bulgaria

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 800

Game reference
		Goalies	Konstantin Mihailov	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Orri Sigmarsson
	0–1 04:25 – () (PP) 0–2 06:53 – A. Yotov (S. Muhachev) (SH) 0–3 15:57 – A. Yotov (S. Muhachev) () – 17:30 1–3 (, ) – 19:24 2–3 (, R. Beran) – 20:38 3–3 M. Eriksson (SH) – 28:38 4–3 4–4 30:01 – S. Muhachev (A. Yotov, ) M. Eriksson – 31:32 5–4 5–5 35:37 – I. Hodulov (A. Yotov, ) (PP2) 5–6 39:29 – (I. Hodulov) 5–7 46:08 – 5–8 46:23 – M. Nikolov (M. Eftimov, )
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	42

7 April 12:30

Georgia

0–12 (0–4, 0–3, 0–5)

Hong Kong

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tomislav Knežević Linesmen: Vytautas Lukosevičius Orri Sigmarsson
	0–1 08:07 – (, ) (PP) 0–2 15:42 – 0–3 17:52 – (Kan S.) 0–4 18:59 – Choi Hi. (Sham A.) 0–5 28:47 – () 0–6 35:23 – Fung B. (Ho J.) 0–7 37:38 – (Ho J.) (PP) 0–8 40:49 – Fung B. (Ho J., Kan S.) 0–9 42:40 – (Ho J.) 0–10 46:24 – Ho J. (Fung B.) 0–11 46:55 – Ho J. (Fung B., Kan S.) 0–12 54:07 –
	31 min	Penalties	8 min
	10	Shots	55

7 April 16:00

Bulgaria

11–5 (5–3, 5–1, 1–1)

United Arab Emirates

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Igor Tsernyshov Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Simone Lega
	– 00:23 1–0 1–1 01:01 – (PP) I. Hodulov (, ) (PP) – 03:21 2–1 S. Muhachev (A. Yotov) – 06:34 3–1 3–2 08:04 – () (A. Yotov, I. Hodulov) (PP2) – 10:35 4–2 S. Muhachev (A. Yotov, I. Hodulov) – 13:22 5–2 5–3 19:16 – S. Al-Nuaimi () (PP) A. Yotov (S. Muhachev, I. Hodulov) – 20:14 6–3 (A. Yotov, I. Hodulov) (PP) – 27:00 7–3 I. Hodulov (A. Yotov, S. Muhachev) – 28:50 8–3 S. Muhachev (A. Yotov) (PP) – 31:20 9–3 9–4 32:11 – O. Al-Shamisi M. Eftimov (PP) – 39:36 10–4 10–5 47:38 – () I. Hodulov () – 50:52 11–5
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	44	Shots	26

7 April 19:30

North Korea

7–3 (4–0, 3–0, 0–3)

Luxembourg

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 850

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Botond Palkovi
	(, ) – 10:17 1–0 – 10:30 2–0 () – 16:38 3–0 Hong C-r. (Ri C-m.) – 19:47 4–0 Kim H-j – 20:09 5–0 (Kim H-j., Ri C-m.) (PP) – 29:09 6–0 An C-h. (Hong C-r., Ri C-m.) (PP) – 32:55 7–0 7–1 43:37 – () 7–2 45:17 – () 7–3 49:15 – E. Wambach (G. Scheier)
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	34	Shots	28

9 April 12:30

Bulgaria

19–1 (10–0, 4–1, 5–0)

Georgia

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Vytautas Lukosevičius
	(, ) – 04:02 1–0 B. Stefanov (M. Boyadjiev, I. Hodulov) (PP) – 06:30 2–0 M. Nikolov (, ) – 10:33 3–0 (, ) (PP) – 12:06 4–0 M. Boyadjiev (I. Hodulov) – 12:17 5–0 A. Vasilev (, K. Monov) – 14:06 6–0 M. Boyadjiev (R. Petrov) – 15:15 7–0 T. Georgiev (K. Monov, I. Velev) (PP) – 17:27 8–0 I. Hodulov (M. Boyadjiev, ) – 18:24 9–0 M. Nikolov (A. Panev, N. Bozhanov) – 18:37 10–0 T. Georgiev (A. Vasilev) – 22:06 11–0 11–1 27:09 – (, ) (PP) (, A. Panev) (PP) – 31:29 12–1 A. Panev (Y. Gachev) – 33:43 13–1 A. Panev (P. Mihov) – 36:24 14–1 T. Georgiev (K. Monov, I. Velev) – 42:49 15–1 N. Bozhanov (T. Georgiev) – 45:15 16–1 T. Georgiev (I. Velev) – 50:11 17–1 P. Mihov (M. Nikolov, A. Panev) – 50:26 18–1 T. Georgiev (I. Velev, A. Vasilev) (PP) – 51:26 19–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	78	Shots	10

9 April 16:00

North Korea

12–2 (3–2, 4–0, 5–0)

Hong Kong

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Igor Tsernyshov Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Orri Sigmarsson
	0–1 05:14 – (, ) – 08:18 1–1 1–2 13:16 – () () – 13:52 2–2 () – 15:27 3–2 () (PP) – 24:28 4–2 () – 25:54 5–2 Kim H-j. (Ri P-i.) (PP) – 35:44 6–2 Ju S-h. (, Kim K-h.) (PP) – 36:37 7–2 (SH) – 43:07 8–2 Kim H-j. () (PP) – 48:09 9–2 Ri P-i. (Ju S-h.) – 54:03 10–2 Ju S-h. – 55:01 11–2 An C-h. (Kim H-j., Ri P-i.) (PP2) – 56:17 12–2
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	11

9 April 19:30

Luxembourg

8–1 (4–0, 4–0, 0–1)

United Arab Emirates

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 850

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tomislav Knežević Linesmen: Cui Zhinan Botond Palkovi
	– 08:17 1–0 – 11:57 2–0 – 16:38 3–0 (, ) (PP) – 18:15 4–0 B. Houdremont (, B. Welter) (PP) – 26:20 5–0 B. Houdremont (, ) (PP2) – 30:20 6–0 R. Beran (B. Welter, C. Waltener) (PP) – 30:33 7–0 B. Welter (B. Houdremont) – 39:47 8–0 8–1 43:34 – (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	20 min
	50	Shots	26

11 April 12:30

United Arab Emirates

1–12 (0–3, 1–4, 0–5)

North Korea

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Orri Sigmarsson
	0–1 06:27 – () 0–2 07:08 – (, ) (PP) 0–3 19:57 – Kim K-h. (Ri S-g., ) 0–4 20:39 – Ri C-m. () 0–5 23:13 – Hong C-r. (, ) (PP) – 25:18 1–5 1–6 31:17 – Kim H-j. (Hong C-r., An C-h.) (PP) 1–7 38:03 – Hong C-r. (PP) 1–8 46:06 – Hong C-r. (Kim H-j., ) 1–9 49:44 – (, ) 1–10 50:56 – Kim K-c. () 1–11 51:41 – Kim J-h. (Ri C-j., Hong C-r.) 1–12 53:07 –
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	15	Shots	60

11 April 16:00

Hong Kong

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Bulgaria

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies	Konstantin Mihailov	Referee: Tomislav Knežević Linesmen: Cui Zhinan Vytautas Lukosevičius
	0–1 01:10 – () () – 02:07 1–1 1–2 25:25 – I. Hodulov 1–3 27:06 – I. Hodulov (, A. Yotov) (PP) 1–4 34:25 – (M. Nikolov) (PP) 1–5 49:20 – I. Hodulov (A. Yotov) (PP) 1–6 59:08 – (A. Yotov, ) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	67

11 April 19:30

Georgia

0–19 (0–7, 0–6, 0–6)

Luxembourg

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 850

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Simone Lega Botond Palkovi
	0–1 00:22 – (, ) 0–2 01:09 – (B. Welter) 0–3 04:31 – (, ) 0–4 04:56 – M. Eriksson (G. Scheier) 0–5 12:53 – () 0–6 14:25 – (B. Houdremont, C. Waltener) 0–7 14:39 – T. Holtzem (C. Waltener, B. Houdremont) 0–8 28:55 – (B. Houdremont, C. Waltener) 0–9 30:07 – M. Eriksson (, ) 0–10 32:13 – B. Houdremont (C. Waltener, ) 0–11 33:13 – G. Scheier (M. Eriksson, C. Thiry) 0–12 37:11 – G. Scheier (M. Eriksson, G. Biver) (PP) 0–13 39:42 – T. Holtzem (P. Schön, B. Houdremont) 0–14 40:41 – P. Schön (F. Schons, C. Thiry) 0–15 45:10 – M. Eriksson (P. Schön, C. Thiry) 0–16 45:58 – S. Backes (S. Minden, ) 0–17 49:49 – R. Scheier (S. Minden, ) (SH) 0–18 50:03 – S. Minden (F. Davidson, P. Bechthold) (SH) 0–19 59:09 – S. Minden (S. Backes, T. Holtzem)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	4	Shots	71

12 April 12:30

Bulgaria

4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

North Korea

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Konstantin Mihailov	Goalies		Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Simone Lega Botond Palkovi
	0–1 06:19 – () (, ) – 36:01 1–1 A. Yotov (, S. Muhachev) – 39:10 2–1 A. Yotov () – 46:18 3–1 I. Hodulov (A. Yotov, ) (PP) – 53:55 4–1
	30 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	49

12 April 16:00

United Arab Emirates

6–1 (1–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Georgia

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 500

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Igor Tsernyshov Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Cui Zhinan
	() – 07:48 1–0 M. Al-Mazrouei () (PP) – 21:36 2–0 2–1 25:26 – S. Al-Nuaimi (M. Al-Mazrouei, ) – 27:15 3–1 A. Al-Mazrouei (S. Al-Nuaimi, F. Al-Suwaidi) (PP) – 33:16 4–1 A. Al-Mazrouei (M. Al-Mazrouei, S. Al-Nuaimi) – 41:33 5–1 (, M. Al-Mazrouei) (PP) – 44:13 6–1
	22 min	Penalties	30 min
	50	Shots	12

12 April 19:30

Luxembourg

8–0 (5–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 900

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Vytautas Lukosevičius
	– 04:37 1–0 (, ) (PP) – 07:49 2–0 () – 10:45 3–0 R. Beran (, B. Houdremont) – 12:11 4–0 B. Welter (R. Beran, ) – 16:43 5–0 (F. Schons, G. Scheier) (PP2) – 54:53 6–0 B. Houdremont (B. Welter, ) – 56:23 7–0 (E. Wambach, M. Eriksson) – 59:58 8–0
	39 min	Penalties	18 min
	46	Shots	18

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender:
  • Best Defenceman:
  • Best Forward:

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	5	13	8	21	+14	6	F
	5	6	15	21	+13	6	F
	5	9	7	16	+18	4	F
	5	6	8	14	+8	2	F
	5	5	8	13	+11	6	F
	5	4	9	13	+15	4	F
	5	7	5	12	+12	4	F
	5	6	5	11	+8	2	F
	5	4	7	11	+4	2	F
	5	5	4	9	+8	2	F
	5	5	4	9	+8	10	F

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 at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Konstantin Mihailov	167:59	7	2.50	108	93.52	0
	194:43	6	1.85	62	90.32	0
	219:32	11	3.01	104	89.42	1
	214:05	16	4.48	147	89.12	0
	120:00	6	3.00	36	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

References[]

External links[]

• Division III on IIHF.com