2023 IIHF World Championship Division III

2023 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host countries	South Africa  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	17–23 April 27 February – 5 March
Teams	12
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The 2023 IIHF World Championship Division III were two international ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.^[1]

The Group A tournament was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17 to 23 April and the Group B tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 27 February to 5 March 2023.

Chinese Taipei were promoted after winning Group A, with North Korea relegated after withdrawing before the tournament.^[2] Kyrgyzstan won the Group B tournament and got promoted, while Malaysia got relegated.^[3]

2023 IIHF World Championship Division III A

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	17–23 April
Teams	5
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	86 (8.6 per game)
Attendance	1,815 (182 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jan Isaksson (11 points)
Official website
Website

Team	Qualification
Turkmenistan	Placed 3rd in Division III last edition.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 4th in Division III last edition.
Luxembourg	Placed 5th in Division III last edition.
North Korea	Withdrew last edition and withdrew also this edition.
South Africa	Host, placed 1st in Division III B last edition and was promoted.
Thailand	Placed 2nd in Division III B last edition and was promoted.

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei	4	4	0	0	0	30	4	+26	12	Promoted to the 2024 Division II B
2	Turkmenistan	4	2	0	0	2	17	16	+1	6[a]
3	South Africa (H)	4	2	0	0	2	16	17	−1	6[a]
4	Thailand	4	2	0	0	2	20	21	−1	6[a]
5	Luxembourg	4	0	0	0	4	3	28	−25	0
6	North Korea[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division III B

All times are local (UTC+2)

17 April 2023 16:00

Thailand

2–11 (0–3, 1–3, 1–5)

Chinese Taipei

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Benjamin Kleineschay Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Goalies	Hsiao Po-yu Kuei Fu-hsiang	Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Fraser Ohlson Óscar Pérez
	0–1 12:51 – Shen Yen-l. (Sang) (PP) 0–2 14:35 – Chou 0–3 18:29 – Lin H. (Shen Yen-l., Yang Chang-h.) (PP) 0–4 25:05 – Yu 0–5 26:24 – Chang (Shen Yen-c.) Sukwiboon – 27:36 1–5 1–6 36:21 – Lin H. (Chen, Sang) (PP) 1–7 42:12 – Yu (Lin C., Chou) 1–8 45:26 – Lin H. (Yang Chang-h.) 1–9 48:36 – Lin H. (Chen, Shen Yen-l.) (PP) Isaksson (Chan-Urai) (PP) – 49:33 2–9 2–10 54:48 – Wang (Shih) 2–11 55:54 – Chang (Lin Y., Shen Yen-l.)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	44

17 April 2023 20:00

Turkmenistan

6–9 (3–0, 0–4, 3–5)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 187

Game reference
	Rahman Myradov Serdar Ashyrov	Goalies	Ryan Boyd	Referee: Andrea Benvegnu Linesmen: Helan Al-Ameri Koep Leermakers
	Dovletmyradov (Barkovskiy) – 01:02 1–0 Barkovskiy (Annasaparov, Dovletmyradov) (PP) – 08:26 2–0 Nuryyev (Baymyradov) – 10:57 3–0 3–1 20:44 – Van Doesburgh (Compton) 3–2 28:58 – Magmoed (PP) 3–3 34:54 – Samaai (Valadas, Compton) (PP) 3–4 35:49 – Venter (Valadas) Kakayev – 40:28 4–4 4–5 44:46 – Samaai (Kluyts) (PP) 4–6 45:10 – Magmoed (Obery, Venter) Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy, Annasaparov) – 51:43 5–6 5–7 52:19 – Samaai (Valadas) 5–8 53:06 – Van Doesburgh Dovletmyradov (Geldimyradov, Tannyyev) (PP) – 55:53 6–8 6–9 58:09 – Schuurman
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	24

18 April 2023 20:00

Luxembourg

2–10 (0–2, 1–5, 1–3)

Thailand

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 51

Game reference
	Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Benjamin Kleineschay	Referee: Yahya Al-Jneibi Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jason van Rooyen
	0–1 04:45 – Limpinphet (Khuhakaew, Forstner) (PP) 0–2 12:18 – Isaksson (Kindborn, Aarola) (PP) 0–3 22:35 – Isaksson (Kindborn, Nagayama) (PP) 0–4 25:18 – Kitayama (Isaksson, Aarola) (PP) Grönlund (PP) – 32:57 1–4 1–5 33:22 – Nagayama (Forstner, Kindborn) 1–6 34:51 – Isaksson (Kindborn, Aarola) 1–7 35:04 – Khuhakaew (Limpinphet, Nagayama) 1–8 46:23 – Kitayama (Kindborn, Isaksson) (PP) 1–9 48:05 – Kitayama (Kindborn, Nagayama) (PP) 1–10 49:35 – Sukwiboon (Vatanapanyakul) Cannon (Potucek, Mossong) – 53:56 2–10
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	54

19 April 2023 16:00

Luxembourg

1–4 (0–1, 1–3, 0–0)

Turkmenistan

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Rahman Myradov	Referee: Cemal Kaya Linesmen: Edward Howard Fraser Ohlson
	0–1 08:25 – Nuryyev (Bayhanov, Tannyyev) (PP) 0–2 28:31 – Barkovskiy (Geldimyradov, Annasaparov) 0–3 31:12 – Geldimyradov (Aganiyazov, Barkovskiy) (PP) Cannon – 32:57 1–3 1–4 37:22 – Hydyrov (Gurbanov, Vahovskiy) (PP)
	37 min	Penalties	14 min
	14	Shots	36

19 April 2023 20:00

Chinese Taipei

6–1 (0–0, 3–1, 3–0)

South Africa

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Hsiao Po-yu	Goalies	Ryan Boyd Alistair Bywater	Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Helan Al-Ameri Miroslav Lhotský
	Lin Y. (Shen Yen-c., Wen) – 21:44 1–0 Yang Chang-h. (Lin H., Shen Yen-l.) (PP) – 36:36 2–0 2–1 37:50 – Samaai (Birrell) Yang Chang-h. (Shen Yen-l, Sang) – 39:25 3–1 Lin H. (Chen, Yang Chang-h.) (PP) – 48:55 4–1 Pan – 49:11 5–1 Lin H. (Chen) – 50:46 6–1
	8 min	Penalties	17 min
	38	Shots	21

20 April 2023 20:00

Thailand

3–6 (0–0, 0–3, 3–3)

Turkmenistan

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 30

Game reference
	Benjamin Kleineschay	Goalies	Rahman Myradov	Referee: Andrea Benvegnu Linesmen: Helan Al-Ameri Óscar Pérez
	0–1 24:00 – Geldimyradov (Barkovskiy, Aganiyazov) (PP2) 0–2 25:16 – Esenov (Vahovskiy, Gurbanov) (PP) 0–3 29:59 – Nuryyev (Tannyyev) 0–4 41:02 – Bayhanov (Barkovskiy) Thanakroekkiat (Nagayama, Aarola) (PP) – 47:38 1–4 1–5 49:54 – Baymyradov Isaksson (Kindborn, Forstner) – 53:51 2–5 Isaksson (Aarola) – 56:44 3–5 3–6 59:32 – Baymyradov (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	44

21 April 2023 16:00

Chinese Taipei

10–0 (6–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Luxembourg

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 27

Game reference
	Kuei Fu-hsiang	Goalies	Philippe Lepage Sven Oberweis	Referee: Yahya Al-Jneibi Linesmen: Koep Leermakers Jason van Rooyen
	Chou (Yu) – 02:23 1–0 Lin Y. (Wen) (PP) – 04:38 2–0 Yang Chang-h. (Chen, Lin H.) – 07:20 3–0 Shen Yen-c. (Wen, Lin Y.) – 07:35 4–0 Yang Chang-h. (Lin H.) – 09:44 5–0 Shen Yen-l. (Chen, Lin H.) (PP) – 14:39 6–0 Shen Yen-c. (Yu, Lin Y.) – 24:03 7–0 Lin J. (Yu, Chou) – 34:27 8–0 Lin J. (Yang Chang-l., Lin C.) (PP) – 48:25 9–0 Lin J. (Yang Chang-l.) – 52:51 10–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	24

21 April 2023 20:00

South Africa

2–5 (1–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Thailand

The Ice Station, Cape Town

Game reference
	Ryan Boyd	Goalies	Benjamin Kleineschay	Referee: Ryan Cairns Linesmen: Edward Howard Fraser Ohlson
	0–1 06:21 – Isaksson (Forstner, Nagayama) 0–2 09:40 – Isaksson (Forstner) Carelse (Van Doesburgh) (SH) – 15:36 1–2 1–3 27:17 – Isaksson (Aarola, Kindborn) (PP) Giot (Venter, Van Doesburgh) – 37:36 2–3 2–4 42:56 – Kindborn (Nagayama, Aarola) 2–5 48:17 – Khuhakaew (Forstner, Kindborn) (PP)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	36

23 April 2023 14:00

Turkmenistan

1–3 (0–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Rahman Myradov	Goalies	Hsiao Po-yu	Referee: Andrea Benvegnu Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Óscar Pérez
	0–1 32:33 – Chen (Lin C.) 0–2 33:06 – Wen (Lin Y., Shen Yen-c.) 0–3 51:13 – Yang Chang-h. (Shen Yen-l., Lin H.) Aganiyazov (Dovletmyradov) – 59:56 1–3
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	45

23 April 2023 18:00

South Africa

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Luxembourg

The Ice Station, Cape Town Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Ryan Boyd	Goalies	Philippe Lepage	Referee: Cemal Kaya Linesmen: Edward Howard Koep Leermakers
	Magmoed (Giot, Saaiman) – 11:07 1–0 Schuurman (Venter, Carelse) – 31:37 2–0 Carelse (Samaai) – 37:47 3–0 Magmoed (Venter) – 47:38 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	14

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Jan Isaksson	4	9	2	11	+4	4	F
Lin Hung-ju	4	6	5	11	+7	0	F
Ken Kindborn	4	1	9	10	+1	12	D
Yang Chang-hsing	4	5	3	8	+7	0	F
Pavel Barkovskiy	4	2	5	7	+1	2	F
Shen Yen-lin	4	2	5	7	+6	4	D
Chen Kuan-ting	4	1	6	7	+7	2	F
Hideki Nagayama	4	1	6	7	+1	4	D
Kim Aarola	4	0	7	7	+1	2	F
Lin Yo-chen	4	2	4	6	+1	4	F
Shen Yen-chin	4	2	4	6	+6	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

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
Hsiao Po-yu	168:36	3	1.07	73	95.89	0
Benjamin Kleineschay	223:08	17	4.57	141	87.94	0
Rahman Myradov	233:06	15	3.86	116	87.07	0
Ryan Boyd	230:46	17	4.42	123	86.18	1
Philippe Lepage	220:00	26	7.09	156	83.33	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

Position	Player[5]
Goaltender	Hsiao Po-yu
Defenceman	Ken Kindborn
Forward	Jan Isaksson

2023 IIHF World Championship Division III B

Tournament details
Host country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 February – 5 March
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	212 (14.13 per game)
Attendance	4,585 (306 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Mamed Seifulov (28 points)
Official website
Website

Team	Qualification
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Host, placed 3rd in Division III Q last edition.
Kyrgyzstan	Placed 1st in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
Iran	Placed 2nd in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
Singapore	Placed 3rd in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
Malaysia	Placed 4th in Division IV last edition and was promoted.
Hong Kong	Withdrew last edition.

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kyrgyzstan	5	5	0	0	0	76	5	+71	15	Promoted to the 2024 Division III A
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	5	3	1	0	1	39	20	+19	11
3	Hong Kong	5	2	1	1	1	41	26	+15	9
4	Singapore	5	2	0	1	2	31	31	0	7
5	Iran	5	1	0	0	4	19	53	−34	3
6	Malaysia	5	0	0	0	5	6	77	−71	0	Relegated to the 2024 Division IV

All times are local (UTC+1)

27 February 2023 13:00

Kyrgyzstan

14–2 (7–1, 5–1, 2–0)

Singapore

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 69

Game reference
	Alexander Petrov Arslan Maraimbekov	Goalies	Joshua Shao Ern Lee Liam Blakney	Referee: Robert Hallin. Linesmen: Alejandro García Jiří Svoboda
	Egorov – 05:23 1–0 Seifulov – 10.17 2–0 Tonkikh – 10:23 3–0 Seifulov (Abdyraev, Titov) (PP) – 11:02 4–0 Nosov (Chuvalov, Tonkikh) – 16:25 5–0 Chuvalov (Nosov) – 17:40 6–0 6–1 17:56 – Wong (Chan) Kashaev – 19:45 7–1 Titov (Abdyraev, Seifulov) – 21:35 8–1 Isamatov (Abdyraev) (PP) – 22:08 9–1 Nosov (Tonkikh) (SH) – 22:56 10–1 10–2 29:24 – Chan Kudashev (SH) – 36:23 11–2 Mirbekov (Isamatov, Kudashev) – 39:28 12–2 Tonkikh (Nosov, Chuvalov) – 44:24 13–2 Chuvalov (Isamatov) – 48:24 14–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	59	Shots	7

27 February 2023 16:30

Malaysia

4–14 (1–3, 0–7, 3–4)

Iran

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 55

Game reference
	Muhammad Azlly Tengku	Goalies	Oveis Hassanzadeh Alireza Mahdavi	Referee: Phillip Ströbel Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Lukáš Kacej
	0–1 01:48 – Bahri Aiman Zul (Mohammad) (PP) – 02:59 1–1 1–2 04:30 – Houshidari (SH) 1–3 06:18 – Heidari 1–4 23:20 – Keyhanfar (Moghadasi) 1–5 24:00 – Dehghani (Sheikhjafari) 1–6 25:32 – Korehei (Ghorbani, Mehraban) 1–7 27:04 – Keyhanfar (Ghahar, Moghadasi) 1–8 28:13 – Keyhanfar (Ghahar, Heidari) 1–9 31:01 – Moghadasi (Keyhanfar, Houshidari) 1–10 35:29 – Moghadasi (Ghahar) Mohd (D. Versluis, Aiman Zul) (PP) – 40:51 2–10 2–11 42:34 – Houshidari (Moghadasi, Ghahar) Muhd – 43:59 3–11 3–12 47:27 – Korehei (Ghafoori, Bagheri) Mohammad (D. Versluis, Mohd) – 48:59 4–12 4–13 51:42 – Houshidari (SH2) 4–14 53:58 – Bagheri (Korehei)
	2 min	Penalties	16 min
	19	Shots	45

27 February 2023 20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

6–5 GWS (1–2, 2–3, 2–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Hong Kong

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 800

Game reference
	Dino Pašović	Goalies	Emerson Keung	Referee: Vitalijus Sevruk Linesmen: Huang Jen-hung David Perduv
	0–1 03:33 – Cheng 0–2 08:22 – L. Wong (Cheng) Mlivić (Omer) – 19:40 1–2 Miskic (Jahjafendic) – 25:51 2–2 2–3 29:11 – Tang (Chu, To) 2–4 29:47 – Chu (Cheng) T. Mrkva (Gaković) – 35:52 3–4 3–5 37:10 – Cheng (L. Wong, Ngan) Gaković (Omer) – 53:41 4–5 Mlivić (London, T. Mrkva) (EA) – 59:47 5–5
	Mlivić Gaković Omer H. Mrkva London	Shootout	Chu Chan Tang Ngan
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	47	Shots	32

28 February 2023 13:00

Singapore

10–0 (2–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Malaysia

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Joshua Shao Ern Lee	Goalies	Muhammad Azily Tengku	Referee: Park Jae-hyung Linesmen: Huang Jen-hung Marko Saković
	E. Redden (Kodrowski) – 00:08 1–0 Qian – 06:19 2–0 Wong – 20:29 3–0 Chan (E. Redden, Kodrowski) – 25:03 4–0 Chan (PP) – 34:47 5–0 E. Redden (Chua) (PP) – 38:35 6–0 E. Redden – 39:43 7–0 E. Redden (B. Lee, Kodrowski) – 48:58 8–0 Huang (Chan, Kodrowski) (PP) – 54:42 9–0 Chua (PS) – 59:55 10–0
	8 min	Penalties	42 min
	54	Shots	17

28 February 2023 16:30

Hong Kong

11–1 (3–0, 5–0, 3–1)

Iran

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 47

Game reference
	Cheung Ching-ho	Goalies	Oveis Hassanzadeh Alireza Mahdavi	Referee: Robert Hallin Linesmen: David Perduv Jiří Svoboda
	Cheng (Wong K., Yam) (PP) – 13:21 1–0 Lo (Y. Wong, L. Wong) – 14:02 2–0 Lo (Cheng, Leung) (EA) – 17:07 3–0 Sham (Tang, Chau) – 26:40 4–0 To – 29:22 5–0 To (Chu, Cheng) – 31:01 6–0 Lo (Chan, Leung) – 32:27 7–0 Wong K. (Chu, Tang) (PP) – 35:48 8–0 Tang (Cheng, Wong K.) – 47:36 9–0 Chu (Wong K.) (PP) – 53:52 10–0 10–1 58:17 – Mehraban Ngan (Lee) – 58:51 11–1
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	36	Shots	28

28 February 2023 20:00

Kyrgyzstan

10–1 (3–0, 4–0, 3–1)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 168

Game reference
	Alexander Petrov	Goalies	Dino Pašović Karim Ahmetovski	Referee: Phillip Ströbel Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Lukáš Kacej
	Terentyev (Chuvalov, Egorov) – 10:15 1–0 Mirbekov (Kachkynbekov, Ismanov) – 13:54 2–0 Seifulov (Kudashev) (PP) – 16:12 3–0 Tonkikh (Nosov) – 27:28 4–0 Seifulov (Abdyraev) – 35:27 5–0 Ismanov (Mirbekov) – 35:53 6–0 Titov (Seifulov, Abdyraev) – 37:20 7–0 7–1 43:17 – Omer (Mlivić, Alic) (PP) Seifulov (Isamatov, Abdyraev) (PP) – 44:51 8–1 Egorov (Abdyraev, Titov) – 51:37 9–1 Titov (Isamatov) (SH) – 58:50 10–1
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	76	Shots	13

2 March 2023 13:00

Hong Kong

7–6 OT (1–2, 1–2, 4–2) (OT: 1–0)

Singapore

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 101

Game reference
	Emerson Keung	Goalies	Joshua Shao Ern Lee	Referee: Phillip Ströbel Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Lukáš Kacej
	0–1 07:44 – E. Redden (SH) Cheng (Chu, Tang) (PP2) – 09:12 1–1 1–2 13:59 – B. Lee (E. Redden, Qian) 1–3 21:26 – O'Brien (Wong, Chan) Cheng (Tang, Lee) (PP) – 29:40 2–3 2–4 35:42 – Chan (E. Redden) Sham (Chu) – 46:04 3–4 To (Ngan, Yam) – 48:54 4–4 4–5 53:43 – Kodrowski (Qian, E. Redden) Chan (Ngan, Chau) – 57:06 5–5 5–6 57:37 – Chua (Wee, Chan) (PP) Cheng (Sham) (EA) – 59:03 6–6 Chu (Cheng, Lee) – 60:29 7–6
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	32

2 March 2023 16:30

Kyrgyzstan

22–0 (7–0, 10–0, 5–0)

Malaysia

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 87

Game reference
	Arslan Maraimbekov	Goalies	Muhammad Azlly Tengku Charles Tan	Referee: Vitalijus Sevruk Linesmen: David Perduv Jiří Svoboda
	Nosov (Terentyev, Chuvalov) – 02:21 1–0 Kudashev (Mirbekov, Seifulov) – 05:57 2–0 Seifulov (Ismanov, Kachkynbekov) – 06:57 3–0 Kachkynbekov (Seifulov, Fitisenko) – 08:43 4–0 Seifulov (Ismanov) – 10:25 5–0 Abdyraev (Terentyev, Egorov) – 12:12 6–0 Seifulov (Titov, Abdyraev) – 17:19 7–0 Seifulov (Abdyraev, Titov) – 20:57 8–0 Kachkynbekov (Fitisenko, Mirbekov) – 21:56 9–0 Fitisenko (Kachkynbekov, Ismanov) – 22:40 10–0 Kudashev (Bekmuratov, Kachkynbekov) – 23:02 11–0 Chuvalov (Tonkikh) – 25:14 12–0 Abdyraev (Titov) – 27:00 13–0 Shamyrkanov (Isamatov, Kudashev) – 28:41 14–0 Seifulov (Terentyev, Egorov) – 30:03 15–0 Titov (Seifulov, Egorov) – 34:50 16–0 Mirbekov (Tonkikh, Ismanov) – 39:47 17–0 Seifulov (Egorov, Terentyev) – 44:08 18–0 Bekmuratov (Kachkynbekov) – 45:31 19–0 Seifulov (Abdyraev, Kachkynbekov) – 48:10 20–0 Ismanov (Bekmuratov) – 50:58 21–0 Kudashev (Titov) – 52:21 22–0
	0 min	Penalties	0 min
	81	Shots	3

2 March 2023 20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

9–2 (1–1, 3–1, 5–0)

Iran

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 569

Game reference
	Dino Pašović	Goalies	Oveis Hassanzadeh Alireza Mahdavi	Referee: Park Jae-hyung Linesmen: Alejandro García Marko Saković
	Cordalija (Krehić, Ćatović) – 06:02 1–0 1–1 09:44 – Keyhangar (Bagheri) Cordalija (Omer, Mlivić) – 22:56 2–1 Omer (Mlivić) – 24:42 3–1 Gaković (Omer, Mlivić) (PP) – 28:36 4–1 4–2 39:10 – Houshidari (PS) Omer (Mlivić) – 40:56 5–2 Cordalija (SH) – 42:15 6–2 Mlivić – 44:44 7–2 T. Mrkva (Filipović) – 45:30 8–2 Omer (Mlivić) (PP) – 53:49 9–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	48	Shots	34

3 March 2023 13:00

Malaysia

1–16 (1–3, 0–6, 0–7)

Hong Kong

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 57

Game reference
	Muhammad Azlly Tengku Charles Tan	Goalies	Cheung Ching-ho	Referee: Vitalijus Sevruk Linesmen: David Perduv Marko Saković
	0–1 04:50 – Sham (Lo) 0–2 08:17 – Lee (Chu, Y. Wong) Mohammad (Mohd) – 09:41 1–2 1–3 11:25 – Tang 1–4 21:18 – Y. Wong (Lee) (PP) 1–5 21:32 – Sham (To) 1–6 27:36 – Lo (Lee, Cheng) 1–7 33:06 – Sham (Y. Wong, Leung) 1–8 36:53 – Chu (Cheng, Tang) 1–9 38:48 – Chu 1–10 42:08 – Cheng (Chu) 1–11 49:33 – L. Wong (Cheng) 1–12 51:05 – Chu (Cheng) 1–13 52:32 – Sham (Kan) 1–14 53:21 – Cheng 1–15 54:47 – L. Wong 1–16 59:03 – Chu
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	41

3 March 2023 16:30

Iran

0–18 (0–7, 0–4, 0–7)

Kyrgyzstan

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 49

Game reference
	Alireza Mahdavi Oveis Hassanzadeh	Goalies	Alexander Petrov Arslan Maraimbekov	Referee: Park Jae-hyung Linesmen: Alejandro García Lukáš Kacej
	0–1 00:40 – Isamatov (Seifulov, Abdyraev) 0–2 01:53 – Egorov (Nosov, Mikhail Chuvalov) 0–3 02:32 – Egorov (Nososv, Chuvalov) 0–4 03:48 – Seifulov (Fitisenko) 0–5 07:29 – Titov (Abdyraev) 0–6 09:44 – Egorov (Isamatov) 0–7 16:38 – Ismanov (Mirbekov, Isamatov) 0–8 20:38 – Egorov 0–9 21:44 – Titov 0–10 24:31 – Chuvalov (Egorov) 0–11 32:58 – Seifulov (Adbyraev) 0–12 41:41 – Seifulov (Ismatov) 0–13 45:44 – Egorov (Isamatov) 0–14 50:37 – Seifulov (Nosov, Terentyev) 0–15 52:58 – Isamatov (Seifulov, Abdyraev) 0–16 53:18 – Mirbekov (Abdyraev) 0–17 55:10 – Terentyev (Bekmuratov) (PP) 0–18 56:07 – Titov (Abdyraev)
	6 min	Penalties	0 min
	7	Shots	51

3 March 2023 20:00

Singapore

2–8 (0–2, 1–4, 1–2)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 850

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	Joshua Shao Ern Lee Liam Blakney	Goalies	Dino Pašović	Referee: Phillip Ströbel Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Huang Jen-hung
	0–1 06:16 – Miksic (Omer, Mlivić) 0–2 06:38 – Gaković (T. Mrkva) 0–3 26:03 – Mlivić (Omer, H. Mrkva) (SH) 0–4 29:32 – Gaković (Filipović) 0–5 32:09 – Omer (Mlivić, H. Mrkva) (PP) 0–6 38:11 – Omer (Miksic, H. Mrkva) E. Redden (N. Blakney, Huang) – 38:36 1–6 1–7 50:20 – Gaković (Miksic) (SH) 1–8 53:30 – London (Miksic, T. Mrkva) Chan (E. Redden) (SH) – 59:26 2–8
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	38

5 March 2023 13:00

Iran

2–11 (1–5, 0–4, 1–2)

Singapore

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 64

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	Oveis Hassanzadeh Alireza Mahdavi	Goalies	Joshua Shao Ern Lee Liam Blakney	Referee: Phillip Ströbel Linesmen: Tomislav Grozaj Marko Saković
	0–1 02:52 – Kodrowski (E. Redden, Qian) (PP) 0–2 04:41 – B. Lee (E. Redden) (SH) 0–3 05:12 – Chan (SH) Ghorbani (Bahri, Ghafoori) – 06:12 1–3 1–4 15:35 – Chan (Goh, Wong) 1–5 18:18 – Chan (Goh) 1–6 23:33 – Wong (Muthukumar, Chew) 1–7 24:29 – E. Redden (Qian) 1–8 34:50 – E. Redden (C. Redden) 1–9 36:26 – Kodrowski 1–10 45:03 – Qian (Chew, Chan) (PP) Bagheri (Ghorbani) – 48:21 2–10 2–11 55:04 – Chan (Qian, Chew) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	35

5 March 2023 16:30

Hong Kong

2–12 (1–4, 1–4, 0–4)

Kyrgyzstan

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 112

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	Emerson Keung Cheung Ching-ho	Goalies	Alexander Petrov Arslan Maraimbekov	Referee: Vitalijus Sevruk Linesmen: David Perduv Jiří Svoboda
	0–1 01:58 – Ismanov (Mirbekov) 0–2 05:43 – Isamatov (Mirbekov, Ismanov) 0–3 06:13 – Chuvalov 0–4 14:14 – Titov (Seifulov, Kudashev) Chu (Tang, Cheng) – 19:33 1–4 1–5 29:18 – Titov (Isamatov) 1–6 33:29 – Titov (Seifulov) 1–7 33:52 – Ismanov (Kim, Mirbekov) 1–8 35:48 – Abdyraev Titov, (Seifulov) Chu (Cheng) – 38:22 2–8 2–9 40:46 – Seifulov (Abdyraev) 2–10 49:16 – Kim (Ismanov, Mirbekov) 2–11 59:29 – Kashaev (Abdyraev) 2–12 59:48 – Seifulov (Titov) (SH)
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	9	Shots	59

5 March 2023 20:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina

15–1 (5–1, 4–0, 6–0)

Malaysia

Skenderija, Sarajevo Attendance: 1,457

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	Dino Pašović Karim Ahmetovski	Goalies	Muhammad Azlly Tengku	Referee: Park Jae-hyung Linesmen: Alejandro García Lukáš Kacej
	0–1 01:13 – M. Raja Amin Omer (Ljevak) – 04:11 1–1 Omer (Mlivić) – 06:10 2–1 T. Mrkva (Gaković, Cordalija) (PP) – 07:04 3–1 Cordalija – 10:10 4–1 H. Mrkva (Omer) – 17:05 5–1 Omer (Mlivić) (PP) – 21:46 6–1 Jahjafendic (Alic, Cordalija) – 25:47 7–1 Miskic (Cordalija, H. Mrkva) – 33:54 8–1 Dinalić (Filipović, Alic) – 39:07 9–1 Mlivić – 40:24 10–1 Mlivić (Omer) (PP) – 42:21 11–1 Omer (Dinalić) – 47:22 12–1 Ćatović (Jahjafendic) – 52:30 13–1 Miskic (Omer, Mlivić) – 53:30 14–1 Omer (Dinalić) – 57:53 15–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	19

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Mamed Seifulov	5	18	10	28	+31	0	F
Islambek Abdyraev	5	3	18	21	+27	0	F
Mirza Omer	5	11	9	20	+13	0	F
Justin Cheng	5	8	12	20	+15	2	F
Alexander Titov	5	10	8	18	+24	0	F
Adnan Mlivić	5	6	11	17	+9	0	F
Ryan Chu	5	10	6	16	+11	2	F
Ethan Redden	5	8	7	15	+5	10	F
Joshua Chan	5	9	5	14	−1	2	F
Ernazar Isamatov	5	4	10	14	+30	0	D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

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
Arslan Maraimbekov	124:24	0	0.00	13	100.00	1
Dino Pašović	278:58	19	4.09	171	88.89	0
Cheung Ching-ho	150:42	9	3.58	78	88.46	0
Emerson Keung	153:58	16	6.24	104	84.62	0
Joshua Shao Ern Lee	230:57	24	6.24	144	83.33	1

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Position	Player[7]
Goaltender	Dino Pašović
Defenceman	Ernazar Isamatov
Forward	Justin Cheng

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