2019 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Main article: 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2019 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Bulgaria  United Arab Emirates
Dates	22–28 April 31 March–6 April
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2018 2020 →

The Group A tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 28 April and the qualification tournament in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 31 March to 6 April 2019.[1] Both Kyrgyzstan and Thailand made their debut in the World Championships, with each winning their first game (Kyrgyzstan won all five of its games, but the first four were changed to forfeits due to an ineligible player).

Bulgaria earned promotion to Division II, while the United Arab Emirates won the qualification tournament and were promoted. South Africa finished last and were demoted to the qualification tournament.[2][3]

Division III

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Dates	22–28 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	137 (9.13 per match)
Attendance	6,650 (443 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Miroslav Vasilev (16 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Luxembourg	Placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
Bulgaria	Host, placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Turkey	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
South Africa	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Turkmenistan	Placed 1st in Division III qualification last year.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[4]

Referees	Linesmen
Feng Lei Stefan Hogarth Vladimir Babic Ryan Cairns	Kiril Peychinov Luchezar Stoyanov Henri Neva Anton Boryayev Dāvis Zunde Mihai Paul Chae Youn-jin

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bulgaria (H, P)	5	5	0	0	0	39	7	+32	15	Promotion to 2020 Division II B
2	Turkey	5	3	0	0	2	21	17	+4	9
3	Turkmenistan	5	2	0	1	2	21	21	0	7
4	Luxembourg	5	2	0	0	3	15	20	−5	6
5	Chinese Taipei	5	1	1	0	3	23	35	−12	5
6	South Africa (R)	5	1	0	0	4	18	37	−19	3	Relegation to 2020 Division III B

Source: IIHF
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

22 April 2019 13:00

Turkey

2–3 (0–1, 1–0, 1–2)

Luxembourg

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Marcus Anselm	Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Kiril Peychinov Luchezar Stoyanov
	0–1 14:01 – Mosr (Mossong, Bechtold) (PP) Bingöl (Kavaz, Ö. Karş) – 31:33 1–1 1–2 46:56 – Backes (Eriksson, C. Cannon) Elakaş (Halil, Gümüş) (PP) – 51:54 2–2 2–3 57:39 – Mossong (Welter, Mosr)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	36	Shots	28

22 April 2019 16:30

Turkmenistan

4–5 OT (0–0, 0–3, 4–1) (OT: 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 130

Game reference
	Keremli Charyyev Rahman Myradov	Goalies	Hou Ta-yu	Referee: Vladimir Babic Linesmen: Henri Neva Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 25:45 – Weng (Shen, Yang) 0–2 26:32 – Weng (Lin H., Shen) 0–3 34:11 – Weng (Pan) Dovletmyradov (Gurbanov, Vahovskiy) – 47:40 1–3 Kuliyev (Baymyradov) – 49:05 2–3 Hydyrov (Vahovskiy) (PP) – 52:02 3–3 3–4 54:12 – Lin K. (Lin H.) (PP) Geldimyradov (Soyunov) – 59:18 4–4 4–5 62:00 – Weng (Lin H.)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	36	Shots	22

22 April 2019 20:00

Bulgaria

12–2 (7–1, 1–1, 4–0)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Charl Pretorius	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Anton Boryayev Chae Youn-jin
	Muhachev (M. Vasilev) – 00:34 1–0 Yotov (Hodulov, Stoilov) – 01:32 2–0 2–1 04:50 – Samaai (Carelse) M. Vasilev (Boyadjiev) – 12:43 3–1 M. Vasilev (Yotov) (PP) – 14:26 4–1 M. Vasilev (V. Dikov) – 15:46 5–1 Yotov (Stoilov, Stefanov) – 16:42 6–1 M. Vasilev (Boyadjiev) – 17:24 7–1 7–2 29:28 – R. Venter (Kluyts) M. Vasilev (Hodulov) – 39:42 8–2 Hodulov (Yotov) – 41:39 9–2 Hodulov (K. Dikov) – 47:03 10–2 Dzhorov – 49:50 11–2 Muhachev (V. Dikov, Gatchev) – 53:55 12–2
	24 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	25

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23 April 2019 13:00

South Africa

2–7 (0–2, 1–3, 1–2)

Turkmenistan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 136

Game reference
	Charl Pretorius Ryan Boyd	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Anton Boryayev Luchezar Stoyanov
	0–1 02:10 – Baymyradov (Tannyyev) 0–2 02:59 – Gurbanov (Dovletmyradov) 0–3 26:13 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov, Dovletmyradov) 0–4 27:45 – Aganiyazov (Gurbanov, Dovletmyradov) (PP) 0–5 39:42 – Baymyradov (Tannyyev) Marais (Samaai) – 39:53 1–5 Giot (Obery) – 48:50 2–5 2–6 57:56 – Baymyradov 2–7 59:39 – Vahovskiy (Soyunov)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	32	Shots	30

23 April 2019 16:30

Luxembourg

4–5 (0–0, 3–2, 1–3)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 180

Game reference
	Marcus Anselm	Goalies	Hou Ta-yu He Wei-chih	Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Henri Neva Kiril Peychinov
	Mosr (Mossong, Welter) – 30:01 1–0 1–1 31:21 – Lin H. (Weng, Shen) 1–2 34:52 – Weng (Yang, Wang) Backes (C. Cannon, Scheier) – 35:31 2–2 C. Cannon (Eriksson) – 38:28 3–2 3–3 42:47 – Wang (Weng, Shen) (PP) 3–4 45:55 – Shen (Chen W.) 3–5 48:58 – Weng (Lin H.) (PP) C. Cannon (Bechtold) (SH) – 57:01 4–5
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	28

23 April 2019 20:00

Bulgaria

3–1 (0–0, 3–0, 0–1)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 1,200

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Mihai Paul Dāvis Zunde
	M. Vasilev – 23:12 1–0 V. Dikov – 26:36 2–0 Gatchev (Yotov, Boyadjiev) – 37:40 3–0 3–1 51:57 – Çıplak
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	34

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25 April 2019 13:00

Luxembourg

5–2 (1–1, 3–0, 1–1)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 108

Game reference
	Marcus Anselm	Goalies	Ryan Boyd Charl Pretorius	Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Luchezar Stoyanov Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 05:19 – Samaai (Carelse, Marais) Backes (C. Cannon) – 11:50 1–1 Welter (Bechtold, C. Cannon) (SH) – 22:46 2–1 Welter (Mossong) – 35:31 3–1 Backes (Eriksson) – 35:47 4–1 4–2 57:17 – Marais Grönlund (EN) – 57:29 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	36

25 April 2019 16:30

Turkey

7–4 (0–2, 3–2, 4–0)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 128

Game reference
	Muhammed Karagül Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Hou Ta-yu	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Chae Youn-jin Kiril Peychinov
	0–1 03:57 – Lin H. (Yang, Weng) 0–2 14:32 – Hsiao (Lin T.) Bingöl (Aktürk, E. Faner) – 23:10 1–2 1–3 26:39 – Yu (Lin H.) Özmen (Hars) – 31:00 2–3 Gümüş (K. Karş, Çıplak) (PP2) – 34:29 3–3 3–4 39:59 – Weng (Shen, Lin H.) (PP) Ö. Karş – 41:51 4–4 Salt (Faner) (PP) – 47:10 5–4 Çıplak (Gümüş) – 54:07 6–4 K. Karş (Faner) – 58:52 7–4
	8 min	Penalties	24 min
	46	Shots	19

25 April 2019 20:00

Bulgaria

6–2 (2–0, 2–2, 2–0)

Turkmenistan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 1,200

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Vladimir Babic Linesmen: Henri Neva Mihai Paul
	Nikolov – 06:36 1–0 K. Dikov (Nikolov) (PP) – 15:50 2–0 2–1 21:36 – Barkovskiy (PP) Muhachev (Boyadjiev, V. Dikov) (PP) – 30:32 3–1 3–2 33:34 – Barkovskiy (Soyunov) K. Dikov (M. Vasilev, Muhachev) (PP) – 36:58 4–2 Hodulov (Boyadjiev, M. Vasilev) (PP2) – 43:38 5–2 Boyadjiev (M. Vasilev, Muhachev) – 45:16 6–2
	44 min	Penalties	46 min
	39	Shots	20

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26 April 2019 13:00

South Africa

3–6 (2–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Turkey

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Tolga Bozacı	Referee: Vladimir Babic Linesmen: Mihai Paul Kiril Peychinov
	Valadas – 03:28 1–0 1–1 10:37 – K. Karş (Gümüş) (PP) Kluyts (Van Doesburgh) – 12:42 2–1 2–2 22:17 – Gümüş (Salt) (PP) Giot (Botha, Magmoed) (PP) – 30:16 3–2 3–3 38:45 – Halil (F. Faner) 3–4 43:42 – Özmen (Halil) (PP) 3–5 58:47 – Bakal (Salt, Halil) (EN) 3–6 59:09 – Özmen (EN)
	22 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	47

26 April 2019 16:30

Turkmenistan

4–3 (0–2, 3–1, 1–0)

Luxembourg

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 195

Game reference
	Keremli Charyyev	Goalies	Marcus Anselm	Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Anton Boryayev Henri Neva
	0–1 02:54 – Mossong (Mosr, Welter) 0–2 08:51 – C. Cannon (Eriksson) Barkovskiy (Soyunov, Geldimyradov) (PP) – 29:12 1–2 Aganiyazov (PP) – 31:17 2–2 2–3 33:48 – Mossong (Mosr) Veleyev (Barkovskiy) – 39:01 3–3 Dovletmyradov (Gurbanov) – 45:44 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	26

26 April 2019 20:00

Chinese Taipei

2–11 (1–1, 1–6, 0–4)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 953

Game reference
	Hou Ta-yu He Wei-chih	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Chae Youn-jin Dāvis Zunde
	Lin T. (Hsiao) – 12:22 1–0 1–1 17:09 – M. Vasilev (Muhachev) 1–2 21:35 – M. Vasilev (Hodulov) 1–3 23:38 – Boyadjiev (M. Vasilev, V. Dikov) 1–4 26:33 – Hodulov 1–5 30:07 – T. Georgiev (V. Vasilev) Lin H. (Shen, Weng) – 32:39 2–5 2–6 35:13 – Hodulov (Boyadjiev) (PP) 2–7 35:33 – Dilkov (Dzhorov, T. Georgiev) 2–8 48:52 – M. Vasilev (V. Vasilev) (PP) 2–9 57:22 – Hodulov (Stoilov, Nikolov) 2–10 57:44 – Muhachev (M. Vasilev, Dzhorov) 2–11 59:58 – M. Vasilev (Bachvarov, Hodulov) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	40

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28 April 2019 13:00

Turkey

5–4 (0–1, 2–1, 3–2)

Turkmenistan

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 90

Game reference
	Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Chae Youn-jin Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 08:48 – Dovletmyradov (Vahovskiy, Veleyev) Ö. Karş (Gümüş, Halil) – 24:17 1–1 1–2 26:53 – Dovletmyradov (Gurbanov, Vahovskiy) (PP) F. Faner (Halil) – 27:06 2–2 Bakal (Salt, Halil) – 40:53 3–2 3–3 42:09 – Vahovskiy (Veleyev) 3–4 45:52 – Barkovskiy (Geldimyradov) Özmen (Gümüş) (PP2) – 54:14 4–4 Bingöl (Ö. Karş, E. Faner) – 56:03 5–4
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	38	Shots	22

28 April 2019 16:30

Chinese Taipei

7–9 (1–2, 2–4, 4–3)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 105

Game reference
	Hou Ta-yu He Wei-chih	Goalies	Charl Pretorius	Referee: Feng Lei Linesmen: Mihai Paul Luchezar Stoyanov
	Lin H. (Weng, Sang) (PP2) – 09:13 1–0 1–1 11:51 – Carelse (Samaai) 1–2 18:03 – Carelse (Obery, Samaai) 1–3 22:39 – Schuurman 1–4 24:03 – Compton 1–5 25:54 – Botha (Samaai, Carelse) (PP) 1–6 27:46 – Compton Shen (Lin H.) (PP) – 32:01 2–6 Lin H. (Weng) – 34:06 3–6 3–7 41:51 – Schuurman (Compton) Sang (Weng, Shen) (SH) – 46:48 4–7 4–8 47:42 – Samaai (PP) Chen W. (Chen K.) – 48:23 5–8 Chen W. – 54:47 6–8 Chiang (Weng) – 56:11 7–8 7–9 59:43 – Marais (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	22

28 April 2019 20:00

Luxembourg

0–7 (0–4, 0–1, 0–2)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 1,135

Game reference
	Marcus Anselm Sven Cruchten	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Anton Boryayev Henri Neva
	0–1 12:28 – Hodulov (V. Vasilev) 0–2 14:50 – Hodulov (Yotov) 0–3 16:13 – Georgiev (SH) 0–4 18:18 – Muhachev (V. Dikov, Dilkov) 0–5 32:18 – Hodulov (Yotov, Boyadjiev) 0–6 44:35 – Yotov (Gatchev, Stoilov) 0–7 59:59 – Hodulov (Dilkov) (PP2)
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	29

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goalkeeper: Dimitar Dimitrov
  • Best Defenseman: Shen Yen-lin
  • Best Forward: Miroslav Vasilev

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Miroslav Vasilev	5	10	6	16	+10	22	F
Weng To	5	7	8	15	+3	2	F
Ivan Hodulov	5	10	4	14	+10	18	F
Lin Hung-ju	5	5	7	12	−2	12	F
Martin Boyadjiev	5	2	7	9	+8	6	D
Shen Yen-lin	5	2	7	9	+1	0	D
Stanislav Muhachev	5	5	3	8	+10	0	F
Alexei Yotov	5	3	5	8	+7	0	F
Begench Dovletmyradov	5	4	3	7	+2	2	F
Colm Cannon	5	3	4	7	+2	4	F
Uthman Samaai	5	3	4	7	+1	6	F
Aleksandr Vahovskiy	5	3	4	7	0	6	F

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

Goaltending leaders

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
Dimitar Dimitrov	300:00	7	1.40	138	94.93	1
Marcus Anselm	292:18	19	3.90	160	88.12	0
Keremli Charyyev	266:32	18	4.05	147	87.76	0
Tolga Bozacı	272:26	14	3.08	114	87.72	0
Hou Ta-yu	224:52	22	5.87	134	83.58	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

Division III qualification tournament

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	31 March–6 April
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	170 (11.33 per match)
Attendance	1,585 (106 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Artur Zainutdinov (18 points)
Website	Website

Participants

Team	Qualification
Hong Kong	Placed 6th in Division III last year and were relegated.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Placed 2nd in Division III qualification last year.
United Arab Emirates	Host, placed 3rd in Division III qualification last year.
Kuwait	Placed 4th in Division III qualification last year.
Thailand	First time participating in tournament.
Kyrgyzstan	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[5]

Referees	Linesmen
Kent Unwin Liu Jiaqi Dean Smith Toh Sung-taek	Jiří Gebauer Norbert Muzsik Kang Tae-woo Murat Aygün Oleksiy Ryabikov Heylaan Al-Ameri Yahya Al-Jneibi

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	United Arab Emirates (H, P)	5	4	0	0	1	46	14	+32	12[lower-alpha 1]	Promotion to 2020 Division III
2	Hong Kong	5	4	0	0	1	31	18	+13	12[lower-alpha 1]
3	Thailand	5	2	1	0	2	26	19	+7	8
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2	0	1	2	21	22	−1	7
5	Kuwait	5	1	0	0	4	9	43	−34	3[lower-alpha 2]	Later assigned to 2020 Division IV
6	Kyrgyzstan	5	1	0	0	4	7	24	−17	3[lower-alpha 2]

Source: IIHF
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; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. United Arab Emirates 11–1 Hong Kong
2. Kyrgyzstan 0–5 (forfeit) Kuwait

Results

All times are local (UTC+4).

• Kyrgyzstan played its first four games, all wins, with Russian born player Aleksandr Titov in their lineup. Before their final game, also a win, when it was found that Titov was not yet eligible to play for Kyrgyzstan, he was disqualified from the tournament and Kyrgyzstan forfeited their first four games.

31 March 2019 12:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4–5 GWS (4–1, 0–1, 0–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Thailand

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 47

Game reference
	Amel Ćapin	Goalies	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Jiří Gebauer
	Hodžić – 00:53 1–0 Ćatović (Omer) (PP) – 08:48 2–0 Pilav (Ćatović, Mrkva) (PP) – 13:46 3–0 Omer (Dzamalija) – 15:36 4–0 4–1 18:23 – Nagayama (PP) 4–2 22:16 – Thanakroekkiat (Nagayama) 4–3 42:09 – Ingkharratphithakon (Vattanapanyakul, Nagayama) 4–4 49:39 – Limpinphet (Suwachirat, Luckanatinakorn)
	Omer Ćatović Hodžić Dzamalija Mrkva	Shootout	Thanakroekkiat Nagayama Suwachirat Kitayama Khuhakaew
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	53

31 March 2019 16:00

Kyrgyzstan

0–5 (14–0 forfeit) (9–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Kuwait

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 52

Game reference
	Aleksandr Petrov	Goalies	Jasem Al-Sarraf	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Kang Tae-woo
	Titov (Abdyraev) – 04:29 1–0 Chuvalov – 05:26 2–0 Abdyraev (Kudashev) (PP) – 06:19 3–0 Chuvalov (Terentyev) – 08:08 4–0 Titov (Kolodii) – 08:51 5–0 Egorov (Nosov) – 12:01 6–0 Terentyev (Nosov, Egorov) (PP2) – 14:08 7–0 Titov (Kolodii) (PP) – 14:39 8–0 Tonkikh (Titov) (SH) – 18:40 9–0 Terentyev (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) – 33:45 10–0 Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Nosov) – 38:17 11–0 Nosov (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) – 44:47 12–0 Kudashev (Titov, Abdyraev) – 54:18 13–0 Isamatov (Tynaliev) – 59:56 14–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	60	Shots	5

31 March 2019 20:00

United Arab Emirates

11–1 (5–0, 6–0, 0–1)

Hong Kong

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 168

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Emerson Keung Cheung Ching Ho	Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Murat Aygün Norbert Muzsik
	Karkotsky (Remess) – 08:31 1–0 Zainutdinov (Karkotsky) – 13:10 2–0 Remess (J. Al-Dhareri) – 16:46 3–0 Zainutdinov – 18:48 4–0 Al-Mahrooqi (Zainutdinov) – 19:19 5–0 Zainutdinov – 21:14 6–0 Al-Mehairi (O. Al-Shamsi) – 22:36 7–0 J. Al-Dhareri (Zainutdinov) – 27:14 8–0 J. Al-Dhareri (Zainutdinov) – 36:21 9–0 Zainutdinov (Al-Kaabi) – 37:46 10–0 Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhareri, Al-Mahrooqi) – 39:37 11–0 11–1 51:52 – Wong K. (Tang)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	41	Shots	16

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1 April 2019 12:00

Hong Kong

12–2 (4–1, 2–0, 6–1)

Kuwait

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 68

Game reference
	Cheung Ching-ho	Goalies	Ahmad Al-Saegh	Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Oleksiy Ryabikov
	0–1 03:32 – A. Al-Sarraf (Al-Qattan) Lau (Lo, Au-Yeung) – 06:07 1–1 Sham (Wong K., To) – 07:25 2–1 Au-Yeung (Tang, Wong K.) (PP) – 10:33 3–1 Wong K. (Sham, To) – 14:16 4–1 Tang – 30:00 5–1 Kan S. (SH) 6–1 Chau (L. Wong, Sham) – 43:05 7–1 Lo – 44:27 8–1 J. Wong (Fung) – 46:03 9–1 J. Wong (Kan C.) – 46:20 10–1 Chau (Tang) – 49:16 11–1 Chau (Lam, Kan C.) – 53:30 12–1 12–2 58:53 – Al-Awadhi (Al-Zidan, Al-Maraghy) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	17

1 April 2019 16:00

Thailand

5–0 (2–6 forfeit) (0–4, 0–0, 2–2)

Kyrgyzstan

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 82

Game reference
	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Goalies	Aleksandr Petrov	Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Murat Aygün
	0–1 11:33 – Tynaliev (Gorobets) 0–2 12:00 – Tonkikh (Nosov) 0–3 16:36 – Titov (Abdyraev, Kolodii) 0–4 18:55 – Chuvalov (Nosov, Tonkikh) Luckanatinakorn – 42:40 1–4 Thanakroekkiat (Luckanatinakorn) (PP) – 44:13 2–4 2–5 49:02 – Nosov (Tonkikh) 2–6 18:55 – Egorov (Chuvalov)
	8 min	Penalties	49 min
	8	Shots	48

1 April 2019 20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3–10 (0–3, 1–6, 2–2)

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 74

Game reference
	Amel Ćapin Dino Pašović	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Kang Tae-woo
	0–1 07:22 – J. Al-Dhaheri (Remess) (PP) 0–2 12:26 – Savko (O. Al-Shamsi) 0–3 17:36 – J. Al-Dhaheri (Zainutdinov, Karkotsky) (PP) 0–4 22:13 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhaheri) (PP) 0–5 26:10 – Karkotsky 0–6 28:01 – Al-Mahrooqi (Remess) Hasović – 30:55 1–6 1–7 32:27 – Zainutdinov (Remess) (SH) 1–8 33:22 – Al-Mahrooqi (J. Al-Dhaheri, Zainutdinov) 1–9 39:15 – A. Al-Suwaidi (O. Al-Shamsi) Dzamalija (Đinalić, Omer) – 48:12 2–9 2–10 49:20 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhaheri, Al-Mahrooqi) Mrkva (Omer) – 57:50 3–10
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	50

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3 April 2019 12:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5–0 (3–14 forfeit) (0–4, 2–7, 1–3)

Kyrgyzstan

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 66

Game reference
	Dino Pašović Amel Ćapin	Goalies	Aleksandr Petrov	Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Norbert Muzsik
	0–1 04:38 – Nosov (SH) 0–2 04:58 – Egorov (Nosov) (SH) 0–3 05:51 – Tonkikh (Isamatov) 0–4 10:34 – Nosov (Tonkikh, Egorov) 0–5 20:53 – Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Kolodii) (PP) Omer (Ćatović) (PP) – 22:22 1–5 1–6 23:16 – Nosov (Egorov) 1–7 23:35 – Tynaliev (Abdyraev) (PP) 1–8 27:08 – Tonkikh (Nosov, Chuvalov) 1–9 27:59 – Nosov (Chuvalov, Terentyev) (PP) 1–10 31:02 – Kolodii (Shushenkov, Nosov) (PP2) 1–11 33:15 – Shushenkov (SH) London (Hodžić, Hasović) (PP) – 33:59 2–11 2–12 40:45 – Tagaev (Abdyraev, Titov) 2–13 48:44 – Nosov (Tonkikh, Egorov) (PP2) Omer (Hodžić) (PP) – 55:51 3–13 3–14 58:53 – Chuvalov
	107 min	Penalties	41 min
	12	Shots	55

3 April 2019 16:00

Hong Kong

6–5 (0–3, 3–2, 3–0)

Thailand

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 56

Game reference
	Keung Emerson	Goalies	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Kang Tae-woo Oleksiy Ryabikov
	0–1 06:51 – Nagayama (Suwachirat) 0–2 15:52 – Suwachirat (Supadilokluk, Forster) 0–3 16:20 – Kitayama (Supadilokluk) 0–4 20:52 – Suwachirat (Forster, Nagayama) Kan S. (Wong K.) – 27:22 1–4 1–5 31:13 – Limpinphet (Kitayama, Nagayama) Tang (Lo) – 35:11 2–5 To (Tang) – 36:42 3–5 To (Tang) – 54:33 4–5 Sham – 57:23 5–5 Wong K. (Kan S., L. Wong) (PP) – 59:20 6–5
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	34	Shots	26

3 April 2019 20:00

United Arab Emirates

13–1 (5–0, 8–0, 0–1)

Kuwait

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 98

Game reference
	Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	Goalies	Jasem Al-Saraf Ahmad Al-Saegh	Referee: Liu Jiaqi Linesmen: Murat Aygün Jiří Gebauer
	J. Al-Dhareri (Al-Mehairi) – 01:25 1–0 Al-Kaabi (Al-Nuaimi, Al-Mehairi) – 02:40 2–0 Al-Nuaimi (Al-Kaabi) – 12:19 3–0 Al-Mahrooqi (Al-Ameri, Al-Mazrouei) – 18:24 4–0 Al-Kaabi (Al-Mazrouei, Al-Nuaimi) – 19:52 5–0 J. Al-Dhareri (Al-Mehairi, Al-Mahrooqi) – 21:45 6–0 Al-Zaabi (J. Al-Dhareri, Al-Ameri) – 25:12 7–0 Al-Blooshi – 30:17 8–0 Al-Kaabi (Al-Mazrouei, M. Al-Shamsi) – 30:44 9–0 Al-Mehairi (Al-Nuaimi) – 31:59 10–0 O. Al-Shamsi – 32:23 11–0 Al-Kaabi (Al-Blooshi) (SH) – 36:59 12–0 Al-Mahrooqi (PP) – 39:53 13–0 13–1 57:10 – Al-Ajmi
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	9

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4 April 2019 12:00

Kyrgyzstan

0–5 (8–3 forfeit) (3–0, 1–3, 4–0)

Hong Kong

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 44

Game reference
	Temir Muktarbek	Goalies	Cheung Ching Ho	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Kang Tae-woo Norbert Muzsik
	Tonkikh (Nosov) (PP) – 05:18 1–0 Nosov (Chuvalov) – 12:36 2–0 Abdyraev (Ulugbek) – 18:24 3–0 Nosov (SH) – 20:43 4–0 4–1 27:16 – Lo (Kan S.) 4–2 32:32 – Yeung (Sham, Wong K.) (PP) 4–3 33:24 – Chau (Wong K., Au-Yeung) (PP) Chuvalov – 43:32 5–3 Titov (Abdyraev, Shushenkov) (PP) – 49:42 6–3 Kolodii (Chuvalov, Nosov) – 51:23 7–3 Chuvalov (Nosov) (SH) – 55:37 8–3
	43 min	Penalties	12 min
	37	Shots	14

4 April 2019 16:00

Kuwait

0–9 (0–2, 0–3, 0–4)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 52

Game reference
	Jasem Al-Sarraf	Goalies	Amel Ćapin Dino Pašović	Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Murat Aygün
	0–1 03:51 – Ćatović (Omer, Hodžić) 0–2 10:40 – Ismailović (Omer, Hodžić) 0–3 28:17 – Mrkva (Omer, Ćatović) 0–4 28:31 – Ćatović (Omer, London) 0–5 31:13 – Hodžić (PP) 0–6 45:05 – Omer 0–7 47:51 – Hasović (Hodžić) 0–8 57:02 – Mušić 0–9 59:28 – Mušić (Posavec, Omer)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	35

4 April 2019 20:00

Thailand

2–8 (1–4, 1–3, 0–1)

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 123

Game reference
	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Oleksiy Ryabikov
	Limpinphet (Luckanatinakorn) – 08:09 1–0 1–1 08:55 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhareri) 1–2 11:04 – Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhareri) (PP) 1–3 14:15 – Zainutdinov (O. Al-Shamsi) 1–4 18:02 – Al-Kaabi (Karkotsky, Al-Mazrouei) 1–5 24:44 – Remess (Al-Nuaimi, Al-Mazrouei) (PP2) 1–6 32:32 – Karkotsky (Savko) Kitayama (Luckanatinakorn, Nagayama) (SH) – 34:39 2–6 2–7 37:34– Karkotsky (SH) 2–8 57:54 – Al-Mazrouei (M. Al-Shamsi, Al-Nuaimi) (PP)
	53 min	Penalties	42 min
	23	Shots	33

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6 April 2019 12:00

Kuwait

1–9 (0–0, 1–4, 0–5)

Thailand

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 47

Game reference
	Jasem Al-Sarraf	Goalies	Sujin Charoensuk	Referee: Kent Unwin Linesmen: Heylaan Al-Ameri Kang Tae-woo
	0–1 24:11 – Suwachirat (Kitayama) 0–2 27:09 – Supadilokluk (Thanakroekkiat) (PP) 0–3 28:37 – Vattanapanyakul (Sukwiboon, Forster) Al-Ajmi – 33:35 1–3 1–4 38:42 – Luckanatinakorn (Thanakroekkiat, Nagayama) 1–5 43:42 – Thanakroekkiat (Tengsakul) (PP) 1–6 44:13 – Nagayama (Thanakroekkiat, Limpinphet) 1–7 46:53 – Limpinphet (Thanakroekkiat, Forster) (PP) 1–8 54:03 – Limpinphet (Nagayama, Suwachirat) (SH) 1–9 55:25 – Luckanatinakorn (Sigel)
	32 min	Penalties	14 min
	11	Shots	50

6 April 2019 16:00

Hong Kong

7–0 (3–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 39

Game reference
	Emerson Keung	Goalies	Amel Ćapin	Referee: Toh Sung-taek Linesmen: Yahya Al-Jneibi Jiří Gebauer
	Lo (Lam) (SH) – 12:28 1–0 Sham (Au-Yeung, Kan S.) – 15:28 2–0 Kan S. (Tang, Wong K.) (PP) – 19:14 3–0 Kan S. – 38:23 4–0 Lo (Au-Yeung, Kan S.) – 51:53 5–0 Tang (Sham, Wong K.) – 53:21 6–0 Chau – 54:05 7–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	13

6 April 2019 20:00

United Arab Emirates

4–7 (2–3, 1–0, 1–4)

Kyrgyzstan

Abu Dhabi Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 580

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Aleksandr Petrov	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Oleksiy Ryabikov
	0–1 03:11 – Egorov (PP) Al-Kaabi – 09:06 1–1 1–2 10:20 – Kolodii (Tonkikh, Abdyraev) Zainutdinov (Al-Mahrooqi) – 14:28 2–2 2–3 19:16 – Egorov (Nosov) (PP) Al-Mahrooqi (Karkotsky) (PP) – 29:44 3–3 Zainutdinov – 40:22 4–3 4–4 48:14 – Egorov (Chuvalov) 4–5 49:54 – Tonkikh (Gorobets, Abdyraev) 4–6 50:39 – Nosov (Tonkikh) 4–7 55:01 – Nosov
	42 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	36

Statistics

All statistics from Kyrgyzstan's first four games were not counted by the IIHF, including their opponents scoring and goaltending details.

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Artur Zainutdinov	5	13	5	18	+13	4	F
Juma Al-Dhaheri	5	6	8	14	+18	2	F
Khalifa Al-Mahrooqi	5	6	4	12	+16	10	F
Hideki Nagayama	4	3	7	10	+5	2	D
Mirza Omer	4	2	8	10	+6	8	F
Tang Shin Ming Jasper	4	3	6	9	+5	4	F
Mohamed Al-Kaabi	5	6	2	8	+4	38	F
Artyom Karkotsky	5	4	4	8	+2	16	F
Wong Ka-ho	4	3	5	8	–2	2	D
Kan Siu-him	4	4	3	7	+3	2	F

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

• Kyrgyz players Vladimir Nosov (23 points), Vladimir Tonkikh (16), Mikhail Chuvalov (16), Islambek Abdyraev (10) and Maksim Egorov (10) do not appear in this list because their statistics from their first four games were deemed invalid.[6]

Goaltending leaders

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
Khaled Al-Suwaidi	240:00	13	3.25	92	85.87	0
Amel Ćapin	201:45	20	5.95	126	84.13	0
Keung Emerson	140:00	10	4.29	54	81.48	1
Cheung Ching-ho	100:00	8	4.80	43	81.40	0
Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	184:36	18	5.85	96	81.25	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

1. "Kazakhstan, Japan get top events". new-iihf.com. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
2. "Bulgaria storms to another gold". iihf.com. 28 April 2018.
3. "Emirates win on home ice". iihf.com. 6 April 2018.
4. Assignments
5. Qualification assignments
6. KGZ stats from four forfeited games

External links

• Official website
• Qualification website