2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Taiwan   New Zealand
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	22–28 March 2015 17–19 March 2015
Teams	9
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The 2015 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III was two 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 Championship.

Division III A

The Division III A tournament was played in Taipei City, Taiwan, from 22 to 28 March 2015. ^[1]

Participants

Team	Qualification
Iceland	Placed 6th in 2014 Division II B and were relegated
Israel	Placed 2nd in 2014 Division III A
Chinese Taipei	Hosts, placed 3rd in 2014 Division III A
Bulgaria	Placed 4th in 2014 Division III A
Mexico	Placed 5th in 2014 Division III A
South Africa	Placed 1st in 2014 Division III B and were promoted

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Iceland	5	3	2	0	0	19	13	+6	13	Promoted to the 2016 Division II B
2	Mexico	5	1	2	2	0	17	10	+7	9
3	Bulgaria	5	2	0	2	1	14	12	+2	8
4	Chinese Taipei	5	2	1	0	2	28	16	+12	8
5	Israel	5	2	0	1	2	16	15	+1	7
6	South Africa	5	0	0	0	5	7	35	−28	0	Relegated to the 2016 Division III B

Results

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

22 March 2015 13:00

Israel

1–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 252

Game reference
	Benhar 49' Goals Beremjo 32', 62'

22 March 2015 16:30

South Africa

0–5 (0–0, 0–2, 0–3)

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 189

Game reference
	Goals Georgiev 37' Semkok 39' Dilkov 46' Gatchey 49' Genkov 52'

22 March 2015 20:00

Chinese Taipei

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Iceland

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 672

Game reference
	Olafsson 14', 27' Kristinsson 59' Goals Chiang 53'

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23 March 2015 13:00

Iceland

5–4 GWS (3–3, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 121

Game reference
	Sverrisson 4' Induss 5', 58' Olafsson 6' Arnason 64' Goals Georgiev 2' Dilkov 10', 17' Davidov 27'

23 March 2015 16:30

Mexico

8–1 (5–0, 2–1, 1–0)

South Africa

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 154

Game reference
	Beremjo 1', 12', 14', 22', 29' Ramos 17' Samano 59' Goals Ruthven 36'

23 March 2015 20:00

Israel

6–8 (2–2, 3–2, 1–4)

Chinese Taipei

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 456

Game reference
	Chu 3', 33', 40', 59' Huang 13' Chang 28' Wang 40' Chiang 45' Goals Revniaga 6' Kafri 18', 23' Bash 29' Natalchenko 34' Avrahaham 44'

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25 March 2015 13:00

Israel

5–2 (3–0, 1–2, 1–0)

South Africa

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 125

Game reference
	Ignatovich 3', 5', 14' Revniaga 33' Avrahaham 50' Goals Compton 20', 35'

25 March 2015 16:30

Iceland

3–2 GWS (0–1, 1–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Mexico

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 232

Game reference
	Olafsson 22' Induss 59', 65' Goals Ramos 2' Najera 38'

25 March 2015 20:00

Chinese Taipei

3–4 (0–0, 2–3, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 612

Game reference
	Chiang 22' Yin 37' Huang 51' Goals Dikov 20' Tchaliov 29' Davidov 32' Dilkov 45'

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26 March 2015 13:00

South Africa

4–5 (2–2, 1–0, 1–3)

Iceland

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 82

Game reference
	Bremner 5', 58' Schuurman 7' Compton 21' Goals Kristveigarson 1' Induss 18', 57' Maack 50' Kristinsson 56'

26 March 2015 16:30

Bulgaria

0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Israel

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Goals Bash 2' Revniaga 49'

26 March 2015 20:00

Mexico

3–4 OT (0–2, 1–1, 2–0, 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 513

Game reference
	Beremjo 34' Pierece 49', 59' Goals Tang 3' Chu 10', 24' Chen 63'

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28 March 2015 13:00

Bulgaria

1–2 GWS (0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 278

Game reference
	Dikov 21' Goals Aguierre 59' Beremjo 65'

28 March 2015 16:30

Iceland

3–2 (2–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Israel

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 359

Game reference
	Altason 11' Induss 14' Sigrunarsson 23' Goals Sever 32' Hoffman 33'

28 March 2015 20:00

Chinese Taipei

12–0 (2–0, 3–0, 7–0)

South Africa

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei City Attendance: 794

Game reference
	Hsu 8', 57' Liu 10', 56' Chu 25', 29', 37', 40', 45', 55' Chen 44' Lu 48' Goals

Division III B

The Division III B tournament was played in Auckland, New Zealand, from 17 to 19 March 2015. ^[2]

Participants

Team	Qualification
New Zealand	Hosts, placed 6th in 2014 Division III B and were relegated
Turkey	Placed 2nd in 2014 Division III B
Hong Kong	Placed 3rd in 2014 Division III B

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Turkey	2	2	0	0	0	14	5	+9	6	Promoted to the 2016 Division III A
2	New Zealand	2	1	0	0	1	12	10	+2	3
3	Hong Kong	2	0	0	0	2	6	17	−11	0

Results

All times are local. ( New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13)

17 March 2015 19:15

Hong Kong

5–8 (1–3, 2–1, 2–4)

New Zealand

Paradice Botany, Auckland Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Han Jonathan Yifeng	Goalies	Michael Jessup	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Oliver Finch Kensuke Kanazawa
	0–1 R. Vortanov (T. Carson-Pratt, H. Macharg) – 09:03 Cheng C.J.P. (Lo L.K., Lui H.M.H) – 9:29 1–1 1–2 B. Harford – 16:33 1–3 H. Johnston (R. Vortanov, H. Macharg) (PP) – 19:13 Lo L.K. (Lui H.M.H.) – 22:22 2–3 Cheng C.P.J. (Tse C.J.) (PP) – 34:44 3–3 3–4 H. Macharg (B. Harford) (SH) – 37:21 Lo L.K. (Lui H.M.H.) – 41:15 4–4 4–5 R. Vortanov – 44:51 4–6 M. Kennedy (S. Brown) (SH) – 49:25 4–7 H. Macharg (T. Carson-Pratt, T. Pugh) (SH) – 54:08 4–8 S. Brown (M. Kennedy, T. Rooney) (SH) – 54:39 Lui H.M.H. (Tsang H.Y., Tse C.J.) (PP) – 57:12 5–8
	6 min	Penalties	22 min
	36	Shots	40

18 March 2015 19:00

Turkey

9–1 (3–0, 5–0, 1–1)

Hong Kong

Paradice Botany, Auckland Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Muhammad Karagul	Goalies	Han Jonathan Yifeng	Referee: Shinichi Takizawa Linesmen: Oliver Finch Chris Watson
	E. Ulas – 8:22 1–0 S. Kavaz (SH) – 19:05 2–0 H. Salt (O. Kars, F. Faner) (SH) – 19:31 3–0 C. Kaya (E. Savas) – 20:51 4–0 S. Bingol (B. Kizilkaya) – 22:37 5–0 B. Kizilkaya (F. Faner, H. Secer) – 31:36 6–0 F. Taygar (H. Secer) – 32:19 7–0 F. Taygar (H. Secer) – 35:52 8–0 8–1 Cheng C.P.J. (Lee C.K.) – 49:39 C. Kaya (H. Secer) – 57:17 9–1
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	52	Shots	17

19 March 2015 19:00

New Zealand

4–5 (1–2, 1–1, 2–2)

Turkey

Paradice Botany, Auckland Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Michael Jessup	Goalies	Muhammad Karagul	Referee: Dean Smith Linesmen: Kensuke Kanazawa Chris Watson
	L. Fraser (M. Rawiri) (PP) – 03:57 1–0 1–1 S. Takar (S. Kavaz) (PP) – 07:33 1–2 O. Kars (F. Faner, S. Kavaz) (PP) – 17:08 1–3 S. Bingol (Y. Kars, F. Taygar) – 21:30 T. Carson-Pratt – 31:12 2–3 M. Kennedy (H. Macharg) (PP2) – 44:10 3–3 S. Brown (T. Rooney) – 46:42 4–3 4–4 S. Kavaz (O. Kars) – 52:58 4–5 B. Kizilkaya (H. Secer) – 53:56
	24 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	34

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

References