2017 IIHF World Championship Division III

	Promoted to 2018 IIHF Division II B
	Relegation to 2018 IIHF Division III Qualification

2017 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	10–16 April
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	161 (10.73 per match)
Attendance	4,800 (320 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Artem Kozyulin; (25 points)
Website	IIHF.com
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria from 10 to 16 April 2017.[1] Seven teams participated in the tournament, divided into two groups. Bosnia and Herzegovina was originally scheduled to participate, but withdrew before the tournament began; all their games were recorded as 5–0 forfeits for the opposing team.[2] Luxembourg won the tournament, defeating Bulgaria 10–4 in the final, and played in Division IIB in 2018.[3] Chinese Taipei debuted in Division III and, apart from defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in a forfeit, recorded their first official win, beating the UAE 4–0 in the 5th place playoff.[4]

Venues

Division III
Sofia
Winter Sports Palace Capacity: 4,600

The Bulgarian bid was the only contender for the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III competition.[1] It will mark the first time that this competition has been held in Bulgaria. In September 2016 the format of the division was realigned into one tournament with two preliminary divisions.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Bulgaria	Host, placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
South Africa	Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Luxembourg	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
~~Bosnia and Herzegovina~~	Placed 4th in Division III last year. (withdrew from tournament)
Hong Kong	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Georgia	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
United Arab Emirates	Withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2015.
Chinese Taipei	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

5 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Referees

Michał Baca
Miha Bajt
Ivan Fateyev
Cemal Ersin Kaya
Kim No-su

Linesmen

Ferhat Aygün
Christian Cristeli
Illya Khokhlov
Aleh Kliashcheunikau
Jonas Merten
Jakob Schauer
Luchezar Stoyanov
Gil Haim Tichon
Wiktor Zień

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bulgaria (H)	3	3	0	18	3	+15	9	Semifinals
2	Hong Kong	3	2	1	13	12	+1	6	Semifinals
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina[lower-alpha 1]	3	0	3	0	15	−15	0	Withdrawn

Source: IIHF.com
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.
Notes:

Bosnia withdrew before the tournament and all games were forfeited and counted as a 5–0 win for the opposing team.[2]

10 April 2017
20:00

Bulgaria

3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 950

Game reference

Dimitar Dimitrov

Goalies

Liao Yu-cheng
Huang Sheng-chun

Referee:

Miha Bajt
Linesmen:

Ferhat Aygün

Wiktor Zień

Dikov (Gatchev) – 21:51	1–0
M. Vasilev (Muhachev, Boyadjiev) (PP) – 38:55	2–0
Dikov (Iskrenov) – 54:42	3–0

28 min

Penalties

18 min

55

Shots

7

11 April 2017
20:00

Hong Kong

3–10
(2–4, 1–2, 0–4)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 800

Game reference

King Ho
Cheung Ching-ho

Goalies

Dimitar Dimitrov

Referee:

Kim No-su
Linesmen:

Gil Tichon

Wiktor Zień

Au-yeung (Tang) – 02:01	1–0
Au-Yeung (Yeung) (PP) – 08:55	2–0
	2–1	09:20 – Iskrenov (Dikov, V. Vasilev)
	2–2	11:14 – M. Nikolov (Hodulov, Boyadjiev) (PP)
	2–3	16:13 – Dilkov (V. Vasilev (PP)
	2–4	19:08 – Iskrenov (Gatchev, Dikov)
Lau (Sham, Tai) – 26:39	3–4
	3–5	36:05 – Muhachev (Yotov, M. Vasilev)
	3–6	39:29 – Dilkov (Gatchev)
	3–7	42:44 – Yotov (Dikov, M. Vasilev)
	3–8	47:34 – Muhachev (Yotov, M. Vasilev)
	3–9	53:28 – Iskrenov (Mladenov, Dikov)
	3–10	58:13 – Iskrenov (Dikov) (SH)

10 min

Penalties

18 min

13

Shots

84

13 April 2017
16:30

Chinese Taipei

2–5
(0–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50

Game reference

Liao Yu-cheng
Huang Sheng-chun

Goalies

King Ho

Referee:

Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:

Illya Khokhlov

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

	0–1	06:13 – Au-yeung (PP)
	0–2	13:34 – Kan S. (Chau)
	0–3	13:59 – Ngan (Chau)
Yang Hsiao-h. (Chang T., Wei Yu-k.) (PP) – 27:50	1–3
	1–4	31:38 – Kan S. (Leung)
Lin (Pai, Tseng) – 45:03	2–4
	2–5	58:54 – Chau (SH, ENG)

16 min

Penalties

12 min

31

Shots

23

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Luxembourg	3	3	0	26	5	+21	9	Semifinals
2	Georgia	3	2	1	29	11	+18	6	Semifinals
3	South Africa	3	1	2	14	9	+5	3
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	0	44	−44	0

Source: IIHF.com
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.

10 April 2017
13:00

Luxembourg

17–0
(4–0, 6–0, 7–0)

United Arab Emirates

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50

Game reference

Philippe Lepage

Goalies

Khaled Al Suwaidi

Referee:

Michał Baca
Linesmen:

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

Jakob Schauer

Welter (Wambach, K. Linster) – 01:15	1–0
Mosr (Houdremont) – 04:07	2–0
K. Linster (Welter, T. Beran) (SH) – 07:01	3–0
Eriksson (R. Beran) – 11:00	4–0
R. Beran (Eriksson, Cannon) – 20:24	5–0
Wambach (Mosr) – 21:03	6–0
Cannon (R. Beran) – 22:48	7–0
R. Beran (Cannon) – 32:56	8–0
Cannon (Houdremont, Mosr) – 33:27	9–0
Houdremont (K.Linster) – 37:31	10–0
Cannon (R. Beran) – 40:15	11–0
Welter (T. Beran) (SH) – 44:41	12–0
Cannon (Eriksson, R. Beran) (PP) – 47:08	13–0
Linster (Houdremont) (PP) – 50:00	14–0
Cannon (Schons, Mossong) – 53:55	15–0
Welter (R. Beran) – 54:06	16–0
B. Linster (Mossong) – 59:20	17–0

12 min

Penalties

12 min

52

Shots

8

10 April 2017
16:30

South Africa

5–6
(1–1, 1–2, 3–3)

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 100

Game reference

Charl Pretorius

Goalies

Andrei Ilienko

Referee:

Ivan Fateev
Linesmen:

Christian Cristeli

Gil Tichon

	0–1	04:12 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)
Magmoed (Husselman) (PP) – 05:44	1–1
Valadas – 28:35	2–1
	2–2	33:57 – Dumbadze (Filimonov, Shalunov)
	2–3	36:06 – Shalunov (Kurbatov, Dumbadze) (PP)
	2–4	42:50 – Kurbatov (Jeiranashvili)
	2–5	47:43 – Filimonov (Kurbatov) (PP)
Samaai (Gonsalves) (PP) – 48:35	3–5
	3–6	51:52 – Kurbatov (Dumbadze, Kozyulin) (PP)
Marais) – 52:09	4–6
Giot (Marais) – 55:08	5–6

46 min

Penalties

48 min

34

Shots

19

11 April 2017
13:00

Luxembourg

6–4
(1–1, 3–1, 2–2)

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50

Game reference

Philippe Lepage

Goalies

Andrei Ilienko

Referee:

Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:

Illya Khohlov

Luchezar Stoyanov

Schons (Cannon, R. Beran) (PP) – 13:29	1–0
	1–1	19:40 – Kozyulin (Kurbatov) (PP)
Eriksson (R. Beran, Cannon) – 20:31	2–1
R. Beran (Cannon) (PP) – 25:25	3–1
Cannon (R. Beran, Eriksson) – 36:39	4–1
	4–2	37:35 – Shvetsov (PS)
	4–3	42:07 – Shvetsov (Kozyulin)
Welter (R. Beran) (PP) – 57:10	5–3
	5–4	58:13 – Filimonov (Kurbatov, Shvetsov) (EA)
Eriksson (ENG) – 59:09	6–4

22 min

Penalties

48 min

40

Shots

25

11 April 2017
16:30

United Arab Emirates

0–8
(0–1, 0–4, 0–3)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50

Game reference

Ahmed Al-Dhaheri

Goalies

Gary Bock

Referee:

Michał Baca
Linesmen:

Ferhat Aygün

Jonas Merten

	0–1	04:05 – Botha (Bremner)
	0–2	26:43 – Compton (Valadas)
	0–3	32:48 – Van Doesburgh (Samaai, De Jager)
	0–4	33:14 – Samaai (Birrell) (PP)
	0–5	38:08 – Magmoed (Birell, Botha) (PP)
	0–6	49:05 – De Jager (Edwards, Husselman)
	0–7	54:29 – Van Doesburgh (Botha) (SH)
	0–8	58:28 – Gonsalves (SH)

14 min

Penalties

30 min

12

Shots

33

13 April 2017
13:00

Georgia

19–0
(9–0, 2–0, 8–0)

United Arab Emirates

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 300

Game reference

Andrei Ilienko

Goalies

Khaled Al-Suwaidi

Referee:

Miha Bajt
Linesmen:

Jonas Merten

Jakob Schauer

Shvetsov (Kozyulin, Dumbadze) (PP) – 04:13	1–0
Shvetsov (Filimonov) – 04:31	2–0
Shalunov (Oganeziani, Kurbatov) – 07:50	3–0
Oganeziani (Shvetsov) – 08:58	4–0
Kozyulin (Shvetsov, Filimonov) – 11:39	5–0
Filimonov (Shvetsov, Kurbatov) – 13:29	6–0
Kozyulin – 13:39	7–0
Kozyulin (Jeiranashvili) – 15:09	8–0
Shalunov (Kozyulin) – 18:25	9–0
Kurbatov (Shvetsov) (PP) – 20:36	10–0
Dumbadze (Shalunov) – 37:58	11–0
Kozyulin (Shalunov) (SH) – 49:08	12–0
Dumbadze (Kurbatov, Kozyulin) – 49:38	13–0
Kozyulin (Kurbatov, Dumbadze) – 51:24	14–0
Kurbatov (Shvetsov) – 52:57	15–0
Kozyulin (SH) – 54:53	16–0
Kozyulin (Dumbadze) – 57:40	17–0
Kozyulin (Filimonov) – 59:07	18–0
Kurbatov (Dumbadze) – 59:41	19–0

30 min

Penalties

10 min

63

Shots

14

13 April 2017
20:00

South Africa

1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Luxembourg

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250

Game reference

Charl Pretorius

Goalies

Gilles Mangen

Referee:

Kim No-su
Linesmen:

Christian Cristeli

Luchezar Stoyanov

	0–1	07:04 – Minden (Holtzem)
Valadas (Birrell) – 50:54	1–1
	1–2	56:46 – R. Beran (Cannon, Eriksson)
	1–3	59:11 – Houdremont (Holtzem) (ENG)

8 min

Penalties

18 min

36

Shots

14

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

15 April

Luxembourg	8
		16 April
Hong Kong	1
		Luxembourg	10
15 April
		Bulgaria	4
Bulgaria	9

Georgia	3
		Third place

		16 April

		Hong Kong	3

		Georgia	14

5th place bracket

5th–7th place semifinals		Fifth place




		16 April

		South Africa	7
15 April
		Chinese Taipei	3
Chinese Taipei	4

United Arab Emirates	0

5th–7th place semifinal

15 April 2017
13:00

Chinese Taipei

4–0
(3–0, 0–0, 1–0)

United Arab Emirates

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50

Game reference

Liao Yu-cheng

Goalies

Ahmed Al-Dhaheri

Referee:

Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:

Ferhat Aygün

Luchezar Stoyanov

Tseng (Tang Y., Chang Ha.) (PP) – 06:43	1–0
Lin (Shen, Tseng) (PP) – 10:25	2–0
Wei Yu-k. (Yang Hsiao-h.) – 12:32	3–0
Shen (Wei Yu-k.) – 46:17	4–0

14 min

Penalties

8 min

40

Shots

28

Semifinals

15 April 2017
16:30

Luxembourg

8–1
(3–0, 2–1, 3–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250

Game reference

Philippe Lepage

Goalies

King Ho
Cheung Ching-ho

Referee:

Ivan Fateyev
Linesmen:

Illya Khokhlov

Gil Tichon

K. Linster (R. Beran) – 02:50	1–0
Cannon (R. Beran) – 17:41	2–0
Cannon (B. Linster) – 19:59	3–0
	3–1	20:11 – Au-yeung (Tang, Wong)
Minden (T. Beran, Welter) – 28:19	4–1
Cannon – 29:34	5–1
R. Beran – 48:51	6–1
Wambach – 57:20	7–1
Mosr (Houdremont, Thill) – 58:07	8–1

2 min

Penalties

2 min

52

Shots

13

15 April 2017
20:00

Bulgaria

9–3
(4–0, 2–1, 3–2)

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 750

Game reference

Dimitar Dimitrov

Goalies

Andrei Ilienko

Referee:

Michał Baca
Linesmen:

Jonas Merten

Wiktor Zień

Iskrenov (Hodulov) – 07:59	1–0
M. Vasilev (Yotov) (PP2) – 11:23	2–0
Nikolov (Hodulov) – 15:19	3–0
Cvetanov (M. Vasilev, Yotov) – 17:29	4–0
	4–1	24:10 – Kozyulin (Shvetsov) (PP2)
Muhachev (Dikov, Boyadjiev) (SH) – 26:38	5–1
T. Georgiev (Muhachev, Yotov) – 37:15	6–1
	6–2	42:32 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov, Kozyulin)
Cvetanov (Yotov, Hodulov) – 44:12	7–2
Iskrenov (Hodulov, Boyadjiev) – 50:16	8–2
Cvetanov (Gyurov, Yotov) (PP2) – 52:36	9–2
	9–3	55:30 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov)

12 min

Penalties

40 min

64

Shots

37

Fifth place game

16 April 2017
12:30

South Africa

7–3
(3–2, 3–0, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Gary Bock
Charl Pretorius

Goalies

Liao Yu-cheng
Huang Sheng-chun

Referee:

Kim No-su
Linesmen:

Jakob Schauer

Luchezar Stoyanov

Willemstijn (Van Doesburgh) – 01:05	1–0
Husselman (Birrell, Gordon) – 05:53	2–0
	2–1	06:54 – Wei Yu-c.
Giot (Edwards) (PP) – 18:11	3–1
	3–2	19:56 – Shen (Yang Hsiao-h., Wei Yu-k.)
Husselman (Giot) – 25:56	4–2
Edwards (Gordon, Husselman) – 31:56	5–2
Botha (Van Doesburgh) – 39:56	6–2
	6–3	43:29 – Tang Y. (Pai) (PP)
Samaai (Edwards, Gordon) – 48:22	7–3

18 min

Penalties

8 min

42

Shots

15

Third place game

16 April 2017
16:00

Hong Kong

3–14
(1–6, 1–3, 1–5)

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50

Game reference

King Ho
Cheung Ching-ho

Goalies

Andrei Ilienko
Kakha Ambrolava

Referee:

Miha Bajt
Linesmen:

Christian Cristeli

Wiktor Zień

	0–1	06:13 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)
	0–2	07:51 – Kozyulin (Dumbadze, Geperidze)
Sham (Tang, Au-yeung) – 08:11	1–2
	1–3	10:26 – Kurbatov (Dumbadze, Filimonov) (PP)
	1–4	15:12 – Shvetsov (Filimonov, Kozyulin) (PP)
	1–5	18:45 – Kozyulin
	1–6	19:40 – Shvetsov (Oganeziani, Filimonov)
Tang (Au-yeung, Sham) (PP) – 25:56	2–6
	2–7	28:28 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov, Filimonov)
	2–8	31:08 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)
	2–9	32:09 – Oganeziani (Kurbatov, Shvetsov)
	2–10	42:09 – Shvetsov (Filimonov)
	2–11	45:44 – Shvetsov (Kozyulin, Kurbatov) (PP)
	2–12	48:45 – Kozyulin (Kurbatov, Dumbadze)
	2–13	50:47 – Jeiranashvili (Shalunov)
Tang – 53:38	3–13
	3–14	56:41 – Oganeziani (Kozyulin, Shvetsov) (PP)

10 min

Penalties

6 min

24

Shots

43

Final

16 April 2017
19:30

Luxembourg

10–4
(3–3, 4–1, 3–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 950

Game reference

Philippe Lepage

Goalies

Dimitar Dimitrov
Nikola Nikolov

Referee:

Ivan Fateyev
Linesmen:

Aleh Kliashcheunikau

Jonas Merten

	0–1	02:15 – M. Vasilev (Muhachev, Yotov)
T. Beran (Welter) – 04:36	1–1
	1–2	09:17 –Yotov (Gyurov, Muhachev) (PP)
	1–3	15:15 – Iskrenov (Hodulov)
Welter (Mosr) – 15:47	2–3
Schons (Scheier, R. Beran) – 18:49	3–3
K. Linster (Eriksson) (PP) – 22:48	4–3
	4–4	29:39 – Yotov (Muhachev) (SH)
Welter (T. Beran) – 31:34	5–4
Mosr – 37:56	6–4
Cannon (R. Beran) (PP2) – 39:53	7–4
Mosr (Schons) (PP2) – 51:06	8–4
T. Beran (Holtzem) – 52:50	9–4
R. Beran (ENG) – 56:34	10–4

12 min

Penalties

34 min

31

Shots

61

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Luxembourg (P)
2	Bulgaria (H)
3	Georgia
4	Hong Kong
5	South Africa
6	Chinese Taipei
7	United Arab Emirates (R)

(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Source: IIHF.com

Awards and statistics

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Liao Yu-cheng
- Best Defenceman: Artem Kurbatov
- Best Forward: Robert Beran

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Artem Kozyulin	5	13	12	25	+13	6	F
Ivan Shvetsov	5	11	9	20	+9	2	F
Artem Kurbatov	5	6	14	20	+16	8	D
Robert Beran	5	6	13	19	+14	8	F
Colm Cannon	5	11	6	17	+14	6	F
Vitali Dumbadze	5	6	9	15	+13	26	F
Grigory Filimonov	5	3	9	12	+6	8	F
Alexei Yotov	4	3	8	11	+5	0	F
Benny Welter	5	6	3	9	+15	0	F
Stanislav Muhachev	4	3	6	9	+4	2	F

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
Philippe Lepage	240:00	9	2.25	107	91.59	1
Liao Yu-cheng	169:59	9	3.18	103	91.26	1
Andrei Ilienko	287:28	21	4.38	169	87.57	1
King Ho	168:16	23	8.20	150	84.67	0
Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	120:00	12	6.00	73	83.56	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

"2017 Events". IIHF.com. 23 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
"Bosnia withdraws". IIHF.com. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
Tchechankov, Ivan (2017-04-17). "First gold for Luxembourg". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
2017 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division III
IIHF (2017). "Competition Officials" (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved 2017-04-16.

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[table_note_BIH0.094272969800175-6] Bosnia withdrew before the tournament and all games were forfeited and counted as a 5–0 win for the opposing team.[2]

[Events-1] "2017 Events". IIHF.com. 23 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-05-24.

[Withdrawl-2] "Bosnia withdraws". IIHF.com. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

[3] Tchechankov, Ivan (2017-04-17). "First gold for Luxembourg". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.

[4] 2017 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division III

[5] IIHF (2017). "Competition Officials" (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved 2017-04-16.