2015 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in İzmir, Turkey, from 3 to 12 April 2015. Seven nations participated, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, who joined the world championships for the first time since 2008. After three consecutive years of finishing in the second place, North Korea won the tournament and was promoted to Division II Group B for 2016.
Divisional tournaments are designed, by the rules, to include six teams, however the Bosnian federation asked to be included and the Turkish organizers agreed. Georgia recorded their first victory, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–1.
==Venue==
İzmir
Ice Sports HallCapacity: 1,751
==Participants==
Team	Qualification
 	Host, placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated.
 	Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
 	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
 	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
 	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
 	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
 	Did not enter last year. Last played in 2008.
==Match officials==
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
* Geoffrey Barcelo
* Feng Lei
* Gergely Kincses
* Sergei Sobolev
;Linesmen
* Murat Aygün
* Anton Gladchenko
* Cemal Ersin Kaya
* Grega Markizeti
* Gil Haim Tichon
* Mihai Ariel Trandafir
* Vladimir Yefremov
==Standings==
	Promoted to Division II B for 2016
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===Results===
All times are local (UTC+3).
==Awards and statistics==
===Awards===
*Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Andrei Ilienko
** Best Defenceman: Ri Pong-il
** Best Forward: Alec Koçoğlu
Source: IIHF.com
===Scoring leaders===
200px|thumb|Serkan Gümüşr of Turkey finished third in scoring, with 16 points in 6 games.
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Alec Koçoğlu 	6 	9 	9 	18 	+18	2 	F
Hong Chun-rim 	6 	10	7 	17 	+20	2 	F
Serkan Gümüş 	6 	9 	7 	16 	+15	4 	F
Serdar Semiz 	6 	9 	7 	16 	+17	0 	F
Vitali Dumbadze	6 	9 	6 	16 	−3 	33 	F
Emrah Özmen 	6 	4 	11	15 	+20	6 	F
Yusuf Halil 	6 	6 	6 	12 	+14	6 	F
Thierry Beran 	6 	5 	7 	12 	+4 	4 	F
Erdoğan Coşkun 	6 	5 	7 	12 	+15	2 	F
Ri Chol-min 	6 	5 	7 	12 	+22	0 	F
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in MinutesSource: IIHF.com
===Goaltending leaders===
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Pak Il 	161:09	2 	0.74	28 	92.86	1
Pak Kuk-chol 	203:40	7 	2.06	85 	91.76	0
Levent Őzbaydugan	150:11	3 	1.20	35 	91.43	1
Erol Kahraman 	214:38	8 	2.24	58 	86.21	0
Dino Pašović 	253:43	31	7.33	209	85.17	1
TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com
==References==
==External links==
*IIHF website
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