2010 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries Luxembourg
 Armenia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates14–17 April 2010 (A)
14–18 April 2010 (B)
Teams8
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The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III was a pair of international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournaments were contested between 14 and 18 April 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.

The IIHF announced on 5 February 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]

Group A

The Group A tournament was played in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, from 14 to 17 April 2010.[5]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Luxembourg Hosts; placed 3rd in Division III last year[6]
 Greece Placed 4th in Division III last year[6]
 Ireland Placed 5th in Division III last year[6]
 United Arab Emirates First time competing in World Championship

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Ireland 3 3 0 0 0 17 7 +10 9 Promoted to the 2011 Division II
2  Greece 3 2 0 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3  Luxembourg (H) 3 1 0 0 2 8 10 −2 3
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 0 3 5 18 −13 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local.

14 April 2010
16:30		Greece 7–1
(2–1, 1–0, 4–0)		 United Arab EmiratesPatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 131
Game reference
Ntalimpor PloutsisGoaliesKhaled Al Suwaidi
Ahmed Al Dhaheri		Referee:
Belgium Benny Haxelmans
2:30 – Koufis (Papadopoulous)1–0
1–113:45 – Al. Dhaheri (Al Zaabi, Al Darmaki)
14:23 – G. Kalyvas (D. Kalyvas, Papadopoulous)2–1
25:55 – Koufis (D. Kalyvas, Lempesis)3–1
41:37 – G. Kalyvas (D. Kalyvas, Pachos) (PP)4–1
49:13 – Pachos (G. Kalyvas) (PP)5–1
53:09 – Koufis (Papadopoulous) (PP)6–1
55:15 – G. Kalyvas (D. Kalyvas)(PP)7–1
20 minPenalties20 min
32Shots35
14 April 2010
20:15		Ireland 6–4
(0–0, 5–1, 1–3)		 LuxembourgPatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 635
Game reference
Kevin KellyGoaliesMichel Welter
Philippe Lepage		Referee:
Croatia Vedran Krcelic
21:10 – M. Morrison1–0
22:44 – M. Morrison (PP)2–0
26:09 – Roberts (Martin) (PP)3–0
26:59 – Ewen (Roberts, Adams)4–0
4–134:48 – Beran (Welter, G. Scheier) (PP)
38:10 – Roberts (Kelly) (PP)5–1
43:09 – Dooley (O'Driscoll)6–1
6–244:56 – Welter (Dessouroux)
6–347:32 – Linster (G. Scheier)
6–451:38 – Schons (Beran)
47 minPenalties38 min
30Shots37
15 April 2010
16:30		Greece 1–3
(1–0, 0–3, 0–0)		 IrelandPatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 102
Game reference
Ntalimpor PloutsisGoaliesKevin KellyReferee:
Germany Wilhelm Schimm
3:53 – D. Kalyvas (Papadopoulous, Tilios) (PP2)1–0
1–125:00 – Hamill (M. Morrison, O'Driscoll) (PP)
1–232:35 – M. Morrison (Ewen, Martin)
1–336:26 – M. Morrison (Hamill) (SH)
37 minPenalties30 min
15Shots38
15 April 2010
20:00		Luxembourg 3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 United Arab EmiratesPatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 495
Game reference
Philippe LepageGoaliesKhaled Al SuwaidiReferee:
Belgium Benny Haxelmans
9:47 – Beran (R. Scheier, G. Scheier)1–0
1–124:23 – Al Dhaheri (Al Darmaki, Al Shamisi)
26:10 – Welter (G. Scheier)2–1
2–241:45 – A. Al Mazrouei (M. Al Mazrouei) (PP)
55:48 – Beran (Schons) (PP)3–2
26 minPenalties16 min
42Shots29
17 April 2010
16:30		United Arab Emirates 2–8
(0–2, 0–4, 2–2)		 IrelandPatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Khaled Al SuwaidiGoaliesKevin Kelly
Adam Pepper		Referee:
Croatia Vedran Krcelic
0–11:01 – Roberts (Dooley, Martin)
0–216:55 – Adams (Hamill)
0–328:02 – Dooley (O'Driscoll, Ewen)
0–431:49 – Adams (Hamill, Ewen) (PP)
0–537:00 – Kelly (Roberts) (PP2)
0–638:40 – Balmer (M. Morrison)
0–741:21 – Ewen (Dooley)
0–844:49 – Dooley
51:20 – Al Dhaheri (Al Hadad) (SH)1–8
58:35 – Al Dhaheri (Al Shamsi) (PP)2–8
14 minPenalties16 min
16Shots32
17 April 2010
20:00		Luxembourg 1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)		 GreecePatinoire de Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 1150
Game reference
Philippe LepageGoaliesNtalimpor PloutsisReferee:
Germany Wilhelm Schimm
0–129:31 – G. Kalyvas (D. Kalyvas) (PP2)
0–252:23 – Lambridis (Efkarpidis)
56:27 – Dessouroux (Welter) (PP2)1–2
60 minPenalties18 min
27Shots21

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Republic of Ireland Mark Morrison 3 4 2 6 +3 4
Greece Dimitrios Kalyvas 3 1 5 6 +2 8
Greece Georgios Kalyvas 3 4 1 5 +2 4
Republic of Ireland Sean Dooley 3 3 2 5 +3 4
Republic of Ireland Gareth Roberts 3 3 2 5 0 2
Republic of Ireland Steven Ewen 3 2 3 5 +4 2
United Arab Emirates Juma Al Dhaheri 3 4 0 4 -1 4
Luxembourg Robert Beran 3 3 1 4 0 29
Luxembourg Benny Welter 3 2 2 4 -2 0
Republic of Ireland Stephen Hamill 3 1 3 4 +4 6
Greece Nikolaos Papadopoulos 3 0 4 4 +1 20
Luxembourg Georges Scheifer 3 0 4 4 +1 31

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

Leading goalkeepers

Only the top four goalkeepers, 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
Greece Ntalimpor Ploutsis 179:39 90 5 1.67 94.44 0
Luxembourg Philippe Lepage 132:37 57 4 1.81 92.98 0
Republic of Ireland Kevin Kelly 160:00 57 5 1.88 91.23 0
United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Suwaidi 173:09 104 17 5.89 83.65 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

Group B

The Group B tournament was played in Yerevan, Armenia, from 14 to 18 April 2010.[7]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 North Korea Placed 6th in Division II Group A last year and were relegated[8]
 South Africa Placed 6th in Division II Group B last year and were relegated[9]
 Mongolia Placed 6th in Division III (withdrew) last year[6]
 Armenia Hosts; did not participate last year

Group stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Armenia (H) 3 3 0 0 0 31 8 +23 9 Gold medal game
2  North Korea 3 2 0 0 1 32 11 +21 6
3  South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 17 14 +3 3 Bronze medal game
4  Mongolia 3 0 0 0 3 2 49 −47 0
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local.

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

Playoffs

Bronze medal game

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

Gold medal game

18 April 2010
20:00		 Armenia2–5
(1–2, 1–2, 0–1)		 North KoreaKaren Demirchyan Complex

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  North Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Africa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mongolia
DQ  Armenia
Promoted to the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II

References

  1. ^ "2010 IIHF World Championship Div. III Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010.
  2. ^ "2010 IIHF World Championship Div. III Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Division III in Luxembourg". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Schedule". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
  5. ^ Division III Group A statistics
  6. ^ a b c d "2009 IIHF World Championship Div. III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010.
  7. ^ Division III Group B statistics
  8. ^ "2009 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009.
  9. ^ "2009 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009.
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