2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Taiwan  New Zealand
Dates	22 – 28 March 2015 17 – 19 March 2015
Teams	9
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The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III A and Division III B tournaments represent the sixth and the seventh tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division III A[]

The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 22 to 28 March 2015.^[1]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Iceland	Placed 6th in 2014 Division II B and were relegated
Israel	Placed 2nd in 2014 Division III A
Chinese Taipei	Hosts, placed 3rd in 2014 Division III A
Bulgaria	Placed 4th in 2014 Division III A
Mexico	Placed 5th in 2014 Division III A
South Africa	Placed 1st in 2014 Division III B and were promoted

Standings[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iceland	5	3	2	0	0	19	13	+6	13
Mexico	5	1	2	2	0	17	10	+7	9
Bulgaria	5	2	0	2	1	14	12	+2	8
Chinese Taipei	5	2	1	0	2	28	16	+12	8
Israel	5	2	0	1	2	16	15	+1	7
South Africa	5	0	0	0	5	7	35	−28	0

Promoted to the 2016 Division II B

Relegated to the 2016 Division III B

Results[]

All times are local. (National Standard Time – UTC+8)

22 March 2015 13:00

Israel

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Mexico

, Taipei City Attendance: 252

Game reference
	Benhar 49' Goals Beremjo 32', 62'

22 March 2015 16:30

South Africa

0–5 (0–0, 0–2, 0–3)

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 189

Game reference
	Goals Georgiev 37' Semkok 39' Dilkov 46' Gatchey 49' Genkov 52'

22 March 2015 20:00

Chinese Taipei

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Iceland

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 672

Game reference
	Olafsson 14', 27' Kristinsson 59' Goals Chiang 53'

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23 March 2015 13:00

Iceland

5–4 (3–3, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 121

Game reference
	Sverrisson 4' Induss 5', 58' Olafsson 6' Arnason 64' Goals Georgiev 2' Dilkov 10', 17' Davidov 27'

23 March 2015 16:30

Mexico

8–1 (5–0, 2–1, 1–0)

South Africa

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 154

Game reference
	Beremjo 1', 12', 14', 22', 29' Ramos 17' Samano 59' Goals Ruthven 36'

23 March 2015 20:00

Israel

6–8 (2–2, 3–2, 1–4)

Chinese Taipei

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City

Game reference
	Chu 3', 33', 40', 59' Huang 13' Chang 28' Wang 40' Chiang 45' Goals Revniaga 6' Kafri 18', 23' Bash 29' Natalchenko 34' Avrahaham 44'

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25 March 2015 13:00

Israel

5–2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

South Africa

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 125

Game reference
	Ignatovich 3', 5', 14' Revniaga 33' Avrahaham 50' Goals Compton 20', 35'

25 March 2015 16:30

Iceland

3–2 (0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Mexico

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 232

Game reference
	Olafsson 22' Induss 59', 65' Goals Ramos 2' Najera 38'

25 March 2015 20:00

Chinese Taipei

3–4 (0–0, 2–3, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 612

Game reference
	Chiang 22' Yin 37' Huang 51' Goals Dikov 20' Tchaliov 29' Davidov 32' Dilkov 45'

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26 March 2015 13:00

South Africa

4–5 (2–2, 1–0, 1–3)

Iceland

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 82

Game reference
	Bremner 5', 58' Schuurman 7' Compton 21' Goals Kristveigarson 1' Induss 18', 57' Maack 50' Kristinsson 56'

26 March 2015 16:30

Bulgaria

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Israel

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Goals Bash 2' Revniaga 49'

26 March 2015 20:00

Mexico

3–4 (0–2, 1–1, 2–0, 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Attendance: 513

Game reference
	Beremjo 34' Pierece 49', 59' Goals Tang 3' Chu 10', 24' Chen 63'

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28 March 2015 13:00

Bulgaria

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 278

Game reference
	Dikov 21' Goals Aguierre 59' Beremjo 65'

28 March 2015 16:30

Iceland

3–2 (2–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Israel

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 359

Game reference
	Altason 11' Induss 14' Sigrunarsson 23' Goals Sever 32' Hoffman 33'

28 March 2015 20:00

Chinese Taipei

12–0 (2–0, 3–0, 7–0)

South Africa

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 794

Game reference
	Hsu 8', 57' Liu 10', 56' Chu 25', 29', 37', 40', 45', 55' Chen 44' Lu 48' Goals

Division III B[]

The Division III B tournament was played in Auckland, New Zealand, from 17 to 19 March 2015.^[2]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
New Zealand	Hosts, placed 6th in 2014 Division III B and were relegated
Turkey	Placed 2nd in 2014 Division III B
Hong Kong	Placed 3rd in 2014 Division III B

Standings[]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	2	2	0	0	0	14	5	+9	6
New Zealand	2	1	0	0	1	12	10	+2	3
Hong Kong	2	0	0	0	2	6	17	−11	0

Promoted to the 2016 Division III A

Results[]

All times are local. (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)

17 March 2015 19:15

Hong Kong

5–8 (1–3, 2–1, 2–4)

New Zealand

, Auckland Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Han Jonathan Yifeng	Goalies	Michael Jessup	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Oliver Finch Kensuke Kanazawa
	0–1 R. Vortanov (T. Carson-Pratt, H. Macharg) – 09:03 Cheng C.J.P. (Lo L.K., Lui H.M.H) – 9:29 1–1 1–2 B. Harford – 16:33 1–3 H. Johnston (R. Vortanov, H. Macharg) (PP) – 19:13 Lo L.K. (Lui H.M.H.) – 22:22 2–3 Cheng C.P.J. (Tse C.J.) (PP) – 34:44 3–3 3–4 H. Macharg (B. Harford) (SH) – 37:21 Lo L.K. (Lui H.M.H.) – 41:15 4–4 4–5 R. Vortanov – 44:51 4–6 M. Kennedy (S. Brown) (SH) – 49:25 4–7 H. Macharg (T. Carson-Pratt, T. Pugh) (SH) – 54:08 4–8 S. Brown (M. Kennedy, T. Rooney) (SH) – 54:39 Lui H.M.H. (Tsang H.Y., Tse C.J.) (PP) – 57:12 5–8
	6 min	Penalties	22 min
	36	Shots	40

18 March 2015 19:00

Turkey

9–1 (3–0, 5–0, 1–1)

Hong Kong

Paradice Botany, Auckland Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Muhammad Karagul	Goalies	Han Jonathan Yifeng	Referee: Shinichi Takizawa Linesmen: Oliver Finch Chris Watson
	E. Ulas – 8:22 1–0 S. Kavaz (SH) – 19:05 2–0 H. Salt (O. Kars, F. Faner) (SH) – 19:31 3–0 C. Kaya (E. Savas) – 20:51 4–0 S. Bingol (B. Kizilkaya) – 22:37 5–0 B. Kizilkaya (F. Faner, H. Secer) – 31:36 6–0 F. Taygar (H. Secer) – 32:19 7–0 F. Taygar (H. Secer) – 35:52 8–0 8–1 Cheng C.P.J. (Lee C.K.) – 49:39 C. Kaya (H. Secer) – 57:17 9–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	52	Shots	17

19 March 2015 19:00

New Zealand

4–5 (1–2, 1–1, 2–2)

Turkey

Paradice Botany, Auckland Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Michael Jessup	Goalies	Muhammad Karagul	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Kensuke Kanazawa Chris Watson
	L. Fraser (M. Rawiri) (PP) – 03:57 1–0 1–1 S. Takar (S. Kavaz) (PP) – 07:33 1–2 O. Kars (F. Faner, S. Kavaz) (PP) – 17:08 1–3 S. Bingol (Y. Kars, F. Taygar) – 21:30 T. Carson-Pratt – 31:12 2–3 M. Kennedy (H. Macharg) (PP2) – 44:10 3–3 S. Brown (T. Rooney) – 46:42 4–3 4–4 S. Kavaz (O. Kars) – 52:58 4–5 B. Kizilkaya (H. Secer) – 53:56
	24 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	34

See also[]

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

References[]