2019 IIHF World Championship Division III

2019 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria  United Arab Emirates
Dates	22–28 April 31 March–6 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2018 2020 (cancelled) →

The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 28 April and the qualification tournament in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 31 March to 6 April 2019.^[1] Both Kyrgyzstan and Thailand made their debut in the World Championships, with each winning their first game (Kyrgyzstan won all five of its games, but the first four were changed to forfeits due to an ineligible player).

Bulgaria earned promotion to Division II, while the United Arab Emirates won the qualification tournament and were promoted. South Africa finished last and were demoted to the qualification tournament.^[2][3]

Division III[]

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	22–28 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	137 (9.13 per match)
Attendance	6,650 (443 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(16 points)
Website	Website

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Luxembourg	Placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Turkey	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
South Africa	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Turkmenistan	Placed 1st in Division III qualification last year.

Match officials[]

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

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bulgaria (H, P)	5	5	0	0	0	39	7	+32	15	Promotion to 2020 Division II B
2	Turkey	5	3	0	0	2	21	17	+4	9
3	Turkmenistan	5	2	0	1	2	21	21	0	7
4	Luxembourg	5	2	0	0	3	15	20	−5	6
5	Chinese Taipei	5	1	1	0	3	23	35	−12	5
6	South Africa (R)	5	1	0	0	4	18	37	−19	3	Relegation to 2020 Division III B

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

22 April 2019 13:00

Turkey

2–3 (0–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Luxembourg

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 120

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Kiril Peychinov Luchezar Stoyanov
	0–1 14:01 – (, ) (PP) (, ) – 31:33 1–1 1–2 46:56 – (, ) (, ) (PP) – 51:54 2–2 2–3 57:39 – Mossong (, Mosr)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	36	Shots	28

22 April 2019 16:30

Turkmenistan

4–5 OT (0–0, 0–3, 4–1) (OT: 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 130

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimir Babic Linesmen: Henri Neva Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 25:45 – (, ) 0–2 26:32 – Weng (, Shen) 0–3 34:11 – Weng () (, ) – 47:40 1–3 () – 49:05 2–3 (Vahovskiy) (PP) – 52:02 3–3 3–4 54:12 – (Lin H.) (PP) () – 59:18 4–4 4–5 62:00 – Weng (Lin H.)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	22

22 April 2019 20:00

Bulgaria

12–2 (7–1, 1–1, 4–0)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 850

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Anton Boryayev Chae Youn-jin
	() – 00:34 1–0 (, ) – 01:32 2–0 2–1 04:50 – () M. Vasilev () – 12:43 3–1 M. Vasilev (Yotov) (PP) – 14:26 4–1 M. Vasilev () – 15:46 5–1 Yotov (Stoilov, ) – 16:42 6–1 M. Vasilev (Boyadjiev) – 17:24 7–1 7–2 29:28 – () M. Vasilev (Hodulov) – 39:42 8–2 Hodulov (Yotov) – 41:39 9–2 Hodulov () – 47:03 10–2 – 49:50 11–2 Muhachev (V. Dikov, ) – 53:55 12–2
	24 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	25

23 April 2019 13:00

South Africa

2��7 (0–2, 1–3, 1–2)

Turkmenistan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 136

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Anton Boryayev Luchezar Stoyanov
	0–1 02:10 – () 0–2 02:59 – () 0–3 26:13 – (Gurbanov, Dovletmyradov) 0–4 27:45 – (Gurbanov, Dovletmyradov) (PP) 0–5 39:42 – Baymyradov (Tannyyev) () – 39:53 1–5 () – 48:50 2–5 2–6 57:56 – Baymyradov 2–7 59:39 – Vahovskiy ()
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	32	Shots	30

23 April 2019 16:30

Luxembourg

4–5 (0–0, 3–2, 1–3)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 180

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Henri Neva Kiril Peychinov
	(, ) – 30:01 1–0 1–1 31:21 – (, ) 1–2 34:52 – Weng (, ) (, ) – 35:31 2–2 C. Cannon () – 38:28 3–2 3–3 42:47 – Wang (Weng, Shen) (PP) 3–4 45:55 – Shen () 3–5 48:58 – Weng (Lin H.) (PP) C. Cannon () (SH) – 57:01 4–5
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	28

23 April 2019 20:00

Bulgaria

3–1 (0–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 1,200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Mihai Paul Dāvis Zunde
	– 23:12 1–0 – 26:36 2–0 (, ) – 37:40 3–0 3–1 51:57 –
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	34

25 April 2019 13:00

Luxembourg

5–2 (1–1, 3–0, 1–1)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 108

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Luchezar Stoyanov Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 05:19 – (, ) () – 11:50 1–1 (, C. Cannon) (SH) – 22:46 2–1 Welter () – 35:31 3–1 Backes () – 35:47 4–1 4–2 57:17 – Marais (EN) – 57:29 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	36

25 April 2019 16:30

Turkey

7–4 (0–2, 3–2, 4–0)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 128

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Chae Youn-jin Kiril Peychinov
	0–1 03:57 – (, ) 0–2 14:32 – () (, ) – 23:10 1–2 1–3 26:39 – (Lin H.) () – 31:00 2–3 (, ) (PP2) – 34:29 3–3 3–4 39:59 – Weng (, Lin H.) (PP) – 41:51 4–4 (Faner) (PP) – 47:10 5–4 Çıplak (Gümüş) – 54:07 6–4 K. Karş (Faner) – 58:52 7–4
	8 min	Penalties	24 min
	46	Shots	19

25 April 2019 20:00

Bulgaria

6–2 (2–0, 2–2, 2–0)

Turkmenistan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 1,200

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimir Babic Linesmen: Henri Neva Mihai Paul
	Nikolov – 06:36 1–0 (Nikolov) (PP) – 15:50 2–0 2–1 21:36 – (PP) (, ) (PP) – 30:32 3–1 3–2 33:34 – Barkovskiy () K. Dikov (, Muhachev) (PP) – 36:58 4–2 (Boyadjiev, M. Vasilev) (PP2) – 43:38 5–2 Boyadjiev (M. Vasilev, Muhachev) – 45:16 6–2
	44 min	Penalties	46 min
	39	Shots	20

26 April 2019 13:00

South Africa

3–6 (2–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 120

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Vladimir Babic Linesmen: Mihai Paul Kiril Peychinov
	– 03:28 1–0 1–1 10:37 – () (PP) () – 12:42 2–1 2–2 22:17 – Gümüş () (PP) (, ) (PP) – 30:16 3–2 3–3 38:45 – () 3–4 43:42 – (Halil) (PP) 3–5 58:47 – (Salt, Halil) (EN) 3–6 59:09 – Özmen (EN)
	22 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	47

26 April 2019 16:30

Turkmenistan

4–3 (0–2, 3–1, 1–0)

Luxembourg

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 195

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Anton Boryayev Henri Neva
	0–1 02:54 – (, ) 0–2 08:51 – () (, ) (PP) – 29:12 1–2 (PP) – 31:17 2–2 2–3 33:48 – Mossong (Mosr) (Barkovskiy) – 39:01 3–3 () – 45:44 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	26

26 April 2019 20:00

Chinese Taipei

2–11 (1–1, 1–6, 0–4)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 953

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Chae Youn-jin Dāvis Zunde
	() – 12:22 1–0 1–1 17:09 – () 1–2 21:35 – M. Vasilev () 1–3 23:38 – (M. Vasilev, ) 1–4 26:33 – Hodulov 1–5 30:07 – () (, ) – 32:39 2–5 2–6 35:13 – Hodulov (Boyadjiev) (PP) 2–7 35:33 – (, T. Georgiev) 2–8 48:52 – M. Vasilev (V. Vasilev) (PP) 2–9 57:22 – Hodulov (, Nikolov) 2–10 57:44 – Muhachev (M. Vasilev, Dzhorov) 2–11 59:58 – M. Vasilev (, Hodulov) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	40

28 April 2019 13:00

Turkey

5–4 (0–1, 2–1, 3–2)

Turkmenistan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 90

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Chae Youn-jin Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 08:48 – (, ) (, ) – 24:17 1–1 1–2 26:53 – Dovletmyradov (, Vahovskiy) (PP) (Halil) – 27:06 2–2 (, Halil) – 40:53 3–2 3–3 42:09 – Vahovskiy (Veleyev) 3–4 45:52 – () (Gümüş) (PP2) – 54:14 4–4 (Ö. Karş, ) – 56:03 5–4
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	22

28 April 2019 16:30

Chinese Taipei

7–9 (1–2, 2–4, 4–3)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 105

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Mihai Paul Luchezar Stoyanov
	(, ) (PP2) – 09:13 1–0 1–1 11:51 – () 1–2 18:03 – Carelse (, Samaai) 1–3 22:39 – 1–4 24:03 – 1–5 25:54 – (Samaai, Carelse) (PP) 1–6 27:46 – Compton (Lin H.) (PP) – 32:01 2–6 Lin H. (Weng) – 34:06 3–6 3–7 41:51 – Schuurman (Compton) Sang (Weng, Shen) (SH) – 46:48 4–7 4–8 47:42 – Samaai (PP) () – 48:23 5–8 Chen W. – 54:47 6–8 (Weng) – 56:11 7–8 7–9 59:43 – (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	22

28 April 2019 20:00

Luxembourg

0–7 (0–4, 0–1, 0–2)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 1,135

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Anton Boryayev Henri Neva
	0–1 12:28 – () 0–2 14:50 – Hodulov () 0–3 16:13 – (SH) 0–4 18:18 – (, ) 0–5 32:18 – Hodulov (Yotov, ) 0–6 44:35 – Yotov (, ) 0–7 59:59 – Hodulov (Dilkov) (PP2)
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	29

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper:
  • Best Defenseman:
  • 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	10	6	16	+10	22	F
	5	7	8	15	+3	2	F
	5	10	4	14	+10	18	F
	5	5	7	12	−2	12	F
	5	2	7	9	+8	6	D
	5	2	7	9	+1	0	D
	5	5	3	8	+10	0	F
	5	3	5	8	+7	0	F
	5	4	3	7	+2	2	F
	5	3	4	7	+2	4	F
	5	3	4	7	+1	6	F
	5	3	4	7	0	6	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
	300:00	7	1.40	138	94.93	1
	292:18	19	3.90	160	88.12	0
	266:32	18	4.05	147	87.76	0
	272:26	14	3.08	114	87.72	0
	224:52	22	5.87	134	83.58	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[]

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	31 March–6 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	170 (11.33 per match)
Attendance	1,585 (106 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(18 points)
Website	Website

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Hong Kong	Placed 6th in Division III last year and were relegated.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Placed 2nd in Division III qualification last year.
United Arab Emirates	Host, placed 3rd in Division III qualification last year.
Kuwait	Placed 4th in Division III qualification last year.
Thailand	First time participating in tournament.
Kyrgyzstan	First time participating in tournament.

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	United Arab Emirates (H, P)	5	4	0	0	1	46	14	+32	12[a]	Promotion to 2020 Division III
2	Hong Kong	5	4	0	0	1	31	18	+13	12[a]
3	Thailand	5	2	1	0	2	26	19	+7	8
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2	0	1	2	21	22	−1	7
5	Kuwait	5	1	0	0	4	9	43	−34	3[b]	Later assigned to 2020 Division IV
6	Kyrgyzstan	5	1	0	0	4	7	24	−17	3[b]

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+4).

• Kyrgyzstan played its first four games, all wins, with Russian born player Aleksandr Titov in their lineup. Before their final game, also a win, when it was found that Titov was not yet eligible to play for Kyrgyzstan, he was disqualified from the tournament and Kyrgyzstan forfeited their first four games.

31 March 2019 12:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4–5 GWS (4–1, 0–1, 0–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Thailand

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 47

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Jiří Gebauer
	– 00:53 1–0 () (PP) – 08:48 2–0 (Ćatović, ) (PP) – 13:46 3–0 Omer () – 15:36 4–0 4–1 18:23 – (PP) 4–2 22:16 – (Nagayama) 4–3 42:09 – (, Nagayama) 4–4 49:39 – (, )
	Omer Ćatović Hodžić Dzamalija Mrkva	Shootout	Thanakroekkiat Nagayama Suwachirat
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	53

31 March 2019 16:00

Kyrgyzstan

0–5 (14–0 forfeit) (9–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Kuwait

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 52

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Kang Tae-woo
	() – 04:29 1–0 – 05:26 2–0 Abdyraev () (PP) – 06:19 3–0 Chuvalov () – 08:08 4–0 Titov () – 08:51 5–0 () – 12:01 6–0 Terentyev (Nosov, Egorov) (PP2) – 14:08 7–0 Titov (Kolodii) (PP) – 14:39 8–0 (Titov) (SH) – 18:40 9–0 Terentyev (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) – 33:45 10–0 Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Nosov) – 38:17 11–0 Nosov (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) – 44:47 12–0 (Titov, Abdyraev) – 54:18 13–0 () – 59:56 14–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	60	Shots	5

31 March 2019 20:00

United Arab Emirates

11–1 (5–0, 6–0, 0–1)

Hong Kong

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 168

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Murat Aygün Norbert Muzsik
	() – 08:31 1–0 (Karkotsky) – 13:10 2–0 Remess () – 16:46 3–0 Zainutdinov – 18:48 4–0 (Zainutdinov) – 19:19 5–0 Zainutdinov – 21:14 6–0 () – 22:36 7–0 J. Al-Dhareri (Zainutdinov) – 27:14 8–0 J. Al-Dhareri (Zainutdinov) – 36:21 9–0 Zainutdinov () – 37:46 10–0 Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhareri, Al-Mahrooqi) – 39:37 11–0 11–1 51:52 – ()
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	41	Shots	16

1 April 2019 12:00

Hong Kong

12–2 (4–1, 2–0, 6–1)

Kuwait

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 68

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Oleksiy Ryabikov
	0–1 03:32 – () (, ) – 06:07 1–1 (, ) – 07:25 2–1 Au-Yeung (, Wong K.) (PP) – 10:33 3–1 Wong K. (Sham, To) – 14:16 4–1 Tang – 30:00 5–1 (SH) 6–1 (, Sham) – 43:05 7–1 Lo – 44:27 8–1 () – 46:03 9–1 J. Wong () – 46:20 10–1 Chau (Tang) – 49:16 11–1 Chau (, Kan C.) – 53:30 12–1 12–2 58:53 – (, ) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	17

1 April 2019 16:00

Thailand

5–0 (2–6 forfeit) (0–4, 0–0, 2–2)

Kyrgyzstan

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 82

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Murat Aygün
	0–1 11:33 – () 0–2 12:00 – () 0–3 16:36 – (, ) 0–4 18:55 – (Nosov, Tonkikh) – 42:40 1–4 (Luckanatinakorn) (PP) – 44:13 2–4 2–5 49:02 – Nosov (Tonkikh) 2–6 18:55 – (Chuvalov)
	8 min	Penalties	49 min
	8	Shots	48

1 April 2019 20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3–10 (0–3, 1–6, 2–2)

United Arab Emirates

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 74

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Kang Tae-woo
	0–1 07:22 – () (PP) 0–2 12:26 – () 0–3 17:36 – J. Al-Dhaheri (, ) (PP) 0–4 22:13 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhaheri) (PP) 0–5 26:10 – Karkotsky 0–6 28:01 – (Remess) – 30:55 1–6 1–7 32:27 – Zainutdinov (Remess) (SH) 1–8 33:22 – Al-Mahrooqi (J. Al-Dhaheri, Zainutdinov) 1–9 39:15 – (O. Al-Shamsi) (, ) – 48:12 2–9 2–10 49:20 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhaheri, Al-Mahrooqi) (Omer) – 57:50 3–10
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	50

3 April 2019 12:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5–0 (3–14 forfeit) (0–4, 2–7, 1–3)

Kyrgyzstan

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 66

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Norbert Muzsik
	0–1 04:38 – (SH) 0–2 04:58 – (Nosov) (SH) 0–3 05:51 – () 0–4 10:34 – Nosov (Tonkikh, Egorov) 0–5 20:53 – Tonkikh (, ) (PP) () (PP) – 22:22 1–5 1–6 23:16 – Nosov (Egorov) 1–7 23:35 – () (PP) 1–8 27:08 – Tonkikh (Nosov, Chuvalov) 1–9 27:59 – Nosov (Chuvalov, ) (PP) 1–10 31:02 – Kolodii (, Nosov) (PP2) 1–11 33:15 – Shushenkov (SH) (, ) (PP) – 33:59 2–11 2–12 40:45 – (Abdyraev, ) 2–13 48:44 – Nosov (Tonkikh, Egorov) (PP2) Omer (Hodžić) (PP) – 55:51 3–13 3–14 58:53 – Chuvalov
	107 min	Penalties	41 min
	12	Shots	55

3 April 2019 16:00

Hong Kong

6–5 (0–3, 3–2, 3–0)

Thailand

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 56

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Kang Tae-woo Oleksiy Ryabikov
	0–1 06:51 – () 0–2 15:52 – Suwachirat (, ) 0–3 16:20 – (Supadilokluk) 0–4 20:52 – Suwachirat (Forster, Nagayama) () – 27:22 1–4 1–5 31:13 – (Kitayama, Nagayama) () – 35:11 2–5 (Tang) – 36:42 3–5 To (Tang) – 54:33 4–5 – 57:23 5–5 Wong K. (Kan S., ) (PP) – 59:20 6–5
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	34	Shots	26

3 April 2019 20:00

United Arab Emirates

13–1 (5–0, 8–0, 0–1)

Kuwait

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 98

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Murat Aygün Jiří Gebauer
	() – 01:25 1–0 (, Al-Mehairi) – 02:40 2–0 Al-Nuaimi (Al-Kaabi) – 12:19 3–0 (, ) – 18:24 4–0 Al-Kaabi (Al-Mazrouei, Al-Nuaimi) – 19:52 5–0 J. Al-Dhareri (Al-Mehairi, Al-Mahrooqi) – 21:45 6–0 (J. Al-Dhareri, Al-Ameri) – 25:12 7–0 – 30:17 8–0 Al-Kaabi (Al-Mazrouei, ) – 30:44 9–0 Al-Mehairi (Al-Nuaimi) – 31:59 10–0 – 32:23 11–0 Al-Kaabi (Al-Blooshi) (SH) – 36:59 12–0 Al-Mahrooqi (PP) – 39:53 13–0 13–1 57:10 –
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	9

4 April 2019 12:00

Kyrgyzstan

0–5 (8–3 forfeit) (3–0, 1–3, 4–0)

Hong Kong

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 44

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Kang Tae-woo Norbert Muzsik
	() (PP) – 05:18 1–0 Nosov () – 12:36 2–0 () – 18:24 3–0 Nosov (SH) – 20:43 4–0 4–1 27:16 – () 4–2 32:32 – (, ) (PP) 4–3 33:24 – (Wong K., ) (PP) Chuvalov – 43:32 5–3 (Abdyraev, ) (PP) – 49:42 6–3 (Chuvalov, Nosov) – 51:23 7–3 Chuvalov (Nosov) (SH) – 55:37 8–3
	43 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	14

4 April 2019 16:00

Kuwait

0–9 (0–2, 0–3, 0–4)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 52

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Murat Aygün
	0–1 03:51 – (, ) 0–2 10:40 – (Omer, Hodžić) 0–3 28:17 – (Omer, Ćatović) 0–4 28:31 – Ćatović (Omer, ) 0–5 31:13 – Hodžić (PP) 0–6 45:05 – Omer 0–7 47:51 – (Hodžić) 0–8 57:02 – 0–9 59:28 – Mušić (Posavec, Omer)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	35

4 April 2019 20:00

Thailand

2–8 (1–4, 1–3, 0–1)

United Arab Emirates

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 123

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Oleksiy Ryabikov
	() – 08:09 1–0 1–1 08:55 – () 1–2 11:04 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhareri) (PP) 1–3 14:15 – Zainutdinov () 1–4 18:02 – (, ) 1–5 24:44 – (, Al-Mazrouei) (PP2) 1–6 32:32 – Karkotsky () (Luckanatinakorn, ) (SH) – 34:39 2–6 2–7 37:34– Karkotsky (SH) 2–8 57:54 – Al-Mazrouei (, Al-Nuaimi) (PP)
	53 min	Penalties	42 min
	23	Shots	33

6 April 2019 12:00

Kuwait

1–9 (0–0, 1–4, 0–5)

Thailand

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 47

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Kang Tae-woo
	0–1 24:11 – () 0–2 27:09 – () (PP) 0–3 28:37 – (, ) – 33:35 1–3 1–4 38:42 – (Thanakroekkiat, ) 1–5 43:42 – Thanakroekkiat () (PP) 1–6 44:13 – Nagayama (Thanakroekkiat, ) 1–7 46:53 – Limpinphet (Thanakroekkiat, Forster) (PP) 1–8 54:03 – Limpinphet (Nagayama, Suwachirat) (SH) 1–9 55:25 – Luckanatinakorn ()
	32 min	Penalties	14 min
	11	Shots	50

6 April 2019 16:00

Hong Kong

7–0 (3–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 39

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Jiří Gebauer
	() (SH) – 12:28 1–0 (, ) – 15:28 2–0 Kan S. (, ) (PP) – 19:14 3–0 Kan S. – 38:23 4–0 Lo (Au-Yeung, Kan S.) – 51:53 5–0 Tang (Sham, Wong K.) – 53:21 6–0 – 54:05 7–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	13

6 April 2019 20:00

United Arab Emirates

4–7 (2–3, 1–0, 1–4)

Kyrgyzstan

, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 580

Game reference
		Goalies		Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Oleksiy Ryabikov
	0–1 03:11 – (PP) – 09:06 1–1 1–2 10:20 – (, ) () – 14:28 2–2 2–3 19:16 – Egorov () (PP) Al-Mahrooqi () (PP) – 29:44 3–3 Zainutdinov – 40:22 4–3 4–4 48:14 – Egorov () 4–5 49:54 – Tonkikh (, Abdyraev) 4–6 50:39 – Nosov (Tonkikh) 4–7 55:01 – Nosov
	42 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	36

Statistics[]

All statistics from Kyrgyzstan's first four games were not counted by the IIHF, including their opponents scoring and goaltending details.

Scoring leaders[]

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
	5	13	5	18	+13	4	F
	5	6	8	14	+18	2	F
	5	6	4	12	+16	10	F
	4	3	7	10	+5	2	D
	4	2	8	10	+6	8	F
	4	3	6	9	+5	4	F
	5	6	2	8	+4	38	F
	5	4	4	8	+2	16	F
	4	3	5	8	–2	2	D
	4	4	3	7	+3	2	F

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

• Kyrgyz players Vladimir Nosov (23 points), Vladimir Tonkikh (16), Mikhail Chuvalov (16), Islambek Abdyraev (10) and Maksim Egorov (10) do not appear in this list because their statistics from their first four games were deemed invalid.^[6]

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
	240:00	13	3.25	92	85.87	0
	201:45	20	5.95	126	84.13	0
	140:00	10	4.29	54	81.48	1
	100:00	8	4.80	43	81.40	0
	184:36	18	5.85	96	81.25	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[]

• Official website
• Qualification website