2017 IIHF World Championship Division III
| File:2017 IIHF World Championship Division III.png | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 10–16 April |
| Teams | 7 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 161 (10.73 per game) |
| Attendance | 4,800 (320 per game) |
| Scoring leader | Georgia (country) Artem Kozyulin (25 points) |
| Official website | |
| IIHF.com | |
The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria from 10 to 16 April 2017.[1] Seven teams participated in the tournament, divided into two groups. Bosnia and Herzegovina was originally scheduled to participate, but withdrew before the tournament began; all their games were recorded as 5–0 forfeits for the opposing team.[2] Luxembourg won the tournament, defeating Bulgaria 10–4 in the final, and played in Division IIB in 2018.[3] Chinese Taipei debuted in Division III and, apart from defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in a forfeit, recorded their first official win, beating the UAE 4–0 in the 5th place playoff.[4]
Venues
[edit | edit source]| Division III |
| Sofia |
| Winter Sports Palace Capacity: 4,600 |
| File:Studentski-Grad-Zimnia-Dvorets.jpg |
The Bulgarian bid was the only contender for the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III competition.[1] It will mark the first time that this competition has been held in Bulgaria. In September 2016 the format of the division was realigned into one tournament with two preliminary divisions.
Participants
[edit | edit source]| Team | Qualification |
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| File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | Host, placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated. |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | Placed 2nd in Division III last year. |
| File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg | Placed 3rd in Division III last year. |
| Placed 4th in Division III last year. (withdrew from tournament) | |
| File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | Placed 5th in Division III last year. |
| File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia | Placed 6th in Division III last year. |
| File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | Withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2015. |
| File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei | First time participating in tournament. |
Match officials
[edit | edit source]5 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]
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Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina[a] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 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
Notes:
| 10 April 2017 20:00 | Bulgaria File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg | 3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0) | File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 950 |
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| Dimitar Dimitrov | Goalies | Liao Yu-cheng Huang Sheng-chun | Referee: Slovenia Miha Bajt Linesmen: Turkey Ferhat Aygün Poland Wiktor Zień | ||||||||
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| 28 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||
| 55 | Shots | 7 | |||||||||
| 11 April 2017 20:00 | Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg | 3–10 (2–4, 1–2, 0–4) | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 800 |
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| King Ho Cheung Ching-ho | Goalies | Dimitar Dimitrov | Referee: South Korea Kim No-su Linesmen: Israel Gil Tichon Poland Wiktor Zień | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Shots | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 April 2017 16:30 | Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg | 2–5 (0–3, 1–1, 1–1) | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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| Liao Yu-cheng Huang Sheng-chun | Goalies | King Ho | Referee: Turkey Cemal Kaya Linesmen: Ukraine Illya Khokhlov Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Shots | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Group B
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 6 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 3 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | −44 | 0 |
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.
| 10 April 2017 13:00 | Luxembourg File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg | 17–0 (4–0, 6–0, 7–0) | File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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| Philippe Lepage | Goalies | Khaled Al Suwaidi | Referee: Poland Michał Baca Linesmen: Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau Austria Jakob Schauer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 52 | Shots | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 April 2017 16:30 | South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg | 5–6 (1–1, 1–2, 3–3) | File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 100 |
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| Charl Pretorius | Goalies | Andrei Ilienko | Referee: Russia Ivan Fateev Linesmen: Italy Christian Cristeli Israel Gil Tichon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 46 min | Penalties | 48 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | Shots | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 April 2017 13:00 | Luxembourg File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg | 6–4 (1–1, 3–1, 2–2) | File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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| Philippe Lepage | Goalies | Andrei Ilienko | Referee: Turkey Cemal Kaya Linesmen: Ukraine Illya Khohlov Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 22 min | Penalties | 48 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Shots | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 April 2017 16:30 | United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg | 0–8 (0–1, 0–4, 0–3) | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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| Ahmed Al-Dhaheri | Goalies | Gary Bock | Referee: Poland Michał Baca Linesmen: Turkey Ferhat Aygün Germany Jonas Merten | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 30 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Shots | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 April 2017 13:00 | Georgia File:Flag of Georgia.svg | 19–0 (9–0, 2–0, 8–0) | File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 300 |
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| Andrei Ilienko | Goalies | Khaled Al-Suwaidi | Referee: Slovenia Miha Bajt Linesmen: Germany Jonas Merten Austria Jakob Schauer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 30 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 63 | Shots | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 April 2017 20:00 | South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg | 1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2) | File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 250 |
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| Charl Pretorius | Goalies | Gilles Mangen | Referee: South Korea Kim No-su Linesmen: Italy Christian Cristeli Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov | |||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Shots | 14 | ||||||||||||
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]Bracket
[edit | edit source]| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 15 April | ||||||
| File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg | 8 | |||||
| 16 April | ||||||
| File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | 1 | |||||
| File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg | 10 | |||||
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| File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 4 | |||||
| File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 9 | |||||
| File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia | 3 | |||||
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| 16 April | ||||||
| File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | 3 | |||||
| File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia | 14 | |||||
- 5th place bracket
| 5th–7th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 16 April | ||||||
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 7 | |||||
| 15 April | ||||||
| File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||
| File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei | 4 | |||||
| File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | 0 | |||||
5th–7th place semifinal
[edit | edit source]| 15 April 2017 13:00 | Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg | 4–0 (3–0, 0–0, 1–0) | File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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| Liao Yu-cheng | Goalies | Ahmed Al-Dhaheri | Referee: Turkey Cemal Kaya Linesmen: Turkey Ferhat Aygün Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov | |||||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
| 40 | Shots | 28 | ||||||||||||
Semifinals
[edit | edit source]| 15 April 2017 16:30 | Luxembourg File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg | 8–1 (3–0, 2–1, 3–0) | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 250 |
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| Philippe Lepage | Goalies | King Ho Cheung Ching-ho | Referee: Russia Ivan Fateyev Linesmen: Ukraine Illya Khokhlov Israel Gil Tichon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 52 | Shots | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 April 2017 20:00 | Bulgaria File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg | 9–3 (4–0, 2–1, 3–2) | File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 750 |
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| Dimitar Dimitrov | Goalies | Andrei Ilienko | Referee: Poland Michał Baca Linesmen: Germany Jonas Merten Poland Wiktor Zień | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 40 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 64 | Shots | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fifth place game
[edit | edit source]| 16 April 2017 12:30 | South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg | 7–3 (3–2, 3–0, 1–1) | File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 150 |
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| Gary Bock Charl Pretorius | Goalies | Liao Yu-cheng Huang Sheng-chun | Referee: South Korea Kim No-su Linesmen: Austria Jakob Schauer Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 18 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 42 | Shots | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Third place game
[edit | edit source]| 16 April 2017 16:00 | Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg | 3–14 (1–6, 1–3, 1–5) | File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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| King Ho Cheung Ching-ho | Goalies | Andrei Ilienko Kakha Ambrolava | Referee: Slovenia Miha Bajt Linesmen: Italy Christian Cristeli Poland Wiktor Zień | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Shots | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final
[edit | edit source]| 16 April 2017 19:30 | Luxembourg File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg | 10–4 (3–3, 4–1, 3–0) | File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 950 |
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| Philippe Lepage | Goalies | Dimitar Dimitrov Nikola Nikolov | Referee: Russia Ivan Fateyev Linesmen: Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau Germany Jonas Merten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12 min | Penalties | 34 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Shots | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final ranking
[edit | edit source]| Promoted to 2018 IIHF Division II B | |
| Relegation to 2018 IIHF Division III Qualification |
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Source: IIHF.com
Awards and statistics
[edit | edit source]Awards
[edit | edit source]- Best players selected by the directorate:
Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders
[edit | edit source]| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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| Georgia (country) Artem Kozyulin | 5 | 13 | 12 | 25 | +13 | 6 | F |
| Georgia (country) Ivan Shvetsov | 5 | 11 | 9 | 20 | +9 | 2 | F |
| Georgia (country) Artem Kurbatov | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | +16 | 8 | D |
| Luxembourg Robert Beran | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | +14 | 8 | F |
| Luxembourg Colm Cannon | 5 | 11 | 6 | 17 | +14 | 6 | F |
| Georgia (country) Vitali Dumbadze | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | +13 | 26 | F |
| Georgia (country) Grigory Filimonov | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +6 | 8 | F |
| Bulgaria Alexei Yotov | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +5 | 0 | F |
| Luxembourg Benny Welter | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +15 | 0 | F |
| Bulgaria Stanislav Muhachev | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 2 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
[edit | edit source]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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| Luxembourg Philippe Lepage | 240:00 | 9 | 2.25 | 107 | 91.59 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei Liao Yu-cheng | 169:59 | 9 | 3.18 | 103 | 91.26 | 1 |
| Georgia (country) Andrei Ilienko | 287:28 | 21 | 4.38 | 169 | 87.57 | 1 |
| Hong Kong King Ho | 168:16 | 23 | 8.20 | 150 | 84.67 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al-Dhaheri | 120:00 | 12 | 6.00 | 73 | 83.56 | 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
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