2015 IIHF World Championship Division III
Winter sport tournament in İzmir
2015 IIHF World Championship Division III Host country Turkey Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 3–12 April Teams 7 Games played 21 Goals scored 215 (10.24 per game) Attendance 7,955 (379 per game) Scoring leader(s) Alec Koçoğlu (18 points)IIHF.com
The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation . It was contested in İzmir , Turkey , from 3 to 12 April 2015.[ 1] Seven nations participated, including Bosnia and Herzegovina , who joined the world championships for the first time since 2008. After three consecutive years of finishing in the second place, North Korea won the tournament and was promoted to Division II Group B for 2016.
Divisional tournaments are designed, by the rules, to include six teams, however the Bosnian federation asked to be included and the Turkish organizers agreed. Georgia recorded their first victory, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–1.[ 2]
Venue
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[ 3]
Standings
Results
All times are local (UTC+3 ).
Game reference Levent Özbaydugan Goalies Dino Pašović Referee: Sergei SobolevLinesmen: Grega Markizeti Gil Haim TichonAl. Koçoğlu – 04:41 1–0 Halil (Gümüş) – 05:00 2–0 Öztürk (Al. Koçoğlu, Karakoç ) (PP) – 06:363–0 Gümüş – 25:23 4–0 Semiz (Özmen , Al. Koçoğlu) – 29:245–0 E. Coşkun (Gümüş) – 35:576–0 Al. Koçoğlu (Semiz) – 38:54 7–0 Al. Koçoğlu (F. Faner, E. Coşkun) (PP) – 45:40 8–0 E. Coşkun (F. Faner, Halil) – 46:01 9–0 Al. Koçoğlu – 49:43 10–0 Özmen – 54:55 11–0
28 min Penalties 10 min 68 Shots 12
Game reference Erol Kahraman Goalies Andrei Ilienko Referee: Sergei SobolevLinesmen: Vladimir Yefremov Anton GladchenkoKarakoç (B. Coşkun, An. Koçoğlu) – 11:391–0 Özmen (B. Coşkun) – 11:542–0 An. Koçoğlu (Semiz , Özmen) (PP) – 15:42 3–0 Semiz (Özmen) – 26:33 4–0 İslam (An. Koçoğlu) – 28:185–0 Semiz (E. Faner, Al. Koçoğlu) – 32:56 6–0 Semiz (Özmen, Al. Koçoğlu) – 33:27 7–0 Gümüş (Halil) – 38:22 8–0 Gümüş (Halil) – 39:05 9–0 Özmen (Al. Koçoğlu) – 40:41 10–0 10–1 41:58 – Smetanin Özmen (Öztürk ) – 50:02 11–1 An. Koçoğlu (Özmen) (PP) – 56:12 12–1 Semiz (SH) – 59:47 13–1
4 min Penalties 29 min 90 Shots 5
Game reference Khaled Al-Suwaidi Goalies Levent Özbaydugan Erol Kahraman Referee: Geoffrey BarceloLinesmen: Vladimir Yefremov Gil Haim Tichon0–1 00:37 – Al. Koçoğlu (Semiz , Özmen ) 0–2 06:56 – Gümüş (E. Coşkun , Aktürk ) 0–3 10:06 – An. Koçoğlu (Karakoç ) 0–4 10:21 – An. Koçoğlu (İslam ) 0–5 12:43 – Halil 0–6 13:48 – Gümüş (E. Coşkun, Halil) 0–7 15:43 – Karakoç (Seçer , A. Solak) 0–8 33:18 – Al. Koçoğlu (Semiz) 0–9 33:39 – Al. Koçoğlu (Semiz, Özmen) 0–10 38:00 – A. Solak (Seçer) 0–11 45:40 – Semiz (Aktürk) 0–12 46:29 – Seçer (A. Solak, B. Coşkun) 0–13 48:55 – E. Coşkun (Halil, Gümüş) 0–14 50:33 – Karakoç (İslam, An. Koçoğlu) 0–15 59:54 – G. Solak (Semiz, Al. Koçoğlu)
8 min Penalties 2 min 10 Shots 64
Game reference Khaled Al-Suwaidi Goalies Andrei Ilienko Referee: Sergei SobolevLinesmen: Vladimir Yefremov Mihai Ariel TrandafirAl-Nuaimi Al-Shamisi M. Al-Mazrouei Al-Blooshi Al-Shamisi M. Al-Mazrouei Shootout Smetanin Dumbadze Tsomaia Dumbadze Smetanin Dumbadze10 min Penalties 10 min 26 Shots 38
Awards and statistics
Awards
Best players selected by the directorate:
Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders
Serkan Gümüşr of Turkey finished third in scoring, with 16 points in 6 games.
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus ; PIM = Penalties in minutes Source: IIHF.com
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average ; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF.com
References
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