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{{Infobox international hockey competition
 | tourney_name = IIHF World Championship<br>Division III
 | year = 2018
 | other_titles = 
 | image = 2018 IIHF World Championship Division III.png
 | size = 250
 | caption = 
 | country = South Africa
 | country2 = Bosnia and Herzegovina
 | dates = 16–22 April<br>25–28 February
 | num_teams = 10
 | venues = 2
 | cities = 2
 | prevseason = [[2017 IIHF World Championship Division III|2017]]
 | nextseason = [[2019 IIHF World Championship Division III|2019]]
}}
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]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=11816|title=27 tournaments assigned|date=19 May 2017|work=iihf.com}}</ref> and the qualification tournament in [[Sarajevo]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] after the original hosts, [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]], withdrew their application.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12029&cHash=0dacc480b9df85cd1ffadb1e347627b4|title=IIHF tournament in Bosnia|date=3 October 2017|work=iihf.com}}</ref>

Georgia won the tournament and were promoted to Division II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12562&cHash=d20735375f2144c4b04c43222524723e|title=Georgia’s joy|date=24 April 2018|work=iihf.com}}</ref>

[[Kuwait men's national ice hockey team|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=12438&cHash=a0c027fdcd52fdd00e0b9f5a8ee4e8c1|title=Galloping to glory|date=1 March 2018|work=iihf.com}}</ref>

==Division III==
{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division III
| year = 2018
| country = South Africa
| dates = 16–22 April
| num_teams = 6
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| games = 15
| goals = 117
| attendance = {{#expr: 35 + 80 + 200 + 20 + 60 + 180 + 30 + 40 + 250 + 20 + 30 + 700 + 100 + 80 + 400}}
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|GEO}} Alexander Zhuzhunashvili
| points = 19
| website = [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/ IIHF.com]
}}

===Participants===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
|{{ih|TUR}}
|Placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
|-
|{{ih|BUL}}
|Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
|-
|{{ih|GEO}}
|Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
|-
|{{ih|HKG}}
|Placed 4th in Division III last year.
|-
|{{ih|RSA}}
|'''Host''', placed 5th in Division III last year.
|-
|{{ih|TPE}}
|Placed 6th in Division III last year.
|}

===Match officials===
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.<ref>[http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642000_35B_1_0.pdf Division III Assignments]</ref>

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Referees
*{{flagicon|ROU}} Zsolt Csomortani - Did not attend the championships
*{{flagicon|BLR}} Miroslav Iarets
*{{flagicon|SWE}} Richard Magnusson
*{{flagicon|ESP}} Alexey Roshchyn
{{col-2}}
;Linesmen
*{{flagicon|GBR}} Daniel Beresford
*{{flagicon|RSA}} Jonathan Burger
*{{flagicon|ITA}} Matthias Cristeli
*{{flagicon|AUT}} Maximilian Gatol
*{{flagicon|BLR}} Artsiom Labzov
*{{flagicon|SVN}} Gregor Miklič
*{{flagicon|POL}} Marcin Polak
{{col-end}}

===Standings===
{| class="wikitable"
|Pos
|Team
|Pld
|W
|OTW
|OTL
|L
|GF
|GA
|GD
|Pts
|Qualification or relegation
|-
|1
|{{ih|Georgia}} (P)
|5
|4
|0
|0
|1
|35
|12
|23
|12
|Promoted to 2019 Division II B
|-
|2
|{{ih|Bulgaria}}
|5
|3
|1
|0
|1
|28
|10
|18
|11
| colspan="1" rowspan="4" |
|-
|3
|{{ih|Turkey}}
|5
|3
|0
|1
|1
|22
|14
|8
|10
|-
|4
|{{ih|Chinese Taipei}}
|5
|2
|0
|0
|3
|16
|25
|−9
|6
|-
|5
|{{ih|South Africa}} (H)
|5
|2
|0
|0
|3
|13
|18
|−5
|6
|-
|6
|{{ih|Hong Kong}} (R)
|5
|0
|0
|0
|5
|3
|38
|−35
|0
|Relegation to 2019 Division III qualification
|}

===Results===

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|date       = 16 April 2018
|time       = 13:00
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|GEO}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|TUR}}
|score      = 6–2
|periods    = (4–1, 1–0, 1–1)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 35
|official   = {{flagicon|ESP}} Alexey Roshchyn
|linesman   = {{flagicon|AUT}} Maximilian Gatol
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|BLR}} Artsiom Labzov
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642901_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 20
|shots1     = 57
|shots2     = 17
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 16 April 2018
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|TPE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|HKG}}
|score      = 5–1
|periods    = (0–1, 2–0, 3–0)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 80
|official   = {{flagicon|BLR}} Miroslav Iarets
|linesman   = {{flagicon|RSA}} Jonathan Burger
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|ITA}} Matthias Cristeli
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642902_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 0
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 24
|shots2     = 22
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 16 April 2018
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|BUL}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|RSA}}
|score      = 4–0
|periods    = (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 200
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Richard Magnusson
|linesman   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Daniel Beresford
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|POL}} Marcin Polak
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642903_74_1_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 2
|shots1     = 40
|shots2     = 18
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 17 April 2018
|time       = 13:00
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|TUR}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|HKG}}
|score      = 6–1
|periods    = (1–1, 2–0, 3–0)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 20
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Richard Magnusson
|linesman   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Daniel Beresford
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|RSA}} Jonathan Burger
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642904_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 51
|shots2     = 13
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 17 April 2018
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|BUL}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|GEO}}'''
|score      = 3–5
|periods    = (2–1, 0–3, 1–1)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 60
|official   = {{flagicon|BLR}} Miroslav Iarets
|linesman   = {{flagicon|ITA}} Matthias Cristeli
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|BLR}} Artsiom Labzov
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642905_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 20
|penalties2 = 16
|shots1     = 43
|shots2     = 37
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 17 April 2018
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{ih-rt|RSA}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|TPE}}'''
|score      = 2–5
|periods    = (0–1, 1–2, 1–2)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 180
|official   = {{flagicon|ESP}} Alexey Roshchyn
|linesman   = {{flagicon|AUT}} Maximilian Gatol
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|SVN}} Gregor Miklič
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642906_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 18
|penalties2 = 4
|shots1     = 17
|shots2     = 22
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 19 April 2018
|time       = 13:00
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|BUL}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|TPE}}
|score      = 7–2
|periods    = (1–1, 4–0, 2–1)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 30
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Richard Magnusson
|linesman   = {{flagicon|RSA}} Jonathan Burger
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|POL}} Marcin Polak
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642907_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 8
|shots1     = 39
|shots2     = 19
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 19 April 2018
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|GEO}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|HKG}}
|score      = 11–1
|periods    = (5–1, 3–0, 3–0)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 40
|official   = {{flagicon|ESP}} Alexey Roshchyn
|linesman   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Daniel Beresford
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|SVN}} Gregor Miklič
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642908_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 61
|shots2     = 13
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 19 April 2018
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|TUR}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|RSA}}
|score      = 7–1
|periods    = (1–0, 4–1, 2–0)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 250
|official   = {{flagicon|BLR}} Miroslav Iarets
|linesman   = {{flagicon|AUT}} Maximilian Gatol
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|BLR}} Artsiom Labzov
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642909_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 6
|penalties2 = 12
|shots1     = 34
|shots2     = 36
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 20 April 2018
|time       = 13:00
|team1      = {{ih-rt|HKG}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|BUL}}'''
|score      = 0–10
|periods    = (0–3, 0–3, 0–4)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 20
|official   = {{flagicon|ESP}} Alexei Roshchyn
|linesman   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Danny Beresford
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|ITA}} Matthias Cristeli
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642910_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 17
|shots2     = 51
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 20 April 2018
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|TPE}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|TUR}}'''
|score      = 2–4
|periods    = (1–0, 1–1, 0–3)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 30
|official   = {{flagicon|BLR}} Miroslav Iarets
|linesman   = {{flagicon|RSA}} Jonathan Mark Burger
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|POL}} Marcin Polak
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642911_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 20
|penalties2 = 6
|shots1     = 20
|shots2     = 36
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 20 April 2018
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|RSA}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|GEO}}
|score      = 4–2
|periods    = (2–1, 0–1, 2–0)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 700
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Richard Magnusson
|linesman   = {{flagicon|BLR}} Artsiom Labzov
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|SVN}} Gregor Miklič
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642912_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 10
|penalties2 = 33
|shots1     = 33
|shots2     = 52
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 22 April 2018
|time       = 13:00
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|GEO}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|TPE}}
|score      = 11–2
|periods    = (5–1, 3–0, 3–1)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 100
|official   = {{flagicon|ESP}} Alexey Roshchyn
|linesman   = {{flagicon|AUT}} Maximilian Gatol
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|BLR}} Artsiom Labzov
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642913_74_1_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 33
|penalties2 = 10
|shots1     = 56
|shots2     = 17
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 22 April 2018
|time       = 16:15
|team1      = {{ih-rt|TUR}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|BUL}}'''
|score      = 3–4 {{small|OT}}
|periods    = (2–2, 1–0, 0–1)<br>OT: (0–1)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 80
|official   = {{flagicon|BLR}} Miroslav Iarets
|linesman   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Daniel Beresford
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|POL}} Marcin Polak
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642914_74_5_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 12
|penalties2 = 2
|shots1     = 34
|shots2     = 38
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 22 April 2018
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{ih-rt|HKG}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|RSA}}'''
|score      = 0–6
|periods    = (0–0, 0–4, 0–2)
|stadium    = [[The Ice Station]], [[Cape Town]]
|attendance = 400
|official   = {{flagicon|SWE}} Richard Magnusson
|linesman   = {{flagicon|ITA}} Matthias Cristeli
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|SVN}} Gregor Miklič
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/642/IHM642915_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 4
|shots1     = 20
|shots2     = 60
}}
==Division III qualification tournament==
{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name = IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament
| year = 2018
| country = Bosnia and Herzegovina
| dates = 25–28 February
| num_teams = 4
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| games = 6
| goals = 68
| attendance = {{#expr: 100 + 1100 + 110 + 600 + 110 + 1000}}
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|TKM}} Ahmet Gurbanov
| points = 12
| website = [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/643/ IIHF.com]
}}

===Participants===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Qualification
|-
|{{ih|BIH}}
|'''Host''', withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in [[2016 IIHF World Championship Division III|2016]].
|-
|{{ih|UAE}}
|Placed 7th in Division III last year and were relegated.
|-
|{{ih|KUW}}
|First time participating in tournament.
|-
|{{ih|TKM}}
|First time participating in tournament.
|}

===Match officials===
3 referees and 4 linesmen were selected for the tournament.<ref>[http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/643/IHM643000_35B_1_0.pdf Division III qualification assignments]</ref>

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Referees
*{{flagicon|DEN}} Martin Christensen
*{{flagicon|GBR}} Stefan Hogarth
*{{flagicon|POL}} Paweł Meszyński
{{col-2}}
;Linesmen
*{{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Brejcha
*{{flagicon|UKR}} Ilya Khohlov
*{{flagicon|IRL}} Vytautas Lukoševičius
*{{flagicon|BEL}} Maarten van der Acker
{{col-end}}

===Standings===
{| class="wikitable"
|Pos
|Team
|Pld
|W
|OTW
|OTL
|L
|GF
|GA
|GD
|Pts
|Qualification
|-
|1
|{{ih|Turkmenistan}} (P)
|3
|3
|0
|0
|0
|41
|5
|36
|9
|Promoted to 2019 Division III
|-
|2
|{{ih|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} (H)
|3
|2
|0
|0
|1
|17
|15
|2
|6
| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |
|-
|3
|{{ih|United Arab Emirates}}
|3
|1
|0
|0
|2
|5
|12
|−7
|3
|-
|4
|{{ih|Kuwait}}
|3
|0
|0
|0
|3
|5
|36
|−31
|0
|}

===Results===

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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 25 February 2018
|time       = 16:00
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|TKM}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|UAE}}
|score      = 4–0
|periods    = (0–0, 1–0, 3–0)
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo]]
|attendance = 100
|official   = {{flagicon|DEN}} Martin Christensen
|linesman   = {{flagicon|UKR}} Ilya Khohlov
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|BEL}} Maarten van der Acker
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/643/IHM643901_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 8
|penalties2 = 12
|shots1     = 43
|shots2     = 10
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 25 February 2018
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{ih-rt|KUW}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|BIH}}'''
|score      = 1–8
|periods    = (0–2, 0–3, 1–3)
|stadium    = [[Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo]]
|attendance = 1,100
|official   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Stefan Hogarth
|linesman   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Brejcha
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|IRL}} Vytautas Lukoševičius
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/643/IHM643902_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 45
|penalties2 = 14
|shots1     = 16
|shots2     = 41
}}
{{Ice hockey box
|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 26 February 2018
|time       = 16:00
|team1      = {{ih-rt|KUW}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|TKM}}'''
|score      = 2–24
|periods    = (0–8, 0–7, 2–9)
|stadium    = [[Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo]]
|attendance = 110
|official   = {{flagicon|POL}} Paweł Meszyński
|linesman   = {{flagicon|UKR}} Ilya Khohlov
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|IRL}} Vytautas Lukoševičius
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/643/IHM643903_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 16
|penalties2 = 27
|shots1     = 11
|shots2     = 67
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 26 February 2018
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{ih-rt|UAE}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|BIH}}'''
|score      = 1–6
|periods    = (0–1, 1–2, 0–3)
|stadium    = [[Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo]]
|attendance = 600
|official   = {{flagicon|DEN}} Martin Christensen
|Linesman   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Brejcha
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|BEL}} Maarten van den Acker
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/643/IHM643904_74_4_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 22
|penalties2 = 34
|shots1     = 27
|shots2     = 42
}}
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|bg         = #eeeeee
|date       = 28 February 2018
|time       = 09:00
|team1      = '''{{ih-rt|UAE}}'''
|team2      = {{ih|KUW}}
|score      = 4–2
|periods    = (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)
|stadium    = [[Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo]]
|attendance = 110
|official   = {{flagicon|GBR}} Stefan Hogarth
|linesman   = {{flagicon|IRL}} Vytautas Lukoševičius
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|BEL}} Maarten van den Acker
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/643/IHM643905_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 4
|penalties2 = 12
|shots1     = 20
|shots2     = 22
}}
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|bg         = #eeffff
|date       = 28 February 2018
|time       = 20:30
|team1      = {{ih-rt|BIH}}
|team2      = '''{{ih|TKM}}'''
|score      = 3–13
|periods    = (3–1, 0–5, 0–7)
|stadium    = [[Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo]]
|attendance = 1,000
|official   = {{flagicon|POL}} Paweł Meszyński
|linesman   = {{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Brejcha
|linesman2  = {{flagicon|UKR}} Ilya Khohlov
|reference  = http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/643/IHM643906_74_3_0.pdf
|penalties1 = 44
|penalties2 = 18
|shots1     = 16
|shots2     = 66
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ice Hockey World Championships}}
{{Wikipedia}}

[[Category:2018 in ice hockey|World Ice Hockey Championships, Men's]]
[[Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]]