2022 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2022 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 Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 3 to 8 April and the Group B tournament in Cape Town, South Africa from 13 to 18 March 2022.
After the tournament was cancelled the two previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all teams stayed put in their divisions.
The United Arab Emirates secured the top spot in Group A and were promoted with Luxembourg being relegated, while South Africa won the Group B tournament and got promoted while Bosnia and Herzegovina were relegated to Division IV.
==Group A tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 6th in Division II B last edition and was relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division III last edition.
 	Placed 3rd in Division III last edition.
 	Host, placed 4th in Division III last edition.
 	Placed 5th in Division III last edition.
 	Placed 1st in Division III Q last edition and was promoted.
===Match officials===
Three referees and five linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIIA game officials
Referees	Linesmen
* Ofer Rashal
* Jonathan Burger
* Đorđe Fazekas	
* Maarten Van den Acker
* Tomislav Grozaj
* Vincent Zede
* Lodewijk Beelen
* David Perduv
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2)
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===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Maksim Zakharau 	4 	7 	15	22 	+19	2 	F
Ilia Chuikov 	4 	10	9 	19 	+14	4 	F
Serkan Gümüş 	4 	7 	6 	13 	+1 	4 	F
Juma Al-Dhaheri 	4 	6 	6 	12 	+16	2 	F
Artur Zainutdinov 	4 	6 	5 	11 	+12	2 	F
Ömer Karş 	4 	3 	7 	10 	+3 	6 	F
Alexander Usenko 	4 	5 	3 	7 	+7 	4 	F
Sait Bingol 	4 	3 	5 	8 	+1 	0 	F
Nils Remess 	4 	0 	7 	7 	+13	0 	D
Dzmitry Shapavalau	4 	2 	4 	6 	+10	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
Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	180:00	10	3.33	76 	86.84	0
Philippe Lepage 	220:12	22	5.99	166	86.75	0
Li Yi-cheng 	152:07	12	4.73	90 	86.67	0
Rahman Myradov 	199:33	14	4.21	92 	84.78	0
Tolga Bozacı 	233:24	21	5.40	95 	77.89	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
===Awards===
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Philippe Lepage
Defenceman	Dzmitry Shapavalau
Forward 	Serkan Gümüş
==Group B tournament==
===Participants===
Team	Qualification
 	Host, placed 6th in Division III last edition and was relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division III Q last edition.
 	Placed 3rd in Division III Q last edition.
 	Placed 4th in Division III Q last edition.
===Match officials===
Two referees and three linesmen were selected for the tournament.IIIB game officials
Referees	Linesmen
* Stef Oosterling
* Martin Jobbágy	
* Martin Boyadijev
* Morne Moses
* Ahmed Al-Farsi
===Standings===
===Results===
All times are local (UTC+2)
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===Statistics===
====Scoring leaders====
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Jan Isaksson 	4 	5	7	12 	+8 	4 	F
Uthman Samaai 	4 	4	5	9 	+9 	2 	F
Phanuruj Suwachirat	4 	5	1	6 	+4 	2 	F
Mirza Omer 	4 	4	2	6 	−5 	6 	F
Masato Kitayama 	4 	5	0	5 	−3 	0 	F
Nikko Gaković 	4 	3	2	5 	−4 	0 	F
Cameron Birrell 	4 	2	3	5 	+7 	6 	D
John Venter 	4 	2	3	5 	+3 	2 	F
Patrick Forstner 	4 	1	4	5 	+4 	8 	F
Dylan Compton 	4 	3	1	4 	+4 	8 	F
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
Benjamin Kleinechay	245:00	17	4.16	164	89.63	0
Ryan Boyd 	245:00	12	2.94	94 	87.23	0
Dino Pašović 	239:25	26	6.52	173	84.97	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
===Awards===
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Benjamin Kleinechay
Defenceman	Cameron Birrell
Forward 	Uthman Samaai
==References==
==External links==
* Division IIIA official site
* Division IIIB official site
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