The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
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. 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.
Division III
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II B and were relegated.Host, placed 2nd in Division III last year.Placed 3rd in Division III last year.Placed 4th in Division III last year.Placed 5th in Division III last year.Placed 1st in Division III qualification last year.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Assignments
Referees Linesmen Feng Lei Stefan Hogarth Vladimir Babic Ryan Cairns Kiril Peychinov Luchezar Stoyanov Henri Neva Anton Boryayev Dāvis Zunde Mihai Paul Chae Youn-jin
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+3).
Awards and statistics 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 Vasilev 5 10 6 16 +10 22 F Weng To 5 7 8 15 +3 2 F Ivan Hodulov 5 10 4 14 +10 18 F Lin Hung-ju 5 5 7 12 −2 12 F Martin Boyadjiev 5 2 7 9 +8 6 D Shen Yen-lin 5 2 7 9 +1 0 D Stanislav Muhachev 5 5 3 8 +10 0 F Alexei Yotov 5 3 5 8 +7 0 F Begench Dovletmyradov 5 4 3 7 +2 2 F Colm Cannon 5 3 4 7 +2 4 F Uthman Samaai 5 3 4 7 +1 6 F Aleksandr Vahovskiy 5 3 4 7 0 6 F 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 Dimitrov 300:00 7 1.40 138 94.93 1 Marcus Anselm 292:18 19 3.90 160 88.12 0 Keremli Charyyev 266:32 18 4.05 147 87.76 0 Tolga Bozacı 272:26 14 3.08 114 87.72 0 Hou Ta-yu 224:52 22 5.87 134 83.58 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 QualificationPlaced 6th in Division III last year and were relegated.Placed 2nd in Division III qualification last year.Host, placed 3rd in Division III qualification last year.Placed 4th in Division III qualification last year.First time participating in tournament.First time participating in tournament.
Match officials 4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Qualification assignments
Referees Linesmen Kent Unwin Liu Jiaqi Dean Smith Toh Sung-taek Jiří Gebauer Norbert Muzsik Kang Tae-woo Murat Aygün Oleksiy Ryabikov Heylaan Al-Ameri Yahya Al-Jneibi
Standings
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.
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 Zainutdinov 5 13 5 18 +13 4 F Juma Al-Dhaheri 5 6 8 14 +18 2 F Khalifa Al-Mahrooqi 5 6 4 12 +16 10 F Hideki Nagayama 4 3 7 10 +5 2 D Mirza Omer 4 2 8 10 +6 8 F Tang Shin Ming Jasper 4 3 6 9 +5 4 F Mohamed Al-Kaabi 5 6 2 8 +4 38 F Artyom Karkotsky 5 4 4 8 +2 16 F Wong Ka-ho 4 3 5 8 –2 2 D Kan Siu-him 4 4 3 7 +3 2 F 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.KGZ stats from four forfeited games
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-Suwaidi 240:00 13 3.25 92 85.87 0 Amel Ćapin 201:45 20 5.95 126 84.13 0 Keung Emerson 140:00 10 4.29 54 81.48 1 Cheung Ching-ho 100:00 8 4.80 43 81.40 0 184:36 18 5.85 96 81.25 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
References
External links Official website Qualification website