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See also: 2018 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
2018 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries South Africa
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates16–22 April
25–28 February
Teams10
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The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division III is an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It will be held in Cape Town, South Africa[1] and the qualification tournament was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the original hosts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, withdrew their application.[2] 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 being promoted to next year's Division III.[3]

Division III

2018 IIHF World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates16–22 April
Teams6
Official website
IIHF.com

Participants

Team Qualification
 Turkey Placed 6th in Division II B 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.[4]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to 2019 Division II B
2  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  South Africa (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2019 Division III qualification
First match(es) will be played: 16 April 2018. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

16 April 2018
13:00		Georgia v TurkeyThe Ice Station, Cape Town
16 April 2018
16:15		Chinese Taipei v Hong KongThe Ice Station, Cape Town
16 April 2018
20:00		Bulgaria v South AfricaThe Ice Station, Cape Town
17 April 2018
13:00		Turkey v Hong KongThe Ice Station, Cape Town
17 April 2018
16:15		Bulgaria v GeorgiaThe Ice Station, Cape Town
17 April 2018
20:00		South Africa v Chinese TaipeiThe Ice Station, Cape Town
19 April 2018
13:00		Bulgaria v Chinese TaipeiThe Ice Station, Cape Town
19 April 2018
16:15		Georgia v Hong KongThe Ice Station, Cape Town
19 April 2018
20:00		Turkey v South AfricaThe Ice Station, Cape Town
20 April 2018
13:00		Hong Kong v BulgariaThe Ice Station, Cape Town
20 April 2018
16:15		Chinese Taipei v TurkeyThe Ice Station, Cape Town
20 April 2018
20:00		South Africa v GeorgiaThe Ice Station, Cape Town
22 April 2018
13:00		Georgia v Chinese TaipeiThe Ice Station, Cape Town
22 April 2018
16:15		Turkey v BulgariaThe Ice Station, Cape Town
22 April 2018
20:00		Hong Kong v South AfricaThe Ice Station, Cape Town

Division III qualification tournament

2018 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament
Tournament details
Host country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates25–28 February
Teams4
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored68 (11.33 per game)
Attendance3,020 (503 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov (12 points)
Official website
IIHF.com

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.
 Kuwait First time participating in tournament.
 Turkmenistan First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

3 referees and 4 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkmenistan 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
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

25 February 2018
16:00		Turkmenistan 4–0
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 United Arab EmiratesZetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Keremli CharyyevGoaliesKhaled Al-SuwaidiReferee:
Denmark Martin Christensen
Linesmen:
Ukraine Ilya Khohlov
Belgium Maarten van der Acker
Veleyev (Aganiyazov, Vahovskiy) (PP) – 34:581–0
Aganiyazov (Vahovskiy, Hydyrov) (PP) – 40:552–0
Soyunov – 44:393–0
Geldimyradov (Savin, Barkovskiy) (PP) – 56:584–0
8 minPenalties12 min
43Shots10
25 February 2018
20:00		Kuwait 1–8
(0–2, 0–3, 1–3)		 Bosnia and HerzegovinaZetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,100
Game reference
Jasem Al-SarrafGoaliesEdis PribišićReferee:
United Kingdom Stefan Hogarth
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Tomáš Brejcha
Republic of Ireland Vytautas Lukoševičius
0–103:27 – Čordalija (PP)
0–215:28 – Čordalija (Logo)
0–328:00 – Lemeš (Omer, Arslanagic) (PP)
0–430:15 – Omer (PP)
0–537:46 – Lemeš (Omer) (PP2)
0–642:18 – Velić (Čordalija)
0–745:18 – Logo (SH)
0–847:03 – Omer (Tokić)
H. Al-Ajmi – 56:371–8
45 minPenalties14 min
16Shots41
26 February 2018
16:00		Kuwait 2–24
(0–8, 0–7, 2–9)		 TurkmenistanZetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 110
Game reference
Jasem Al-Sarraf
Dhari Al-Omran		GoaliesKeremli Charyyev
Rahman Myradov		Referee:
Poland Paweł Meszyński
Linesmen:
Ukraine Ilya Khohlov
Republic of Ireland Vytautas Lukoševičius
0–101:30 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov, Barkovskiy)
0–206:02 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov)
0–310:11 – Geldimyradov
0–411:49 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov, Soyunov) (EA)
0–512:37 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov)
0–616:46 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy)
0–718:35 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov, Aganiyazov) (SH)
0–818:55 – Soyunov (SH)
0–927:41 – Gurbanov (Vahovskiy, Veleyev)
0–1028:33 – Veleyev (Aganiyazov)
0–1133:01 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov)
0–1233:56 – Avdeyev (Kuliyev, Atayev)
0–1337:57 – Vahovskiy (Aganiyazov, Gurbanov) (PP)
0–1439:30 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy, Soyunov)
0–1539:51 – Berdiyev (Veliyev)
0–1642:47 – Avdeyev (Dovletmyradov) (PP)
A. Al-Ajmi (Al-Maragi) – 43:221–16
1–1743:37 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov)
Al-Zidan (Al-Maghrabi) (SH) – 44:352–17
2–1845:56 – Veleyev
2–1947:21 – Avdeyev (Atayev)
2–2051:02 – Kuliyev (Barkovskiy, Savin) (PP2)
2–2154:13 – Hydyrov (Vahovskiy)
2–2255:12 – Savin (Kuliyev, Gayer) (PP)
2–2357:01 – Veleyev (Vahovskiy, Gurbanov)
2–2457:47 – Barkovskiy (Gayer)
16 minPenalties27 min
11Shots67
26 February 2018
20:00		United Arab Emirates 1–6
(0–1, 1–2, 0–3)		 Bosnia and HerzegovinaZetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 600
Game reference
Khaled Al-SuwaidiGoaliesEdis PribišićReferee:
Denmark Martin Christensen
0–104:48 – Hadžihasanović (Omer, Ramić)
Al-Dhaheri (M. Al-Shamsi) – 26:551–1
1–231:51 – Čordalija (Arslanagic) (SH)
1–333:50 – Omer (Bakal, Pribišić) (PP)
1–446:47 – Čordalija
1–552:29 – Čordalija
1–653:39 – Omer
22 minPenalties34 min
27Shots42
28 February 2018
09:00		United Arab Emirates 4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1)		 KuwaitZetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 110
Game reference
Khaled Al-SuwaidiGoaliesJasem Al-SarrafReferee:
United Kingdom Stefan Hogarth
Linesmen:
Republic of Ireland Vytautas Lukoševičius
Belgium Maarten van den Acker
0–107:43 – Al-Awadhi (Y. Al-Kandari, Al-Maraghy)
Al-Dhaheri (M. Al-Shamsi, Al-Harmoodi) (PP) – 13:301–1
Al-Dhaheri (Al-Mehairbi, O. Al-Shamsi) (PP) – 39:162–1
O. Al-Shamsi (A. Al-Haddad, H. Al-Haddad) – 43:023–1
Al-Dhaheri (A. Yahya, M. Al-Shamsi) – 50:484–1
4–257:35 – Al-Maragi (A. Al-Ajmi, M. Al-Ajmi) (PP, EA)
4 minPenalties12 min
20Shots22
28 February 2018
20:30		Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–13
(3–1, 0–5, 0–7)		 TurkmenistanZetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,000
Game reference
Edis Pribišić
Muamer Tahirbegović		GoaliesKeremli CharyyevReferee:
Poland Paweł Meszyński
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Tomáš Brejcha
Ukraine Ilya Khohlov
Omer (Hadžihasanović) – 04:281–0
Lemeš (Omer, Hadžihasanović) – 06:042–0
2–107:50 – Soyunov (Barkovskiy) (PP)
Rakić (Omer) – 11:403–1
3–224:38 – Gurbanov (SH)
3–326:17 – Gurbanov (Vahovskiy)
3–431:06 – Aganiyazov (Gurbanov) (PP)
3–533:19 – Savin (SH)
3–637:32 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy) (PP)
3–741:27 – Barkovskiy
3–845:12 – Gayer (Savin, Barkovskiy) (PP)
3–949:03 – Veleyev (Hydyrov) (PP2)
3–1049:19 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov, Gayer) (PP)
3–1152:38 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov)
3–1257:06 – Barkovskiy (Geldimyradov, Soyunov)
3–1357:36 – Dovletmyradov (Kuliyev)
44 minPenalties18 min
16Shots66

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov 3 6 6 12 +10 9 F
Turkmenistan Pavel Barkovskiy 3 3 8 11 +9 2 F
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Omer 3 5 5 10 +7 20 F
Turkmenistan Aleksandr Vahovskiy 3 4 6 10 +10 0 F
Turkmenistan Dovlet Soyunov 3 6 3 9 +10 2 F
Turkmenistan Arslan Geldimyradov 3 5 4 9 +9 2 F
Turkmenistan Amangeldi Aganiyazov 3 2 7 9 +10 4 D
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Čordalija 3 5 1 6 +6 6 F
Turkmenistan Ishan Veleyev 3 5 1 6 +6 0 F
Turkmenistan Dmitriy Savin 3 2 3 5 +8 4 D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Turkmenistan Keremli Charyyev 140:00 3 1.29 29 89.66 1
United Arab Emirates Khaled Al-Suwaidi 180:00 12 4.00 107 88.79 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edis Pribišić 169:19 12 4.25 97 87.63 0
Kuwait Jasem Al-Sarraf 154:43 25 9.70 98 74.49 0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

References

  1. ^ "27 tournaments assigned". iihf.com. 19 May 2017.
  2. ^ "IIHF tournament in Bosnia". iihf.com. 3 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Galloping to glory". iihf.com. 1 March 2018.
  4. ^ Assignments
  5. ^ Division III qualification tournament officials
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