Luxembourg 4th at World Championship
written by: manginho on 27.04.2011 at 17:57 h.

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The Luxembourgish National Team finished on 4th place at the World Championship Division III in South Africa. The Red Lions lost the game for bronze against Turkey by 5-6. Israel won the gold medal and beat the second-placed South Africa in the opening game 6-5. Greece, who lost to Luxembourg 0-20, took the fifth place, in front of Mongolia who ended up 6th. Luxembourg lost 2-5 against South Africa in front of 1014 spectators.
Best scorer for Luxembourg was Tornado Forward
Robert Beran with 12 points, before Rookie
Thierry Beran (11) and
Benny Welter (8).
QMJHL-Forward Eliezer Sherbatov from Israel was the scoring leader of the event with 14 goals and 12 assists.
Best defenseman from Luxembourg was
François Schons with 4 points.
Final Standings:
1. Israel
2. South Africa
3. Turkey
4. Luxembourg
5. Greece
6. Mongolia