2016 IIHF World Championship Division III

2016 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Dates	31 March–6 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	162 (10.8 per match)
Attendance	2,706 (180 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Boris Kochkin; (19 points)
Website	IIHF.com
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The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Istanbul, Turkey, from 31 March to 6 April 2016.^[1] The host team, Turkey, won all of its games and was promoted to Division II B for 2017.

The United Arab Emirates withdrew shortly before the tournament, leaving six teams to play.^[2] Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded their first victory in an IIHF tournament, defeating Hong Kong 5–4.^[3] Georgia's results were later recorded as 5–0 forfeits due to the use of ineligible players.^[4]

Venue

Istanbul

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall Capacity: 900

Participants

Host nation Turkey won the tournament and were promoted to Division IIB for 2017.

Team	Qualification
South Africa	Placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
Turkey	Host, placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Luxembourg	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Hong Kong	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Georgia	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Placed 7th in Division III last year.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[5]

Referees

Stefan Hogarth
Christoffer Holm
Joonas Kova
Valentin Lascar

Linesmen

Yasin Akyürek
Murat Aygün
Knut Braten
Timo Heinonen
Charlie O'Connor
Josef Špůr
Laurynas Stepankevičius

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Turkey (H, P)	5	5	0	35	7	+28	15	Promoted to Division II B
2	South Africa	5	4	1	29	10	+19	12
3	Luxembourg	5	3	2	29	14	+15	9
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2	3	12	35	−23	6
5	Hong Kong	5	1	4	12	26	−14	3
6	Georgia	5	0	5	0	25	−25	0

Source: ^[4]
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.

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

Due to eligibility violations all of Georgia's games were declared 5–0 forfeits.^[4]

31 March
13:00

Luxembourg

2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)

South Africa

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 112

Game reference

Philippe Lepage

Goalies

Ashley Bock

Referee:

Valentin Lascar
Linesmen:

Yasin Akyürek

Charlie O'Connor

Holtzem (Cannon) – 02:23	1–0
	1–1	09:29 – Edwards (Giot)
	1–2	35:42 – Botha (Birrell) (PP)
Eriksson – 42:36	2–2
	2–3	58:44 – Botha (Magmoed, Samaai)

22 min

Penalties

12 min

24

Shots

42

31 March
16:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5–4
(1–2, 3–1, 1–1)

Hong Kong

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 156

Game reference

Dino Pašović

Goalies

Ho King Chi King

Referee:

Joonas Kova
Linesmen:

Timo Heinonen

Josef Špůr

	0–1	09:57 – Tang C. (Fung, Kan C.)
	0–2	15:49 – Wong K. (Sham, Tang S.)
Čordalija (PS) – 17:04	1–2
Lemeš (London) – 21:40	2–2
	2–3	24:18 – Ho J. (Kan C.)
Hadžihasanović (Pilav) – 28:10	3–3
Čordalija (Alić) – 32:39	4–3
Hodžić (Nikulin) – 41:17	5–3
	5–4	51:39 – Wong K. (Wong Y., Ho J.) (PP)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

16

Shots

35

31 March
20:00

Turkey

5–4
(0–1, 3–1, 2–2)

Georgia

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 378

Game reference

Erol Kahraman

Goalies

Andrei Ilienko

Referee:

Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:

Knut Braten

Laurynas Stepankevičius

	0–1	09:48 – Dumbadze
An. Koçoğlu (PP) – 21:55	1–1
Gümüş (K. Salt, Kavaz) – 24:49	2–1
	2–2	29:06 – Kochkin (Geperidze)
Özmen (Solak) – 39:11	3–2
Semiz – 40:23	4–2
	4–3	48:30 – Shalunov (Tsomaia, Svanidze)
	4–4	53:35 – Kochkin
An. Koçoğlu (Al. Koçoğlu) – 56:52	5–4

16 min

Penalties

12 min

40

Shots

29

1 April
13:00

South Africa

9–1
(0–0, 4–1, 5–0)

Hong Kong

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 79

Game reference

Charl Pretorius

Goalies

Keung Emerson Kwokway
Ho King Chi King

Referee:

Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:

Yasin Akyürek

Timo Heinonen

Marais (Samaai) – 28:18	1–0
	1–1	32:12 – Wong K. (Kan S., Ho J.)
Birrell (Botha, Samaai) – 32:12	2–1
Valadas – 38:10	3–1
Birrell (Samaai) – 38:58	4–1
Giot (Magmoed, Edwards) – 41:48	5–1
Van Doesburgh (W. Du Preez, Marais) – 43:31	6–1
Samaai (Birrell) – 48:52	7–1
Edwards (Marais, Valadas) – 50:57	8–1
Birrell – 57:10	9–1

8 min

Penalties

14 min

50

Shots

9

1 April
16:30

Georgia

8–0
(4–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 93

Game reference

Andrei Ilienko
Kakha Ambrolava

Goalies

Dino Pašović
Edis Pribišić

Referee:

Valentin Lascar
Linesmen:

Murat Aygün

Josef Špůr

Kochkin (Shalunov) – 09:09	1–0
Tsomaia (Kochkin) (PP) – 11:30	2–0
Geperidze (Dumbadze) – 16:06	3–0
Kozyulin (Kochkin) – 16:50	4–0
D. Oganeziani (Kozyulin) – 26:45	5–0
Kochkin (Gi. Jeiranashvili) – 34:07	6–0
D. Oganeziani (Kochkin) – 40:31	7–0
Kavkasidze (Minasiani, Tsomaia) – 49:22	8–0

34 min

Penalties

51 min

35

Shots

14

1 April
20:00

Turkey

10–2
(3–0, 4–2, 3–0)

Luxembourg

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 383

Game reference

Erol Kahraman

Goalies

Philippe Lepage

Referee:

Stefan Hogarth
Linesmen:

Knut Braten

Charlie O'Connor

Al. Koçoğlu (Kavaz) – 02:17	1–0
Semiz (Gümüş, Özmen) (PP) – 12:01	2–0
Halil – 13:35	3–0
An. Koçoğlu (Al. Koçoğlu) – 21:49	4–0
	4–1	26:28 – Cannon (R. Beran)
Özmen (Semiz) – 27:17	5–1
	5–2	34:23 – T. Beran (G. Scheier, R. Beran)
Özmen (Solak) – 35:15	6–2
Gümüş (Semiz, Özmen) – 39:52	7–2
Özmen (Semiz, Solak) – 44:45	8–2
Ö. Kars (Kavaz) – 50:11	9–2
Solak (Semiz, Y. Kars) – 55:03	10–2

10 min

Penalties

16 min

49

Shots

23

3 April
13:00

Luxembourg

7–1
(3–0, 3–1, 1–0)

Hong Kong

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 83

Game reference

Gilles Mangen

Goalies

Ho King Chi King

Referee:

Valentin Lascar
Linesmen:

Murat Aygün

Timo Heinonen

G. Scheier (T. Beran, R. Beran) – 09:59	1–0
R. Scheier (Cannon, Holtzem) (PP) – 13:17	2–0
Eriksson (Cannon, Sinner) – 15:27	3–0
Cannon (Holtzem, R. Scheier) – 20:27	4–0
Eriksson (Cannon) – 28:28	5–0
	5–1	29:42 – Sham (Fung, Wong Y.) (PP)
Holtzem (Cannon, R. Scheier) – 30:01	6–1
Eriksson (Cannon, Holtzem) – 45:40	7–1

18 min

Penalties

6 min

37

Shots

31

3 April
16:30

Turkey

8–2
(4–0, 3–2, 1–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 381

Game reference

Erol Kahraman
Tolga Bozacı

Goalies

Dino Pašović
Edis Pribišić

Referee:

Joonas Kova
Linesmen:

Charlie O'Connor

Josef Špůr

Semiz (Solak) – 00:30	1–0
H. Salt (Aktürk) – 00:52	2–0
Ö. Kars (Savaş) – 03:24	3–0
Bakal (Semiz, Özmen) (PP) – 09:21	4–0
Özmen (Solak, Öztürk) – 23:16	5–0
Özmen (Solak, Semiz) – 23:39	6–0
	6–1	24:37 – Hadžihasanović (London)
Semiz (Özmen) (SH) – 31:34	7–1
	7–2	38:42 – Hodžić
Al. Koçoğlu (Özmen, Gümüş) (PP) – 53:21	8–2

10 min

Penalties

14 min

68

Shots

16

3 April
20:00

South Africa

5–6
(4–2, 0–1, 1–3)

Georgia

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 92

Game reference

Charl Pretorius

Goalies

Andrei Ilienko

Referee:

Stefan Hogarth
Linesmen:

Yasin Akyürek

Laurynas Stepankevičius

Samaai (Van Doesburgh, W. Du Preez) – 02:35	1–0
Birrell (Samaai) – 02:46	2–0
	2–1	06:13 – Kochkin (PS)
Giot (Magmoed, Edwards) – 10:42	3–1
	3–2	11:21 – Kozyulin (Kochkin)
Marais (Magmoed, Samaai) (PP) – 19:25	4–2
	4–3	21:15 – Kochkin
Verwey – 42:16	5–3
	5–4	44:40 – Kochkin (Kozyulin)
	5–5	50:09 – Kurbatov (Tsomaia, Kochkin) (PP)
	5–6	51:06 – Kozyulin

14 min

Penalties

24 min

49

Shots

28

4 April
13:00

Hong Kong

1–5
(1–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Turkey

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 282

Game reference

Keung Emerson Kwokway

Goalies

Erol Kahraman

Referee:

Valentin Lascar
Linesmen:

Knut Braten

Laurynas Stepankevičius

Ho J. – 00:16	1–0
	1–1	16:06 – Özmen (Solak, Y. Kars)
	1–2	18:30 – Özmen (Semiz)
	1–3	22:34 – H. Salt (Gümüş, Y. Kars)
	1–4	27:37 – Al. Koçoğlu (Karakoç)
	1–5	55:35 – Karakoç (An. Koçoğlu, Y. Kars)

8 min

Penalties

20 min

14

Shots

38

4 April
16:30

Georgia

5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Luxembourg

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 33

Game reference

Andrei Ilienko

Goalies

Gilles Mangen

Referee:

Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:

Yasin Akyürek

Timo Heinonen

Kurbatov (Tsomaia) (PP) – 10:06	1–0
Kurbatov (Kozyulin, Kochkin) (PP) – 26:01	2–0
Kozyulin (Svanidze, Kurbatov) – 34:59	3–0
Kozyulin (Kochkin) – 38:39	4–0
Kozyulin (Svanidze) – 48:45	5–0

12 min

Penalties

18 min

44

Shots

20

4 April
20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0–10
(0–2, 0–7, 0–1)

South Africa

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 65

Game reference

Edis Pribišić
Dino Pašović

Goalies

Ashley Bock

Referee:

Joonas Kova
Linesmen:

Murat Aygün

Charlie O'Connor

	0–1	01:33 – Marais (Valadas)
	0–2	14:35 – Van Doesburgh (Willemstijn)
	0–3	25:22 – Marais (Samaai) (PP)
	0–4	25:36 – Valadas (Edwards)
	0–5	26:13 – Valadas (Gonsalves, Reeves)
	0–6	27:27 – Marais (Gonsalves, Bremner)
	0–7	30:23 – S. Du Preez (Samaai, W. Du Preez)
	0–8	35:02 – W. Du Preez (Marais)
	0–9	39:09 – Giot (Edwards)
	0–10	50:35 – Edwards (Giot, Valadas) (PP)

14 min

Penalties

2 min

18

Shots

42

6 April
13:00

South Africa

2–7
(1–3, 0–2, 1–2)

Turkey

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 451

Game reference

Ashley Bock

Goalies

Erol Kahraman

Referee:

Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:

Knut Braten

Charlie O'Connor

Botha (Samaai) (PP) – 01:48	1–0
	1–1	13:55 – Semiz (An. Koçoğlu, Özmen) (PP2)
	1–2	15:15 – Özmen (PP)
	1–3	15:30 – Al. Koçoğlu (An. Koçoğlu)
	1–4	25:19 – An. Koçoğlu
	1–5	32:44 – Al. Koçoğlu (An. Koçoğlu, Semiz) (PP)
	1–6	41:58 – Özmen (Al. Koçoğlu, An. Koçoğlu) (PP)
	1–7	49:21 – Gümüş (Halil, Savaş)
Valadas (Giot) (PP) – 56:53	2–7

12 min

Penalties

18 min

35

Shots

38

6 April
16:30

Hong Kong

3–14
(0–4, 2–6, 1–4)

Georgia

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 51

Game reference

Ho King Chi King
Keung Emerson Kwokway

Goalies

Andrei Ilienko

Referee:

Joonas Kova
Linesmen:

Josef Špůr

Laurynas Stepankevičius

	0–1	01:15 – G. Oganeziani (Kochkin)
	0–2	08:41 – Dumbadze (Kurbatov, Svanidze)
	0–3	10:01 – Kozyulin (Svanidze, Kochkin) (PP)
	0–4	12:46 – Kochkin (Kozyulin) (SH)
	0–5	23:25 – Dumbadze (Svanidze) (PP)
	0–6	23:38 – Kochkin
	0–7	31:59 – Kozyulin (Gi. Jeiranashvili)
Wong K. (Tang S.) – 33:43	1–7
	1–8	34:01 – Kurbatov
	1–9	35:52 – Kochkin
	1–10	38:05 – Kozyulin (Svanidze) (SH)
Wong Y. (Wong K., Ho J.) (PP) – 39:06	2–10
	2–11	42:07 – Svanidze (Kurbatov)
Ho J. (Kan S., Wong K.) (PP) – 45:40	3–11
	3–12	48:14 – D. Oganeziani (Kozyulin)
	3–13	52:53 – Svanidze (Gi. Jeiranashvili, D. Oganeziani)
	3–14	56:51 – Svanidze (PS)

8 min

Penalties

14 min

16

Shots

49

6 April
20:00

Luxembourg

13–0
(4–0, 3–0, 6–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 67

Game reference

Gilles Mangen

Goalies

Dino Pašović
Edis Pribišić

Referee:

Stefan Hogarth
Linesmen:

Murat Aygün

Timo Heinonen

Cannon (Holtzem, Eriksson) – 08:28	1–0
T. Beran (PS) – 10:48	2–0
T. Beran (R. Beran) – 12:43	3–0
Eriksson (Sinner) (SH) – 14:59	4–0
Eriksson (Cannon) – 29:18	5–0
R. Beran – 29:58	6–0
T. Beran (Cannon) – 33:04	7–0
T. Beran (R. Beran) – 43:04	8–0
Mossong (Mosr, Farinon) – 43:28	9–0
Holtzem (R. Scheier, Eriksson) (PP) – 44:49	10–0
Holtzem (Schön) (PP) – 47:20	11–0
Eriksson (Cannon) – 49:31	12–0
Cannon (Holtzem) – 59:24	13–0

12 min

Penalties

32 min

54

Shots

25

Awards and statistics

Awards

Erol Kahraman of Turkey was named the best goaltender of the tournament.

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Erol Kahraman
- Best Defenceman: Andre Marais
- Best Forward: Boris Kochkin

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Boris Kochkin	5	10	9	19	+18	8	F
Emrah Özmen	5	10	6	16	+11	2	F
Artem Kozyulin	5	9	4	13	+12	14	D
Serdar Semiz	5	5	8	13	+10	8	F
Colm Cannon	5	4	9	13	+7	4	F
Uthman Samaai	5	3	8	11	+7	0	F
Roland Svanidze	5	3	7	10	+3	0	F
Andre Marais	5	5	4	9	+9	6	D
Joel Holtzem	5	4	5	9	+7	6	F
Andy Koçoğlu	5	4	5	9	+5	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
Gilles Mangen	180:00	6	2.00	100	94.00	1
Andrei Ilienko	263:04	10	2.28	126	92.06	1
Erol Kahraman	260:00	9	2.08	108	91.67	0
Ashley Bock	180:00	9	3.00	80	88.75	1
Philippe Lepage	120:00	13	6.50	91	85.71	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

Official site

↑ "IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIV III" (PDF). stats.iihf.com. 30 March 2016.
↑ "Men's Div. III begins". IIHF.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ Manninen, Henrik (2016-04-07). "Second time lucky". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
1 2 3 IIHF (2016). "2016 IIHF World Championship Div III Scores". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
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[1] "IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIV III" (PDF). stats.iihf.com. 30 March 2016.

[2] "Men's Div. III begins". IIHF.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

[3] Manninen, Henrik (2016-04-07). "Second time lucky". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.

[georgia-4] 1 2 3 IIHF (2016). "2016 IIHF World Championship Div III Scores". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.

[5] Assignments