2009 IIHF World Championship Division III

2009 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	10–16 April 2009
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	Turkey
Third place	Luxembourg
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	91 (9.1 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Robert Beran (12 pts)
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from 10 to 16 April 2009 in Dunedin, New Zealand.^[1] Mongolia withdrew from the tournament and therefore forfeited all of their games. Division III represents the fourth level of the Ice Hockey World Championships.

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.

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Ireland	Placed 6th in Division II Group A last year and were relegated
New Zealand	Hosts; placed 6th in Division II Group B last year and were relegated
Luxembourg	Placed 3rd in Division III last year
Turkey	Placed 4th in Division III last year
Greece	Placed 5th in Division III last year
Mongolia	Placed 6th in Division III last year

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	New Zealand (H)	5	4	1	0	0	32	7	+25	14	Promoted to the 2010 Division II
2	Turkey	5	4	0	0	1	28	14	+14	12	Promoted to the 2010 Division II
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	5	0	0	0	5	0	25	−25	0	Withdrew

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (UTC+12).

10 April 2009
13:00

Mongolia

0–5 (forfeit)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium

10 April 2009
16:30

Ireland

3–7
(0–2, 1–2, 2–3)

Greece

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 200

Game reference

Adam Pepper

Goalies

Ntalimpor Ploutsis

Referee:

Fabio Lottaroli

	0–1	13:59 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos) (PP1)
	0–2	19:18 - Kalyvas (Adamidis, Koufis) (PP1)
	0–3	23:49 - Apostolidis (Kalyvas) (PP1)
25:14 - Morrison	1–3
	1–4	27:24 - Kalyvas (Iatridis)
	1–5	43:19 - Adamidis (Lambridis)
	1–6	45:20 - Koufis (Kalyvas) (PP2)
50:52 - Reynolds (O'Driscoll, Jackson-Wyatt)	2–6
54:39 - Morrison (Leckey) (SH1)	3–6
	3–7	55:01 - Kalyvas (Adamidis, Apostolidis) (PP1)

28 min

Penalties

16 min

54

Shots

37

10 April 2009
20:00

Luxembourg

2–6
(1–1, 1–2, 0–3)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 780

Game reference

Michel Welter

Goalies

Zak Nothling

Referee:

Hideki Yamauchi

	0–1	7:27 - Soffer
12:55 - Welter (Beran) (SH1)	1–1
	1–2	27:52 - Speirs (Lee, Down) (PP1)
33:44 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP1)	2–2
	2–3	39:07 - Oak (Ball) (PP1)
	2–4	45:27 - Smith
	2–5	48:13 - Down (Soffer) (PP1)
	2–6	49:07 - Speirs (Oak, Nicholls) (PP1)

20 min

Penalties

16 min

18

Shots

41

11 April 2009
13:00

Greece

5–0 (forfeit)

Mongolia

Dunedin Ice Stadium

11 April 2009
16:30

Ireland

3–8
(2–2, 0–5, 1–1)

Luxembourg

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 180

Game reference

Adam Pepper
Scott Bickerstaff

Goalies

Michel Welter
Philippe Lepage

Referee:

Nigel Boniface

	0–1	8:04 - Beran (Welter) (PP2)
10:43 - Jackson-Wyatt (Roberts)	1–1
15:20 - Roberts (McCabe, Morrison) (PP1)	2–1
	2–2	18:42 - Schram (Skamarakas)
	2–3	21:19 - Dessouroux (Holtzem)
	2–4	24:35 - Beran (Minden)
	2–5	26:56 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP2)
	2–6	35:59 - Beran (Welter) (PP1)
	2–7	39:17 - Dessouroux
56:31 - Morrison (O'Driscoll) (PP1)	3–7
	3–8	58:54 - Schons

30 min

Penalties

42 min

41

Shots

39

11 April 2009
20:00

New Zealand

8–2
(2–1, 4–1, 2–0)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 560

Game reference

Rick Parry

Goalies

Eray Atali
Baris Ucele

Referee:

Jamie Miller

0:11 - Argyle (Hay)	1–0
	1–1	0:49 - Toptaner (Solak)
10:32 - Eaden (Harrop, Hay)	2–1
	2–2	22:12 - Ozmen (Tasdemir)
24:38 - Eaden (Nicholls)	3–2
29:11 - Hay (Harrop)	4–2
34:53 - Argyle (Idoine, Soffer) (PP1)	5–2
35:51 - Speirs (Lee, Smith)	6–2
41:03 - Hay (Oak)	7–2
43:21 - Argyle (Speirs)	8–2

26 min

Penalties

38 min

53

Shots

18

13 April 2009
13:00

Ireland

5–0 (forfeit)

Mongolia

Dunedin Ice Stadium

13 April 2009
16:30

Luxembourg

4–7
(0–1, 1–4, 3–2)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 200

Game reference

Michel Welter
Philippe Lepage

Goalies

Eray Atali

Referee:

Hideki Yamauchi

	0–1	2:36 - Solak
	0–2	20:55 - Solak (Ozmen, Toptaner)
	0–3	23:05 - Ozmen (Hamarat, Solak) (SH1)
	0–4	32:03 - Yapicilar (SH1)
35:11 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP1)	1–4
	1–5	38:25 - Tasdemir (Solak)
	1–6	42:00 - Ozmen (Toptaner, Solak)
52:32 - Mossong	2–6
55:28 - Beran (Scheier, Welter)	3–6
56:50 - Schons	4–6
	4–7	58:41 - Hamarat

16 min

Penalties

16 min

23

Shots

34

13 April 2009
20:00

New Zealand

4–3 (OT)
(0–2, 2–0, 1–1)
(1–0)

Greece

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 610

Game reference

Zak Nothling

Goalies

Ntalimpor Ploutsis

Referee:

Nigel Boniface

	0–1	11:02 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos) (PP)
	0–2	12:21 - Papadopoulos (Apostolidis, Tilios) (PP)
25:12 - Oak (Lee, Speirs) (PP)	1–2
36:23 - Speirs (Lee)	2–2
	2–3	47:00 - Papadopoulos (Kalyvas)
56:41 - Soffer (Oak, Ball)	3–3
61:07 - Eaden (Speirs)	4–3

10 min

Penalties

22 min

47

Shots

15

15 April 2009
13:00

Greece

2–7
(0–3, 0–2, 2–2)

Luxembourg

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 180

Game reference

Ntalimpor Ploutsis
Georgios Fiotakis

Goalies

Michel Welter
Philippe Lepage

Referee:

Fabio Lottaroli

	0–1	7:08 - Dessouroux (PP)
	0–2	12:06 - Welter (Beran) (SH)
	0–3	15:20 - Welter (Beran, Schons) (SH)
	0–4	33:37 - Holtzem (Dessouroux) (PP)
	0–5	37:02 - Funk (Scheier, Schram)
40:42 - Apostolidis (Kalyvas)	1–5
	1–6	47:36 - Minden (Beran) (PP)
48:25 - Adamidis (Koufis, Lempesis)	2–6
	2–7	55:14 - Scheier (Beran, Schons) (PP)

54 min

Penalties

16 min

28

Shots

41

15 April 2009
16:30

Turkey

7–1
(3–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Ireland

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 170

Game reference

Eray Atali

Goalies

Adam Pepper
Scott Bickerstaff

Referee:

Jamie Miller

5:18 - Toptaner (Hamarat) (PP)	1–0
6:51 - Yapicilar (Hamarat, Ozmen)	2–0
16:32 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Ozturk)	3–0
27:11 - Ozmen	4–0
35:33 - Halil (Tasdemir)	5–0
	5–1	43:46 - Morrison (Reynolds, Kelly) (PP)
45:53 - Gumus (SH)	6–1
51:37 - Tasdemir (Karakoc, Gumus) (PP)	7–1

46 min

Penalties

36 min

37

Shots

28

15 April 2009
20:00

Mongolia

0–5 (forfeit)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium

16 April 2009
13:00

Turkey

7–1
(1–1, 0–0, 6–0)

Greece

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 250

Game reference

Eray Atali

Goalies

Ntalimpor Ploutsis

Referee:

Hideki Yamauchi

15:39 - Gumus (Cetinkaya) (PP)	1–0
	1–1	18:25 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos, Apostolidis) (PP)
42:26 - Karakoc (Tasdemir)	2–1
43:07 - Karakoc (Yapicilar)	3–1
47:35 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Gumus) (PP)	4–1
50:23 - Karakoc (Yapicilar, Ozturk)	5–1
55:09 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Tasdemir)	6–1
58:36 - Ozmen (Solak, Hamarat)	7–1

37 min

Penalties

20 min

45

Shots

24

16 April 2009
16:30

Luxembourg

5–0 (forfeit)

Mongolia

Dunedin Ice Stadium

16 April 2009
20:00

New Zealand

9–0
(1–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Ireland

Dunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 1210

Game reference

Rick Parry

Goalies

Scott Bickerstaff

Referee:

Nigel Boniface

10:29 - Harrop (Hay, Ball) (PP)	1–0
23:34 - Rout	2–0
24:24 - Lee (Speirs, Nicholls)	3–0
24:59 - Ball (Eaden)	4–0
43:17 - R. Idoine (Eaden, L. Idoine)	5–0
47:10 - Lee (Speirs, Argyle) (PP)	6–0
49:49 - Speirs (Lee)	7–0
53:26 - Lee (SH)	8–0
54:07 - Eaden (SH)	9–0

42 min

Penalties

10 min

35

Shots

27

Statistics

Tournament Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:
- Best Goaltender: Ntalimpor Ploutsis
- Best Defenceman: Gokturk Tasdemir
- Best Forward: Brett Speirs

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
Robert Beran	4	4	8	12	0	20	F
Brett Speirs	4	5	5	10	+5	0	F
Benny Welter	4	6	3	9	0	2	F
Braden Lee	4	3	5	8	+5	10	F
Emrah Ozmen	4	5	2	7	+6	18	F
Serkan Yapicilar	4	5	2	7	+3	20	F
Yavuz Karakoc	4	3	4	7	+5	12	F
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
Rick Parry	120:00	45	2	1.00	95.56	1
Eray Atali	209:11	98	10	2.87	89.80	0
Ntalimpor Ploutsis	221:07	175	19	5.16	89.14	0
Michel Welter	180:00	116	13	4.33	88.79	0
Zak Nothling	121.07	33	5	2.48	84.85	1

Source: IIHF.com

References

^ Division III statistics

External links

Bill Meltzer (2009-07-02). "Hockey still going Down Under". nhl.com. Across the Pond. nhl.com. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
"Ice Blacks claim world crown". Howick and Pakuranga Times. 2009-04-27. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-02-16.

[1] Division III statistics

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