2016 IIHF World Championship Division III

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2016 IIHF World Championship
Division III
2016 IIHF World Championship Division III.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates31 March–6 April
Teams6
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored162 (10.8 per game)
Attendance2,706 (180 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Georgia.svg Boris Kochkin (19 points)
Official website
IIHF.com
  2015
2017  

The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Istanbul, Turkey, from 31 March to 6 April 2016. [1] The host team, Turkey, won all of its games and was promoted to Division II B for 2017.

Contents

The United Arab Emirates withdrew shortly before the tournament, leaving six teams to play. [2] Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded their first victory in an IIHF tournament, defeating Hong Kong 5–4. [3] Georgia's results were later recorded as 5–0 forfeits due to the use of ineligible players. [4]

Venue

Istanbul
SilivrikapiIceRink (6).JPG
Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall
Capacity: 900

Participants

Host nation Turkey won the tournament and were promoted to Division IIB for 2017. TurkeyNationalIceHockeyTeam2016 (3).JPG
Host nation Turkey won the tournament and were promoted to Division IIB for 2017.
TeamQualification
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Host, placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Placed 7th in Division III last year.

Match officials

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

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (H, P)55000357+2815Promoted to Division II B
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 540012910+1912
3Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 530022914+159
4Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 520031235236
5Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 510041226143
6Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 50005025250
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

31 March 2016
13:00
Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svg2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 112
Game reference
Philippe Lepage Goalies Ashley Bock Referee:
Flag of Romania.svg Valentin Lascar
Linesmen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Yasin Akyürek
Flag of the United States.svg Charlie O'Connor
Holtzem (Cannon) – 02:231–0
1–109:29 – Edwards (Giot)
1–235:42 – Botha (Birrell) (PP)
Eriksson – 42:362–2
2–358:44 – Botha (Magmoed, Samaai)
22 minPenalties12 min
24Shots42
31 March 2016
16:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg5–4
(1–2, 3–1, 1–1)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 156
Game reference
Dino Pašović Goalies Ho King Chi King Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kova
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Heinonen
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Špůr
0–109:57 – Tang C. (Fung, Kan C.)
0–215:49 – Wong K. (Sham, Tang S.)
Čordalija (PS) – 17:041–2
Lemeš (London) – 21:402–2
2–324:18 – Ho J. (Kan C.)
Hadžihasanović (Pilav) – 28:103–3
Čordalija (Alić) – 32:394–3
Hodžić (Nikulin) – 41:175–3
5–451:39 – Wong K. (Wong Y., Ho J.) (PP)
6 minPenalties8 min
16Shots35
31 March 2016
20:00
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg5–4
(0–1, 3–1, 2–2)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 378
Game reference
Erol Kahraman Goalies Andrei Ilienko Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Knut Braten
Flag of Lithuania.svg Laurynas Stepankevičius
0–109:48 – Dumbadze
An. Koçoğlu (PP) – 21:551–1
Gümüş (K. Salt, Kavaz) – 24:492–1
2–229:06 – Kochkin (Geperidze)
Özmen (Solak) – 39:113–2
Semiz – 40:234–2
4–348:30 – Shalunov (Tsomaia, Svanidze)
4–453:35 – Kochkin
An. Koçoğlu (Al. Koçoğlu) – 56:525–4
16 minPenalties12 min
40Shots29
1 April 2016
13:00
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg9–1
(0–0, 4–1, 5–0)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 79
Game reference
Charl Pretorius Goalies Keung Emerson Kwokway
Ho King Chi King
Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Yasin Akyürek
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Heinonen
Marais (Samaai) – 28:181–0
1–132:12 – Wong K. (Kan S., Ho J.)
Birrell (Botha, Samaai) – 32:122–1
Valadas – 38:103–1
Birrell (Samaai) – 38:584–1
Giot (Magmoed, Edwards) – 41:485–1
Van Doesburgh (W. Du Preez, Marais) – 43:316–1
Samaai (Birrell) – 48:527–1
Edwards (Marais, Valadas) – 50:578–1
Birrell – 57:109–1
8 minPenalties14 min
50Shots9
1 April 2016
16:30
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg8–0
(4–0, 2–0, 2–0)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 93
Game reference
Andrei Ilienko
Kakha Ambrolava
Goalies Dino Pašović
Edis Pribišić
Referee:
Flag of Romania.svg Valentin Lascar
Linesmen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Murat Aygün
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Špůr
Kochkin (Shalunov) – 09:091–0
Tsomaia (Kochkin) (PP) – 11:302–0
Geperidze (Dumbadze) – 16:063–0
Kozyulin (Kochkin) – 16:504–0
D. Oganeziani (Kozyulin) – 26:455–0
Kochkin (Gi. Jeiranashvili) – 34:076–0
D. Oganeziani (Kochkin) – 40:317–0
Kavkasidze (Minasiani, Tsomaia) – 49:228–0
34 minPenalties51 min
35Shots14
1 April 2016
20:00
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg10–2
(3–0, 4–2, 3–0)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 383
Game reference
Erol Kahraman Goalies Philippe Lepage Referee:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stefan Hogarth
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Knut Braten
Flag of the United States.svg Charlie O'Connor
Al. Koçoğlu (Kavaz) – 02:171–0
Semiz (Gümüş, Özmen) (PP) – 12:012–0
Halil – 13:353–0
An. Koçoğlu (Al. Koçoğlu) – 21:494–0
4–126:28 – Cannon (R. Beran)
Özmen (Semiz) – 27:175–1
5–234:23 – T. Beran (G. Scheier, R. Beran)
Özmen (Solak) – 35:156–2
Gümüş (Semiz, Özmen) – 39:527–2
Özmen (Semiz, Solak) – 44:458–2
Ö. Kars (Kavaz) – 50:119–2
Solak (Semiz, Y. Kars) – 55:0310–2
10 minPenalties16 min
49Shots23
3 April 2016
13:00
Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svg7–1
(3–0, 3–1, 1–0)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 83
Game reference
Gilles Mangen Goalies Ho King Chi King Referee:
Flag of Romania.svg Valentin Lascar
Linesmen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Murat Aygün
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Heinonen
G. Scheier (T. Beran, R. Beran) – 09:591–0
R. Scheier (Cannon, Holtzem) (PP) – 13:172–0
Eriksson (Cannon, Sinner) – 15:273–0
Cannon (Holtzem, R. Scheier) – 20:274–0
Eriksson (Cannon) – 28:285–0
5–129:42 – Sham (Fung, Wong Y.) (PP)
Holtzem (Cannon, R. Scheier) – 30:016–1
Eriksson (Cannon, Holtzem) – 45:407–1
18 minPenalties6 min
37Shots31
3 April 2016
16:30
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg8–2
(4–0, 3–2, 1–0)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 381
Game reference
Erol Kahraman
Tolga Bozacı
Goalies Dino Pašović
Edis Pribišić
Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kova
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Charlie O'Connor
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Špůr
Semiz (Solak) – 00:301–0
H. Salt (Aktürk) – 00:522–0
Ö. Kars (Savaş) – 03:243–0
Bakal (Semiz, Özmen) (PP) – 09:214–0
Özmen (Solak, Öztürk) – 23:165–0
Özmen (Solak, Semiz) – 23:396–0
6–124:37 – Hadžihasanović (London)
Semiz (Özmen) (SH) – 31:347–1
7–238:42 – Hodžić
Al. Koçoğlu (Özmen, Gümüş) (PP) – 53:218–2
10 minPenalties14 min
68Shots16
3 April 2016
20:00
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg5–6
(4–2, 0–1, 1–3)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 92
Game reference
Charl Pretorius Goalies Andrei Ilienko Referee:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stefan Hogarth
Linesmen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Yasin Akyürek
Flag of Lithuania.svg Laurynas Stepankevičius
Samaai (Van Doesburgh, W. Du Preez) – 02:351–0
Birrell (Samaai) – 02:462–0
2–106:13 – Kochkin (PS)
Giot (Magmoed, Edwards) – 10:423–1
3–211:21 – Kozyulin (Kochkin)
Marais (Magmoed, Samaai) (PP) – 19:254–2
4–321:15 – Kochkin
Verwey – 42:165–3
5–444:40 – Kochkin (Kozyulin)
5–550:09 – Kurbatov (Tsomaia, Kochkin) (PP)
5–651:06 – Kozyulin
14 minPenalties24 min
49Shots28
4 April 2016
13:00
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg1–5
(1–2, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 282
Game reference
Keung Emerson Kwokway Goalies Erol Kahraman Referee:
Flag of Romania.svg Valentin Lascar
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Knut Braten
Flag of Lithuania.svg Laurynas Stepankevičius
Ho J. – 00:161–0
1–116:06 – Özmen (Solak, Y. Kars)
1–218:30 – Özmen (Semiz)
1–322:34 – H. Salt (Gümüş, Y. Kars)
1–427:37 – Al. Koçoğlu (Karakoç)
1–555:35 – Karakoç (An. Koçoğlu, Y. Kars)
8 minPenalties20 min
14Shots38
4 April 2016
16:30
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 33
Game reference
Andrei Ilienko Goalies Gilles Mangen Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Yasin Akyürek
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Heinonen
Kurbatov (Tsomaia) (PP) – 10:061–0
Kurbatov (Kozyulin, Kochkin) (PP) – 26:012–0
Kozyulin (Svanidze, Kurbatov) – 34:593–0
Kozyulin (Kochkin) – 38:394–0
Kozyulin (Svanidze) – 48:455–0
12 minPenalties18 min
44Shots20
4 April 2016
20:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg0–10
(0–2, 0–7, 0–1)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 65
Game reference
Edis Pribišić
Dino Pašović
Goalies Ashley Bock Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kova
Linesmen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Murat Aygün
Flag of the United States.svg Charlie O'Connor
0–101:33 – Marais (Valadas)
0–214:35 – Van Doesburgh (Willemstijn)
0–325:22 – Marais (Samaai) (PP)
0–425:36 – Valadas (Edwards)
0–526:13 – Valadas (Gonsalves, Reeves)
0–627:27 – Marais (Gonsalves, Bremner)
0–730:23 – S. Du Preez (Samaai, W. Du Preez)
0–835:02 – W. Du Preez (Marais)
0–939:09 – Giot (Edwards)
0–1050:35 – Edwards (Giot, Valadas) (PP)
14 minPenalties2 min
18Shots42
6 April 2016
13:00
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg2–7
(1–3, 0–2, 1–2)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 451
Game reference
Ashley Bock Goalies Erol Kahraman Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:
Flag of Norway.svg Knut Braten
Flag of the United States.svg Charlie O'Connor
Botha (Samaai) (PP) – 01:481–0
1–113:55 – Semiz (An. Koçoğlu, Özmen) (PP2)
1–215:15 – Özmen (PP)
1–315:30 – Al. Koçoğlu (An. Koçoğlu)
1–425:19 – An. Koçoğlu
1–532:44 – Al. Koçoğlu (An. Koçoğlu, Semiz) (PP)
1–641:58 – Özmen (Al. Koçoğlu, An. Koçoğlu) (PP)
1–749:21 – Gümüş (Halil, Savaş)
Valadas (Giot) (PP) – 56:532–7
12 minPenalties18 min
35Shots38
6 April 2016
16:30
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg3–14
(0–4, 2–6, 1–4)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 51
Game reference
Ho King Chi King
Keung Emerson Kwokway
Goalies Andrei Ilienko Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Kova
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Špůr
Flag of Lithuania.svg Laurynas Stepankevičius
0–101:15 – G. Oganeziani (Kochkin)
0–208:41 – Dumbadze (Kurbatov, Svanidze)
0–310:01 – Kozyulin (Svanidze, Kochkin) (PP)
0–412:46 – Kochkin (Kozyulin) (SH)
0–523:25 – Dumbadze (Svanidze) (PP)
0–623:38 – Kochkin
0–731:59 – Kozyulin (Gi. Jeiranashvili)
Wong K. (Tang S.) – 33:431–7
1–834:01 – Kurbatov
1–935:52 – Kochkin
1–1038:05 – Kozyulin (Svanidze) (SH)
Wong Y. (Wong K., Ho J.) (PP) – 39:062–10
2–1142:07 – Svanidze (Kurbatov)
Ho J. (Kan S., Wong K.) (PP) – 45:403–11
3–1248:14 – D. Oganeziani (Kozyulin)
3–1352:53 – Svanidze (Gi. Jeiranashvili, D. Oganeziani)
3–1456:51 – Svanidze (PS)
8 minPenalties14 min
16Shots49
6 April 2016
20:00
Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svg13–0
(4–0, 3–0, 6–0)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul
Attendance: 67
Game reference
Gilles Mangen Goalies Dino Pašović
Edis Pribišić
Referee:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stefan Hogarth
Linesmen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Murat Aygün
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Heinonen
Cannon (Holtzem, Eriksson) – 08:281–0
T. Beran (PS) – 10:482–0
T. Beran (R. Beran) – 12:433–0
Eriksson (Sinner) (SH) – 14:594–0
Eriksson (Cannon) – 29:185–0
R. Beran – 29:586–0
T. Beran (Cannon) – 33:047–0
T. Beran (R. Beran) – 43:048–0
Mossong (Mosr, Farinon) – 43:289–0
Holtzem (R. Scheier, Eriksson) (PP) – 44:4910–0
Holtzem (Schön) (PP) – 47:2011–0
Eriksson (Cannon) – 49:3112–0
Cannon (Holtzem) – 59:2413–0
12 minPenalties32 min
54Shots25

Awards and statistics

Awards

Erol Kahraman of Turkey was named the best goaltender of the tournament. ErolKahraman (2).JPG
Erol Kahraman of Turkey was named the best goaltender of the tournament.

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Flag of Georgia.svg Boris Kochkin 510919+188F
Flag of Turkey.svg Emrah Özmen 510616+112F
Flag of Georgia.svg Artem Kozyulin 59413+1214D
Flag of Turkey.svg Serdar Semiz 55813+108F
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Colm Cannon 54913+74F
Flag of South Africa.svg Uthman Samaai 53811+70F
Flag of Georgia.svg Roland Svanidze 53710+30F
Flag of South Africa.svg Andre Marais 5549+96D
Flag of South Africa.svg Joel Holtzem 5459+76F
Flag of Turkey.svg Andy Koçoğlu5459+56F

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

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
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Gilles Mangen 180:0062.0010094.001
Flag of Georgia.svg Andrei Ilienko 263:04102.2812692.061
Flag of Turkey.svg Erol Kahraman 260:0092.0810891.670
Flag of South Africa.svg Ashley Bock 180:0093.008088.751
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Philippe Lepage 120:00136.509185.710

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

References

  1. "IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIV III" (PDF). stats.iihf.com. 30 March 2016.
  2. "Men's Div. III begins". IIHF.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. Manninen, Henrik (2016-04-07). "Second time lucky". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  4. 1 2 3 IIHF (2016). "2016 IIHF World Championship Div III Standings". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  5. Assignments