2023 IIHF World Championship Division III

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2023 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host nations  South Africa /  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates 17–23 April
27 February – 5 March
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division III were two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

The Group A tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17 to 23 April and the Group B tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 27 February to 5 March 2023.

Chinese Taipei were promoted after winning Group A, with North Korea relegated after withdrawing before the tournament.[2] Kyrgyzstan won the Group B tournament and got promoted, while Malaysia got relegated.[3]

Group A tournament

2023 IIHF World Championship Division III A
160
Tournament details
Host nation  South Africa
Dates 17–23 April
Teams 5
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 10
Goals scored 86  (8.6 per game)
Attendance 1,815  (182 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Thailand Jan Isaksson

Participants

Team Qualification
 Turkmenistan Placed 3rd in Division III last edition.
 Chinese Taipei Placed 4th in Division III last edition.
 Luxembourg Placed 5th in Division III last edition.
 North Korea Withdrew last edition and withdrew also this edition.
 South Africa Host, placed 1st in Division III B last edition and was promoted.
 Thailand Placed 2nd in Division III B last edition and was promoted.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Chinese Taipei 4 4 0 0 0 30 4 26 12 Promoted to the 2024 Division II B
2  Turkmenistan 4 2 0 0 2 17 16 1 6
3  South Africa (H) 4 2 0 0 2 16 17 −1 6
4  Thailand 4 2 0 0 2 20 21 −1 6
5  Luxembourg 4 0 0 0 4 3 28 −25 0
6  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division III B

North Korea withdrew before the tournament.

Results

17 April 2023
16:00 		Thailand  2–11
(0–3, 1–3, 1–5) 		 Chinese Taipei The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
17 April 2023
20:00 		Turkmenistan  6–9
(3–0, 0–4, 3–5) 		 South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 187
18 April 2023
20:00 		Luxembourg  2–10
(0–2, 1–5, 1–3) 		 Thailand The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 51
19 April 2023
16:00 		Luxembourg  1–4
(0–1, 1–3, 0–0) 		 Turkmenistan The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 40
19 April 2023
20:00 		Chinese Taipei  6–1
(0–0, 3–1, 3–0) 		 South Africa The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 300
20 April 2023
20:00 		Thailand  3–6
(0–0, 0–3, 3–3) 		 Turkmenistan The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
21 April 2023
16:00 		Chinese Taipei  10–0
(6–0, 2–0, 2–0) 		 Luxembourg The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 27
21 April 2023
20:00 		South Africa  2–5
(1–2, 1–1, 0–2) 		 Thailand The Ice Station, Cape Town
23 April 2023
14:00 		Turkmenistan  1–3
(0–0, 0–2, 1–1) 		 Chinese Taipei The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 150
23 April 2023
18:00 		South Africa  4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 Luxembourg The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 1,000

Group B tournament

2023 IIHF World Championship Division III B
160
Tournament details
Host nation  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates 27 February – 5 March
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 212  (14.13 per game)
Attendance 4,585  (306 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Kyrgyzstan Mamed Seifulov

Participants

Team Qualification
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Host, placed 3rd in Division III Q last edition.
 Kyrgyzstan Placed 1st in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
 Iran Placed 2nd in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
 Singapore Placed 3rd in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
 Malaysia Placed 4th in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
 Hong Kong Withdrew last edition.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Kyrgyzstan 5 5 0 0 0 76 5 71 15 Promoted to the 2024 Division III A
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 5 3 1 0 1 39 20 19 11
3  Hong Kong 5 2 1 1 1 41 26 15 9
4  Singapore 5 2 0 1 2 31 31 0 7
5  Iran 5 1 0 0 4 19 53 −34 3
6  Malaysia 5 0 0 0 5 6 77 −71 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division IV

Results

27 February 2023
13:00 		Kyrgyzstan  14–2
(7–1, 5–1, 2–0) 		 Singapore Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 69
27 February 2023
16:30 		Malaysia  4–14
(1–3, 0–7, 3–4) 		 Iran Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 55
27 February 2023
20:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  6–5 GWS
(1–2, 2–3, 2–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Hong Kong Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 800
28 February 2023
13:00 		Singapore  10–0
(2–0, 5–0, 3–0) 		 Malaysia Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 100
28 February 2023
16:30 		Hong Kong  11–1
(3–0, 5–0, 3–1) 		 Iran Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 47
28 February 2023
20:00 		Kyrgyzstan  10–1
(3–0, 4–0, 3–1) 		 Bosnia and Herzegovina Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 168
2 March 2023
13:00 		Hong Kong  7–6 OT
(1–2, 1–2, 4–2)
(OT: 1–0) 		 Singapore Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 101
2 March 2023
16:30 		Kyrgyzstan  22–0
(7–0, 10–0, 5–0) 		 Malaysia Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 87
2 March 2023
20:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  9–2
(1–1, 3–1, 5–0) 		 Iran Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 569
3 March 2023
13:00 		Malaysia  1–16
(1–3, 0–6, 0–7) 		 Hong Kong Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 57
3 March 2023
16:30 		Iran  0–18
(0–7, 0–4, 0–7) 		 Kyrgyzstan Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 49
3 March 2023
20:00 		Singapore  2–8
(0–2, 1–4, 1–2) 		 Bosnia and Herzegovina Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 850
5 March 2023
13:00 		Iran  2–11
(1–5, 0–4, 1–2) 		 Singapore Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 64
5 March 2023
16:30 		Hong Kong  2–12
(1–4, 1–4, 0–4) 		 Kyrgyzstan Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 112
5 March 2023
20:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  15–1
(5–1, 4–0, 6–0) 		 Malaysia Skenderija, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,457

References

  1. ↑ "To Tampere/Riga in ’23, to Switzerland in ’26". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/36477/to_tampere_riga_in_23_to_switzerland_in_26. 
  2. ↑ "Chinese Taipei takes step up". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wmiiia/news/43938/chinese_taipei_takes_step_up. 
  3. ↑ "Kyrgyzstan strikes gold again". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wmiiib/news/42361/kyrgyzstan_strikes_gold_again. 

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