2009 IIHF World Championship Division III

2009 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country  New Zealand
Dates April 10 - April 16
Teams 6
Venue(s) Dunedin Ice Stadium (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Scoring leader(s) Luxembourg Robert Beran (12 pts)
2008
2010

The 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III is an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested on April 1016, 2009 in Dunedin, New Zealand. Mongolia withdrew from the tournament and therefore forfeited all of their games.

Venue

Dunedin Ice Stadium interior

All matches were contested at the Dunedin Ice Stadium, St. Kilda, Dunedin. This venue is the home ice of the Dunedin Thunder ice hockey team. The Dunedin Ice Stadium was used later the same month for the 2009 World Senior Curling Championships.

Participants

Team 2008 result
 Ireland Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated.[1]
 New Zealand Host, placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated.[2]
 Luxembourg Placed 3rd in Division III.[3]
 Turkey Placed 4th in Division III.[3]
 Greece Placed 5th in Division III.[3]
 Mongolia Placed 6th in Division III.[3]

Fixtures

All times are local (UTC+12).

April 10, 2009
13:00
Mongolia 0 – 5 (forfeit)
 TurkeyDunedin Ice Stadium
April 10, 2009
16:30
Ireland 3 – 7
(0–2, 1–2, 2–3)
 GreeceDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 200
April 10, 2009
20:00
Luxembourg 2 – 6
(1–1, 1–2, 0–3)
 New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 780
April 11, 2009
13:00
Greece 5 – 0 (forfeit)
 MongoliaDunedin Ice Stadium
April 11, 2009
16:30
Ireland 3 – 8
(2–2, 0–5, 1–1)
 LuxembourgDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 180
April 11, 2009
20:00
New Zealand 8 – 2
(2–1, 4–1, 2–0)
 TurkeyDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 560
April 13, 2009
13:00
Ireland 5 – 0 (forfeit)
 MongoliaDunedin Ice Stadium
April 13, 2009
16:30
Luxembourg 4 – 7
(0–1, 1–4, 3–2)
 TurkeyDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 200
April 13, 2009
20:00
New Zealand 4 – 3 (OT)
(0–2, 2–0, 1–1, 1–0)
 GreeceDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 610
April 15, 2009
13:00
Greece 2 – 7
(0–3, 0–2, 2–2)
 LuxembourgDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 180
April 15, 2009
16:30
Turkey 7 – 1
(3–0, 2–0, 2–1)
 IrelandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 170
April 15, 2009
20:00
Mongolia 0 – 5 (forfeit)
 New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
April 16, 2009
13:00
Turkey 7 – 1
(1–1, 0–0, 6–0)
 GreeceDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 250
April 16, 2009
16:30
Luxembourg 5 – 0 (forfeit)
 MongoliaDunedin Ice Stadium
April 16, 2009
20:00
New Zealand 9 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 5–0)
 IrelandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 1210

Ranking and statistics

Promoted to Division II for 2010[4]
Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1  New Zealand 5 4 1 0 0 32 7 25 14
2  Turkey 5 4 0 0 1 28 14 14 12
3  Luxembourg 5 3 0 0 2 26 18 8 9
4  Greece 5 2 0 1 2 18 21 -3 7
5  Ireland 5 1 0 0 4 12 31 -19 3
6  Mongolia Withdrew

Tournament Awards

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Luxembourg Robert Beran 4 4 8 12 0 20 F
New Zealand Brett Speirs 4 5 5 10 +5 0 F
Luxembourg Benny Welter 4 6 3 9 0 2 F
New Zealand Braden Lee 4 3 5 8 +5 10 F
Turkey Emrah Ozmen 4 5 2 7 +6 18 F
Turkey Serkan Yapicilar 4 5 2 7 +3 20 F
Turkey Yavuz Karakoc 4 3 4 7 +5 12 F
Turkey Alper Solak 4 2 5 7 +4 2 F

Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

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

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
New Zealand Rick Parry 120:00 45 2 1.00 95.56 1
Turkey Eray Atali 209:11 98 10 2.87 89.80 0
Greece Ntalimpor Ploutsis 221:07 175 19 5.16 89.14 0
Luxembourg Michel Welter 180:00 116 13 4.33 88.79 0
New Zealand Zak Nothling 121.07 33 5 2.48 84.85 1

Source: IIHF.com

References

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