The 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested from 10 to 16 April 2009 in Dunedin, New Zealand.^[1] Mongolia withdrew from the tournament and therefore forfeited all of their games. Division III represents the fourth level of the Ice Hockey World Championships.

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2009 IIHF World Championship
Division III

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	10–16 April 2009
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runner-up	Turkey
Third place	Luxembourg
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	91 (9.1 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Robert Beran (12 pts)
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All matches were contested at the Dunedin Ice Stadium, St. Kilda, Dunedin. This venue is the home ice of the Dunedin Thunder ice hockey team. The Dunedin Ice Stadium was used later the same month for the 2009 World Senior Curling Championships.

All times are local (UTC+12).

10 April 2009 13:00

Mongolia

0–5 (forfeit)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium

10 April 2009 16:30

Ireland

3–7 (0–2, 1–2, 2–3)

Greece

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 200

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	Adam Pepper	Goalies	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Referee: Fabio Lottaroli
	0–1 13:59 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos) (PP1) 0–2 19:18 - Kalyvas (Adamidis, Koufis) (PP1) 0–3 23:49 - Apostolidis (Kalyvas) (PP1) 25:14 - Morrison 1–3 1–4 27:24 - Kalyvas (Iatridis) 1–5 43:19 - Adamidis (Lambridis) 1–6 45:20 - Koufis (Kalyvas) (PP2) 50:52 - Reynolds (O'Driscoll, Jackson-Wyatt) 2–6 54:39 - Morrison (Leckey) (SH1) 3–6 3–7 55:01 - Kalyvas (Adamidis, Apostolidis) (PP1)
	28 min	Penalties	16 min
	54	Shots	37

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10 April 2009 20:00

Luxembourg

2–6 (1–1, 1–2, 0–3)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 780

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	Michel Welter	Goalies	Zak Nothling	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi
	0–1 7:27 - Soffer 12:55 - Welter (Beran) (SH1) 1–1 1–2 27:52 - Speirs (Lee, Down) (PP1) 33:44 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP1) 2–2 2–3 39:07 - Oak (Ball) (PP1) 2–4 45:27 - Smith 2–5 48:13 - Down (Soffer) (PP1) 2–6 49:07 - Speirs (Oak, Nicholls) (PP1)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	18	Shots	41

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11 April 2009 13:00

Greece

5–0 (forfeit)

Mongolia

Dunedin Ice Stadium

11 April 2009 16:30

Ireland

3–8 (2–2, 0–5, 1–1)

Luxembourg

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 180

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	Adam Pepper Scott Bickerstaff	Goalies	Michel Welter Philippe Lepage	Referee: Nigel Boniface
	0–1 8:04 - Beran (Welter) (PP2) 10:43 - Jackson-Wyatt (Roberts) 1–1 15:20 - Roberts (McCabe, Morrison) (PP1) 2–1 2–2 18:42 - Schram (Skamarakas) 2–3 21:19 - Dessouroux (Holtzem) 2–4 24:35 - Beran (Minden) 2–5 26:56 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP2) 2–6 35:59 - Beran (Welter) (PP1) 2–7 39:17 - Dessouroux 56:31 - Morrison (O'Driscoll) (PP1) 3–7 3–8 58:54 - Schons
	30 min	Penalties	42 min
	41	Shots	39

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11 April 2009 20:00

New Zealand

8–2 (2–1, 4–1, 2–0)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 560

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	Rick Parry	Goalies	Eray Atali Baris Ucele	Referee: Jamie Miller
	0:11 - Argyle (Hay) 1–0 1–1 0:49 - Toptaner (Solak) 10:32 - Eaden (Harrop, Hay) 2–1 2–2 22:12 - Ozmen (Tasdemir) 24:38 - Eaden (Nicholls) 3–2 29:11 - Hay (Harrop) 4–2 34:53 - Argyle (Idoine, Soffer) (PP1) 5–2 35:51 - Speirs (Lee, Smith) 6–2 41:03 - Hay (Oak) 7–2 43:21 - Argyle (Speirs) 8–2
	26 min	Penalties	38 min
	53	Shots	18

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13 April 2009 13:00

Ireland

5–0 (forfeit)

Mongolia

Dunedin Ice Stadium

13 April 2009 16:30

Luxembourg

4–7 (0–1, 1–4, 3–2)

Turkey

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 200

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	Michel Welter Philippe Lepage	Goalies	Eray Atali	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi
	0–1 2:36 - Solak 0–2 20:55 - Solak (Ozmen, Toptaner) 0–3 23:05 - Ozmen (Hamarat, Solak) (SH1) 0–4 32:03 - Yapicilar (SH1) 35:11 - Welter (Beran, Scheier) (PP1) 1–4 1–5 38:25 - Tasdemir (Solak) 1–6 42:00 - Ozmen (Toptaner, Solak) 52:32 - Mossong 2–6 55:28 - Beran (Scheier, Welter) 3–6 56:50 - Schons 4–6 4–7 58:41 - Hamarat
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	23	Shots	34

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13 April 2009 20:00

New Zealand

4–3 (OT) (0–2, 2–0, 1–1) (1–0)

Greece

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 610

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	Zak Nothling	Goalies	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Referee: Nigel Boniface
	0–1 11:02 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos) (PP) 0–2 12:21 - Papadopoulos (Apostolidis, Tilios) (PP) 25:12 - Oak (Lee, Speirs) (PP) 1–2 36:23 - Speirs (Lee) 2–2 2–3 47:00 - Papadopoulos (Kalyvas) 56:41 - Soffer (Oak, Ball) 3–3 61:07 - Eaden (Speirs) 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	47	Shots	15

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15 April 2009 13:00

Greece

2–7 (0–3, 0–2, 2–2)

Luxembourg

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 180

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	Ntalimpor Ploutsis Georgios Fiotakis	Goalies	Michel Welter Philippe Lepage	Referee: Fabio Lottaroli
	0–1 7:08 - Dessouroux (PP) 0–2 12:06 - Welter (Beran) (SH) 0–3 15:20 - Welter (Beran, Schons) (SH) 0–4 33:37 - Holtzem (Dessouroux) (PP) 0–5 37:02 - Funk (Scheier, Schram) 40:42 - Apostolidis (Kalyvas) 1–5 1–6 47:36 - Minden (Beran) (PP) 48:25 - Adamidis (Koufis, Lempesis) 2–6 2–7 55:14 - Scheier (Beran, Schons) (PP)
	54 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	41

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15 April 2009 16:30

Turkey

7–1 (3–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Ireland

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 170

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	Eray Atali	Goalies	Adam Pepper Scott Bickerstaff	Referee: Jamie Miller
	5:18 - Toptaner (Hamarat) (PP) 1–0 6:51 - Yapicilar (Hamarat, Ozmen) 2–0 16:32 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Ozturk) 3–0 27:11 - Ozmen 4–0 35:33 - Halil (Tasdemir) 5–0 5–1 43:46 - Morrison (Reynolds, Kelly) (PP) 45:53 - Gumus (SH) 6–1 51:37 - Tasdemir (Karakoc, Gumus) (PP) 7–1
	46 min	Penalties	36 min
	37	Shots	28

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15 April 2009 20:00

Mongolia

0–5 (forfeit)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium

16 April 2009 13:00

Turkey

7–1 (1–1, 0–0, 6–0)

Greece

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 250

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	Eray Atali	Goalies	Ntalimpor Ploutsis	Referee: Hideki Yamauchi
	15:39 - Gumus (Cetinkaya) (PP) 1–0 1–1 18:25 - Kalyvas (Papadopoulos, Apostolidis) (PP) 42:26 - Karakoc (Tasdemir) 2–1 43:07 - Karakoc (Yapicilar) 3–1 47:35 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Gumus) (PP) 4–1 50:23 - Karakoc (Yapicilar, Ozturk) 5–1 55:09 - Yapicilar (Karakoc, Tasdemir) 6–1 58:36 - Ozmen (Solak, Hamarat) 7–1
	37 min	Penalties	20 min
	45	Shots	24

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16 April 2009 16:30

Luxembourg

5–0 (forfeit)

Mongolia

Dunedin Ice Stadium

16 April 2009 20:00

New Zealand

9–0 (1–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Ireland

Dunedin Ice Stadium Attendance: 1210

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	Rick Parry	Goalies	Scott Bickerstaff	Referee: Nigel Boniface
	10:29 - Harrop (Hay, Ball) (PP) 1–0 23:34 - Rout 2–0 24:24 - Lee (Speirs, Nicholls) 3–0 24:59 - Ball (Eaden) 4–0 43:17 - R. Idoine (Eaden, L. Idoine) 5–0 47:10 - Lee (Speirs, Argyle) (PP) 6–0 49:49 - Speirs (Lee) 7–0 53:26 - Lee (SH) 8–0 54:07 - Eaden (SH) 9–0
	42 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	27

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