2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

IIHF World U18 Championship Division III 2003 Mexico Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 – 9 February 20035 – 8 March 2003 8 other 2002 2004 The 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division III tournaments made up the fourth level of competition at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 5 and 8 March 2003 in Mexico City, Mexico and the Group B tournament took place between 6 and 9 February 2003 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Group A competition was won by Australia while Iceland won the Group B tournament. Upon winning their respective tournaments both teams gained promotion to Division II of the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships. Group A tournament The Group A tournament began on 5 March 2003 in Mexico City, Mexico.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/tournaments/W18IIIA.htm 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III, Group A International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-29 All four teams participating made their debuts at the IIHF World U18 Championships.International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005 Müller Stephan 2005 Books on Demand Germany 3-8334-4189-5 308–326 Australia won the tournament after winning all three of their games and gained promotion to Division II of the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000003.htm Final Ranking International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-29 Mexico finished second after losing only to Australia and China finished third after losing to Australia and Mexico. New Zealand who finished last also suffered the largest defeat of the tournament, losing to Australia 1–14.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm Games & Standings International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-29 Lliam Webster of Australia finished as the top scorer of the tournament with nine points including five goals and four assists.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/scripts/playerstat/pg000004.htm Scoring Leaders International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-29 Australia's Patrick Baxter finished the tournament as the leading goaltender based on save percentage.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/scripts/playerstat/pg000019.htm Leading Goaltenders (SVS%) International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-29 Standings main WDL P 2 AUS AUS MEX MEX CHN CHN NZL NZL 3 0 0 28 6 2 0 1 12 12 1 0 2 11 12 0 0 3 2 23 green1 Promoted to Division II for 2004 P complete IIHF Fixtures All times local. 5 March 2003 17:00 AUS CHN 6–3 (3–2, 2–1, 1–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm Mexico City 300 5 March 2003 20:00 #eeffff MEX NZL 5–0 (3–0, 2–0, 0–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm Mexico City 850 6 March 2003 17:00 CHN NZL 4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm Mexico City 300 6 March 2003 20:00 #eeffff MEX AUS 2–8 (1–4, 1–2, 0–2) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm Mexico City 800 8 March 2003 17:00 NZL AUS 1–14 (0–3, 1–7, 0–4) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm Mexico City 450 8 March 2003 20:00 #eeffff CHN MEX 4–5 (0–2, 3–1, 1–2) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm Mexico City 1600 Scoring leaders 200px|thumb|Lliam Webster of Australia finished first among the scoring leaders, recording five goals and four assists. List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/− Plus/Minus PIM Penalties in minutes POS PositionAUS Lliam Webster 3 5 4 9 +7 4 FCHN Dong Liang 3 3 5 8 +3 2 FAUS David Dunwoodie 3 5 2 7 +9 6 FAUS Jayawardene Warren Jayawardene 3 5 2 7 +8 16 FAUS Scott Stephenson 3 4 2 6 +8 2 FMEX Eduardo Glennie 3 5 0 5 +2 2 FAUS Peter Matus 3 4 1 5 +4 2 DMEX Adrian Cervantes 3 2 3 5 +2 10 FAUS Adrian Esposito 3 2 2 4 +4 6 FAUS Makris Luke Makris 3 2 1 3 +3 0 F Leading goaltenders Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list. Player MIP Minutes and seconds played SOG Shots on goal GA Goals against GAA Goals against average per 60 minutes SVS% Save percentage SO ShutoutsAUS Baxter Patrick Baxter 120:00 39 4 2.00 89.74 0CHN Xie Ming 100:00 51 5 3.60 88.24 0MEX Alfonso de Alba 145:26 85 10 4.13 88.24 0NZL Gareth Livingstone 128:40 70 12 5.60 82.86 0CHN Wu Huizi 80:00 33 6 4.50 81.82 0 Group B tournament The Group B tournament began on 6 February 2003 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIB/0203/tournaments/W18IIIB.htm 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III, Group B International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-29 Turkey who finished last in Division III at the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships returned to compete in this year's Division III tournament, Israel returned to the World Championships having not played since 2001, Iceland made their first appearance in the Division having only previously played in a qualification tournament in 2001, and Bosnia and Herzegovina made their debut appearance at the World Championships. Iceland won the tournament after winning all three of their games and gained promotion to Division II of the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm Final Ranking International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-29 Turkey finished second after beating both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Israel on goal difference and Bosnia and Herzegovina finished in third.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Games & Standings International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-29 Israel who had original won their first two games against Iceland and Bosnia and Herzegovina had the results annulled and scored 5–0 in favour of the opposing teams due to their use of three players who did not meet the International Ice Hockey Federation's eligibility criteria. Israel had originally won the games 9–1 against Bosnia and Herzegovina and 5–4 against Iceland. Birgir Jakob Hansen of Iceland finished as the top scorer of the tournament with ten points including five goals and five assists.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIB/0203/scripts/playerstat/pg000003.htm Scoring Leaders International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-29 Standings main WDL P 2 ISL ISL TUR TUR BIH BIH ISR ISR 3 0 0 19 4 1 0 2 16 11 1 0 2 8 19 1 0 2 5 14 green1 Promoted to Division II for 2004 P complete IIHF Fixtures All times local. 6 February 2003 16:30 ISL TUR 5–2 (2–2, 2–0, 1–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Sarajevo 300 6 February 2003 19:30 #eeffff ISR BIH 0–5 http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Sarajevo 350 8 February 2003 16:30 ISR ISL 0–5 http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Sarajevo 300 8 February 2003 19:30 #eeffff TUR BIH 10–1 (0–0, 3–0, 7–1) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Sarajevo 400 9 February 2003 16:30 TUR ISR 4–5 (2–2, 2–1, 0–2) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Sarajevo 300 9 February 2003 19:30 #eeffff BIH ISL 2–9 (0–5, 1–2, 1–2) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Sarajevo 600 Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/− Plus/Minus PIM Penalties in minutes POS PositionISL Birgir Jakob Hansen 3 5 5 10 +8 6 FTUR Serkan Yapicilar 3 3 6 9 +1 4 FISL Gauti Thormodsson 3 5 1 6 +5 2 FTUR Erhan Uretmen 3 4 1 5 +3 4 FTUR Ufuk Guclu 3 3 1 4 +1 12 FTUR Gokhun Ozturk 3 1 3 4 0 0 DBIH Zlatko Dugancic 3 3 0 3 −6 12 DISR Roman Larin 3 2 1 3 +4 22 FTUR Ozcelik Arda Ozcelik 3 2 0 2 0 4 DISR Oren Zamir 3 2 0 2 +2 25 D References Category:March 2003 sports events in Mexico III Category:Ice hockey competitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Mexico 2003 Category:February 2003 in sports Category:March 2003 in sports Category:Ice hockey competitions in Mexico City 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Category:Sports competitions in Sarajevo Category:2002–03 in Bosnia and Herzegovina ice hockey