The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division III were two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17 to 23 April and the Group B tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 27 February to 5 March 2023.
Chinese Taipei were promoted after winning Group A, with North Korea relegated after withdrawing before the tournament. Kyrgyzstan won the Group B tournament and got promoted, while Malaysia got relegated.
Group A tournament
Participants Team QualificationPlaced 3rd in Division III last edition.Placed 4th in Division III last edition.Placed 5th in Division III last edition.Withdrew last edition and withdrew also this edition.Host, placed 1st in Division III B last edition and was promoted.Placed 2nd in Division III B last edition and was promoted.
Match officials Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Andrea Benvegnu Ryan Cairns Cemal Kaya Yahya Al-Jneibi Fraser Ohlson Miroslav Lhotský Óscar Pérez Koep Leermakers Edward Howard Jason van Rooyen Helan Al-Ameri
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 9 2 11 +4 4 F Lin Hung-ju 4 6 5 11 +7 0 F Ken Kindborn 4 1 9 10 +1 12 D Yang Chang-hsing 4 5 3 8 +7 0 F Pavel Barkovskiy 4 2 5 7 +1 2 F Shen Yen-lin 4 2 5 7 +6 4 D Chen Kuan-ting 4 1 6 7 +7 2 F Hideki Nagayama 4 1 6 7 +1 4 D Kim Aarola 4 0 7 7 +1 2 F Lin Yo-chen 4 2 4 6 +1 4 F Shen Yen-chin 4 2 4 6 +6 2 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 Hsiao Po-yu 168:36 3 1.07 73 95.89 0 Benjamin Kleineschay 223:08 17 4.57 141 87.94 0 Rahman Myradov 233:06 15 3.86 116 87.07 0 Ryan Boyd 230:46 17 4.42 123 86.18 1 Philippe Lepage 220:00 26 7.09 156 83.33 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 Hsiao Po-yu Defenceman Ken Kindborn Forward Jan Isaksson
Group B tournament
Participants Team QualificationHost, placed 3rd in Division III Q last edition.Placed 1st in Division IV last edition and was promoted.Placed 2nd in Division IV last edition and was promoted.Placed 3rd in Division IV last edition and was promoted.Placed 4th in Division IV last edition and was promoted.Withdrew last edition.
Match officials Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Vitalijus Sevruk Park Jae-hyung Robert Hallin Phillip Ströbel Huang Jen-hung Tomislav Grozaj Marko Saković Jiří Svoboda David Perduv Lukáš Kacej Alejandro García
Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+1)
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Mamed Seifulov 5 18 10 28 +31 0 F Islambek Abdyraev 5 3 18 21 +27 0 F Mirza Omer 5 11 9 20 +13 0 F Justin Cheng 5 8 12 20 +15 2 F Alexander Titov 5 10 8 18 +24 0 F Adnan Mlivić 5 6 11 17 +9 0 F Ryan Chu 5 10 6 16 +11 2 F Ethan Redden 5 8 7 15 +5 10 F Joshua Chan 5 9 5 14 −1 2 F Ernazar Isamatov 5 4 10 14 +30 0 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 Arslan Maraimbekov 124:24 0 0.00 13 100.00 1 Dino Pašović 278:58 19 4.09 171 88.89 0 Cheung Ching-ho 150:42 9 3.58 78 88.46 0 Emerson Keung 153:58 16 6.24 104 84.62 0 Joshua Shao Ern Lee 230:57 24 6.24 144 83.33 1 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 Dino Pašović Defenceman Ernazar Isamatov Forward Justin Cheng
References
External links Official website of Division IIIA Official website of Division IIIB