2010 IIHF World Championship Division III

2010 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries	Luxemburg; Armenien
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	April 14 – April 18
Teams	8 (two groups of 4)
	← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international Ice Hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 13–18, 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 February 5, 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]

Participants

Group A

Team	Qualification
Luxemburg	Host, placed 3rd in Division III in 2009.^[5]
Griechenland	Placed 4th in Division III in 2009.^[5]
Irland	Placed 5th in Division III in 2009.^[5]
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	First time competing in tournament.

Group B

Team	Qualification
North Korea	Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated in 2009.^[6]
Südafrika	Placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated in 2009.^[7]
Armenien	Host, did not participate last year.
Mongolei	Placed 6th in Division III last year (withdrew).^[5]

Group A Tournament

Standings

	Promoted to Division II for 2011

Rk	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
1	Irland	3	3	0	17	7	10	9
2	Griechenland	3	2	1	10	5	5	6
3	Luxemburg	3	1	2	8	10	-2	3
4	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	3	0	3	5	18	-13	0

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate

Best Goaltender: Kevin Kelly Irland (52 saves from 57 shots on goal)
Best Forward: Mark Morrison Irland (4 goals, 2 assists)
Best Defenceman: Francois Schons Luxemburg (1 goal, 1 assist)

Fixtures

All times local.

April 14
16:30

Griechenland

7 – 1
(2–1, 1–0, 4–0)

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

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

April 14
20:15

Irland

6 – 4
(0–0, 5–1, 1–3)

Luxemburg

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

April 15
16:30

Griechenland

1 – 3
(1–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Irland

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

April 15
20:00

Luxemburg

3 – 2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

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

April 17
16:30

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

2 – 8
(0–2, 0–4, 2–2)

Irland

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

April 17
20:00

Luxemburg

1 – 2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Griechenland

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

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^{[permanent dead link]}

Leading goaltenders

Only the top four goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%
Ntalimpor Ploutsis	179:39	90	5	1.67	94.44
Philippe Lepage	132:37	57	4	1.81	92.98
Kevin Kelly	160:00	57	5	1.88	91.23
Khaled Al Suwaidi	173:09	104	17	5.89	83.65

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com^{[permanent dead link]}