2010 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international Ice Hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 13–18, 2010. For the first time, the IIHF allowed eight teams, rather than six, to compete in Division III, which was handled by separating the teams into two groups. Group A was played in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg,[1] while Group B's games took place in Yerevan, Armenia.[2] The process reverted to the single group of six teams the following year.

Main article: 2010 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2010 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries Luxembourg
 Armenia
DatesApril 14 – April 18
Teams8 (two groups of 4)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2009
2011 →

The IIHF announced on February 5, 2010 that the Division III Group A championship would be moved from Athens, Greece to Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg after the Hellenic Ice Sports Federation announced they would not able to host the tournament after problems with government funding.[3] Ireland and North Korea were both promoted to Division II for the 2011 World Championships. According to the IIHF, due to eligibility issues all games involving Armenia's became 5–0 wins for the opposing teams and Armenia was excluded from the final ranking.[4]

Participants

Group A
Team Qualification
 Luxembourg Host, placed 3rd in Division III in 2009.[5]
 Greece Placed 4th in Division III in 2009.[5]
 Ireland Placed 5th in Division III in 2009.[5]
 United Arab Emirates First time competing in tournament.

Group B
Team Qualification
 North Korea Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated in 2009.[6]
 South Africa Placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated in 2009.[7]
 Armenia Host, did not participate last year.
 Mongolia Placed 6th in Division III last year (withdrew).[5]

Group A Tournament

Standings
Promoted to Division II for 2011
Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Ireland33000177109
2 Greece3200110556
3 Luxembourg31002810-23
4 United Arab Emirates30003518-130

Tournament Awards
Best players selected by the directorate

Fixtures

All times local.

April 14
16:30		Greece 7 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 4–0)		 United Arab EmiratesPatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 131
April 14
20:15		Ireland 6 – 4
(0–0, 5–1, 1–3)		 LuxembourgPatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 635
April 15
16:30		Greece 1 – 3
(1–0, 0–3, 0–0)		 IrelandPatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 102
April 15
20:00		Luxembourg 3 – 2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 United Arab EmiratesPatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 495
April 17
16:30		United Arab Emirates 2 – 8
(0–2, 0–4, 2–2)		 IrelandPatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 250
April 17
20:00		Luxembourg 1 – 2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 GreecePatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 1150

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Mark Morrison3426+34
Dimitrios Kalyvas3156+28
Georgios Kalyvas3415+24
Sean Dooley3325+34
Gareth Roberts332502
Steven Ewen3235+42
Juma Al Dhaheri3404-14
Robert Beran3314029
Benny Welter3224-20
Stephen Hamill3134+46
Nikolaos Papadopoulos3044+120
Georges Scheifer3044+131

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

Player TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO
Ntalimpor Ploutsis179:399051.6794.440
Philippe Lepage132:375741.8192.980
Kevin Kelly160:005751.8891.230
Khaled Al Suwaidi173:09104175.8983.650

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Group B Tournament

Standings
Promoted to Division II for 2011
Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Armenia33000318239
2 North Korea320013211216
3 South Africa31002171433
4 Mongolia30003249-470

Fixtures

All times local.

April 14, 2010
16:00		Mongolia 1 – 22
(0–7, 0–9, 1–6)		 North KoreaKaren Demirchyan Complex
April 14, 2010
20:00		South Africa 2 – 9
(1–4, 1–3, 0–2)		 ArmeniaKaren Demirchyan Complex
April 15, 2010
16:00		South Africa 12 – 1
(5–1, 6–0, 1–0)		 MongoliaKaren Demirchyan Complex
April 15, 2010
20:00		North Korea 6 – 7
(3–1, 2–5, 1–1)		 ArmeniaKaren Demirchyan Complex
April 17, 2010
16:00		North Korea 4 – 3
(1–0, 1–1,2–2)		 South AfricaKaren Demirchyan Complex
April 17, 2010
20:00		Armenia 15 – 0
(6–0, 5–0, 4–0)		 MongoliaKaren Demirchyan Complex

Bronze Medal Game
April 18, 2010
16:00		 South Africa8 – 3
(3–1, 1–2, 4–0)		 MongoliaKaren Demirchyan Complex

Gold Medal Game
April 18, 2010
20:00		 Armenia2 – 5
(1–2, 1–2, 0–1)		 North KoreaKaren Demirchyan Complex
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References
  1. "2010 IIHF World Championship Div. III Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  2. "2010 IIHF World Championship Div. III Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  3. "Division III in Luxembourg". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
  4. "Schedule". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  5. "2009 IIHF World Championship Div. III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  6. "2009 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  7. "2009 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
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