2010 IIHF World Championship Division III

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.

2010 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	Luxembourg Armenia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	14–17 April 2010 (A) 14–18 April 2010 (B)
Teams	8
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See also: 2010 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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 Emirates

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer Attendance: 131

Game reference
	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Goalies	Khaled Al Suwaidi Ahmed Al Dhaheri	Referee: Benny Haxelmans
	2:30 – Koufis (Papadopoulous) 1–0 1–1 13:45 – 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 min	Penalties	20 min
	32	Shots	35

14 April 2010 20:15

Ireland

6–4 (0–0, 5–1, 1–3)

Luxembourg

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer Attendance: 635

Game reference
	Kevin Kelly	Goalies	Michel Welter Philippe Lepage	Referee: Vedran Krcelic
	21:10 – M. Morrison 1–0 22:44 – M. Morrison (PP) 2–0 26:09 – Roberts (Martin) (PP) 3–0 26:59 – Ewen (Roberts, Adams) 4–0 4–1 34:48 – Beran (Welter, G. Scheier) (PP) 38:10 – Roberts (Kelly) (PP) 5–1 43:09 – Dooley (O'Driscoll) 6–1 6–2 44:56 – Welter (Dessouroux) 6–3 47:32 – Linster (G. Scheier) 6–4 51:38 – Schons (Beran)
	47 min	Penalties	38 min
	30	Shots	37

15 April 2010 16:30

Greece

1–3 (1–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Ireland

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Goalies	Kevin Kelly	Referee: Wilhelm Schimm
	3:53 – D. Kalyvas (Papadopoulous, Tilios) (PP2) 1–0 1–1 25:00 – Hamill (M. Morrison, O'Driscoll) (PP) 1–2 32:35 – M. Morrison (Ewen, Martin) 1–3 36:26 – M. Morrison (Hamill) (SH)
	37 min	Penalties	30 min
	15	Shots	38

15 April 2010 20:00

Luxembourg

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

United Arab Emirates

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer Attendance: 495

Game reference
	Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Khaled Al Suwaidi	Referee: Benny Haxelmans
	9:47 – Beran (R. Scheier, G. Scheier) 1–0 1–1 24:23 – Al Dhaheri (Al Darmaki, Al Shamisi) 26:10 – Welter (G. Scheier) 2–1 2–2 41:45 – A. Al Mazrouei (M. Al Mazrouei) (PP) 55:48 – Beran (Schons) (PP) 3–2
	26 min	Penalties	16 min
	42	Shots	29

17 April 2010 16:30

United Arab Emirates

2–8 (0–2, 0–4, 2–2)

Ireland

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer Attendance: 250

Game reference
	Khaled Al Suwaidi	Goalies	Kevin Kelly Adam Pepper	Referee: Vedran Krcelic
	0–1 1:01 – Roberts (Dooley, Martin) 0–2 16:55 – Adams (Hamill) 0–3 28:02 – Dooley (O'Driscoll, Ewen) 0–4 31:49 – Adams (Hamill, Ewen) (PP) 0–5 37:00 – Kelly (Roberts) (PP2) 0–6 38:40 – Balmer (M. Morrison) 0–7 41:21 – Ewen (Dooley) 0–8 44:49 – Dooley 51:20 – Al Dhaheri (Al Hadad) (SH) 1–8 58:35 – Al Dhaheri (Al Shamsi) (PP) 2–8
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	16	Shots	32

17 April 2010 20:00

Luxembourg

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Greece

Patinoire de Kockelscheuer Attendance: 1150

Game reference
	Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Referee: Wilhelm Schimm
	0–1 29:31 – G. Kalyvas (D. Kalyvas) (PP2) 0–2 52:23 – Lambridis (Efkarpidis) 56:27 – Dessouroux (Welter) (PP2) 1–2
	60 min	Penalties	18 min
	27	Shots	21

Tournament awards

Best players selected by the directorate

• Best goalkeeper: Kevin Kelly  Ireland (52 saves from 57 shots on goal)
• Best Forward: Mark Morrison  Ireland (4 goals, 2 assists)
• Best Defenceman: Francois Schons  Luxembourg (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mark Morrison	3	4	2	6	+3	4
Dimitrios Kalyvas	3	1	5	6	+2	8
Georgios Kalyvas	3	4	1	5	+2	4
Sean Dooley	3	3	2	5	+3	4
Gareth Roberts	3	3	2	5	0	2
Steven Ewen	3	2	3	5	+4	2
Juma Al Dhaheri	3	4	0	4	-1	4
Robert Beran	3	3	1	4	0	29
Benny Welter	3	2	2	4	-2	0
Stephen Hamill	3	1	3	4	+4	6
Nikolaos Papadopoulos	3	0	4	4	+1	20
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
Ntalimpor Ploutsis	179:39	90	5	1.67	94.44	0
Philippe Lepage	132:37	57	4	1.81	92.98	0
Kevin Kelly	160:00	57	5	1.88	91.23	0
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 Korea

Karen Demirchyan Complex

Game reference

14 April 2010 20:00

South Africa

2–9 (1–4, 1–3, 0–2)

Armenia

Karen Demirchyan Complex

15 April 2010 16:00

South Africa

12–1 (5–1, 6–0, 1–0)

Mongolia

Karen Demirchyan Complex

Game reference

15 April 2010 20:00

North Korea

6–7 (3–1, 2–5, 1–1)

Armenia

Karen Demirchyan Complex

17 April 2010 16:00

North Korea

4–3 (1–0, 1–1,2–2)

South Africa

Karen Demirchyan Complex

Game reference

17 April 2010 20:00

Armenia

15–0 (6–0, 5–0, 4–0)

Mongolia

Karen Demirchyan Complex

Playoffs

Bronze medal game

18 April 2010 16:00

South Africa

8–3 (3–1, 1–2, 4–0)

Mongolia

Karen Demirchyan Complex

Game reference

Gold medal game

18 April 2010 20:00

Armenia

2–5 (1–2, 1–2, 0–1)

North Korea

Karen Demirchyan Complex

Final standings

Rank	Team
	North Korea
	South Africa
	Mongolia
DQ	Armenia

Promoted to the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II