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2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Dates7 – 13 March 2005
Teams6
Final positions
Champions  Australia
Runner-up  Belgium
Third place  Israel
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The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was an international under-18 ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III tournament made up the fourth level of competition at the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships and took place between 7 and 13 March 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The tournament was won by Australia who upon winning gained promotion, along with Belgium who finished in second place, to Division II of the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Overview

The 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III began on 7 March 2005 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[1] Bulgaria, Israel and New Zealand returned to compete in the Division III competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships.[2] Australia and Belgium entered the Division III competition after being relegated from the Division II tournaments of the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships and Turkey returned to Division III after winning the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification tournament that was held the previous month in Ankara, Turkey.[3][4][5]

Australia finished first after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division II of the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Belgium who finished in second placed also gained promotion to Division II and Israel finished in third place after losing only to Australia and Belgium.[1] Oren Zamir of Israel finished as the tournaments top scorer after recording 17 points including ten goals and seven assists.[6] Australia's Dahlen Phillips finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 94.37.[7]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Australia 5 5 0 0 46 6 +40 10 Promoted to Division II for 2006
2  Belgium 5 4 0 1 34 8 +26 8
3  Israel 5 3 0 2 36 15 +21 6
4  New Zealand 5 2 0 3 22 17 +5 4
5  Turkey 5 1 0 4 6 51 −45 2
6  Bulgaria 5 0 0 5 6 53 −47 0
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

7 March 2005
12:00
Israel 7–2
(4–0, 1–1, 2–1)
 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 90
Game reference
7 March 2005
15:30
Bulgaria 2–13
(1–4, 1–1, 0–8)
 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 200
Game reference
7 March 2005
19:00
Turkey 0–11
(0–2, 0–7, 0–2)
 BelgiumWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 112
Game reference
8 March 2005
12:00
Belgium 11–1
(4–0, 4–1, 3–0)
 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 86
Game reference
8 March 2005
15:30
Australia 7–2
(1–1, 3–1, 3–0)
 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 50
Game reference
8 March 2005
8 March 2005
New Zealand 11–0
(5–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 60
Game reference
10 March 2005
12:00
Belgium 5–2
(1–2, 2–0, 2–0)
 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 50
Game reference
10 March 2005
15:30
Australia 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 New ZealandWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 60
Game reference
10 March 2005
19:00
Turkey 6–2
(2–0, 1–0, 3–2)
 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 220
Game reference
12 March 2005
12:00
New Zealand 1–6
(0–1, 1–0, 0–5)
 BelgiumWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 60
Game reference
12 March 2005
15:30
Bulgaria 1–16
(1–4, 0–5, 0–7)
 IsraelWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 250
Game reference
12 March 2005
19:00
Australia 18–0
(5–0, 7–0, 6–0)
 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 60
Game reference
13 March 2005
12:00
Belgium 1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1)
 AustraliaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 60
Game reference
13 March 2005
15:30
New Zealand 7–0
(1–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 BulgariaWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 115
Game reference
13 March 2005
19:00
Israel 9–0
(3–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 TurkeyWinter Sports Palace
Attendance: 55
Game reference

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[6]

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Israel Oren Zamir 5 10 7 17 +9 16 F
Israel Michael Horwitz 5 8 6 14 +11 6 F
Australia David Manning 5 7 5 12 +11 14 F
Australia Ryan Walker 5 6 4 10 +10 6 F
Israel Yogev Shamir 5 3 7 10 +6 2 D
Belgium Seppe Sysmans 5 6 3 9 +9 4 F
Belgium Didier Vaeyens 5 6 3 9 +8 14 F
Australia Tomas Manco 5 5 4 9 +14 4 D
Israel Eli Sherbatov 5 4 5 9 +1 4 F
Belgium Ben Vercammen 5 3 6 9 +10 8 F

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.[7]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Australia Dahlen Phillips 180:00 71 4 1.33 94.37 0
Belgium Bram de Backer 240:00 85 7 1.75 91.76 1
Israel Ilan Kilimnik 260:00 99 15 3.46 84.85 1
New Zealand Zak Nothling 145:04 81 13 5.38 83.95 0
Australia Peter Haywood 120:00 12 2 1.00 83.33 1

References

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  2. ^ "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  3. ^ "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  4. ^ "2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2006-10-21. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  5. ^ "2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div IIIQ". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  6. ^ a b "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  7. ^ a b "Goalkeepers". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2012-04-21.