2009 IIHF World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Venue 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 10–16 April 2009
Teams 6
Final positions
Tournament statistics
Games played 10
Goals scored 91 (9.1 per game)
Scoring leader Luxembourg Robert Beran (12 pts)← 2008 2010 →
The 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . The tournament was contested from 10 to 16 April 2009 in Dunedin , New Zealand. Mongolia withdrew from the tournament and therefore forfeited all of their games. Division III represents the fourth level of the Ice Hockey World Championships .
Venue Dunedin Ice Stadium interior All matches were contested at the Dunedin Ice Stadium , St. Kilda , Dunedin . This venue is the home ice of the Dunedin Thunder ice hockey team. The Dunedin Ice Stadium was used later the same month for the 2009 World Senior Curling Championships.
Participating teams Team Qualification Ireland Placed 6th in Division II Group A last year and were relegated New Zealand Hosts; placed 6th in Division II Group B last year and were relegatedLuxembourg Placed 3rd in Division III last year Turkey Placed 4th in Division III last year Greece Placed 5th in Division III last year Mongolia Placed 6th in Division III last year
Final standings Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 1 New Zealand (H)5 4 1 0 0 32 7 +25 14 Promoted to the 2010 Division II 2 Turkey 5 4 0 0 1 28 14 +14 12 3 Luxembourg 5 3 0 0 2 26 18 +8 9 4 Greece 5 2 0 1 2 18 21 −3 7 5 Ireland 5 1 0 0 4 12 31 −19 3 6 Mongolia 5 0 0 0 5 0 25 −25 0 Withdrew
Match results All times are local (UTC+12 ).
10 April 2009 16:30 Ireland 3–7 (0–2, 1–2, 2–3)Greece Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 200
Adam Pepper Goalies Ntalimpor Ploutsis Referee: Italy Fabio Lottaroli0–113:59 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos) (PP1)0–219:18 - Kalyvas (Adamidis, Koufis) (PP1)0–323:49 - Apostolidis (Kalyvas) (PP1)25:14 - Morrison1–31–427:24 - Kalyvas (Iatridis)1–543:19 - Adamidis (Lambridis)1–645:20 - Koufis (Kalyvas) (PP2)50:52 - Reynolds (O'Driscoll, Jackson-Wyatt)2–654:39 - Morrison (Leckey) (SH1)3–63–755:01 - Kalyvas (Adamidis, Apostolidis) (PP1) 0–1 13:59 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos) (PP1) 0–2 19:18 - Kalyvas (Adamidis, Koufis) (PP1) 0–3 23:49 - Apostolidis (Kalyvas) (PP1) 25:14 - Morrison 1–3 1–4 27:24 - Kalyvas (Iatridis) 1–5 43:19 - Adamidis (Lambridis) 1–6 45:20 - Koufis (Kalyvas) (PP2) 50:52 - Reynolds (O'Driscoll, Jackson-Wyatt) 2–6 54:39 - Morrison (Leckey) (SH1) 3–6 3–7 55:01 - Kalyvas (Adamidis, Apostolidis) (PP1) 28 min Penalties 16 min 54 Shots 37
10 April 2009 20:00 Luxembourg 2–6 (1–1, 1–2, 0–3)New Zealand Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 780
Michel Welter Goalies Zak Nothling Referee: Japan Hideki Yamauchi0–17:27 - Soffer12:55 - Welter (Beran) (SH1)1–11–227:52 - Speirs (Lee, Down) (PP1)33:44 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP1)2–22–339:07 - Oak (Ball) (PP1)2–445:27 - Smith2–548:13 - Down (Soffer) (PP1)2–649:07 - Speirs (Oak, Nicholls) (PP1) 0–1 7:27 - Soffer 12:55 - Welter (Beran) (SH1) 1–1 1–2 27:52 - Speirs (Lee, Down) (PP1) 33:44 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP1) 2–2 2–3 39:07 - Oak (Ball) (PP1) 2–4 45:27 - Smith 2–5 48:13 - Down (Soffer) (PP1) 2–6 49:07 - Speirs (Oak, Nicholls) (PP1) 20 min Penalties 16 min 18 Shots 41
11 April 2009 13:00 Greece 5–0 (forfeit) Mongolia Dunedin Ice Stadium
11 April 2009 16:30 Ireland 3–8 (2–2, 0–5, 1–1)Luxembourg Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 180
Adam Pepper Scott Bickerstaff Goalies Michel Welter Philippe Lepage Referee: United Kingdom Nigel Boniface0–18:04 - Beran (Welter) (PP2)10:43 - Jackson-Wyatt (Roberts)1–115:20 - Roberts (McCabe, Morrison) (PP1)2–12–218:42 - Schram (Skamarakas)2–321:19 - Dessouroux (Holtzem)2–424:35 - Beran (Minden)2–526:56 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP2)2–635:59 - Beran (Welter) (PP1)2–739:17 - Dessouroux56:31 - Morrison (O'Driscoll) (PP1)3–73–858:54 - Schons 0–1 8:04 - Beran (Welter) (PP2) 10:43 - Jackson-Wyatt (Roberts) 1–1 15:20 - Roberts (McCabe, Morrison) (PP1) 2–1 2–2 18:42 - Schram (Skamarakas) 2–3 21:19 - Dessouroux (Holtzem) 2–4 24:35 - Beran (Minden) 2–5 26:56 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP2) 2–6 35:59 - Beran (Welter) (PP1) 2–7 39:17 - Dessouroux 56:31 - Morrison (O'Driscoll) (PP1) 3–7 3–8 58:54 - Schons 30 min Penalties 42 min 41 Shots 39
11 April 2009 20:00 New Zealand 8–2 (2–1, 4–1, 2–0)Turkey Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 560
Rick Parry Goalies Eray Atali Baris Ucele Referee: Canada Jamie Miller0:11 - Argyle (Hay)1–01–10:49 - Toptaner (Solak)10:32 - Eaden (Harrop, Hay)2–12–222:12 - Ozmen (Tasdemir)24:38 - Eaden (Nicholls)3–229:11 - Hay (Harrop)4–234:53 - Argyle (Idoine, Soffer) (PP1)5–235:51 - Speirs (Lee, Smith)6–241:03 - Hay (Oak)7–243:21 - Argyle (Speirs)8–2 0:11 - Argyle (Hay) 1–0 1–1 0:49 - Toptaner (Solak) 10:32 - Eaden (Harrop, Hay) 2–1 2–2 22:12 - Ozmen (Tasdemir) 24:38 - Eaden (Nicholls) 3–2 29:11 - Hay (Harrop) 4–2 34:53 - Argyle (Idoine, Soffer) (PP1) 5–2 35:51 - Speirs (Lee, Smith) 6–2 41:03 - Hay (Oak) 7–2 43:21 - Argyle (Speirs) 8–2 26 min Penalties 38 min 53 Shots 18
13 April 2009 13:00 Ireland 5–0 (forfeit) Mongolia Dunedin Ice Stadium
13 April 2009 16:30 Luxembourg 4–7 (0–1, 1–4, 3–2)Turkey Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 200
Michel Welter Philippe Lepage Goalies Eray Atali Referee: Japan Hideki Yamauchi0–12:36 - Solak0–220:55 - Solak (Ozmen, Toptaner)0–323:05 - Ozmen (Hamarat, Solak) (SH1)0–432:03 - Yapicilar (SH1)35:11 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP1)1–41–538:25 - Tasdemir (Solak)1–642:00 - Ozmen (Toptaner, Solak)52:32 - Mossong2–655:28 - Beran (Scheier, Welter)3–656:50 - Schons4–64–758:41 - Hamarat 0–1 2:36 - Solak 0–2 20:55 - Solak (Ozmen, Toptaner) 0–3 23:05 - Ozmen (Hamarat, Solak) (SH1) 0–4 32:03 - Yapicilar (SH1) 35:11 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP1) 1–4 1–5 38:25 - Tasdemir (Solak) 1–6 42:00 - Ozmen (Toptaner, Solak) 52:32 - Mossong 2–6 55:28 - Beran (Scheier, Welter) 3–6 56:50 - Schons 4–6 4–7 58:41 - Hamarat 16 min Penalties 16 min 23 Shots 34
13 April 2009 20:00 New Zealand 4–3 (OT ) (0–2, 2–0, 1–1) (1–0)Greece Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 610
Zak Nothling Goalies Ntalimpor Ploutsis Referee: United Kingdom Nigel Boniface0–111:02 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos) (PP )0–212:21 - Papadopoulos (Apostolidis, Tilios) (PP)25:12 - Oak (Lee, Speirs) (PP)1–236:23 - Speirs (Lee)2–22–347:00 - Papadopoulos (Kalyvas)56:41 - Soffer (Oak, Ball)3–361:07 - Eaden (Speirs)4–3 0–1 11:02 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos) (PP ) 0–2 12:21 - Papadopoulos (Apostolidis, Tilios) (PP) 25:12 - Oak (Lee, Speirs) (PP) 1–2 36:23 - Speirs (Lee) 2–2 2–3 47:00 - Papadopoulos (Kalyvas) 56:41 - Soffer (Oak, Ball) 3–3 61:07 - Eaden (Speirs) 4–3 10 min Penalties 22 min 47 Shots 15
15 April 2009 13:00 Greece 2–7 (0–3, 0–2, 2–2)Luxembourg Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 180
Ntalimpor Ploutsis Georgios Fiotakis Goalies Michel Welter Philippe Lepage Referee: Italy Fabio Lottaroli0–17:08 - Dessouroux (PP )0–212:06 - Welter (Beran) (SH )0–315:20 - Welter (Beran, Schons) (SH)0–433:37 - Holtzem (Dessouroux) (PP)0–537:02 - Funk (Scheier, Schram)40:42 - Apostolidis (Kalyvas)1–51–647:36 - Minden (Beran) (PP)48:25 - Adamidis (Koufis, Lempesis)2–62–755:14 - Scheier (Beran, Schons) (PP) 0–1 7:08 - Dessouroux (PP ) 0–2 12:06 - Welter (Beran) (SH ) 0–3 15:20 - Welter (Beran, Schons) (SH) 0–4 33:37 - Holtzem (Dessouroux) (PP) 0–5 37:02 - Funk (Scheier, Schram) 40:42 - Apostolidis (Kalyvas) 1–5 1–6 47:36 - Minden (Beran) (PP) 48:25 - Adamidis (Koufis, Lempesis) 2–6 2–7 55:14 - Scheier (Beran, Schons) (PP) 54 min Penalties 16 min 28 Shots 41
15 April 2009 16:30 Turkey 7–1 (3–0, 2–0, 2–1)Ireland Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 170
Eray Atali Goalies Adam Pepper Scott Bickerstaff Referee: Canada Jamie Miller5:18 - Toptaner (Hamarat) (PP )1–06:51 - Yapicilar (Hamarat, Ozmen)2–016:32 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Ozturk)3–027:11 - Ozmen4–035:33 - Halil (Tasdemir)5–05–143:46 - Morrison (Reynolds, Kelly) (PP)45:53 - Gumus (SH )6–151:37 - Tasdemir (Karakoc, Gumus) (PP)7–1 5:18 - Toptaner (Hamarat) (PP ) 1–0 6:51 - Yapicilar (Hamarat, Ozmen) 2–0 16:32 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Ozturk) 3–0 27:11 - Ozmen 4–0 35:33 - Halil (Tasdemir) 5–0 5–1 43:46 - Morrison (Reynolds, Kelly) (PP) 45:53 - Gumus (SH ) 6–1 51:37 - Tasdemir (Karakoc, Gumus) (PP) 7–1 46 min Penalties 36 min 37 Shots 28
15 April 2009 20:00 Mongolia 0–5 (forfeit) New Zealand Dunedin Ice Stadium
16 April 2009 13:00 Turkey 7–1 (1–1, 0–0, 6–0)Greece Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 250
Eray Atali Goalies Ntalimpor Ploutsis Referee: Japan Hideki Yamauchi15:39 - Gumus (Cetinkaya) (PP )1–01–118:25 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos, Apostolidis) (PP)42:26 - Karakoc (Tasdemir)2–143:07 - Karakoc (Yapicilar)3–147:35 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Gumus) (PP)4–150:23 - Karakoc (Yapicilar, Ozturk)5–155:09 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Tasdemir)6–158:36 - Ozmen (Solak, Hamarat)7–1 15:39 - Gumus (Cetinkaya) (PP ) 1–0 1–1 18:25 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos, Apostolidis) (PP) 42:26 - Karakoc (Tasdemir) 2–1 43:07 - Karakoc (Yapicilar) 3–1 47:35 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Gumus) (PP) 4–1 50:23 - Karakoc (Yapicilar, Ozturk) 5–1 55:09 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Tasdemir) 6–1 58:36 - Ozmen (Solak, Hamarat) 7–1 37 min Penalties 20 min 45 Shots 24
16 April 2009 16:30 Luxembourg 5–0 (forfeit) Mongolia Dunedin Ice Stadium
16 April 2009 20:00 New Zealand 9–0 (1–0, 3–0, 5–0)Ireland Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 1210
Rick Parry Goalies Scott Bickerstaff Referee: United Kingdom Nigel Boniface10:29 - Harrop (Hay, Ball) (PP )1–023:34 - Rout2–024:24 - Lee (Speirs, Nicholls)3–024:59 - Ball (Eaden)4–043:17 - R. Idoine (Eaden, L. Idoine)5–047:10 - Lee (Speirs, Argyle) (PP)6–049:49 - Speirs (Lee)7–053:26 - Lee (SH )8–054:07 - Eaden (SH)9–0 10:29 - Harrop (Hay, Ball) (PP ) 1–0 23:34 - Rout 2–0 24:24 - Lee (Speirs, Nicholls) 3–0 24:59 - Ball (Eaden) 4–0 43:17 - R. Idoine (Eaden, L. Idoine) 5–0 47:10 - Lee (Speirs, Argyle) (PP) 6–0 49:49 - Speirs (Lee) 7–0 53:26 - Lee (SH ) 8–0 54:07 - Eaden (SH) 9–0 42 min Penalties 10 min 35 Shots 27
Statistics Tournament Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender : Greece Ntalimpor Ploutsis Best Defenceman : Turkey Gokturk Tasdemir Best Forward : New Zealand Brett SpeirsScoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Luxembourg Robert Beran4 4 8 12 0 20 F New Zealand Brett Speirs4 5 5 10 +5 0 F Luxembourg Benny Welter4 6 3 9 0 2 F New Zealand Braden Lee4 3 5 8 +5 10 F Turkey Emrah Ozmen4 5 2 7 +6 18 F Turkey Serkan Yapicilar4 5 2 7 +3 20 F Turkey Yavuz Karakoc4 3 4 7 +5 12 F Turkey Alper Solak4 2 5 7 +4 2 F
Source:
Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO New Zealand Rick Parry 120:00 45 2 1.00 95.56 1 Turkey Eray Atali209:11 98 10 2.87 89.80 0 Greece Ntalimpor Ploutsis221:07 175 19 5.16 89.14 0 Luxembourg Michel Welter 180:00 116 13 4.33 88.79 0 New Zealand Zak Nothling121.07 33 5 2.48 84.85 1
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External links Bill Meltzer (2009-07-02). . nhl.com . Across the Pond. nhl.com . . Howick and Pakuranga Times. 2009-04-27. Archived from on 2011-07-27. 