2019 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III Group B
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–12 April
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	54 (9 per game)
Attendance	740 (123 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Chou Hung-li (9 points)
Official website
	Website

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III Group A
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25–31 March
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	96 (6.4 per game)
Attendance	6,206 (414 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Axel Orongan (16 points)
Official website
	Website

2019 IIHF U18 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria; South Africa
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	25–31 March (Group A); 9–12 April (Group B)
Teams	10
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The 2019 IIHF World U18 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 25 to 31 March and the Group B tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 12 April 2019.^[1] Luxembourg made their debut in the World Championships.

Group A

Participants

Team	Qualification
Iceland	Placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
Mexico	Placed 2nd in Division III A last year.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 3rd in Division III A last year.
Israel	Placed 4th in Division III A last year.
Turkey	Placed 5th in Division III A last year.
New Zealand	Placed 1st in Division III B qualification last year.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen are selected for the tournament.^[2]

Referees

Linesmen

Bartosz Kaczmarek
Andreis Kudrjasovs
Yong Chun Lim
Alexei Roshchyn

Martin Boyadjiev
Edward Howard
Ilia Kiris
Tiange Liu

Jonathan Sladek
Nazar Slezok
Vasiliy Vasilev

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bulgaria (H)	5	4	1	0	0	21	11	+10	14	Promotion to Division II B
2	Israel	5	2	1	1	1	17	13	+4	9^[a]
3	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	23	16	+7	9^[a]
4	Turkey	5	3	0	0	2	14	13	+1	9^[a]
5	Mexico	5	0	1	0	4	8	20	−12	2^[b]
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	2	3	13	23	−10	2^[b]	Relegation to Division III B

Source: IIHF
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c In head-to-head all three have 3 points, in head-to-head goal differential Israel is +1, Iceland +1, and Turkey –2. Israel defeated Iceland 4–2.
^ ^a ^b Mexico 5–4 (GWS) New Zealand

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 March 2019
14:00

Mexico

0–4
(0–3, 0–0, 0–1)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120




10 min	Penalties	2 min
25	Shots	21

25 March 2019
16:30

New Zealand

3–4 OT
(1–1, 2–2, 0–0)
OT: (0–1)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 139




12 min	Penalties	14 min
31	Shots	23

25 March 2019
20:00

Bulgaria

7–5
(2–1, 4–3, 1–1)

Iceland

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 860




14 min	Penalties	18 min
29	Shots	22

26 March 2019
13:00

Iceland

2–4
(1–0, 1–2, 0–2)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 125




24 min	Penalties	12 min
43	Shots	23

26 March 2019
16:30

Turkey

3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 135




4 min	Penalties	2 min
32	Shots	29

26 March 2019
20:00

Mexico

1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 580




22 min	Penalties	10 min
22	Shots	30

28 March 2019
13:00

Mexico

5–4 GWS
(1–2, 2–1, 1–1)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (1–0)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 112




8 min	Penalties	10 min
29	Shots	23

28 March 2019
16:30

Iceland

5–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 130




16 min	Penalties	22 min
35	Shots	27

28 March 2019
20:00

Bulgaria

3–2 OT
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0)
OT: (1–0)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 650




16 min	Penalties	10 min
40	Shots	15

29 March 2019
13:00

New Zealand

3–6
(1–0, 0–5, 2–1)

Iceland

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 110




12 min	Penalties	22 min
18	Shots	37

29 March 2019
16:30

Israel

5–2
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 125




8 min	Penalties	38 min
24	Shots	17

29 March 2019
20:00

Turkey

2–4
(0–1, 1–0, 1–3)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,360




6 min	Penalties	8 min
31	Shots	27

31 March 2019
13:00

Israel

2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120




33 min	Penalties	6 min
23	Shots	40

31 March 2019
16:30

Bulgaria

5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,400




18 min	Penalties	12 min
22	Shots	21

31 March 2019
20:00

Iceland

5–0
(0–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 240




4 min	Penalties	10 min
36	Shots	18

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Goaltender: Artem Loginov
Defenceman: Nino Tomov
Forward: İsmet Gökçen

Source: IIHF

Group B

Participants

Team	Qualification
Chinese Taipei	Placed 6th in Division III A and were relegated.
Hong Kong	Placed 2nd in Division III B last year.
South Africa	Host, placed 3rd in Division III B last year.
Luxembourg	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

3 referees and 4 linesmen are selected for the tournament.^[3]

Referees	Linesmen
Viktor Birin Lee Joo-hyun Niclas Lundsgaard	Jonathan Burger Adam Harris Niko Jusi Frank Radue

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	0	0	22	5	+17	9	Promotion to Division III A
2	Hong Kong	3	2	0	0	1	11	15	−4	6
3	South Africa (H)	3	0	1	0	2	13	15	−2	2
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	1	2	8	19	−11	1

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

9 April 2019
14:00

Hong Kong

4–1
(0–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Luxembourg

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 60

Game reference

Julian Mak

Goalies

Hugo Ansay

Referee:

Viktor Birin
Linesmen:

Jonathan Burger

Frank Radue

Chu (Chang, Shum) (PP) – 30:59	1–0
	1–1	39:19 – Church (Meijer)
Chu (Shum) – 43:37	2–1
Yam (Shum) (PP) – 48:14	3–1
Chu (T. Ho) – 52:34	4–1

6 min

Penalties

12 min

41

Shots

19

9 April 2019
19:00

South Africa

2–4
(1–1, 0–3, 1–0)

Chinese Taipei

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 250

Game reference

Matthew Cleinwerck

Goalies

Hsaio Po-yu

Referee:

Lee Joo-hyun
Linesmen:

Adam Harris

Niko Jusi

	0–1	05:00 – Hsu (Chou, Peng)
R. Venter (EA) – 12:50	1–1
	1–2	28:02 – Chou (Wang W., Hsu) (PP)
	1–3	30:14 – Wang W. (Chou) (PP)
	1–4	35:35 – Chuang (Wu)
R. Venter (Meyer) (PP) – 54:28	2–4

16 min

Penalties

12 min

30

Shots

18

10 April 2019
14:00

Chinese Taipei

9–2
(2–1, 4–1, 3–0)

Luxembourg

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 50




6 min	Penalties	10 min
38	Shots	22

10 April 2019
18:00

Hong Kong

6–5
(1–0, 3–2, 2–3)

South Africa

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 166




12 min	Penalties	31 min
30	Shots	28

12 April 2019
14:00

Chinese Taipei

9–1
(4–0, 1–0, 4–1)

Hong Kong

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 75




12 min	Penalties	74 min
34	Shots	14

12 April 2019
18:00

Luxembourg

5–6 GWS
(1–2, 1–1, 3–2)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (0–1)

South Africa

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 139




16 min	Penalties	8 min
23	Shots	30

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Goaltender: Hsiao Po-Yu
Defenceman: David Church
Forward: Ryan Chu

Source: IIHF

References

^ "Kazakhstan, Japan get top events". new-iihf.com. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
^ "IIHF Ice hockey U18 World Championship Div III Group A – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "IIHF Ice hockey U18 World Championship Div III Group B – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

[table_hth_ISR0.89670005948129-3] In head-to-head all three have 3 points, in head-to-head goal differential Israel is +1, Iceland +1, and Turkey –2. Israel defeated Iceland 4–2.

[table_hth_MEX0.89670005948129-4] Mexico 5–4 (GWS) New Zealand

[1] "Kazakhstan, Japan get top events". new-iihf.com. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

[2] "IIHF Ice hockey U18 World Championship Div III Group A – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[5] "IIHF Ice hockey U18 World Championship Div III Group B – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

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