2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	4–10 December 2019
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	91 (6.07 per match)
Attendance	3,304 (220 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	; (10 points)
Website	Website
	2021 (cancelled) →

The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 10 December 2019.^[1]

South Africa won the tournament and were promoted to Division II.^[2]

Participants[]

Team	Qualification
Romania	Placed 6th in Division II B previous year and was relegated.
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II B Q previous year.
South Africa	Placed 3rd in Division II B Q previous year.
Hong Kong	Placed 4th in Division II B Q previous year.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 5th in Division II B Q previous year.
Lithuania	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials[]

Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.^[3]

Referees

Linesmen

Gabrielle Aston
Shauna Neary
Rita Rygh
Laura White

Anastasia Tanasevich
Aino Härkönen
Lorna Beresford
Nina Refset

Yulia Lavelina
Ines Confidenti
Michelle Müller

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	South Africa	5	4	0	0	1	16	18	−2	12	Promoted to the 2021 Division II B
2	Belgium	5	3	0	0	2	22	13	+9	9^[a]
3	Romania	5	2	1	1	1	22	15	+7	9^[a]
4	Bulgaria (H)	5	2	1	0	2	14	10	+4	8
5	Lithuania	5	2	0	0	3	13	14	−1	6
6	Hong Kong	5	0	0	1	4	4	21	−17	1

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Romania 2–4 Belgium

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

4 December 2019
13:00

South Africa

4–11
(1–4, 0–5, 3–2)

Romania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 233

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Laura White
Linesmen:

Aino Härkönen

Michelle Müller

	0–1	03:15 – (, )
	0–2	05:31 –
– 06:38	1–2
	1–3	14:55 – (, Barta)
	1–4	18:44 – Dávid (Popescu, ) (PP)
	1–5	24:08 – Bálint (Popescu, Oprea)
	1–6	24:27 – (, Voicu) (EA)
	1–7	26:20 – Elekes (, )
	1–8	30:12 – Dávid (SH)
	1–9	38:33 – Csiszér (Voicu, Laczkó-Szabó)
	1–10	42:19 – Voicu (Laczkó-Szabó, Szopos)
(Schuurman) – 45:50	2–10
() – 47:41	3–10
Rhode (Schuurman, Van Doesburgh) (SH) – 54:27	4–10
	4–11	58:20 – Csiszér (Voicu, Laczkó-Szabó)

4 min

Penalties

6 min

19

Shots

27

4 December 2019
16:30

Lithuania

4–1
(2–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 280

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Rita Rygh
Linesmen:

Lorna Beresford

Nina Refset

	0–1	04:06 – (, )
() – 08:18	1–1
Miuller (SH) – 09:58	2–1
– 52:13	3–1
Miuller (PP) – 58:02	4–1

10 min

Penalties

8 min

15

Shots

32

4 December 2019
20:00

Belgium

4–2
(2–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 410

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Shauna Neary
Linesmen:

Yulia Lavelina

Anastasia Tanasevich

() – 00:45	1–0
(, ) – 01:43	2–0
	2–1	21:54 – (, ) (PP)
	2–2	26:46 – (, )
De Guchtenaere (, ) (PP) – 32:59	3–2
De Guchtenaere () – 43:52	4–2

8 min

Penalties

10 min

35

Shots

13

5 December 2019
13:00

Romania

2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 35

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Gabrielle Aston
Linesmen:

Ines Confidenti

Nina Refset

	0–1	35:22 – (, ) (PP2)
– 39:49	1–1
() (PP2) – 63:39	2–1

24 min

Penalties

24 min

27

Shots

14

5 December 2019
16:30

Belgium

3–4
(2–1, 1–1, 0–2)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 231

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Laura White
Linesmen:

Lorna Beresford

Anastasia Tanasevich

	0–1	00:31 – (, )
(, ) – 06:56	1–1
() – 11:59	2–1
	2–2	20:40 – Rhode (, Verwey)
(De Guchtenaere, ) – 33:14	3–2
	3–3	53:25 – (, Verwey)
	3–4	56:27 – Schuurman (Rhode)

8 min

Penalties

2 min

29

Shots

18

5 December 2019
20:00

Bulgaria

2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 310

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Shauna Neary
Linesmen:

Yulia Lavelina

Michelle Müller

	0–1	28:21 – (, )
() (PP) – 31:53	1–1
Lisichkova – 56:43	2–1

4 min

Penalties

8 min

45

Shots

16

7 December 2019
13:00

Belgium

3–4
(2–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Gabrielle Aston
Linesmen:

Lorna Beresford

Yulia Lavelina

(, ) – 01:00	1–0
() – 02:21	2–0
	2–1	03:37 – ()
	2–2	25:33 – Miuller ()
	2–3	42:19 – Miuller
	2–4	44:18 – Miuller (, Maleckienė)
– 58:59	3–4

2 min

Penalties

2 min

38

Shots

8

7 December 2019
16:30

South Africa

2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 220

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Rita Rygh
Linesmen:

Ines Confidenti

Aino Härkönen

() – 27:02	1–0
	1–1	47:24 – (PP)
(Van Doesburgh) – 59:29	2–1

16 min

Penalties

10 min

19

Shots

11

7 December 2019
20:00

Romania

3–4 OT
(0–1, 3–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 310

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Laura White
Linesmen:

Michelle Müller

Nina Refset

	0–1	11:52 – (, )
() (SH) – 28:13	1–1
Oprea (, ) – 31:13	2–1
Csiszér () – 32:28	3–1
	3–2	33:29 – (Lisichkova)
	3–3	58:30 – (Metanova, Todorova)
	3–4	64:27 – Metanova (, Lisichkova) (PP)

26 min

Penalties

35 min

23

Shots

27

8 December 2019
13:00

Hong Kong

1–8
(0–2, 1–6, 0–0)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 35

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Shauna Neary
Linesmen:

Aino Härkönen

Anastasia Tanasevich

	0–1	01:05 – ()
	0–2	19:15 – F. Bosmans () (PP)
	0–3	21:59 – Maka (Van Calster)
(, ) – 25:10	1–3
	1–4	26:01 – (, )
	1–5	27:14 – (Van Calster)
	1–6	29:19 – Van Calster (Maka, L. Bosmans) (PP2)
	1–7	30:12 – F. Bosmans (Van Calster, ) (PP)
	1–8	30:38 – Van Calster (Leyen, L. Bosmans) (PP)

14 min

Penalties

12 min

4

Shots

37

8 December 2019
16:30

Lithuania

2–4
(0–1, 1–0, 1–3)

Romania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Gabrielle Aston
Linesmen:

Ines Confidenti

Yulia Lavelina

	0–1	09:17 –
() – 39:15	1–1
	1–2	50:39 – ()
(Miuller) (SH) – 56:55	2–2
	2–3	58:39 – (, ) (PP)
	2–4	59:55 – Oprea (Csiszér)

14 min

Penalties

10 min

10

Shots

34

8 December 2019
20:00

Bulgaria

1–2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–2)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 360

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Rita Rygh
Linesmen:

Lorna Beresford

Michelle Müller

(, ) – 14:22	1–0
	1–1	51:42 – ()
	1–2	55:22 – (, )

24 min

Penalties

6 min

22

Shots

20

10 December 2019
13:00

South Africa

4–2
(1–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Laura White
Linesmen:

Ines Confidenti

Anastasiya Tanasevich

– 04:48	1–0
	1–1	12:09 –
() – 23:55	2–1
(Schuurman, ) – 30:43	3–1
	3–2	39:32 – () (PP)
Rhode (Schuurman, Van Doesburgh) – 41:54	4–2

2 min

Penalties

10 min

43

Shots

9

10 December 2019
16:30

Hong Kong

0–5
(0–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Rita Rygh
Linesmen:

Lorna Beresford

Nina Refset

	0–1	09:58 – (, )
	0–2	20:30 – Popova (, Zareva)
	0–3	21:59 –
	0–4	35:56 – Metanova
	0–5	45:19 – Metanova (, Stoyanova) (PP)

6 min

Penalties

16 min

8

Shots

23

10 December 2019
20:00

Romania

2–4
(1–1, 0–3, 1–0)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 180

Game reference

Goalies

Referee:

Shauna Neary
Linesmen:

Aino Härkönen

Yulia Lavelina

() – 13:37	1–0
	1–1	17:48 – ()
	1–2	24:28 – ()
	1–3	31:09 – De Guchtenaere () (PP)
	1–4	37:12 – (, F. Bosmans)
Voicu (Csiszér) – 59:11	2–4

6 min

Penalties

10 min

24

Shots

15

Awards and statistics[]

Awards[]

Award^[4]	Player
Best Goalkeeper
Best Defenceman
Best Forward

Scoring leaders[]

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

GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
5	9	1	10	+4	10	F
5	4	8	10	+7	4	F
5	8	1	9	0	2	F
5	4	5	9	+8	4	F
5	7	1	8	+2	4	F
5	5	3	8	+5	8	F
5	5	3	8	+6	20	F
5	4	4	8	+4	2	F
5	3	4	7	0	12	D
5	2	5	7	+6	0	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.

TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
300:00	14	2.80	192	92.71	0
303:22	10	1.98	102	90.20	1
213:27	10	2.81	82	87.80	0
266:20	14	3.15	87	83.91	0
198:19	11	3.33	58	81.03	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[]

^ Division III website
^ "First triumph for South African women". iihf.com. 11 December 2019.
^ "IIHF Ice hockey Women's World Championship Div III – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ Awards

External links[]

Official website of IIHF

[table_hth_BEL0.63678911078572-4] Romania 2–4 Belgium

[1] Division III website

[2] "First triumph for South African women". iihf.com. 11 December 2019.

[3] "IIHF Ice hockey Women's World Championship Div III – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[5] Awards

[1]

[2]

[3]

[a]

[4]

GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
5	9	1	10	+4	10	F
5	4	8	10	+7	4	F
5	8	1	9	0	2	F
5	4	5	9	+8	4	F
5	7	1	8	+2	4	F
5	5	3	8	+5	8	F
5	5	3	8	+6	20	F
5	4	4	8	+4	2	F
5	3	4	7	0	12	D
5	2	5	7	+6	0	D

GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
5	9	1	10	+4	10	F
5	4	8	10	+7	4	F
5	8	1	9	0	2	F
5	4	5	9	+8	4	F
5	7	1	8	+2	4	F
5	5	3	8	+5	8	F
5	5	3	8	+6	20	F
5	4	4	8	+4	2	F
5	3	4	7	0	12	D
5	2	5	7	+6	0	D

GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
5	9	1	10	+4	10	F
5	4	8	10	+7	4	F
5	8	1	9	0	2	F
5	4	5	9	+8	4	F
5	7	1	8	+2	4	F
5	5	3	8	+5	8	F
5	5	3	8	+6	20	F
5	4	4	8	+4	2	F
5	3	4	7	0	12	D
5	2	5	7	+6	0	D