2017 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Sofia, Bulgaria from 10 to 16 April 2017. Seven teams participated in the tournament, divided into two groups. Bosnia and Herzegovina was originally scheduled to participate, but withdrew before the tournament began; all their games were recorded as 5–0 forfeits for the opposing team. Luxembourg won the tournament, defeating Bulgaria 10–4 in the final, and played in Division IIB in 2018. Chinese Taipei debuted in Division III and, apart from defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in a forfeit, recorded their first official win, beating the UAE 4–0 in the 5th place playoff.

Venues

Division III

Sofia

Winter Sports Palace Capacity: 4,600

The Bulgarian bid was the only contender for the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III competition. It will mark the first time that this competition has been held in Bulgaria. In September 2016 the format of the division was realigned into one tournament with two preliminary divisions.

Participants

Team	Qualification
Bulgaria	Host, placed 6th in Division II B last year and were relegated.
South Africa	Placed 2nd in Division III last year.
Luxembourg	Placed 3rd in Division III last year.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Placed 4th in Division III last year. (withdrew from tournament)
Hong Kong	Placed 5th in Division III last year.
Georgia	Placed 6th in Division III last year.
United Arab Emirates	Withdrew from tournament last year. Last played in 2015.
Chinese Taipei	First time participating in tournament.

Match officials

5 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees Poland Michał Baca Slovenia Miha Bajt Russia Ivan Fateyev Turkey Cemal Ersin Kaya South Korea Kim No-su

Linesmen Turkey Ferhat Aygün Italy Christian Cristeli Ukraine Illya Khokhlov Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau Germany Jonas Merten Austria Jakob Schauer Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov Israel Gil Haim Tichon Poland Wiktor Zień

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bulgaria (H)	3	3	0	18	3	+15	9	Semifinals
2	Hong Kong	3	2	1	13	12	+1	6
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	0	15	−15	0	Withdrawn

10 April 2017 20:00

Bulgaria

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 950


	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Liao Yu-cheng Huang Sheng-chun	Referee: Slovenia Miha Bajt Linesmen: Turkey Ferhat Aygün Poland Wiktor Zień
Dikov (Gatchev) – 21:511–0M. Vasilev (Muhachev, Boyadjiev) (PP) – 38:552–0Dikov (Iskrenov) – 54:423–0
Dikov (Gatchev) – 21:51	1–0
M. Vasilev (Muhachev, Boyadjiev) (PP) – 38:55	2–0
Dikov (Iskrenov) – 54:42	3–0
28 min	Penalties	18 min
55	Shots	7

11 April 2017 20:00

Hong Kong

3–10 (2–4, 1–2, 0–4)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 800


	King Ho Cheung Ching-ho	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: South Korea Kim No-su Linesmen: Israel Gil Tichon Poland Wiktor Zień
Au-yeung (Tang) – 02:011–0Au-Yeung (Yeung) (PP) – 08:552–02–109:20 – Iskrenov (Dikov, V. Vasilev)2–211:14 – M. Nikolov (Hodulov, Boyadjiev) (PP)2–316:13 – Dilkov (V. Vasilev (PP)2–419:08 – Iskrenov (Gatchev, Dikov)Lau (Sham, Tai) – 26:393–43–536:05 – Muhachev (Yotov, M. Vasilev)3–639:29 – Dilkov (Gatchev)3–742:44 – Yotov (Dikov, M. Vasilev)3–847:34 – Muhachev (Yotov, M. Vasilev)3–953:28 – Iskrenov (Mladenov, Dikov)3–1058:13 – Iskrenov (Dikov) (SH)
Au-yeung (Tang) – 02:01	1–0
Au-Yeung (Yeung) (PP) – 08:55	2–0
	2–1	09:20 – Iskrenov (Dikov, V. Vasilev)
	2–2	11:14 – M. Nikolov (Hodulov, Boyadjiev) (PP)
	2–3	16:13 – Dilkov (V. Vasilev (PP)
	2–4	19:08 – Iskrenov (Gatchev, Dikov)
Lau (Sham, Tai) – 26:39	3–4
	3–5	36:05 – Muhachev (Yotov, M. Vasilev)
	3–6	39:29 – Dilkov (Gatchev)
	3–7	42:44 – Yotov (Dikov, M. Vasilev)
	3–8	47:34 – Muhachev (Yotov, M. Vasilev)
	3–9	53:28 – Iskrenov (Mladenov, Dikov)
	3–10	58:13 – Iskrenov (Dikov) (SH)
10 min	Penalties	18 min
13	Shots	84

13 April 2017 16:30

Chinese Taipei

2–5 (0–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50


	Liao Yu-cheng Huang Sheng-chun	Goalies	King Ho	Referee: Turkey Cemal Kaya Linesmen: Ukraine Illya Khokhlov Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau
0–106:13 – Au-yeung (PP)0–213:34 – Kan S. (Chau)0–313:59 – Ngan (Chau)Yang Hsiao-h. (Chang T., Wei Yu-k.) (PP) – 27:501–31–431:38 – Kan S. (Leung)Lin (Pai, Tseng) – 45:032–42–558:54 – Chau (SH, ENG)
	0–1	06:13 – Au-yeung (PP)
	0–2	13:34 – Kan S. (Chau)
	0–3	13:59 – Ngan (Chau)
Yang Hsiao-h. (Chang T., Wei Yu-k.) (PP) – 27:50	1–3
	1–4	31:38 – Kan S. (Leung)
Lin (Pai, Tseng) – 45:03	2–4
	2–5	58:54 – Chau (SH, ENG)
16 min	Penalties	12 min
31	Shots	23

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Luxembourg	3	3	0	26	5	+21	9	Semifinals
2	Georgia	3	2	1	29	11	+18	6
3	South Africa	3	1	2	14	9	+5	3
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	0	44	−44	0

10 April 2017 13:00

Luxembourg

17–0 (4–0, 6–0, 7–0)

United Arab Emirates

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50


	Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Khaled Al Suwaidi	Referee: Poland Michał Baca Linesmen: Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau Austria Jakob Schauer
Welter (Wambach, K. Linster) – 01:151–0Mosr (Houdremont) – 04:072–0K. Linster (Welter, T. Beran) (SH) – 07:013–0Eriksson (R. Beran) – 11:004–0R. Beran (Eriksson, Cannon) – 20:245–0Wambach (Mosr) – 21:036–0Cannon (R. Beran) – 22:487–0R. Beran (Cannon) – 32:568–0Cannon (Houdremont, Mosr) – 33:279–0Houdremont (K.Linster) – 37:3110–0Cannon (R. Beran) – 40:1511–0Welter (T. Beran) (SH) – 44:4112–0Cannon (Eriksson, R. Beran) (PP) – 47:0813–0Linster (Houdremont) (PP) – 50:0014–0Cannon (Schons, Mossong) – 53:5515–0Welter (R. Beran) – 54:0616–0B. Linster (Mossong) – 59:2017–0
Welter (Wambach, K. Linster) – 01:15	1–0
Mosr (Houdremont) – 04:07	2–0
K. Linster (Welter, T. Beran) (SH) – 07:01	3–0
Eriksson (R. Beran) – 11:00	4–0
R. Beran (Eriksson, Cannon) – 20:24	5–0
Wambach (Mosr) – 21:03	6–0
Cannon (R. Beran) – 22:48	7–0
R. Beran (Cannon) – 32:56	8–0
Cannon (Houdremont, Mosr) – 33:27	9–0
Houdremont (K.Linster) – 37:31	10–0
Cannon (R. Beran) – 40:15	11–0
Welter (T. Beran) (SH) – 44:41	12–0
Cannon (Eriksson, R. Beran) (PP) – 47:08	13–0
Linster (Houdremont) (PP) – 50:00	14–0
Cannon (Schons, Mossong) – 53:55	15–0
Welter (R. Beran) – 54:06	16–0
B. Linster (Mossong) – 59:20	17–0
12 min	Penalties	12 min
52	Shots	8

10 April 2017 16:30

South Africa

5–6 (1–1, 1–2, 3–3)

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 100


	Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Russia Ivan Fateev Linesmen: Italy Christian Cristeli Israel Gil Tichon
0–104:12 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)Magmoed (Husselman) (PP) – 05:441–1Valadas – 28:352–12–233:57 – Dumbadze (Filimonov, Shalunov)2–336:06 – Shalunov (Kurbatov, Dumbadze) (PP)2–442:50 – Kurbatov (Jeiranashvili)2–547:43 – Filimonov (Kurbatov) (PP)Samaai (Gonsalves) (PP) – 48:353–53–651:52 – Kurbatov (Dumbadze, Kozyulin) (PP)Marais) – 52:094–6Giot (Marais) – 55:085–6
	0–1	04:12 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)
Magmoed (Husselman) (PP) – 05:44	1–1
Valadas – 28:35	2–1
	2–2	33:57 – Dumbadze (Filimonov, Shalunov)
	2–3	36:06 – Shalunov (Kurbatov, Dumbadze) (PP)
	2–4	42:50 – Kurbatov (Jeiranashvili)
	2–5	47:43 – Filimonov (Kurbatov) (PP)
Samaai (Gonsalves) (PP) – 48:35	3–5
	3–6	51:52 – Kurbatov (Dumbadze, Kozyulin) (PP)
Marais) – 52:09	4–6
Giot (Marais) – 55:08	5–6
46 min	Penalties	48 min
34	Shots	19

11 April 2017 13:00

Luxembourg

6–4 (1–1, 3–1, 2–2)

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50


	Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Turkey Cemal Kaya Linesmen: Ukraine Illya Khohlov Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
Schons (Cannon, R. Beran) (PP) – 13:291–01–119:40 – Kozyulin (Kurbatov) (PP)Eriksson (R. Beran, Cannon) – 20:312–1R. Beran (Cannon) (PP) – 25:253–1Cannon (R. Beran, Eriksson) – 36:394–14–237:35 – Shvetsov (PS)4–342:07 – Shvetsov (Kozyulin)Welter (R. Beran) (PP) – 57:105–35–458:13 – Filimonov (Kurbatov, Shvetsov) (EA)Eriksson (ENG) – 59:096–4
Schons (Cannon, R. Beran) (PP) – 13:29	1–0
	1–1	19:40 – Kozyulin (Kurbatov) (PP)
Eriksson (R. Beran, Cannon) – 20:31	2–1
R. Beran (Cannon) (PP) – 25:25	3–1
Cannon (R. Beran, Eriksson) – 36:39	4–1
	4–2	37:35 – Shvetsov (PS)
	4–3	42:07 – Shvetsov (Kozyulin)
Welter (R. Beran) (PP) – 57:10	5–3
	5–4	58:13 – Filimonov (Kurbatov, Shvetsov) (EA)
Eriksson (ENG) – 59:09	6–4
22 min	Penalties	48 min
40	Shots	25

11 April 2017 16:30

United Arab Emirates

0–8 (0–1, 0–4, 0–3)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50


	Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	Goalies	Gary Bock	Referee: Poland Michał Baca Linesmen: Turkey Ferhat Aygün Germany Jonas Merten
0–104:05 – Botha (Bremner)0–226:43 – Compton (Valadas)0–332:48 – Van Doesburgh (Samaai, De Jager)0–433:14 – Samaai (Birrell) (PP)0–538:08 – Magmoed (Birell, Botha) (PP)0–649:05 – De Jager (Edwards, Husselman)0–754:29 – Van Doesburgh (Botha) (SH)0–858:28 – Gonsalves (SH)
	0–1	04:05 – Botha (Bremner)
	0–2	26:43 – Compton (Valadas)
	0–3	32:48 – Van Doesburgh (Samaai, De Jager)
	0–4	33:14 – Samaai (Birrell) (PP)
	0–5	38:08 – Magmoed (Birell, Botha) (PP)
	0–6	49:05 – De Jager (Edwards, Husselman)
	0–7	54:29 – Van Doesburgh (Botha) (SH)
	0–8	58:28 – Gonsalves (SH)
14 min	Penalties	30 min
12	Shots	33

13 April 2017 13:00

Georgia

19–0 (9–0, 2–0, 8–0)

United Arab Emirates

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 300


	Andrei Ilienko	Goalies	Khaled Al-Suwaidi	Referee: Slovenia Miha Bajt Linesmen: Germany Jonas Merten Austria Jakob Schauer
Shvetsov (Kozyulin, Dumbadze) (PP) – 04:131–0Shvetsov (Filimonov) – 04:312–0Shalunov (Oganeziani, Kurbatov) – 07:503–0Oganeziani (Shvetsov) – 08:584–0Kozyulin (Shvetsov, Filimonov) – 11:395–0Filimonov (Shvetsov, Kurbatov) – 13:296–0Kozyulin – 13:397–0Kozyulin (Jeiranashvili) – 15:098–0Shalunov (Kozyulin) – 18:259–0Kurbatov (Shvetsov) (PP) – 20:3610–0Dumbadze (Shalunov) – 37:5811–0Kozyulin (Shalunov) (SH) – 49:0812–0Dumbadze (Kurbatov, Kozyulin) – 49:3813–0Kozyulin (Kurbatov, Dumbadze) – 51:2414–0Kurbatov (Shvetsov) – 52:5715–0Kozyulin (SH) – 54:5316–0Kozyulin (Dumbadze) – 57:4017–0Kozyulin (Filimonov) – 59:0718–0Kurbatov (Dumbadze) – 59:4119–0
Shvetsov (Kozyulin, Dumbadze) (PP) – 04:13	1–0
Shvetsov (Filimonov) – 04:31	2–0
Shalunov (Oganeziani, Kurbatov) – 07:50	3–0
Oganeziani (Shvetsov) – 08:58	4–0
Kozyulin (Shvetsov, Filimonov) – 11:39	5–0
Filimonov (Shvetsov, Kurbatov) – 13:29	6–0
Kozyulin – 13:39	7–0
Kozyulin (Jeiranashvili) – 15:09	8–0
Shalunov (Kozyulin) – 18:25	9–0
Kurbatov (Shvetsov) (PP) – 20:36	10–0
Dumbadze (Shalunov) – 37:58	11–0
Kozyulin (Shalunov) (SH) – 49:08	12–0
Dumbadze (Kurbatov, Kozyulin) – 49:38	13–0
Kozyulin (Kurbatov, Dumbadze) – 51:24	14–0
Kurbatov (Shvetsov) – 52:57	15–0
Kozyulin (SH) – 54:53	16–0
Kozyulin (Dumbadze) – 57:40	17–0
Kozyulin (Filimonov) – 59:07	18–0
Kurbatov (Dumbadze) – 59:41	19–0
30 min	Penalties	10 min
63	Shots	14

13 April 2017 20:00

South Africa

1–3 (0–1, 0–0, 1–2)

Luxembourg

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 250


	Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Gilles Mangen	Referee: South Korea Kim No-su Linesmen: Italy Christian Cristeli Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
0–107:04 – Minden (Holtzem)Valadas (Birrell) – 50:541–11–256:46 – R. Beran (Cannon, Eriksson)1–359:11 – Houdremont (Holtzem) (ENG)
	0–1	07:04 – Minden (Holtzem)
Valadas (Birrell) – 50:54	1–1
	1–2	56:46 – R. Beran (Cannon, Eriksson)
	1–3	59:11 – Houdremont (Holtzem) (ENG)
8 min	Penalties	18 min
36	Shots	14

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

15 April

Luxembourg	8
16 April
Hong Kong	1
Luxembourg	10
15 April
	Bulgaria	4
Bulgaria	9

Georgia	3
Third place

16 April

Hong Kong	3

Georgia	14

5th place bracket

5th–7th place semifinals		Fifth place




16 April

South Africa	7
15 April
		Chinese Taipei	3
Chinese Taipei	4

United Arab Emirates	0

5th–7th place semifinal

15 April 2017 13:00

Chinese Taipei

4–0 (3–0, 0–0, 1–0)

United Arab Emirates

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50


	Liao Yu-cheng	Goalies	Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	Referee: Turkey Cemal Kaya Linesmen: Turkey Ferhat Aygün Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
Tseng (Tang Y., Chang Ha.) (PP) – 06:431–0Lin (Shen, Tseng) (PP) – 10:252–0Wei Yu-k. (Yang Hsiao-h.) – 12:323–0Shen (Wei Yu-k.) – 46:174–0
Tseng (Tang Y., Chang Ha.) (PP) – 06:43	1–0
Lin (Shen, Tseng) (PP) – 10:25	2–0
Wei Yu-k. (Yang Hsiao-h.) – 12:32	3–0
Shen (Wei Yu-k.) – 46:17	4–0
14 min	Penalties	8 min
40	Shots	28

Semifinals

15 April 2017 16:30

Luxembourg

8–1 (3–0, 2–1, 3–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 250


	Philippe Lepage	Goalies	King Ho Cheung Ching-ho	Referee: Russia Ivan Fateyev Linesmen: Ukraine Illya Khokhlov Israel Gil Tichon
K. Linster (R. Beran) – 02:501–0Cannon (R. Beran) – 17:412–0Cannon (B. Linster) – 19:593–03–120:11 – Au-yeung (Tang, Wong)Minden (T. Beran, Welter) – 28:194–1Cannon – 29:345–1R. Beran – 48:516–1Wambach – 57:207–1Mosr (Houdremont, Thill) – 58:078–1
K. Linster (R. Beran) – 02:50	1–0
Cannon (R. Beran) – 17:41	2–0
Cannon (B. Linster) – 19:59	3–0
	3–1	20:11 – Au-yeung (Tang, Wong)
Minden (T. Beran, Welter) – 28:19	4–1
Cannon – 29:34	5–1
R. Beran – 48:51	6–1
Wambach – 57:20	7–1
Mosr (Houdremont, Thill) – 58:07	8–1
2 min	Penalties	2 min
52	Shots	13

15 April 2017 20:00

Bulgaria

9–3 (4–0, 2–1, 3–2)

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 750


	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko	Referee: Poland Michał Baca Linesmen: Germany Jonas Merten Poland Wiktor Zień
Iskrenov (Hodulov) – 07:591–0M. Vasilev (Yotov) (PP2) – 11:232–0Nikolov (Hodulov) – 15:193–0Cvetanov (M. Vasilev, Yotov) – 17:294–04–124:10 – Kozyulin (Shvetsov) (PP2)Muhachev (Dikov, Boyadjiev) (SH) – 26:385–1T. Georgiev (Muhachev, Yotov) – 37:156–16–242:32 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov, Kozyulin)Cvetanov (Yotov, Hodulov) – 44:127–2Iskrenov (Hodulov, Boyadjiev) – 50:168–2Cvetanov (Gyurov, Yotov) (PP2) – 52:369–29–355:30 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov)
Iskrenov (Hodulov) – 07:59	1–0
M. Vasilev (Yotov) (PP2) – 11:23	2–0
Nikolov (Hodulov) – 15:19	3–0
Cvetanov (M. Vasilev, Yotov) – 17:29	4–0
	4–1	24:10 – Kozyulin (Shvetsov) (PP2)
Muhachev (Dikov, Boyadjiev) (SH) – 26:38	5–1
T. Georgiev (Muhachev, Yotov) – 37:15	6–1
	6–2	42:32 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov, Kozyulin)
Cvetanov (Yotov, Hodulov) – 44:12	7–2
Iskrenov (Hodulov, Boyadjiev) – 50:16	8–2
Cvetanov (Gyurov, Yotov) (PP2) – 52:36	9–2
	9–3	55:30 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov)
12 min	Penalties	40 min
64	Shots	37

Fifth place game

16 April 2017 12:30

South Africa

7–3 (3–2, 3–0, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 150


	Gary Bock Charl Pretorius	Goalies	Liao Yu-cheng Huang Sheng-chun	Referee: South Korea Kim No-su Linesmen: Austria Jakob Schauer Bulgaria Luchezar Stoyanov
Willemstijn (Van Doesburgh) – 01:051–0Husselman (Birrell, Gordon) – 05:532–02–106:54 – Wei Yu-c.Giot (Edwards) (PP) – 18:113–13–219:56 – Shen (Yang Hsiao-h., Wei Yu-k.)Husselman (Giot) – 25:564–2Edwards (Gordon, Husselman) – 31:565–2Botha (Van Doesburgh) – 39:566–26–343:29 – Tang Y. (Pai) (PP)Samaai (Edwards, Gordon) – 48:227–3
Willemstijn (Van Doesburgh) – 01:05	1–0
Husselman (Birrell, Gordon) – 05:53	2–0
	2–1	06:54 – Wei Yu-c.
Giot (Edwards) (PP) – 18:11	3–1
	3–2	19:56 – Shen (Yang Hsiao-h., Wei Yu-k.)
Husselman (Giot) – 25:56	4–2
Edwards (Gordon, Husselman) – 31:56	5–2
Botha (Van Doesburgh) – 39:56	6–2
	6–3	43:29 – Tang Y. (Pai) (PP)
Samaai (Edwards, Gordon) – 48:22	7–3
18 min	Penalties	8 min
42	Shots	15

Third place game

16 April 2017 16:00

Hong Kong

3–14 (1–6, 1–3, 1–5)

Georgia

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 50


	King Ho Cheung Ching-ho	Goalies	Andrei Ilienko Kakha Ambrolava	Referee: Slovenia Miha Bajt Linesmen: Italy Christian Cristeli Poland Wiktor Zień
0–106:13 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)0–207:51 – Kozyulin (Dumbadze, Geperidze)Sham (Tang, Au-yeung) – 08:111–21–310:26 – Kurbatov (Dumbadze, Filimonov) (PP)1–415:12 – Shvetsov (Filimonov, Kozyulin) (PP)1–518:45 – Kozyulin1–619:40 – Shvetsov (Oganeziani, Filimonov)Tang (Au-yeung, Sham) (PP) – 25:562–62–728:28 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov, Filimonov)2–831:08 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)2–932:09 – Oganeziani (Kurbatov, Shvetsov)2–1042:09 – Shvetsov (Filimonov)2–1145:44 – Shvetsov (Kozyulin, Kurbatov) (PP)2–1248:45 – Kozyulin (Kurbatov, Dumbadze)2–1350:47 – Jeiranashvili (Shalunov)Tang – 53:383–133–1456:41 – Oganeziani (Kozyulin, Shvetsov) (PP)
	0–1	06:13 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)
	0–2	07:51 – Kozyulin (Dumbadze, Geperidze)
Sham (Tang, Au-yeung) – 08:11	1–2
	1–3	10:26 – Kurbatov (Dumbadze, Filimonov) (PP)
	1–4	15:12 – Shvetsov (Filimonov, Kozyulin) (PP)
	1–5	18:45 – Kozyulin
	1–6	19:40 – Shvetsov (Oganeziani, Filimonov)
Tang (Au-yeung, Sham) (PP) – 25:56	2–6
	2–7	28:28 – Shvetsov (Kurbatov, Filimonov)
	2–8	31:08 – Dumbadze (Kozyulin)
	2–9	32:09 – Oganeziani (Kurbatov, Shvetsov)
	2–10	42:09 – Shvetsov (Filimonov)
	2–11	45:44 – Shvetsov (Kozyulin, Kurbatov) (PP)
	2–12	48:45 – Kozyulin (Kurbatov, Dumbadze)
	2–13	50:47 – Jeiranashvili (Shalunov)
Tang – 53:38	3–13
	3–14	56:41 – Oganeziani (Kozyulin, Shvetsov) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	6 min
24	Shots	43

Final

16 April 2017 19:30

Luxembourg

10–4 (3–3, 4–1, 3–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia Attendance: 950


	Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov Nikola Nikolov	Referee: Russia Ivan Fateyev Linesmen: Belarus Aleh Kliashcheunikau Germany Jonas Merten
0–102:15 – M. Vasilev (Muhachev, Yotov)T. Beran (Welter) – 04:361–11–209:17 –Yotov (Gyurov, Muhachev) (PP)1–315:15 – Iskrenov (Hodulov)Welter (Mosr) – 15:472–3Schons (Scheier, R. Beran) – 18:493–3K. Linster (Eriksson) (PP) – 22:484–34–429:39 – Yotov (Muhachev) (SH)Welter (T. Beran) – 31:345–4Mosr – 37:566–4Cannon (R. Beran) (PP2) – 39:537–4Mosr (Schons) (PP2) – 51:068–4T. Beran (Holtzem) – 52:509–4R. Beran (ENG) – 56:3410–4
	0–1	02:15 – M. Vasilev (Muhachev, Yotov)
T. Beran (Welter) – 04:36	1–1
	1–2	09:17 –Yotov (Gyurov, Muhachev) (PP)
	1–3	15:15 – Iskrenov (Hodulov)
Welter (Mosr) – 15:47	2–3
Schons (Scheier, R. Beran) – 18:49	3–3
K. Linster (Eriksson) (PP) – 22:48	4–3
	4–4	29:39 – Yotov (Muhachev) (SH)
Welter (T. Beran) – 31:34	5–4
Mosr – 37:56	6–4
Cannon (R. Beran) (PP2) – 39:53	7–4
Mosr (Schons) (PP2) – 51:06	8–4
T. Beran (Holtzem) – 52:50	9–4
R. Beran (ENG) – 56:34	10–4
12 min	Penalties	34 min
31	Shots	61

Final ranking

	Promoted to 2018 IIHF Division II B
	Relegation to 2018 IIHF Division III Qualification

Rank	Team
1	Luxembourg (P)
2	Bulgaria (H)
3	Georgia
4	Hong Kong
5	South Africa
6	Chinese Taipei
7	United Arab Emirates (R)

(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated. Source:

Awards and statistics

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Chinese Taipei Liao Yu-cheng Best Defenceman: Georgia (country) Artem Kurbatov Best Forward: Luxembourg Robert Beran

Source:

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Georgia (country) Artem Kozyulin	5	13	12	25	+13	6	F
Georgia (country) Ivan Shvetsov	5	11	9	20	+9	2	F
Georgia (country) Artem Kurbatov	5	6	14	20	+16	8	D
Luxembourg Robert Beran	5	6	13	19	+14	8	F
Luxembourg Colm Cannon	5	11	6	17	+14	6	F
Georgia (country) Vitali Dumbadze	5	6	9	15	+13	26	F
Georgia (country) Grigory Filimonov	5	3	9	12	+6	8	F
Bulgaria Alexei Yotov	4	3	8	11	+5	0	F
Luxembourg Benny Welter	5	6	3	9	+15	0	F
Bulgaria Stanislav Muhachev	4	3	6	9	+4	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source:

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
Luxembourg Philippe Lepage	240:00	9	2.25	107	91.59	1
Chinese Taipei Liao Yu-cheng	169:59	9	3.18	103	91.26	1
Georgia (country) Andrei Ilienko	287:28	21	4.38	169	87.57	1
Hong Kong King Ho	168:16	23	8.20	150	84.67	0
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al-Dhaheri	120:00	12	6.00	73	83.56	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: