2026 IIHF World Championship Division III

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2026 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	South Africa   Hong Kong
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	13–19 April
Teams	12
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The 2026 IIHF World Championship Division III consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Divisions III A and III B represent the sixth and the seventh tier of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships. ^{[1] [2]}

Turkey won Group A and got promoted, while Turkmenistan was relegated. ^[3] In Group B, Uzbekistan got the win and promoted. ^[4]

Group A tournament

2026 IIHF World Championship Division III A

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–19 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	125 (8.33 per game)
Attendance	2,660 (177 per game)
Scoring leader	Héctor Majul (13 points)
Official website
Website

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 19 April 2026.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Thailand	Placed 6th in Division II B in 2025 and were relegated.
Turkmenistan	Placed 2nd in Division III A in 2025.
Turkey	Placed 3rd in Division III A in 2025.
South Africa	Hosts; placed 4th in Division III A in 2025.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Placed 5th in Division III A in 2025.
Mexico	Placed 1st in Division III B in 2025 and were promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesperson were selected for the tournament. ^[5]

Referees	Linesperson
Anton Boryayev Elvijs Trankalis Richard Button Mikael Johansson	Maximilian Gatol Frederic Monnaie Andreas Fuglsang Willem Gloudemans Matúš Stanzel Jason von Rooyen Hamish Young

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Turkey	5	5	0	0	0	28	10	+18	15	Promotion to the 2027 Division II B
2	Mexico	5	2	1	1	1	26	20	+6	9
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2	1	0	2	17	14	+3	8
4	South Africa (H)	5	2	0	1	2	17	26	−9	7
5	Thailand	5	1	1	0	3	18	29	−11	5
6	Turkmenistan	5	0	0	1	4	19	26	−7	1	Relegation to the 2027 Division III B

Source: IIHF
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

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

13 April 2026 13:00

Turkey

6–1 (1–0, 1–0, 4–1)

Thailand

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Sava Voronov	Goalies	Benjamin Kleineschay Vijak Niyomvong	Referee: Mikael Johansson Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Jason von Rooyen
	F. Faner (PP) – 09:42 1–0 Bingöl (Çolak) – 33:02 2–0 Karakoç – 47:51 3–0 Karadağ (Demirdelen, Bakal) – 48:25 4–0 Çolak (Tayğar) – 49:44 5–0 Yavuz (Karş, F. Faner) – 50:13 6–0 6–1 59:34 – Lampson (Kitayama) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	26

13 April 2026 16:30

Turkmenistan

3–4 (1–3, 2–0, 0–1)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Keremli Charyyev	Goalies	Ivan Popov	Referee: Anton Boryayev Linesmen: Matúš Stanzel Hamish Young
	0–1 05:41 – Gaković (Mrkva, Vučinić) Vahovskiy (Baymyradov) – 07:36 1–1 1–2 07:58 – Mrkva (Gaković) 1–3 10:08 – Mlivić (Silajdžić) Dovletmyradov (Vahitov, Kakabayev) – 36:04 2–3 Kakabayev (Dovletmyradov, Aganiyazov) – 39:02 3–3 3–4 40:42 – Mlivić (Ćapin) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	29

13 April 2026 20:00

Mexico

5–4 OT (2–0, 1–2, 1–2) (OT: 1–0)

South Africa

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Alfonso de Alba	Goalies	Ryan Boyd	Referee: Elvijs Trankalis Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Willem Gloudemans
	Majul (Cuellar) – 02:56 1–0 Majul (Cuellar, L. Valencia) – 13:43 2–0 2–1 26:21 – Van der Merwe (Bremner, Kluyts) 2–2 32:29 – Bate (Kluyts) Chavez (Apud, Gamez) – 33:44 3–2 3–3 40:57 – Van Doesburgh (Magmoed, Samaai) 3–4 42:44 – Van der Merwe (Phakathi, Kluyts) Majul (PP, EA) – 58:37 4–4 L. Valencia (Majul, Wilson) – 62:00 5–4
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	32

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14 April 2026 13:00

Turkmenistan

4–6 (2–2, 0–2, 2–2)

Turkey

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Keremli Charyyev	Goalies	Sava Voronov	Referee: Richard Button Linesmen: Andreas Fuglsang Willem Gloudemans
	Baylyyev (Bayhanov, Baymyradov) – 01:10 1–0 1–1 07:22 – F. Faner (Karş, Karadağ) Doyletmyradov (Annasaparov, Aganiyazov) – 08:37 2–1 2–2 16:59 Demirdelen (Bakal, Karş) 2–3 29:27 – Tayğar (Bingöl, Karş) 2–4 34:22 – Demirdelen (E. Faner, Karş) 2–5 48:47 – Bakal (Bingöl, F. Faner) (PP) Dovletmyradov (Vahitov, Annasaparov) – 56:40 3–5 Aganiyazov (Annasaparov, Dovletmyradov) – 58:43 4–5 4–6 59:52 – Çolak (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	33 min
	29	Shots	32

14 April 2026 16:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4–3 OT (1–1, 2–2, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Mexico

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Ivan Popov	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba Tomas Payro	Referee: Mikael Johansson Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Matúš Stanzel
	0–1 03:39 – L. Valencia (Majul, Cuellar) Ćapin (Vulović, Gaković) (PP) – 06:09 1–1 1–2 20:53 – L. Valencia (Rodríguez, Rullan) Drnda (Silajdžić, Smajlović) – 27:13 2–2 2–3 28:10 – Rullan (Majul) Mlivić (Silajdžić) – 32:14 3–3 Gaković (Mlivić) (PP) – 64:37 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	26 min
	33	Shots	31

14 April 2026 20:00

Thailand

7–3 (2–1, 2–0, 3–2)

South Africa

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Benjamin Kleineschay	Goalies	Ryan Boyd Ruan van der Merwe	Referee: Anton Boryayev Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Hamish Young
	Pataramasakul (Kulrat) – 08:19 1–0 1–1 10:52 – Bremner (Verwey) Kitayama (Forstner) (PP) – 16:25 2–1 Kulthanthorn (Khuhakaew) – 30:40 3–1 Kitayama (Vatanapanyakul) – 37:00 4–1 4–2 49:22 – Levi (Bate) Lampson (Nagayama, Kitayam) – 52:11 5–2 Kulthanthorn (Forstner, Kitayama) (PP) – 54:41 6–2 6–3 57:37 – Krotz (Obery) Hongswadhi (Sakchaicharoenkul) – 59:33 7–3
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	43

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16 April 2026 13:00

Thailand

2–5 (1–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Benjamin Kleineschay	Goalies	Ivan Popov	Referee: Elvijs Trankalis Linesmen: Andreas Fuglsang Willem Gloudemans
	0–1 06:20 – Mlivić (Silajdžić) Forstner (Kitayama) – 11:31 1–1 1–2 12:18 – Smajlović (Pleho) 1–3 23:19 – Mlivić Kitayama (Vatanapanyakul, Benjamin Kleineschay) (PP) – 32:00 2–3 2–4 58:14 – Smajlović (EN) 2–5 59:14 – Gaković (Filipović) (EN)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	42

16 April 2026 16:30

Turkmenistan

4–5 (2–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Mexico

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Alfonso de Alba	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Richard Button Linesmen: Jason von Rooyen Hamish Young
	Dovletmyradov (Aganiyazov, Kakabayev) (PP) – 00:43 1–0 Baymyradov (Vahovskiy, Baylyyev) – 13:57 2–0 2–1 17:47 – Majul (L. Valencia) Vahovskiy (Kakajanov, Baylyyev) – 28:05 3–1 3–2 34:49 L. Valencia (Rullan, A. Valencia) (PP2) 3–3 35:12 – Rullan (L. Valencia, Majul) (PP2) 3–4 50:54 – A. Valencia (Majul) 3–5 54:53 – Soto Borja Aganiyazov (Vahovskiy, Vahitov) 4–5
	44 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	35

16 April 2026 20:00

Turkey

8–1 (3–0, 3–0, 2–1)

South Africa

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Sava Voronov	Goalies	Ruan van der Merwe Ryan Boyd	Referee: Anton Boryayev Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Matúš Stanzel
	Bakal (Karadağ) – 04:53 1–0 Savaş (Bingöl, Çolak) – 05:37 2–0 Savaş (Bakal, Karadağ) – 12:46 3–0 Karş (Karakoç, Tınaz) (SH) – 29:46 4–0 Bakal (Karadağ, Tayğar) (PP) – 33:27 5–0 Karakoç (Tınaz) – 39:50 6–0 6–1 45:56 – Carelse (Samaai, Van Doesburgh) İnandı (Yavuz, Uzunali) – 53:48 7–1 Bakal (Karadağ) – 57:01 8–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	25

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17 April 2026 13:00

Mexico

10–2 (2–1, 6–0, 2–1)

Thailand

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Alfonso de Alba Tomas Payro	Goalies	Benjamin Kleineschay Vijak Niyomvong	Referee: Richard Button Linesmen: Jason von Rooyen Hamish Young
	L. Valencia (Rullan) (PP) – 03:13 1–0 Cuellar (Rodríguez, Rullan) – 11:54 2–0 2–1 18:43 – Thongin (Pataramasakul) Chavez (Tapia, Ayala) – 21:42 3–1 A. Valencia (L. Valencia) – 21:58 4–1 L. Valencia (Majul, A. Valencia) – 23:59 5–1 Tapia (Ripstein, Cuellar) – 25:54 6–1 Majul – 33:53 7–1 Tapia (Cuellar, Ugarte) – 35:57 8–1 Majul (A. Valencia) – 44:00 9–1 9–2 46:35 – Khuhakaew (Sakchaicharoenkul, Sukwiboon) A. Valencia (Majul) – 57:14 10–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	31

17 April 2026 16:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Turkey

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Ivan Popov	Goalies	Sava Voronov	Referee: Mikael Johansson Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Matúš Stanzel
	0–1 16:25 – Çolak (Tayğar, Bingöl) Silajdžić (Vučinić, Filipović) – 17:19 1–1 1–2 42:23 – Karakoç (Çolak, Kabay)
	6 min	Penalties	31 min
	31	Shots	49

17 April 2026 20:00

South Africa

5–3 (3–1, 0–2, 2–0)

Turkmenistan

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Ryan Boyd	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Elvijs Trankalis Linesmen: Andreas Fuglsang Willem Gloudemans
	Carelse (Samaai, Van Doesburgh) – 00:37 1–0 Bate (Obery) – 11:51 2–0 Van der Merwe (Kluyts, Bremner) – 13:37 3–0 3–1 17:09 – Bayjayev (Aganiyazov, Annasaparov) (PP) 3–2 36:06 – Bayjayev (Vahovskiy, Annasaparov) 3–3 37:01 – Bayhanov (Vahitov, Baymyradov) Samaai (Verwey) – 58:55 4–3 Samaai (Bate) (EN) – 59:45 5–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	45

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19 April 2026 13:00

Turkey

6–3 (3–2, 2–1, 1–0)

Mexico

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Sava Voronov	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Mikael Johansson Linesmen: Frederic Monnaie Matúš Stanzel
	Bakal (Karadağ) – 04:53 1–0 1–1 05:17 – Ripstein (Ugarte, L. Valencia) İnandı (Girgin) – 05:44 2–1 2–2 10:01 – Ayala (Rodríguez) Uzunali (E. Faner, Demirdelen) (PP) – 12:48 3–2 Demirdelen (Tayğar, Uzunali) – 28:25 4–2 4–3 29:03 – L. Valencia Bakal (Karadağ, Demirdelen) – 39:44 5–3 İnandı (Yavuz) – 41:28 6–3
	42 min	Penalties	50 min
	43	Shots	28

19 April 2026 16:30

Thailand

6–5 GWS (2–2, 2–1, 1–2) (OT: 1–0) (SO: 1–0)

Turkmenistan

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 70

Game reference
	Benjamin Kleineschay	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Anton Boryayev Linesmen: Andreas Fuglsang Jason von Rooyen
	Kulthanthorn (Lampson, Vatanapanyakul) – 05:50 1–0 1–1 06:31 – Baylyyev (Bayhanov, Baymyradov) 1–2 07:41 – Kakajanov (Bayjayev) Lampson (Nagayama, Forstner) (PP) – 10:28 2–2 Forstner (Thongin, Khuhakaew) – 27:24 3–2 3–3 28:41 – Bayjayev (Durdyyev) Kitayama (Lampson, Kulthanthorn) – 33:22 4–3 4–4 40:56 – Dovletmyradov (Vahitov, Vahovskiy) Kulthanthorn (Nagayama, Lampson) – 52:00 5–4 5–5 56:39 – Durdyyev
	Kitayama Nagayama Kulthanthorn Forstner	Shootout	Bayjayev Dovletmyradov Aganiyazov Barkovskiy
	6 min	Penalties	35 min
	37	Shots	43

19 April 2026 20:00

South Africa

4–3 (1–0, 2–2, 1–1)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Ryan Boyd	Goalies	Ivan Popov	Referee: Elvijs Trankalis Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Hamish Young
	Van der Merwe (Kluyts) – 07:57 1–0 1–1 26:21 – Silajdžić (Mlivić, Vulović) 1–2 33:58 – Ćapin (Silajdžić, Viden) Kluyts (Phakathi, Van der Merwe) – 35:57 2–2 Kamish – 37:19 3–2 3–3 43:02 – Silajdžić (Mlivić) Obery (Krotz, Compton) – 54:40 4–3
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	32

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Héctor Majul	5	6	7	13	+10	24	F
Luis Valencia	5	7	5	12	+9	14	F
Ferhat Bakal	5	6	3	9	+7	0	F
Adnan Mlivić	5	5	3	8	+5	2	F
Masato Kitayama	5	4	4	8	−6	4	F
Jakub Silajdžić	5	3	5	8	+5	8	F
Mehmet Karadağ	5	1	7	8	+7	0	F
Begench Dovletmyradov	5	5	2	7	+4	25	F
Osman Çolak	5	3	3	6	+3	0	F
Bertan Demirdelen	5	3	3	6	+8	20	F
Nicholas Lampson	5	3	3	6	−7	0	F
Alexander Valencia	5	3	3	6	+6	2	F

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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Sava Voronov	300:00	10	2.00	139	92.81	0
Ivan Popov	301:29	14	2.79	184	92.49	0
Alfonso de Alba	285:35	19	3.99	152	87.50	0
Ryan Boyd	242:58	18	4.45	137	86.86	0
Benjamin Kleineschay	260:17	22	5.07	167	86.83	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

Awards

Position	Player [6]
Goaltender	Sava Voronov
Defenceman	Yusuf Karş
Forward	Héctor Majul

Group B tournament

2026 IIHF World Championship Division III B

Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–19 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	215 (14.33 per game)
Attendance	3,457 (230 per game)
Scoring leader	Vadim Kravchenko (35 points)
Official website
Website

The Division III Group B tournament was played in Hong Kong from 13 to 19 April 2026. No team was relegated because of the cancellation of the Division IV tournament. ^[7]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Luxembourg	Placed 6th in Division III A in 2025 and were relegated.
North Korea	Placed 2nd in Division III B in 2025.
Hong Kong	Hosts; placed 3rd in Division III B in 2025.
Mongolia	Placed 4th in Division III B in 2025.
Philippines	Placed 5th in Division III B in 2025.
Uzbekistan	Placed 1st in Division IV in 2025 and were promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesperson were selected for the tournament. ^[8]

Referees	Linesperson
Shen Yen-chin Nicolaas van Grinsven Carlos Trobajo Aomsin Ubolluck	Nicholas Air Hung Chi-lun Tomislav Grozaj Chan Ka Hei Benjaming Huang Michael Loh Miroslav Tvrdoň

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Uzbekistan	5	5	0	0	0	97	11	+86	15	Promotion to the 2027 Division III A
2	North Korea	5	4	0	0	1	28	32	−4	12
3	Hong Kong (H)	5	3	0	0	2	35	20	+15	9
4	Luxembourg	5	2	0	0	3	13	33	−20	6
5	Mongolia	5	1	0	0	4	27	56	−29	3
6	Philippines	5	0	0	0	5	15	63	−48	0

Source: IIHF
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

Results

All times are local (UTC+8).

13 April 2026 13:00

Uzbekistan

26–1 (11–0, 7–1, 8–0)

Mongolia

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 103

Game reference
	Daniel Muratov Rustam Irgashev	Goalies	Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan Sodbileg Baatarkhuu	Referee: Nicolaas van Grinsven Linesmen: Nicholas Air Chan Ka Hei
	Kravchenko (Nazarevich) – 04:24 1–0 Golubovich (Kogan, Khabibov) – 04:36 2–0 Khusanboev (Tillyakhodjaev, Azimov) – 04:48 3–0 Dorofeev (Kravchenko, Kogan) (PP) – 11:15 4–0 Tillyakhodjaev (Dadakhodjaev, Azimov) – 11:45 5–0 Rasulov (Nazarevich, Petrosyan) – 13:32 6–0 Jilov (Kravchenko, Kogan) – 13:40 7–0 Jilov (Dorofeev, Kravchenko) – 14:35 8–0 Kogan (Rustamkhonov, Sultanov) – 17:01 9–0 Sinyavskiy (Khusanboev, Rasulov) – 17:27 10–0 Kravchenko (Dadakhodjaev, Nazarevich) – 19:02 11–0 Azimov (Rustamkhovov) – 27:10 12–0 Kravchenko (Khabibov) – 29:43 13–0 Petrosyan (Azimov, Dadakhodjaev) – 31:52 14–0 Tillyakhodjaev (Kogan) – 32:43 15–0 15–1 33:59 – Naranbaatar (Ankhbayar, Gendunov) Rustamkhonov – 36:30 16–1 Jilov (Dorofeev, Petrosyan) – 38:31 17–1 Sinyavskiy (Rasulov, Nazarevich) – 39:56 18–1 Nazarevich (Golubovich) – 41:38 19–1 Azimov (Kogan, Khabibov) – 42:57 20–1 Maltsev – 43:48 21–1 Azimov (Khusanboev, Maltsev) – 47:22 22–1 Sinyavskiy (Rasulov) – 51:08 23–1 Kravchenko (Sinyavskiy) (SH) – 54:10 24–1 Rustamkhovov (Dadakhodjaev, Azimov) – 56:49 25–1 Maltsev (Rasulov, Sinyavskiy) – 59:20 26–1
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	78	Shots	21

13 April 2026 16:30

North Korea

8–2 (3–1, 2–1, 3–0)

Philippines

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 171

Game reference
	Kim Kang-gun Jong Kang-song	Goalies	Francois Gautier	Referee: Hung Chi-lun Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Benjaming Huang
	Han K. (Rim, Pak C.) (PP) – 03:50 1–0 1–1 05:26 – Füglister (C. Cremonese, T. Cremonese) Han K. (Choe W.) – 06:06 2–1 Hwang (Kim I., Pak Y.) – 12:44 3–1 Ryu (Kim Kw., Kim Ku.) – 33:46 4–1 Rim – 35:18 5–1 5–2 37:09 – Regencia (T. Cremonese, Billones) Pa C. (Choe) – 46:13 6–2 Kim Ku. (Kim Kw., Jong S.) – 55:17 7–2 Rim (Ho, Choe) – 55:47 8–2
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	25

13 April 2026 20:00

Hong Kong

7–1 (3–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Luxembourg

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 316

Game reference
	Rexton Chui	Goalies	Jesse Barbadillo	Referee: Carlos Trobajo Linesmen: Hung Chi-lun Miroslav Tvrdoň
	Wang (Lee) – 10:36 1–0 Zheng (Wong W., Yam Yi) – 11:06 2–0 Tang (Chu, Choi) – 14:03 3–0 Tang (Chu) – 27:23 4–0 Tang (Shum) (SH) – 32:32 5–0 5–1 44:37 – Cannon (Thomas) Zheng (Tang) – 51:19 6–1 Shum (Lee, Ngan) (PP) – 53:33 7–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	30

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14 April 2026 13:00

Philippines

3–28 (1–6, 1–12, 1–10)

Uzbekistan

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 105

Game reference
	Euan Samaniego Francois Gautier	Goalies	Rustam Irgashev Daniel Muratov	Referee: Shen Yen-chin Linesmen: Benjamin Huang Miroslav Tvrdoň
	Füglister (T. Cremonese) – 02:55 1–0 1–1 03:23 – Jilov (Nazarevich, Dorofeev) 1–2 05:36 – Rustamkhonov (Maltsev, Dadakhodjaev) 1–3 07:54 – Kravchenko (Maltsev, Jilov) 1–4 08:26 – Golubovich (Rasulov, Malstev) 1–5 13:24 – Kravchenko (Dorofeev, Jilov) 1–6 18:39 – Dorofeev (Jilov, Nazarevich) 1–7 21:44 – Nazarevich (Rasulov, Sinyavskiy) 1–8 26:18 – Golubovich (Kravchenko, Khusanboev) 1–9 26:52 – Sinyavskiy (Rasulov, Nazarevich) 1–10 27:14 – Golubovich (Sinyavskiy, Petrosyan) 1–11 28:04 – Dadakhodjaev (Rustamkhonov, Khabibov) Billones (Regencia) – 32:05 2–11 2–12 32:40 – Tillyakhodjaev (Nasirov, Sultanov) 2–13 33:05 – Dorofeev (Kravchenko, Jilov) 2–14 35:13 – Sinyavskiy (Raslov, Kogan) 2–15 36:16 – Sinyavskiy (Maltsev, Jilov) (PP) 2–16 38:35 – Kravchenko (Jilov, Dorofeev) 2–17 39:07 – Golubovich (Sinyavskiy, Jilov) 2–18 39:43 – Sinyavskiy (Golubovich, Rasulov) 2–19 43:26 – Dadakhodjaev 2–20 44:59 – Tillyakhodjaev 2–21 45:23 – Kravchenko (Dorofeev) 2–22 46:19 – Nazarevich (Jilov, Kravchenko) 2–23 47:31 – Rasulov (Golubovich, Sinyavskiy) 2–24 50:53 – Dorofeev (Kravchenko, Jilov) 2–25 51:06 – Jilov (Dorofeev, Kravchenko) 2–26 51:44 – Sinyavskiy (Rasulov) 2–27 52:47 – Rasulov (Sinyavskiy, Golubovich) 2–28 54:18 – Dadakhodjaev (Azimov, Rustamkhonov) C. Cremonese (Füglister, T. Cremonese) – 54:29 3–28
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	79

14 April 2026 16:30

Luxembourg

7–5 (1–2, 5–1, 1–2)

Mongolia

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 89

Game reference
	Jesse Barbadillo	Goalies	Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan Sodbileg Baatarkhuu	Referee: Aomsin Ubolluck Linesmen: Chan Ka Hei Tomislav Grozaj
	0–1 12:25 – Mishigsuren (Batorovich, Undarmaa) Cannon (Cap, Thomas) – 15:28 1–1 1–2 16:08 – Mishigsuren Fleischmann (Toft) – 22:42 2–2 Toft (Fleischmann, Nunes) – 27:27 3–2 Vass (Church, Springer) – 28:26 4–2 4–3 33:29 – Batorovich Vass – 36:35 5–3 Cannon (Zrika, Cap) – 36:51 6–3 6–4 43:49 – Batorovich (Mishigsuren, Undarmaa) (PP) 6–5 45:06 – Batsaikhan (Ider) Stroppolo (Beran) – 57:05 7–5
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	43	Shots	48

14 April 2026 20:00

North Korea

4–3 (1–2, 2–0, 1–1)

Hong Kong

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 316

Game reference
	Kim Kang-gun	Goalies	Rexton Chui	Referee: Nicolaas van Grinsven Linesmen: Nicholas Air Michael Loh
	0–1 00:19 – Tang (Chu) 0–2 05:04 – Wang (Chu) Ho (Jong T., Kim Kw.) – 12:26 1–2 Kim I. (Hwang) – 29:46 2–2 Kim Kw. (Kim Ku.) – 33:59 3–2 Pak Y. (Choe C., Hwang) – 41:22 4–2 4–3 59:41 – Wong W. (Lee, Wat)
	10 min	Penalties	35 min
	46	Shots	22

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16 April 2026 13:00

North Korea

3–20 (1–6, 1–8, 1–6)

Uzbekistan

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 95

Game reference
	Kim Kang-gun Jong Kang-song	Goalies	Daniel Muratov	Referee: Aomsin Ubolluck Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Hung Chi-lun
	0–1 01:13 – Rasulov (Sinyavskiy) 0–2 03:04 – Khabibov (Azimov) 0–3 06:09 – Rustamkhonov 0–4 11:07 – Kravchenko (Sinyavskiy, Maltsev) (PP) Pak C. (Choe W., Rim) – 14:38 1–4 1–5 15:04 – Sinyavskiy (Rasulov) 1–6 16:22 – Rustamkhonov (Rasulov) (PP) 1–7 21:05 – Dorofeev (Kravchenko, Jilov) 1–8 26:00 – Kravchenko (Rasulov, Jilov) 1–9 26:34 – Sinyavskiy (Golubovich, Rasulov) 1–10 28:26 – Dorofeev (Kravchenko, Jilov) (PP) 1–11 31:43 – Sinyavskiy (Maltsev, Dorofeev) 1–12 32:36 – Golubovich (Rasulov, Sinyavskiy) 1–13 33:21 – Sultanov (Tillyakhodjaev, Kogan) Kim Kw. (Kim Ku., Jong S.) – 38:34 2–13 2–14 39:17 – Dorofeev (Nazarevich, Jilov) 2–15 41:22 – Dorofeev (Kravchenko, Sinyavskiy) (PP) 2–16 42:09 – Jilov (Dorofeev, Kravchenko) 2–17 42:23 – Golubovich (Nazarevich, Khusanboev) 2–18 46:47 – Kravchenko (Nazarevich, Jilov) 2–19 47:24 – Golubovich (Rasulov, Kogan) 2–20 57:39 – Jilov (Nazarevich, Muratov) Rim (Choe C., Pak K.) – 59:49 3–20
	10 min	Penalties	0 min
	29	Shots	53

16 April 2026 16:30

Luxembourg

4–2 (0–1, 3–0, 1–1)

Philippines

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 187

Game reference
	Jesse Barbadillo	Goalies	Francois Gautier	Referee: Nicolaas van Grinsven Linesmen: Chan Ka Hei Michael Loh
	0–1 19:25 – Füglister (Billones) (PP) Church (Thomas) – 27:12 1–1 Church (Stroppolo, Beran) (PP) – 36:29 2–1 Nunes (Springer) – 37:57 3–1 3–2 46:52 – Füglister (C. Cremonese, T. Cremonese) (PP, EN) Mossong (Stroppolo, Cannon) (PP) – 52:30 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	29

16 April 2026 20:00

Hong Kong

11–2 (3–1, 2–0, 7–1)

Mongolia

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 290

Game reference
	Hoi Hei Fung	Goalies	Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan Sodbileg Baatarkhuu	Referee: Carlos Trobajo Linesmen: Nicholas Air Benjaming Huang
	Cheng (Zheng) – 03:46 1–0 Wong W. (Shum, Tang) (PP) 2–0 2–1 17:23 – Mishigsuren (Purevdavaa, Ankhbayar) Tang (Cheng, Chu) (PP) – 18:32 3–1 Tang (PS) – 25:56 4–1 Yam Yau (Lee, Ngan) (PP) – 37:45 5–1 Tang – 40:16 6–1 Ngan (Shum, Wong W) (PP) – 41:34 7–1 Tang (Chu) (PP) – 43:18 8–1 Wat (Zheng, Ngan) – 44:36 9–1 Chu – 49:29 10–1 Chu (Wat, Tang) (PP) – 51:11 11–1 11–2 57:17 – Mishigsuren (Undarmaa, Purevdorj)
	20 min	Penalties	35 min
	46	Shots	45

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17 April 2026 13:00

Uzbekistan

14–0 (3–0, 3–0, 8–0)

Luxembourg

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 85

Game reference
	Daniel Muratov Rustam Irgashev	Goalies	Jesse Barbadillo Sven Cruchten	Referee: Carlos Trobajo Linesmen: Nicholas Air Michael Loh
	Rasulov (Golubovich, Sinyavskiy) – 01:29 1–0 Rustamkhonov – 08:21 2–0 Maltsev (Kravchenko, Dorofeev) – 16:10 3–0 Dorofeev (Kravchenko, Jilov) (PP) – 31:26 4–0 Kravchenko (Jilov, Maltsev) (PP) – 36:21 5–0 Rasulov (Dadakhodjaev, Kogan) (PP) – 38:45 6–0 Nazarevich (Rasulov, Golubovich) – 42:16 7–0 Jilov (Kravchenko, Sinyavskiy) (PP) – 44:29 8–0 Kravchenko (Sinyavskiy, Jilov) – 48:25 9–0 Nazarevich – 49:38 10–0 Rasulov (Golubovich, Khabibov) – 49:52 11–0 Kravchenko (Sinyavskiy) (SH) – 54:39 12–0 Maltsev (Rasulov) (SH) – 55:48 13–0 Rustamkhonov (Azimov, Nazarevich) – 57:38 14–0
	2 min	Penalties	12 min
	54	Shots	9

17 April 2026 16:30

Mongolia

6–8 (1–3, 3–3, 2–2)

North Korea

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 138

Game reference
	Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan	Goalies	Kim Kang-gun	Referee: Shen Yen-chin Linesmen: Chan Ka Hei Miroslav Tvrdoň
	0–1 02:41 – Pak C. (Rim) 0–2 06:05 – Ri (Kim I., Pak K.) Purevdavaa (Batorovich) – 09:58 1–2 1–3 12:29 – Kim Kw. (Han I., Kim Ku.) Naranbaatar (Ankhbayar, Mishigsuren) (PP) – 22:52 2–3 Mishigsuren (Batorovich, Ider) (PP) – 24:24 3–3 3–4 26:38 – Pak C. (Kim C.) (SH) 3–5 28:04 – Kim Ki. (Pak K.) Naranbaatar (Batorovich, Davaanyam) – 37:01 4–5 4–6 39:36 – Han I. (Kim Kw., Kim Ku.) Baatarkhuu (Batorovich) – 47:16 5–6 5–7 52:34 – Pak Y. (Hwang, Pak K.) Batorovich (Mishigsuren) – 55:52 6–7 6–8 59:59 – Pak Y. (Kim I., Pak K.) (SH, EN)
	4 min	Penalties	29 min
	36	Shots	48

17 April 2026 20:00

Philippines

4–10 (1–2, 2–6, 1–2)

Hong Kong

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Francois Gautier	Goalies	Rexton Chui	Referee: Aomsin Ubolluck Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Hung Chi-lun
	Crisostomo (T. Cremonese, Billones) – 01:43 1–0 1–1 04:27 – Wat (Cheng, Ngan) 1–2 12:47 – Yam (Tang, Choi) C. Cremonese (Regencia) – 20:10 2–2 2–3 23:01 – Tang 2–4 30:52 – Chu (Tang, Choi) (PP) 2–5 31:22 – Zheng (Wang, Wong W.) 2–6 31:53 – Chu (Tang, Chan H.) 2–7 32:54 – Cheng (Wat, Ngan) C. Cremonese (T. Cremonese) – 33:28 3–7 3–8 36:24 – Tang (PP) Javier (Füglister) – 50:19 4–8 4–9 51:32 – Wat (Ngan, Leung) 4–10 51:43 – Chu (Tang)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	65

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19 April 2026 13:00

Mongolia

13–4 (2–1, 9–1, 2–2)

Philippines

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 263

Game reference
	Sodbileg Baatarkhuu	Goalies	Francois Gautier Euan Samaniego	Referee: Shen Yen-chin Linesmen: Nicholas Air Miroslav Tvrdoň
	Naranbaatar – 08:20 1–0 Mishigsuren (Purevdavaa) – 14:37 2–0 2–1 16:18 – Füglister (C. Cremonese, Billones) (PP) Mishigsuren (Batorovich, Purevdavaa) (PP) – 20:36 3–1 Urtnasan (Mishigsuren, Batorovich) (PP) – 23:37 4–1 Baatarkhuu (Ankhbayar) – 25:18 5–1 Batorovich (Baatar, Mishigsuren) – 28:55 6–1 Batorovich (Purevdavaa, Mishigsuren) (PP) – 34:12 7–1 7–2 35:07 – Javier (Füglister) (PP) Ankhbayar (Lkhagvasuren) – 37:04 8–2 Mishigsuren (Ankhbayar, Undarmaa) – 37:22 9–2 Purevdavaa (Ankhbayar, Undarmaa) – 37:54 10–2 Ider (Batorovich, Boldbaatar) – 38:30 11–2 11–3 44:52 – Tigaronita (Billones) (PP) Batdorj – 46:34 12–3 Lkhagvasuren (Urtnasan, Batbaatar) – 54:01 13–3 13–4 58:48 – Billones (Crisostomo)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	35

19 April 2026 16:30

Luxembourg

1–5 (1–1, 0–3, 0–1)

North Korea

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 234

Game reference
	Jesse Barbadillo	Goalies	Kim Kang-gun	Referee: Carlos Trobajo Linesmen: Chan Ka Hei Hung Chi-lun
	0–1 05:01 – Han I. (Kim Kw.) Cannon – 11:13 1–1 1–2 27:52 – Kim Ku. (Kim Kw., Pak K.) 1–3 29:59 – Hwang (Pak Y.) 1–4 39:43 – Hwang (Pak Y.) 1–5 41:33 – Pak Y. (Kim I.)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	31

19 April 2026 20:00

Hong Kong

4–9 (0–4, 1–4, 3–1)

Uzbekistan

DB Ice Rink, Hong Kong Attendance: 615

Game reference
	Rexton Chui Hoi Hei Fung	Goalies	Daniel Muratov	Referee: Nicolaas van Grinsven Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Michael Loh
	0–1 00:48 – Kravchenko 0–2 04:24 – Kravchenko (Jilov) 0–3 15:09 – Kravchenko (Dorofeev, Jilov) (PP) 0–4 18:16 – Nazarevich (Rasulov, Sinyavskiy) 0–5 21:13 – Dorofeev (Kravchenko, Jilov) Cheng (Wat, Ngan) – 22:18 1–5 1–6 23:29 – Khabibov 1–7 28:45 – Rustamkhonov 1–8 36:45 – Kravchenko (Dorofeev, Jilov) Tang (Chu) (PP) – 45:37 2–8 2–9 49:11 – Kravchenko (Sinyavskiy, Dorofeev) (PP) Tang (Lee) (PP) – 54:16 3–9 L. Wong (Tang) – 58:22 4–9
	8 min	Penalties	29 min
	19	Shots	61

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Vadim Kravchenko	5	19	16	35	+28	0	F
Vasiliy Jilov	5	8	21	29	+24	2	F
Pavel Sinyavskiy	5	11	17	28	+30	0	F
Javokhir Rasulov	5	7	19	26	+31	0	F
Egor Dorofeev	5	10	13	23	+25	0	F
Bryan Tang	5	12	8	20	+6	33	F
Ilya Nazarevich	5	6	12	18	+29	2	D
Artem Golubovich	5	8	8	16	+28	0	F
Chinzolboo Mishigsuren	5	8	7	15	−5	0	F
Batu Batorovich	5	5	9	14	−11	27	D

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.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Rexton Chui	219:32	17	4.65	150	88.67	0
Daniel Muratov	249:38	10	2.40	79	87.34	0
Kim Kang-gun	236:17	16	4.06	109	85.32	0
Jesse Barbadillo	289:38	29	6.01	194	85.05	0
Francois Gautier	240:22	37	9.24	202	81.68	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

Awards

Position	Player [9]
Goaltender	Rexton Chui
Defenceman	Batu Batorovich
Forward	Vadim Kravchenko

References

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2. "A report from the IIHF Congress". www.iihf.com. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
3. "Türkiye goes unbeaten to win gold at WMIIIA". iihf.com. 20 April 2026. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
4. "Uzbekistan Earns Promotion at WMIIIB in Hong Kong Behind Kravchenko's Record‑Setting Performance". iihf.com. 19 April 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
5. "IIIA Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
6. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIA" (PDF). IIHF . Retrieved 19 April 2026.
7. "2026 IIHF WMIV Championship cancelled". IIHF. 25 March 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
8. "IIIB Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
9. "Best Players Selected by the Directorate IIIB" (PDF). IIHF . Retrieved 19 April 2026.