2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

International Ice Hockey Championships 2003/4 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II 2003 Estonia Serbia and Montenegro 5 – 11 March 200317 – 23 March 2003 12 other 2002 2004 The 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 17 and 23 March 2003 in Tallinn, Estonia and the Group B tournament took place between 5 and 11 March 2003 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (renamed from FR Yugoslavia in February 2003). South Korea and Romania won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Bulgaria finished last in Group A and South Africa last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2004. Group A tournament The Group A tournament began on 17 March 2003 in Tallinn, Estonia.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/tournaments/W18IIA.htm 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-31 Both Croatia and Estonia who missed promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championship returned to compete in this year's Division II tournament.International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005 Müller Stephan 2005 Books on Demand Germany 3-8334-4189-5 308–326 Belgium, Bulgaria, South Korea and Spain all gained promotion to Division II from Division III following a restructure of the Division sizes which increased the number of teams in each group from four to six. South Korea won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm Final Ranking International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-31 Estonia finished second losing only to South Korea and Croatia finished in third place.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Games & Standings International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-31 Bulgaria finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated back to Division III for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships. Tomislav Grozaj of Croatia finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 27 points including 18 goals and nine assists.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/playerstat/pg000003.htm Scoring Leaders International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-31 Thomas Tyson of Belgium finished the tournament as the leading goaltender based on save percentage.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/playerstat/pg000020.htm Leading Goaltenders (SVS%) International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-31 Standings main WDL PR 2 KOR KOR EST EST CRO CRO BEL BEL ESP ESP BUL BUL 5 0 0 56 12 4 0 1 49 8 2 1 2 38 20 2 1 2 20 32 1 0 4 23 36 0 0 5 2 80 green1 Promoted to Division I for 2004 P red1 Relegated to Division III for 2004 R complete IIHF Fixtures All times local. 17 March 2003 12:30 BEL KOR 1 – 13 (0–6, 1–3, 0–4) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 300 17 March 2003 16:00 #eeffff ESP CRO 4 – 9 (1–5, 1–4, 2–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 300 17 March 2003 19:30 BUL EST 0 – 17 (0–6, 0–3, 0–8) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 800 18 March 2003 12:30 #eeffff CRO BEL 4 – 4 (1–0, 3–2, 0–2) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 300 18 March 2003 16:00 KOR BUL 18 – 0 (5–0, 8–0, 5–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 320 18 March 2003 19:30 #eeffff EST ESP 12 – 0 (2–0, 6–0, 4–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 793 20 March 2003 12:30 BUL ESP 1 – 15 (1–5, 0–4, 0–6) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 300 20 March 2003 16:00 #eeffff CRO KOR 4 – 9 (0–4, 1–1, 3–4) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 300 20 March 2003 19:30 EST BEL 11 – 0 (3–0, 4–0, 4–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 699 21 March 2003 12:30 #eeffff CRO BUL 20 – 0 (4–0, 5–0, 11–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 300 21 March 2003 16:00 ESP BEL 3 – 5 (2–1, 1–4, 0–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 300 21 March 2003 19:30 #eeffff KOR EST 7 – 6 (2–3, 2–1, 3–2) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 1402 23 March 2003 12:30 KOR ESP 9 – 1 (4–1, 4–0, 1–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 300 23 March 2003 16:00 #eeffff BEL BUL 10 – 1 (1–0, 3–0, 6–1) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 300 23 March 2003 19:30 EST CRO 3 – 1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Tallinn 781 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 PositionCRO Tomislav Grozaj 5 18 9 27 +18 6 FKOR Kim Ki-Sung 5 9 9 18 +18 0 FKOR Park Woo-Sang 5 11 6 17 +16 0 FKOR Kwon Tae-An 5 9 8 17 +17 10 FEST Aleksandr Kuznetsov Aleksandr Kuznetsov (ice hockey) 5 10 6 16 +14 0 FCRO Miro Smerdelj 5 2 11 13 +17 8 FCRO David Iveziq 5 6 6 12 +14 0 FKOR Lee Seung-Jun 5 3 9 12 +16 4 FCRO Radovic Kresimir Radovic 5 1 11 12 +13 12 DKOR Chang Jun-Il 5 9 2 11 +15 4 F Leading goaltenders Only the top five 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 ShutoutsBEL Tyson Thomas Tyson 135:05 105 15 6.66 85.71 0EST Itsenko Valentin Itsenko 180:00 46 7 2.33 84.78 2CRO Blagus Sinisa Blagus 185:31 84 13 4.20 84.52 1KOR Kim Yu-Jin 182:19 50 9 2.96 82.00 0BEL Kevin van Looveren 164:55 87 17 6.18 80.46 0 Group B tournament The Group B tournament began on 5 March 2003 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/tournaments/W18IIB.htm 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-31 Hungary, Netherlands and Romania all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championship. Lithuania, South Africa and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia all gained promotion to Division II from Division III following a restructure of the Division sizes which increased the number of teams in each group from four to six. Romania won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm Final Ranking International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-31 Hungary finished second after winning three games and drawing a fourth and the Netherlands finished in third place.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Games & Standings International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-31 South Africa finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated back to Division III for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships. The tournament was also the last appearance of the Federal Republic Yugoslavia's under-18 team as the country was reconstituted as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The Yugoslavia men's under-18 team was replaced the following year by the Serbia and Montenegro men's national under-18 ice hockey team. Tivadar Petres of Romania finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 17 points including 11 goals and six assists.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/playerstat/pg000003.htm Scoring Leaders International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-31 Hungary's Dominik Vinnai finished the tournament as the leading goaltender based on save percentage.http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/playerstat/pg000020.htm Leading Goaltenders (SVS%) International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-01-31 Standings main WDL PR 2 ROU ROU HUN HUN NED NED YUG FR Yugoslavia LTU LTU 1988 RSA RSA 5 0 0 33 10 3 1 1 27 12 3 0 2 22 17 2 1 2 14 19 1 0 4 15 29 0 0 5 9 33 green1 Promoted to Division I for 2004 P red1 Relegated to Division III for 2004 R complete IIHF Fixtures All times local. 5 March 2003 13:00 RSA ROU 1 – 7 (0–3, 0–1, 1–3) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 300 5 March 2003 16:15 #eeffff LTU 1988 NED 0 – 5 (0–2, 0–3, 0–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 300 5 March 2003 19:30 FR Yugoslavia HUN 2 – 2 (2–2, 0–0, 0–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 1500 6 March 2003 13:00 #eeffff HUN RSA 8 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 4–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 300 6 March 2003 16:15 ROU LTU 1988 5 – 2 (1–0, 3–2, 1–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 300 6 March 2003 19:30 #eeffff NED FR Yugoslavia 5 – 2 (2–0, 2–2, 1–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 1000 8 March 2003 13:00 HUN ROU 1 – 6 (1–1, 0–4, 0–1) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 300 8 March 2003 16:15 #eeffff NED RSA 8 – 3 (2–1, 2–0, 4–2) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 300 8 March 2003 19:30 LTU 1988 FR Yugoslavia 3 – 4 (0–2, 2–0, 1–2) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 1200 9 March 2003 13:00 #eeffff ROU NED 7 – 4 (3–2, 2–1, 2–1) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 300 9 March 2003 16:15 HUN LTU 1988 11 – 4 (3–1, 2–2, 6–1) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 300 9 March 2003 19:30 #eeffff FR Yugoslavia RSA 4 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 3–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 1000 11 March 2003 13:00 RSA LTU 1988 4 – 6 (1–4, 2–1, 1–1) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 300 11 March 2003 16:15 #eeffff NED HUN 0 – 5 (0–1, 0–1, 0–3) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 300 11 March 2003 19:30 ROU FR Yugoslavia 8 – 2 (2–1, 4–1, 2–0) http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm Belgrade 1600 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 PositionROU Tivadar Petres 5 11 6 17 +14 4 FROU Ede Mihaly 5 8 7 15 +11 0 FNED Verdonschot Hubertus Verdonschot 5 5 6 11 +1 6 FROU Mihail Georgescu 5 7 3 10 +3 18 FHUN Marko Istvan Marko 5 4 4 8 +5 2 FHUN Szajbert Patrik Szajbert 5 4 4 8 +7 6 FNED Donders Mark Donders 5 4 4 8 0 6 FLTU 1988 Lelenas Marius Lelenas 5 4 2 6 -3 12 FHUN Papp Viktor Papp 5 3 3 6 +5 8 FNED van Roosmalen Bart van Roosmalen 5 3 3 6 +5 24 F Leading goaltenders Only the top five 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 ShutoutsHUN Vinnai Dominik Vinnai 209:16 81 5 1.43 93.83 2ROM Popa Bogdan Popa 240:00 101 8 2.00 92.08 0FR Yugoslavia Milan Lukovic ice hockey 194:30 105 10 3.08 90.48 0NED Boutrs Girgis Victor Boutrs Girgis 240:00 124 14 3.50 88.71 1LTU 1988 Jaksys Lukas Jaksys 269:18 196 24 5.35 87.76 0 References IIHF IIHF World U18 Championship Division II II Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Estonia Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Serbia and Montenegro Category:IIHF World U18 Championship Division II Category:International ice hockey competitions hosted by Serbia World World