20/09/2024

Host country :  South Africa
Venue(s) : The Ice Station, Cape Town
Dates :  17–23 April 2023
Teams :  5

Participants

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.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees Linesmen
  • Italy Andrea Benvegnu
  • New Zealand Ryan Cairns
  • Turkey Cemal Kaya
  • United Arab Emirates Yahya Al-Jneibi
  • Australia Fraser Ohlson
  • Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
  • Mexico Óscar Pérez
  • Netherlands Koep Leermakers
  • New Zealand Edward Howard
  • South Africa Jason van Rooyen
  • United Arab Emirates Helan Al-Ameri

Standings

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
3  South Africa (H) 4 2 0 0 2 16 17 −1 6
4  Thailand 4 2 0 0 2 20 21 −1 6
5  Luxembourg 4 0 0 0 4 3 28 −25 0
6  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division III B
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. Turkmenistan 3 points, 0 GD, 12 GS; South Africa 3 points, 0 GD, 11 GS; Thailand 3 points, 0 GD, 8 GS
  2. North Korea withdrew before the tournament.

Results

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
18 April 2023
20:00		 Luxembourg  2–10
(0–2, 1–5, 1–3)		  Thailand The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 51
Game reference
20 April 2023
20:00		 Thailand  3–6
(0–0, 0–3, 3–3)		  Turkmenistan The Ice Station, Cape Town
Attendance: 30
Game reference
21 April 2023
20:00		 South Africa  2–5
(1–2, 1–1, 0–2)		  Thailand The Ice Station, Cape Town
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Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

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

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
Chinese Taipei Hsiao Po-yu 168:36 3 1.07 73 95.89 0
Thailand Benjamin Kleineschay 223:08 17 4.57 141 87.94 0
Turkmenistan Rahman Myradov 233:06 15 3.86 116 87.07 0
South Africa Ryan Boyd 230:46 17 4.42 123 86.18 1
Luxembourg 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

Awards

Position Player
Goaltender Chinese Taipei Hsiao Po-yu
Defenceman Thailand Ken Kindborn
Forward Thailand Jan Isaksson

 

 

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