2008 IIHF World Championship Division III

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2008 IIHF World Championship Division III
Tournament details
Host nation	Luxembourg
Dates	March 31 - April 6
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

The 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament was held from March 31-April 4, 2008. Matches were played in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg at the Luxembourg Kockelscheur. The tournament was contested by five nations who already qualified by way of last year's tournament and one nation which was determined after the conclusion of the Division III Qualification tournament.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Standings 2.1 Scores 3 Results 4 External links 5 See also

[edit] Teams

Here is how each of the participating nations arrived at this point.

•  Greece: Placed first in this year's Division III Qualification, making first appearance since the 1999 World Championships
•  Luxembourg: Placed third in last year's Division III Championship
•  Mongolia: Placed fifth in last year's Division III Championship
•  North Korea: Withdrew from the Division II Championship last year, demoted to Division III
•  South Africa: Placed fourth in last year's Division III Championship
•  Turkey: Relegated from Group A of the 2007 Division II Championship

[edit] Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
1	North Korea	5	5	0	0	0	40	6	32	15
2	South Africa	5	4	0	0	1	29	16	13	12
3	Luxembourg	5	1	2	0	2	22	13	9	7
4	Turkey	5	2	0	1	2	27	24	3	7
5	Greece	5	1	0	1	3	17	28	-11	4
6	Mongolia	5	0	0	0	5	11	59	-48	0

[edit] Scores

Team	PRK	RSA	LUX	TUR	GRE	MGL
PRK		6-0	2-1	8-2	7-3	17-0
RSA	0-6		5-4	7-1	5-1	12-4
LUX	1-2	4-5		5-4 (OT)	3-2 (OT)	9-0
TUR	2-8	1-7	4-5 (OT)		9-1	11-3
GRE	3-7	1-5	2-3 (OT)	1-9		10-4
MGL	0-17	4-12	0-9	3-11	4-10

[edit] Results

March 31, 2008 13:00
	Greece	1 – 5	South Africa	Luxembourg Kockelscheur
	Dimitrios Kalyvas 40:19		Jared Joyce 02:04, Carel Esterhuizen 19:08, Marc Giot 54:57, Jack Valadas 56:26, David Watson 58:15

March 31, 2008 16:30
	North Korea	17 – 0	Mongolia	Luxembourg Kockelscheur
	Kim Chang Min 08:29, Ri Kum Song 09:49, 23:31, 56:17 Ri Se Gwang 11:44, 38:44, Kim Kyong Il 13:08, 14:28, Ri Chol Min 19:22, Mun Chol 20:59, 31:55, 36:35, Song Chung Song 42:41, 58:05 Ju Sung Hyok 48:18, 53:06, Jong Song Il 55:56

March 31, 2008 20:15
	Luxembourg	5 – 4 (OT)	Turkey	Luxembourg Kockelscheur
	Benny Welter 11:15, 45:56 Ronny Scheier 16:39, Georges Scheier 49:18, Thierry Holtzem 63:39		Emrah Ozmen 02:43, 28:26, 50:34 Erdogan Coskun 29:09

April 1, 2008 13:00
	Mongolia	4–10	Greece	Luxembourg Kockelscheur
	Neguun Ganbat 14:19, Altengeral Ichinnorov 21:48, 54:48, Batzaya Purevdorj 55:21		Dimitrios Kalyvas 08:08, 15:41, 20:46, 28:57, 30:30, 35:16, 37:31, 49:37, Ioannis Koufis 52:46, 59:44

April 1, 2008 16:30
	Turkey	1–7	South Africa	Luxembourg Kockelscheur

April 1, 2008 20:00
	North Korea	2–1	Luxembourg	Luxembourg Kockelscheur
	Mun Chol 45:01, Kim Kwang Hyok 57:20		Francois Schons 54:59

April 3, 2008 13:00
	Turkey	11–3	Mongolia	Luxembourg Kockelscheur

April 3, 2008 16:30
	North Korea	7–3	Greece	Luxembourg Kockelscheur

April 3, 2008 20:00
	Luxembourg	4–5	South Africa	Luxembourg Kockelscheur

April 5, 2008 13:00
	South Africa	0–6	North Korea	Luxembourg Kockelscheur

April 5, 2008 16:30
	Greece	1–9	Turkey	Luxembourg Kockelscheur

April 5, 2008 20:00
	Mongolia	0–9	Luxembourg	Luxembourg Kockelscheur

April 6, 2008 13:00
	South Africa	12–4	Mongolia	Luxembourg Kockelscheur

April 6, 2008 16:30
	Turkey	2–8	North Korea	Luxembourg Kockelscheur

April 6, 2008 20:00
	Luxembourg	3–2 (OT)	Greece	Luxembourg Kockelscheur

[edit] External links

• 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III

[edit] See also

• 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
• 2008 IIHF World Championship
• 2008 IIHF World Championship Division I
• 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II
• 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III
• 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification