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.
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| Host countries |  Estonia Serbia and Montenegro |
| Dates | 5 – 11 March 2003 17 – 23 March 2003 |
| Teams | 12 |
Group A tournament
editThe 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
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 |  South Korea
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12 | +44 | 10 | Promoted to Division I for 2004 |
| 2 | Estonia
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 8 | +41 | 8 | |
| 3 |  Croatia
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 5 | |
| 4 |  Belgium
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 5 | |
| 5 |  Spain
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Bulgaria
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 80 | −78 | 0 | Relegated to Division III for 2004 |
Fixtures
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| 17 March 2003 12:30 | Belgium | 1 – 13 (0–6, 1–3, 0–4) | South Korea | Tallinn Attendance: 300 |
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| 17 March 2003 16:00 | Spain | 4 – 9 (1–5, 1–4, 2–0) | Croatia | Tallinn Attendance: 300 |
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| 17 March 2003 19:30 | Bulgaria | 0 – 17 (0–6, 0–3, 0–8) | Estonia | Tallinn Attendance: 800 |
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| 18 March 2003 12:30 | Croatia | 4 – 4 (1–0, 3–2, 0–2) | Belgium | Tallinn Attendance: 300 |
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| 18 March 2003 16:00 | South Korea | 18 – 0 (5–0, 8–0, 5–0) | Bulgaria | Tallinn Attendance: 320 |
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| 18 March 2003 19:30 | Estonia | 12 – 0 (2–0, 6–0, 4–0) | Spain | Tallinn Attendance: 793 |
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| 20 March 2003 12:30 | Bulgaria | 1 – 15 (1–5, 0–4, 0–6) | Spain | Tallinn Attendance: 300 |
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| 20 March 2003 16:00 | Croatia | 4 – 9 (0–4, 1–1, 3–4) | South Korea | Tallinn Attendance: 300 |
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| 20 March 2003 19:30 | Estonia | 11 – 0 (3–0, 4–0, 4–0) | Belgium | Tallinn Attendance: 699 |
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| 21 March 2003 12:30 | Croatia | 20 – 0 (4–0, 5–0, 11–0) | Bulgaria | Tallinn Attendance: 300 |
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| 21 March 2003 16:00 | Spain | 3 – 5 (2–1, 1–4, 0–0) | Belgium | Tallinn Attendance: 300 |
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| 21 March 2003 19:30 | South Korea | 7 – 6 (2–3, 2–1, 3–2) | Estonia | Tallinn Attendance: 1402 |
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| 23 March 2003 12:30 | South Korea | 9 – 1 (4–1, 4–0, 1–0) | Spain | Tallinn Attendance: 300 |
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| 23 March 2003 16:00 | Belgium | 10 – 1 (1–0, 3–0, 6–1) | Bulgaria | Tallinn Attendance: 300 |
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| 23 March 2003 19:30 | Estonia | 3 – 1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0) | Croatia | Tallinn Attendance: 781 |
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Scoring leaders
editList shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[5]
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | POS |
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| Tomislav Grozaj |
5 | 18 | 9 | 27 | +18 | 6 | F |
| Kim Ki-Sung |
5 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +18 | 0 | F |
| Park Woo-Sang |
5 | 11 | 6 | 17 | +16 | 0 | F |
| Kwon Tae-An |
5 | 9 | 8 | 17 | +17 | 10 | F |
| Aleksandr Kuznetsov |
5 | 10 | 6 | 16 | +14 | 0 | F |
| Miro Smerdelj |
5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | +17 | 8 | F |
| David Iveziq |
5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +14 | 0 | F |
| Lee Seung-Jun |
5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | +16 | 4 | F |
| Kresimir Radovic |
5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | +13 | 12 | D |
| Chang Jun-Il |
5 | 9 | 2 | 11 | +15 | 4 | F |
Leading goaltenders
editOnly 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 |
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| Thomas Tyson |
135:05 | 105 | 15 | 6.66 | 85.71 | 0 |
| Valentin Itsenko |
180:00 | 46 | 7 | 2.33 | 84.78 | 2 |
| Sinisa Blagus |
185:31 | 84 | 13 | 4.20 | 84.52 | 1 |
| Kim Yu-Jin |
182:19 | 50 | 9 | 2.96 | 82.00 | 0 |
| Kevin van Looveren |
164:55 | 87 | 17 | 6.18 | 80.46 | 0 |
Group B tournament
editThe 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
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 1 |  Romania
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 | +23 | 10 | Promoted to Division I for 2004 |
| 2 |  Hungary
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 12 | +15 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Netherlands
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 6 | |
| 4 | Yugoslavia
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 5 | |
| 5 |  Lithuania
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 2 | |
| 6 |  South Africa
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 33 | −24 | 0 | Relegated to Division III for 2004 |
Fixtures
editAll times local.
| 5 March 2003 13:00 | South Africa | 1 – 7 (0–3, 0–1, 1–3) | Romania | Belgrade Attendance: 300 |
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| 5 March 2003 16:15 | Lithuania | 0 – 5 (0–2, 0–3, 0–0) | Netherlands | Belgrade Attendance: 300 |
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| 5 March 2003 19:30 | Yugoslavia | 2 – 2 (2–2, 0–0, 0–0) | Hungary | Belgrade Attendance: 1500 |
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| 6 March 2003 13:00 | Hungary | 8 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 4–0) | South Africa | Belgrade Attendance: 300 |
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| 6 March 2003 16:15 | Romania | 5 – 2 (1–0, 3–2, 1–0) | Lithuania | Belgrade Attendance: 300 |
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| 6 March 2003 19:30 | Netherlands | 5 – 2 (2–0, 2–2, 1–0) | Yugoslavia | Belgrade Attendance: 1000 |
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| 8 March 2003 13:00 | Hungary | 1 – 6 (1–1, 0–4, 0–1) | Romania | Belgrade Attendance: 300 |
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| 8 March 2003 16:15 | Netherlands | 8 – 3 (2–1, 2–0, 4–2) | South Africa | Belgrade Attendance: 300 |
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| 8 March 2003 19:30 | Lithuania | 3 – 4 (0–2, 2–0, 1–2) | Yugoslavia | Belgrade Attendance: 1200 |
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| 9 March 2003 13:00 | Romania | 7 – 4 (3–2, 2–1, 2–1) | Netherlands | Belgrade Attendance: 300 |
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| 9 March 2003 16:15 | Hungary | 11 – 4 (3–1, 2–2, 6–1) | Lithuania | Belgrade Attendance: 300 |
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| 9 March 2003 19:30 | Yugoslavia | 4 – 1 (0–1, 1–0, 3–0) | South Africa | Belgrade Attendance: 1000 |
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| 11 March 2003 13:00 | South Africa | 4 – 6 (1–4, 2–1, 1–1) | Lithuania | Belgrade Attendance: 300 |
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| 11 March 2003 16:15 | Netherlands | 0 – 5 (0–1, 0–1, 0–3) | Hungary | Belgrade Attendance: 300 |
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| 11 March 2003 19:30 | Romania | 8 – 2 (2–1, 4–1, 2–0) | Yugoslavia | Belgrade Attendance: 1600 |
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Scoring leaders
editList shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[10]
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | POS |
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| Tivadar Petres |
5 | 11 | 6 | 17 | +14 | 4 | F |
| Ede Mihaly |
5 | 8 | 7 | 15 | +11 | 0 | F |
| Hubertus Verdonschot |
5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | +1 | 6 | F |
| Mihail Georgescu |
5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +3 | 18 | F |
| Istvan Marko |
5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +5 | 2 | F |
| Patrik Szajbert |
5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +7 | 6 | F |
| Mark Donders |
5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | F |
| Marius Lelenas |
5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 12 | F |
| Viktor Papp |
5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 8 | F |
| Bart van Roosmalen |
5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 24 | F |
Leading goaltenders
editOnly 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 |
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| Dominik Vinnai |
209:16 | 81 | 5 | 1.43 | 93.83 | 2 |
| Bogdan Popa |
240:00 | 101 | 8 | 2.00 | 92.08 | 0 |
| Milan Lukovic |
194:30 | 105 | 10 | 3.08 | 90.48 | 0 |
| Victor Boutrs Girgis |
240:00 | 124 | 14 | 3.50 | 88.71 | 1 |
| Lukas Jaksys |
269:18 | 196 | 24 | 5.35 | 87.76 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ a b c d e Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005. Germany: Books on Demand. pp. 308–326. ISBN 3-8334-4189-5.
- ^ a b "Final Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ "Games & Standings". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ a b "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ a b "Leading Goaltenders (SVS%)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ a b "Final Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ "Games & Standings". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ a b "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ a b "Leading Goaltenders (SVS%)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-01-31.