The 2022 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 Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 3 to 8 April and the Group B tournament in Cape Town, South Africa from 13 to 18 March 2022.
After the tournament was cancelled the two previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams stayed put in their divisions.
The United Arab Emirates secured the top spot in Group A and were promoted to Division II, while South Africa won the Group B tournament and were promoted to Group A.
Russia and Belarus were suspended from the 2022 and 2023 editions of the World Championship. In order to fill each group of the World Championships back to their normal number of teams, the IIHF made the decision following the tournament not to relegate Luxembourg or Bosnia and Herzegovina, who finished last in Groups A and B respectively, but instead to promote Turkey and Thailand, the runners-up of each group.
Group A tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 6th in Division II B last edition and was relegated.Placed 2nd in Division III last edition.Placed 3rd in Division III last edition.Host, placed 4th in Division III last edition.Placed 5th in Division III last edition.Placed 1st in Division III Q last edition and was promoted.
Match officials Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIIA game officials
Referees Linesmen Ofer Rashal Jonathan Burger Đorđe Fazekas Maarten Van den Acker Tomislav Grozaj Vincent Zede Lodewijk Beelen David Perduv
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2)
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Maksim Zakharau 4 7 15 22 +19 2 F Ilia Chuikov 4 10 9 19 +14 4 F Serkan Gümüş 4 7 6 13 +1 4 F Juma Al-Dhaheri 4 6 6 12 +16 2 F Artur Zainutdinov 4 6 5 11 +12 2 F Ömer Karş 4 3 7 10 +3 6 F Alexander Usenko 4 5 3 7 +7 4 F Sait Bingol 4 3 5 8 +1 0 F Nils Remess 4 0 7 7 +13 0 D Dzmitry Shapavalau 4 2 4 6 +10 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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Ahmed Al-Dhaheri 180:00 10 3.33 76 86.84 0 Philippe Lepage 220:12 22 5.99 166 86.75 0 Li Yi-cheng 152:07 12 4.73 90 86.67 0 Rahman Myradov 199:33 14 4.21 92 84.78 0 Tolga Bozacı 233:24 21 5.40 95 77.89 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
Awards Position Player Goaltender Philippe Lepage Defenceman Dzmitry Shapavalau Forward Serkan Gümüş
Group B tournament
Participants Team QualificationHost, placed 6th in Division III last edition and was relegated.Placed 2nd in Division III Q last edition.Placed 3rd in Division III Q last edition.Placed 4th in Division III Q last edition.
Match officials Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIIB game officials
Referees Linesmen Stef Oosterling Martin Jobbágy Martin Boyadijev Morne Moses Ahmed Al-Farsi
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2)
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Jan Isaksson 4 5 7 12 +8 4 F Uthman Samaai 4 4 5 9 +9 2 F Phanuruj Suwachirat 4 5 1 6 +4 2 F Mirza Omer 4 4 2 6 −5 6 F Masato Kitayama 4 5 0 5 −3 0 F Nikko Gaković 4 3 2 5 −4 0 F Cameron Birrell 4 2 3 5 +7 6 D John Venter 4 2 3 5 +3 2 F Patrick Forstner 4 1 4 5 +4 8 F Dylan Compton 4 3 1 4 +4 8 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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO Benjamin Kleinechay 245:00 17 4.16 164 89.63 0 Ryan Boyd 245:00 12 2.94 94 87.23 0 Dino Pašović 239:25 26 6.52 173 84.97 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
Awards Position Player Goaltender Benjamin Kleinechay Defenceman Cameron Birrell Forward Uthman Samaai
References
External links Division IIIA official site Division IIIB official site