Still hope for South Africa

15 Apr 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist

In the World Championship Div. III South Africa beat Luxembourg 5-2 and Turkey scored 16 on Greece.

14 Apr 2011, 16:00 | Regular season | Grandwest Ice Arena - Cape Town

Turkey

16:0

Greece

Periods:
Shots:

6:0
(18:3)

4:0
(12:4)

6:0
(16:3)

As expected Turkey had no problem to beat their neighbour Greece 16-0. Oktay Yavuzarslan scored 3 goals. Erdogan Coskun, Emrah Özmen, Savas Akturk, Gokturk Tasdemir and Yusuf Halil got 2 each. Levent Özbaydogan only had to make 10 saves for the shut-out.

Oktay Yavuzarslan of Team Turkey

14 Apr 2011, 19:45 | Regular season | Grandwest Ice Arena - Cape Town

South Africa

5:2

Luxembourg

Periods:
Shots:

1:1
(14:11)

1:0
(16:11)

3:1
(19:15)

Referees: Maksim Urda (UKR) | Spectators: 1014

The home team South Africa got a key win against Luxembourg and the hope for the Championship title still remains. But for that to come true Israel must lose to Greece or Turkey.

Joaquim Valadas scored 1-0 for South Africa after twon minutes but Robert Beran replied, also in the first period. George Lyon scored 2-1 on power-play with the only goal of the second period. Luxembourg tied the game once again when Benny Welter scored at 41:22. Andre Marais made it 3-2 for South Africa and 4-2 by Burton Matthews came just 38 seconds later. Cameron Birrell added the 5-2 goal with a little more than 2 minutes remaining.

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