2018 IIHF World Championship Division III

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2018 IIHF World Championship
Division III
250
Tournament details
Host nations  South Africa /  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates 16–22 April
25–28 February
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

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 nation  South Africa
Dates 16–22 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 117  (7.8 per game)
Attendance 2,225  (148 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Georgia Alexander Zhuzhunashvili

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]

Referees
  • Flag of Romania Zsolt Csomortani - Did not attend the championships
  • Flag of Belarus Miroslav Iarets
  • Flag of Sweden Richard Magnusson
  • Flag of Spain Alexey Roshchyn
Linesmen
  • Flag of the United Kingdom Daniel Beresford
  • Flag of South Africa Jonathan Burger
  • Flag of Italy Matthias Cristeli
  • Flag of Austria Maximilian Gatol
  • Flag of Belarus Artsiom Labzov
  • Flag of Slovenia Gregor Miklič
  • Flag of Poland Marcin Polak

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
5  South Africa (H) 5 2 0 0 3 13 18 −5 6
6  Hong Kong (R) 5 0 0 0 5 3 38 −35 0 Relegation to 2019 Division III qualification

Results

16 April 2018
13:00 		Georgia  6–2
(4–1, 1–0, 1–1) 		 Turkey The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 35
16 April 2018
16:15 		Chinese Taipei  5–1
(0–1, 2–0, 3–0) 		 Hong Kong The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 80
16 April 2018
20:00 		Bulgaria  4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 200
17 April 2018
13:00 		Turkey  6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0) 		 Hong Kong The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 20
17 April 2018
16:15 		Bulgaria  3–5
(2–1, 0–3, 1–1) 		 Georgia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 60
17 April 2018
20:00 		South Africa  2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2) 		 Chinese Taipei The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 180
19 April 2018
13:00 		Bulgaria  7–2
(1–1, 4–0, 2–1) 		 Chinese Taipei The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
19 April 2018
16:15 		Georgia  11–1
(5–1, 3–0, 3–0) 		 Hong Kong The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 40
19 April 2018
20:00 		Turkey  7–1
(1–0, 4–1, 2–0) 		 South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 250
20 April 2018
13:00 		Hong Kong  0–10
(0–3, 0–3, 0–4) 		 Bulgaria The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 20
20 April 2018
16:15 		Chinese Taipei  2–4
(1–0, 1–1, 0–3) 		 Turkey The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
20 April 2018
20:00 		South Africa  4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0) 		 Georgia The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 700
22 April 2018
13:00 		Georgia  11–2
(5–1, 3–0, 3–1) 		 Chinese Taipei The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 100
22 April 2018
16:15 		Turkey  3–4 OT
(2–2, 1–0, 0–1)
OT: (0–1) 		 Bulgaria The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 80
22 April 2018
20:00 		Hong Kong  0–6
(0–0, 0–4, 0–2) 		 South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 400

Division III qualification tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament
Tournament details
Host nation  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates 25–28 February
Teams 4
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 6
Goals scored 68  (11.33 per game)
Attendance 3,020  (503 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov

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]

Referees
  • Flag of Denmark Martin Christensen
  • Flag of the United Kingdom Stefan Hogarth
  • Flag of Poland Paweł Meszyński
Linesmen
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Brejcha
  • Flag of Ukraine Ilya Khohlov
  • Flag of Ireland Vytautas Lukoševičius
  • Flag of Belgium Maarten van der Acker

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

25 February 2018
16:00 		Turkmenistan  4–0
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0) 		 United Arab Emirates Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 100
25 February 2018
20:00 		Kuwait  1–8
(0–2, 0–3, 1–3) 		 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,100
26 February 2018
16:00 		Kuwait  2–24
(0–8, 0–7, 2–9) 		 Turkmenistan Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 110
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
28 February 2018
09:00 		United Arab Emirates  4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1) 		 Kuwait Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 110
28 February 2018
20:30 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–13
(3–1, 0–5, 0–7) 		 Turkmenistan Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,000

References

  1. ↑ "27 tournaments assigned". iihf.com. 19 May 2017. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11816. 
  2. ↑ "IIHF tournament in Bosnia". iihf.com. 3 October 2017. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12029&cHash=0dacc480b9df85cd1ffadb1e347627b4. 
  3. ↑ "Georgia’s joy". iihf.com. 24 April 2018. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12562&cHash=d20735375f2144c4b04c43222524723e. 
  4. ↑ "Galloping to glory". iihf.com. 1 March 2018. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12438&cHash=a0c027fdcd52fdd00e0b9f5a8ee4e8c1. 
  5. ↑ Division III Assignments
  6. ↑ Division III qualification assignments


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