2010 IIHF World Championship Division III
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, while Group B's games took place in Yerevan, Armenia. 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. 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.Participants
Group A
Group B
Group A Tournament
Standings
| Team | | | | | | | | | |
1 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 9 |
2 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
3 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 3 |
4 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | -13 | 0 |
Tournament Awards
; Best players selected by the directorate:
All times local.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: 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% | 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 ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Group B Tournament
Standings
| Team | | | | | | | | | |
1 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 23 | 9 |
2 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 6 |
3 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 |
4 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 49 | -47 | 0 |
Fixtures
All times local.