2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

2020 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
City	Sofia
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–10 December 2019
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	91 (6.07 per game)
Attendance	3,304 (220 per game)
Scoring leader	Klara Miuller (10 points)
Official website
	www.iihf.com

The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 10 December 2019.^[1]^[2]

South Africa won the tournament and were promoted to Division II B.^[3]

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Romania	Placed 6th in Division II B previous year and were relegated.
Belgium	Placed 2nd in Division II B Qualification previous year.
South Africa	Placed 3rd in Division II B Qualification previous year.
Hong Kong	Placed 4th in Division II B Qualification previous year.
Bulgaria	Hosts; placed 5th in Division II B Qualification previous year.
Lithuania	First time participating in World Championship.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.^[4]

Referees

Linesmen

Gabrielle Aston
Shauna Neary
Rita Rygh
Laura White

Anastasia Tanasevich
Aino Härkönen
Lorna Beresford
Nina Refset

Yulia Lavelina
Ines Confidenti
Michelle Müller

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	South Africa	5	4	0	0	1	16	18	−2	12	Promoted to the 2022 Division II B
2	Belgium	5	3	0	0	2	22	13	+9	9^[a]
3	Romania	5	2	1	1	1	22	15	+7	9^[a]
4	Bulgaria (H)	5	2	1	0	2	14	10	+4	8
5	Lithuania	5	2	0	0	3	13	14	−1	6
6	Hong Kong	5	0	0	1	4	4	21	−17	1

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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Romania 2–4 Belgium

Match results

All times are local (Eastern European Time – UTC+2).

4 December 2019
13:00

South Africa

4–11
(1–4, 0–5, 3–2)

Romania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 233

Game reference

Shaylene Swanepoel
Rachel van der Merwe

Goalies

Andrea Kurkó
Nadina Niciu

Referee:
Laura White
Linesmen:
Aino Härkönen
Michelle Müller

	0–1	03:15 – Elekes (Dávid, Barta)
	0–2	05:31 – Voicu
Schuurman – 06:38	1–2
	1–3	14:55 – Oprea (Popescu, Barta)
	1–4	18:44 – Dávid (Popescu, Bálint) (PP)
	1–5	24:08 – Bálint (Popescu, Oprea)
	1–6	24:27 – Laczkó-Szabó (Csiszér, Voicu) (EA)
	1–7	26:20 – Elekes (Sârbu, Szopos)
	1–8	30:12 – Dávid (SH)
	1–9	38:33 – Csiszér (Voicu, Laczkó-Szabó)
	1–10	42:19 – Voicu (Laczkó-Szabó, Szopos)
Rhode (Schuurman) – 45:50	2–10
Jamieson (Van Doesburgh) – 47:41	3–10
Rhode (Schuurman, Van Doesburgh) (SH) – 54:27	4–10
	4–11	58:20 – Csiszér (Voicu, Laczkó-Szabó)

4 min

Penalties

6 min

19

Shots

27

4 December 2019
16:30

Lithuania

4–1
(2–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 280

Game reference

Emilie Simonsen

Goalies

Stephanie Fok

Referee:
Rita Rygh
Linesmen:
Lorna Beresford
Nina Refset

	0–1	04:06 – Ip (A. Li, So)
Miuller (Kukanova) – 08:18	1–1
Miuller (SH) – 09:58	2–1
Šeršniova – 52:13	3–1
Miuller (PP) – 58:02	4–1

10 min

Penalties

8 min

15

Shots

32

4 December 2019
20:00

Belgium

4–2
(2–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 410

Game reference

Lieselot De Wageneer

Goalies

Paulina Georgieva

Referee:
Shauna Neary
Linesmen:
Yulia Lavelina
Anastasia Tanasevich

De Guchtenaere (Vetters) – 00:45	1–0
L. Bosmans (Boon, Clincke) – 01:43	2–0
	2–1	21:54 – Dilova (Stoyanova, Lisichkova) (PP)
	2–2	26:46 – Metanova (Zareva, Monova)
De Guchtenaere (F. Bosmans, Jenaer) (PP) – 32:59	3–2
De Guchtenaere (Horemans) – 43:52	4–2

8 min

Penalties

10 min

35

Shots

13

5 December 2019
13:00

Romania

2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 35

Game reference

Nadina Niciu

Goalies

Sumi Chau

Referee:
Gabrielle Aston
Linesmen:
Ines Confidenti
Nina Refset

	0–1	35:22 – Ip (A. Li, Leung) (PP2)
Popescu – 39:49	1–1
Voicu (Adorján) (PP2) – 63:39	2–1

24 min

Penalties

24 min

27

Shots

14

5 December 2019
16:30

Belgium

3–4
(2–1, 1–1, 0–2)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 231

Game reference

Charlotte Swinnen

Goalies

Shaylene Swanepoel

Referee:
Laura White
Linesmen:
Lorna Beresford
Anastasia Tanasevich

	0–1	00:31 – Schuurman (Rhode, Verwey)
Maka (Fransen, Willemot) – 06:56	1–1
De Guchtenaere (Jenaer) – 11:59	2–1
	2–2	20:40 – Rhode (Van Doesburgh, Verwey)
F. Bosmans (De Guchtenaere, Leyen) – 33:14	3–2
	3–3	53:25 – Brits (Loubser, Verwey)
	3–4	56:27 – Schuurman (Rhode)

8 min

Penalties

2 min

29

Shots

18

5 December 2019
20:00

Bulgaria

2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 310

Game reference

Paulina Georgieva

Goalies

Emilie Simonsen

Referee:
Shauna Neary
Linesmen:
Yulia Lavelina
Michelle Müller

	0–1	28:21 – Šeršniova (Karpavičiūtė, Burneikaitė)
Lisichkova (Popova) (PP) – 31:53	1–1
Lisichkova – 56:43	2–1

4 min

Penalties

8 min

45

Shots

16

7 December 2019
13:00

Belgium

3–4
(2–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Charlotte Swinnen

Goalies

Emilie Simonsen

Referee:
Gabrielle Aston
Linesmen:
Lorna Beresford
Yulia Lavelina

L. Bosmans (F. Bosmans, Willemot) – 01:00	1–0
Jenaer (Leirs) – 02:21	2–0
	2–1	03:37 – Miuller (Jakavičienė)
	2–2	25:33 – Miuller (Maleckienė)
	2–3	42:19 – Miuller
	2–4	44:18 – Miuller (Kukanova, Maleckienė)
De Guchtenaere – 58:59	3–4

2 min

Penalties

2 min

38

Shots

8

7 December 2019
16:30

South Africa

2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Hong Kong

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 220

Game reference

Shaylene Swanepoel

Goalies

Sumi Chau

Referee:
Rita Rygh
Linesmen:
Ines Confidenti
Aino Härkönen

Van Doesburgh (Brits) – 27:02	1–0
	1–1	47:24 – A. Li (PP)
Schuurman (Van Doesburgh) – 59:29	2–1

16 min

Penalties

10 min

19

Shots

11

7 December 2019
20:00

Romania

3–4 OT
(0–1, 3–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 310

Game reference

Andrea Kurkó

Goalies

Paulina Georgieva

Referee:
Laura White
Linesmen:
Michelle Müller
Nina Refset

	0–1	11:52 – Lisichkova (Stoyanova, Todorova)
Oprea (Máthé) (SH) – 28:13	1–1
Oprea (Csiszér, Popescu) – 31:13	2–1
Csiszér (Barta) – 32:28	3–1
	3–2	33:29 – Metanova (Lisichkova)
	3–3	58:30 – Kotseva (Metanova, Todorova)
	3–4	64:27 – Metanova (Dilova, Lisichkova) (PP)

26 min

Penalties

35 min

23

Shots

27

8 December 2019
13:00

Hong Kong

1–8
(0–2, 1–6, 0–0)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 35

Game reference

Stephanie Fok
Sumi Chau

Goalies

Charlotte Swinnen
Lieselot De Wageneer

Referee:
Shauna Neary
Linesmen:
Aino Härkönen
Anastasia Tanasevich

	0–1	01:05 – Maka (F. Bosmans)
	0–2	19:15 – F. Bosmans (Van Calster) (PP)
	0–3	21:59 – Maka (Van Calster)
Ip (Wong, Leung) – 25:10	1–3
	1–4	26:01 – De Guchtenaere (Willemot, Clincke)
	1–5	27:14 – L. Bosmans (Van Calster)
	1–6	29:19 – Van Calster (Maka, L. Bosmans) (PP2)
	1–7	30:12 – F. Bosmans (Van Calster, Leyen) (PP)
	1–8	30:38 – Van Calster (Leyen, L. Bosmans) (PP)

14 min

Penalties

12 min

4

Shots

37

8 December 2019
16:30

Lithuania

2–4
(0–1, 1–0, 1–3)

Romania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Emilie Simonsen

Goalies

Andrea Kurkó

Referee:
Gabrielle Aston
Linesmen:
Ines Confidenti
Yulia Lavelina

	0–1	09:17 – Antal
Miuller (Maleckienė) – 39:15	1–1
	1–2	50:39 – Csiszér (Bálint)
Šeršniova (Miuller) (SH) – 56:55	2–2
	2–3	58:39 – Oprea (Máthé, Popescu) (PP)
	2–4	59:55 – Oprea (Csiszér)

14 min

Penalties

10 min

10

Shots

34

8 December 2019
20:00

Bulgaria

1–2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–2)

South Africa

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 360

Game reference

Paulina Georgieva

Goalies

Shaylene Swanepoel

Referee:
Rita Rygh
Linesmen:
Lorna Beresford
Michelle Müller

Metanova (Popova, Stoyanova) – 14:22	1–0
	1–1	51:42 – Herringer (I. Marais)
	1–2	55:22 – Keuler (Schuurman, Rhode)

24 min

Penalties

6 min

22

Shots

20

10 December 2019
13:00

South Africa

4–2
(1–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Lithuania

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Shaylene Swanepoel

Goalies

Emilie Simonsen

Referee:
Laura White
Linesmen:
Ines Confidenti
Anastasiya Tanasevich

Rhode – 04:48	1–0
	1–1	12:09 – Miuller
Keuler (Schuurman) – 23:55	2–1
I. Marais (Schuurman, Van Doesburgh) – 30:43	3–1
	3–2	39:32 – Burneikaitė (Šeršniova) (PP)
Rhode (Schuurman, Van Doesburgh) – 41:54	4–2

2 min

Penalties

10 min

43

Shots

9

10 December 2019
16:30

Hong Kong

0–5
(0–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Bulgaria

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 250

Game reference

Sumi Chau

Goalies

Paulina Georgieva

Referee:
Rita Rygh
Linesmen:
Lorna Beresford
Nina Refset

	0–1	09:58 – Zareva (Dimitrova, Popova)
	0–2	20:30 – Popova (Stoyanova, Zareva)
	0–3	21:59 – Metanova
	0–4	35:56 – Metanova
	0–5	45:19 – Metanova (Lisichkova, Stoyanova) (PP)

6 min

Penalties

16 min

8

Shots

23

10 December 2019
20:00

Romania

2–4
(1–1, 0–3, 1–0)

Belgium

Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 180

Game reference

Andrea Kurkó
Nadina Niciu

Goalies

Charlotte Swinnen

Referee:
Shauna Neary
Linesmen:
Aino Härkönen
Yulia Lavelina

Voicu (Csiszér) – 13:37	1–0
	1–1	17:48 – F. Bosmans (Van Calster)
	1–2	24:28 – De Guchtenaere (Clincke)
	1–3	31:09 – De Guchtenaere (Leyen) (PP)
	1–4	37:12 – Maka (Leirs, F. Bosmans)
Voicu (Csiszér) – 59:11	2–4

6 min

Penalties

10 min

24

Shots

15

Awards and statistics

Awards

Award^[5]	Player
Best Goalkeeper	Emilie Simonsen
Best Defenceman	Donne van Doesburgh
Best Forward	Klara Miuller

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Klara Miuller	5	9	1	10	+4	10	F
Chloe Schuurman	5	4	8	10	+7	4	F
Lotte De Guchtenaere	5	8	1	9	0	2	F
Timea Csiszér	5	4	5	9	+8	4	F
Veronika Metanova	5	7	1	8	+2	4	F
Dalene Rhode	5	5	3	8	+5	8	F
Ana Voicu	5	5	3	8	+6	20	F
Femke Bosmans	5	4	4	8	+4	2	F
Tina Lisichkova	5	3	4	7	0	12	D
Chinouk Van Calster	5	2	5	7	+6	0	D

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
Emilie Simonsen	300:00	14	2.80	192	92.71	0
Paulina Georgieva	303:22	10	1.98	102	90.20	1
Sumi Chau	213:27	10	2.81	82	87.80	0
Shaylene Swanepoel	266:20	14	3.15	87	83.91	0
Andrea Kurkó	198:19	11	3.33	58	81.03	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

References

^ Division III official website
^ Division III statistics
^ "First triumph for South African women". IIHF. 11 December 2019.
^ "IIHF Ice hockey Women's World Championship Div III – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ Awards

External links

Official website of IIHF

[table_hth_BEL0.52695975430634-5] Romania 2–4 Belgium

[1] Division III official website

[2] Division III statistics

[3] "First triumph for South African women". IIHF. 11 December 2019.

[4] "IIHF Ice hockey Women's World Championship Div III – Competition officials" (PDF). IIHF. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[6] Awards

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