2015 IIHF World Championship Division III
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. 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.Venue
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
;Linesmen
- Murat Aygün
- Anton Gladchenko
- Cemal Ersin Kaya
- Grega Markizeti
- Gil Haim Tichon
- Mihai Ariel Trandafir
- Vladimir Yefremov
Standings
Results
All times are local.Awards and statistics
Awards
Source: Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
Alec Koçoğlu | 6 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +18 | 2 | F |
Hong Chun-rim | 6 | 10 | 7 | 17 | +20 | 2 | F |
Serkan Gümüş | 6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | +15 | 4 | F |
Serdar Semiz | 6 | 9 | 7 | 16 | +17 | 0 | F |
Vitali Dumbadze | 6 | 9 | 6 | 16 | −3 | 33 | F |
Emrah Özmen | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | +20 | 6 | F |
Yusuf Halil | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +14 | 6 | F |
Thierry Beran | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +4 | 4 | F |
Erdoğan Coşkun | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +15 | 2 | F |
Ri Chol-min | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +22 | 0 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes
Source: Goaltending leaders
Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
Pak Il | 161:09 | 2 | 0.74 | 28 | 92.86 | 1 |
Pak Kuk-chol | 203:40 | 7 | 2.06 | 85 | 91.76 | 0 |
Levent Őzbaydugan | 150:11 | 3 | 1.20 | 35 | 91.43 | 1 |
Erol Kahraman | 214:38 | 8 | 2.24 | 58 | 86.21 | 0 |
Dino Pašović | 253:43 | 31 | 7.33 | 209 | 85.17 | 1 |
TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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