2016 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	31 March–6 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	162 (10.8 per game)
Attendance	2,706 (180 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Boris Kochkin (19 points)
Website	IIHF.com

The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Istanbul, Turkey, from 31 March to 6 April 2016.^[1] The host team, Turkey, won all of its games and was promoted to Division II B for 2017.

The United Arab Emirates withdrew shortly before the tournament, leaving six teams to play.^[2] Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded their first victory in an IIHF tournament, defeating Hong Kong 5–4.^[3] Georgia's results were later recorded as 5–0 forfeits due to the use of ineligible players.^[4]

Venue

Istanbul

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall Capacity: 900

Participants

Host nation Turkey won the tournament and were promoted to Division IIB for 2017.

Team	Qualification
South Africa	Placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
Turkey	Host, placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Luxembourg	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Hong Kong	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
Georgia	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Placed 7th in Division III last year.

Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[5]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Turkey (H, P)	5	5	0	0	0	35	7	+28	15	Promoted to Division II B
2	South Africa	5	4	0	0	1	29	10	+19	12
3	Luxembourg	5	3	0	0	2	29	14	+15	9
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	2	0	0	3	12	35	−23	6
5	Hong Kong	5	1	0	0	4	12	26	−14	3
6	Georgia	5	0	0	0	5	0	25	−25	0

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

• Due to eligibility violations all of Georgia's games were declared 5–0 forfeits.^[4]

31 March 2016 13:00

Luxembourg

2–3 (1–1, 0–1, 1–1)

South Africa

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 112

Game reference
	Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Ashley Bock	Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Yasin Akyürek Charlie O'Connor
	Holtzem (Cannon) – 02:23 1–0 1–1 09:29 – Edwards (Giot) 1–2 35:42 – Botha (Birrell) (PP) Eriksson – 42:36 2–2 2–3 58:44 – Botha (Magmoed, Samaai)
	22 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	42

31 March 2016 16:30

Bosnia and Herzegovina

5–4 (1–2, 3–1, 1–1)

Hong Kong

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 156

Game reference
	Dino Pašović	Goalies	Ho King Chi King	Referee: Joonas Kova Linesmen: Timo Heinonen Josef Špůr
	0–1 09:57 – Tang C. (Fung, Kan C.) 0–2 15:49 – Wong K. (Sham, Tang S.) Čordalija (PS) – 17:04 1–2 Lemeš (London) – 21:40 2–2 2–3 24:18 – Ho J. (Kan C.) Hadžihasanović (Pilav) – 28:10 3–3 Čordalija (Alić) – 32:39 4–3 Hodžić (Nikulin) – 41:17 5–3 5–4 51:39 – Wong K. (Wong Y., Ho J.) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	35

31 March 2016 20:00

Turkey

5–4 (0–1, 3–1, 2–2)

Georgia

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 378

Game reference
	Erol Kahraman	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Knut Braten Laurynas Stepankevičius
	0–1 09:48 – Dumbadze An. Koçoğlu (PP) – 21:55 1–1 Gümüş (K. Salt, Kavaz) – 24:49 2–1 2–2 29:06 – Kochkin (Geperidze) Özmen (Solak) – 39:11 3–2 Semiz – 40:23 4–2 4–3 48:30 – Shalunov (Tsomaia, Svanidze) 4–4 53:35 – Kochkin An. Koçoğlu (Al. Koçoğlu) – 56:52 5–4
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	40	Shots	29

1 April 2016 13:00

South Africa

9–1 (0–0, 4–1, 5–0)

Hong Kong

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 79

Game reference
	Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Keung Emerson Kwokway Ho King Chi King	Referee: Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Yasin Akyürek Timo Heinonen
	Marais (Samaai) – 28:18 1–0 1–1 32:12 – Wong K. (Kan S., Ho J.) Birrell (Botha, Samaai) – 32:12 2–1 Valadas – 38:10 3–1 Birrell (Samaai) – 38:58 4–1 Giot (Magmoed, Edwards) – 41:48 5–1 Van Doesburgh (W. Du Preez, Marais) – 43:31 6–1 Samaai (Birrell) – 48:52 7–1 Edwards (Marais, Valadas) – 50:57 8–1 Birrell – 57:10 9–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	50	Shots	9

1 April 2016 16:30

Georgia

8–0 (4–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 93

Game reference
	Andrei Ilienko Kakha Ambrolava	Goalies	Dino Pašović Edis Pribišić	Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Murat Aygün Josef Špůr
	Kochkin (Shalunov) – 09:09 1–0 Tsomaia (Kochkin) (PP) – 11:30 2–0 Geperidze (Dumbadze) – 16:06 3–0 Kozyulin (Kochkin) – 16:50 4–0 D. Oganeziani (Kozyulin) – 26:45 5–0 Kochkin (Gi. Jeiranashvili) – 34:07 6–0 D. Oganeziani (Kochkin) – 40:31 7–0 Kavkasidze (Minasiani, Tsomaia) – 49:22 8–0
	34 min	Penalties	51 min
	35	Shots	14

1 April 2016 20:00

Turkey

10–2 (3–0, 4–2, 3–0)

Luxembourg

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 383

Game reference
	Erol Kahraman	Goalies	Philippe Lepage	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Knut Braten Charlie O'Connor
	Al. Koçoğlu (Kavaz) – 02:17 1–0 Semiz (Gümüş, Özmen) (PP) – 12:01 2–0 Halil – 13:35 3–0 An. Koçoğlu (Al. Koçoğlu) – 21:49 4–0 4–1 26:28 – Cannon (R. Beran) Özmen (Semiz) – 27:17 5–1 5–2 34:23 – T. Beran (G. Scheier, R. Beran) Özmen (Solak) – 35:15 6–2 Gümüş (Semiz, Özmen) – 39:52 7–2 Özmen (Semiz, Solak) – 44:45 8–2 Ö. Kars (Kavaz) – 50:11 9–2 Solak (Semiz, Y. Kars) – 55:03 10–2
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	49	Shots	23

3 April 2016 13:00

Luxembourg

7–1 (3–0, 3–1, 1–0)

Hong Kong

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 83

Game reference
	Gilles Mangen	Goalies	Ho King Chi King	Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Murat Aygün Timo Heinonen
	G. Scheier (T. Beran, R. Beran) – 09:59 1–0 R. Scheier (Cannon, Holtzem) (PP) – 13:17 2–0 Eriksson (Cannon, Sinner) – 15:27 3–0 Cannon (Holtzem, R. Scheier) – 20:27 4–0 Eriksson (Cannon) – 28:28 5–0 5–1 29:42 – Sham (Fung, Wong Y.) (PP) Holtzem (Cannon, R. Scheier) – 30:01 6–1 Eriksson (Cannon, Holtzem) – 45:40 7–1
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	31

3 April 2016 16:30

Turkey

8–2 (4–0, 3–2, 1–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 381

Game reference
	Erol Kahraman Tolga Bozacı	Goalies	Dino Pašović Edis Pribišić	Referee: Joonas Kova Linesmen: Charlie O'Connor Josef Špůr
	Semiz (Solak) – 00:30 1–0 H. Salt (Aktürk) – 00:52 2–0 Ö. Kars (Savaş) – 03:24 3–0 Bakal (Semiz, Özmen) (PP) – 09:21 4–0 Özmen (Solak, Öztürk) – 23:16 5–0 Özmen (Solak, Semiz) – 23:39 6–0 6–1 24:37 – Hadžihasanović (London) Semiz (Özmen) (SH) – 31:34 7–1 7–2 38:42 – Hodžić Al. Koçoğlu (Özmen, Gümüş) (PP) – 53:21 8–2
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	68	Shots	16

3 April 2016 20:00

South Africa

5–6 (4–2, 0–1, 1–3)

Georgia

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 92

Game reference
	Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Yasin Akyürek Laurynas Stepankevičius
	Samaai (Van Doesburgh, W. Du Preez) – 02:35 1–0 Birrell (Samaai) – 02:46 2–0 2–1 06:13 – Kochkin (PS) Giot (Magmoed, Edwards) – 10:42 3–1 3–2 11:21 – Kozyulin (Kochkin) Marais (Magmoed, Samaai) (PP) – 19:25 4–2 4–3 21:15 – Kochkin Verwey – 42:16 5–3 5–4 44:40 – Kochkin (Kozyulin) 5–5 50:09 – Kurbatov (Tsomaia, Kochkin) (PP) 5–6 51:06 – Kozyulin
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	49	Shots	28

4 April 2016 13:00

Hong Kong

1–5 (1–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Turkey

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 282

Game reference
	Keung Emerson Kwokway	Goalies	Erol Kahraman	Referee: Valentin Lascar Linesmen: Knut Braten Laurynas Stepankevičius
	Ho J. – 00:16 1–0 1–1 16:06 – Özmen (Solak, Y. Kars) 1–2 18:30 – Özmen (Semiz) 1–3 22:34 – H. Salt (Gümüş, Y. Kars) 1–4 27:37 – Al. Koçoğlu (Karakoç) 1–5 55:35 – Karakoç (An. Koçoğlu, Y. Kars)
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	14	Shots	38

4 April 2016 16:30

Georgia

5–0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Luxembourg

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 33

Game reference
	Andrei Ilienko	Goalies	Gilles Mangen	Referee: Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Yasin Akyürek Timo Heinonen
	Kurbatov (Tsomaia) (PP) – 10:06 1–0 Kurbatov (Kozyulin, Kochkin) (PP) – 26:01 2–0 Kozyulin (Svanidze, Kurbatov) – 34:59 3–0 Kozyulin (Kochkin) – 38:39 4–0 Kozyulin (Svanidze) – 48:45 5–0
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	44	Shots	20

4 April 2016 20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0–10 (0–2, 0–7, 0–1)

South Africa

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 65

Game reference
	Edis Pribišić Dino Pašović	Goalies	Ashley Bock	Referee: Joonas Kova Linesmen: Murat Aygün Charlie O'Connor
	0–1 01:33 – Marais (Valadas) 0–2 14:35 – Van Doesburgh (Willemstijn) 0–3 25:22 – Marais (Samaai) (PP) 0–4 25:36 – Valadas (Edwards) 0–5 26:13 – Valadas (Gonsalves, Reeves) 0–6 27:27 – Marais (Gonsalves, Bremner) 0–7 30:23 – S. Du Preez (Samaai, W. Du Preez) 0–8 35:02 – W. Du Preez (Marais) 0–9 39:09 – Giot (Edwards) 0–10 50:35 – Edwards (Giot, Valadas) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	2 min
	18	Shots	42

6 April 2016 13:00

South Africa

2–7 (1–3, 0–2, 1–2)

Turkey

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 451

Game reference
	Ashley Bock	Goalies	Erol Kahraman	Referee: Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Knut Braten Charlie O'Connor
	Botha (Samaai) (PP) – 01:48 1–0 1–1 13:55 – Semiz (An. Koçoğlu, Özmen) (PP2) 1–2 15:15 – Özmen (PP) 1–3 15:30 – Al. Koçoğlu (An. Koçoğlu) 1–4 25:19 – An. Koçoğlu 1–5 32:44 – Al. Koçoğlu (An. Koçoğlu, Semiz) (PP) 1–6 41:58 – Özmen (Al. Koçoğlu, An. Koçoğlu) (PP) 1–7 49:21 – Gümüş (Halil, Savaş) Valadas (Giot) (PP) – 56:53 2–7
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	35	Shots	38

6 April 2016 16:30

Hong Kong

3–14 (0–4, 2–6, 1–4)

Georgia

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 51

Game reference
	Ho King Chi King Keung Emerson Kwokway	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Joonas Kova Linesmen: Josef Špůr Laurynas Stepankevičius
	0–1 01:15 – G. Oganeziani (Kochkin) 0–2 08:41 – Dumbadze (Kurbatov, Svanidze) 0–3 10:01 – Kozyulin (Svanidze, Kochkin) (PP) 0–4 12:46 – Kochkin (Kozyulin) (SH) 0–5 23:25 – Dumbadze (Svanidze) (PP) 0–6 23:38 – Kochkin 0–7 31:59 – Kozyulin (Gi. Jeiranashvili) Wong K. (Tang S.) – 33:43 1–7 1–8 34:01 – Kurbatov 1–9 35:52 – Kochkin 1–10 38:05 – Kozyulin (Svanidze) (SH) Wong Y. (Wong K., Ho J.) (PP) – 39:06 2–10 2–11 42:07 – Svanidze (Kurbatov) Ho J. (Kan S., Wong K.) (PP) – 45:40 3–11 3–12 48:14 – D. Oganeziani (Kozyulin) 3–13 52:53 – Svanidze (Gi. Jeiranashvili, D. Oganeziani) 3–14 56:51 – Svanidze (PS)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	16	Shots	49

6 April 2016 20:00

Luxembourg

13–0 (4–0, 3–0, 6–0)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall, Istanbul Attendance: 67

Game reference
	Gilles Mangen	Goalies	Dino Pašović Edis Pribišić	Referee: Stefan Hogarth Linesmen: Murat Aygün Timo Heinonen
	Cannon (Holtzem, Eriksson) – 08:28 1–0 T. Beran (PS) – 10:48 2–0 T. Beran (R. Beran) – 12:43 3–0 Eriksson (Sinner) (SH) – 14:59 4–0 Eriksson (Cannon) – 29:18 5–0 R. Beran – 29:58 6–0 T. Beran (Cannon) – 33:04 7–0 T. Beran (R. Beran) – 43:04 8–0 Mossong (Mosr, Farinon) – 43:28 9–0 Holtzem (R. Scheier, Eriksson) (PP) – 44:49 10–0 Holtzem (Schön) (PP) – 47:20 11–0 Eriksson (Cannon) – 49:31 12–0 Cannon (Holtzem) – 59:24 13–0
	12 min	Penalties	32 min
	54	Shots	25

Awards and statistics

Awards

Erol Kahraman of Turkey was named the best goaltender of the tournament.

• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Erol Kahraman
  • Best Defenceman: Andre Marais
  • Best Forward: Boris Kochkin

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Boris Kochkin	5	10	9	19	+18	8	F
Emrah Özmen	5	10	6	16	+11	2	F
Artem Kozyulin	5	9	4	13	+12	14	D
Serdar Semiz	5	5	8	13	+10	8	F
Colm Cannon	5	4	9	13	+7	4	F
Uthman Samaai	5	3	8	11	+7	0	F
Roland Svanidze	5	3	7	10	+3	0	F
Andre Marais	5	5	4	9	+9	6	D
Joel Holtzem	5	4	5	9	+7	6	F
Andy Koçoğlu	5	4	5	9	+5	6	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Gilles Mangen	180:00	6	2.00	100	94.00	1
Andrei Ilienko	263:04	10	2.28	126	92.06	1
Erol Kahraman	260:00	9	2.08	108	91.67	0
Ashley Bock	180:00	9	3.00	80	88.75	1
Philippe Lepage	120:00	13	6.50	91	85.71	0

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

• Official site

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