2010 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international Ice Hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from April 13–18, 2010. For the first time in the third division the teams was separated into two groups. Group A was played in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, while Group B's games took place in Yerevan, Armenia.
The IIHF announced on February 5, 2010 that the Division III Group A championship would be moved from Athens, Greece to Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg after the Hellenic Ice Sports Federation announced they would not able to host the tournament after problems with government funding. Ireland and North Korea were both promoted to Division II for the 2011 World Championships. North Korea who finished second gained promotion over Armenia who finished first, but due to eligibility issues their scores for the tournament didn't count.
==Participants==
===Group A===
Team	Qualification
 	Host, Placed 3rd in Division III in 2009.
 	Placed 4th in Division III in 2009.
 	Placed 5th in Division III in 2009.
 	First time competing in tournament.
===Group B===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 6th in Division II-Group A and were relegated in 2009.
 	Placed 6th in Division II-Group B and were relegated in 2009.
 	Host, Did not participate last year.
 	Placed 6th in Division III last year (withdrew).
==Group A Tournament==
===Standings===
	Promoted to Division II for 2011
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	3	3	0	0	0	17	7 	10 	9
2	 	3	2	0	0	1	10	5 	5 	6
3	 	3	1	0	0	2	8 	10	-2 	3
4	 	3	0	0	0	3	5 	18	-13	0
===Tournament Awards===
; Best players selected by the directorate: 
*Best Goalkeeper: Kevin Kelly (52 saves from 57 shots on goal)
*Best Forward: Mark Morrison (4 goals, 2 assists)
*Best Defenseman: Francois Schons (1 goal, 1 assist)
===Fixtures=== 
All times local.
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Mark Morrison 	3 	4	2	6 	+3 	4
Dimitrios Kalyvas 	3 	1	5	6 	+2 	8
Georgios Kalyvas 	3 	4	1	5 	+2 	4
Sean Dooley 	3 	3	2	5 	+3 	4
Gareth Roberts 	3 	3	2	5 	0 	2
Steven Ewen 	3 	2	3	5 	+4 	2
Juma Al Dhaheri 	3 	4	0	4 	-1 	4
Robert Beran 	3 	3	1	4 	0 	29
Benny Welter 	3 	2	2	4 	-2 	0
Stephen Hamill 	3 	1	3	4 	+4 	6
Nikolaos Papadopoulos	3 	0	4	4 	+1 	20
Georges Scheifer 	3 	0	4	4 	+1 	31
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
===Leading goaltenders===
Only the top four goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Player 	TOI 	SA 	GA	GAA 	Sv% 	SO
Ntalimpor Ploutsis	179:39	90 	5 	1.67	94.44	0
Philippe Lepage 	132:37	57 	4 	1.81	92.98	0
Kevin Kelly 	160:00	57 	5 	1.88	91.23	0
Khaled Al Suwaidi 	173:09	104	17	5.89	83.65	0
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
==Group B Tournament==
===Standings===
	Promoted to Division II for 2011
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	3	3	0	0	0	31	8 	23 	9
2	 	3	2	0	0	1	32	11	21 	6
3	 	3	1	0	0	2	17	14	3 	3
4	 	3	0	0	0	3	2 	49	-47	0
===Fixtures===
All times local.
====Bronze Medal Game====
====Gold Medal Game====
2010Greece.jpg|Greece
==References==
==See Also==
*2009-10 South African National Team season
==External links==
*International Ice Hockey Federation
Category:2010 in hockey
Category:IIHF World Championships