2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

2008 hockey tournament IIHF World U18 Championship Division III 2008 Mexico Turkey 2–8 March 20083–9 March 2008 10 2 2 2007 2009 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships The 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III tournaments made up the fourth level of competition at the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 2 and 8 March 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico and the Group B tournament took place between 3 and 9 March 2008 in İzmit, Turkey. Mexico and Serbia won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. Group A tournament The Group A tournament began on 2 March 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico at the San Jeronimo Arena.2008 Division III Group A statistics New Zealand and South Africa both returned to compete in the Division III competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships.http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iii/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=99 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 Mexico entered the Division II competition after being relegated from the 2007 Division II Group A tournament.http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iia/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=101 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 Chinese Taipei and Mongolia returned to international competition, having last played in the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/Ao18I/0102/pg000001.htm 2002 IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship Div I International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 Mexico finished first after winning all four of their games and gamed promotion back to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. Chinese Taipei finished second after losing only to Mexico and New Zealand finished in third place. Christopher Eaden of New Zealand led the tournament in scoring with 18 points and was named the top forward by the IIHF directorate.https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153Z08_85B_1_0.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210513155131/https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153Z08_85B_1_0.pdf live May 13, 2021 Scoring Leaders International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153000_85I_1_0.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210514073703/https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153000_85I_1_0.pdf live May 14, 2021 Best Players Selected by the Directorate International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 Mexico's Manuel Escandon was named the top defenceman and Lin Tsung-Han of Chinese Taipei was selected as the top goaltender. Mexico's Agustin Grimaldi was the leading goaltender with a save percentage of 0.938.https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153Z08_85A_1_0.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210509170052/https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153Z08_85A_1_0.pdf live May 9, 2021 Goalkeepers International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 During the first day of the tournament the game between Mexico and South Africa was suspended and the tournament postponed due to a faulty ventilation system which was causing the people within the arena to fall ill. At the time the game was suspended Mexico was winning 11–0, however the IIHF declared the game forfeit in favour of Mexico. The tournament was resumed three days later with equipment being provided to monitor blood oxygen levels and the heart rate of players.http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/4/recap/752.html?tx_ttnews Games in Mexico City postponed International Ice Hockey Federation 2008-03-03 2013-01-04 https://archive.today/20130216061530/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/4/recap/752.html?tx_ttnews 2013-02-16 dead http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/3/recap/754.html?tx_ttnews Games resume in Mexico International Ice Hockey Federation 2008-03-05 2013-01-04 https://archive.today/20130216063718/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/3/recap/754.html?tx_ttnews 2013-02-16 dead Standings main WL OT P MEX MEX TPE TPE NZL NZL RSA RSA MGL MGL 4 0 0 0 32 2 3 0 0 1 31 23 2 0 0 2 45 18 1 0 0 3 18 26 0 0 0 4 7 64 green1 Promoted to the 2009 Division II P complete IIHF Fixtures All times local. 2 March 2008 16:00 NZL MGL 29–0 (7–0, 10–0, 12–0) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153901_74_4_0.pdf San Jeronimo Arena 550 2 March 2008 16:00 RSA MEX 0 – 5 (forfeit)Performer [I] https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153902_74_2_0.pdf San Jeronimo Arena 800 #eeffff 5 March 2008 16:00 NZL RSA 10–3 (5–0, 2–2, 3–1) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153903_74_3_0.pdf San Jeronimo Arena 100 5 March 2008 19:00 MEX TPE 10–1 (3–0, 2–0, 5–1) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153904_74_3_0.pdf San Jeronimo Arena 360 #eeffff 6 March 2008 16:00 RSA TPE 3–9 (0–3, 2–5, 1–1) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153905_74_2_0.pdf San Jeronimo Arena 80 6 March 2008 19:00 MEX MGL 10–1 (5–0, 0–1, 5–0) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153906_74_2_0.pdf San Jeronimo Arena 326 #eeffff 7 March 2008 16:00 MGL RSA 2–12 (1–5, 0–4, 1–3) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153907_74_1_0.pdf San Jeronimo Arena 145 7 March 2008 19:00 TPE NZL 8–6 (2–4, 3–1, 3–1) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153908_74_1_0.pdf San Jeronimo Arena 157 #eeffff 8 March 2008 16:00 TPE MGL 13–4 (5–0, 5–0, 3–4) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153909_74_1_0.pdf San Jeronimo Arena 375 8 March 2008 19:00 MEX NZL 7–0 (2–0, 4–0, 1–0) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153910_74_1_0.pdf San Jeronimo Arena 1386 #eeffff Scoring leaders List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/- Plus/Minus PIM Penalties in minutes POS PositionNZL Christopher Eaden 4 9 9 18 +8 12 FNZL Daniel Nicholls Daniel Nicholls (ice hockey) 4 6 8 14 +11 6 DTPE Lin Hung-Ju 4 7 5 12 +7 4 FTPE Shen Yenchin 4 5 6 11 +6 6 FMEX Ehlers Pablo Ehlers 3 4 7 11 +10 4 FRSA Deen Magmoed 3 8 2 10 +9 6 FRSA Cameron Birrell 3 7 3 10 +10 24 FMEX Smithers Alan Smithers 3 6 4 10 +10 12 FNZL Jordan Challis 4 5 5 10 +4 6 FMEX Carlos Gomez Carlos Gomez (ice hockey) 3 4 5 9 +9 4 F Leading goaltenders 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 MIP Minutes and seconds played SOG Shots on goal GA Goals against GAA Goals against average per 60 minutes SVS% Save percentage SO ShutoutsMEX Grimaldi Agustin Grimaldi 117:53 32 2 1.02 93.75 0RSA Zayne Campbell Hall 83:08 70 8 5.77 88.75 0NZL Dowman Andre Dowman 116:35 51 7 3.60 86.27 0TPE Lin Tsung-Han 122:23 79 11 5.39 86.08 0NZL Hopkinson Michael Hopkinson 122:43 60 11 5.38 81.67 0 Group B tournament The Group B tournament began on 3 March 2008 in İzmit, Turkey at the K.B.B. Ice Arena.2008 Division III Group B statistics Iceland and Turkey returned to compete in the Division III tournament after missing promotion to Division II at the previous years World Championships. Serbia entered the Division II competition after being relegated from the 2007 Division II Group B tournament.http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=100 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 Bulgaria returned to Division III after playing in the qualification tournament last year and Armenia returned to international competition, having last played in the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Qualification tournament.http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/w18iiiq/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=98 2007 IIHF World U18 Championship Div IIIQ International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/w18iiiq/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000044 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Div IIIQ International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 Serbia finished first after winning all four of their games and gained promotion back to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships. Iceland finished second, losing only to Serbia and Turkey finished in third place. Arsenije Rankovic of Serbia led the tournament in goaltending with a save percentage of 1.000 and was named the top goaltender by the IIHF directorate.https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154Z07_85A_1_0.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210512152453/https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154Z07_85A_1_0.pdf live May 12, 2021 Goalkeepers International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154000_85I_1_0.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210512234329/https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154000_85I_1_0.pdf live May 12, 2021 Best Players Selected by the Directorate International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 Serbia's Stefan Ilic was named the top defenceman and Egill Thormodsson of Iceland was selected as the top forward. Thormodsson also led the tournament in scoring, finishing with 18 points including 16 goals and two assists.https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154Z07_85B_1_0.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210514011113/https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154Z07_85B_1_0.pdf live May 14, 2021 Scoring Leaders International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 Standings main WL OT P SRB SRB ISL ISL TUR TUR BUL BUL ARM ARM 4 0 0 0 45 0 3 0 0 1 48 7 2 0 0 2 34 26 1 0 0 3 27 35 0 0 0 4 1 87 green1 Promoted to the 2009 Division II P complete IIHF Fixtures All times local. 3 March 2008 15:30 BUL ARM 24–1 (7–0, 6–0, 11–1) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154901_74_3_0.pdf K.B.B. Ice Arena 50 3 March 2008 19:00 SRB TUR 12–0 (5–0, 3–0, 4–0) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154902_74_2_0.pdf K.B.B. Ice Arena 400 #eeffff 4 March 2008 15:30 BUL SRB 0–13 (0–4, 0–3, 0–6) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154903_74_3_0.pdf K.B.B. Ice Arena 75 4 March 2008 19:00 TUR ISL 2–12 (1–6, 1–2, 0–4) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154904_74_3_0.pdf K.B.B. Ice Arena 250 #eeffff 6 March 2008 15:30 SRB ISL 4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154905_74_3_0.pdf K.B.B. Ice Arena 100 6 March 2008 19:00 TUR ARM 24–0 (9–0, 8–0, 7–0) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154906_74_3_0.pdf K.B.B. Ice Arena 250 #eeffff 7 March 2008 15:30 ARM SRB 0–16 (0–8, 0–4, 0–4) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154907_74_3_0.pdf K.B.B. Ice Arena 45 7 March 2008 19:00 ISL BUL 13–1 (2–0, 6–0, 5–1) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154908_74_3_0.pdf K.B.B. Ice Arena 50 #eeffff 9 March 2008 15:30 ISL ARM 23–0 (8–0, 7–0, 8–0) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154909_74_3_0.pdf K.B.B. Ice Arena 45 9 March 2008 19:00 TUR BUL 8–2 (2–1, 1–0, 5–1) https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/154/IHM154910_74_3_0.pdf K.B.B. Ice Arena 450 #eeffff Scoring leaders List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/- Plus/Minus PIM Penalties in minutes POS PositionISL Egill Thormodsson 4 16 2 18 +19 0 FTUR Batin Kosemen 4 5 7 12 +3 14 FSRB Meseldzic Vladimir Meseldzic 4 4 6 10 +13 2 FBUL Yanev Aleksandar Yanev 4 6 3 9 −2 10 FBUL Saint James Tomas Saint James 4 5 4 9 −3 2 FTUR Volkan Toptaner 4 5 4 9 +3 6 FISL Petur Maack 4 3 6 9 +15 8 FISL Andri Mikaelsson 4 2 7 9 +11 8 FBUL Spirov Viktor Spirov 4 5 3 8 −3 4 FSRB Dimitrije Filipovic 4 4 4 8 +10 8 FSRB Nemanja Vucurevic 4 4 4 8 +12 2 F Leading goaltenders 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 MIP Minutes and seconds played SOG Shots on goal GA Goals against GAA Goals against average per 60 minutes SVS% Save percentage SO ShutoutsSRB Arsenije Rankovic 180:00 44 0 0.00 100.00 3ISL Aevar Bjornsson 154:59 53 6 2.32 88.68 0BUL Teodor Asenov 125:56 114 20 9.53 82.46 0TUR Onart Selami Onart 200:00 115 26 7.80 77.39 0BUL Maymarov Veselin Maymarov 114:04 61 15 7.89 75.41 0 Notes Performer I The Game was suspended midway through the second period due to the Arena's faulty ventilation system which was causing people to become ill. At the time the game was suspended Mexico was winning 11–0.https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153902_74_2_0.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210513145434/https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/153/IHM153902_74_2_0.pdf live May 13, 2021 Game Summary: RSA – MEX International Ice Hockey Federation 2013-01-04 References Category:2008 IIHF World U18 Championships Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Mexico Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Turkey Category:Youth ice hockey in Turkey Category:IIHF World U18 Championship Division III IIHF World U18 Championship Division III World Category:Ice hockey competitions in Mexico City Category:Sport in İzmit