2018 IIHF World Championship Division III

2018 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	South Africa  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates	16–22 April 25–28 February
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was held in Cape Town, South Africa^[1] and the qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the original hosts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, withdrew their application.^[2]

Georgia won the tournament and were promoted to Division II.^[3]

Kuwait and Turkmenistan made their debut in the World Championships, with both playing in the qualification tournament. Turkmenistan won their first ever game in the World Championships, defeating the United Arab Emirates and later went on to win the qualification and be promoted to next year's Division III.^[4]

Division III[]

2018 IIHF World Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	16–22 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	117 (7.8 per match)
Attendance	2,225 (148 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(19 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Turkey	Placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
Bulgaria	Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Georgia	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Hong Kong	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
South Africa	Host, placed 5th in Division III last year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 6th in Division III last year.

Match officials[]

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

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Georgia (P)	5	4	0	0	1	35	12	+23	12	Promoted to 2019 Division II B
2	Bulgaria	5	3	1	0	1	28	10	+18	11
3	Turkey	5	3	0	1	1	22	14	+8	10
4	Chinese Taipei	5	2	0	0	3	16	25	−9	6[a]
5	South Africa (H)	5	2	0	0	3	13	18	−5	6[a]
6	Hong Kong (R)	5	0	0	0	5	3	38	−35	0	Relegation to 2019 Division III qualification

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

16 April 2018 13:00

Georgia

6–2 (4–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Turkey

, Cape Town Attendance: 35

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Artsiom Labzov
	0–1 02:56 – () () – 10:11 1–1 () – 10:21 2–1 (, ) (SH) – 14:37 3–1 (, Kurbatov)(PP) – 16:14 4–1 Vasilchenko (, Shvetsov) – 26:12 5–1 5–2 45:35 – F. Faner (Bakal) (SH) Obolgogiani (Kurbatov, Zhuzhunashvili) (PP2) – 50:03 6–2
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	57	Shots	17

16 April 2018 16:15

Chinese Taipei

5–1 (0–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

, Cape Town Attendance: 80

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Matthias Cristeli
	0–1 05:05 – (, ) – 29:01 1–1 () – 31:28 2–1 (Lu, Shen Yen-c.) (SH) – 44:23 3–1 () – 52:11 4–1 Shen Yen-c. () (SH) – 53:59 5–1
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	22

16 April 2018 20:00

Bulgaria

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

South Africa

, Cape Town Attendance: 200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Marcin Polak
	(, ) – 16:43 1–0 V. Dikov (Boyadjiev) – 36:33 2–0 (Vasilev) – 37:22 3–0 V. Dikov (Vasilev, Boyadjiev) – 58:39 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	18

17 April 2018 13:00

Turkey

6–1 (1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

, Cape Town Attendance: 20

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Jonathan Burger
	(, ) – 00:38 1–0 1–1 16:52 – (, ) (PP2) (, ) – 27:40 2–1 Semiz () – 32:39 3–1 Özmen (Semiz) (PP) – 41:53 4–1 () – 44:01 5–1 (PP) – 51:49 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	51	Shots	13

17 April 2018 16:15

Bulgaria

3–5 (2–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Georgia

, Cape Town Attendance: 60

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Matthias Cristeli Artsiom Labzov
	0–1 04:05 – (, ) (PP) () – 10:01 1–1 M. Nikolov () – 18:28 2–1 2–2 28:18 – () 2–3 36:24 – Vasilchenko (SH) 2–4 36:35 – Vasilchenko (Kozyulin) (SH) 2–5 44:48 – Kozyulin (V. Dikov) (PP2) – 52:24 3–5
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	43	Shots	37

17 April 2018 20:00

South Africa

2–5 (0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Chinese Taipei

, Cape Town Attendance: 180

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Gregor Miklič
	0–1 06:20 – () 0–2 28:08 – () – 30:31 1–2 1–3 35:10 – Shen Yen-c. () 1–4 43:40 – () (PP) 1–5 50:01 – Hsiao Po-yun (Shen Yen-c., Hsiao Po-yuan) Magmoed (, ) (PP) – 57:16 2–5
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	22

19 April 2018 13:00

Bulgaria

7–2 (1–1, 4–0, 2–1)

Chinese Taipei

, Cape Town Attendance: 30

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Marcin Polak
	() – 12:27 1–0 1–1 17:44 – (, ) () (PP) – 26:24 2–1 – 27:40 3–1 D. Dilkov (M. Nikolov, Gatchev) (PP) – 29:01 4–1 (Georgiev, ) (PP) – 38:51 5–1 5–2 49:08 – (, Lu) Hodulov (Georgiev) – 52:22 6–2 Boyadjiev – 53:37 7–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	19

19 April 2018 16:15

Georgia

11–1 (5–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

, Cape Town Attendance: 40

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Gregor Miklič
	(, ) – 10:30 1–0 () (SH) – 12:02 2–0 Zhuzhunashvili (SH2) – 12:59 3–0 3–1 16:09 – () Zhuzhunashvili () – 16:22 4–1 Zhuzhunashvili (, Shvetsov) – 16:37 5–1 Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili, Dumbadze) – 24:10 6–1 Zhuzhunashvili (, Obolgogiani) – 30:25 7–1 Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) (SH) – 34:13 8–1 Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) – 42:15 9–1 Obolgogiani (, Zhuzhunashvili) – 46:00 10–1 Shalunov (, Vasilchenko) – 50:22 11–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	61	Shots	13

19 April 2018 20:00

Turkey

7–1 (1–0, 4–1, 2–0)

South Africa

, Cape Town Attendance: 250

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Artsiom Labzov
	() – 02:01 1–0 (, ) (PP) – 24:19 2–0 (, ) – 26:01 3–0 Kavaz () – 28:31 4–0 (Y. Kars) – 35:49 5–0 5–1 38:38 – () (Semiz) – 40:53 6–1 (Y. Kars) – 52:25 7–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	36

20 April 2018 13:00

Hong Kong

0–10 (0–3, 0–3, 0–4)

Bulgaria

, Cape Town Attendance: 20

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Danny Beresford Matthias Cristeli
	0–1 09:47 – (, M. Nikolov) 0–2 16:28 – Dilkov (, Gatchev) (PP) 0–3 18:18 – Nikolov (Dilkov) 0–4 29:33 – (, ) 0–5 35:33 – Iskrenov (Muhachev, ) 0–6 38:46 – () (SH) 0–7 48:09 – Hodulov (Iskrenov, ) 0–8 48:32 – (Hodulov, ) 0–9 49:18 – Stoyadinov (Boyadjiev) 0–10 53:09 – Nikolov (Dilkov) (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	51

20 April 2018 16:15

Chinese Taipei

2–4 (1–0, 1–1, 0–3)

Turkey

, Cape Town Attendance: 30

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Jonathan Mark Burger Marcin Polak
	() – 04:07 1–0 1–1 26:53 – () () – 38:35 2–1 2–2 26:53 – (PP) 2–3 44:07 – () 2–4 48:21 – Bakal ()
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	36

20 April 2018 20:00

South Africa

4–2 (2–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Georgia

, Cape Town Attendance: 700

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Artsiom Labzov Gregor Miklič
	0–1 04:25 – () () – 08:16 1–1 () (PP) – 19:28 2–1 2–2 24:23 – Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) Magmoed (, ) (PP) – 52:02 3–2 Van Doesburgh (Samaai) (ENG, SH) – 59:41 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	33 min
	33	Shots	52

22 April 2018 13:00

Georgia

11–2 (5–1, 3–0, 3–1)

Chinese Taipei

, Cape Town Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Artsiom Labzov
	() – 00:17 1–0 (Zhuzhunashvili, ) – 04:47 2–0 2–1 08:23 – () (PP) (SH) – 11:51 3–1 (Obolgogiani, Kharizov) – 15:03 4–1 (Kharizov) – 19:48 5–1 (Vasilchenko, Kharizov) (PP) – 22:20 6–1 Zhuzhunashvili (Kozyulin, Kurbatov) – 22:46 7–1 Kharizov (Vasilchenko) – 22:53 8–1 Kharizov (Obolgogiani, Kurbatov) – 48:47 9–1 Zhuzhunashvili (Kurbatov, ) – 51:27 10–1 10–2 58:09 – () Zhuzhunashvili (Kozyulin, Vasilchenko) (SH) – 59:56 11–2
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	56	Shots	17

22 April 2018 16:15

Turkey

3–4 OT (2–2, 1–0, 0–1) OT: (0–1)

Bulgaria

, Cape Town Attendance: 80

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Marcin Polak
	0–1 04:38 – () 0–2 06:01 – () (, ) – 11:59 1–2 E. Faner (, ) (PP) – 14:16 2–2 (Bakal) – 33:03 3–2 3–3 58:50 – (Hodulov) (ENG, EA) 3–4 62:52 – (V. Dikov)
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	38

22 April 2018 20:00

Hong Kong

0–6 (0–0, 0–4, 0–2)

South Africa

, Cape Town Attendance: 400

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Matthias Cristeli Gregor Miklič
	0–1 23:54 – () (PP) 0–2 27:07 – (Samaai, ) 0–3 33:48 – Samaai (Marais) 0–4 37:59 – (Carelse) 0–5 45:38 – (, ) 0–6 50:41 – (Marais, Van Doesburgh)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	60

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

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

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	5	10	9	19	+15	2	F
	5	8	6	14	+16	6	F
	5	5	7	12	+7	8	F
	5	5	3	8	+2	4	F
	5	5	3	8	–3	0	F
	5	4	4	8	+8	2	F
	5	4	4	8	+7	0	F
	5	3	5	8	+3	2	F
	5	2	6	8	+9	25	F
	5	2	6	8	+16	10	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
	242:52	13	3.21	161	91.93	0
	204:11	9	2.64	111	91.89	1
	283:39	10	2.12	115	91.30	0
	242:28	10	2.47	107	90.65	1
	265:54	18	4.06	137	86.86	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[]

2018 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates	25–28 February
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	68 (11.33 per match)
Attendance	3,020 (503 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(12 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Host, withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2016.
United Arab Emirates	Placed 7th in Division III last year and were relegated.
Kuwait	First time participating in tournament.
Turkmenistan	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials[]

3 referees and 4 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkmenistan (P)	3	3	0	0	0	41	5	+36	9	Promoted to 2019 Division III
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	2	0	0	1	17	15	+2	6
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	0	2	5	12	−7	3
4	Kuwait	3	0	0	0	3	5	36	−31	0

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

25 February 2018 16:00

Turkmenistan

4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

United Arab Emirates

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Martin Christensen Linesmen: Ilya Khohlov Maarten van der Acker
	(, ) (PP) – 34:58 1–0 Aganiyazov (Vahovskiy, ) (PP) – 40:55 2–0 Soyunov – 44:39 3–0 (, ) (PP) – 56:58 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	10

25 February 2018 20:00

Kuwait

1–8 (0–2, 0–3, 1–3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 1,100

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Vytautas Lukoševičius
	0–1 03:27 – (PP) 0–2 15:28 – Čordalija () 0–3 28:00 – (, ) (PP) 0–4 30:15 – Omer (PP) 0–5 37:46 – Lemeš (Omer) (PP2) 0–6 42:18 – (Čordalija) 0–7 45:18 – Logo (SH) 0–8 47:03 – Omer () – 56:37 1–8
	45 min	Penalties	14 min
	16	Shots	41

26 February 2018 16:00

Kuwait

2–24 (0–8, 0–7, 2–9)

Turkmenistan

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 110

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Ilya Khohlov Vytautas Lukoševičius
	0–1 01:30 – (, ) 0–2 06:02 – () 0–3 10:11 – Geldimyradov 0–4 11:49 – (Gurbanov, Soyunov) (EA) 0–5 12:37 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov) 0–6 16:46 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy) 0–7 18:35 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov, Aganiyazov) (SH) 0–8 18:55 – Soyunov (SH) 0–9 27:41 – Gurbanov (Vahovskiy, ) 0–10 28:33 – Veleyev (Aganiyazov) 0–11 33:01 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov) 0–12 33:56 – (, ) 0–13 37:57 – Vahovskiy (Aganiyazov, Gurbanov) (PP) 0–14 39:30 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy, Soyunov) 0–15 39:51 – () 0–16 42:47 – Avdeyev () (PP) () – 43:22 1–16 1–17 43:37 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov) () (SH) – 44:35 2–17 2–18 45:56 – Veleyev 2–19 47:21 – Avdeyev (Atayev) 2–20 51:02 – Kuliyev (Barkovskiy, ) (PP2) 2–21 54:13 – (Vahovskiy) 2–22 55:12 – Savin (Kuliyev, ) (PP) 2–23 57:01 – Veleyev (Vahovskiy, Gurbanov) 2–24 57:47 – Barkovskiy (Gayer)
	16 min	Penalties	27 min
	11	Shots	67

26 February 2018 20:00

United Arab Emirates

1–6 (0–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 600

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Martin Christensen
	0–1 04:48 – (, ) (M. Al-Shamsi) – 26:55 1–1 1–2 31:51 – () (SH) 1–3 33:50 – Omer (, Pribišić) (PP) 1–4 46:47 – Čordalija 1–5 52:29 – Čordalija 1–6 53:39 – Omer
	22 min	Penalties	34 min
	27	Shots	42

28 February 2018 09:00

United Arab Emirates

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Kuwait

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 110

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Vytautas Lukoševičius Maarten van den Acker
	0–1 07:43 – (, ) (M. Al-Shamsi, ) (PP) – 13:30 1–1 Al-Dhaheri (, ) (PP) – 39:16 2–1 O. Al-Shamsi (, ) – 43:02 3–1 Al-Dhaheri (, M. Al-Shamsi) – 50:48 4–1 4–2 57:35 – (, ) (PP, EA)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	22

28 February 2018 20:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3–13 (3–1, 0–5, 0–7)

Turkmenistan

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Ilya Khohlov
	() – 04:28 1–0 (Omer, Hadžihasanović) – 06:04 2–0 2–1 07:50 – () (PP) (Omer) – 11:40 3–1 3–2 24:38 – (SH) 3–3 26:17 – Gurbanov () 3–4 31:06 – (Gurbanov) (PP) 3–5 33:19 – (SH) 3–6 37:32 – (Barkovskiy) (PP) 3–7 41:27 – Barkovskiy 3–8 45:12 – (Savin, Barkovskiy) (PP) 3–9 49:03 – () (PP2) 3–10 49:19 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov, Gayer) (PP) 3–11 52:38 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov) 3–12 57:06 – Barkovskiy (Geldimyradov, Soyunov) 3–13 57:36 – ()
	44 min	Penalties	18 min
	16	Shots	66

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

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

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders[]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	3	6	6	12	+10	9	F
	3	3	8	11	+9	2	F
	3	5	5	10	+7	20	F
	3	4	6	10	+10	0	F
	3	6	3	9	+10	2	F
	3	5	4	9	+9	2	F
	3	2	7	9	+10	4	D
	3	5	1	6	+6	6	F
	3	5	1	6	+6	0	F
	3	2	3	5	+8	4	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
	140:00	3	1.29	29	89.66	1
	180:00	12	4.00	107	88.79	0
	169:19	12	4.25	97	87.63	0
	154:43	25	9.70	98	74.49	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[]