# 2013 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2013 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested in Cape Town, South Africa, from 15 to 21 April 2013 and the qualification tournament was contested in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 14 to 17 October 2012.

## Participants
### Group A

| Team | Qualification |
| South Africa | Host, placed 6th in Division II B last year and was relegated. |
| North Korea | Placed 2nd in Division III last year. |
| Luxembourg | Placed 3rd in Division III last year. |
| Ireland | Placed 4th in Division III last year. |
| United Arab Emirates | Placed 1st in the qualification tournament. |
| Greece | Placed 2nd in the qualification tournament. |

### Qualification tournament

| Team | Qualification |
| Georgia | Did not participate in 2012. |
| Greece | Placed 5th in Division III last year. |
| Mongolia | Placed 6th in Division III last year. |
| United Arab Emirates | Host, did not participate in 2012. |

## Venues

Group A was played in Grandwest Ice Arena, Cape Town. The qualification tournament was played in Abu Dhabi Arena, Abu Dhabi.
| Grandwest Ice Arena Capacity: 1,014 | Abu Dhabi Arena Capacity: 1,200 |
| South Africa – Cape Town | United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi |

## Officials

The IIHF selected 7 referees and 12 linesmen to work the 2013 IIHF World Championship DIV III.
Division III has 4 referees and 7 linesman. Division III Qualification had 3 referees and 5 linesman.
They were the following:
2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III in South Africa
2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III Qualification in the United Arab Emirates

## Qualification tournament
### Standings

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Qualified to Division III for 2013 |
| Greece | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 6 | Qualified to Division III for 2013 |
| Mongolia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 3 | |
| Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 | −27 | 0 | |

### Fixtures and results

All times local (UTC+4).

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Ioannis Koufis | Greece | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +7 | 2 |
| 2 | Juma Al Dhaheri | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 2 | Mubarak Al Mazrouei | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | Dimitrios Kalyvas | Greece | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +6 | 14 |
| 5 | Mishigsuren Namjil | Mongolia | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 14 |
| 6 | Alexandros Valsamas-Rallis | Greece | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +5 | 0 |
| 7 | Ali Al Haddad | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +5 | 12 |
| 7 | Suhail Al Mheiri | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +5 | 6 |
| 9 | Nikolaos Papadopoulos | Greece | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +7 | 2 |
| 10 | Munkhzaya Enkhtur | Mongolia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 0 |
| 10 | Dimitrios Malamas | Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
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#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | MINS | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Ntalimpor Ploutsis | Greece | 180:00 | 4 | 95.18 | 1.33 | 1 |
| 2 | Khaled Al Suwaidi | United Arab Emirates | 120:00 | 2 | 94.87 | 1.00 | 1 |
| 3 | Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan | Mongolia | 165:40 | 8 | 92.59 | 2.90 | 0 |
| 4 | Kakha Ambrolava | Georgia | 178:25 | 27 | 78.40 | 9.08 | 0 |
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## Group A Tournament
### Standings

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| South Africa | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | +31 | 15 | Promoted to Division II B for 2014 |
| North Korea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 12 | |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 9 | |
| Ireland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 6 | |
| Greece | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 3 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 39 | −29 | 0 | |

### Schedule

All times local.

### Statistics
#### Top 10 scorers

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| 1 | Macky Reinecke | South Africa | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | +19 | 12 |
| 2 | Joshua Reinecke | South Africa | 5 | 9 | 7 | 16 | +20 | 16 |
| 3 | Uthman Samaai | South Africa | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | +17 | 8 |
| 4 | Gareth Roberts | Ireland | 5 | 8 | 3 | 11 | +4 | 16 |
| 5 | Sacha Backes | Luxembourg | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +7 | 0 |
| 6 | Ri Chol-Min | North Korea | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +6 | 4 |
| 7 | Conor Redmond | Ireland | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 0 |
| 8 | Robert Beran | Luxembourg | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Panagiotis Koulouris | Greece | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −1 | 14 |
| 10 | Thierry Beran | Luxembourg | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +7 | 4 |
| 10 | Chris Reeves | South Africa | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 0 |
| 10 | Jack Valadas | South Africa | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 0 |
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#### Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Michel Welter | Luxembourg | 180:00 | 7 | 92.78 | 2.33 | 1 |
| 2 | Jack Nebe | South Africa | 260:00 | 8 | 92.59 | 1.85 | 0 |
| 3 | Adam Pepper | Ireland | 124:42 | 5 | 91.07 | 2.41 | 0 |
| 4 | Pak Kuk-Chol | North Korea | 191:02 | 6 | 90.48 | 1.88 | 0 |
| 5 | Philippe Lepage | Luxembourg | 192:08 | 6 | 88.46 | 3.00 | 0 |
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### Tournament Awards
#### Best players selected by the directorate

* Best Goaltender: Michel Welter (LUX)
* Best Forward: Ri Pong-Il (PRK)
* Best Defenceman: Joshua Reinecke (RSA)