The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was held in Cape Town, South Africa and the qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the original hosts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, withdrew their application.
Georgia won the tournament and were promoted to Division II.
Kuwait and Turkmenistan made their debut in the World Championships, with both playing in the qualification tournament. Turkmenistan won their first ever game in the World Championships, defeating the United Arab Emirates and later went on to win the qualification and be promoted to next year's Division III.
Division III
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division III last year.Placed 3rd in Division III last year.Placed 4th in Division III last year.Host, placed 5th in Division III last year.Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Division III Assignments
Referees Zsolt Csomortani - Did not attend the championships Miroslav Iarets Richard Magnusson Alexey Roshchyn
Linesmen Daniel Beresford Jonathan Burger Matthias Cristeli Maximilian Gatol Artsiom Labzov Gregor Miklič Marcin Polak
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Charl Pretorius Best Defenceman: Martin Boyadjiev Best Forward: Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders 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
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 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
Division III qualification tournament
Participants Team QualificationHost, withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2016.Placed 7th in Division III last year and were relegated.First time participating in tournament.First time participating in tournament.
Match officials 3 referees and 4 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Division III qualification assignments
Referees Martin Christensen Stefan Hogarth Paweł Meszyński
Linesmen Tomáš Brejcha Ilya Khohlov Vytautas Lukoševičius Maarten van der Acker
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+1).
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Edis Pribišić Best Defenceman: Dmitriy Savin Best Forward: Ahmet Gurbanov Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders 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
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 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
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