2019 IIHF World Championship Division III


The 2019 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 Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 28 April and the qualification tournament in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 31 March to 6 April 2019. Both Kyrgyzstan and Thailand made their debut in the World Championships, with each winning their first game.
Bulgaria earned promotion to Division II, while the United Arab Emirates won the qualification tournament and were promoted. South Africa finished last and were demoted to the qualification tournament.

Division III

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
RefereesLinesmen

Results

All times are local.
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Awards and statistics

Awards

  • Best players selected by the directorate:
  • *Best Goalkeeper: Dimitar Dimitrov
  • *Best Defenseman: Shen Yen-lin
  • *Best Forward: Miroslav Vasilev
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Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Miroslav Vasilev510616+1022F
Weng To57815+32F
Ivan Hodulov510414+1018F
Lin Hung-ju55712−212F
Martin Boyadjiev5279+86D
Shen Yen-lin5279+10D
Stanislav Muhachev5538+100F
Alexei Yotov5358+70F
Begench Dovletmyradov5437+22F
Colm Cannon5347+24F
Uthman Samaai5347+16F
Aleksandr Vahovskiy534706F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
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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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Dimitar Dimitrov300:0071.4013894.931
Marcus Anselm292:18193.9016088.120
Keremli Charyyev266:32184.0514787.760
Tolga Bozacı272:26143.0811487.720
Hou Ta-yu224:52225.8713483.580

TOI = Time on ice ; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Division III qualification tournament

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
RefereesLinesmen

Results

All times are local.
  • Kyrgyzstan played its first four games, all wins, with Russian born player Aleksandr Titov in their lineup. Before their final game, also a win, when it was found that Titov was not yet eligible to play for Kyrgyzstan, he was disqualified from the tournament and Kyrgyzstan forfeited their first four games.
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Statistics

All statistics from Kyrgyzstan's first four games were not counted by the IIHF, including their opponents scoring and goaltending details.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Artur Zainutdinov513518+134F
Juma Al-Dhaheri56814+182F
Khalifa Al-Mahrooqi56412+1610F
Hideki Nagayama43710+52D
Mirza Omer42810+68F
Tang Shin Ming Jasper4369+54F
Mohamed Al-Kaabi5628+438F
Artyom Karkotsky5448+216F
Wong Ka-ho4358–22D
Kan Siu-him4437+32F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
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  • Kyrgyz players Vladimir Nosov, Vladimir Tonkikh, Mikhail Chuvalov, Islambek Abdyraev and Maksim Egorov do not appear in this list because their statistics from their first four games were deemed invalid.

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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Khaled Al-Suwaidi240:00133.259285.870
Amel Ćapin201:45205.9512684.130
Keung Emerson140:00104.295481.481
Cheung Ching-ho100:0084.804381.400
184:36185.859681.250

TOI = Time on ice ; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
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