2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

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2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates2–8 March 2008
3–9 March 2008
Teams10
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The 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III tournaments made up the fourth level of competition at the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 2 and 8 March 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico and the Group B tournament took place between 3 and 9 March 2008 in İzmit, Turkey. Mexico and Serbia won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

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Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 2 March 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico at the San Jeronimo Arena. [1] New Zealand and South Africa both returned to compete in the Division III competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships. [2] Mexico entered the Division II competition after being relegated from the 2007 Division II Group A tournament. [3] Chinese Taipei and Mongolia returned to international competition, having last played in the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship. [4]

Mexico finished first after winning all four of their games and gamed promotion back to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. [1] Chinese Taipei finished second after losing only to Mexico and New Zealand finished in third place. [1] Christopher Eaden of New Zealand led the tournament in scoring with 18 points and was named the top forward by the IIHF directorate. [5] [6] Mexico's Manuel Escandon was named the top defenceman and Lin Tsung-Han of Chinese Taipei was selected as the top goaltender. [6] Mexico's Agustin Grimaldi was the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.938. [7]

During the first day of the tournament the game between Mexico and South Africa was suspended and the tournament postponed due to a faulty ventilation system which was causing the people within the arena to fall ill. At the time the game was suspended Mexico was winning 11–0, however the IIHF declared the game forfeit in favour of Mexico. The tournament was resumed three days later with equipment being provided to monitor blood oxygen levels and the heart rate of players. [8] [9]

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 44000322+3012Promoted to the 2009 Division II
2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 430013123+89
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 420024518+276
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 410031826−83
5Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 40004764−570
Source: IIHF

Fixtures

All times local.

2 March 2008
16:00		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg29–0
(7–0, 10–0, 12–0)		Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia San Jeronimo Arena
Attendance: 550
Game reference
2 March 2008
16:00		 South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg0 – 5 (forfeit) [I] Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico San Jeronimo Arena
Attendance: 800
Game reference
5 March 2008
16:00		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg10–3
(5–0, 2–2, 3–1)		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa San Jeronimo Arena
Attendance: 100
Game reference
5 March 2008
19:00		 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg10–1
(3–0, 2–0, 5–1)		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei San Jeronimo Arena
Attendance: 360
Game reference
6 March 2008
16:00		 South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg3–9
(0–3, 2–5, 1–1)		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei San Jeronimo Arena
Attendance: 80
Game reference
6 March 2008
19:00		 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg10–1
(5–0, 0–1, 5–0)		Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia San Jeronimo Arena
Attendance: 326
Game reference
7 March 2008
16:00		 Mongolia  Flag of Mongolia.svg2–12
(1–5, 0–4, 1–3)		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa San Jeronimo Arena
Attendance: 145
Game reference
7 March 2008
19:00		 Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg8–6
(2–4, 3–1, 3–1)		Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand San Jeronimo Arena
Attendance: 157
Game reference
8 March 2008
16:00		 Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg13–4
(5–0, 5–0, 3–4)		Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia San Jeronimo Arena
Attendance: 375
Game reference
8 March 2008
19:00		 Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg7–0
(2–0, 4–0, 1–0)		Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand San Jeronimo Arena
Attendance: 1386
Game reference

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals. [5]

PlayerGPGAPts +/- PIMPOS
Flag of New Zealand.svg Christopher Eaden 49918+812 F
Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel Nicholls 46814+116 D
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Hung-Ju 47512+74 F
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Shen Yenchin 45611+66 F
Flag of Mexico.svg Pablo Ehlers34711+104 F
Flag of South Africa.svg Deen Magmoed 38210+96 F
Flag of South Africa.svg Cameron Birrell 37310+1024 F
Flag of Mexico.svg Alan Smithers36410+1012 F
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jordan Challis 45510+46 F
Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Gomez 3459+94 F

Leading goaltenders

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. [7]

PlayerMIPSOGGAGAASVS% SO
Flag of Mexico.svg Agustin Grimaldi117:533221.0293.750
Flag of South Africa.svg Zayne Campbell Hall 83:087085.7788.750
Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Dowman116:355173.6086.270
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Tsung-Han 122:2379115.3986.080
Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Hopkinson122:4360115.3881.670

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 3 March 2008 in İzmit, Turkey at the K.B.B. Ice Arena. [10] Iceland and Turkey returned to compete in the Division III tournament after missing promotion to Division II at the previous years World Championships. [2] Serbia entered the Division II competition after being relegated from the 2007 Division II Group B tournament. [11] Bulgaria returned to Division III after playing in the qualification tournament last year and Armenia returned to international competition, having last played in the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification tournament. [12] [13]

Serbia finished first after winning all four of their games and gained promotion back to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. [10] Iceland finished second, losing only to Serbia and Turkey finished in third place. [10] Arsenije Rankovic of Serbia led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 1.000 and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. [14] [15] Serbia's Stefan Ilic was named the top defenceman and Egill Thormodsson of Iceland was selected as the top forward. [15] Thormodsson also led the tournament in scoring, finishing with 18 points including 16 goals and two assists. [16]

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 44000450+4512Promoted to the 2009 Division II
2Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 43001487+419
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 420023426+86
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 410032735−83
5Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 40004187−860
Source: IIHF

Fixtures

All times local.

3 March 2008
15:30		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg24–1
(7–0, 6–0, 11–1)		Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia K.B.B. Ice Arena
Attendance: 50
Game reference
3 March 2008
19:00		 Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg12–0
(5–0, 3–0, 4–0)		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey K.B.B. Ice Arena
Attendance: 400
Game reference
4 March 2008
15:30		 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg0–13
(0–4, 0–3, 0–6)		Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia K.B.B. Ice Arena
Attendance: 75
Game reference
4 March 2008
19:00		 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg2–12
(1–6, 1–2, 0–4)		Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland K.B.B. Ice Arena
Attendance: 250
Game reference
6 March 2008
15:30		 Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland K.B.B. Ice Arena
Attendance: 100
Game reference
6 March 2008
19:00		 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg24–0
(9–0, 8–0, 7–0)		Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia K.B.B. Ice Arena
Attendance: 250
Game reference
7 March 2008
15:30		 Armenia  Flag of Armenia.svg0–16
(0–8, 0–4, 0–4)		Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia K.B.B. Ice Arena
Attendance: 45
Game reference
7 March 2008
19:00		 Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg13–1
(2–0, 6–0, 5–1)		Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria K.B.B. Ice Arena
Attendance: 50
Game reference
9 March 2008
15:30		 Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg23–0
(8–0, 7–0, 8–0)		Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia K.B.B. Ice Arena
Attendance: 45
Game reference
9 March 2008
19:00		 Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg8–2
(2–1, 1–0, 5–1)		Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria K.B.B. Ice Arena
Attendance: 450
Game reference

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals. [16]

PlayerGPGAPts +/- PIMPOS
Flag of Iceland.svg Egill Thormodsson 416218+190 F
Flag of Turkey.svg Batin Kosemen 45712+314 F
Flag of Serbia.svg Vladimir Meseldzic44610+132 F
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Aleksandar Yanev4639−210 F
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Tomas Saint James4549−32 F
Flag of Turkey.svg Volkan Toptaner 4549+36 F
Flag of Iceland.svg Petur Maack 4369+158 F
Flag of Iceland.svg Andri Mikaelsson 4279+118 F
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Viktor Spirov4538−34 F
Flag of Serbia.svg Dimitrije Filipovic 4448+108 F
Flag of Serbia.svg Nemanja Vucurevic 4448+122 F

Leading goaltenders

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. [14]

PlayerMIPSOGGAGAASVS% SO
Flag of Serbia.svg Arsenije Rankovic 180:004400.00100.003
Flag of Iceland.svg Aevar Bjornsson 154:595362.3288.680
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Teodor Asenov 125:56114209.5382.460
Flag of Turkey.svg Selami Onart200:00115267.8077.390
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Maymarov114:0461157.8975.410

Notes

^ I The Game was suspended midway through the second period due to the Arena's faulty ventilation system which was causing people to become ill. At the time the game was suspended Mexico was winning 11–0. [8] [17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 2008 Division III Group A statistics
  2. 1 2 "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  3. ↑ "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  4. ↑ "2002 IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship Div I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  5. 1 2 "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  6. 1 2 "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  7. 1 2 "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  8. 1 2 "Games in Mexico City postponed". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-03-03. Archived from the original on 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  9. ↑ "Games resume in Mexico". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-03-05. Archived from the original on 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  10. 1 2 3 2008 Division III Group B statistics
  11. ↑ "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  12. ↑ "2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div IIIQ". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  13. ↑ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div IIIQ". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  14. 1 2 "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  15. 1 2 "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  16. 1 2 "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  17. ↑ "Game Summary: RSA – MEX" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
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