The 2013 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Cape Town, South Africa,2013 Division III statistics from 15 to 21 April 2013 and the qualification tournament was contested in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,2013 Division III (Q) statistics from 14 to 17 October 2012.
Participants
Group A Team QualificationHost, placed 6th in Division II B last year and was relegated.Placed 2nd in Division III last year.Placed 3rd in Division III last year.Placed 4th in Division III last year.Placed 1st in the qualification tournament.Placed 2nd in the qualification tournament.
Qualification tournament Team QualificationDid not participate in 2012.Placed 5th in Division III last year.Placed 6th in Division III last year.Host, did not participate in 2012.
Venues Group A was played in Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town. The qualification tournament was played in Abu Dhabi Arena, Abu Dhabi.
Grandwest Ice ArenaCapacity: 1,014 Abu Dhabi ArenaCapacity: 1,200 – Cape Town – Abu Dhabi
Officials The IIHF selected 7 referees and 12 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF World Championship DIV III. Division III has 4 referees and 7 linesman. Division III Qualification had 3 referees and 5 linesman.
They were the following:
2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III in South Africa
Referees Vedran Krcelić Mikko Kaukokari Stian Halm Marius Iliescu
Linesmen Maarten van den Acker Sindri Gunnarsson Elvijs Trankalis Tomas Lauksedis Ramon Sterkens Jonathan Burger Ryan Marsh
2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III Qualification in the United Arab Emirates
Referees Ladislav Smetana Rasmus Toppel Djordje Fazekas
Linesmen Todor Krastev Benas Jaksys Louis Beelen Alejandro Garcia Banos Michael Rohrer
Qualification tournament
Standings
Fixtures and results All times local (UTC+4).
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIM 1 Ioannis Koufis 2 6 1 7 +7 2 2 Juma Al Dhaheri 3 3 3 6 +4 4 2 Mubarak Al Mazrouei 3 3 3 6 +5 6 2 Dimitrios Kalyvas 3 3 3 6 +6 14 5 Mishigsuren Namjil 3 5 2 5 +3 14 6 3 3 1 4 +5 0 7 Ali Al Haddad 3 2 2 4 +5 12 7 Suhail Al Mheiri 3 2 2 4 +5 6 9 Nikolaos Papadopoulos 3 1 3 4 +7 2 10 Munkhzaya Enkhtur 3 2 1 3 +3 0 10 Dimitrios Malamas 3 2 1 3 +4 6 IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryMINSGASv%GAASO 1 Ntalimpor Ploutsis 180:00 4 95.18 1.33 1 2 Khaled Al Suwaidi 120:00 2 94.87 1.00 1 3 165:40 8 92.59 2.90 0 4 Kakha Ambrolava 178:25 27 78.40 9.08 0 IIHF.com
Group A Tournament
Standings
Schedule All times local.
Statistics
Top 10 scorers PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIM 1 Macky Reinecke 5 4 14 18 +19 12 2 Joshua Reinecke 5 9 7 16 +20 16 3 Uthman Samaai 5 5 10 15 +17 8 4 Gareth Roberts 5 8 3 11 +4 16 5 Sacha Backes 5 4 4 8 +7 0 6 Ri Chol-Min 5 5 2 7 +6 4 7 Conor Redmond 5 3 4 7 −1 0 8 Robert Beran 5 1 6 7 0 2 9 5 4 2 6 −1 14 10 Thierry Beran 5 3 3 6 +7 4 10 Chris Reeves 5 3 3 6 +5 0 10 Jack Valadas 5 3 3 6 +5 0 IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's total ice time)
PosPlayerCountryTOIGASv%GAASO 1 Michel Welter 180:00 7 92.78 2.33 1 2 Jack Nebe 260:00 8 92.59 1.85 0 3 Adam Pepper 124:42 5 91.07 2.41 0 4 Pak Kuk-Chol 191:02 6 90.48 1.88 0 5 Philippe Lepage 192:08 6 88.46 3.00 0 IIHF.com
Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate Best Goaltender: Best Forward: Best Defenceman:
References
External links IIHF.com