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2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

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2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Estonia
 Serbia and Montenegro
Dates5 – 11 March 2003
17 – 23 March 2003
Teams12
 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

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  South Korea 5 5 0 0 56 12 +44 10 Promoted to Division I for 2004
2  Estonia 5 4 0 1 49 8 +41 8
3  Croatia 5 2 1 2 38 20 +18 5
4  Belgium 5 2 1 2 20 32 12 5
5  Spain 5 1 0 4 23 36 13 2
6  Bulgaria 5 0 0 5 2 80 78 0 Relegated to Division III for 2004
Source: IIHF

Fixtures

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All times local.

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

Scoring leaders

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

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

Leading goaltenders

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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
Belgium Thomas Tyson135:05105156.6685.710
Estonia Valentin Itsenko180:004672.3384.782
Croatia Sinisa Blagus185:3184134.2084.521
South Korea Kim Yu-Jin182:195092.9682.000
Belgium Kevin van Looveren164:5587176.1880.460

Group B tournament

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The Group B tournament began on 5 March 2003 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.[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 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.[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 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.[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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Romania 5 5 0 0 33 10 +23 10 Promoted to Division I for 2004
2  Hungary 5 3 1 1 27 12 +15 7
3  Netherlands 5 3 0 2 22 17 +5 6
4  Yugoslavia 5 2 1 2 14 19 5 5
5  Lithuania 5 1 0 4 15 29 14 2
6  South Africa 5 0 0 5 9 33 24 0 Relegated to Division III for 2004
Source: IIHF

Fixtures

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All times local.

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

Scoring leaders

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

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

Leading goaltenders

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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
Hungary Dominik Vinnai209:168151.4393.832
Romania Bogdan Popa240:0010182.0092.080
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Lukovic194:30105103.0890.480
Netherlands Victor Boutrs Girgis240:00124143.5088.711
Lithuania Lukas Jaksys269:18196245.3587.760

References

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  1. "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005. Germany: Books on Demand. pp. 308–326. ISBN 3-8334-4189-5.
  3. 1 2 "Final Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  4. "Games & Standings". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  5. 1 2 "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  6. 1 2 "Leading Goaltenders (SVS%)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  7. "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  8. 1 2 "Final Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  9. "Games & Standings". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  10. 1 2 "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  11. 1 2 "Leading Goaltenders (SVS%)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.