2013 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

The 2013 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III A and Division III B tournaments represent the sixth and the seventh tier of the IIHF World U18 Championships.

2013 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Taiwan  Turkey
Dates	11 – 16 March 2013 7 – 10 February 2013
Teams	9
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Main article: 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 11 to 16 March 2013.[1]

Participants

Team	Qualification
China	placed 6th in 2012 Division II B and were relegated
New Zealand	placed 2nd in 2012 Division III A
Mexico	placed 3rd in 2012 Division III A
Bulgaria	placed 4th in 2012 Division III A
Chinese Taipei	hosts, placed 5th in 2012 Division III A

Final standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	0	34	3	+31	12
New Zealand	4	3	0	0	1	20	12	+8	9
Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	0	2	16	19	−3	6
Bulgaria	4	1	0	0	3	8	32	−24	3
Mexico	4	0	0	0	4	3	15	−12	0

Promoted to the 2014 Division II B

Results

All times are local. (National Standard Time – UTC+8)

11 March 2013 15:00

Chinese Taipei

4–9 (1–3, 1–2, 2–4)

New Zealand

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City

Game reference
	Fu-Hsiang Kuei	Goalies	Jakeb Dix	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi Linesmen: Hong Hyun-kook Benoit Martineau
	Shao-Hung Hsu (Po-Yun Hsiao) – SH 08:40 1–0 1–1 09:13 PP – Oliver Hay (Lachlan Frear) 1–2 16:34 – Richard Dawson 1–3 18:58 PP – Aaron Henderson (Oliver Hay) Chi-Lun Hung (Tzu-Chieh Lin) – 22:25 2–3 2–4 25:30 PP – Maxwell Macharg (Callum Burns) 2–5 36:24 – Tomas Heather (Oliver Hay, Frazer Ellis) 2–6 40:47 – Benedict Roth (Tomas Heather, Maxwell Macharg) 2–7 47:26 – Aaron Henderson (Oliver Hay, Frazer Ellis) Tzu-Chieh Lin (Chi-Lun Hung) – 52:17 3–7 3–8 52:57 – Joseph Orr Wei-Lun Yin (Ching Kuan) – PP 54:31 4–8 4–9 58:57 – Frazer Ellis (Aaron Henderson)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	56	Shots	62

11 March 2013 19:00

Mexico

0–6 (0–2, 0–1, 0–3)

China

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City

Game reference
	Richard Albrecht	Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Judson Ritter Mitchell Waters
	0–1 07:38 PP – Zhang Zesen (Zuo Tianyou) 0–2 09:58 – Wang Shaofeng (Zhang Shuchao) 0–3 36:16 – Ji Peng (Xiang Xudong) 0–4 44:19 – Zuo Tianyou 0–5 57:18 – Xiang Xudong (Zhang Shuchao, Ji Peng) 0–6 59:34 SH – Li Hang
	26 min	Penalties	34 min
	9	Shots	75

12 March 2013 19:00

Bulgaria

2–9 (0–3, 0–4, 2–2)

Chinese Taipei

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City

Game reference
	Stefan Yurukov	Goalies	Fu-Hsiang Kuei	Referee: Mun Jae-hyung Linesmen: Braden O'Loughlin Mitchell Waters
	0–1 05:32 – Li-Te Wang (Po-Yun Hsiao) 0–2 11:44 – Yi-Wei Chiu (You-Chen Chen) 0–3 19:05 PP – Po-Yun Hsiao (Yu-Wei Lin) 0–4 21:22 SH – Shao-Hung Hsu (Po-Yun Hsiao) 0–5 23:29 PP – Li-Te Wang (Shao-Hung Hsu, Po-Yun Hsiao) 0–6 33:01 – Wei-Lun Yin 0–7 39:17 – Tse-Wei CHANG (Shang-Yu Tu) 0–8 47:36 PP – Ching Kuan 0–9 50:30 – Shang-Yu Tu (Shao-Hung Hsu) Dimitar Mahmudiev (Veselin Dikov) – 56:14 1–9 Maksim Eftimov (Dimitar Mahmudiev) – PP 59:50 2–9
	24 min	Penalties	18 min
	24	Shots	60

13 March 2013 15:30

China

14–0 (6–0, 2–0, 6–0)

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies	Dimitar Videnov	Referee: Mun Jae-hyung Linesmen: Hong Hyun-kook Braden O'Loughlin
	Zhu Ziyang (Ji Peng, Xiang Xudong) – 01:47 1–0 Xiang Xudong (Zhu Ziyang) – 04:29 2–0 Zhang Shuchao (Zhang Wenqinghuai) – 09:51 3–0 Wu Jiasiteng – 14:58 4–0 Zhu Ziyang (Ji Peng, Xiang Xudong) – 15:47 5–0 Zhang Shuchao (Li Hang) – 19:58 6–0 Zhu Ziyang (Xiang Xudong, Ji Peng) – 26:40 7–0 Zuo Tianyou – 36:18 8–0 Zuo Tianyou – SH 46:17 9–0 Xiang Xudong (Zhu Ziyang, Ji Peng) – 49:38 10–0 Zhang Shuchao (Liu Yongshen) – 50:22 11–0 Zhang Zesen (Zuo Tianyou) – 50:55 12–0 Zhu Ziyang (Xiang Xudong) – 51:05 13–0 Ji Peng – 55:17 14–0
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	57	Shots	19

13 March 2013 19:00

New Zealand

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Mexico

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City

Game reference
	Daniel Lee	Goalies	Richard Albrecht	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi Linesmen: Benoit Martineau Judson Ritter
	Maxwell Macharg (Callum Burns) – 24:28 1–0 Lachlan Frear (Frazer Ellis) – PP 30:57 2–0
	37 min	Penalties	20 min
	42	Shots	22

14 March 2013 19:00

Chinese Taipei

0–8 (0–2, 0–2, 0–4)

China

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City

Game reference
	Fu-Hsiang Kuei	Goalies	Sun Zehao	Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Hong Hyun-kook Mitchell Waters
	0–1 05:41 – Li Hang (Liu Qing, Zhang Wenqinghuai) 0–2 40:46 PP – Zhang Shuchao 0–3 22:18 – Zuo Tianyou (Zhang Zhen) 0–4 31:44 PP – Liu Yongshen 0–5 45:21 – Zhang Wenqinghuai (Liu Yongshen) 0–6 46:20 – Zhang Zesen (Lu Hengnan) 0–7 52:20 – Ji Peng 0–8 56:26 – Liu Yongshen (Huang Peng, Zhang Shuchao)
	14 min	Penalties	35 min
	23	Shots	49

15 March 2013 15:30

Mexico

0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Chinese Taipei

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City

Game reference
	Richard Albrecht	Goalies	Fu-Hsiang Kuei	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi Linesmen: Braden O'Loughlin Judson Ritter
	0–1 10:40 – Hou-Chung Ti (Chi-Ting Lai) 0–2 24:09 – Wei-Lun Yin (Ching Kuan) 0–3 33:49 PP – Shao-Hung Hsu (Po-Yun Hsiao)
	24 min	Penalties	16 min
	13	Shots	52

15 March 2013 19:00

New Zealand

6–2 (0–0, 1–1, 5–1)

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City

Game reference
	Jakeb Dix	Goalies	Dimitar Videnov	Referee: Jamie Miller Linesmen: Hong Hyun-kook Benoit Martineau
	0–1 23:32 PP – Veselin Dikov (Vasil Videnov, Maksim Eftimov) Liam Dallimore (Keegan Maisey) – 37:18 1–1 1–2 46:06 – Valentin Botsev (Tomislav Georgiev) Benedict Roth (Frazer Ellis, Aaron Henderson) – PP 48:47 2–2 Tomas Heather (Maxwell Macharg, Richard Dawson) – PP 50:10 3–2 Oliver Hay (Frazer Ellis) – 55:52 4–2 Maxwell Macharg (Richard Dawson) – 56:13 5–2 Joseph Orr (Maxwell Macharg) – 57:41 6–2
	28 min	Penalties	10 min
	42	Shots	20

16 March 2013 15:00

Bulgaria

4–3 2–1, 1–2, 1–0

Mexico

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City

Game reference
	Dimitar Videnov	Goalies	Richard Albrecht	Referee: Mun Jae-hyung Linesmen: Braden O'Loughlin Mitchell Waters
	Tomislav Georgiev (Momchil Krastev, Kristian Semkov) – 04:13 1–0 1–1 08:39 – Miguel Navarro (Fabian Alva) Maksim Eftimov – 16:44 2–1 2–2 25:57 – Arturo Garcia Veselin Dikov (Momchil Krastev) – 26:45 3–2 3–3 33:25 – David Barron (Daniel Benbassat) Maksim Eftimov (Tomislav Georgiev, Veselin Dikov) – 47:55 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	26

16 March 2013 19:00

China

6–3 0–1, 5–2, 1–0

New Zealand

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City

Game reference
	Sun Zehao	Goalies	Daniel Lee	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi Linesmen: Benoit Martineau Judson Ritter
	0–1 04:03 – Frazer Ellis (Oliver Hay) Zhu Ziyang (Xiang Xudong) – PP 22:01 1–1 Zuo Tianyou – 24:58 2–1 Zhang Zesen – 29:12 3–1 Liu Yongshen (Liu Qing) – PP 33:07 4–1 Lu Hengnan – 33:52 5–1 5–2 34:40 – Keegan Maisey 5:3 39:03 SH – Joshua Louw Li Hang – ENG 58:26 6:3
	22 min	Penalties	26 min
	54	Shots	34

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Award	No.	Name	Team
Best Goalkeeper	1	Sun Zehao	China
Best Defenseman	5	Ching Kuan	Chinese Taipei
Best Forward	22	Ji Peng	China

Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches

Team	No.	Name
Bulgaria	8	Maksim Eftimov
China	22	Ji Peng
Mexico	20	Richard Albrecht
New Zealand	10	Callum Burns
Chinese Taipei	7	Po-Yun Hsiao

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in İzmit, Turkey, from 7 to 10 February 2013.[2]

Participants

Team	Qualification
South Africa	placed 6th in 2012 Division III A and were relegated
Ireland
Israel
Turkey	hosts

Final standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	3	3	0	0	0	25	4	+21	9
South Africa	3	2	0	0	1	14	7	+7	6
Turkey	3	1	0	0	2	13	13	0	3
Ireland	3	0	0	0	3	6	34	−28	0

Promoted to the 2014 Division III A

Results

All times are local. (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

7 February 2013 15:00

Israel

16–2 (6–1, 4–0, 6–1)

Ireland

K.B.B. Ice Arena, İzmit Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Dan Amar	Goalies	Adam Roche	Referee: Olafur Osaldsson Linesmen: Onur Ozturk Argun Ture
	A. Ibragimov – 02:02 1–0 R. Vainshtein (B. Zimmerman, T. May) – SH 07:49 2–0 B. Zimmerman – 11:01 3–0 A. Ibragimov (R. Aharonovich, T. Rafaely) – 11:59 4–0 4–1 12:51 – S. Coleman Y. Rosenthal (O. Kafri) – PP 17:13 5–1 Y. Levy (B. Zimmerman, Y. Rosenthal) – 17:34 6–1 R. Aharonovich (I. Chen) – 27:33 7–1 Y. Feigin (I. Chen) – 32:01 8–1 T. May (Y. Rosenthal, Y. Levy) – PP 34:57 9–1 D. Boudnikov (R. Vainshtein) – 36:39 10–1 Y. Levy (B. Driz, D. Boudnikov) – 47:04 11–1 11–2 49:18 – S. Donnelly U. Gindi – 52:52 12–2 B. Zimmerman (Y. Rosenthal, O. Kafri) – 54:13 13–2 Y. Rosenthal (R. Vainshtein) – 54:59 14–2 A. Ibragimov (R. Aharonovich) – 56:56 15–2 A. Ibragimov – 57:05 16–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	48	Shots	4

7 February 2013 18:30

Turkey

2–5 (0–3, 0–1, 2–1)

South Africa

K.B.B. Ice Arena, İzmit Attendance: 212

Game reference
	Berk Akin	Goalies	Charl Pretorius	Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Vadzim Yazerski Alexandru Butucel
	0–1 08:58 – W. Krotz (L. Stringer) 0–2 13:07 PP – S. dr Preez (D. Compton) 0–3 13:53 – K. Austin (R. Young) 0–4 27:31 – S. du Preez (D. Verwey) M. Kiraz – 47:13 1–4 K. Ozdemir – 49:30 2–4 2–5 53:39 – S. du Preez (D. Verwey)
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	23	Shots	22

9 February 2013 15:00

South Africa

8–2 (4–0, 2–2, 2–0)

Ireland

K.B.B. Ice Arena, İzmit Attendance: 322

Game reference
	Marcello Strydom	Goalies	Anthony Coy	Referee: Olafur Osaldsson Linesmen: Onur Ozturk Argun Ture
	W. Krotz (R. Fourie) – 02:23 1–0 S. du Preez – 08:28 2–0 A. Obery – 09:44 3–0 D. Compton (D. Verwey, K. Thornton) – 17:12 4–0 4–1 21:24 – S. Coleman (C. Redmond) R. Fourie – PP 27:12 5–1 5–2 28:40 – S. Coleman (C. Redmond, J. McGailey) S. du Preez (W. Krotz, L. Stringer) – PP 32:43 6–2 W. Krotz (R. Fourie, A. Obery) – PP 46:51 7–2 L. Stringer – PP 53:13 8–2
	18 min	Penalties	26 min
	50	Shots	18

9 February 2013 18:30

Israel

6–1 (0–0, 2–1, 4–0)

Turkey

K.B.B. Ice Arena, İzmit Attendance: 1,155

Game reference
	Nadav Noy	Goalies	Berk Akin	Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Vadzim Yazerski Alexandru Butucel
	0–1 35:02 – A. Inanic (M. Kiraz) B. Zimmerman – PP 38:31 PP 1–1 Y. Rosenthal (D. Gotshtein) – PP 39:46 2–1 Y. Rosenthal (B. Zimmerman) – PP 40:27 3–1 Y. Rosenthal (B. Zimmerman) – 49:11 4–1 B. Zimmerman (Y. Rosenthal, R. Vainshtein) – 55:46 5–1 D. Boudnikov – PP 59:51 6–1
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	55	Shots	21

10 February 2013 15:00

South Africa

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Israel

K.B.B. Ice Arena, İzmit Attendance: 123

Game reference
	Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Nadav Noy	Referee: Eduard Ibatulin Linesmen: Onur Ozturk Argun Ture
	0–1 19:33 – R. Vainshtein (Y. Rosenthal, B. Zimmerman) 0–2 39:35 – R. Aharonovich G. Bremner – 53:16 1–2 1–3 55:30 – B. Zimmerman (B. Driz)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	11	Shots	26

10 February 2013 18:30

Turkey

10–2 (3–1, 2–0, 5–1)

Ireland

K.B.B. Ice Arena, İzmit Attendance: 609

Game reference
	Berk Akin	Goalies	Christian McEvoy	Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Vadzim Yazerski Alexandru Butucel
	0–1 03:59 – C. Redmond M. Kiraz (E. Doru) – SH 05:41 1–1 S. Takar (S. Kavas, A. Inanc) – 07:12 2–1 K. Ozdemir (E. Savas) – 14:21 3–1 A. Inanc – PP 27:39 4–1 F. Faner – SH 33:06 5–1 M. Kiraz – 46:17 6–1 6–2 53:45 – C. Redmond K. Ozdemir (M. Kiraz) – 54:51 7–2 B. Ustun (K. Ozdemir, F. Faner) – PP 56:53 8–2 M. Kiraz (B. Ustun, F. Faner) – SH 58:31 9–2 B. Ustun (M. Kiraz) – PP 59:46 10–2
	40 min	Penalties	28 min
	56	Shots	25

Awards

Best Players Selected by the Directorate

Award	No.	Name	Team
Best Goalkeeper	1	Berk Akin	Turkey
Best Defenseman	12	Luke Stringer	South Africa
Best Forward	24	Bar Zimmerman	Israel

Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches

Team	No.	Name
Ireland	8	Conor Fleming
Israel	15	Yuval Rosenthal
South Africa	6	Wesley Krotz
Turkey	4	Fatih Faner

References

1. Division III A statistics
2. Division III B statistics