2023 IIHF World Championship Division III


The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division III were two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17 to 23 April and the Group B tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 27 February to 5 March 2023.
Chinese Taipei were promoted after winning Group A, with North Korea relegated after withdrawing before the tournament. Kyrgyzstan won the Group B tournament and got promoted, while Malaysia got relegated.

Group A tournament

Match officials

Four referees and seven 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 Isaksson49211+44F
Lin Hung-ju46511+70F
Ken Kindborn41910+112D
Yang Chang-hsing4538+70F
Pavel Barkovskiy4257+12F
Shen Yen-lin4257+64D
Chen Kuan-ting4167+72F
Hideki Nagayama4167+14D
Kim Aarola4077+12F
Lin Yo-chen4246+14F
Shen Yen-chin4246+62F

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
Hsiao Po-yu168:3631.077395.890
Benjamin Kleineschay223:08174.5714187.940
Rahman Myradov233:06153.8611687.070
Ryan Boyd230:46174.4212386.181
Philippe Lepage220:00267.0915683.330

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

Four referees and seven 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
Mamed Seifulov5181028+310F
Islambek Abdyraev531821+270F
Mirza Omer511920+130F
Justin Cheng581220+152F
Alexander Titov510818+240F
Adnan Mlivić561117+90F
Ryan Chu510616+112F
Ethan Redden58715+510F
Joshua Chan59514−12F
Ernazar Isamatov541014+300D

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
Arslan Maraimbekov124:2400.0013100.001
Dino Pašović278:58194.0917188.890
Cheung Ching-ho150:4293.587888.460
Emerson Keung153:58166.2410484.620
Joshua Shao Ern Lee230:57246.2414483.331

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

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