2018 IIHF World Championship Division III
The 2018 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was held in Cape Town, South Africa and the qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina after the original hosts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, withdrew their application.
Georgia won the tournament and were promoted to Division II.
Kuwait and Turkmenistan made their debut in the World Championships, with both playing in the qualification tournament. Turkmenistan won their first ever game in the World Championships, defeating the United Arab Emirates and later went on to win the qualification and be promoted to next year's Division III.Division III
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
- Zsolt Csomortani - Did not attend the championships
- Miroslav Iarets
- Richard Magnusson
- Alexey Roshchyn
;Linesmen
- Daniel Beresford
- Jonathan Burger
- Matthias Cristeli
- Maximilian Gatol
- Artsiom Labzov
- Gregor Miklič
- Marcin Polak
Standings
Results
All times are local.Awards and statistics
Awards
Source: Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: 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 |
 Muhammed Karagül | 242:52 | 13 | 3.21 | 161 | 91.93 | 0 |
 Charl Pretorius | 204:11 | 9 | 2.64 | 111 | 91.89 | 1 |
 Andrei Ilienko | 283:39 | 10 | 2.12 | 115 | 91.30 | 0 |
 Dimitar Dimitrov | 242:28 | 10 | 2.47 | 107 | 90.65 | 1 |
 Liao Yu-cheng | 265:54 | 18 | 4.06 | 137 | 86.86 | 0 |
TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: Division III qualification tournament
Participants
Match officials
3 referees and 4 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
;Linesmen
- Tomáš Brejcha
- Ilya Khohlov
- Vytautas Lukoševičius
- Maarten van der Acker
Standings
Results
All times are local.Awards and statistics
Awards
Source: Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: 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 |
 Keremli Charyyev | 140:00 | 3 | 1.29 | 29 | 89.66 | 1 |
 Khaled Al-Suwaidi | 180:00 | 12 | 4.00 | 107 | 88.79 | 0 |
 Edis Pribišić | 169:19 | 12 | 4.25 | 97 | 87.63 | 0 |
 Jasem Al-Sarraf | 154:43 | 25 | 9.70 | 98 | 74.49 | 0 |
TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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