2019 IIHF World Championship Division III

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	31 March–6 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	170 (11.33 per game)
Attendance	1,585 (106 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Artur Zainutdinov (18 points)
Official website
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Team	Qualification
Hong Kong	Placed 6th in Division III last year and were relegated.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Placed 2nd in Division III qualification last year.
United Arab Emirates	Host, placed 3rd in Division III qualification last year.
Kuwait	Placed 4th in Division III qualification last year.
Thailand	First time participating in tournament.
Kyrgyzstan	First time participating in tournament.

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	United Arab Emirates (H, P)	5	4	0	0	1	46	14	+32	12[a]	Promotion to 2020 Division III A
2	Hong Kong	5	4	0	0	1	31	18	+13	12[a]
3	Thailand	5	2	1	0	2	26	19	+7	8
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2	0	1	2	21	22	−1	7
5	Kuwait	5	1	0	0	4	9	43	−34	3[b]	Later assigned to 2020 Division IV
6	Kyrgyzstan	5	1	0	0	4	7	24	−17	3[b]

All times are local (UTC+4).

• 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.

31 March 2019 12:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4–5 GWS (4–1, 0–1, 0–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Thailand

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 47

Game reference
	Amel Ćapin	Goalies	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Jiří Gebauer
	Hodžić – 00:53 1–0 Ćatović (Omer) (PP) – 08:48 2–0 Pilav (Ćatović, Mrkva) (PP) – 13:46 3–0 Omer (Dzamalija) – 15:36 4–0 4–1 18:23 – Nagayama (PP) 4–2 22:16 – Thanakroekkiat (Nagayama) 4–3 42:09 – Ingkharratphithakon (Vattanapanyakul, Nagayama) 4–4 49:39 – Limpinphet (Suwachirat, Luckanatinakorn)
	Omer Ćatović Hodžić Dzamalija Mrkva	Shootout	Thanakroekkiat Nagayama Suwachirat Kitayama Khuhakaew
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	53

31 March 2019 16:00

Kyrgyzstan

0–5 (14–0 forfeit) (9–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Kuwait

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 52

Game reference
	Aleksandr Petrov	Goalies	Jasem Al-Sarraf	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Kang Tae-woo
	Titov (Abdyraev) – 04:29 1–0 Chuvalov – 05:26 2–0 Abdyraev (Kudashev) (PP) – 06:19 3–0 Chuvalov (Terentyev) – 08:08 4–0 Titov (Kolodii) – 08:51 5–0 Egorov (Nosov) – 12:01 6–0 Terentyev (Nosov, Egorov) (PP2) – 14:08 7–0 Titov (Kolodii) (PP) – 14:39 8–0 Tonkikh (Titov) (SH) – 18:40 9–0 Terentyev (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) – 33:45 10–0 Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Nosov) – 38:17 11–0 Nosov (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) – 44:47 12–0 Kudashev (Titov, Abdyraev) – 54:18 13–0 Isamatov (Tynaliev) – 59:56 14–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	60	Shots	5

31 March 2019 20:00

United Arab Emirates

11–1 (5–0, 6–0, 0–1)

Hong Kong

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 168

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Emerson Keung Cheung Ching Ho	Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Murat Aygün Norbert Muzsik
	Karkotsky (Remess) – 08:31 1–0 Zainutdinov (Karkotsky) – 13:10 2–0 Remess (J. Al-Dhareri) – 16:46 3–0 Zainutdinov – 18:48 4–0 Al-Mahrooqi (Zainutdinov) – 19:19 5–0 Zainutdinov – 21:14 6–0 Al-Mehairi (O. Al-Shamsi) – 22:36 7–0 J. Al-Dhareri (Zainutdinov) – 27:14 8–0 J. Al-Dhareri (Zainutdinov) – 36:21 9–0 Zainutdinov (Al-Kaabi) – 37:46 10–0 Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhareri, Al-Mahrooqi) – 39:37 11–0 11–1 51:52 – Wong K. (Tang)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	41	Shots	16

1 April 2019 12:00

Hong Kong

12–2 (4–1, 2–0, 6–1)

Kuwait

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 68

Game reference
	Cheung Ching-ho	Goalies	Ahmad Al-Saegh	Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Oleksiy Ryabikov
	0–1 03:32 – A. Al-Sarraf (Al-Qattan) Lau (Lo, Au-Yeung) – 06:07 1–1 Sham (Wong K., To) – 07:25 2–1 Au-Yeung (Tang, Wong K.) (PP) – 10:33 3–1 Wong K. (Sham, To) – 14:16 4–1 Tang – 30:00 5–1 Kan S. (SH) 6–1 Chau (L. Wong, Sham) – 43:05 7–1 Lo – 44:27 8–1 J. Wong (Fung) – 46:03 9–1 J. Wong (Kan C.) – 46:20 10–1 Chau (Tang) – 49:16 11–1 Chau (Lam, Kan C.) – 53:30 12–1 12–2 58:53 – Al-Awadhi (Al-Zidan, Al-Maraghy) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	17

1 April 2019 16:00

Thailand

5–0 (2–6 forfeit) (0–4, 0–0, 2–2)

Kyrgyzstan

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 82

Game reference
	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Goalies	Aleksandr Petrov	Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Murat Aygün
	0–1 11:33 – Tynaliev (Gorobets) 0–2 12:00 – Tonkikh (Nosov) 0–3 16:36 – Titov (Abdyraev, Kolodii) 0–4 18:55 – Chuvalov (Nosov, Tonkikh) Luckanatinakorn – 42:40 1–4 Thanakroekkiat (Luckanatinakorn) (PP) – 44:13 2–4 2–5 49:02 – Nosov (Tonkikh) 2–6 18:55 – Egorov (Chuvalov)
	8 min	Penalties	49 min
	8	Shots	48

1 April 2019 20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3–10 (0–3, 1–6, 2–2)

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 74

Game reference
	Amel Ćapin Dino Pašović	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Kang Tae-woo
	0–1 07:22 – J. Al-Dhaheri (Remess) (PP) 0–2 12:26 – Savko (O. Al-Shamsi) 0–3 17:36 – J. Al-Dhaheri (Zainutdinov, Karkotsky) (PP) 0–4 22:13 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhaheri) (PP) 0–5 26:10 – Karkotsky 0–6 28:01 – Al-Mahrooqi (Remess) Hasović – 30:55 1–6 1–7 32:27 – Zainutdinov (Remess) (SH) 1–8 33:22 – Al-Mahrooqi (J. Al-Dhaheri, Zainutdinov) 1–9 39:15 – A. Al-Suwaidi (O. Al-Shamsi) Dzamalija (Đinalić, Omer) – 48:12 2–9 2–10 49:20 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhaheri, Al-Mahrooqi) Mrkva (Omer) – 57:50 3–10
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	50

3 April 2019 12:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5–0 (3–14 forfeit) (0–4, 2–7, 1–3)

Kyrgyzstan

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 66

Game reference
	Dino Pašović Amel Ćapin	Goalies	Aleksandr Petrov	Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Norbert Muzsik
	0–1 04:38 – Nosov (SH) 0–2 04:58 – Egorov (Nosov) (SH) 0–3 05:51 – Tonkikh (Isamatov) 0–4 10:34 – Nosov (Tonkikh, Egorov) 0–5 20:53 – Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Kolodii) (PP) Omer (Ćatović) (PP) – 22:22 1–5 1–6 23:16 – Nosov (Egorov) 1–7 23:35 – Tynaliev (Abdyraev) (PP) 1–8 27:08 – Tonkikh (Nosov, Chuvalov) 1–9 27:59 – Nosov (Chuvalov, Terentyev) (PP) 1–10 31:02 – Kolodii (Shushenkov, Nosov) (PP2) 1–11 33:15 – Shushenkov (SH) London (Hodžić, Hasović) (PP) – 33:59 2–11 2–12 40:45 – Tagaev (Abdyraev, Titov) 2–13 48:44 – Nosov (Tonkikh, Egorov) (PP2) Omer (Hodžić) (PP) – 55:51 3–13 3–14 58:53 – Chuvalov
	107 min	Penalties	41 min
	12	Shots	55

3 April 2019 16:00

Hong Kong

6–5 (0–3, 3–2, 3–0)

Thailand

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 56

Game reference
	Keung Emerson	Goalies	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Kang Tae-woo Oleksiy Ryabikov
	0–1 06:51 – Nagayama (Suwachirat) 0–2 15:52 – Suwachirat (Supadilokluk, Forster) 0–3 16:20 – Kitayama (Supadilokluk) 0–4 20:52 – Suwachirat (Forster, Nagayama) Kan S. (Wong K.) – 27:22 1–4 1–5 31:13 – Limpinphet (Kitayama, Nagayama) Tang (Lo) – 35:11 2–5 To (Tang) – 36:42 3–5 To (Tang) – 54:33 4–5 Sham – 57:23 5–5 Wong K. (Kan S., L. Wong) (PP) – 59:20 6–5
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	34	Shots	26

3 April 2019 20:00

United Arab Emirates

13–1 (5–0, 8–0, 0–1)

Kuwait

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 98

Game reference
	Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	Goalies	Jasem Al-Saraf Ahmad Al-Saegh	Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Murat Aygün Jiří Gebauer
	J. Al-Dhareri (Al-Mehairi) – 01:25 1–0 Al-Kaabi (Al-Nuaimi, Al-Mehairi) – 02:40 2–0 Al-Nuaimi (Al-Kaabi) – 12:19 3–0 Al-Mahrooqi (Al-Ameri, Al-Mazrouei) – 18:24 4–0 Al-Kaabi (Al-Mazrouei, Al-Nuaimi) – 19:52 5–0 J. Al-Dhareri (Al-Mehairi, Al-Mahrooqi) – 21:45 6–0 Al-Zaabi (J. Al-Dhareri, Al-Ameri) – 25:12 7–0 Al-Blooshi – 30:17 8–0 Al-Kaabi (Al-Mazrouei, M. Al-Shamsi) – 30:44 9–0 Al-Mehairi (Al-Nuaimi) – 31:59 10–0 O. Al-Shamsi – 32:23 11–0 Al-Kaabi (Al-Blooshi) (SH) – 36:59 12–0 Al-Mahrooqi (PP) – 39:53 13–0 13–1 57:10 – Al-Ajmi
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	9

4 April 2019 12:00

Kyrgyzstan

0–5 (8–3 forfeit) (3–0, 1–3, 4–0)

Hong Kong

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 44

Game reference
	Temir Muktarbek	Goalies	Cheung Ching Ho	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Kang Tae-woo Norbert Muzsik
	Tonkikh (Nosov) (PP) – 05:18 1–0 Nosov (Chuvalov) – 12:36 2–0 Abdyraev (Ulugbek) – 18:24 3–0 Nosov (SH) – 20:43 4–0 4–1 27:16 – Lo (Kan S.) 4–2 32:32 – Yeung (Sham, Wong K.) (PP) 4–3 33:24 – Chau (Wong K., Au-Yeung) (PP) Chuvalov – 43:32 5–3 Titov (Abdyraev, Shushenkov) (PP) – 49:42 6–3 Kolodii (Chuvalov, Nosov) – 51:23 7–3 Chuvalov (Nosov) (SH) – 55:37 8–3
	43 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	14

4 April 2019 16:00

Kuwait

0–9 (0–2, 0–3, 0–4)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 52

Game reference
	Jasem Al-Sarraf	Goalies	Amel Ćapin Dino Pašović	Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Murat Aygün
	0–1 03:51 – Ćatović (Omer, Hodžić) 0–2 10:40 – Ismailović (Omer, Hodžić) 0–3 28:17 – Mrkva (Omer, Ćatović) 0–4 28:31 – Ćatović (Omer, London) 0–5 31:13 – Hodžić (PP) 0–6 45:05 – Omer 0–7 47:51 – Hasović (Hodžić) 0–8 57:02 – Mušić 0–9 59:28 – Mušić (Posavec, Omer)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	35

4 April 2019 20:00

Thailand

2–8 (1–4, 1–3, 0–1)

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 123

Game reference
	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Oleksiy Ryabikov
	Limpinphet (Luckanatinakorn) – 08:09 1–0 1–1 08:55 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhareri) 1–2 11:04 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhareri) (PP) 1–3 14:15 – Zainutdinov (O. Al-Shamsi) 1–4 18:02 – Al-Kaabi (Karkotsky, Al-Mazrouei) 1–5 24:44 – Remess (Al-Nuaimi, Al-Mazrouei) (PP2) 1–6 32:32 – Karkotsky (Savko) Kitayama (Luckanatinakorn, Nagayama) (SH) – 34:39 2–6 2–7 37:34– Karkotsky (SH) 2–8 57:54 – Al-Mazrouei (M. Al-Shamsi, Al-Nuaimi) (PP)
	53 min	Penalties	42 min
	23	Shots	33

6 April 2019 12:00

Kuwait

1–9 (0–0, 1–4, 0–5)

Thailand

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 47

Game reference
	Jasem Al-Sarraf	Goalies	Sujin Charoensuk	Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Kang Tae-woo
	0–1 24:11 – Suwachirat (Kitayama) 0–2 27:09 – Supadilokluk (Thanakroekkiat) (PP) 0–3 28:37 – Vattanapanyakul (Sukwiboon, Forster) Al-Ajmi – 33:35 1–3 1–4 38:42 – Luckanatinakorn (Thanakroekkiat, Nagayama) 1–5 43:42 – Thanakroekkiat (Tengsakul) (PP) 1–6 44:13 – Nagayama (Thanakroekkiat, Limpinphet) 1–7 46:53 – Limpinphet (Thanakroekkiat, Forster) (PP) 1–8 54:03 – Limpinphet (Nagayama, Suwachirat) (SH) 1–9 55:25 – Luckanatinakorn (Sigel)
	32 min	Penalties	14 min
	11	Shots	50

6 April 2019 16:00

Hong Kong

7–0 (3–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 39

Game reference
	Emerson Keung	Goalies	Amel Ćapin	Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Jiří Gebauer
	Lo (Lam) (SH) – 12:28 1–0 Sham (Au-Yeung, Kan S.) – 15:28 2–0 Kan S. (Tang, Wong K.) (PP) – 19:14 3–0 Kan S. – 38:23 4–0 Lo (Au-Yeung, Kan S.) – 51:53 5–0 Tang (Sham, Wong K.) – 53:21 6–0 Chau – 54:05 7–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	13

6 April 2019 20:00

United Arab Emirates

4–7 (2–3, 1–0, 1–4)

Kyrgyzstan

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 580

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Aleksandr Petrov	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Oleksiy Ryabikov
	0–1 03:11 – Egorov (PP) Al-Kaabi – 09:06 1–1 1–2 10:20 – Kolodii (Tonkikh, Abdyraev) Zainutdinov (Al-Mahrooqi) – 14:28 2–2 2–3 19:16 – Egorov (Nosov) (PP) Al-Mahrooqi (Karkotsky) (PP) – 29:44 3–3 Zainutdinov – 40:22 4–3 4–4 48:14 – Egorov (Chuvalov) 4–5 49:54 – Tonkikh (Gorobets, Abdyraev) 4–6 50:39 – Nosov (Tonkikh) 4–7 55:01 – Nosov
	42 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	36

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

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Artur Zainutdinov	5	13	5	18	+13	4	F
Juma Al-Dhaheri	5	6	8	14	+18	2	F
Khalifa Al-Mahrooqi	5	6	4	12	+16	10	F
Hideki Nagayama	4	3	7	10	+5	2	D
Mirza Omer	4	2	8	10	+6	8	F
Tang Shin Ming Jasper	4	3	6	9	+5	4	F
Mohamed Al-Kaabi	5	6	2	8	+4	38	F
Artyom Karkotsky	5	4	4	8	+2	16	F
Wong Ka-ho	4	3	5	8	–2	2	D
Kan Siu-him	4	4	3	7	+3	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

• Kyrgyz players Vladimir Nosov (23 points), Vladimir Tonkikh (16), Mikhail Chuvalov (16), Islambek Abdyraev (10) and Maksim Egorov (10) do not appear in this list because their statistics from their first four games were deemed invalid.^[6]

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
Khaled Al-Suwaidi	240:00	13	3.25	92	85.87	0
Amel Ćapin	201:45	20	5.95	126	84.13	0
Keung Emerson	140:00	10	4.29	54	81.48	1
Cheung Ching-ho	100:00	8	4.80	43	81.40	0
Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	184:36	18	5.85	96	81.25	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

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