2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was an international under-18 ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III tournament made up the fourth level of competition at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships and took place between 7 and 13 March 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The tournament was won by Australia who upon winning gained promotion, along with Belgium who finished in second place, to Division II of the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.

2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Dates7 – 13 March 2005
Teams6
Final positions
Champions  Australia
Runner-up  Belgium
Third place  Israel
← 2004
2006 →

Overview
See also: 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification

The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III began on 7 March 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[1] Bulgaria, Israel and New Zealand returned to compete in the Division III competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships.[2] Australia and Belgium entered the Division III competition after being relegated from the Division II tournaments of the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships and Turkey returned to Division III after winning the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification tournament that was held the previous month in Ankara, Turkey.[3][4][5]

Australia finished first after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division II of the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Belgium who finished in second placed also gained promotion to Division II and Israel finished in third place after losing only to Australia and Belgium.[1] Oren Zamir of Israel finished as the tournaments top scorer after recording 17 points including ten goals and seven assists.[6] Australia's Dahlen Phillips finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 94.37.[7]

Standings
Promoted to Division II for 2006
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Australia5500466+4010
2 Belgium5401348+268
3 Israel53023615+216
4 New Zealand52032217+54
5 Turkey5104651−452
6 Bulgaria5005653−470

Fixtures

All times local.

7 March 2005
12:00		Israel 7–2
(4–0, 1–1, 2–1)		 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 90
7 March 2005
15:30		Bulgaria 2–13
(1–4, 1–1, 0–8)		 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 200
7 March 2005
19:00		Turkey 0–11
(0–2, 0–7, 0–2)		 BelgiumWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 112
8 March 2005
12:00		Belgium 11–1
(4–0, 4–1, 3–0)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 86
8 March 2005
15:30		Australia 7–2
(1–1, 3–1, 3–0)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 50
8 March 2005
8 March 2005		New Zealand 11–0
(5–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 60
10 March 2005
12:00		Belgium 5–2
(1–2, 2–0, 2–0)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 50
10 March 2005
15:30		Australia 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 60
10 March 2005
19:00		Turkey 6–2
(2–0, 1–0, 3–2)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 220
12 March 2005
12:00		New Zealand 1–6
(0–1, 1–0, 0–5)		 BelgiumWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 60
12 March 2005
15:30		Bulgaria 1–16
(1–4, 0–5, 0–7)		 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 250
12 March 2005
19:00		Australia 18–0
(5–0, 7–0, 6–0)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 60
13 March 2005
12:00		Belgium 1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)		 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 60
13 March 2005
15:30		New Zealand 7–0
(1–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 115
13 March 2005
19:00		Israel 9–0
(3–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 55

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[6]

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Oren Zamir510717+916F
Michael Horwitz58614+116F
David Manning57512+1114F
Ryan Walker56410+106F
Yogev Shamir53710+62D
Seppe Sysmans5639+94F
Didier Vaeyens5639+814F
Tomas Manco5549+144D
Eli Sherbatov5459+14F
Ben Vercammen5369+108F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[7]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Dahlen Phillips180:007141.3394.370
Bram de Backer240:008571.7591.761
Ilan Kilimnik260:0099153.4684.851
Zak Nothling145:0481135.3883.950
Peter Haywood120:001221.0083.331

References
  1. "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  2. "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  3. "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  4. "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  5. "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div IIIQ". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  6. "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  7. "Goalkeepers". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
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