2009 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested on April 10–16, 2009 in Dunedin, New Zealand. Mongolia withdrew from the tournament and therefore forfeited all of their games.

2009 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	April 10 - April 16
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Dunedin Ice Stadium (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Scoring leader(s)	Robert Beran (12 pts)
← 2008 2010 →

Main article: 2009 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

Venue

Dunedin Ice Stadium interior

All matches were contested at the Dunedin Ice Stadium, St. Kilda, Dunedin. This venue is the home ice of the Dunedin Thunder ice hockey team. The Dunedin Ice Stadium was used later the same month for the 2009 World Senior Curling Championships.

Participants

Team	2008 result
Ireland	Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated.[1]
New Zealand	Host, placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated.[2]
Luxembourg	Placed 3rd in Division III.[3]
Turkey	Placed 4th in Division III.[3]
Greece	Placed 5th in Division III.[3]
Mongolia	Placed 6th in Division III.[3]

Fixtures

All times are local (UTC+12).

April 10, 2009 13:00

Mongolia

0 – 5 (forfeit)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium

April 10, 2009 16:30

Ireland

3 – 7 (0–2, 1–2, 2–3)

Greece

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Adam Pepper	Goalies	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Referee: Fabio Lottaroli
	0 – 1 13:59 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos) (PP1) 0 – 2 19:18 - Kalyvas (Adamidis, Koufis) (PP1) 0 – 3 23:49 - Apostolidis (Kalyvas) (PP1) 25:14 - Morrison 1 – 3 1 – 4 27:24 - Kalyvas (Iatridis) 1 – 5 43:19 - Adamidis (Lambridis) 1 – 6 45:20 - Koufis (Kalyvas) (PP2) 50:52 - Reynolds (O'Driscoll, Jackson-Wyatt) 2 – 6 54:39 - Morrison (Leckey) (SH1) 3 – 6 3 – 7 55:01 - Kalyvas (Adamidis, Apostolidis) (PP1)
	28 min	Penalties	16 min
	54	Shots	37

April 10, 2009 20:00

Luxembourg

2 – 6 (1–1, 1–2, 0–3)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 780

Game reference
	Michel Welter	Goalies	Zak Nothling	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi
	0 – 1 7:27 - Soffer 12:55 - Welter (Beran) (SH1) 1 – 1 1 – 2 27:52 - Speirs (Lee, Down) (PP1) 33:44 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP1) 2 – 2 2 – 3 39:07 - Oak (Ball) (PP1) 2 – 4 45:27 - Smith 2 – 5 48:13 - Down (Soffer) (PP1) 2 – 6 49:07 - Speirs (Oak, Nicholls) (PP1)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	18	Shots	41

April 11, 2009 13:00

Greece

5 – 0 (forfeit)

Mongolia

Dunedin Ice Stadium

April 11, 2009 16:30

Ireland

3 – 8 (2–2, 0–5, 1–1)

Luxembourg

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 180

Game reference
	Adam Pepper Scott Bickerstaff	Goalies	Michel Welter Philippe Lepage	Referee: Nigel Boniface
	0 – 1 8:04 - Beran (Welter) (PP2) 10:43 - Jackson-Wyatt (Roberts) 1 – 1 15:20 - Roberts (McCabe, Morrison) (PP1) 2 – 1 2 – 2 18:42 - Schram (Skamarakas) 2 – 3 21:19 - Dessouroux (Holtzem) 2 – 4 24:35 - Beran (Minden) 2 – 5 26:56 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP2) 2 – 6 35:59 - Beran (Welter) (PP1) 2 – 7 39:17 - Dessouroux 56:31 - Morrison (O'Driscoll) (PP1) 3 – 7 3 – 8 58:54 - Schons
	30 min	Penalties	42 min
	41	Shots	39

April 11, 2009 20:00

New Zealand

8 – 2 (2–1, 4–1, 2–0)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 560

Game reference
	Rick Parry	Goalies	Eray Atali Baris Ucele	Referee: Jamie Miller
	0:11 - Argyle (Hay) 1 – 0 1 – 1 0:49 - Toptaner (Solak) 10:32 - Eaden (Harrop, Hay) 2 – 1 2 – 2 22:12 - Ozmen (Tasdemir) 24:38 - Eaden (Nicholls) 3 – 2 29:11 - Hay (Harrop) 4 – 2 34:53 - Argyle (Idoine, Soffer) (PP1) 5 – 2 35:51 - Speirs (Lee, Smith) 6 – 2 41:03 - Hay (Oak) 7 – 2 43:21 - Argyle (Speirs) 8 – 2
	26 min	Penalties	38 min
	53	Shots	18

April 13, 2009 13:00

Ireland

5 – 0 (forfeit)

Mongolia

Dunedin Ice Stadium

April 13, 2009 16:30

Luxembourg

4 – 7 (0–1, 1–4, 3–2)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Michel Welter Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Eray Atali	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi
	0 – 1 2:36 - Solak 0 – 2 20:55 - Solak (Ozmen, Toptaner) 0 – 3 23:05 - Ozmen (Hamarat, Solak) (SH1) 0 – 4 32:03 - Yapicilar (SH1) 35:11 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP1) 1 – 4 1 – 5 38:25 - Tasdemir (Solak) 1 – 6 42:00 - Ozmen (Toptaner, Solak) 52:32 - Mossong 2 – 6 55:28 - Beran (Scheier, Welter) 3 – 6 56:50 - Schons 4 – 6 4 – 7 58:41 - Hamarat
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	23	Shots	34

April 13, 2009 20:00

New Zealand

4 – 3 (OT) (0–2, 2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Greece

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 610

Game reference
	Zak Nothling	Goalies	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Referee: Nigel Boniface
	0 – 1 11:02 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos) (PP) 0 – 2 12:21 - Papadopoulos (Apostolidis, Tilios) (PP) 25:12 - Oak (Lee, Speirs) (PP) 1 – 2 36:23 - Speirs (Lee) 2 – 2 2 – 3 47:00 - Papadopoulos (Kalyvas) 56:41 - Soffer (Oak, Ball) 3 – 3 61:07 - Eaden (Speirs) 4 – 3
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	47	Shots	15

April 15, 2009 13:00

Greece

2 – 7 (0–3, 0–2, 2–2)

Luxembourg

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 180

Game reference
	Ntalimpor Ploutsis Georgios Fiotakis	Goalies	Michel Welter Philippe Lepage	Referee: Fabio Lottaroli
	0 – 1 7:08 - Dessouroux (PP) 0 – 2 12:06 - Welter (Beran) (SH) 0 – 3 15:20 - Welter (Beran, Schons) (SH) 0 – 4 33:37 - Holtzem (Dessouroux) (PP) 0 – 5 37:02 - Funk (Scheier, Schram) 40:42 - Apostolidis (Kalyvas) 1 – 5 1 – 6 47:36 - Minden (Beran) (PP) 48:25 - Adamidis (Koufis, Lempesis) 2 – 6 2 – 7 55:14 - Scheier (Beran, Schons) (PP)
	54 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	41

April 15, 2009 16:30

Turkey

7 – 1 (3–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Ireland

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 170

Game reference
	Eray Atali	Goalies	Adam Pepper Scott Bickerstaff	Referee: Jamie Miller
	5:18 - Toptaner (Hamarat) (PP) 1 – 0 6:51 - Yapicilar (Hamarat, Ozmen) 2 – 0 16:32 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Ozturk) 3 – 0 27:11 - Ozmen 4 – 0 35:33 - Halil (Tasdemir) 5 – 0 5 – 1 43:46 - Morrison (Reynolds, Kelly) (PP) 45:53 - Gumus (SH) 6 – 1 51:37 - Tasdemir (Karakoc, Gumus) (PP) 7 – 1
	46 min	Penalties	36 min
	37	Shots	28

April 15, 2009 20:00

Mongolia

0 – 5 (forfeit)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium

April 16, 2009 13:00

Turkey

7 – 1 (1–1, 0–0, 6–0)

Greece

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Eray Atali	Goalies	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi
	15:39 - Gumus (Cetinkaya) (PP) 1 – 0 1 – 1 18:25 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos, Apostolidis) (PP) 42:26 - Karakoc (Tasdemir) 2 – 1 43:07 - Karakoc (Yapicilar) 3 – 1 47:35 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Gumus) (PP) 4 – 1 50:23 - Karakoc (Yapicilar, Ozturk) 5 – 1 55:09 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Tasdemir) 6 – 1 58:36 - Ozmen (Solak, Hamarat) 7 – 1
	37 min	Penalties	20 min
	45	Shots	24

April 16, 2009 16:30

Luxembourg

5 – 0 (forfeit)

Mongolia

Dunedin Ice Stadium

April 16, 2009 20:00

New Zealand

9 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Ireland

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 1210

Game reference
	Rick Parry	Goalies	Scott Bickerstaff	Referee: Nigel Boniface
	10:29 - Harrop (Hay, Ball) (PP) 1 – 0 23:34 - Rout 2 – 0 24:24 - Lee (Speirs, Nicholls) 3 – 0 24:59 - Ball (Eaden) 4 – 0 43:17 - R. Idoine (Eaden, L. Idoine) 5 – 0 47:10 - Lee (Speirs, Argyle) (PP) 6 – 0 49:49 - Speirs (Lee) 7 – 0 53:26 - Lee (SH) 8 – 0 54:07 - Eaden (SH) 9 – 0
	42 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	27

Ranking and statistics

Promoted to Division II for 2010[4]

Rk	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
1	New Zealand	5	4	1	0	0	32	7	25	14
2	Turkey	5	4	0	0	1	28	14	14	12
3	Luxembourg	5	3	0	0	2	26	18	8	9
4	Greece	5	2	0	1	2	18	21	-3	7
5	Ireland	5	1	0	0	4	12	31	-19	3
6	Mongolia	Withdrew

Tournament Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Ntalimpor Ploutsis
  • Best Defenceman: Gokturk Tasdemir
  • Best Forward: Brett Speirs

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Robert Beran	4	4	8	12	0	20	F
Brett Speirs	4	5	5	10	+5	0	F
Benny Welter	4	6	3	9	0	2	F
Braden Lee	4	3	5	8	+5	10	F
Emrah Ozmen	4	5	2	7	+6	18	F
Serkan Yapicilar	4	5	2	7	+3	20	F
Yavuz Karakoc	4	3	4	7	+5	12	F
Alper Solak	4	2	5	7	+4	2	F

Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Rick Parry	120:00	45	2	1.00	95.56	1
Eray Atali	209:11	98	10	2.87	89.80	0
Ntalimpor Ploutsis	221:07	175	19	5.16	89.14	0
Michel Welter	180:00	116	13	4.33	88.79	0
Zak Nothling	121.07	33	5	2.48	84.85	1

Source: IIHF.com

References

1. "2008 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
2. "2008 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
3. "Final Ranking" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
4. "2009 IIHF World Championship Div. III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-29.

External links

• Division III fixtures and statistics at IIHF
• Bill Meltzer (2009-07-02). "Hockey still going Down Under". nhl.com. Across the Pond. nhl.com. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
• "Ice Blacks claim world crown". Howick and Pakuranga Times. 2009-04-27. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-02-16.