2017 IIHF World Championship Division III


The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria from 10 to 16 April 2017. Seven teams participated in the tournament, divided into two groups. Bosnia and Herzegovina was originally scheduled to participate, but withdrew before the tournament began; all their games were recorded as 5–0 forfeits for the opposing team. Luxembourg won the tournament, defeating Bulgaria 10–4 in the final, and played in Division IIB in 2018. Chinese Taipei debuted in Division III and, apart from defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in a forfeit, recorded their first official win, beating the UAE 4–0 in the 5th place playoff.

Venues

The Bulgarian bid was the only contender for the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III competition. It will mark the first time that this competition has been held in Bulgaria. In September 2016 the format of the division was realigned into one tournament with two preliminary divisions.

Participants

Match officials

5 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
;Linesmen
All times are local.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

;5th place bracket

5th–7th place semifinal

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

RankTeam
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' Host; ' Promoted; ' Relegated.
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Awards and statistics

Awards

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Scoring leaders

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
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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.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Philippe Lepage240:0092.2510791.591
Liao Yu-cheng169:5993.1810391.261
Andrei Ilienko287:28214.3816987.571
King Ho168:16238.2015084.670
Ahmed Al-Dhaheri120:00126.007383.560

TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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