2022 IIHF World Championship Division III
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Luxembourg South Africa |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 3–8 April 13–18 March |
Teams | 8 |
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.[1][2]
After the tournament was cancelled the last two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams stayed put in their divisions.[3]
The United Arab Emirates secured the top spot in Group A and were promoted with Luxembourg being relegated, while South Africa won the Group B tournament and got promoted while Bosnia and Herzegovina were relegated to Division IV.[4][5]
Group A tournament
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Host country | Luxembourg |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 3–8 April |
Teams | 5 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 10 |
Goals scored | 103 (10.3 per game) |
Attendance | 3,376 (338 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Maksim Zakharau (22 points) |
Official website | |
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Participants
Team | Qualification |
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Placed 6th in Division II B last edition and was relegated. | |
Turkey | Placed 2nd in Division III last edition. |
Turkmenistan | Placed 3rd in Division III last edition. |
Luxembourg | Host, placed 4th in Division III last edition. |
Chinese Taipei | Placed 5th in Division III last edition. |
United Arab Emirates | Placed 1st in Division III Q last edition and was promoted. |
Match officials
Three referees and five linesmen are selected for the tournament.[6]
Referees | Linesmen |
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Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | United Arab Emirates (P) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 11 | +30 | 12 | Promotion to 2023 Division II B |
2 | Turkey | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 9 | |
3 | Turkmenistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 4 | |
4 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 3 | |
5 | Luxembourg (H, R) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 2 | Relegation to 2023 Division III B |
6 | North Korea[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ North Korea withdrew their team on 3 February 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions.[7]
Results
All times are local (UTC+2)
3 April 2022 15:30 | United Arab Emirates | 10–4 (4–2, 4–1, 2–1) | Turkmenistan | Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100 |
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Ahmed Al-Dhaheri | Goalies | Keremli Charyyev Rahman Myradov | Referee: Jonathan Burger Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen David Perduv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Shots | 28 |
3 April 2022 19:00 | Turkey | 7–2 (1–0, 3–1, 3–1) | Luxembourg | Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 1,050 |
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Tolga Bozacı Muhammed Karagül | Goalies | Philippe Lepage | Referee: Đorđe Fazekas Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Maarten Van den Acker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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19 min | Penalties | 22 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Shots | 21 |
4 April 2022 15:30 | Chinese Taipei | 2–10 (0–5, 0–4, 2–1) | United Arab Emirates | Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 50 |
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He Wei-chih Lee Yi-cheng | Goalies | Ahmed Al-Dhaheri | Referee: Ofer Rashal Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Vincent Zede | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 55 |
5 April 2022 15:30 | Chinese Taipei | 2–6 (0–1, 1–1, 1–4) | Turkey | Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 75 |
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Lee Yi-cheng | Goalies | Tolga Bozacı | Referee: Đorđe Fazekas Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Maarten Van den Acker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 34 |
5 April 2022 19:00 | Turkmenistan | 4–5 OT (2–2, 1–2, 1–0) (OT: 0–1) | Luxembourg | Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 580 |
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Rahman Myradov Keremli Charyyev | Goalies | Philippe Lepage | Referee: Ofer Rashal Linesmen: David Perduv Vincent Zede | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 22 |
6 April 2022 15:30 | United Arab Emirates | 13–4 (3–0, 5–2, 5–2) | Turkey | Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 50 |
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Ahmed Al Dhaheri | Goalies | Tolga Bozaci Muhammed Karagul | Referee: Jonathan Burger Linesmen: David Perduv Maarten Van den Acker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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70 min | Penalties | 37 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 22 |
7 April 2022 15:30 | Turkmenistan | 4–2 (0–2, 3–0, 1–0) | Chinese Taipei | Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 79 |
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Rahman Myradov | Goalies | Lee Yi-cheng | Referee: Đorđe Fazekas Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen David Perduv | |||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 21 |
7 April 2022 19:00 | Luxembourg | 1–8 (1–2, 0–5, 0–1) | United Arab Emirates | Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 558 |
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Philippe Lepage Sven Cruchten | Goalies | Khaled Al-Suwaidi | Referee: Ofer Rashal Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Vincent Zede | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Shots | 48 |
8 April 2022 15:30 | Turkey | 6–5 (1–0, 4–2, 1–3) | Turkmenistan | Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 134 |
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Tolga Bozaci | Goalies | Rahman Myradov | Referee: Đorđe Fazekas Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Vincent Zede | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 17 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Shots | 20 |
8 April 2022 19:00 | Luxembourg | 3–5 (1–1, 0–2, 2–2) | Chinese Taipei | Patinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 700 |
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Philippe Lepage | Goalies | He Wei-chih | Referee: Jonathan Burger Linesmen: Lodewijk Beelen Maarten Van den Acker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Shots | 43 |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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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.
Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
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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[8] |
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Goaltender | Philippe Lepage |
Defenceman | Dzmitry Shapavalau |
Forward | Serkan Gümüş |
Group B tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 13–18 March |
Teams | 3 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 6 |
Goals scored | 56 (9.33 per game) |
Attendance | 1,455 (243 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Jan Isaksson (12 points) |
Official website | |
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Participants
Team | Qualification |
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South Africa | Host, placed 6th in Division III last edition and was relegated. |
Placed 2nd in Division III Q last edition. | |
Thailand | Placed 3rd in Division III Q last edition. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Placed 4th in Division III Q last edition. |
Match officials
Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament.[9]
Referees | Linesmen |
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Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | South Africa (H, P) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 10 | Promotion to 2023 Division III A |
2 | Thailand | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 8 | |
3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (R) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 0 | Relegation to 2023 Division IV |
4 | Hong Kong[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
All times are local (UTC+2)
13 March 2022 19:00 | South Africa | 8–3 (2–0, 2–3, 4–0) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 250 |
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Ryan Boyd | Goalies | Dino Pašović | Referee: Martin Jobbágy Linesmen: Ahmed Al-Farsi Martin Boyadijev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 19 |
14 March 2022 19:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4–8 (0–2, 2–2, 2–4) | Thailand | The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 60 |
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Dino Pašović | Goalies | Benjamin Kleinechay | Referee: Stef Oosterling Linesmen: Martin Boyadijev Morne Moses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 40 |
15 March 2022 19:00 | South Africa | 5–2 (0–0, 2–2, 3–0) | Thailand | The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 280 |
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Ryan Boyd | Goalies | Benjamin Kleinechay | Referee: Stef Oosterling Linesmen: Ahmed Al-Farsi Martin Boyadijev | ||||||||||||||||||||
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46 | Shots | 23 |
16 March 2022 19:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–6 (1–6, 1–0, 0–0) | South Africa | The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 265 |
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Dino Pašović | Goalies | Ryan Boyd | Referee: Martin Jobbágy Linesmen: Ahmed Al-Farsi Morne Moses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 51 |
17 March 2022 19:00 | Thailand | 4–3 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1) | Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 100 |
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Benjamin Kleinechay | Goalies | Dino Pašović | Referee: Stef Oosterling Linesmen: Martin Boyadijev Morne Moses | ||||||||||||||||||||
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52 | Shots | 43 |
18 March 2022 17:00 | Thailand | 6–5 GWS (3–0, 2–2, 0–3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | South Africa | The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 500 |
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Benjamin Kleinechay | Goalies | Ryan Boyd | Referee: Martin Jobbágy Linesmen: Ahmed Al-Farsi Martin Boyadijev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Isaksson Nagayama Kitayama Phatigulsate | Shootout | Compton Magmoed Valdas Venter Samaai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 42 |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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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.
Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
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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[11] |
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Goaltender | Benjamin Kleinechay |
Defenceman | Cameron Birrell |
Forward | Uthman Samaai |
References
- ^ "U18 Worlds in Germany". IIHF.com. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Tournaments". IIHF.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Steiss, Adam (18 November 2020). "IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "United Arab Emirates win Division III". IIHF.com. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "South Africa emerges". IIHF.com. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ IIIA game officials
- ^ "DPR Korea withdraws teams". IIHF.com. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIA" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ IIIB game officials
- ^ "Championship updates". IIHF.com. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIB" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
External links
- IIHF World Championship Division III
- 2022 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
- International ice hockey competitions hosted by Luxembourg
- International ice hockey competitions hosted by South Africa
- Sports competitions in Cape Town
- 2022 in South African sport
- April 2022 sports events in Europe
- March 2022 sports events in Africa