2014 IIHF World Championship Division III

2014 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	Luxembourg
Dates	6 – 12 April 2014
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	179 (11.93 per match)
Attendance	6,050 (403 per match)
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The 2014 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, from 6 to 12 April 2014.^[1] Division III represents the sixth tier of the Ice Hockey World Championships.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Bulgaria	Placed 6th in Division II B last year and was relegated.
North Korea	Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Luxembourg	Host, placed 3rd in Division III last year.
United Arab Emirates	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
Hong Kong	First participation since 1987.
Georgia	Placed 4th in Division III qualification tournament last year.

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	5	5	0	0	0	48	13	+35	15
North Korea	5	4	0	0	1	54	11	+43	12
Luxembourg	5	3	0	0	2	43	16	+27	9
Hong Kong	5	1	1	0	3	17	27	−10	5
United Arab Emirates	5	1	0	1	3	14	34	−20	4
Georgia	5	0	0	0	5	3	78	−75	0

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

6 April 12:30

Hong Kong

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

United Arab Emirates

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Ho King Chi King	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Simone Lega Botond Palkovi
	Choi Ho. (Choi Hi.) – 11:39 1–0 1–1 15:53 – O. Al-Shamisi (J. Al-Dhaheri, M. Al-Shamisi)
	Kan S. Wong Y. Chow P.	Shootout	O. Al-Shamisi A. Al-Mazrouei J. Al-Dhaheri
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	23	Shots	46

6 April 16:00

North Korea

22–1 (6–0, 9–0, 7–1)

Georgia

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Pak Kuk-chol Pak Il	Goalies	Kakha Ambrolava Konstantine Sanikidze	Referee: Igor Tsernyshov Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Cui Zhinan
	Kim H-j. (Ri P-i.) – 06:13 1–0 Kim S-g. (Ju S-h.) – 09:18 2–0 Ri C-m. (Kim H-j.) – 10:31 3–0 Ri C-m. (Kim H-j.) (SH) – 15:10 4–0 Ri S-g. (Pak S-j., Kim K-h.) – 17:14 5–0 Kim M-c. (Ri P-i.) – 18:29 6–0 Kim M-c. (Ri C-m.) – 20:14 7–0 Kim J-h. (Ri C-j.) – 22:02 8–0 Ri S-g. (Ju S-h., Kim K-h.) – 23:33 9–0 Kim K-h (Pak S-j.) – 24:17 10–0 Kim H-j. (Kim M-c., Ri C-m.) – 25:33 11–0 An C-h. – 33:03 12–0 Kim N-h. (Kim C-h.) – 34:30 13–0 Kim N-h. (Ri C-m., An C-h.) – 35:26 14–0 Kim C-b. (Kim J-h.) – 37:04 15–0 Ju S-h. (Pak S-j., Kim S-g.) – 41:42 16–0 Kim K-c. (Kim C-h., Ri C-j.) – 42:08 17–0 Ri C-j. – 43:52 18–0 Ju S-h. (Ri S-g.) – 44:48 19–0 Kim H-j. (Kim M-c.) – 49:54 20–0 Kim H-j. (Kim M-c., Kim C-b.) (PP) – 53:30 21–0 21–1 54:05 – G. Jeiranashvili Kim J-h. (Ri C-j., Kim C-h.) (PP) – 58:45 22–1
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	92	Shots	4

6 April 19:45

Luxembourg

5–8 (2–3, 3–3, 0–2)

Bulgaria

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 800

Game reference
	Michel Welter	Goalies	Konstantin Mihaylov	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Orri Sigmarsson
	0–1 04:25 – A. Yotov (S. Muhachev) (PP) 0–2 06:53 – A. Yotov (S. Muhachev) (SH) 0–3 15:57 – A. Yotov (S. Muhachev) E. Wambach (M. Eriksson) – 17:30 1–3 B. Houdremont (R. Beran, F. Schons) – 19:24 2–3 B. Welter (K. Gronlund, R. Beran) – 20:38 3–3 M. Eriksson (SH) – 28:38 4–3 4–4 30:01 – S. Muhachev (A. Yotov, I. Hodulov) M. Eriksson – 31:32 5–4 5–5 35:37 – I. Hodulov (A. Yotov, M. Boyadjiev) (PP2) 5–6 39:29 – B. Stefanov (I. Hodulov) 5–7 46:08 – M. Eftimov 5–8 46:23 – M. Nikolov (M. Eftimov, A. Vasilev)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	42

7 April 12:30

Georgia

0–12 (0–4, 0–3, 0–5)

Hong Kong

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Konstantine Sanikidze Kakha Ambrolava	Goalies	Ho King Chi King Keung Emerson Kwokway	Referee: Tomislav Knežević Linesmen: Vytautas Lukosevičius Orri Sigmarsson
	0–1 08:07 – Choi Hi. (Sham A., Kan S.) (PP) 0–2 15:42 – Choi Ho. 0–3 17:52 – Ho J. (Kan S.) 0–4 18:59 – Choi Hi. (Sham A.) 0–5 28:47 – Fung B. (Tai J.) 0–6 35:23 – Fung B. (Ho J.) 0–7 37:38 – Wong Y. (Ho J.) (PP) 0–8 40:49 – Fung B. (Ho J., Kan S.) 0–9 42:40 – T. Leung (Ho J.) 0–10 46:24 – Ho J. (Fung B.) 0–11 46:55 – Ho J. (Fung B., Kan S.) 0–12 54:07 – Mo H.
	31 min	Penalties	8 min
	10	Shots	55

7 April 16:00

Bulgaria

11–5 (5–3, 5–1, 1–1)

United Arab Emirates

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Radosvet Petrov	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	Referee: Igor Tsernyshov Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Simone Lega
	I. Hodulov – 00:23 1–0 1–1 01:01 – S. Al-Nuaimi (PP) I. Hodulov (S. Muhachev, A. Yotov) (PP) – 03:21 2–1 S. Muhachev (A. Yotov) – 06:34 3–1 3–2 08:04 – J. Al-Dhaheri (O. Al-Shamisi) M. Eftimov (A. Yotov, I. Hodulov) (PP2) – 10:35 4–2 S. Muhachev (A. Yotov, I. Hodulov) – 13:22 5–2 5–3 19:16 – S. Al-Nuaimi (M. Al-Mazrouei) (PP) A. Yotov (S. Muhachev, I. Hodulov) – 20:14 6–3 B. Stefanov (A. Yotov, I. Hodulov) (PP) – 27:00 7–3 I. Hodulov (A. Yotov, S. Muhachev) – 28:50 8–3 S. Muhachev (A. Yotov) (PP) – 31:20 9–3 9–4 32:11 – O. Al-Shamisi M. Eftimov (PP) – 39:36 10–4 10–5 47:38 – A. Al-Harmoodi (F. Al-Suwaidi) I. Hodulov (T. Georgiev) – 50:52 11–5
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	44	Shots	26

7 April 19:30

North Korea

7–3 (4–0, 3–0, 0–3)

Luxembourg

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Pak Kuk-chol Pak Il	Goalies	Gilles Mangen Michel Welter	Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Botond Palkovi
	Ri C-m. (Hong C-r., Kim H-j.) – 10:17 1–0 Kim K-h. – 10:30 2–0 Ri C-j. (Kim K-c.) – 16:38 3–0 Hong C-r. (Ri C-m.) – 19:47 4–0 Kim H-j – 20:09 5–0 An C-h. (Kim H-j., Ri C-m.) (PP) – 29:09 6–0 An C-h. (Hong C-r., Ri C-m.) (PP) – 32:55 7–0 7–1 43:37 – G. Scheier (E. Wambach) 7–2 45:17 – B. Welter (G. Biver) 7–3 49:15 – E. Wambach (G. Scheier)
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	34	Shots	28

9 April 12:30

Bulgaria

19–1 (10–0, 4–1, 5–0)

Georgia

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Radosvet Petrov	Goalies	Kakha Ambrolava Konstantine Sanikidze	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Vytautas Lukosevičius
	I. Hodulov (M. Boyadjiev, B. Stefanov) – 04:02 1–0 B. Stefanov (M. Boyadjiev, I. Hodulov) (PP) – 06:30 2–0 M. Nikolov (A. Panev, N. Bozhanov) – 10:33 3–0 K. Monov (T. Georgiev, A. Vasilev) (PP) – 12:06 4–0 M. Boyadjiev (I. Hodulov) – 12:17 5–0 A. Vasilev (I. Velev, K. Monov) – 14:06 6–0 M. Boyadjiev (R. Petrov) – 15:15 7–0 T. Georgiev (K. Monov, I. Velev) (PP) – 17:27 8–0 I. Hodulov (M. Boyadjiev, M. Eftimov) – 18:24 9–0 M. Nikolov (A. Panev, N. Bozhanov) – 18:37 10–0 T. Georgiev (A. Vasilev) – 22:06 11–0 11–1 27:09 – G. Gobejishvili (M. Davitashvili, A. Geperidze) (PP) P. Mihov (Y. Gachev, A. Panev) (PP) – 31:29 12–1 A. Panev (Y. Gachev) – 33:43 13–1 A. Panev (P. Mihov) – 36:24 14–1 T. Georgiev (K. Monov, I. Velev) – 42:49 15–1 N. Bozhanov (T. Georgiev) – 45:15 16–1 T. Georgiev (I. Velev) – 50:11 17–1 P. Mihov (M. Nikolov, A. Panev) – 50:26 18–1 T. Georgiev (I. Velev, A. Vasilev) (PP) – 51:26 19–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	78	Shots	10

9 April 16:00

North Korea

12–2 (3–2, 4–0, 5–0)

Hong Kong

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Pak Il	Goalies	Ho King Chi King Heung Emerson Kwokway	Referee: Igor Tsernyshov Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Orri Sigmarsson
	0–1 05:14 – Sham A. Kim K-c. (Kim J-h., Ri C-j.) – 08:18 1–1 1–2 13:16 – Kan S. (Ho J.) Kim N-h. (Kim K-h.) – 13:52 2–2 Kim H-j. (Ri C-m.) – 15:27 3–2 Ju S-h. (Ri S-g.) (PP) – 24:28 4–2 Ri P-i. (An C-h.) – 25:54 5–2 Kim H-j. (Ri P-i.) (PP) – 35:44 6–2 Ju S-h. (Kim S-g., Kim K-h.) (PP) – 36:37 7–2 Kim M-c. (SH) – 43:07 8–2 Kim H-j. (Jon S-c.) (PP) – 48:09 9–2 Ri P-i. (Ju S-h.) – 54:03 10–2 Ju S-h. – 55:01 11–2 An C-h. (Kim H-j., Ri P-i.) (PP2) – 56:17 12–2
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	53	Shots	11

9 April 19:30

Luxembourg

8–1 (4–0, 4–0, 0–1)

United Arab Emirates

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Michel Welter	Goalies	Ahmed Al-Dhaheri Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Tomislav Knežević Linesmen: Cui Zhinan Botond Palkovi
	S. Backes – 08:17 1–0 M. Eriksson – 11:57 2–0 G. Scheier – 16:38 3–0 R. Scheier (B. Houdremont, B. Welter) (PP) – 18:15 4–0 B. Houdremont (K. Gronlund, B. Welter) (PP) – 26:20 5–0 B. Houdremont (R. Beran, C. Waltener) (PP2) – 30:20 6–0 R. Beran (B. Welter, C. Waltener) (PP) – 30:33 7–0 B. Welter (B. Houdremont) – 39:47 8–0 8–1 43:34 – O. Al-Shamisi (PP)
	22 min	Penalties	20 min
	50	Shots	26

11 April 12:30

United Arab Emirates

1–12 (0–3, 1–4, 0–5)

North Korea

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol	Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Orri Sigmarsson
	0–1 06:27 – Hong C-r. (Ri C-m.) 0–2 07:08 – Ri S-g. (Kim K-h., Kim S-g.) (PP) 0–3 19:57 – Kim K-h. (Ri S-g., Ju S-h.) 0–4 20:39 – Ri C-m. (Hong C-r.) 0–5 23:13 – Hong C-r. (Kim H-j., An C-h.) A. Al-Harmoodi (PP) – 25:18 1–5 1–6 31:17 – Kim H-j. (Hong C-r., An C-h.) (PP) 1–7 38:03 – Hong C-r. (PP) 1–8 46:06 – Hong C-r. (Kim H-j., Kim M-c.) 1–9 49:44 – Kim J-h. (Ri C-j., Kim K-c.) 1–10 50:56 – Kim K-c. (Kim C-h.) 1–11 51:41 – Kim J-h. (Ri C-j., Hong C-r.) 1–12 53:07 – Kim S-g.
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	15	Shots	60

11 April 16:00

Hong Kong

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Bulgaria

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Keung Emerson Kwokway Ho King Chi King	Goalies	Konstantin Mihaylov Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Tomislav Knežević Linesmen: Cui Zhinan Vytautas Lukosevičius
	0–1 01:10 – I. Hodulov (A. Yotov) Sham A. (Tai J.) – 02:07 1–1 1–2 25:25 – I. Hodulov 1–3 27:06 – I. Hodulov (M. Boyadjiev, A. Yotov) (PP) 1–4 34:25 – S. Muhachev (M. Nikolov) (PP) 1–5 49:20 – I. Hodulov (A. Yotov) (PP) 1–6 59:08 – P. Mihov (A. Yotov, N. Bozhanov) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	67

11 April 19:30

Georgia

0–19 (0–7, 0–6, 0–6)

Luxembourg

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Kakha Ambrolava Konstantine Sanikidze	Goalies	Gilles Mangen	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Simone Lega Botond Palkovi
	0–1 00:22 – C. Waltener (B. Welter, B. Houdremont) 0–2 01:09 – R. Beran (B. Welter) 0–3 04:31 – G. Scheier (M. Eriksson, C. Thiry) 0–4 04:56 – M. Eriksson (G. Scheier) 0–5 12:53 – S. Minden (R. Scheier) 0–6 14:25 – T. Holtzem (B. Houdremont, C. Waltener) 0–7 14:39 – T. Holtzem (C. Waltener, B. Houdremont) 0–8 28:55 – P. Schön (B. Houdremont, C. Waltener) 0–9 30:07 – M. Eriksson (S. Backes, G. Biver) 0–10 32:13 – B. Houdremont (C. Waltener, F. Schons) 0–11 33:13 – G. Scheier (M. Eriksson, C. Thiry) 0–12 37:11 – G. Scheier (M. Eriksson, G. Biver) (PP) 0–13 39:42 – T. Holtzem (P. Schön, B. Houdremont) 0–14 40:41 – P. Schön (F. Schons, C. Thiry) 0–15 45:10 – M. Eriksson (P. Schön, C. Thiry) 0–16 45:58 – S. Backes (S. Minden, F. Davidson) 0–17 49:49 – R. Scheier (S. Minden, P. Bechthold) (SH) 0–18 50:03 – S. Minden (F. Davidson, P. Bechthold) (SH) 0–19 59:09 – S. Minden (S. Backes, T. Holtzem)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	4	Shots	71

12 April 12:30

Bulgaria

4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

North Korea

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Konstantin Mihaylov	Goalies	Pak Kuk-chol	Referee: Tim Tzirtziganis Linesmen: Simone Lega Botond Palkovi
	0–1 06:19 – Hong C-r. (Ri C-m.) I. Hodulov (A. Yotov, S. Muhachev) – 36:01 1–1 A. Yotov (B. Stefanov, S. Muhachev) – 39:10 2–1 A. Yotov (A. Vasilev) – 46:18 3–1 I. Hodulov (A. Yotov, M. Boyadjiev) (PP) – 53:55 4–1
	30 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	49

12 April 16:00

United Arab Emirates

6–1 (1–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Georgia

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	Goalies	Kakha Ambrolava	Referee: Igor Tsernyshov Linesmen: Thomas Caillot Cui Zhinan
	S. Al-Nuaimi (M. Al-Mazrouei) – 07:48 1–0 M. Al-Mazrouei (F. Al-Suwaidi) (PP) – 21:36 2–0 2–1 25:26 – I. Davidov S. Al-Nuaimi (M. Al-Mazrouei, A. Al-Mazrouei) – 27:15 3–1 A. Al-Mazrouei (S. Al-Nuaimi, F. Al-Suwaidi) (PP) – 33:16 4–1 A. Al-Mazrouei (M. Al-Mazrouei, S. Al-Nuaimi) – 41:33 5–1 M. Al-Dhaheri (M. Al-Shamisi, M. Al-Mazrouei) (PP) – 44:13 6–1
	22 min	Penalties	30 min
	50	Shots	12

12 April 19:30

Luxembourg

8–0 (5–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer Attendance: 900

Game reference
	Michel Welter	Goalies	Ho King Chi King Keung Emerson Kwokway	Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Michael Johnstone Vytautas Lukosevičius
	M. Eriksson – 04:37 1–0 B. Houdremont (R. Beran, B. Welter) (PP) – 07:49 2–0 E. Wambach (G. Scheier) – 10:45 3–0 R. Beran (K. Gronlund, B. Houdremont) – 12:11 4–0 B. Welter (R. Beran, F. Schons) – 16:43 5–0 S. Minden (F. Schons, G. Scheier) (PP2) – 54:53 6–0 B. Houdremont (B. Welter, P. Schön) – 56:23 7–0 C. Waltener (E. Wambach, M. Eriksson) – 59:58 8–0
	39 min	Penalties	18 min
	46	Shots	18

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Ho King Chi King
  • Best Defenceman: Clement Waltener
  • Best Forward: Alexei Yotov

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ivan Hodulov	5	13	8	21	+14	6	F
Alexei Yotov	5	6	15	21	+13	6	F
Kim Hyok-ju	5	9	7	16	+18	4	F
Ben Houdremont	5	6	8	14	+8	2	F
Stanislav Muhachev	5	5	8	13	+11	6	F
Ri Chol-min	5	4	9	13	+15	4	F
Marcus Eriksson	5	7	5	12	+12	4	F
Hong Chun-rim	5	6	5	11	+8	2	F
Benny Welter	5	4	7	11	+4	2	F
Ju Sung-hyok	5	5	4	9	+8	2	F
Georges Scheier	5	5	4	9	+8	10	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

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
Konstantin Mihaylov	167:59	7	2.50	108	93.52	0
Pak Kuk-chol	194:43	6	1.85	62	90.32	0
Michel Welter	219:32	11	3.01	104	89.42	1
Ho King Chi King	214:05	16	4.48	147	89.12	0
Radosvet Petrov	120:00	6	3.00	36	83.33	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

External links

• Division III on IIHF.com

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