2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

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, Chinese Taipei 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.

2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Chinese Taipei  Turkey
Dates	27 February – 5 March 2009 9 – 15 March 2009
Teams	9
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Group A

The following teams took part in Group A of Division III tournament, which was played in Taipei, Chinese Taipei at Tapei Annex Ice Rink from February 27 through March 5, 2009.[1]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Australia	4	4	0	0	0	63	3	60	12
New Zealand	4	3	0	0	1	28	12	16	9
Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	0	2	28	14	14	6
South Africa	4	1	0	0	3	19	32	−13	3
Mongolia	4	0	0	0	4	4	81	−77	0

 Australia is promoted to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

Results

All times local

February 27, 2009 16:00

New Zealand

0–7

Australia

Tapei 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

Tapei 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

Tapei 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

Tapei 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

Tapei 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

Tapei 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

Tapei 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

Tapei 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

Tapei 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

Tapei 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

The following teams took part Group B of the Division III tournament, which was played in Erzurum, Turkey at GSIM Yenişehir Ice Hockey Hall from March 9 through March 15, 2009.[2]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Iceland	3	3	0	0	0	48	1	47	9
Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	25	26	−1	6
Ireland	3	1	0	0	2	9	39	−30	3
Bulgaria	3	0	0	0	3	8	24	−16	0

 Iceland is promoted to Division II for the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships

Results

All times 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

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

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

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

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

References

1. Group A statistics
2. Group B statistics