2012 IIHF World Championship Division III

2012 IIHF World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	15 – 21 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

The 2012 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international Ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Erzurum, Turkey running from April 15–21, 2012.

Participants

Team	Qualification
North Korea	Placed 6th in Division II Group A and was relegated in 2011.
Ireland	Placed 6th in Division II Group B and was relegated in 2011.
Turkey	Host, placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Luxembourg	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Greece^	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Mongolia^	Placed 6th in Division III last year.

^ - Both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Chinese Taipei applied to participate in the Division III tournament, but the IIHF did not approve either, so Greece and Mongolia joined the other four teams for the Division III tournament.

Tournament

Standings

	Promoted to Division II B for 2013
	Relegated to Division III qualification for 2013

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Turkey	5	5	0	0	0	33	7	+26	15
North Korea	5	4	0	0	1	27	8	+19	12
Luxembourg	5	3	0	0	2	20	15	+5	9
Ireland	5	2	0	0	3	18	24	−6	6
Greece	5	1	0	0	4	9	22	−13	3
Mongolia	5	0	0	0	5	8	39	−31	0

All times are local (UTC+3).

15 April 13:00

Greece

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Turkey

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 500

Game reference
	26 min	Penalties	20 min
	26	Shots	51

15 April 17:00

Luxembourg

7–2 (4–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Ireland

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 120

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	44	Shots	20

15 April 21:00

Mongolia

2–12 (1–2, 1–3, 0–7)

North Korea

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 22

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	10	Shots	48

16 April 13:00

Ireland

5–3 (2–0, 2–1, 1–2)

Greece

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 178

Game reference
	44 min	Penalties	52 min
	37	Shots	27

16 April 17:00

North Korea

4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Luxembourg

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 132

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	12

16 April 21:00

Turkey

10–0 (4–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Mongolia

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 254

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	14

18 April 13:00

North Korea

4–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Greece

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 43

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	45	Shots	11

18 April 17:00

Ireland

3–5 (0–1, 3–2, 0–2)

Turkey

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 216

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	26	Shots	29

18 April 21:00

Mongolia

1–5 (1–4, 0–1, 0–0)

Luxembourg

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 55

Game reference
	62 min	Penalties	43 min
	32	Shots	38

19 April 13:00

Turkey

4–2 (0–0, 3–2, 1–0)

North Korea

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 102

Game reference
	32 min	Penalties	20 min
	25	Shots	33

19 April 17:00

Luxembourg

6–0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Greece

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 47

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	51 min
	42	Shots	22

19 April 21:00

Ireland

8–4 (2–0, 2–1, 4–3)

Mongolia

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 31

Game reference
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	50	Shots	15

21 April 13:00

Greece

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Mongolia

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 48

Game reference
	36 min	Penalties	37 min
	40	Shots	14

21 April 17:00

Turkey

8–1 (1–0, 4–0, 3–1)

Luxembourg

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 451

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	47	Shots	26

21 April 21:00

North Korea

5–0 (2–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Ireland

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 102

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	46	Shots	10

External links

• IIHF Site

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