Host country : Kyrgyzstan
City : Bishkek
Dates : 10–16 March 2024
Teams :  6

Participants

Team Qualification
 Mexico Placed 6th in Division II B in 2023 and was relegated.
 Turkmenistan Placed 2nd in Division III A in 2023.
 South Africa Placed 3rd in Division III A in 2023.
 Thailand Placed 4th in Division III A in 2023.
 Luxembourg Placed 5th in Division III A in 2023.
 Kyrgyzstan Host, placed 1st in Division III B in 2023 and was promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees Linesmen
  • Kazakhstan Konstantin Chubenko
  • South Korea Chae Young-jin
  • Turkey Ferhat Aygün
  • United States David Gal
  • Chinese Taipei Yang Chang-lin
  • Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
  • Georgia (country) Tornike Kuchava
  • Iceland Sindri Gunnarsson
  • Kazakhstan Vladislav Zotov
  • South Korea Kang Kyu-seong
  • Turkey Berkay Aslanbey

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Thailand 5 5 0 0 0 38 9 +29 15 Promotion to the 2025 Division II B
2  Kyrgyzstan (H) 5 4 0 0 1 37 22 +15 12
3  Luxembourg 5 2 1 0 2 17 22 −5 8
4  Turkmenistan 5 2 0 0 3 23 31 −8 6
5  South Africa 5 1 0 0 4 13 26 −13 3
6  Mexico 5 0 0 1 4 15 33 −18 1 Relegation to the 2025 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

Results

All times are local (UTC+6).

10 March 2024
20:00
Kyrgyzstan  4–9
(2–1, 1–3, 1–5)
 Thailand Bishkek Arena, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,500
Game reference
11 March 2024
17:00
Mexico  0–5
(0–2, 0–1, 0–2)
 Thailand Bishkek Arena, Bishkek
Attendance: 300
Game reference
13 March 2024
17:00
South Africa  1–5
(0–2, 0–2, 1–1)
 Thailand Bishkek Arena, Bishkek
Attendance: 200
Game reference
14 March 2024
17:00
Thailand  13–3
(3–2, 6–0, 4–1)
 Turkmenistan Bishkek Arena, Bishkek
Attendance: 300
Game reference
16 March 2024
14:00
Thailand  6–1
(3–1, 2–0, 1–0)
 Luxembourg Bishkek Arena, Bishkek
Attendance: 200
Game reference

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Thailand Nicholas Lampson 5 9 10 19 +18 17 F
Kyrgyzstan Mamed Seifulov 5 11 7 18 +11 4 F
Thailand Jan Isaksson 5 10 8 18 +14 6 F
Thailand Ken Kindborn 5 3 13 16 +19 4 D
Thailand Masato Kitayama 5 7 5 12 +10 6 F
Turkmenistan Arslan Nuryyev 5 5 6 11 +4 8 F
Kyrgyzstan Maxim Egorov 5 3 8 11 +8 4 D
Luxembourg Colm Cannon 4 2 8 10 0 2 F
Kyrgyzstan Mikhail Chuvalov 5 5 4 9 +8 2 F
Kyrgyzstan Alexander Titov 5 6 10 9 +8 8 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
Thailand Benjamin Kleineschay 291:56 9 1.85 164 94.51 1
Luxembourg Philippe Lepage 294:23 22 4.48 187 88.24 0
South Africa Ryan Boyd 231:26 21 5.44 147 85.71 0
Kyrgyzstan Arslan Maraimbekov 126:38 7 3.32 44 84.09 0
Turkmenistan Keremli Charyyev 218:50 22 6.03 128 82.81 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 Thailand Benjamin Kleineschay
Defenceman Thailand Ken Kindborn
Forward Kyrgyzstan Mamed Seifulov