2019 IIHF World Championship Division III

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

2019 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries Bulgaria
 United Arab Emirates
Dates22–28 April
31 March–6 April
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
2018
2020 (cancelled)

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
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Dates22–28 April
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored137 (9.13 per match)
Attendance6,650 (443 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Miroslav Vasilev
(16 points)
WebsiteWebsite

Participants

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

Match officials

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

RefereesLinesmen
  • Feng Lei
  • Stefan Hogarth
  • Vladimir Babic
  • Ryan Cairns

Standings

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

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

22 April 2019
13:00
Turkey 2–3
(0–1, 1–0, 1–2)
 LuxembourgWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120
22 April 2019
16:30
Turkmenistan 4–5 OT
(0–0, 0–3, 4–1)
(OT: 0–1)
 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 130
22 April 2019
20:00
Bulgaria 12–2
(7–1, 1–1, 4–0)
 South AfricaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 850

23 April 2019
13:00
South Africa 2–7
(0–2, 1–3, 1–2)
 TurkmenistanWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 136
23 April 2019
16:30
Luxembourg 4–5
(0–0, 3–2, 1–3)
 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 180
23 April 2019
20:00
Bulgaria 3–1
(0–0, 3–0, 0–1)
 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,200

25 April 2019
13:00
Luxembourg 5–2
(1–1, 3–0, 1–1)
 South AfricaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 108
25 April 2019
16:30
Turkey 7–4
(0–2, 3–2, 4–0)
 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 128
25 April 2019
20:00
Bulgaria 6–2
(2–0, 2–2, 2–0)
 TurkmenistanWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,200

26 April 2019
13:00
South Africa 3–6
(2–1, 1–2, 0–3)
 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120
26 April 2019
16:30
Turkmenistan 4–3
(0–2, 3–1, 1–0)
 LuxembourgWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 195
26 April 2019
20:00
Chinese Taipei 2–11
(1–1, 1–6, 0–4)
 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 953

28 April 2019
13:00
Turkey 5–4
(0–1, 2–1, 3–2)
 TurkmenistanWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 90
28 April 2019
16:30
Chinese Taipei 7–9
(1–2, 2–4, 4–3)
 South AfricaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 105
28 April 2019
20:00
Luxembourg 0–7
(0–4, 0–1, 0–2)
 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,135

Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Dimitar Dimitrov
    • Best Defenseman: Shen Yen-lin
    • Best Forward: Miroslav Vasilev

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Miroslav Vasilev510616+1022F
Weng To57815+32F
Ivan Hodulov510414+1018F
Lin Hung-ju55712−212F
Martin Boyadjiev5279+86D
Shen Yen-lin5279+10D
Stanislav Muhachev5538+100F
Alexei Yotov5358+70F
Begench Dovletmyradov5437+22F
Colm Cannon5347+24F
Uthman Samaai5347+16F
Aleksandr Vahovskiy534706F

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
Dimitar Dimitrov300:0071.4013894.931
Marcus Anselm292:18193.9016088.120
Keremli Charyyev266:32184.0514787.760
Tolga Bozacı272:26143.0811487.720
Hou Ta-yu224:52225.8713483.580

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

Division III qualification tournament

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates31 March–6 April
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored170 (11.33 per match)
Attendance1,585 (106 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Artur Zainutdinov
(18 points)
WebsiteWebsite

Participants

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

Match officials

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

RefereesLinesmen
  • Kent Unwin
  • Liu Jiaqi
  • Dean Smith
  • Toh Sung-taek

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  United Arab Emirates (H, P) 5 4 0 0 1 46 14 +32 12[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to 2020 Division III
2  Hong Kong 5 4 0 0 1 31 18 +13 12[lower-alpha 1]
3  Thailand 5 2 1 0 2 26 19 +7 8
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 2 0 1 2 21 22 1 7
5  Kuwait 5 1 0 0 4 9 43 34 3[lower-alpha 2] Later assigned to 2020 Division IV
6  Kyrgyzstan 5 1 0 0 4 7 24 17 3[lower-alpha 2]
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; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. United Arab Emirates 11–1 Hong Kong
  2. Kyrgyzstan 0–5 (forfeit) Kuwait

Results

All times are local (UTC+4).

  • 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 4–5 GWS
(4–1, 0–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 ThailandAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 47
31 March 2019
16:00
Kyrgyzstan 0–5 (14–0 forfeit)
(9–0, 2–0, 3–0)
 KuwaitAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 52
31 March 2019
20:00
United Arab Emirates 11–1
(5–0, 6–0, 0–1)
 Hong KongAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 168

1 April 2019
12:00
Hong Kong 12–2
(4–1, 2–0, 6–1)
 KuwaitAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 68
1 April 2019
16:00
Thailand 5–0 (2–6 forfeit)
(0–4, 0–0, 2–2)
 KyrgyzstanAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 82
1 April 2019
20:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–10
(0–3, 1–6, 2–2)
 United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 74

3 April 2019
12:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5–0 (3–14 forfeit)
(0–4, 2–7, 1–3)
 KyrgyzstanAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 66
3 April 2019
16:00
Hong Kong 6–5
(0–3, 3–2, 3–0)
 ThailandAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 56
3 April 2019
20:00
United Arab Emirates 13–1
(5–0, 8–0, 0–1)
 KuwaitAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 98

4 April 2019
12:00
Kyrgyzstan 0–5 (8–3 forfeit)
(3–0, 1–3, 4–0)
 Hong KongAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 44
4 April 2019
16:00
Kuwait 0–9
(0–2, 0–3, 0–4)
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 52
4 April 2019
20:00
Thailand 2–8
(1–4, 1–3, 0–1)
 United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 123

6 April 2019
12:00
Kuwait 1–9
(0–0, 1–4, 0–5)
 ThailandAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 47
6 April 2019
16:00
Hong Kong 7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0)
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 39
6 April 2019
20:00
United Arab Emirates 4–7
(2–3, 1–0, 1–4)
 KyrgyzstanAbu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 580

Statistics

All statistics from Kyrgyzstan's first four games were not counted by the IIHF, including their opponents scoring and goaltending details.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Artur Zainutdinov513518+134F
Juma Al-Dhaheri56814+182F
Khalifa Al-Mahrooqi56412+1610F
Hideki Nagayama43710+52D
Mirza Omer42810+68F
Tang Shin Ming Jasper4369+54F
Mohamed Al-Kaabi5628+438F
Artyom Karkotsky5448+216F
Wong Ka-ho4358–22D
Kan Siu-him4437+32F

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

  • Kyrgyz players Vladimir Nosov (23 points), Vladimir Tonkikh (16), Mikhail Chuvalov (16), Islambek Abdyraev (10) and Maksim Egorov (10) do not appear in this list because their statistics from their first four games were deemed invalid.[6]

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
Khaled Al-Suwaidi240:00133.259285.870
Amel Ćapin201:45205.9512684.130
Keung Emerson140:00104.295481.481
Cheung Ching-ho100:0084.804381.400
Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk184:36185.859681.250

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. "Kazakhstan, Japan get top events". new-iihf.com. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. "Bulgaria storms to another gold". iihf.com. 28 April 2018.
  3. "Emirates win on home ice". iihf.com. 6 April 2018.
  4. Assignments
  5. Qualification assignments
  6. KGZ stats from four forfeited games
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