2002–03 Euro Ice Hockey Challenge

The 2002-03 Euro Ice Hockey Challenge was the first edition of the tournament. 14 countries participated in 12 tournaments, divided into four sessions, which took place in September, November, December, and February.2002-03 Euro Ice Hockey Challenge on hockeyarchives.info September session Riga Tournament The tournament was played in Riga, Latvia from August 30 to September 1, 2002. It was won by Latvia. Team Pts GP W T L GF GA Diff1 LAT 6 3 3 0 0 14 4 +102 DEN 3 3 1 1 1 8 9 -13 FRA 2 3 1 0 2 4 10 -64 UKR 1 3 0 1 2 7 10 -3 Sëlva Tournament The tournament was played in Sëlva, Italy from August 30 to September 1, 2002. It was won by Norway. Team Pts GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Diff1 NOR 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 10 3 +72 POL 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 7 1 +63 NED 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 6 15 -94 ITA 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 6 10 -4 Nottingham Tournament The tournament was played in Nottingham, Great Britain from August 30 to September 1, 2002. It was won by Belarus. Team Pts GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Diff1 BLR 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 12 3 +92 SLO 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 9 9 03 HUN 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 8 8 04 GBR 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 7 16 -9 November session Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros Tournament The tournament was played in Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary from November 8–10, 2002. It was won by Ukraine. Team Pts GP W T L GF GA Diff1 UKR 6 3 3 0 0 14 0 +142 SLO 3 3 1 1 1 6 8 -23 GBR 2 3 1 0 2 3 8 -54 HUN 1 3 0 1 2 2 9 -7 Asker Tournament The tournament was played in Asker, Norway from November 8–10, 2002. It was won by Austria. Team Pts GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Diff1 AUT 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 9 8 +12 BLR 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 12 8 +43 POL 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 10 10 04 NOR 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 8 13 -5 Trofeo Olivier Lesieur The tournament was played in Belfort and Mulhouse, France from November 8–10, 2002. It was won by Denmark. Team Pts GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Diff1 DEN 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 7 5 +22 LAT 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 13 11 +23 ITA 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 9 12 -34 FRA 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 9 10 -1 December session Danzig Tournament The tournament was played in Danzig, Poland from December 13–15, 2002. It was won by Latvia. Team Pts GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Diff1 LAT 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 15 3 +122 DEN 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 10 6 +43 POL 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 8 6 +24 NED 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 22 -18 Kyiv Tournament The tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine from December 13–15, 2002. It was won by Belarus. Team Pts GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Diff1 BLR 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 23 9 +142 UKR 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 16 4 +123 HUN 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 9 14 -54 GBR 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 26 -18 Bled Tournament The tournament was played in Bled, Slovenia from December 13–15, 2002. It was won by France. Team Pts GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Diff1 FRA 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 16 2 +142 SLO 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 13 8 +53 NOR 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 4 13 -94 CRO 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 25 -24 February session Villach Tournament The tournament was played in Villach, Austria from February 7–9, 2003. It was won by Austria. Team Pts GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Diff1 AUT 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 14 9 +52 ITA 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 8 7 +13 SLO 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 8 7 +14 GBR 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 6 13 -7 Minsk Tournament The tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus from February 7–9, 2003. It was won by Belarus. Team Pts GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Diff1 BLR 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 12 7 +52 LAT 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 6 7 -13 FRA 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 4 5 -14 HUN 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 7 10 -3 Odense Tournament The tournament was played in Odense, Denmark from February 7–9, 2003. It was won by Denmark Team Pts GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Diff1 DEN 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 10 5 +52 UKR 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 14 10 +43 NOR 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 11 13 -24 POL 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 8 15 -7 General classification Team Pts GP W OTW T OTL L GF GA Diff1 BLR 21 12 10 0 1 0 1 59 27 +322 LAT 19 12 9 0 1 0 2 48 25 +233 DEN 18 12 6 2 2 0 1 35 26 +94 UKR 15 12 6 0 2 1 3 50 24 +265 FRA 13 12 5 0 2 1 4 33 27 +66 NOR 13 12 6 0 1 0 4 41 36 +57 SLO 13 12 5 0 3 0 4 36 32 +48 AUT 8 6 3 0 2 0 1 23 17 +69 POL 8 12 4 0 0 0 8 33 32 +110 ITA 7 9 1 1 2 2 3 23 29 -611 HUN 6 12 2 0 2 0 8 26 41 -1512 GBR 4 12 1 0 2 0 9 21 63 -4213 NED 2 6 0 1 0 0 5 10 37 -2714 CRO 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 25 -24 References External links EIHC official website https://web.archive.org/web/20100212101104/http://www.eihc.eu/view/eihc 2010-02-12 Challenge