2017 IIHF World Championship Division III

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2017 IIHF World Championship
Division III
120
Tournament details
Host nation  Bulgaria
Dates 10–16 April
Teams 7
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 161  (10.73 per game)
Attendance 4,800  (320 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Georgia Artem Kozyulin

The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria from 10 to 16 April 2017.[1] Seven teams participated in the tournament, divided into two groups. Bosnia and Herzegovina was originally scheduled to participate, but withdrew before the tournament began; all their games were recorded as 5–0 forfeits for the opposing team.[2] Luxembourg won the tournament, defeating Bulgaria 10–4 in the final, and played in Division IIB in 2018.[3] Chinese Taipei debuted in Division III and, apart from defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in a forfeit, recorded their first official win, beating the UAE 4–0 in the 5th place playoff.[4]

Venues

Division III
Sofia
Winter Sports Palace
Capacity: 4,600

The Bulgarian bid was the only contender for the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III competition.[1] It will mark the first time that this competition has been held in Bulgaria. In September 2016 the format of the division was realigned into one tournament with two preliminary divisions.

Participants

Team Qualification
 Bulgaria Host, placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
 South Africa Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
 Luxembourg Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Placed 4th in Division III last year. (withdrew from tournament)
 Hong Kong Placed 5th in Division III last year.
 Georgia Placed 6th in Division III last year.
 United Arab Emirates Withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2015.
 Chinese Taipei First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

5 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Referees
  • Flag of Poland Michał Baca
  • Flag of Slovenia Miha Bajt
  • Flag of Russia Ivan Fateyev
  • Flag of Turkey Cemal Ersin Kaya
  • Flag of South Korea Kim No-su
Linesmen
  • Flag of Turkey Ferhat Aygün
  • Flag of Italy Christian Cristeli
  • Flag of Ukraine Illya Khokhlov
  • Flag of Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau
  • Flag of Germany Jonas Merten
  • Flag of Austria Jakob Schauer
  • Flag of Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
  • Flag of Israel Gil Haim Tichon
  • Flag of Poland Wiktor Zień

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1.  Bulgaria 3 3 0 0 0 18:03 9
2.  Hong Kong 3 2 0 0 1 13:12 6
3.  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 0 2 07:08 3
4.  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 0 3 00:15 0
10 April 2017
20:00 		Bulgaria  3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 950
11 April 2017
20:00 		Hong Kong  3–10
(2–4, 1–2, 0–4) 		 Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 800
13 April 2017
16:30 		Chinese Taipei  2–5
(0–3, 1–1, 1–1) 		 Hong Kong Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50

Group B

Pl. GP W OTW OTL L Goals Pts
1.  Luxembourg 3 3 0 0 0 26:05 9
2.  Georgia 3 2 0 0 1 29:11 6
3.  South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 14:09 3
4.  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 0 3 00:44 0
10 April 2017
13:00 		Luxembourg  17–0
(4–0, 6–0, 7–0) 		 United Arab Emirates Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
10 April 2017
16:30 		South Africa  5–6
(1–1, 1–2, 3–3) 		 Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 100
11 April 2017
13:00 		Luxembourg  6–4
(1–1, 3–1, 2–2) 		 Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
11 April 2017
16:30 		United Arab Emirates  0–8
(0–1, 0–4, 0–3) 		 South Africa Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
13 April 2017
13:00 		Georgia  19–0
(9–0, 2–0, 8–0) 		 United Arab Emirates Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 300
13 April 2017
20:00 		South Africa  1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2) 		 Luxembourg Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250

Knockout stage

5th–7th place semifinal

15 April 2017
13:00 		Chinese Taipei  4–0
(3–0, 0–0, 1–0) 		 United Arab Emirates Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50

Semifinals

15 April 2017
16:30 		Luxembourg  8–1
(3–0, 2–1, 3–0) 		 Hong Kong Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250
15 April 2017
20:00 		Bulgaria  9–3
(4–0, 2–1, 3–2) 		 Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 750

Fifth place game

16 April 2017
12:30 		South Africa  7–3
(3–2, 3–0, 1–1) 		 Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150

Third place game

16 April 2017
16:00 		Hong Kong  3–14
(1–6, 1–3, 1–5) 		 Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50

Final

16 April 2017
19:30 		Luxembourg  10–4
(3–3, 4–1, 3–0) 		 Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 950

Final ranking

Promoted to 2018 IIHF Division II B
Relegation to 2018 IIHF Division III Qualification
Rank Team
1  Luxembourg (P)
2  Bulgaria (H)
3  Georgia
4  Hong Kong
5  South Africa
6  Chinese Taipei
7  United Arab Emirates (R)

(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Source: IIHF.com

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2017 Events". IIHF.com. 23 May 2016. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-championships/2017-events/. 
  2. ↑ "Bosnia withdraws". IIHF.com. 7 April 2017. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11538&cHash=486a6190a91d4be34f1dd59800c23ad4. Retrieved 8 April 2017. 
  3. ↑ Tchechankov, Ivan (2017-04-17). "First gold for Luxembourg". IIHF.com. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11577&cHash=f119f440a03ce2be4ed780d9c43d0815. Retrieved 2017-05-07. 
  4. ↑ 2017 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division III
  5. ↑ IIHF (2017). "Competition Officials". IIHF.com. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/603/IHM603000_35B_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2017-04-16. 


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