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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 10–16 April |
Teams | 7 |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 15 |
Goals scored | 161 (10.73 per game) |
Attendance | 4,800 (320 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | ![]() |
Official website | |
IIHF.com | |
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]
Venues
[edit]Division III |
Sofia |
Winter Sports Palace Capacity: 4,600 |
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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
[edit]Team | Qualification |
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Host, placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated. |
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Placed 2nd in Division III last year. |
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Placed 3rd in Division III last year. |
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Placed 4th in Division III last year. (withdrew from tournament) |
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Placed 5th in Division III last year. |
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Placed 6th in Division III last year. |
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Withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2015. |
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First time participating in tournament. |
Match officials
[edit]5 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]
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Preliminary round
[edit]All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 9 | Semifinals |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | Withdrawn |
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:
10 April 2017 20:00 | Bulgaria ![]() | 3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 950 |
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Dimitar Dimitrov | Goalies | Liao Yu-cheng Huang Sheng-chun | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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28 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||
55 | Shots | 7 |
11 April 2017 20:00 | Hong Kong ![]() | 3–10 (2–4, 1–2, 0–4) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 800 |
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King Ho Cheung Ching-ho | Goalies | Dimitar Dimitrov | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 18 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Shots | 84 |
13 April 2017 16:30 | Chinese Taipei ![]() | 2–5 (0–3, 1–1, 1–1) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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Liao Yu-cheng Huang Sheng-chun | Goalies | King Ho | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 23 |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 9 | Semifinals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | −44 | 0 |
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 ![]() | 17–0 (4–0, 6–0, 7–0) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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Philippe Lepage | Goalies | Khaled Al Suwaidi | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Shots | 8 |
10 April 2017 16:30 | South Africa ![]() | 5–6 (1–1, 1–2, 3–3) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 100 |
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Charl Pretorius | Goalies | Andrei Ilienko | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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46 min | Penalties | 48 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 19 |
11 April 2017 13:00 | Luxembourg ![]() | 6–4 (1–1, 3–1, 2–2) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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Philippe Lepage | Goalies | Andrei Ilienko | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 min | Penalties | 48 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Shots | 25 |
11 April 2017 16:30 | United Arab Emirates ![]() | 0–8 (0–1, 0–4, 0–3) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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Ahmed Al-Dhaheri | Goalies | Gary Bock | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 30 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Shots | 33 |
13 April 2017 13:00 | Georgia ![]() | 19–0 (9–0, 2–0, 8–0) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 300 |
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Andrei Ilienko | Goalies | Khaled Al-Suwaidi | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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30 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Shots | 14 |
13 April 2017 20:00 | South Africa ![]() | 1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 250 |
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Charl Pretorius | Goalies | Gilles Mangen | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 18 min | ||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 14 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semifinals | Final | |||||
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16 April | ||||||
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15 April | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
16 April | ||||||
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- 5th place bracket
5th–7th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
16 April | ||||||
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15 April | ||||||
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5th–7th place semifinal
[edit]15 April 2017 13:00 | Chinese Taipei ![]() | 4–0 (3–0, 0–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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Liao Yu-cheng | Goalies | Ahmed Al-Dhaheri | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
40 | Shots | 28 |
Semifinals
[edit]15 April 2017 16:30 | Luxembourg ![]() | 8–1 (3–0, 2–1, 3–0) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 250 |
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Philippe Lepage | Goalies | King Ho Cheung Ching-ho | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Shots | 13 |
15 April 2017 20:00 | Bulgaria ![]() | 9–3 (4–0, 2–1, 3–2) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 750 |
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Dimitar Dimitrov | Goalies | Andrei Ilienko | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 40 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Shots | 37 |
Fifth place game
[edit]16 April 2017 12:30 | South Africa ![]() | 7–3 (3–2, 3–0, 1–1) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 150 |
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Gary Bock Charl Pretorius | Goalies | Liao Yu-cheng Huang Sheng-chun | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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18 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Shots | 15 |
Third place game
[edit]16 April 2017 16:00 | Hong Kong ![]() | 3–14 (1–6, 1–3, 1–5) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50 |
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King Ho Cheung Ching-ho | Goalies | Andrei Ilienko Kakha Ambrolava | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 43 |
Final
[edit]16 April 2017 19:30 | Luxembourg ![]() | 10–4 (3–3, 4–1, 3–0) | ![]() | Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 950 |
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Philippe Lepage | Goalies | Dimitar Dimitrov Nikola Nikolov | Referee:![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 34 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 61 |
Final ranking
[edit]Promoted to 2018 IIHF Division II B | |
Relegation to 2018 IIHF Division III Qualification |
Rank | Team |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
4 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Source: IIHF.com
Awards and statistics
[edit]Awards
[edit]- Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender:
Liao Yu-cheng
- Best Defenceman:
Artem Kurbatov
- Best Forward:
Robert Beran
- Best Goaltender:
Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders
[edit]Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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5 | 13 | 12 | 25 | +13 | 6 | F |
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5 | 11 | 9 | 20 | +9 | 2 | F |
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5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | +16 | 8 | D |
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5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | +14 | 8 | F |
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5 | 11 | 6 | 17 | +14 | 6 | F |
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5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | +13 | 26 | F |
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5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +6 | 8 | F |
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4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +5 | 0 | F |
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5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +15 | 0 | F |
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4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 2 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
[edit]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 |
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240:00 | 9 | 2.25 | 107 | 91.59 | 1 |
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169:59 | 9 | 3.18 | 103 | 91.26 | 1 |
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287:28 | 21 | 4.38 | 169 | 87.57 | 1 |
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168:16 | 23 | 8.20 | 150 | 84.67 | 0 |
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120:00 | 12 | 6.00 | 73 | 83.56 | 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
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2017 Events". IIHF.com. 23 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ^ a b "Bosnia withdraws". IIHF.com. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ Tchechankov, Ivan (2017-04-17). "First gold for Luxembourg". IIHF.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
- ^ 2017 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Division III
- ^ IIHF (2017). "Competition Officials" (PDF). IIHF.com. Retrieved 2017-04-16.