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===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
 	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
 	Host, placed 5th in Division III last year.
 	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
===Match officials===
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Division III Assignments
;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 (UTC+2).
===Awards and statistics===
====Awards====
*Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Charl Pretorius
** Best Defenceman: Martin Boyadjiev
** Best Forward: Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili
Source: IIHF.com
====Scoring leaders====
Player 	GP	G 	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Aleksandr Zhuzhunashvili	5 	10	9	19 	+15	2 	F
Oliver Obolgogiani 	5 	8 	6	14 	+16	6 	F
Alexander Vasilchenko 	5 	5 	7	12 	+7 	8 	F
Ivan Hodulov 	5 	5 	3	8 	+2 	4 	F
Shen Yen-chin 	5 	5 	3	8 	–3 	0 	F
Martin Boyadjiev 	5 	4 	4	8 	+8 	2 	F
Daniel Dilkov 	5 	4 	4	8 	+7 	0 	F
Ferhat Bakal 	5 	3 	5	8 	+3 	2 	F
Artem Kozyulin 	5 	2 	6	8 	+9 	25 	F
Artem Kurbatov 	5 	2 	6	8 	+16	10 	D
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
====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 (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
==Division III qualification tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Host, withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2016.
 	Placed 7th in Division III last year and were relegated.
 	First time participating in tournament.
 	First time participating in tournament.
===Match officials===
3 referees and 4 linesmen were selected for the tournament.Division III qualification assignments
;Referees
* Martin Christensen
* Stefan Hogarth
* Paweł Meszyński
;Linesmen
* Tomáš Brejcha
* Ilya Khohlov
* Vytautas Lukoševičius
* Maarten van der Acker
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Awards and statistics===
====Awards====
*Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Edis Pribišić
** Best Defenceman: Dmitriy Savin
** Best Forward: Ahmet Gurbanov
Source: IIHF.com
===Scoring leaders===
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Ahmet Gurbanov 	3 	6	6	12 	+10	9 	F
Pavel Barkovskiy 	3 	3	8	11 	+9 	2 	F
Mirza Omer 	3 	5	5	10 	+7 	20 	F
Aleksandr Vahovskiy 	3 	4	6	10 	+10	0 	F
Dovlet Soyunov 	3 	6	3	9 	+10	2 	F
Arslan Geldimyradov 	3 	5	4	9 	+9 	2 	F
Amangeldi Aganiyazov	3 	2	7	9 	+10	4 	D
Dino Čordalija 	3 	5	1	6 	+6 	6 	F
Ishan Veleyev 	3 	5	1	6 	+6 	0 	F
Dmitriy Savin 	3 	2	3	5 	+8 	4 	D
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
===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 (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
==References==
2018
Division III