2016 IIHF World Championship Division III
# 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Istanbul, Turkey, from 31 March to 6 April 2016. The host team, Turkey, won all of its games and was promoted to Division II B for 2017.

The United Arab Emirates withdrew shortly before the tournament, leaving six teams to play. Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded their first victory in an IIHF tournament, defeating Hong Kong 5–4. Georgia's results were later recorded as 5–0 forfeits due to the use of ineligible players.

## Venue

* Istanbul
* Silivrikapı Ice Skating Hall Capacity: 900

## Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| - | - |
| South Africa | Placed 6th in Division II B and were relegated. |
| Turkey | Host, placed 2nd in Division III last year. |
| Luxembourg | Placed 3rd in Division III last year. |
| Hong Kong | Placed 4th in Division III last year. |
| Georgia | Placed 5th in Division III last year. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Placed 7th in Division III last year. |

## Match officials

4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Turkey (H, P) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | +28 | 15 | Promoted to Division II B |
| 2 | South Africa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 12 | |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 9 | |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 35 | −23 | 6 | |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 3 | |
| 6 | Georgia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | |

## Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

* Due to eligibility violations all of Georgia's games were declared 5–0 forfeits.

## Awards and statistics

### Awards

* Best players selected by the directorate:
   * Best Goaltender: Erol Kahraman
   * Best Defenceman: Andre Marais
   * Best Forward: Boris Kochkin

Source: IIHF.com

### Scoring leaders

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boris Kochkin | 5 | 10 | 9 | 19 | +18 | 8 | F |
| Emrah Özmen | 5 | 10 | 6 | 16 | +11 | 2 | F |
| Artem Kozyulin | 5 | 9 | 4 | 13 | +12 | 14 | D |
| Serdar Semiz | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +10 | 8 | F |
| Colm Cannon | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +7 | 4 | F |
| Uthman Samaai | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +7 | 0 | F |
| Roland Svanidze | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +3 | 0 | F |
| Andre Marais | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | +9 | 6 | D |
| Joel Holtzem | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +7 | 6 | F |
| Andy Koçoğlu | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | +5 | 6 | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gilles Mangen | 180:00 | 6 | 2.00 | 100 | 94.00 | 1 |
| Andrei Ilienko | 263:04 | 10 | 2.28 | 126 | 92.06 | 1 |
| Erol Kahraman | 260:00 | 9 | 2.08 | 108 | 91.67 | 0 |
| Ashley Bock | 180:00 | 9 | 3.00 | 80 | 88.75 | 1 |
| Philippe Lepage | 120:00 | 13 | 6.50 | 91 | 85.71 | 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

