2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Taiwan  Turkey
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	27 February – 5 March 2009 9–15 March 2009
Teams	9
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The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was an international under-18 ice hockey competition organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Both Division III tournaments made up the fourth level of competition of the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 27 February and 5 March 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan and the Group B tournament took place between 9 and 15 March 2009 in Erzurum, Turkey. Australia and Iceland won the Group A and B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division II of the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Group A[edit]

The Group A tournament was played in Taipei, Taiwan at Annex Ice Rink from 27 February to 5 March 2009.^[1]

Final standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	0	63	3	+60	12	Promoted to the 2010 Division II
2	New Zealand	4	3	0	0	1	28	12	+16	9
3	Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	0	2	28	14	+14	6
4	South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	19	32	−13	3
5	Mongolia	4	0	0	0	4	4	81	−77	0

Results[edit]

All times are local.

February 27, 2009 16:00

New Zealand

0–7

Australia

Annex Ice Rink Attendance: 250

				Referee: R van Gameren
	Goals W Darge (PP) 04:52 B Cliff (PP) 06:50 S Best (PP) 10:10 W Darge (EQ) 20:24 E Sewell (EQ) 30:57 R Outred (EQ) 42:59 B Cliff (PP) 55:00

February 27, 2009 19:00

Chinese Taipei

17–0

Mongolia

Annex Ice Rink Attendance: 730

				Referee: Park GJ
	Juan KF (EQ) 06:04 Weng T (EQ) 06:33 Yeh CY (EQ) 09:20 Shih KY (EQ) 15:44 Weng T (PP) 19:32 Weng T (SH) 26:44 Liu YL (EQ) 29:11 Yang CH (EQ) 32:36 Shen YL (EQ) 32:45 Juan KF (PP) 39:13 Juan KF (EQ) 41:01 Chen JT (EQ) 43:15 Shen YL (EQ) 44:21 Chao YT (PP) 50:23 Tseng HC (EQ) 54:35 Liao WC (EQ) 56:56 Liao WC (EQ) 57:14 Goals

February 28, 2009 16:00

Australia

16–1

South Africa

Annex Ice Rink Attendance: 600

				Referee: K Hokkanen
	R Outred (EQ) 09:27 M Wetini (EQ) 15:10 W Darge (EQ) 15:48 W Darge (PP) 16:41 S Best (PP) 23.20 M Wong (PP) 27:52 S Best (PP) 34:00 A McKenzie (EQ) 34:08 A McKenzie (EQ) 37:53 S Best (PP) 44:35 J McFadden (PP) 45:10 W Darge (EQ) 46:05 K Dolling (EQ) 47:30 W Darge (PP) 54:35 C McPhail (PP) 58:22 A McKenzie (EQ) 59:41 Goals U Samaai(EQ) 32:14

February 28, 2009 19:00

Chinese Taipei

1–4

New Zealand

Annex Ice Rink Attendance: 1,000

				Referee: R van Gameren
	Liu YL (SH) 57:35 Goals J Carr (EQ) 08:11 C McDermid (SH) 23:41 C Dale (EQ) 31:11 C McDermid (EQ) 41:06

March 2, 2009 16:00

Australia

33–0

Mongolia

Annex Ice Rink Attendance: 150

				Referee: Park GJ
	W Darge (EQ) 00:53 W Darge (EQ) 04:15 J McFadden (EQ) 04:53 K Dolling (EQ) 10:29 R Outred (EQ) 10:41 E Sewell (EQ) 11:45 B Cliff (EQ) 12:09 J McFadden (EQ) 13:04 E Sewell (EQ) 15:32 A McKenzie (EQ) 16:16 S Best (EQ) 17:16 J Kyros (EQ) 17:46 S Best (EQ) 18:20 A McKenzie (EQ) 21:40 B Cliff (EQ) 23:56 J Kyros (EQ) 25:07 S Renner (EQ) 26:44 S McGregor (EQ) 30:33 K Dolling (EQ) 31:29 W Darge (EQ) 34:07 R McLeod (EQ) 34:22 W Darge (EQ) 38:27 W Darge (EQ) 38:45 K Dolling (EQ) 41:11 W Darge (EQ) 44:00 J McFadden (EQ) 47:15 C Vickers (PP) 51:35 S Austin (EQ) 52:34 A McKenzie (EQ) 53:11 W Darge (EQ) 53:38 B Funes (EQ) 58:17 C Vickers (EQ) 59:14 R Outred (EQ) 59:53 Goals

March 2, 2009 19:00

New Zealand

5–3

South Africa

Annex Ice Rink Attendance: 240

				Referee: K Hokkanen
	H King (EQ) 36:34 J Carr (EQ) 47:25 D Dunlop (PP) 50:10 M Frear (PP) 55:07 G Lloyd (EQ) 56:10 Goals U Samaai (PP) 29:43 U Samaai (SH) 30:52 C Labuschagne (PP) 51:54

March 3, 2009 16:00

Mongolia

1–19

New Zealand

Annex Ice Rink Attendance: 100

				Referee: K Hokkanen
	Z Batdorj (PP) 43:12 Goals J Challis (PP) 04:31 J Challis (PP) 13:38 H King (PP) 14:02 A Gouldstone (PP) 25:19 L Pickering (EQ) 27:22 D Dickson (EQ) 29:01 D Dunlop (EQ) 30:30 H Dunlop (PP) 34:15 G Lloyd (EQ) 35:14 J Challis (EQ) 36:08 H Dunlop (EQ) 37:04 J Challis (PP) 38:34 D Dickson (EQ) 39:24 J Challis (EQ) 47:00 D Dunlop (EQ) 47:29 D Dickson (PP) 60:13 J Challis (EQ) 51:11 C McDermid (EQ) 54:38 M Attwell (PP) 58:54

March 3, 2009 19:00

South Africa

3–8

Chinese Taipei

Annex Ice Rink Attendance: 700

				Referee: R van Gameren
	C Labuschagne (EQ) 18:24 K van Rooyen (EQ) 36:20 C Nebe (PP) 58:18 Goals Hsiao PY (PP) 05:25 Shih KY (EQ) 16:07 Tseng HC (EQ) 32:22 Juan KF (EQ) 33:33 Tseng HC (PP) 35:03 Liao WC (EQ) 35:42 Juan KF (EQ) 39:30 Weng T (EQ) 56:17

March 5, 2009 16:00

South Africa

12–3

Mongolia

Annex Ice Rink Attendance: 120

				Referee: R van Gameren
	C Labuschagne (PP) 05:15 J Goodwin (EQ) 11:28 U Samaai (SH) 13:54 Kyle van Rooyen (EQ) 17:08 U Samaai (SH) 20:50 C Labuschagne (EQ) 29:50 C Labuschagne (EQ) 32:06 C Labuschagne (EQ) 32:31 C Williams (SH) 45:44 W du Preez (EQ) 54:38 C Labuschagne (EQ) 55:03 J Johnson (PP) 57:51 Goals S Zagdjav (EQ) 27:11 A Ganbat (EQ) 38:45 T Dondov (EQ) 40:54

March 5, 2009 19:00

Australia

7–2

Chinese Taipei

Annex Ice Rink Attendance: 1,200

				Referee: Park GJ
	W Darge (EQ) 29:28 W Darge (EQ) 29:34 K Dolling (EQ) 30:20 B Cliff (PP) 32:25 W Darge (EQ) 36:17 E Sewell (EQ) 39:52 W Darge (PP) 56:37 Goals Liu YL (PP) 12:25 Juan KF (PP) 17:29

Group B[edit]

The Group B tournament was played in Erzurum, Turkey at GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall from 9 to 15 March 2009.^[2]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	3	0	0	0	48	1	+47	9	Semifinals
2	Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	25	26	−1	6
3	Ireland	3	1	0	0	2	9	39	−30	3
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	0	3	8	24	−16	0

All times are local.

March 9, 2009 15:30

Bulgaria

0–11

Iceland

GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall Attendance: 200

				Referee: L. Gergely
	Goals E Thormodsson (PP) 06:12 E Thormodsson (EQ) 16:36 O Bjornsson (EQ) 22:13 O Bjornsson (EQ) 28:13 O Bjornsson (PP) 34:56 E Thormodsson (EQ) 40:07 E Thormodsson (PP) 41:50 B Sigurdarson (PP) 42:00 R Palsson (PP) 51:31 B Sigurdarson (EQ) 57:22 E Thormodsson (EQ) 58:39

March 9, 2009 19:00

Turkey

16–4

Ireland

GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall Attendance: 2,220

				Referee: A Sevruk
	S Gumus (EQ) 04:36 M Dalgic (EQ) 04:43 B Aksoy (EQ) 09:21 M Dalgic (EQ) 13:08 A Oguz (EQ) 17:21 B Aksoy (EQ) 17:30 C Baykan (SH) 19:22 S Gumus (EQ) 21:01 B Kosemen (EQ) 22:01 S Gumus (EQ) 30:09 M Dalgic (EQ) 30:17 C Baykan (PP) 31:48 S Gumus (EQ) 39:00 Y Halil (EQ) 45:48 S Yildirim (SH) 51:24 S Gumus (EQ) 53:28 Goals J McCrainor (PP) 23:11 C Grimason (EQ) 30:26 S Balmer (EQ) 47:16 C Grimason (EQ) 48:20

March 10, 2009 15:30

Iceland

19–0

Ireland

GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall Attendance: 225

				Referee: V Krcelic
	I Eliasson (PP) 01:40 B Sigurleifsson (EQ) 05:24 T Omarsson (PP) 06:50 B Sigurdarson (EQ) 07:57 A Sverrisson (EQ) 10:40 H Leifsson (EQ) 11:00 O Bjornsson (PP) 18:03 E Thormodsson (SH) 22:53 E Thormodsson (PP) 28:07 E Thormodsson (EQ) 28:18 E Thormodsson (EQ) 39:36 A Sverrisson (EQ) 39:45 B Sigurdarson (SH) 44:17 H Leifsson (PP) 46:06 G Sigurdsson (EQ) 46:23 E Thormodsson (PP) 55:50 G Sigurdsson (EQ) 56:10 O Bjornsson (PP) 58:51 H Gudmundsson (EQ) 59:53 Goals

March 10, 2009 19:00

Turkey

8–4

Bulgaria

GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall Attendance: 2,100

				Referee: L. Gergely
	M Dalgic (EQ) 01:46 Y Halil (SH) 05:42 B Kosemen (EQ) 11:25 B Kosemen (EQ) 24:13 Y Halil (EQ) 35:40 C Baykan (PP) 45:42 S Yildirim (PP) 49:09 Y Halil (SH) 50:54 Goals P Mihov (EQ) 10:43 N Inzhevatov (PP) 16:11 T Kraynyanov (PP) 58:05 N Inzhevatov (EQ) 58:59

March 12, 2009 15:30

Ireland

5–4

Bulgaria

GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall Attendance: 573

				Referee: Andriy Sevruk
	C Grimason (PP) 31:51 A Morris (EQ) 37:11 N McEvoy (EQ) 52:30 C Grimason (EQ) 52:55 C Grimason (PP) 59:27 Goals Dimitar Miloshev (EQ) 02:41 T Kraynyanov (PP) 23:27 P Mihov (PP) 30:53 Dimitar Miloshev (EQ) 32:20

March 12, 2009 19:00

Iceland

18–1

Turkey

GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall Attendance: 2,350

				Referee: V Krcelic
	A Sverrisson (EQ) 01:25 E Thormodsson (EQ) 04:01 B Sigurdarson (PP) 06:13 E Thormodsson (SH) 09:41 E Thormodsson (SH) 14:31 E Thormodsson (PS) 16:34 B Sigurdarson (EQ) 21:42 B Sigurdarson (EQ) 24:17 G Sigurdsson (EQ) 25:39 S Sigrbjornsson (EQ) 28:20 E Thormodsson (EQ) 30:47 E Thormodsson (EQ) 36:27 B Sigurdarson (SH) 45:06 A Ingason (EQ) 52:54 A Ingason (EQ) 53:35 T Omarsson (EQ) 53:54 O Bjornsson (PP) 55:31 E Thormodsson (EQ) 59:59 Goals B Kosemen (EQ) 03:50

Playoffs[edit]

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Iceland	15
	4	Bulgaria	2
						1	Iceland	8
						2	Turkey	2
	2	Turkey	9
	3	Ireland	3			Third place match
						3	Ireland	6
						4	Bulgaria	3

Semifinals[edit]

March 13, 2009 15:30

Iceland

15–2

Bulgaria

GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall Attendance: 150

				Referee: L. Gergely
	O Gronholm (EQ) 06:37 A Ingason (EQ) 07:32 G Sigurdsson (EQ) 08:18 A Ingason (EQ) 17:23 O Bjornsson (EQ) 23:20 E Thormodsson (EQ) 24:40 S Sigrbjornsson (EQ) 30:43 G Sigurdsson (EQ) 39:52 B Sigurdarson (EQ) 40:18 O Bjornsson (EQ) 41:19 E Thormodsson (SH) 43:43 B Sigurdarson (SH) 45:00 H Leifsson (EQ) 45:28 S Sigrbjornsson (EQ) 51:52 E Thormodsson (EQ) 55:47 Goals M Nikolov (PP) 14:57 M Nikolov (PP) 38:01

March 13, 2009 19:00

Turkey

9–3

Ireland

GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall Attendance: 2,155

				Referee: V Krcelic
	B Kosemen (EQ) 00:40 S Yildirim(EQ) 02:33 C Baykan (EQ) 08:58 S Gumus (EQ) 14:55 B Kosemen (PP) 17:14 S Gumus (SH) 21:48 S Yildirim (EQ) 24:10 S Yildirim (PP) 24:46 Y Halil (PP) 35:19 Goals C Grimason (EQ) 04:29 C Grimason (EQ) 39:17 S Balmer (SH) 49:23

Bronze medal game[edit]

March 15, 2009 13:30

Ireland

6–3

Bulgaria

GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall Attendance: 187

				Referee: V Krcelic
	C Grimason (EQ) 09:53 C Grimason (PP) 12:57 A Morris (EQ) 27:52 R Larkin (EQ) 33:06 C Grimason (EQ) 33:31 R Larkin (EQ) 39:48 Goals D Miloshev (EQ) 05:16 D Miloshev (EQ) 15:03 P Mihov (PP) 52:50

Gold medal game[edit]

March 15, 2009 17:00

Iceland

8–2

Turkey

GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall Attendance: 2,497

				Referee: L. Gergely
	O Bjornsson (EQ) 00:45 E Thormodsson (EQ) 03:45 O Bjornsson (PP) 18:23 K Gunnlaugsson (EQ) 18:56 J Leifsson (EQ) 19:20 E Thormodsson (SH) 32:59 B Sigurdarson (EQ) 41:04 O Bjornsson (EQ) 47:37 Goals S Gumus (EQ) 22:17 S Gumus (EQ) 55:38

Final standings[edit]

Rank	Team
	Iceland
	Turkey
	Ireland
4	Bulgaria

Promoted to the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

See also[edit]

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

References[edit]