2019 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

2019 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III B
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Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> South Africa
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–12 April
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	54 (9 per game)
Attendance	740 (123 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	<img alt="Chinese Taipei" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chinese_Taipei_for_Olympic_games.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Chou Hung-li (9 points)
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2019 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III A
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Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600"> Bulgaria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25–31 March
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	96 (6.4 per game)
Attendance	6,206 (414 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	<img alt="Iceland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900"> Axel Orongan (16 points)
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2019 IIHF U18 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria; South Africa
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	25–31 March 2019; 9–12 April 2019
Teams	10
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The 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III was two international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III A and Division III B tournaments represent the sixth and the seventh tier of the IIHF World U18 Championship.

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 25 to 31 March 2019.^[1] At the time of the tournament, Iceland was awarded second place;^[2] however, they ended up sharing the medal with Turkey.^[3]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Iceland	Placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
Mexico	Placed 2nd in Division III A last year.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 3rd in Division III A last year.
Israel	Placed 4th in Division III A last year.
Turkey	Placed 5th in Division III A last year.
New Zealand	Placed 1st in Division III B qualification last year.

Match officials

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

Referees	Linesmen
Bartosz Kaczmarek Andreis Kudrjasovs Yong Chun Lim Alexei Roshchyn	Martin Boyadjiev Edward Howard Ilia Kiris Tiange Liu Jonathan Sladek Nazar Slezok Vasiliy Vasilev

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bulgaria (H)	5	4	1	0	0	21	11	+10	14	Promoted to the 2022 Division II B
2	Israel	5	2	1	1	1	17	13	+4	9^[a]
3	Iceland	5	3	0	0	2	23	16	+7	9^[a]
4	Turkey	5	3	0	0	2	14	13	+1	9^[a]
5	Mexico	5	0	1	0	4	8	20	−12	2^[b]
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	2	3	13	23	−10	2^[b]	Relegated to the 2022 Division III B

Source: IIHF
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c In head-to-head all three have 3 points, in head-to-head goal differential Israel is +1, Iceland +1, and Turkey –2. Israel defeated Iceland 4–2.
^ ^a ^b Mexico 5–4 (GWS) New Zealand

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 March 2019
14:00

Mexico

0–4
(0–3, 0–0, 0–1)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120




10 min	Penalties	2 min
25	Shots	21

25 March 2019
16:30

New Zealand

3–4 OT
(1–1, 2–2, 0–0)
OT: (0–1)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 139




12 min	Penalties	14 min
31	Shots	23

25 March 2019
20:00

Bulgaria

7–5
(2–1, 4–3, 1–1)

Iceland

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 860




14 min	Penalties	18 min
29	Shots	22

26 March 2019
13:00

Iceland

2–4
(1–0, 1–2, 0–2)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 125




24 min	Penalties	12 min
43	Shots	23

26 March 2019
16:30

Turkey

3–2
(0–0, 2–1, 1–1)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 135




4 min	Penalties	2 min
32	Shots	29

26 March 2019
20:00

Mexico

1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 580




22 min	Penalties	10 min
22	Shots	30

28 March 2019
13:00

Mexico

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

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 112




8 min	Penalties	10 min
29	Shots	23

28 March 2019
16:30

Iceland

5–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 130




16 min	Penalties	22 min
35	Shots	27

28 March 2019
20:00

Bulgaria

3–2 OT
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0)
OT: (1–0)

Israel

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 650




16 min	Penalties	10 min
40	Shots	15

29 March 2019
13:00

New Zealand

3–6
(1–0, 0–5, 2–1)

Iceland

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 110




12 min	Penalties	22 min
18	Shots	37

29 March 2019
16:30

Israel

5–2
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 125




8 min	Penalties	38 min
24	Shots	17

29 March 2019
20:00

Turkey

2–4
(0–1, 1–0, 1–3)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,360




6 min	Penalties	8 min
31	Shots	27

31 March 2019
13:00

Israel

2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 120




33 min	Penalties	6 min
23	Shots	40

31 March 2019
16:30

Bulgaria

5–1
(2–0, 1–0, 2–1)

New Zealand

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 1,400




18 min	Penalties	12 min
22	Shots	21

31 March 2019
20:00

Iceland

5–0
(0–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Mexico

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 240




4 min	Penalties	10 min
36	Shots	18

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Goaltender: Artem Loginov
Defenceman: Nino Tomov
Forward: İsmet Gökçen

Source: IIHF

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Cape Town, South Africa, from 9 to 12 April 2019.^[5]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Chinese Taipei	Placed 6th in Division III A and were relegated.
Hong Kong	Placed 2nd in Division III B last year.
South Africa	Host, placed 3rd in Division III B last year.
Luxembourg	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

3 referees and 4 linesmen are selected for the tournament.^[6]

Referees	Linesmen
Viktor Birin Lee Joo-hyun Niclas Lundsgaard	Jonathan Burger Adam Harris Niko Jusi Frank Radue

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	0	0	22	5	+17	9	Promoted to the 2022 Division III A
2	Hong Kong	3	2	0	0	1	11	15	−4	6
3	South Africa (H)	3	0	1	0	2	13	15	−2	2
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	1	2	8	19	−11	1

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

9 April 2019
14:00

Hong Kong

4–1
(0–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Luxembourg

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 60

Game reference

Julian Mak

Goalies

Hugo Ansay

Referee:

Viktor Birin
Linesmen:

Jonathan Burger

Frank Radue

Chu (Chang, Shum) (PP) – 30:59	1–0
	1–1	39:19 – Church (Meijer)
Chu (Shum) – 43:37	2–1
Yam (Shum) (PP) – 48:14	3–1
Chu (T. Ho) – 52:34	4–1

6 min

Penalties

12 min

41

Shots

19

9 April 2019
19:00

South Africa

2–4
(1–1, 0–3, 1–0)

Chinese Taipei

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 250

Game reference

Matthew Cleinwerck

Goalies

Hsaio Po-yu

Referee:

Lee Joo-hyun
Linesmen:

Adam Harris

Niko Jusi

	0–1	05:00 – Hsu (Chou, Peng)
R. Venter (EA) – 12:50	1–1
	1–2	28:02 – Chou (Wang W., Hsu) (PP)
	1–3	30:14 – Wang W. (Chou) (PP)
	1–4	35:35 – Chuang (Wu)
R. Venter (Meyer) (PP) – 54:28	2–4

16 min

Penalties

12 min

30

Shots

18

10 April 2019
14:00

Chinese Taipei

9–2
(2–1, 4–1, 3–0)

Luxembourg

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 50




6 min	Penalties	10 min
38	Shots	22

10 April 2019
18:00

Hong Kong

6–5
(1–0, 3–2, 2–3)

South Africa

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 166




12 min	Penalties	31 min
30	Shots	28

12 April 2019
14:00

Chinese Taipei

9–1
(4–0, 1–0, 4–1)

Hong Kong

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 75




12 min	Penalties	74 min
34	Shots	14

12 April 2019
18:00

Luxembourg

5–6 GWS
(1–2, 1–1, 3–2)
OT: (0–0)
SO: (0–1)

South Africa

Cape Town Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 139




16 min	Penalties	8 min
23	Shots	30

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Goaltender: Hsiao Po-Yu
Defenceman: David Church
Forward: Ryan Chu

Source: IIHF

References

^ Division III A statistics
^ Iceland with silver plaque and medals
^ Tchechankov, Ivan (1 April 2019). "Historic gold for Bulgaria U18". IIHF.com. IIHF. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "IIHF Ice hockey U18 World Championship Div III Group A – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ Division III B statistics
^ "IIHF Ice hockey U18 World Championship Div III Group B – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

[table_hth_ISR0.55151565910853-5] In head-to-head all three have 3 points, in head-to-head goal differential Israel is +1, Iceland +1, and Turkey –2. Israel defeated Iceland 4–2.

[table_hth_MEX0.55151565910853-6] Mexico 5–4 (GWS) New Zealand

[1] Division III A statistics

[2] Iceland with silver plaque and medals

[3] Tchechankov, Ivan (1 April 2019). "Historic gold for Bulgaria U18". IIHF.com. IIHF. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[4] "IIHF Ice hockey U18 World Championship Div III Group A – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[7] Division III B statistics

[8] "IIHF Ice hockey U18 World Championship Div III Group B – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

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Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria South Africa
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	25–31 March 2019 9–12 April 2019
Teams	10
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