2012 IIHF World Championship Division III

2012 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	15 – 21 April
Teams	6
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The 2012 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Erzurum, Turkey running from April 15–21, 2012.^[1]

Team	Qualification
North Korea	Placed 6th in Division II Group A and was relegated in 2011.
Ireland	Placed 6th in Division II Group B and was relegated in 2011.
Turkey	Host, placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Luxembourg	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Greece^	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Mongolia^	Placed 6th in Division III last year.

^ – Both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Chinese Taipei applied to participate in the Division III tournament, but the IIHF did not approve either, so Greece and Mongolia joined the other four teams for the Division III tournament.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Turkey	5	5	0	0	0	33	7	+26	15
North Korea	5	4	0	0	1	27	8	+19	12
Luxembourg	5	3	0	0	2	20	15	+5	9
Ireland	5	2	0	0	3	18	24	−6	6
Greece	5	1	0	0	4	9	22	−13	3
Mongolia	5	0	0	0	5	8	39	−31	0

All times are local (UTC+3).

15 April 2012 13:00

Greece

1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2)

Turkey

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Goalies	Levent Ozbaydugan	Referee: Dmitry Kravchenko Linesmen: James Kavanagh Vladislovas Rudzinskas
	0–1 10:47 – S. Semiz (G. Çetinkaya) (PP) I. Pachos (E. Fournogerakis, A. Valsamas-Rallis) – 12:20 1–1 1–2 27:07 – S. Semiz (G. Çetinkaya, Y. Halil) 1–3 32:57 – S. Semiz (Y. Halil, E. Ozmen) 1–4 38:18 – A. Solak 1–5 50:11 – A. Solak (Y. Halil, E. Ozmen) 1–6 52:47 – A. Solak (Y. Halil, E. Ozmen) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	20 min
	26	Shots	51

15 April 2012 17:00

Luxembourg

7–2 (4–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Ireland

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Gilles Mangen	Goalies	Adam Pepper	Referee: Vedran Krcelic Linesmen: Erhan Bulut Marko Sakovic
	0–1 01:59 – A. Jackson-Wyatt (G. Roberts) R. Beran (R. Scheier) – 02:59 1–1 B. Houdremont (R. Beran) – 14:32 2–1 C. Mossong (S. Backes) – 16:06 3–1 B. Welter (R. Beran) (SH) – 18:24 4–1 B. Schneider (PP) – 27:19 5–1 B. Schneider (T. Beran) – 35:55 6–1 6–2 55:16 – A. Jackson-Wyatt (G. Martin) (PP) B. Houdremont (R. Beran) – 56:38 7–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	44	Shots	20

15 April 2012 21:00

Mongolia

2–12 (1–2, 1–3, 0–7)

North Korea

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 22

Game reference
	Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan Ulambayar Narmandakh	Goalies	Pak Kun-Hyok Pak Kuk-Chol	Referee: Marius Iliescu Linesmen: Cemalersin Kaya Todor Krastev
	0–1 02:18 – Ri P. (Ju S.) E. Altansan (PP) – 10:00 1–1 1–2 11:11 – Ri C. 1–3 21:54 – Om S. (Hong C., Pak S.) 1–4 23:50 – Kim M. (Ku S.) 1–5 29:49 – Ju S. (Ri P.) (SH) M. Enkhtur (B. Jargalsaikhan, T. Ganbold) – 39:31 2–5 2–6 47:11 – Ri P. (SH) 2–7 48:49 – Jong S. (Ri S., Kim J.) (SH) 2–8 49:47 – Ri C. (Kim J.) (PP) 2–9 52:06 – Kim J. (Kim J.) 2–10 52:25 – Kim J. (Jong S.) 2–11 57:27 – Jong S. (Ri C., Kim J.) (SH) 2–12 58:18 – Kim C.
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	10	Shots	48

16 April 2012 13:00

Ireland

5–3 (2–0, 2–1, 1–2)

Greece

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 178

Game reference
	Scott Bickerstaff	Goalies	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Referee: Marius Iliescu Linesmen: Erhan Bulut Cemalersin Kaya
	G. Martin (A. Jackson-Wyatt, G. Roberts) – 03:01 1–0 G. Roberts (D. Morrison) (PP) – 13:57 2–0 S. Hamill (A. Patience) (PP) – 21:09 3–0 S. Ewen (S. Adams, T. O'Driscoll) (PP) – 34:37 4–0 4–1 38:05 – A. Valsamas-Rallis (SH) 4–2 42:55 – D. Kalyvas (L. Efkarpidis) 4–3 50:45 – D. Kalyvas (O. Tilios) (PP2) A. Jackson-Wyatt (G. Roberts) (PP2) – 55:20 5–3
	44 min	Penalties	52 min
	37	Shots	27

16 April 2012 17:00

North Korea

4–1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Luxembourg

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 132

Game reference
	Pak Kun-Hyok	Goalies	Gilles Mangen	Referee: Wlodzimierc Marczuk Linesmen: James Kavanagh Vladislovas Rudzinskas
	0–1 05:40 – B. Welter (R. Beran, B. Houdremont) Ri K. (Pak S.) – 21:55 1–1 Ri K. (Kim K., Kim M.) – 28:18 2–1 Kim K. (Ri P.) (EA) – 39:46 3–1 Kim K. (Ri P.) (SH) – 51:00 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	12

16 April 2012 21:00

Turkey

10–0 (4–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Mongolia

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 254

Game reference
	Fikri Atali	Goalies	Munkhbold Bayarsikhan	Referee: Vedran Krcelic Linesmen: Matthieu Barbez Todor Krastev
	E. Coşkun (A. Solak) – 03:29 1–0 S. Aktürk – 12:10 2–0 E. Coskun (S. Gumus) – 12:20 3–0 G. Çetinkaya (S. Gumus, S. Aktürk) (PP2) – 17:56 4–0 G. Tasdemir (G. Hamarat, G. Solak) (PP) – 21:01 5–0 E. Ozmen (E. Coşkun, G. Çetinkaya) – 21:53 6–0 E. Ozmen (S. Aktürk) (SH) – 42:46 7–0 G. Solak (O. Yavuzarslan) (PP) – 48:27 8–0 S. Semiz (C. Abayli, E. Ozmen) – 53:46 9–0 S. Semiz (E. Ozmen) – 58:33 10–0
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	14

18 April 2012 13:00

North Korea

4–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Greece

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 43

Game reference
	Pak Kun-Hyok Pak Kuk-Choi	Goalies	Georgios Fiotakis	Referee: Vedran Krcelic Linesmen: Matthieu Barbez Marko Sakovic
	Kim J. (Ri S. – 24:58 1–0 Pak S. (Hong C., Om S.) – 32:55 2–0 2–1 51:27 I. Koufis (N. Papadopoulos, D. Kalyvas) (PP2) Om S. (Jong S.) – 56:34 3–1 Kim K. (Kim N.) – 57:33 4–1
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	45	Shots	11

18 April 2012 17:00

Ireland

3–5 (0–1, 3–2, 0–2)

Turkey

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 216

Game reference
	Scott Bickerstaff	Goalies	Levent Ozbaydugan	Referee: Wlodzimierc Marczuk Linesmen: James Kavanagh Vladislovas Rudzinskas
	0–1 17:12 – S. Semiz (G. Hamarat) (PP) G. Roberts (S. Adams) (PP2) – 21:08 1–1 1–2 37:01 – Y. Halil (G. Tasdemir) (SH) G. Roberts (D. Kelly, G. Martin) (PP2) – 37:31 2–2 G. Roberts (D. Kelly) – 39:05 3–2 3–3 39:55 – S. Gümüş (A. Solak, G. Çetinkaya) (PP) 3–4 53:26 – G. Tasdemir (E. Ozmen, S. Semiz) (SH) 3–5 54:47 – S. Aktürk (S. Gümüş)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	26	Shots	29

18 April 2012 21:00

Mongolia

1–5 (1–4, 0–1, 0–0)

Luxembourg

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 55

Game reference
	Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan	Goalies	Philippe Lepage	Referee: Dmitry Kravchenko Linesmen: Erhan Bulut Todor Krastev
	0–1 03:16 – R. Beran (B. Welter, B. Houdremont) 0–2 06:57 – E. Wambach (T. Beran) 0–3 09:07 – T. Beran (PP) N. Ganbat (B. Enkhjargal) – 16:00 1–3 1–4 16:35 – R. Beran (B. Welter) 1–5 27:34 – S. Milano (PP)
	62 min	Penalties	43 min
	32	Shots	38

19 April 2012 13:00

Turkey

4–2 (0–0, 3–2, 1–0)

North Korea

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Fikri Atali	Goalies	Pak Kun-Hyok	Referee: Marius Iliescu Linesmen: James Kavanagh Marko Sakovic
	A. Solak (G. Çetinkaya) – 22:42 1–0 G. Hamarat (C. Baykan, G. Tasdemir) (PP) – 26:35 2–0 2–1 27:12 – Ri C. (Kim J.) E. Coşkun (A. Solak) (PP) – 32:55 3–1 3–2 36:56 – Ju S. (Ku S.) (PP) Y. Halil (E. Coşkun) – 55:41 4–2
	32 min	Penalties	20 min
	25	Shots	33

19 April 2012 17:00

Luxembourg

6–0 (1–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Greece

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 47

Game reference
	Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Ntalimpor Ploutsis Georgios Fiotakis	Referee: Wlodzimierc Marczuk Linesmen: Todor Krastev Vladislovas Rudzinskas
	B. Schneider (P. Schon) (PP) – 11:31 1–0 E. Wambach (C. Mossong) – 21:44 2–0 T. Beran (R. Beran, E. Wambach) – 28:21 3–0 B. Welter (S. Backes, R. Beran) (PP) – 29:13 4–0 B. Schneider (S. Milano, P. Schon) (PP) – 30:47 5–0 T. Beran (E. Wambach) – 45:35 6–0
	12 min	Penalties	51 min
	42	Shots	22

19 April 2012 21:00

Ireland

8–4 (2–0, 2–1, 4–3)

Mongolia

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 31

Game reference
	Adam Pepper	Goalies	Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan	Referee: Dmitry Kravchenko Linesmen: Matthieu Barbez Cemalersin Kaya
	G. Roberts (SH) – 03:00 1–0 P. Catherwood (A. Patience) – 04:14 2–0 2–1 29:26 – N. Ganbat G. Martin (A. Jackson-Wyatt, G. Roberts) – 30:14 3–1 S. Adams (G. Roberts) (PP2) – 36:57 4–1 G. Martin (G. Roberts) – 40:16 5–1 5–2 45:02 – M. Namjil S. Hamill (G. Martin, G. Roberts) (PP) – 47:52 6–2 G. Roberts (S. Hamill) – 49:05 7–2 7–3 54:09 – Batzayaagiin Pürevdorj 7–4 56:16 – G-O. Tseveen (PS) G. Roberts – 59:59 8–4
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	50	Shots	15

21 April 2012 13:00

Greece

4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Mongolia

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 48

Game reference
	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Goalies	Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan	Referee: Marius Iliescu Linesmen: Erhan Bulut Cemalersin Kaya
	I. Koufis (O. Tilios) (SH) – 05:51 1–0 A. Valsamas-Rallis (D. Kalyvas) – 36:37 2–0 2–1 38:16 – T. Ganbold (B. Jargalsaikhan) O. Tilios (D. Kalyvas) (PP) – 41:40 3–1 D. Kalyvas – 57:23 4–1
	36 min	Penalties	37 min
	40	Shots	14

21 April 2012 17:00

Turkey

8–1 (1–0, 4–0, 3–1)

Luxembourg

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 451

Game reference
	Fikri Atali	Goalies	Gilles Mangen	Referee: Vedran Krcelic Linesmen: Matthieu Barbez James Kavanagh
	E. Ozmen – 14:45 1–0 E. Ozmen (S. Gumus) – 21:35 2–0 Y. Halil (S. Semiz, G. Tasdemir) – 26:25 3–0 C. Baykan (O. Yavuzarslan, G. Solak) – 30:58 4–0 E. Ozmen (Y. Halil, G. Hamarat) – 31:28 5–0 5–1 43:02 R. Beran (R. Scheier) (PP) S. Gumus (E. Coskun, G. Çetinkaya) – 51:08 6–1 B. Kosemen (G. Solak) – 53:29 7–1 Y. Halil (S. Semiz) – 56:46 8–1
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	47	Shots	26

21 April 2012 21:00

North Korea

5–0 (2–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Ireland

GSIM Ice Arena, Erzurum Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Pak Kun-Hyok Pak Kuk-Chol	Goalies	Scott Bickerstaff	Referee: Wlodzimierc Marczuk Linesmen: Vladislovas Rudzinskas Marko Sakovic
	Kim J. (Ri C.) (PP) – 06:19 1–0 Ri C. – 18:21 2–0 Ju S. (Kim M., Ri P.) – 42:59 3–0 Kim K. (Kim M., Ri P.) – 45:26 4–0 Hong C. (Om S., Pak S.) – 46:35 5–0
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	46	Shots	10

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