2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

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, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 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.

2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Estonia
 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Dates5 – 11 March 2003
17 – 23 March 2003
Teams12
← 2002
2004 →

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 17 March 2003 in Tallinn, Estonia.[1] 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.[2] 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.[2] 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.[3] Estonia finished second losing only to South Korea and Croatia finished in third place.[4] 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.[3] Tomislav Grozaj of Croatia finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 27 points including 18 goals and nine assists.[5] Thomas Tyson of Belgium finished the tournament as the leading goaltender based on save percentage.[6]

Standings
Promoted to Division I for 2004
Relegated to Division III for 2004
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 South Korea55005612+4410
2 Estonia5401498+418
3 Croatia52123820+185
4 Belgium52122032–125
5 Spain51042336–132
6 Bulgaria5005280–780

Fixtures

All times local.

17 March 2003
12:30		Belgium 1 – 13
(0–6, 1–3, 0–4)		 South KoreaTallinn
Attendance: 300
17 March 2003
16:00		Spain 4 – 9
(1–5, 1–4, 2–0)		 CroatiaTallinn
Attendance: 300
17 March 2003
19:30		Bulgaria 0 – 17
(0–6, 0–3, 0–8)		 EstoniaTallinn
Attendance: 800
18 March 2003
12:30		Croatia 4 – 4
(1–0, 3–2, 0–2)		 BelgiumTallinn
Attendance: 300
18 March 2003
16:00		South Korea 18 – 0
(5–0, 8–0, 5–0)		 BulgariaTallinn
Attendance: 320
18 March 2003
19:30		Estonia 12 – 0
(2–0, 6–0, 4–0)		 SpainTallinn
Attendance: 793
20 March 2003
12:30		Bulgaria 1 – 15
(1–5, 0–4, 0–6)		 SpainTallinn
Attendance: 300
20 March 2003
16:00		Croatia 4 – 9
(0–4, 1–1, 3–4)		 South KoreaTallinn
Attendance: 300
20 March 2003
19:30		Estonia 11 – 0
(3–0, 4–0, 4–0)		 BelgiumTallinn
Attendance: 699
21 March 2003
12:30		Croatia 20 – 0
(4–0, 5–0, 11–0)		 BulgariaTallinn
Attendance: 300
21 March 2003
16:00		Spain 3 – 5
(2–1, 1–4, 0–0)		 BelgiumTallinn
Attendance: 300
21 March 2003
19:30		South Korea 7 – 6
(2–3, 2–1, 3–2)		 EstoniaTallinn
Attendance: 1402
23 March 2003
12:30		South Korea 9 – 1
(4–1, 4–0, 1–0)		 SpainTallinn
Attendance: 300
23 March 2003
16:00		Belgium 10 – 1
(1–0, 3–0, 6–1)		 BulgariaTallinn
Attendance: 300
23 March 2003
19:30		Estonia 3 – 1
(2–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 CroatiaTallinn
Attendance: 781

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[5]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Tomislav Grozaj518927+186F
Kim Ki-Sung59918+180F
Park Woo-Sang511617+160F
Kwon Tae-An59817+1710F
Aleksandr Kuznetsov510616+140F
Miro Smerdelj521113+178F
David Iveziq56612+140F
Lee Seung-Jun53912+164F
Kresimir Radovic511112+1312D
Chang Jun-Il59211+154F

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.[6]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Thomas Tyson135:05105156.6685.710
Valentin Itsenko180:004672.3384.782
Sinisa Blagus185:3184134.2084.521
Kim Yu-Jin182:195092.9682.000
Kevin van Looveren164:5587176.1880.460

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 5 March 2003 in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[7] 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.[2] Lithuania, South Africa and 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.[2] Romania won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Hungary finished second after winning three games and drawing a fourth and the Netherlands finished in third place.[9] 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.[8] The tournament was also the last appearance of 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.[2] Tivadar Petres of Romania finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 17 points including 11 goals and six assists.[10] Hungary's Dominik Vinnai finished the tournament as the leading goaltender based on save percentage.[11]

Standings
Promoted to Division I for 2004
Relegated to Division III for 2004
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Romania55003310+2310
2 Hungary53112712+157
3 Netherlands53022217+56
4 FR Yugoslavia52121419–55
5 Lithuania51041429–152
6 South Africa5005933–240

Fixtures

All times local.

5 March 2003
13:00		South Africa 1 – 7
(0–3, 0–1, 1–3)		 RomaniaBelgrade
Attendance: 300
5 March 2003
16:15		Lithuania 0 – 5
(0–2, 0–3, 0–0)		 NetherlandsBelgrade
Attendance: 300
5 March 2003
19:30		FR Yugoslavia 2 – 2
(2–2, 0–0, 0–0)		 HungaryBelgrade
Attendance: 1500
6 March 2003
13:00		Hungary 8 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 4–0)		 South AfricaBelgrade
Attendance: 300
6 March 2003
16:15		Romania 5 – 2
(1–0, 3–2, 1–0)		 LithuaniaBelgrade
Attendance: 300
6 March 2003
19:30		Netherlands 5 – 2
(2–0, 2–2, 1–0)		 FR YugoslaviaBelgrade
Attendance: 1000
8 March 2003
13:00		Hungary 1 – 6
(1–1, 0–4, 0–1)		 RomaniaBelgrade
Attendance: 300
8 March 2003
16:15		Netherlands 8 – 3
(2–1, 2–0, 4–2)		 South AfricaBelgrade
Attendance: 300
8 March 2003
19:30		Lithuania 3 – 4
(0–2, 2–0, 1–2)		 FR YugoslaviaBelgrade
Attendance: 1200
9 March 2003
13:00		Romania 7 – 4
(3–2, 2–1, 2–1)		 NetherlandsBelgrade
Attendance: 300
9 March 2003
16:15		Hungary 11 – 4
(3–1, 2–2, 6–1)		 LithuaniaBelgrade
Attendance: 300
9 March 2003
19:30		FR Yugoslavia 4 – 1
(0–1, 1–0, 3–0)		 South AfricaBelgrade
Attendance: 1000
11 March 2003
13:00		South Africa 4 – 6
(1–4, 2–1, 1–1)		 LithuaniaBelgrade
Attendance: 300
11 March 2003
16:15		Netherlands 0 – 5
(0–1, 0–1, 0–3)		 HungaryBelgrade
Attendance: 300
11 March 2003
19:30		Romania 8 – 2
(2–1, 4–1, 2–0)		 FR YugoslaviaBelgrade
Attendance: 1600

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[10]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Tivadar Petres511617+144F
Ede Mihaly58715+110F
Hubertus Verdonschot55611+16F
Mihail Georgescu57310+318F
Istvan Marko5448+52F
Patrik Szajbert5448+76F
Mark Donders544806F
Marius Lelenas5426-312F
Viktor Papp5336+58F
Bart van Roosmalen5336+524F

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.[11]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Dominik Vinnai209:168151.4393.832
Bogdan Popa240:0010182.0092.080
Milan Lukovic194:30105103.0890.480
Victor Boutrs Girgis240:00124143.5088.711
Lukas Jaksys269:18196245.3587.760

References
  1. "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  2. Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005. Germany: Books on Demand. pp. 308–326. ISBN 3-8334-4189-5.
  3. "Final Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  4. "Games & Standings". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
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