2017 IIHF World Championship Division III

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Host country Bulgaria
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates10–16 April
Teams7
2017 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates10–16 April
Teams7
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored161 (10.73 per game)
Attendance4,800 (320 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Georgia (country) Artem Kozyulin (25 points)
Official website
IIHF.com
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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]

Division III
Sofia
Winter Sports Palace
Capacity: 4,600

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

Team Qualification
 Bulgaria Host, placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
 South Africa Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
 Luxembourg Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Placed 4th in Division III last year. (withdrew from tournament)
 Hong Kong Placed 5th in Division III last year.
 Georgia Placed 6th in Division III last year.
 United Arab Emirates Withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2015.
 Chinese Taipei First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

5 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Preliminary round

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
15 April
 
 
 Luxembourg8
 
16 April
 
 Hong Kong1
 
 Luxembourg10
 
15 April
 
 Bulgaria4
 
 Bulgaria9
 
 
 Georgia3
 
Third place
 
 
16 April
 
 
 Hong Kong3
 
 
 Georgia14
5th place bracket
 
5th–7th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
16 April
 
 
 South Africa7
 
15 April
 
 Chinese Taipei3
 
 Chinese Taipei4
 
 
 United Arab Emirates0
 

5th–7th place semifinal

15 April 2017
13:00		Chinese Taipei 4–0
(3–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 United Arab EmiratesWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Liao Yu-chengGoaliesAhmed Al-DhaheriReferee:
Turkey Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:
Turkey Ferhat Aygün
Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
Tseng (Tang Y., Chang Ha.) (PP) – 06:431–0
Lin (Shen, Tseng) (PP) – 10:252–0
Wei Yu-k. (Yang Hsiao-h.) – 12:323–0
Shen (Wei Yu-k.) – 46:174–0
14 minPenalties8 min
40Shots28

Semifinals

15 April 2017
16:30		Luxembourg 8–1
(3–0, 2–1, 3–0)		 Hong KongWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Philippe LepageGoaliesKing Ho
Cheung Ching-ho		Referee:
Russia Ivan Fateyev
Linesmen:
Ukraine Illya Khokhlov
Israel Gil Tichon
K. Linster (R. Beran) – 02:501–0
Cannon (R. Beran) – 17:412–0
Cannon (B. Linster) – 19:593–0
3–120:11 – Au-yeung (Tang, Wong)
Minden (T. Beran, Welter) – 28:194–1
Cannon – 29:345–1
R. Beran – 48:516–1
Wambach – 57:207–1
Mosr (Houdremont, Thill) – 58:078–1
2 minPenalties2 min
52Shots13
15 April 2017
20:00		Bulgaria 9–3
(4–0, 2–1, 3–2)		 GeorgiaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 750
Game reference
Dimitar DimitrovGoaliesAndrei IlienkoReferee:
Poland Michał Baca
Linesmen:
Germany Jonas Merten
Poland Wiktor Zień
Iskrenov (Hodulov) – 07:591–0
M. Vasilev (Yotov) (PP2) – 11:232–0
Nikolov (Hodulov) – 15:193–0
Cvetanov (M. Vasilev, Yotov) – 17:294–0
4–124:10 – Kozyulin (Shvetsov) (PP2)
Muhachev (Dikov, Boyadjiev) (SH) – 26:385–1
T. Georgiev (Muhachev, Yotov) – 37:156–1
6–242:32 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov, Kozyulin)
Cvetanov (Yotov, Hodulov) – 44:127–2
Iskrenov (Hodulov, Boyadjiev) – 50:168–2
Cvetanov (Gyurov, Yotov) (PP2) – 52:369–2
9–355:30 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov)
12 minPenalties40 min
64Shots37

Fifth place game

16 April 2017
12:30		South Africa 7–3
(3–2, 3–0, 1–1)		 Chinese TaipeiWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Gary Bock
Charl Pretorius		GoaliesLiao Yu-cheng
Huang Sheng-chun		Referee:
South Korea Kim No-su
Linesmen:
Austria Jakob Schauer
Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
Willemstijn (Van Doesburgh) – 01:051–0
Husselman (Birrell, Gordon) – 05:532–0
2–106:54 – Wei Yu-c.
Giot (Edwards) (PP) – 18:113–1
3–219:56 – Shen (Yang Hsiao-h., Wei Yu-k.)
Husselman (Giot) – 25:564–2
Edwards (Gordon, Husselman) – 31:565–2
Botha (Van Doesburgh) – 39:566–2
6–343:29 – Tang Y. (Pai) (PP)
Samaai (Edwards, Gordon) – 48:227–3
18 minPenalties8 min
42Shots15

Third place game

16 April 2017
16:00		Hong Kong 3–14
(1–6, 1–3, 1–5)		 GeorgiaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
Game reference
King Ho
Cheung Ching-ho		GoaliesAndrei Ilienko
Kakha Ambrolava		Referee:
Slovenia Miha Bajt
Linesmen:
Italy Christian Cristeli
Poland Wiktor Zień
0–106:13 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)
0–207:51 – Kozyulin (Dumbadze, Geperidze)
Sham (Tang, Au-yeung) – 08:111–2
1–310:26 – Kurbatov (Dumbadze, Filimonov) (PP)
1–415:12 – Shvetsov (Filimonov, Kozyulin) (PP)
1–518:45 – Kozyulin
1–619:40 – Shvetsov (Oganeziani, Filimonov)
Tang (Au-yeung, Sham) (PP) – 25:562–6
2–728:28 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov, Filimonov)
2–831:08 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)
2–932:09 – Oganeziani (Kurbatov, Shvetsov)
2–1042:09 – Shvetsov (Filimonov)
2–1145:44 – Shvetsov (Kozyulin, Kurbatov) (PP)
2–1248:45 – Kozyulin (Kurbatov, Dumbadze)
2–1350:47 – Jeiranashvili (Shalunov)
Tang – 53:383–13
3–1456:41 – Oganeziani (Kozyulin, Shvetsov) (PP)
10 minPenalties6 min
24Shots43

Final

16 April 2017
19:30		Luxembourg 10–4
(3–3, 4–1, 3–0)		 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 950
Game reference
Philippe LepageGoaliesDimitar Dimitrov
Nikola Nikolov		Referee:
Russia Ivan Fateyev
Linesmen:
Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau
Germany Jonas Merten
0–102:15 – M. Vasilev (Muhachev, Yotov)
T. Beran (Welter) – 04:361–1
1–209:17 –Yotov (Gyurov, Muhachev) (PP)
1–315:15 – Iskrenov (Hodulov)
Welter (Mosr) – 15:472–3
Schons (Scheier, R. Beran) – 18:493–3
K. Linster (Eriksson) (PP) – 22:484–3
4–429:39 – Yotov (Muhachev) (SH)
Welter (T. Beran) – 31:345–4
Mosr – 37:566–4
Cannon (R. Beran) (PP2) – 39:537–4
Mosr (Schons) (PP2) – 51:068–4
T. Beran (Holtzem) – 52:509–4
R. Beran (ENG) – 56:3410–4
12 minPenalties34 min
31Shots61

Final ranking

Awards and statistics

References

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