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,2013 Division III statistics running from 15 to 21 April 2013 and the qualification tournament was contested in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,2013 Division III (Q) statistics running from 14 to 17 October 2012.
==Participants==
===Group A===
Team	Qualification
 	Placed 4th in Division III last year.
 	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
 	Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
 	Host, placed 6th in Division II B last year and was relegated.
 	Placed 1st in Qualification tournament.
 	Placed 2nd in Qualification tournament.
===Qualification tournament===
Team	Qualification
 	Did not participate in 2012.
 	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
 	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
 	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 ArenaCapacity: 1,014	Abu Dhabi ArenaCapacity: 1,200
 	
 – Cape Town 	 – 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
;Referees
* Vedran Krcelić
* Mikko Kaukokari
* Stian Halm
* Marius Iliescu
;Linesmen
* Maarten van den Acker
* Sindri Gunnarsson
* Elvijs Trankalis
* Tomas Lauksedis
* Ramon Sterkens
* Jonathan Burger
* Ryan Marsh
2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III Qualification in the United Arab Emirates
;Referees
* Ladislav Smetana
* Rasmus Toppel
* Djordje Fazekas
;Linesmen
* Todor Krastev
* Benas Jaksys
* Louis Beelen
* Alejandro Garcia Banos
* Michael Rohrer
==Qualification Tournament==
===Standings===
	Qualified to Division III for 2013
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	0	14	3 	+11	9
 	3	2	0	0	1	18	4 	+14	6
 	3	1	0	0	2	10	8 	+2 	3
 	3	0	0	0	3	1 	28	−27	0
===Fixtures & Results===
All times local (UTC+4).
===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1 	Ioannis Koufis 	 	2 	6	1	7 	+7 	2
2 	Juma Al Dhaheri 	 	3 	3	3	6 	+4 	4
2 	Mubarak Al Mazrouei 	 	3 	3	3	6 	+5 	6
2 	Dimitrios Kalyvas 	 	3 	3	3	6 	+6 	14
5 	Mishigsuren Namjil 	 	3 	5	2	5 	+3 	14
6 	 	 	3 	3	1	4 	+5 	0
7 	Ali Al Haddad 	 	3 	2	2	4 	+5 	12
7 	Suhail Al Mheiri 	 	3 	2	2	4 	+5 	6
9 	Nikolaos Papadopoulos	 	3 	1	3	4 	+7 	2
10 	Munkhzaya Enkhtur 	 	3 	2	1	3 	+3 	0
10 	Dimitrios Malamas 	 	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	 	180:00	4 	95.18	1.33	1
2 	Khaled Al Suwaidi 	 	120:00	2 	94.87	1.00	1
3 	 	 	165:40	8 	92.59	2.90	0
4 	Kakha Ambrolava 	 	178:25	27	78.40	9.08	0
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==Group A Tournament==
===Standings===
	Promoted to Division II B for 2014
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	5	5	0	0	0	39	8 	+31	15
 	5	4	0	0	1	20	11	+9 	12
 	5	3	0	0	2	20	13	+7 	9
 	5	2	0	0	3	18	20	−2 	6
 	5	1	0	0	4	11	27	−16	3
 	5	0	0	0	5	10	39	−29	0
===Schedule===
All times local.
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===Statistics===
====Top 10 scorers====
Pos	Player 	Country	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
1 	Macky Reinecke 	 	5 	4	14	18 	+19	12
2 	Joshua Reinecke	 	5 	9	7 	16 	+20	16
3 	Uthman Samaai 	 	5 	5	10	15 	+17	8
4 	Gareth Roberts 	 	5 	8	3 	11 	+4 	16
5 	Sacha Backes 	 	5 	4	4 	8 	+7 	0
6 	Ri Chol-Min 	 	5 	5	2 	7 	+6 	4
7 	Conor Redmond 	 	5 	3	4 	7 	−1 	0
8 	Robert Beran 	 	5 	1	6 	7 	0 	2
9 	 	 	5 	4	2 	6 	−1 	14
10 	Thierry Beran 	 	5 	3	3 	6 	+7 	4
10 	Chris Reeves 	 	5 	3	3 	6 	+5 	0
10 	Jack Valadas 	 	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 	 	180:00	7 	92.78	2.33	1
2 	Jack Nebe 	 	260:00	8 	92.59	1.85	0
3 	Adam Pepper 	 	124:42	5 	91.07	2.41	0
4 	Pak Kuk-Chol 	 	191:02	6 	90.48	1.88	0
5 	Philippe Lepage	 	192:08	6 	88.46	3.00	0
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===Tournament Awards===
; Best players selected by the directorate: 
*Best Goalkeeper: 
*Best Forward: 
*Best Defenceman: 
==Team Photos==
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==References==
==External links==
*IIHF.com
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Category:2013 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships