2018 IIHF World Championship Division III

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

All times are local (UTC+2).

16 April 2018 13:00

Georgia

6–2 (4–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Turkey

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 35

Game reference
	Andrei Ilienko	Goalies	Muhammed Karagül	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Artsiom Labzov
	0–1 02:56 – F. Faner (Bakal) Vasilchenko (Kharizov) – 10:11 1–1 Obolgogiani (Dumbadze) – 10:21 2–1 Zhuzhunashvili (Kurbatov, Tsomaia) (SH) – 14:37 3–1 Shvetsov (Vasilchenko, Kurbatov)(PP) – 16:14 4–1 Vasilchenko (Kozyulin, Shvetsov) – 26:12 5–1 5–2 45:35 – F. Faner (Bakal) (SH) Obolgogiani (Kurbatov, Zhuzhunashvili) (PP2) – 50:03 6–2
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	57	Shots	17

16 April 2018 16:15

Chinese Taipei

5–1 (0–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Liao Yu-cheng	Goalies	King Ho	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Matthias Cristeli
	0–1 05:05 – To (Lo, Fu) Lu – 29:01 1–1 Shen Yen-c. (Pan) – 31:28 2–1 Shen Yen-l. (Lu, Shen Yen-c.) (SH) – 44:23 3–1 Tsao (Ti) – 52:11 4–1 Shen Yen-c. (Hsiao Po-yun) (SH) – 53:59 5–1
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	22

16 April 2018 20:00

Bulgaria

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Ashley Bock	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Marcin Polak
	Vasilev (Boyadjiev, V. Dikov) – 16:43 1–0 V. Dikov (Boyadjiev) – 36:33 2–0 Iskrenov (Vasilev) – 37:22 3–0 V. Dikov (Vasilev, Boyadjiev) – 58:39 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	18

17 April 2018 13:00

Turkey

6–1 (1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Emerson Keung	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Jonathan Burger
	Özmen (Semiz, Solak) – 00:38 1–0 1–1 16:52 – Sham (Tang, Ho) (PP2) Kavaz (Bingöl, Aktürk) – 27:40 2–1 Semiz (Ö. Kars) – 32:39 3–1 Özmen (Semiz) (PP) – 41:53 4–1 Toygar (E. Faner) – 44:01 5–1 Bakal (PP) – 51:49 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	51	Shots	13

17 April 2018 16:15

Bulgaria

3–5 (2–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Georgia

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Matthias Cristeli Artsiom Labzov
	0–1 04:05 – Kurbatov (Obolgogiani, Zhuzhunashvili) (PP) V. Dikov (Vasilev) – 10:01 1–1 Nikolov (D. Dilkov) – 18:28 2–1 2–2 28:18 – Kozyulin (Vasilchenko) 2–3 36:24 – Vasilchenko (SH) 2–4 36:35 – Vasilchenko (Kozyulin) (SH) 2–5 44:48 – Kozyulin Hodulov (V. Dikov) (PP2) – 52:24 3–5
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	43	Shots	37

17 April 2018 20:00

South Africa

2–5 (0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Chinese Taipei

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 180

Game reference
	Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Liao Yu-cheng	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Gregor Miklič
	0–1 06:20 – Shen Yen-c. (Hsiao Po-yun) 0–2 28:08 – Tien Magmoed (Botha) – 30:31 1–2 1–3 35:10 – Shen Yen-c. (Hsiao Po-yuan) 1–4 43:40 – Tang (Tsao) (PP) 1–5 50:01 – Hsiao Po-yun (Shen Yen-c., Hsiao Po-yuan) Magmoed (Van Doesburgh, Compton) (PP) – 57:16 2–5
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	22

19 April 2018 13:00

Bulgaria

7–2 (1–1, 4–0, 2–1)

Chinese Taipei

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Liao Yu-cheng David Chang	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Marcin Polak
	D. Dilkov (Gatchev) – 12:27 1–0 1–1 17:44 – Hsiao Po-yun (Lu, Shen Yen-c.) Georgiev (Muhachev) (PP) – 26:24 2–1 Boyadjiev – 27:40 3–1 D. Dilkov (Nikolov, Gatchev) (PP) – 29:01 4–1 Hodulov (Georgiev, Iskrenov) (PP) – 38:51 5–1 5–2 49:08 – Pan (Hung, Lu) Hodulov (Georgiev) – 52:22 6–2 Boyadjiev – 53:37 7–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	19

19 April 2018 16:15

Georgia

11–1 (5–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Andrei Ilienko Kakha Ambrolava	Goalies	Emerson Keung King Ho	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Gregor Miklič
	Shvetsov (Kozyulin, Vasilchenko) – 10:30 1–0 Zhuzhunashvili (Geperidze) (SH) – 12:02 2–0 Zhuzhunashvili (SH2) – 12:59 3–0 3–1 16:09 – Fung (J. Ho) Zhuzhunashvili (Dumbadze) – 16:22 4–1 Zhuzhunashvili (Obolgogiani, Shvetsov) – 16:37 5–1 Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili, Dumbadze) – 24:10 6–1 Zhuzhunashvili (Shalunov, Obolgogiani) – 30:25 7–1 Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) (SH) – 34:13 8–1 Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) – 42:15 9–1 Obolgogiani (G. Oganeziani, Zhuzhunashvili) – 46:00 10–1 Shalunov ( D. Oganeziani, Vasilchenko) – 50:22 11–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	61	Shots	13

19 April 2018 20:00

Turkey

7–1 (1–0, 4–1, 2–0)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Muhammed Karagül	Goalies	Ashley Bock Charl Pretorius	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Artsiom Labzov
	Kavaz (Ö. Kars) – 02:01 1–0 F. Faner (Bakal, Y. Kars) (PP) – 24:19 2–0 Savaş (Semiz, Solak) – 26:01 3–0 Kavaz (Bingöl) – 28:31 4–0 Inanç (Y. Kars) – 35:49 5–0 5–1 38:38 – Giot (Bremner) Özmen (Semiz) – 40:53 6–1 E. Faner (Y. Kars) – 52:25 7–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	36

20 April 2018 13:00

Hong Kong

0–10 (0–3, 0–3, 0–4)

Bulgaria

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 20

Game reference
	King Ho	Goalies	Ivan Stoynov	Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Danny Beresford Matthias Cristeli
	0–1 09:47 – Gatchev (Dilkov, Nikolov) 0–2 16:28 – Dilkov (Stoilov, Gatchev) (PP) 0–3 18:18 – Nikolov (Dilkov) 0–4 29:33 – Hodulov (Iskrenov, Muhachev) 0–5 35:33 – Iskrenov (Muhachev, Bozhanov) 0–6 38:46 – Boyadjiev (T. Georgiev) (SH) 0–7 48:09 – Hodulov (Iskrenov, Vasilev) 0–8 48:32 – Stoyadinov (Hodulov, K. Dikov) 0–9 49:18 – Stoyadinov (Boyadjiev) 0–10 53:09 – Nikolov (Dilkov) (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	51

20 April 2018 16:15

Chinese Taipei

2–4 (1–0, 1–1, 0–3)

Turkey

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Liao Yu-cheng	Goalies	Muhammed Karagül	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Jonathan Mark Burger Marcin Polak
	Yang (Hung) – 04:07 1–0 1–1 26:53 – Takar (Inanç) Shen Yen-c. (Chang) – 38:35 2–1 2–2 26:53 – Semiz (PP) 2–3 44:07 – Bakal (Solak) 2–4 48:21 – Bakal (Elakaş)
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	36

20 April 2018 20:00

South Africa

4–2 (2–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Georgia

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Artsiom Labzov Gregor Miklič
	0–1 04:25 – Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) Carelse (Samaai) – 08:16 1–1 Cardoso (Magmoed) (PP) – 19:28 2–1 2–2 24:23 – Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) Magmoed (Giot, Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 52:02 3–2 Van Doesburgh (Samaai) (ENG, SH) – 59:41 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	33 min
	33	Shots	52

22 April 2018 13:00

Georgia

11–2 (5–1, 3–0, 3–1)

Chinese Taipei

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Andrei Ilienko Kakha Ambrolava	Goalies	Liao Yu-cheng David Chang	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Artsiom Labzov
	Zhuzhunashvili (Obolgogiani) – 00:17 1–0 Kurbatov (Zhuzhunashvili, Kozyulin) – 04:47 2–0 2–1 08:23 – Shen Yen-l. (Lu) (PP) Kharizov (SH) – 11:51 3–1 Shvetsov (Obolgogiani, Kharizov) – 15:03 4–1 Vasilchenko (Kharizov) – 19:48 5–1 Shalunov (Vasilchenko, Kharizov) (PP) – 22:20 6–1 Zhuzhunashvili (Kozyulin, Kurbatov) – 22:46 7–1 Kharizov (Vasilchenko) – 22:53 8–1 Kharizov (Obolgogiani, Kurbatov) – 48:47 9–1 Zhuzhunashvili (Kurbatov, Jeiranashvili) – 51:27 10–1 10–2 58:09 – Hsiao Po-yuan (Chang W.) Zhuzhunashvili (Kozyulin, Vasilchenko) (SH) – 59:56 11–2
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	56	Shots	17

22 April 2018 16:15

Turkey

3–4 OT (2–2, 1–0, 0–1) OT: (0–1)

Bulgaria

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Muhammed Karagül	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Marcin Polak
	0–1 04:38 – Iskrenov (Hodulov) 0–2 06:01 – V. Dikov (Gatchev) E. Faner (Özmen, Semiz) – 11:59 1–2 E. Faner (Bakal, Y. Kars) (PP) – 14:16 2–2 Ö. Kars (Bakal) – 33:03 3–2 3–3 58:50 – Boyadjiev (Hodulov) (ENG, EA) 3–4 62:52 – D. Dikov (V. Dikov)
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	38

22 April 2018 20:00

Hong Kong

0–6 (0–0, 0–4, 0–2)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Emerson Keung	Goalies	Charl Pretorius	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Matthias Cristeli Gregor Miklič
	0–1 23:54 – Samaai (Marais) (PP) 0–2 27:07 – Bremner (Samaai, Carelse) 0–3 33:48 – Samaai (Marais) 0–4 37:59 – Van Doesburgh (Carelse) 0–5 45:38 – Valadas (Compton, Malgas) 0–6 50:41 – Giot (Marais, Van Doesburgh)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	60

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Charl Pretorius
  • Best Defenceman: Martin Boyadjiev
  • Best Forward: Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili

Source: IIHF.com

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili	5	10	9	19	+15	2	F
Oliver Obolgogiani	5	8	6	14	+16	6	F
Alexander Vasilchenko	5	5	7	12	+7	8	F
Ivan Hodulov	5	5	3	8	+2	4	F
Shen Yen-chin	5	5	3	8	–3	0	F
Martin Boyadjiev	5	4	4	8	+8	2	F
Daniel Dilkov	5	4	4	8	+7	0	F
Ferhat Bakal	5	3	5	8	+3	2	F
Artem Kozyulin	5	2	6	8	+9	25	F
Artem Kurbatov	5	2	6	8	+16	10	D

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

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
Muhammed Karagül	242:52	13	3.21	161	91.93	0
Charl Pretorius	204:11	9	2.64	111	91.89	1
Andrei Ilienko	283:39	10	2.12	115	91.30	0
Dimitar Dimitrov	242:28	10	2.47	107	90.65	1
Liao Yu-cheng	265:54	18	4.06	137	86.86	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

3 referees and 4 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]

All times are local (UTC+1).

25 February 2018 16:00

Turkmenistan

4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

United Arab Emirates

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Keremli Charyyev	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Martin Christensen Linesmen: Ilya Khohlov Maarten van der Acker
	Veleyev (Aganiyazov, Vahovskiy) (PP) – 34:58 1–0 Aganiyazov (Vahovskiy, Hydyrov) (PP) – 40:55 2–0 Soyunov – 44:39 3–0 Geldimyradov (Savin, Barkovskiy) (PP) – 56:58 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	10

25 February 2018 20:00

Kuwait

1–8 (0–2, 0–3, 1–3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 1,100

Game reference
	Jasem Al-Sarraf	Goalies	Edis Pribišić	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Vytautas Lukoševičius
	0–1 03:27 – Čordalija (PP) 0–2 15:28 – Čordalija (Logo) 0–3 28:00 – Lemeš (Omer, Arslanagic) (PP) 0–4 30:15 – Omer (PP) 0–5 37:46 – Lemeš (Omer) (PP2) 0–6 42:18 – Velić (Čordalija) 0–7 45:18 – Logo (SH) 0–8 47:03 – Omer (Tokić) H. Al-Ajmi – 56:37 1–8
	45 min	Penalties	14 min
	16	Shots	41

26 February 2018 16:00

Kuwait

2–24 (0–8, 0–7, 2–9)

Turkmenistan

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Jasem Al-Sarraf Dhari Al-Omran	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev Rahman Myradov	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Ilya Khohlov Vytautas Lukoševičius
	0–1 01:30 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov, Barkovskiy) 0–2 06:02 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov) 0–3 10:11 – Geldimyradov 0–4 11:49 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov, Soyunov) (EA) 0–5 12:37 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov) 0–6 16:46 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy) 0–7 18:35 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov, Aganiyazov) (SH) 0–8 18:55 – Soyunov (SH) 0–9 27:41 – Gurbanov (Vahovskiy, Veleyev) 0–10 28:33 – Veleyev (Aganiyazov) 0–11 33:01 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov) 0–12 33:56 – Avdeyev (Kuliyev, Atayev) 0–13 37:57 – Vahovskiy (Aganiyazov, Gurbanov) (PP) 0–14 39:30 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy, Soyunov) 0–15 39:51 – Berdiyev (Veliyev) 0–16 42:47 – Avdeyev (Dovletmyradov) (PP) A. Al-Ajmi (Al-Maragi) – 43:22 1–16 1–17 43:37 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov) Al-Zidan (Al-Maghrabi) (SH) – 44:35 2–17 2–18 45:56 – Veleyev 2–19 47:21 – Avdeyev (Atayev) 2–20 51:02 – Kuliyev (Barkovskiy, Savin) (PP2) 2–21 54:13 – Hydyrov (Vahovskiy) 2–22 55:12 – Savin (Kuliyev, Gayer) (PP) 2–23 57:01 – Veleyev (Vahovskiy, Gurbanov) 2–24 57:47 – Barkovskiy (Gayer)
	16 min	Penalties	27 min
	11	Shots	67

26 February 2018 20:00

United Arab Emirates

1–6 (0–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Edis Pribišić	Referee: Martin Christensen
	0–1 04:48 – Hadžihasanović (Omer, Ramić) Al-Dhaheri (M. Al-Shamsi) – 26:55 1–1 1–2 31:51 – Čordalija (Arslanagic) (SH) 1–3 33:50 – Omer (Bakal, Pribišić) (PP) 1–4 46:47 – Čordalija 1–5 52:29 – Čordalija 1–6 53:39 – Omer
	22 min	Penalties	34 min
	27	Shots	42

28 February 2018 09:00

United Arab Emirates

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Kuwait

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Jasem Al-Sarraf	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Vytautas Lukoševičius Maarten van den Acker
	0–1 07:43 – Al-Awadhi (Y. Al-Kandari, Al-Maraghy) Al-Dhaheri (M. Al-Shamsi, Al-Harmoodi) (PP) – 13:30 1–1 Al-Dhaheri (Al-Mehairbi, O. Al-Shamsi) (PP) – 39:16 2–1 O. Al-Shamsi (A. Al-Haddad, H. Al-Haddad) – 43:02 3–1 Al-Dhaheri (A. Yahya, M. Al-Shamsi) – 50:48 4–1 4–2 57:35 – Al-Maragi (A. Al-Ajmi, M. Al-Ajmi) (PP, EA)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	22

28 February 2018 20:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3–13 (3–1, 0–5, 0–7)

Turkmenistan

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Edis Pribišić Muamer Tahirbegović	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Ilya Khohlov
	Omer (Hadžihasanović) – 04:28 1–0 Lemeš (Omer, Hadžihasanović) – 06:04 2–0 2–1 07:50 – Soyunov (Barkovskiy) (PP) Rakić (Omer) – 11:40 3–1 3–2 24:38 – Gurbanov (SH) 3–3 26:17 – Gurbanov (Vahovskiy) 3–4 31:06 – Aganiyazov (Gurbanov) (PP) 3–5 33:19 – Savin (SH) 3–6 37:32 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy) (PP) 3–7 41:27 – Barkovskiy 3–8 45:12 – Gayer (Savin, Barkovskiy) (PP) 3–9 49:03 – Veleyev (Hydyrov) (PP2) 3–10 49:19 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov, Gayer) (PP) 3–11 52:38 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov) 3–12 57:06 – Barkovskiy (Geldimyradov, Soyunov) 3–13 57:36 – Dovletmyradov (Kuliyev)
	44 min	Penalties	18 min
	16	Shots	66

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Edis Pribišić
  • Best Defenceman: Dmitriy Savin
  • Best Forward: Ahmet Gurbanov

Source: IIHF.com

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

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
Keremli Charyyev	140:00	3	1.29	29	89.66	1
Khaled Al-Suwaidi	180:00	12	4.00	107	88.79	0
Edis Pribišić	169:19	12	4.25	97	87.63	0
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