2017 IIHF World Championship Division III

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2017 IIHF World Championship
Division III
2017 IIHF World Championship Division III.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Dates10–16 April
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played15
Goals scored161 (10.73 per game)
Attendance4,800 (320 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Georgia.svg Artem Kozyulin
(25 points)
Website IIHF.com
  2016
2018  

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]

Contents

Venues

Division III
Sofia
Winter Sports Palace
Capacity: 4,600
Studentski-Grad-Zimnia-Dvorets.jpg

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

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

Match officials

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

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (H)33000183+159Semifinals
2Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 320011312+16
3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 310027813
4Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina [lower-alpha 1] 30003015150Withdrawn
Source: IIHF.com
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
Notes:
  1. Bosnia withdrew before the tournament and all games were forfeited and counted as a 5–0 win for the opposing team. [2]
10 April 2017
20:00
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 950
Game reference
Dimitar Dimitrov Goalies Liao Yu-cheng
Huang Sheng-chun
Referee:
Flag of Slovenia.svg Miha Bajt
Linesmen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Ferhat Aygün
Flag of Poland.svg Wiktor Zień
Dikov (Gatchev) – 21:511–0
M. Vasilev (Muhachev, Boyadjiev) (PP) – 38:552–0
Dikov (Iskrenov) – 54:423–0
28 minPenalties18 min
55Shots7
11 April 2017
20:00
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg3–10
(2–4, 1–2, 0–4)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 800
Game reference
King Ho
Cheung Ching-ho
Goalies Dimitar Dimitrov Referee:
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim No-su
Linesmen:
Flag of Israel.svg Gil Tichon
Flag of Poland.svg Wiktor Zień
Au-yeung (Tang) – 02:011–0
Au-Yeung (Yeung) (PP) – 08:552–0
2–109:20 – Iskrenov (Dikov, V. Vasilev)
2–211:14 – M. Nikolov (Hodulov, Boyadjiev) (PP)
2–316:13 – Dilkov (V. Vasilev (PP)
2–419:08 – Iskrenov (Gatchev, Dikov)
Lau (Sham, Tai) – 26:393–4
3–536:05 – Muhachev (Yotov, M. Vasilev)
3–639:29 – Dilkov (Gatchev)
3–742:44 – Yotov (Dikov, M. Vasilev)
3–847:34 – Muhachev (Yotov, M. Vasilev)
3–953:28 – Iskrenov (Mladenov, Dikov)
3–1058:13 – Iskrenov (Dikov) (SH)
10 minPenalties18 min
13Shots84
13 April 2017
16:30
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg2–5
(0–3, 1–1, 1–1)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Liao Yu-cheng
Huang Sheng-chun
Goalies King Ho Referee:
Flag of Turkey.svg Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:
Flag of Ukraine.svg Illya Khokhlov
Flag of Belarus.svg Aleh Kliashcheunikau
0–106:13 – Au-yeung (PP)
0–213:34 – Kan S. (Chau)
0–313:59 – Ngan (Chau)
Yang Hsiao-h. (Chang T., Wei Yu-k.) (PP) – 27:501–3
1–431:38 – Kan S. (Leung)
Lin (Pai, Tseng) – 45:032–4
2–558:54 – Chau (SH, ENG)
16 minPenalties12 min
31Shots23

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 33000265+219Semifinals
2Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 320012911+186
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 31002149+53
4Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 30003044440
Source: IIHF.com
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.
10 April 2017
13:00
Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svg17–0
(4–0, 6–0, 7–0)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Philippe Lepage Goalies Khaled Al Suwaidi Referee:
Flag of Poland.svg Michał Baca
Linesmen:
Flag of Belarus.svg Aleh Kliashcheunikau
Flag of Austria.svg Jakob Schauer
Welter (Wambach, K. Linster) – 01:151–0
Mosr (Houdremont) – 04:072–0
K. Linster (Welter, T. Beran) (SH) – 07:013–0
Eriksson (R. Beran) – 11:004–0
R. Beran (Eriksson, Cannon) – 20:245–0
Wambach (Mosr) – 21:036–0
Cannon (R. Beran) – 22:487–0
R. Beran (Cannon) – 32:568–0
Cannon (Houdremont, Mosr) – 33:279–0
Houdremont (K.Linster) – 37:3110–0
Cannon (R. Beran) – 40:1511–0
Welter (T. Beran) (SH) – 44:4112–0
Cannon (Eriksson, R. Beran) (PP) – 47:0813–0
Linster (Houdremont) (PP) – 50:0014–0
Cannon (Schons, Mossong) – 53:5515–0
Welter (R. Beran) – 54:0616–0
B. Linster (Mossong) – 59:2017–0
12 minPenalties12 min
52Shots8
10 April 2017
16:30
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg5–6
(1–1, 1–2, 3–3)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Charl Pretorius Goalies Andrei Ilienko Referee:
Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Fateev
Linesmen:
Flag of Italy.svg Christian Cristeli
Flag of Israel.svg Gil Tichon
0–104:12 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)
Magmoed (Husselman) (PP) – 05:441–1
Valadas – 28:352–1
2–233:57 – Dumbadze (Filimonov, Shalunov)
2–336:06 – Shalunov (Kurbatov, Dumbadze) (PP)
2–442:50 – Kurbatov (Jeiranashvili)
2–547:43 – Filimonov (Kurbatov) (PP)
Samaai (Gonsalves) (PP) – 48:353–5
3–651:52 – Kurbatov (Dumbadze, Kozyulin) (PP)
Marais) – 52:094–6
Giot (Marais) – 55:085–6
46 minPenalties48 min
34Shots19
11 April 2017
13:00
Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svg6–4
(1–1, 3–1, 2–2)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Philippe Lepage Goalies Andrei Ilienko Referee:
Flag of Turkey.svg Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:
Flag of Ukraine.svg Illya Khohlov
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Luchezar Stoyanov
Schons (Cannon, R. Beran) (PP) – 13:291–0
1–119:40 – Kozyulin (Kurbatov) (PP)
Eriksson (R. Beran, Cannon) – 20:312–1
R. Beran (Cannon) (PP) – 25:253–1
Cannon (R. Beran, Eriksson) – 36:394–1
4–237:35 – Shvetsov (PS)
4–342:07 – Shvetsov (Kozyulin)
Welter (R. Beran) (PP) – 57:105–3
5–458:13 – Filimonov (Kurbatov, Shvetsov) (EA)
Eriksson (ENG) – 59:096–4
22 minPenalties48 min
40Shots25
11 April 2017
16:30
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg0–8
(0–1, 0–4, 0–3)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Ahmed Al-Dhaheri Goalies Gary Bock Referee:
Flag of Poland.svg Michał Baca
Linesmen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Ferhat Aygün
Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Merten
0–104:05 – Botha (Bremner)
0–226:43 – Compton (Valadas)
0–332:48 – Van Doesburgh (Samaai, De Jager)
0–433:14 – Samaai (Birrell) (PP)
0–538:08 – Magmoed (Birell, Botha) (PP)
0–649:05 – De Jager (Edwards, Husselman)
0–754:29 – Van Doesburgh (Botha) (SH)
0–858:28 – Gonsalves (SH)
14 minPenalties30 min
12Shots33
13 April 2017
13:00
Georgia  Flag of Georgia.svg19–0
(9–0, 2–0, 8–0)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Andrei Ilienko Goalies Khaled Al-Suwaidi Referee:
Flag of Slovenia.svg Miha Bajt
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Merten
Flag of Austria.svg Jakob Schauer
Shvetsov (Kozyulin, Dumbadze) (PP) – 04:131–0
Shvetsov (Filimonov) – 04:312–0
Shalunov (Oganeziani, Kurbatov) – 07:503–0
Oganeziani (Shvetsov) – 08:584–0
Kozyulin (Shvetsov, Filimonov) – 11:395–0
Filimonov (Shvetsov, Kurbatov) – 13:296–0
Kozyulin – 13:397–0
Kozyulin (Jeiranashvili) – 15:098–0
Shalunov (Kozyulin) – 18:259–0
Kurbatov (Shvetsov) (PP) – 20:3610–0
Dumbadze (Shalunov) – 37:5811–0
Kozyulin (Shalunov) (SH) – 49:0812–0
Dumbadze (Kurbatov, Kozyulin) – 49:3813–0
Kozyulin (Kurbatov, Dumbadze) – 51:2414–0
Kurbatov (Shvetsov) – 52:5715–0
Kozyulin (SH) – 54:5316–0
Kozyulin (Dumbadze) – 57:4017–0
Kozyulin (Filimonov) – 59:0718–0
Kurbatov (Dumbadze) – 59:4119–0
30 minPenalties10 min
63Shots14
13 April 2017
20:00
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Charl Pretorius Goalies Gilles Mangen Referee:
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim No-su
Linesmen:
Flag of Italy.svg Christian Cristeli
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Luchezar Stoyanov
0–107:04 – Minden (Holtzem)
Valadas (Birrell) – 50:541–1
1–256:46 – R. Beran (Cannon, Eriksson)
1–359:11 – Houdremont (Holtzem) (ENG)
8 minPenalties18 min
36Shots14

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
15 April
 
 
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 8
 
16 April
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1
 
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 10
 
15 April
 
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 4
 
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9
 
 
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 3
 
Third place
 
 
16 April
 
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 3
 
 
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 14
5th place bracket
 
5th–7th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
16 April
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 7
 
15 April
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4
 
 
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 0
 

5th–7th place semifinal

15 April 2017
13:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg4–0
(3–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Liao Yu-cheng Goalies Ahmed Al-Dhaheri Referee:
Flag of Turkey.svg Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:
Flag of Turkey.svg Ferhat Aygün
Flag of Bulgaria.svg 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  Flag of Luxembourg.svg8–1
(3–0, 2–1, 3–0)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Philippe Lepage Goalies King Ho
Cheung Ching-ho
Referee:
Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Fateyev
Linesmen:
Flag of Ukraine.svg Illya Khokhlov
Flag of Israel.svg 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  Flag of Bulgaria.svg9–3
(4–0, 2–1, 3–2)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 750
Game reference
Dimitar Dimitrov Goalies Andrei Ilienko Referee:
Flag of Poland.svg Michał Baca
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Merten
Flag of Poland.svg 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  Flag of South Africa.svg7–3
(3–2, 3–0, 1–1)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Gary Bock
Charl Pretorius
Goalies Liao Yu-cheng
Huang Sheng-chun
Referee:
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim No-su
Linesmen:
Flag of Austria.svg Jakob Schauer
Flag of Bulgaria.svg 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  Flag of Hong Kong.svg3–14
(1–6, 1–3, 1–5)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 50
Game reference
King Ho
Cheung Ching-ho
Goalies Andrei Ilienko
Kakha Ambrolava
Referee:
Flag of Slovenia.svg Miha Bajt
Linesmen:
Flag of Italy.svg Christian Cristeli
Flag of Poland.svg 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  Flag of Luxembourg.svg10–4
(3–3, 4–1, 3–0)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 950
Game reference
Philippe Lepage Goalies Dimitar Dimitrov
Nikola Nikolov
Referee:
Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Fateyev
Linesmen:
Flag of Belarus.svg Aleh Kliashcheunikau
Flag of Germany.svg 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

Promoted to 2018 IIHF Division II B
Relegation to 2018 IIHF Division III Qualification
RankTeam
1Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg  (P)
2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (H)
3Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
4Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
5Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
6Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
7Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates  (R)

(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Source: IIHF.com

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Flag of Georgia.svg Artem Kozyulin 5131225+136F
Flag of Georgia.svg Ivan Shvetsov 511920+92F
Flag of Georgia.svg Artem Kurbatov 561420+168D
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Robert Beran 561319+148F
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Colm Cannon 511617+146F
Flag of Georgia.svg Vitali Dumbadze 56915+1326F
Flag of Georgia.svg Grigory Filimonov 53912+68F
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexei Yotov 43811+50F
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Benny Welter 5639+150F
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stanislav Muhachev 4369+42F

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 Philippe Lepage 240:0092.2510791.591
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liao Yu-cheng 169:5993.1810391.261
Flag of Georgia.svg Andrei Ilienko 287:28214.3816987.571
Flag of Hong Kong.svg King Ho 168:16238.2015084.670
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ahmed Al-Dhaheri 120:00126.007383.560

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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The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was held in Cape Town, South Africa and the qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the original hosts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, withdrew their application.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 IIHF World Championship Division II</span>

The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Tilburg, Netherlands from 23 to 29 April 2018 and Group B in Granada, Spain from 14 to 20 April 2018.

The 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was three international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II Group A tournament was played in Maribor, Slovenia, from 31 March to 6 April 2018, the Division II Group B tournament was played in Valdemoro, Spain, from 17 to 23 March 2018, and the Division II Group B Qualification tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 9 December 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III</span>

The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was played with one group of six teams, as well as a three team qualification tournament for the 2019 tournament. Israel won all their games and were promoted to Division II B. The team which placed first in the qualification tournament was expected to be promoted to Division III, swapping places with the sixth place team in Division III, but the 2019 organizers chose to make Division III a single tournament making these placings irrelevant.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II</span>

The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division II A and the fifth-tier Division II B. For each tier, the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships</span> 2019 edition of the Mens World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 83rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2020 competition. Two national teams, Kyrgyzstan and Thailand, made their debut in the World Championships.

The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III</span>

The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The 2022 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was two international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The 2022 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was two international under-18 men's ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The group A and B tournaments were the sixth and seventh level of competition at the 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships.

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