2022 IIHF World Championship Division III


The 2022 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 Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 3 to 8 April and the Group B tournament in Cape Town, South Africa from 13 to 18 March 2022.
After the tournament was cancelled the two previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams stayed put in their divisions.
The United Arab Emirates secured the top spot in Group A and were promoted to Division II, while South Africa won the Group B tournament and were promoted to Group A.
Russia and Belarus were suspended from the 2022 and 2023 editions of the World Championship. In order to fill each group of the World Championships back to their normal amount of teams, the IIHF made the decision following the tournament not to relegate Luxembourg or Bosnia and Herzegovina, who finished last in Groups A and B respectively, but instead to promote Turkey and Thailand, the runners-up of each group.

Group A tournament

Match officials

Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.
RefereesLinesmen

Standings


Results

All times are local
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Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Maksim Zakharau471522+192F
Ilia Chuikov410919+144F
Serkan Gümüş47613+14F
Juma Al-Dhaheri46612+162F
Artur Zainutdinov46511+122F
Ömer Karş43710+36F
Alexander Usenko4537+74F
Sait Bingol4358+10F
Nils Remess4077+130D
Dzmitry Shapavalau4246+1010D

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
Ahmed Al-Dhaheri180:00103.337686.840
Philippe Lepage220:12225.9916686.750
Li Yi-cheng152:07124.739086.670
Rahman Myradov199:33144.219284.780
Tolga Bozacı233:24215.409577.890

TOI = time on ice ; SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts

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Group B tournament

Match officials

Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament.
RefereesLinesmen

Standings


Results

All times are local
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Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Jan Isaksson45712+84F
Uthman Samaai4459+92F
Phanuruj Suwachirat4516+42F
Mirza Omer4426−56F
Masato Kitayama4505−30F
Nikko Gaković4325−40F
Cameron Birrell4235+76D
John Venter4235+32F
Patrick Forstner4145+48F
Dylan Compton4314+48F

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
Benjamin Kleinechay245:00174.1616489.630
Ryan Boyd245:00122.949487.230
Dino Pašović239:25266.5217384.970

TOI = time on ice ; SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts

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