2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

2015 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
CityDunedin
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates20–25 January 2015
Teams5
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The 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was played in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 20 to 25 January 2015.[1] Division III represents the sixth tier of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The winners, China, were promoted to the Division II B for the 2016 tournament.

Bulgaria withdrew from the tournament on 27 December 2014.

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 China Finished 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
 New Zealand Hosts; finished 2nd in Division III last year.
 Mexico Finished 3rd in Division III last year.
 Turkey Finished 4th in Division III last year.
 South Africa Finished 5th in Division III last year.

Final standings

The Chinese team after winning the tournament
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  China 4 4 0 0 0 29 3 +26 12 Promoted to the 2016 Division II B
2  New Zealand (H) 4 2 0 1 1 13 11 +2 7
3  Mexico 4 1 1 0 2 8 10 −2 5
4  South Africa 4 1 0 0 3 4 22 −18 3
5  Turkey 4 1 0 0 3 7 15 −8 3
Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (New Zealand Daylight Time – UTC+13).

20 January 2015
15:30		Mexico 1–6
(0–0, 0–4, 1–2)		 ChinaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Richard AlbrechtGoaliesSun ZehaoReferee:
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Linesmen:
New Zealand Braden O'Loughlin
Australia Casper Russelhuber
0–120:26 – Zhang Z. (Zuo T.)
0–227:03 – Huang P. (Wu H.)
0–334:17 – Wu H. (Zuo T., Huang P.) (PP)
0–439:00 – Lu H. (Zuo T., Qian J.) (PP)
J. Duenas (B. Arjona, J. Cosio) (PP) – 46:181–4
1–546:48 – Liu Q. (Liu Y., Li H.)
1–651:17 – Zuo T. (Lu H., Zhang Z.) (PP)
14 minPenalties34 min
6Shots37
20 January 2015
19:00		South Africa 1–5
(0–2, 1–1, 0–2)		 New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Marcello StrydomGoaliesLiam HenareReferee:
Australia Cory Ross
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Japan Shinobu Kawai
0–16:54 – C. Burns (H. Macharg, B. Roth)
0–211:08 – M. Macharg (B. Roth)
D. Compton (M. Reelan) (PP) – 22:261–2
1–336:22 – B. Roth (J. Orr, T. Carson-Pratt)
1–441:32 – J. Orr (J. Hurring, B. Roth) (PP)
1–551:31 – T. Kennedy (J. Hurring, F. Ellis)
8 minPenalties26 min
21Shots30
21 January 2015
19:00		Turkey 1–3
(1–1, 0–1, 0–1)		 South AfricaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Muhammed KaragulGoaliesMarcello StrydomReferee:
Poland Wlodzimierz Marczuk
Linesmen:
New Zealand Ryan Cairns
South Korea Park Jae Hyung
0–11:25 – K. Thornton (D. Fisher) (PP)
D. Bingol (B. Akay) (SH) – 19:391–1
1–239:54 – B. Husselman
1–353:36 – K. Thornton (W. Krotz, D. Compton)
16 minPenalties14 min
17Shots22
22 January 2015
15:30		China 6–1
(1–1, 1–0, 4–0)		 TurkeyDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Sun ZehaoGoaliesMuhammed KaragulReferee:
Australia Cory Ross
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
New Zealand Braden O'Loughlin
Li H. (Yue X.) – 9:561–0
1–119:27 – B. Ustun (F. Faner) (PP)
Liu Y. (Li H., Zhu Z.) - 23:182–1
Liu Q. (Liu Y.) – 41:283–1
Liu Y. (Zhu Z.) (SH) - 44:594–1
Liu Y – 45:385–1
Liu Q. (Li H.) (PP) – 58:266–1
41 minPenalties24 min
41Shots10
22 January 2015
19:00		New Zealand 2–3 GWS
(0–0, 2–2, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–2)		 MexicoDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Liam HenareGoaliesJaime PerezReferee:
Poland Wlodzimierz Marczuk
Linesmen:
South Korea Park Jae Hyung
Australia Casper Russelhuber
0–122:47 – M. Navarro (F. Alva)
L. Frear (J. Hurring) (PP2) – 22:471–1
1–228:48 – G. Martinez (J. Duenas)
J. Orr (B. Roth) – 34:392–2
F. EllisGOAL
C. BurnsMISS
H. MachargMISS
F. EllisMISS		ShootoutMISSB. Arjona
GOALG. Martinez
MISSN. Dunn
GOALJ. Perez
14 minPenalties20 min
35Shots23
23 January 2015
19:00		South Africa 0–13
(0–5, 0–2, 0–6)		 ChinaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 120
Game reference
Aslam Khan
Marcello Strydom		GoaliesHan WangReferee:
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Linesmen:
New Zealand Ryan Cairns
South Korea Park Jae Hyung
0–100:45 – Li H.
0–206:30 – Zhang Z. (Zuo T., Wu J.)
0–312:19 – Liu Q. (Li H.)
0–414:21 – Liu Q.
0–516:38 – Li H. (Zhu Z.)
0–623:47 – Zhang P. (SH)
0–734:05 – Li H. (Wu J.)
0–843:59 – Liu Q. (Liang W.)
0–945:02 – Wu H. (Zhang P.)
0–1050:07 – Zhu Z. (Liang W.) (PP)
0–1153:55 – Yu M. (Qian J.) (PP)
0–1255:25 – Zhang P. (Liang W.)
0–1357:10 – Huang P.
12 minPenalties73 min
13Shots53
24 January 2015
15:30		Mexico 3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)		 South AfricaDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 75
Game reference
Jaime PerezGoaliesMarcello StrydomReferee:
Australia Cory Ross
Linesmen:
Japan Shinobu Kawai
New Zealand Braden O'Loughlin
G. Martinez (M. Navarro, A. Garcia) (PP) – 16:361–0
J. Duenas (D. Barron) (ENG) – 59:142–0
A. Bolanos (G. Martinez) – 59:593–0
12 minPenalties4 min
29Shots19
24 January 2015
19:00		New Zealand 5–3
(2–1, 0–2, 3–0)		 TurkeyDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Hunter Waugh
Liam Henare		GoaliesMuhammed KaragulReferee:
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Australia Casper Russelhuber
F. Ellis (H. MacHarg) (PP) – 02:461–0
L. Frear (J. Hurring) (PP) – 12:122–0
2–117:13 – H. Secer (S. Kavaz, S. Takar) (PP)
2–227:39 – E. Savas
2–333:55 – S. Takar (O. Kars)
C. Burns (H. MacHarg) – 41:343–3
B. Roth (F. Ellis) (PP) – 46:064–3
T. Kennedy – 47:145–3
16 minPenalties30 min
43Shots28
25 January 2015
15:30		Turkey 2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)		 MexicoDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 60
Game reference
Berk AkinGoaliesRichard AlbrechtReferee:
Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Linesmen:
New Zealand Ryan Cairns
South Korea Park Jae Hyung
F. Faner (B. Akay, O. Uzunali) (PP) – 10:451–0
F. Faner (A. Hars) – 34:502–0
2–155:07 – A. Garcia (G. Martinez) (EA)
14 minPenalties20 min
28Shots35
25 January 2015
19:00		China 4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 New ZealandDunedin Ice Stadium
Attendance: 400
Game reference
Wang HanGoaliesLiam HenareReferee:
Poland Wlodzimierz Marczuk
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Japan Shinobu Kawai
Lu H. (Zhang Z., Zuo T.) – 03:201–0
Zhang Z. (Zuo T.) – 20:172–0
2–126:32 – F. Ellis (M. Kennedy, M. Macharg) (PP)
Liu Q. (Zhu Z.) – 30:043–1
Liu Q. (Zhu Z.) (PP) – 44:274–1
74 minPenalties33 min
40Shots37

References

  1. ^ 2015 World Championship Division III statistics

External links

  • Official website of IIHF
  • New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation site
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