2019 IIHF World Championship Division III
The 2019 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The Group A tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 28 April and the qualification tournament in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 31 March to 6 April 2019. Both Kyrgyzstan and Thailand made their debut in the World Championships, with each winning their first game.
Bulgaria earned promotion to Division II, while the United Arab Emirates won the qualification tournament and were promoted. South Africa finished last and were demoted to the qualification tournament.
Division III
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.| Referees | Linesmen |
|  Kiril Peychinov Luchezar Stoyanov Henri Neva Anton Boryayev Dāvis Zunde Mihai Paul Chae Youn-jin |
Feng Lei
Stefan Hogarth
Ryan CairnsStandings
Results
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Awards and statistics
Awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- *Best Goalkeeper: Dimitar Dimitrov
- *Best Defenseman: Shen Yen-lin
- *Best Forward: Miroslav Vasilev
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Miroslav Vasilev | 5 | 10 | 6 | 16 | +10 | 22 | F |
 Weng To | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +3 | 2 | F |
| Ivan Hodulov | 5 | 10 | 4 | 14 | +10 | 18 | F |
| Lin Hung-ju | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −2 | 12 | F |
| Martin Boyadjiev | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +8 | 6 | D |
| Shen Yen-lin | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +1 | 0 | D |
| Stanislav Muhachev | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +10 | 0 | F |
| Alexei Yotov | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +7 | 0 | F |
 Begench Dovletmyradov | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +2 | 2 | F |
 Colm Cannon | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +2 | 4 | F |
 Uthman Samaai | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +1 | 6 | F |
| Aleksandr Vahovskiy | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | F |
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.| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Dimitar Dimitrov | 300:00 | 7 | 1.40 | 138 | 94.93 | 1 |
| Marcus Anselm | 292:18 | 19 | 3.90 | 160 | 88.12 | 0 |
| Keremli Charyyev | 266:32 | 18 | 4.05 | 147 | 87.76 | 0 |
 Tolga Bozacı | 272:26 | 14 | 3.08 | 114 | 87.72 | 0 |
| Hou Ta-yu | 224:52 | 22 | 5.87 | 134 | 83.58 | 0 |
TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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Division III qualification tournament
Participants
Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.| Referees | Linesmen |
|  Jiří Gebauer Norbert Muzsik Kang Tae-woo Murat Aygün Oleksiy Ryabikov Heylaan Al-Ameri Yahya Al-Jneibi |
Kent UnwinStandings
Results
All times are local.- Kyrgyzstan played its first four games, all wins, with Russian born player Aleksandr Titov in their lineup. Before their final game, also a win, when it was found that Titov was not yet eligible to play for Kyrgyzstan, he was disqualified from the tournament and Kyrgyzstan forfeited their first four games.
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Statistics
All statistics from Kyrgyzstan's first four games were not counted by the IIHF, including their opponents scoring and goaltending details.Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Artur Zainutdinov | 5 | 13 | 5 | 18 | +13 | 4 | F |
| Juma Al-Dhaheri | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +18 | 2 | F |
| Khalifa Al-Mahrooqi | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | +16 | 10 | F |
 Hideki Nagayama | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +5 | 2 | D |
 Mirza Omer | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +6 | 8 | F |
 Tang Shin Ming Jasper | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +5 | 4 | F |
| Mohamed Al-Kaabi | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | +4 | 38 | F |
| Artyom Karkotsky | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +2 | 16 | F |
| Wong Ka-ho | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | –2 | 2 | D |
| Kan Siu-him | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +3 | 2 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
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- Kyrgyz players Vladimir Nosov, Vladimir Tonkikh, Mikhail Chuvalov, Islambek Abdyraev and Maksim Egorov do not appear in this list because their statistics from their first four games were deemed invalid.
Goaltending leaders
| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Khaled Al-Suwaidi | 240:00 | 13 | 3.25 | 92 | 85.87 | 0 |
| Amel Ćapin | 201:45 | 20 | 5.95 | 126 | 84.13 | 0 |
| Keung Emerson | 140:00 | 10 | 4.29 | 54 | 81.48 | 1 |
| Cheung Ching-ho | 100:00 | 8 | 4.80 | 43 | 81.40 | 0 |
| 184:36 | 18 | 5.85 | 96 | 81.25 | 0 |
TOI = Time on Ice ; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
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