2015 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2015 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in İzmir, Turkey, from 3 to 12 April 2015. Seven nations participated, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, who joined the world championships for the first time since 2008. After three consecutive years of finishing in the second place, North Korea won the tournament and was promoted to Division II Group B for 2016.

Divisional tournaments are designed, by the rules, to include six teams, however the Bosnian federation asked to be included and the Turkish organizers agreed. Georgia recorded their first victory, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–1.

Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇫🇷 Geoffrey Barcelo
 * 🇨🇳 Feng Lei
 * 🇭🇺 Gergely Kincses
 * 🇰🇿 Sergei Sobolev


 * Linesmen
 * 🇹🇷 Murat Aygün
 * 🇺🇦 Anton Gladchenko
 * 🇹🇷 Cemal Ersin Kaya
 * 🇸🇮 Grega Markizeti
 * 🇮🇱 Gil Haim Tichon
 * 🇷🇴 Mihai Ariel Trandafir
 * 🇰🇿 Vladimir Yefremov

Results
All times are local (UTC+3).

Awards
Source: IIHF.com
 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goaltender: Andrei Ilienko
 * Best Defenceman: 🇰🇵 Ri Pong-il
 * Best Forward: 🇹🇷 Alec Koçoğlu

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

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)