2018 IIHF World Championship Division III

2018 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates	25–28 February
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	68 (11.33 per match)
Attendance	3,020 (503 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Ahmet Gurbanov; (12 points)
Website	IIHF.com

2018 IIHF World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	16–22 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	117 (7.8 per match)
Attendance	2,225 (148 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Alexander Zhuzhunashvili; (19 points)
Website	IIHF.com

2018 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries	South Africa; Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dates	16–22 April; 25–28 February
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was held in Cape Town, South Africa[1] and the qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the original hosts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, withdrew their application.[2]

Georgia won the tournament and were promoted to Division II.[3]

Kuwait and Turkmenistan made their debut in the World Championships, with both playing in the qualification tournament. Turkmenistan won their first ever game in the World Championships, defeating the United Arab Emirates and later went on to win the qualification and be promoted to next year's Division III.[4]

Division III

Participants

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

Match officials

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

Referees

Zsolt Csomortani - Did not attend the championships
Miroslav Iarets
Richard Magnusson
Alexey Roshchyn

Linesmen

Daniel Beresford
Jonathan Burger
Matthias Cristeli
Maximilian Gatol
Artsiom Labzov
Gregor Miklič
Marcin Polak

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Georgia (P)	5	4	0	0	1	35	12	+23	12	Promoted to 2019 Division II B
2	Bulgaria	5	3	1	0	1	28	10	+18	11
3	Turkey	5	3	0	1	1	22	14	+8	10
4	Chinese Taipei	5	2	0	0	3	16	25	−9	6[lower-alpha 1]
5	South Africa (H)	5	2	0	0	3	13	18	−5	6[lower-alpha 1]
6	Hong Kong (R)	5	0	0	0	5	3	38	−35	0	Relegation to 2019 Division III qualification

Source: IIHF.com
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:

Chinese Taipei 5–2 South Africa

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

16 April 2018
13:00

Georgia

6–2
(4–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Turkey

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 35

Game reference

Andrei Ilienko

Goalies

Muhammed Karagül

Referee:

Alexey Roshchyn
Linesmen:

Maximilian Gatol

Artsiom Labzov

	0–1	02:56 – F. Faner (Bakal)
Vasilchenko (Kharizov) – 10:11	1–1
Obolgogiani (Dumbadze) – 10:21	2–1
Zhuzhunashvili (Kurbatov, Tsomaia) (SH) – 14:37	3–1
Shvetsov (Vasilchenko, Kurbatov)(PP) – 16:14	4–1
Vasilchenko (Kozyulin, Shvetsov) – 26:12	5–1
	5–2	45:35 – F. Faner (Bakal) (SH)
Obolgogiani (Kurbatov, Zhuzhunashvili) (PP2) – 50:03	6–2

12 min

Penalties

20 min

57

Shots

17

16 April 2018
16:15

Chinese Taipei

5–1
(0–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 80

Game reference

Liao Yu-cheng

Goalies

King Ho

Referee:

Miroslav Iarets
Linesmen:

Jonathan Burger

Matthias Cristeli

	0–1	05:05 – To (Lo, Fu)
Lu – 29:01	1–1
Shen Yen-c. (Pan) – 31:28	2–1
Shen Yen-l. (Lu, Shen Yen-c.) (SH) – 44:23	3–1
Tsao (Ti) – 52:11	4–1
Shen Yen-c. (Hsiao Po-yun) (SH) – 53:59	5–1

0 min

Penalties

6 min

24

Shots

22

16 April 2018
20:00

Bulgaria

4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 200

Game reference

Dimitar Dimitrov

Goalies

Ashley Bock

Referee:

Richard Magnusson
Linesmen:

Daniel Beresford

Marcin Polak

Vasilev (Boyadjiev, V. Dikov) – 16:43	1–0
V. Dikov (Boyadjiev) – 36:33	2–0
Iskrenov (Vasilev) – 37:22	3–0
V. Dikov (Vasilev, Boyadjiev) – 58:39	4–0

6 min

Penalties

2 min

40

Shots

18

17 April 2018
13:00

Turkey

6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 20

Game reference

Tolga Bozacı

Goalies

Emerson Keung

Referee:

Richard Magnusson
Linesmen:

Daniel Beresford

Jonathan Burger

Özmen (Semiz, Solak) – 00:38	1–0
	1–1	16:52 – Sham (Tang, Ho) (PP2)
Kavaz (Bingöl, Aktürk) – 27:40	2–1
Semiz (Ö. Kars) – 32:39	3–1
Özmen (Semiz) (PP) – 41:53	4–1
Toygar (E. Faner) – 44:01	5–1
Bakal (PP) – 51:49	6–1

8 min

Penalties

10 min

51

Shots

13

17 April 2018
16:15

Bulgaria

3–5
(2–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Georgia

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 60

Game reference

Dimitar Dimitrov

Goalies

Andrei Ilienko

Referee:

Miroslav Iarets
Linesmen:

Matthias Cristeli

Artsiom Labzov

	0–1	04:05 – Kurbatov (Obolgogiani, Zhuzhunashvili) (PP)
V. Dikov (Vasilev) – 10:01	1–1
Nikolov (D. Dilkov) – 18:28	2–1
	2–2	28:18 – Kozyulin (Vasilchenko)
	2–3	36:24 – Vasilchenko (SH)
	2–4	36:35 – Vasilchenko (Kozyulin) (SH)
	2–5	44:48 – Kozyulin
Hodulov (V. Dikov) (PP2) – 52:24	3–5

20 min

Penalties

16 min

43

Shots

37

17 April 2018
20:00

South Africa

2–5
(0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Chinese Taipei

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 180

Game reference

Charl Pretorius

Goalies

Liao Yu-cheng

Referee:

Alexey Roshchyn
Linesmen:

Maximilian Gatol

Gregor Miklič

	0–1	06:20 – Shen Yen-c. (Hsiao Po-yun)
	0–2	28:08 – Tien
Magmoed (Botha) – 30:31	1–2
	1–3	35:10 – Shen Yen-c. (Hsiao Po-yuan)
	1–4	43:40 – Tang (Tsao) (PP)
	1–5	50:01 – Hsiao Po-yun (Shen Yen-c., Hsiao Po-yuan)
Magmoed (Van Doesburgh, Compton) (PP) – 57:16	2–5

18 min

Penalties

4 min

17

Shots

22

19 April 2018
13:00

Bulgaria

7–2
(1–1, 4–0, 2–1)

Chinese Taipei

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30

Game reference

Dimitar Dimitrov

Goalies

Liao Yu-cheng
David Chang

Referee:

Richard Magnusson
Linesmen:

Jonathan Burger

Marcin Polak

D. Dilkov (Gatchev) – 12:27	1–0
	1–1	17:44 – Hsiao Po-yun (Lu, Shen Yen-c.)
Georgiev (Muhachev) (PP) – 26:24	2–1
Boyadjiev – 27:40	3–1
D. Dilkov (Nikolov, Gatchev) (PP) – 29:01	4–1
Hodulov (Georgiev, Iskrenov) (PP) – 38:51	5–1
	5–2	49:08 – Pan (Hung, Lu)
Hodulov (Georgiev) – 52:22	6–2
Boyadjiev – 53:37	7–2

6 min

Penalties

8 min

39

Shots

19

19 April 2018
16:15

Georgia

11–1
(5–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 40

Game reference

Andrei Ilienko
Kakha Ambrolava

Goalies

Emerson Keung
King Ho

Referee:

Alexey Roshchyn
Linesmen:

Daniel Beresford

Gregor Miklič

Shvetsov (Kozyulin, Vasilchenko) – 10:30	1–0
Zhuzhunashvili (Geperidze) (SH) – 12:02	2–0
Zhuzhunashvili (SH2) – 12:59	3–0
	3–1	16:09 – Fung (J. Ho)
Zhuzhunashvili (Dumbadze) – 16:22	4–1
Zhuzhunashvili (Obolgogiani, Shvetsov) – 16:37	5–1
Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili, Dumbadze) – 24:10	6–1
Zhuzhunashvili (Shalunov, Obolgogiani) – 30:25	7–1
Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) (SH) – 34:13	8–1
Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) – 42:15	9–1
Obolgogiani (G. Oganeziani, Zhuzhunashvili) – 46:00	10–1
Shalunov ( D. Oganeziani, Vasilchenko) – 50:22	11–1

10 min

Penalties

10 min

61

Shots

13

19 April 2018
20:00

Turkey

7–1
(1–0, 4–1, 2–0)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 250

Game reference

Muhammed Karagül

Goalies

Ashley Bock
Charl Pretorius

Referee:

Miroslav Iarets
Linesmen:

Maximilian Gatol

Artsiom Labzov

Kavaz (Ö. Kars) – 02:01	1–0
F. Faner (Bakal, Y. Kars) (PP) – 24:19	2–0
Savaş (Semiz, Solak) – 26:01	3–0
Kavaz (Bingöl) – 28:31	4–0
Inanç (Y. Kars) – 35:49	5–0
	5–1	38:38 – Giot (Bremner)
Özmen (Semiz) – 40:53	6–1
E. Faner (Y. Kars) – 52:25	7–1

6 min

Penalties

12 min

34

Shots

36

20 April 2018
13:00

Hong Kong

0–10
(0–3, 0–3, 0–4)

Bulgaria

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 20

Game reference

King Ho

Goalies

Ivan Stoynov

Referee:

Alexei Roshchyn
Linesmen:

Danny Beresford

Matthias Cristeli

	0–1	09:47 – Gatchev (Dilkov, Nikolov)
	0–2	16:28 – Dilkov (Stoilov, Gatchev) (PP)
	0–3	18:18 – Nikolov (Dilkov)
	0–4	29:33 – Hodulov (Iskrenov, Muhachev)
	0–5	35:33 – Iskrenov (Muhachev, Bozhanov)
	0–6	38:46 – Boyadjiev (T. Georgiev) (SH)
	0–7	48:09 – Hodulov (Iskrenov, Vasilev)
	0–8	48:32 – Stoyadinov (Hodulov, K. Dikov)
	0–9	49:18 – Stoyadinov (Boyadjiev)
	0–10	53:09 – Nikolov (Dilkov) (SH)

10 min

Penalties

14 min

17

Shots

51

20 April 2018
16:15

Chinese Taipei

2–4
(1–0, 1–1, 0–3)

Turkey

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30

Game reference

Liao Yu-cheng

Goalies

Muhammed Karagül

Referee:

Miroslav Iarets
Linesmen:

Jonathan Mark Burger

Marcin Polak

Yang (Hung) – 04:07	1–0
	1–1	26:53 – Takar (Inanç)
Shen Yen-c. (Chang) – 38:35	2–1
	2–2	26:53 – Semiz (PP)
	2–3	44:07 – Bakal (Solak)
	2–4	48:21 – Bakal (Elakaş)

20 min

Penalties

6 min

20

Shots

36

20 April 2018
20:00

South Africa

4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Georgia

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 700

Game reference

Charl Pretorius

Goalies

Andrei Ilienko

Referee:

Richard Magnusson
Linesmen:

Artsiom Labzov

Gregor Miklič

	0–1	04:25 – Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili)
Carelse (Samaai) – 08:16	1–1
Cardoso (Magmoed) (PP) – 19:28	2–1
	2–2	24:23 – Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili)
Magmoed (Giot, Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 52:02	3–2
Van Doesburgh (Samaai) (ENG, SH) – 59:41	4–2

10 min

Penalties

33 min

33

Shots

52

22 April 2018
13:00

Georgia

11–2
(5–1, 3–0, 3–1)

Chinese Taipei

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 100

Game reference

Andrei Ilienko
Kakha Ambrolava

Goalies

Liao Yu-cheng
David Chang

Referee:

Alexey Roshchyn
Linesmen:

Maximilian Gatol

Artsiom Labzov

Zhuzhunashvili (Obolgogiani) – 00:17	1–0
Kurbatov (Zhuzhunashvili, Kozyulin) – 04:47	2–0
	2–1	08:23 – Shen Yen-l. (Lu) (PP)
Kharizov (SH) – 11:51	3–1
Shvetsov (Obolgogiani, Kharizov) – 15:03	4–1
Vasilchenko (Kharizov) – 19:48	5–1
Shalunov (Vasilchenko, Kharizov) (PP) – 22:20	6–1
Zhuzhunashvili (Kozyulin, Kurbatov) – 22:46	7–1
Kharizov (Vasilchenko) – 22:53	8–1
Kharizov (Obolgogiani, Kurbatov) – 48:47	9–1
Zhuzhunashvili (Kurbatov, Jeiranashvili) – 51:27	10–1
	10–2	58:09 – Hsiao Po-yuan (Chang W.)
Zhuzhunashvili (Kozyulin, Vasilchenko) (SH) – 59:56	11–2

33 min

Penalties

10 min

56

Shots

17

22 April 2018
16:15

Turkey

3–4 OT
(2–2, 1–0, 0–1)
OT: (0–1)

Bulgaria

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 80

Game reference

Muhammed Karagül

Goalies

Dimitar Dimitrov

Referee:

Miroslav Iarets
Linesmen:

Daniel Beresford

Marcin Polak

	0–1	04:38 – Iskrenov (Hodulov)
	0–2	06:01 – V. Dikov (Gatchev)
E. Faner (Özmen, Semiz) – 11:59	1–2
E. Faner (Bakal, Y. Kars) (PP) – 14:16	2–2
Ö. Kars (Bakal) – 33:03	3–2
	3–3	58:50 – Boyadjiev (Hodulov) (ENG, EA)
	3–4	62:52 – D. Dikov (V. Dikov)

12 min

Penalties

2 min

34

Shots

38

22 April 2018
20:00

Hong Kong

0–6
(0–0, 0–4, 0–2)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 400

Game reference

Emerson Keung

Goalies

Charl Pretorius

Referee:

Richard Magnusson
Linesmen:

Matthias Cristeli

Gregor Miklič

	0–1	23:54 – Samaai (Marais) (PP)
	0–2	27:07 – Bremner (Samaai, Carelse)
	0–3	33:48 – Samaai (Marais)
	0–4	37:59 – Van Doesburgh (Carelse)
	0–5	45:38 – Valadas (Compton, Malgas)
	0–6	50:41 – Giot (Marais, Van Doesburgh)

8 min

Penalties

4 min

20

Shots

60

Awards and statistics

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Charl Pretorius
- Best Defenceman: Martin Boyadjiev
- Best Forward: Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili	5	10	9	19	+15	2	F
Oliver Obolgogiani	5	8	6	14	+16	6	F
Alexander Vasilchenko	5	5	7	12	+7	8	F
Ivan Hodulov	5	5	3	8	+2	4	F
Shen Yen-chin	5	5	3	8	–3	0	F
Martin Boyadjiev	5	4	4	8	+8	2	F
Daniel Dilkov	5	4	4	8	+7	0	F
Ferhat Bakal	5	3	5	8	+3	2	F
Artem Kozyulin	5	2	6	8	+9	25	F
Artem Kurbatov	5	2	6	8	+16	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
Muhammed Karagül	242:52	13	3.21	161	91.93	0
Charl Pretorius	204:11	9	2.64	111	91.89	1
Andrei Ilienko	283:39	10	2.12	115	91.30	0
Dimitar Dimitrov	242:28	10	2.47	107	90.65	1
Liao Yu-cheng	265:54	18	4.06	137	86.86	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

Division III qualification tournament

Participants

Team	Qualification
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Host, withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2016.
United Arab Emirates	Placed 7th in Division III last year and were relegated.
Kuwait	First time participating in tournament.
Turkmenistan	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

3 referees and 4 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[6]

Referees

Martin Christensen
Stefan Hogarth
Paweł Meszyński

Linesmen

Tomáš Brejcha
Ilya Khohlov
Vytautas Lukoševičius
Maarten van der Acker

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkmenistan (P)	3	3	0	41	5	+36	9	Promoted to 2019 Division III
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	2	1	17	15	+2	6
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	5	12	−7	3
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	5	36	−31	0

Source: IIHF.com
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+1).

25 February 2018
16:00

Turkmenistan

4–0
(0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

United Arab Emirates

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 100

Game reference

Keremli Charyyev

Goalies

Khaled Al-Suwaidi

Referee:

Martin Christensen
Linesmen:

Ilya Khohlov

Maarten van der Acker

Veleyev (Aganiyazov, Vahovskiy) (PP) – 34:58	1–0
Aganiyazov (Vahovskiy, Hydyrov) (PP) – 40:55	2–0
Soyunov – 44:39	3–0
Geldimyradov (Savin, Barkovskiy) (PP) – 56:58	4–0

8 min

Penalties

12 min

43

Shots

10

25 February 2018
20:00

Kuwait

1–8
(0–2, 0–3, 1–3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,100

Game reference

Jasem Al-Sarraf

Goalies

Edis Pribišić

Referee:

Stefan Hogarth
Linesmen:

Tomáš Brejcha

Vytautas Lukoševičius

	0–1	03:27 – Čordalija (PP)
	0–2	15:28 – Čordalija (Logo)
	0–3	28:00 – Lemeš (Omer, Arslanagic) (PP)
	0–4	30:15 – Omer (PP)
	0–5	37:46 – Lemeš (Omer) (PP2)
	0–6	42:18 – Velić (Čordalija)
	0–7	45:18 – Logo (SH)
	0–8	47:03 – Omer (Tokić)
H. Al-Ajmi – 56:37	1–8

45 min

Penalties

14 min

16

Shots

41

26 February 2018
16:00

Kuwait

2–24
(0–8, 0–7, 2–9)

Turkmenistan

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 110

Game reference

Jasem Al-Sarraf
Dhari Al-Omran

Goalies

Keremli Charyyev
Rahman Myradov

Referee:

Paweł Meszyński
Linesmen:

Ilya Khohlov

Vytautas Lukoševičius

	0–1	01:30 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov, Barkovskiy)
	0–2	06:02 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov)
	0–3	10:11 – Geldimyradov
	0–4	11:49 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov, Soyunov) (EA)
	0–5	12:37 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov)
	0–6	16:46 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy)
	0–7	18:35 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov, Aganiyazov) (SH)
	0–8	18:55 – Soyunov (SH)
	0–9	27:41 – Gurbanov (Vahovskiy, Veleyev)
	0–10	28:33 – Veleyev (Aganiyazov)
	0–11	33:01 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov)
	0–12	33:56 – Avdeyev (Kuliyev, Atayev)
	0–13	37:57 – Vahovskiy (Aganiyazov, Gurbanov) (PP)
	0–14	39:30 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy, Soyunov)
	0–15	39:51 – Berdiyev (Veliyev)
	0–16	42:47 – Avdeyev (Dovletmyradov) (PP)
A. Al-Ajmi (Al-Maragi) – 43:22	1–16
	1–17	43:37 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov)
Al-Zidan (Al-Maghrabi) (SH) – 44:35	2–17
	2–18	45:56 – Veleyev
	2–19	47:21 – Avdeyev (Atayev)
	2–20	51:02 – Kuliyev (Barkovskiy, Savin) (PP2)
	2–21	54:13 – Hydyrov (Vahovskiy)
	2–22	55:12 – Savin (Kuliyev, Gayer) (PP)
	2–23	57:01 – Veleyev (Vahovskiy, Gurbanov)
	2–24	57:47 – Barkovskiy (Gayer)

16 min

Penalties

27 min

11

Shots

67

26 February 2018
20:00

United Arab Emirates

1–6
(0–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 600

Game reference

Khaled Al-Suwaidi

Goalies

Edis Pribišić

Referee:

Martin Christensen

	0–1	04:48 – Hadžihasanović (Omer, Ramić)
Al-Dhaheri (M. Al-Shamsi) – 26:55	1–1
	1–2	31:51 – Čordalija (Arslanagic) (SH)
	1–3	33:50 – Omer (Bakal, Pribišić) (PP)
	1–4	46:47 – Čordalija
	1–5	52:29 – Čordalija
	1–6	53:39 – Omer

22 min

Penalties

34 min

27

Shots

42

28 February 2018
09:00

United Arab Emirates

4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Kuwait

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 110

Game reference

Khaled Al-Suwaidi

Goalies

Jasem Al-Sarraf

Referee:

Stefan Hogarth
Linesmen:

Vytautas Lukoševičius

Maarten van den Acker

	0–1	07:43 – Al-Awadhi (Y. Al-Kandari, Al-Maraghy)
Al-Dhaheri (M. Al-Shamsi, Al-Harmoodi) (PP) – 13:30	1–1
Al-Dhaheri (Al-Mehairbi, O. Al-Shamsi) (PP) – 39:16	2–1
O. Al-Shamsi (A. Al-Haddad, H. Al-Haddad) – 43:02	3–1
Al-Dhaheri (A. Yahya, M. Al-Shamsi) – 50:48	4–1
	4–2	57:35 – Al-Maragi (A. Al-Ajmi, M. Al-Ajmi) (PP, EA)

4 min

Penalties

12 min

20

Shots

22

28 February 2018
20:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3–13
(3–1, 0–5, 0–7)

Turkmenistan

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,000

Game reference

Edis Pribišić
Muamer Tahirbegović

Goalies

Keremli Charyyev

Referee:

Paweł Meszyński
Linesmen:

Tomáš Brejcha

Ilya Khohlov

Omer (Hadžihasanović) – 04:28	1–0
Lemeš (Omer, Hadžihasanović) – 06:04	2–0
	2–1	07:50 – Soyunov (Barkovskiy) (PP)
Rakić (Omer) – 11:40	3–1
	3–2	24:38 – Gurbanov (SH)
	3–3	26:17 – Gurbanov (Vahovskiy)
	3–4	31:06 – Aganiyazov (Gurbanov) (PP)
	3–5	33:19 – Savin (SH)
	3–6	37:32 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy) (PP)
	3–7	41:27 – Barkovskiy
	3–8	45:12 – Gayer (Savin, Barkovskiy) (PP)
	3–9	49:03 – Veleyev (Hydyrov) (PP2)
	3–10	49:19 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov, Gayer) (PP)
	3–11	52:38 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov)
	3–12	57:06 – Barkovskiy (Geldimyradov, Soyunov)
	3–13	57:36 – Dovletmyradov (Kuliyev)

44 min

Penalties

18 min

16

Shots

66

Awards and statistics

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Edis Pribišić
- Best Defenceman: Dmitriy Savin
- Best Forward: Ahmet Gurbanov

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ahmet Gurbanov	3	6	6	12	+10	9	F
Pavel Barkovskiy	3	3	8	11	+9	2	F
Mirza Omer	3	5	5	10	+7	20	F
Aleksandr Vahovskiy	3	4	6	10	+10	0	F
Dovlet Soyunov	3	6	3	9	+10	2	F
Arslan Geldimyradov	3	5	4	9	+9	2	F
Amangeldi Aganiyazov	3	2	7	9	+10	4	D
Dino Čordalija	3	5	1	6	+6	6	F
Ishan Veleyev	3	5	1	6	+6	0	F
Dmitriy Savin	3	2	3	5	+8	4	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
Keremli Charyyev	140:00	3	1.29	29	89.66	1
Khaled Al-Suwaidi	180:00	12	4.00	107	88.79	0
Edis Pribišić	169:19	12	4.25	97	87.63	0
Jasem Al-Sarraf	154:43	25	9.70	98	74.49	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

"27 tournaments assigned". iihf.com. 19 May 2017.
"IIHF tournament in Bosnia". iihf.com. 3 October 2017.
"Georgia's joy". iihf.com. 24 April 2018.
"Galloping to glory". iihf.com. 1 March 2018.
Division III Assignments
Division III qualification assignments

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[1] "27 tournaments assigned". iihf.com. 19 May 2017.

[2] "IIHF tournament in Bosnia". iihf.com. 3 October 2017.

[3] "Georgia's joy". iihf.com. 24 April 2018.

[4] "Galloping to glory". iihf.com. 1 March 2018.

[5] Division III Assignments

[7] Division III qualification assignments