2018 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	South Africa   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	16–22 April 25–28 February
Teams	10
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The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was held in Cape Town, South Africa ^[1] and the qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the original hosts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, withdrew their application. ^[2]

Georgia won the tournament and were promoted to Division II. ^[3]

Kuwait and Turkmenistan made their debut in the World Championships, with both playing in the qualification tournament. Turkmenistan won their first ever game in the World Championships, defeating the United Arab Emirates and later went on to win the qualification and be promoted to next year's Division III. ^[4]

Division III

2018 IIHF World Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–22 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	117 (7.8 per game)
Attendance	2,225 (148 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Alexander Zhuzhunashvili (19 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Turkey	Placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
Bulgaria	Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Georgia	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Hong Kong	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
South Africa	Host, placed 5th in Division III last year.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 6th in Division III last year.

Match officials

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Georgia (P)	5	4	0	0	1	35	12	+23	12	Promoted to 2019 Division II B
2	Bulgaria	5	3	1	0	1	28	10	+18	11
3	Turkey	5	3	0	1	1	22	14	+8	10
4	Chinese Taipei	5	2	0	0	3	16	25	−9	6 [a]
5	South Africa (H)	5	2	0	0	3	13	18	−5	6 [a]
6	Hong Kong (R)	5	0	0	0	5	3	38	−35	0	Relegation to 2019 Division III qualification

Results

All times are local ( UTC+2).

16 April 2018 13:00

Georgia

6–2 (4–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Turkey

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 35

Game reference
	Andrei Ilienko	Goalies	Muhammed Karagül	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Artsiom Labzov
	0–1 02:56 – F. Faner ( Bakal) Vasilchenko ( Kharizov) – 10:11 1–1 Obolgogiani ( Dumbadze) – 10:21 2–1 Zhuzhunashvili ( Kurbatov, Tsomaia) (SH) – 14:37 3–1 Shvetsov ( Vasilchenko, Kurbatov)(PP) – 16:14 4–1 Vasilchenko ( Kozyulin, Shvetsov) – 26:12 5–1 5–2 45:35 – F. Faner (Bakal) (SH) Obolgogiani (Kurbatov, Zhuzhunashvili) (PP2) – 50:03 6–2
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	57	Shots	17

16 April 2018 16:15

Chinese Taipei

5–1 (0–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Liao Yu-cheng	Goalies	King Ho	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Matthias Cristeli
	0–1 05:05 – To ( Lo, Fu) Lu – 29:01 1–1 Shen Yen-c. ( Pan) – 31:28 2–1 Shen Yen-l. (Lu, Shen Yen-c.) (SH) – 44:23 3–1 Tsao ( Ti) – 52:11 4–1 Shen Yen-c. ( Hsiao Po-yun) (SH) – 53:59 5–1
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	22

16 April 2018 20:00

Bulgaria

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Ashley Bock	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Marcin Polak
	Vasilev ( Boyadjiev, V. Dikov) – 16:43 1–0 V. Dikov (Boyadjiev) – 36:33 2–0 Iskrenov (Vasilev) – 37:22 3–0 V. Dikov (Vasilev, Boyadjiev) – 58:39 4–0
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	18

17 April 2018 13:00

Turkey

6–1 (1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 20

Game reference
	Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Emerson Keung	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Jonathan Burger
	Özmen ( Semiz, Solak) – 00:38 1–0 1–1 16:52 – Sham ( Tang, Ho) (PP2) Kavaz ( Bingöl, Aktürk) – 27:40 2–1 Semiz ( Ö. Kars) – 32:39 3–1 Özmen (Semiz) (PP) – 41:53 4–1 Toygar ( E. Faner) – 44:01 5–1 Bakal (PP) – 51:49 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	51	Shots	13

17 April 2018 16:15

Bulgaria

3–5 (2–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Georgia

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 60

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Matthias Cristeli Artsiom Labzov
	0–1 04:05 – Kurbatov ( Obolgogiani, Zhuzhunashvili) (PP) V. Dikov ( Vasilev) – 10:01 1–1 M. Nikolov ( D. Dilkov) – 18:28 2–1 2–2 28:18 – Kozyulin ( Vasilchenko) 2–3 36:24 – Vasilchenko (SH) 2–4 36:35 – Vasilchenko (Kozyulin) (SH) 2–5 44:48 – Kozyulin Hodulov (V. Dikov) (PP2) – 52:24 3–5
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	43	Shots	37

17 April 2018 20:00

South Africa

2–5 (0–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Chinese Taipei

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 180

Game reference
	Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Liao Yu-cheng	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Gregor Miklič
	0–1 06:20 – Shen Yen-c. ( Hsiao Po-yun) 0–2 28:08 – Tien Magmoed ( Botha) – 30:31 1–2 1–3 35:10 – Shen Yen-c. ( Hsiao Po-yuan) 1–4 43:40 – Tang ( Tsao) (PP) 1–5 50:01 – Hsiao Po-yun (Shen Yen-c., Hsiao Po-yuan) Magmoed ( Van Doesburgh, Compton) (PP) – 57:16 2–5
	18 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	22

19 April 2018 13:00

Bulgaria

7–2 (1–1, 4–0, 2–1)

Chinese Taipei

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Liao Yu-cheng David Chang	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Jonathan Burger Marcin Polak
	D. Dilkov ( Gatchev) – 12:27 1–0 1–1 17:44 – Hsiao Po-yun ( Lu, Shen Yen-c.) Georgiev ( Muhachev) (PP) – 26:24 2–1 Boyadjiev – 27:40 3–1 D. Dilkov (M. Nikolov, Gatchev) (PP) – 29:01 4–1 Hodulov (Georgiev, Iskrenov) (PP) – 38:51 5–1 5–2 49:08 – Pan ( Hung, Lu) Hodulov (Georgiev) – 52:22 6–2 Boyadjiev – 53:37 7–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	19

19 April 2018 16:15

Georgia

11–1 (5–1, 3–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Andrei Ilienko Kakha Ambrolava	Goalies	Emerson Keung King Ho	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Gregor Miklič
	Shvetsov ( Kozyulin, Vasilchenko) – 10:30 1–0 Zhuzhunashvili ( Geperidze) (SH) – 12:02 2–0 Zhuzhunashvili (SH2) – 12:59 3–0 3–1 16:09 – Fung ( J. Ho) Zhuzhunashvili ( Dumbadze) – 16:22 4–1 Zhuzhunashvili ( Obolgogiani, Shvetsov) – 16:37 5–1 Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili, Dumbadze) – 24:10 6–1 Zhuzhunashvili ( Shalunov, Obolgogiani) – 30:25 7–1 Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) (SH) – 34:13 8–1 Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) – 42:15 9–1 Obolgogiani ( G. Oganeziani, Zhuzhunashvili) – 46:00 10–1 Shalunov ( D. Oganeziani, Vasilchenko) – 50:22 11–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	61	Shots	13

19 April 2018 20:00

Turkey

7–1 (1–0, 4–1, 2–0)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Muhammed Karagül	Goalies	Ashley Bock Charl Pretorius	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Artsiom Labzov
	Kavaz ( Ö. Kars) – 02:01 1–0 F. Faner ( Bakal, Y. Kars) (PP) – 24:19 2–0 Savaş ( Semiz, Solak) – 26:01 3–0 Kavaz ( Bingöl) – 28:31 4–0 Inanç (Y. Kars) – 35:49 5–0 5–1 38:38 – Giot ( Bremner) Özmen (Semiz) – 40:53 6–1 E. Faner (Y. Kars) – 52:25 7–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	36

20 April 2018 13:00

Hong Kong

0–10 (0–3, 0–3, 0–4)

Bulgaria

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 20

Game reference
	King Ho	Goalies	Ivan Stoynov	Referee: Alexei Roshchyn Linesmen: Danny Beresford Matthias Cristeli
	0–1 09:47 – Gatchev ( Dilkov, M. Nikolov) 0–2 16:28 – Dilkov ( Stoilov, Gatchev) (PP) 0–3 18:18 – Nikolov (Dilkov) 0–4 29:33 – Hodulov ( Iskrenov, Muhachev) 0–5 35:33 – Iskrenov (Muhachev, Bozhanov) 0–6 38:46 – Boyadjiev ( T. Georgiev) (SH) 0–7 48:09 – Hodulov (Iskrenov, Vasilev) 0–8 48:32 – Stoyadinov (Hodulov, K. Dikov) 0–9 49:18 – Stoyadinov (Boyadjiev) 0–10 53:09 – Nikolov (Dilkov) (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	17	Shots	51

20 April 2018 16:15

Chinese Taipei

2–4 (1–0, 1–1, 0–3)

Turkey

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Liao Yu-cheng	Goalies	Muhammed Karagül	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Jonathan Mark Burger Marcin Polak
	Yang ( Hung) – 04:07 1–0 1–1 26:53 – Takar ( Inanç) Shen Yen-c. ( Chang) – 38:35 2–1 2–2 26:53 – Semiz (PP) 2–3 44:07 – Bakal ( Solak) 2–4 48:21 – Bakal ( Elakaş)
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	36

20 April 2018 20:00

South Africa

4–2 (2–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Georgia

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Artsiom Labzov Gregor Miklič
	0–1 04:25 – Obolgogiani ( Zhuzhunashvili) Carelse ( Samaai) – 08:16 1–1 Cardoso ( Magmoed) (PP) – 19:28 2–1 2–2 24:23 – Obolgogiani (Zhuzhunashvili) Magmoed ( Giot, Van Doesburgh) (PP) – 52:02 3–2 Van Doesburgh (Samaai) (ENG, SH) – 59:41 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	33 min
	33	Shots	52

22 April 2018 13:00

Georgia

11–2 (5–1, 3–0, 3–1)

Chinese Taipei

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Andrei Ilienko Kakha Ambrolava	Goalies	Liao Yu-cheng David Chang	Referee: Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Artsiom Labzov
	Zhuzhunashvili ( Obolgogiani) – 00:17 1–0 Kurbatov (Zhuzhunashvili, Kozyulin) – 04:47 2–0 2–1 08:23 – Shen Yen-l. ( Lu) (PP) Kharizov (SH) – 11:51 3–1 Shvetsov (Obolgogiani, Kharizov) – 15:03 4–1 Vasilchenko (Kharizov) – 19:48 5–1 Shalunov (Vasilchenko, Kharizov) (PP) – 22:20 6–1 Zhuzhunashvili (Kozyulin, Kurbatov) – 22:46 7–1 Kharizov (Vasilchenko) – 22:53 8–1 Kharizov (Obolgogiani, Kurbatov) – 48:47 9–1 Zhuzhunashvili (Kurbatov, Jeiranashvili) – 51:27 10–1 10–2 58:09 – Hsiao Po-yuan ( Chang W.) Zhuzhunashvili (Kozyulin, Vasilchenko) (SH) – 59:56 11–2
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	56	Shots	17

22 April 2018 16:15

Turkey

3–4 OT (2–2, 1–0, 0–1) OT: (0–1)

Bulgaria

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 80

Game reference
	Muhammed Karagül	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Miroslav Iarets Linesmen: Daniel Beresford Marcin Polak
	0–1 04:38 – Iskrenov ( Hodulov) 0–2 06:01 – V. Dikov ( Gatchev) E. Faner ( Özmen, Semiz) – 11:59 1–2 E. Faner ( Bakal, Y. Kars) (PP) – 14:16 2–2 Ö. Kars (Bakal) – 33:03 3–2 3–3 58:50 – Boyadjiev (Hodulov) (ENG, EA) 3–4 62:52 – D. Dikov (V. Dikov)
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	34	Shots	38

22 April 2018 20:00

Hong Kong

0–6 (0–0, 0–4, 0–2)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Emerson Keung	Goalies	Charl Pretorius	Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Matthias Cristeli Gregor Miklič
	0–1 23:54 – Samaai ( Marais) (PP) 0–2 27:07 – Bremner (Samaai, Carelse) 0–3 33:48 – Samaai (Marais) 0–4 37:59 – Van Doesburgh (Carelse) 0–5 45:38 – Valadas ( Compton, Malgas) 0–6 50:41 – Giot (Marais, Van Doesburgh)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	60

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Charl Pretorius
  • Best Defenceman: Martin Boyadjiev
  • Best Forward: Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili	5	10	9	19	+15	2	F
Oliver Obolgogiani	5	8	6	14	+16	6	F
Alexander Vasilchenko	5	5	7	12	+7	8	F
Ivan Hodulov	5	5	3	8	+2	4	F
Shen Yen-chin	5	5	3	8	–3	0	F
Martin Boyadjiev	5	4	4	8	+8	2	F
Daniel Dilkov	5	4	4	8	+7	0	F
Ferhat Bakal	5	3	5	8	+3	2	F
Artem Kozyulin	5	2	6	8	+9	25	F
Artem Kurbatov	5	2	6	8	+16	10	D

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
Muhammed Karagül	242:52	13	3.21	161	91.93	0
Charl Pretorius	204:11	9	2.64	111	91.89	1
Andrei Ilienko	283:39	10	2.12	115	91.30	0
Dimitar Dimitrov	242:28	10	2.47	107	90.65	1
Liao Yu-cheng	265:54	18	4.06	137	86.86	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

2018 IIHF World Championship Division III qualification tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25–28 February
Teams	4
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	68 (11.33 per game)
Attendance	3,020 (503 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ahmet Gurbanov (12 points)
Website	IIHF.com

Participants

Team	Qualification
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Host, withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2016.
United Arab Emirates	Placed 7th in Division III last year and were relegated.
Kuwait	First time participating in tournament.
Turkmenistan	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

3 referees and 4 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[6]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkmenistan (P)	3	3	0	0	0	41	5	+36	9	Promoted to 2019 Division III
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	3	2	0	0	1	17	15	+2	6
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	0	2	5	12	−7	3
4	Kuwait	3	0	0	0	3	5	36	−31	0

Results

All times are local ( UTC+1).

25 February 2018 16:00

Turkmenistan

4–0 (0–0, 1–0, 3–0)

United Arab Emirates

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Keremli Charyyev	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Martin Christensen Linesmen: Ilya Khohlov Maarten van der Acker
	Veleyev ( Aganiyazov, Vahovskiy) (PP) – 34:58 1–0 Aganiyazov (Vahovskiy, Hydyrov) (PP) – 40:55 2–0 Soyunov – 44:39 3–0 Geldimyradov ( Savin, Barkovskiy) (PP) – 56:58 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	43	Shots	10

25 February 2018 20:00

Kuwait

1–8 (0–2, 0–3, 1–3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 1,100

Game reference
	Jasem Al-Sarraf	Goalies	Edis Pribišić	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Vytautas Lukoševičius
	0–1 03:27 – Čordalija (PP) 0–2 15:28 – Čordalija ( Logo) 0–3 28:00 – Lemeš ( Omer, Arslanagic) (PP) 0–4 30:15 – Omer (PP) 0–5 37:46 – Lemeš (Omer) (PP2) 0–6 42:18 – Velić (Čordalija) 0–7 45:18 – Logo (SH) 0–8 47:03 – Omer ( Tokić) H. Al-Ajmi – 56:37 1–8
	45 min	Penalties	14 min
	16	Shots	41

26 February 2018 16:00

Kuwait

2–24 (0–8, 0–7, 2–9)

Turkmenistan

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Jasem Al-Sarraf Dhari Al-Omran	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev Rahman Myradov	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Ilya Khohlov Vytautas Lukoševičius
	0–1 01:30 – Soyunov ( Geldimyradov, Barkovskiy) 0–2 06:02 – Gurbanov ( Aganiyazov) 0–3 10:11 – Geldimyradov 0–4 11:49 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov, Soyunov) (EA) 0–5 12:37 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov) 0–6 16:46 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy) 0–7 18:35 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov, Aganiyazov) (SH) 0–8 18:55 – Soyunov (SH) 0–9 27:41 – Gurbanov (Vahovskiy, Veleyev) 0–10 28:33 – Veleyev (Aganiyazov) 0–11 33:01 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov) 0–12 33:56 – Avdeyev ( Kuliyev, Atayev) 0–13 37:57 – Vahovskiy (Aganiyazov, Gurbanov) (PP) 0–14 39:30 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy, Soyunov) 0–15 39:51 – Berdiyev ( Veliyev) 0–16 42:47 – Avdeyev ( Dovletmyradov) (PP) A. Al-Ajmi ( Al-Maragi) – 43:22 1–16 1–17 43:37 – Gurbanov (Aganiyazov) Al-Zidan ( Al-Maghrabi) (SH) – 44:35 2–17 2–18 45:56 – Veleyev 2–19 47:21 – Avdeyev (Atayev) 2–20 51:02 – Kuliyev (Barkovskiy, Savin) (PP2) 2–21 54:13 – Hydyrov (Vahovskiy) 2–22 55:12 – Savin (Kuliyev, Gayer) (PP) 2–23 57:01 – Veleyev (Vahovskiy, Gurbanov) 2–24 57:47 – Barkovskiy (Gayer)
	16 min	Penalties	27 min
	11	Shots	67

26 February 2018 20:00

United Arab Emirates

1–6 (0–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Edis Pribišić	Referee: Martin Christensen
	0–1 04:48 – Hadžihasanović ( Omer, Ramić) Al-Dhaheri ( M. Al-Shamsi) – 26:55 1–1 1–2 31:51 – Čordalija ( Arslanagic) (SH) 1–3 33:50 – Omer ( Bakal, Pribišić) (PP) 1–4 46:47 – Čordalija 1–5 52:29 – Čordalija 1–6 53:39 – Omer
	22 min	Penalties	34 min
	27	Shots	42

28 February 2018 09:00

United Arab Emirates

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Kuwait

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 110

Game reference
	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Jasem Al-Sarraf	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Vytautas Lukoševičius Maarten van den Acker
	0–1 07:43 – Al-Awadhi ( Y. Al-Kandari, Al-Maraghy) Al-Dhaheri ( M. Al-Shamsi, Al-Harmoodi) (PP) – 13:30 1–1 Al-Dhaheri ( Al-Mehairbi, O. Al-Shamsi) (PP) – 39:16 2–1 O. Al-Shamsi ( A. Al-Haddad, H. Al-Haddad) – 43:02 3–1 Al-Dhaheri ( A. Yahya, M. Al-Shamsi) – 50:48 4–1 4–2 57:35 – Al-Maragi ( A. Al-Ajmi, M. Al-Ajmi) (PP, EA)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	22

28 February 2018 20:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3–13 (3–1, 0–5, 0–7)

Turkmenistan

Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Edis Pribišić Muamer Tahirbegović	Goalies	Keremli Charyyev	Referee: Paweł Meszyński Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Ilya Khohlov
	Omer ( Hadžihasanović) – 04:28 1–0 Lemeš (Omer, Hadžihasanović) – 06:04 2–0 2–1 07:50 – Soyunov ( Barkovskiy) (PP) Rakić (Omer) – 11:40 3–1 3–2 24:38 – Gurbanov (SH) 3–3 26:17 – Gurbanov ( Vahovskiy) 3–4 31:06 – Aganiyazov (Gurbanov) (PP) 3–5 33:19 – Savin (SH) 3–6 37:32 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy) (PP) 3–7 41:27 – Barkovskiy 3–8 45:12 – Gayer (Savin, Barkovskiy) (PP) 3–9 49:03 – Veleyev ( Hydyrov) (PP2) 3–10 49:19 – Soyunov (Geldimyradov, Gayer) (PP) 3–11 52:38 – Vahovskiy (Gurbanov) 3–12 57:06 – Barkovskiy (Geldimyradov, Soyunov) 3–13 57:36 – Dovletmyradov ( Kuliyev)
	44 min	Penalties	18 min
	16	Shots	66

Awards and statistics

Awards

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Edis Pribišić
  • Best Defenceman: Dmitriy Savin
  • Best Forward: Ahmet Gurbanov

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ahmet Gurbanov	3	6	6	12	+10	9	F
Pavel Barkovskiy	3	3	8	11	+9	2	F
Mirza Omer	3	5	5	10	+7	20	F
Aleksandr Vahovskiy	3	4	6	10	+10	0	F
Dovlet Soyunov	3	6	3	9	+10	2	F
Arslan Geldimyradov	3	5	4	9	+9	2	F
Amangeldi Aganiyazov	3	2	7	9	+10	4	D
Dino Čordalija	3	5	1	6	+6	6	F
Ishan Veleyev	3	5	1	6	+6	0	F
Dmitriy Savin	3	2	3	5	+8	4	D

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
Keremli Charyyev	140:00	3	1.29	29	89.66	1
Khaled Al-Suwaidi	180:00	12	4.00	107	88.79	0
Edis Pribišić	169:19	12	4.25	97	87.63	0
Jasem Al-Sarraf	154:43	25	9.70	98	74.49	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

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