2019 IIHF World Championship Division III

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2019 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host nations  Bulgaria /  United Arab Emirates
Dates 22–28 April
31 March–6 April
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 28 April and the qualification tournament in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 31 March to 6 April 2019.[1] Both Kyrgyzstan and Thailand made their debut in the World Championships, with each winning their first game (Kyrgyzstan won all five of its games, but the first four were changed to forfeits due to an ineligible player).

Bulgaria earned promotion to Division II, while the United Arab Emirates won the qualification tournament and were promoted. South Africa finished last and were demoted to the qualification tournament.[2][3]

Division III

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III
2019 IIHF World Championship Division III logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Bulgaria
Dates 22–28 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 137  (9.13 per game)
Attendance 6,650  (443 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Bulgaria Miroslav Vasilev

Participants

Team Qualification
Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg Placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria Host, placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png Turkmenistan Placed 1st in Division III qualification last year.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria (H, P) 5 5 0 0 0 39 7 32 15 Promotion to 2020 Division II B
2 Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey 5 3 0 0 2 21 17 4 9
3 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png Turkmenistan 5 2 0 1 2 21 21 0 7
4 Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg 5 2 0 0 3 15 20 −5 6
5 Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei 5 1 1 0 3 23 35 −12 5
6 Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa (R) 5 1 0 0 4 18 37 −19 3 Relegation to 2020 Division III B

Results

22 April 2019
13:00 		Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg.png 2–3
(0–1, 1–0, 1–2) 		Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120
22 April 2019
16:30 		Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png 4–5 OT
(0–0, 0–3, 4–1)
(OT: 0–1) 		Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 130
22 April 2019
20:00 		Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 12–2
(7–1, 1–1, 4–0) 		Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 850
23 April 2019
13:00 		South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg.png 2–7
(0–2, 1–3, 1–2) 		Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png Turkmenistan Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 136
23 April 2019
16:30 		Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png 4–5
(0–0, 3–2, 1–3) 		Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 180
23 April 2019
20:00 		Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 3–1
(0–0, 3–0, 0–1) 		Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,200
25 April 2019
13:00 		Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png 5–2
(1–1, 3–0, 1–1) 		Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 108
25 April 2019
16:30 		Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg.png 7–4
(0–2, 3–2, 4–0) 		Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 128
25 April 2019
20:00 		Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png 6–2
(2–0, 2–2, 2–0) 		Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png Turkmenistan Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,200
26 April 2019
13:00 		South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg.png 3–6
(2–1, 1–2, 0–3) 		Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120
26 April 2019
16:30 		Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png 4–3
(0–2, 3–1, 1–0) 		Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 195
26 April 2019
20:00 		Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png 2–11
(1–1, 1–6, 0–4) 		Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 953
28 April 2019
13:00 		Turkey Flag of Turkey.svg.png 5–4
(0–1, 2–1, 3–2) 		Flag of Turkmenistan.svg.png Turkmenistan Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 90
28 April 2019
16:30 		Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg.png 7–9
(1–2, 2–4, 4–3) 		Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 105
28 April 2019
20:00 		Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png 0–7
(0–4, 0–1, 0–2) 		Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,135


Division III qualification tournament

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament
2019 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  United Arab Emirates
Dates 31 March–6 April
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 170  (11.33 per game)
Attendance 1,585  (106 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of United Arab Emirates Artur Zainutdinov

Participants

Team Qualification
Flag of Hong Kong.svg.png Hong Kong Placed 6th in Division III last year and were relegated.
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia and Herzegovina Placed 2nd in Division III qualification last year.
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates Host, placed 3rd in Division III qualification last year.
Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait Placed 4th in Division III qualification last year.
Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand First time participating in tournament.
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan First time participating in tournament.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates (H, P) 5 4 0 0 1 46 14 32 12 Promotion to 2020 Division III A
2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg.png Hong Kong 5 4 0 0 1 31 18 13 12
3 Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand 5 2 1 0 2 26 19 7 8
4 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 2 0 1 2 21 22 −1 7
5 Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait 5 1 0 0 4 9 43 −34 3 Later assigned to 2020 Division IV
6 Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan 5 1 0 0 4 7 24 −17 3

Results

  • Kyrgyzstan played its first four games, all wins, with Russian born player Aleksandr Titov in their lineup. Before their final game, also a win, when it was found that Titov was not yet eligible to play for Kyrgyzstan, he was disqualified from the tournament and Kyrgyzstan forfeited their first four games.
31 March 2019
12:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png 4–5 GWS
(4–1, 0–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 47
31 March 2019
16:00 		Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png 0–5 (14–0 forfeit)
(9–0, 2–0, 3–0) 		Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 52
31 March 2019
20:00 		United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png 11–1
(5–0, 6–0, 0–1) 		Flag of Hong Kong.svg.png Hong Kong Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 168
1 April 2019
12:00 		Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg.png 12–2
(4–1, 2–0, 6–1) 		Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 68
1 April 2019
16:00 		Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg.png 5–0 (2–6 forfeit)
(0–4, 0–0, 2–2) 		Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 82
1 April 2019
20:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png 3–10
(0–3, 1–6, 2–2) 		Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 74
3 April 2019
12:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png 5–0 (3–14 forfeit)
(0–4, 2–7, 1–3) 		Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 66
3 April 2019
16:00 		Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg.png 6–5
(0–3, 3–2, 3–0) 		Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 56
3 April 2019
20:00 		United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png 13–1
(5–0, 8–0, 0–1) 		Flag of Kuwait.svg.png Kuwait Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 98
4 April 2019
12:00 		Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png 0–5 (8–3 forfeit)
(3–0, 1–3, 4–0) 		Flag of Hong Kong.svg.png Hong Kong Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 44
4 April 2019
16:00 		Kuwait Flag of Kuwait.svg.png 0–9
(0–2, 0–3, 0–4) 		Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia and Herzegovina Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 52
4 April 2019
20:00 		Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg.png 2–8
(1–4, 1–3, 0–1) 		Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 123
6 April 2019
12:00 		Kuwait Flag of Kuwait.svg.png 1–9
(0–0, 1–4, 0–5) 		Flag of Thailand.svg.png Thailand Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 47
6 April 2019
16:00 		Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg.png 7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0) 		Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png Bosnia and Herzegovina Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 39
6 April 2019
20:00 		United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg.png 4–7
(2–3, 1–0, 1–4) 		Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).png Kyrgyzstan Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 580

References

  1. ↑ "Kazakhstan, Japan get top events". new-iihf.com. 18 May 2018. https://www.new-iihf.com/en/events/2018/wm/news/3208/kazakhstan%2c-japan-get-top-events. 
  2. ↑ "Bulgaria storms to another gold". iihf.com. 28 April 2018. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wmiii/news/10520/bulgaria-storms-to-another-gold. 
  3. ↑ "Emirates win on home ice". iihf.com. 6 April 2018. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wmiiiq/news/9854/emirates-win-on-home-ice. 

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