The 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from 10 to 16 April 2009 in Dunedin, New Zealand.Division III statistics Mongolia withdrew from the tournament and therefore forfeited all of their games. Division III represents the fourth level of the Ice Hockey World Championships.
Venue
All matches were contested at the Dunedin Ice Stadium, St. Kilda, Dunedin. This venue is the home ice of the Dunedin Thunder ice hockey team. The Dunedin Ice Stadium was used later the same month for the 2009 World Senior Curling Championships.
Participating teams Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II Group A last year and were relegatedHosts; placed 6th in Division II Group B last year and were relegatedPlaced 3rd in Division III last yearPlaced 4th in Division III last yearPlaced 5th in Division III last yearPlaced 6th in Division III last year
Final standings
Match results All times are local (UTC+12).
Statistics Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Ntalimpor Ploutsis Best Defenceman: Gokturk Tasdemir Best Forward: Brett Speirs
Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
Player Robert Beran 4 4 8 12 0 20 F Brett Speirs 4 5 5 10 +5 0 F Benny Welter 4 6 3 9 0 2 F Braden Lee 4 3 5 8 +5 10 F Emrah Ozmen 4 5 2 7 +6 18 F Serkan Yapicilar 4 5 2 7 +3 20 F Yavuz Karakoc 4 3 4 7 +5 12 F Alper Solak 4 2 5 7 +4 2 FSource: IIHF.com
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. Player Rick Parry 120:00 45 2 1.00 95.56 1 Eray Atali 209:11 98 10 2.87 89.80 0 Ntalimpor Ploutsis 221:07 175 19 5.16 89.14 0 Michel Welter 180:00 116 13 4.33 88.79 0 Zak Nothling 121.07 33 5 2.48 84.85 1Source: IIHF.com
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