2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

International ice hockey competition
2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Latvia
 France
Dates22–28 March 2003
23–29 March 2003
Teams12
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The 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 23 and 29 March 2003 in Ventspils, Latvia and the Group B tournament took place between 22 and 28 March 2003 in Briançon, France. Denmark and Norway won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Great Britain finished last in Group A and Ukraine last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2004.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 23 March 2003 in Ventspils, Latvia.[1] Denmark, Japan, Latvia and Slovenia all returned to compete in this year's Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championship. Great Britain gained promotion to Division I after finishing third in last years Division II tournament and Germany was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.[2] Denmark won the tournament after finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.[3] Germany finished second losing only to Denmark and Slovenia finished in third place.[4] Great Britain finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated back to Division II for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.[3] Martin Nielsen of Denmark finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eleven points including four goals and seven assists.[5] Japan's Kaku Asari finished the tournament as the leading goaltender based on save percentage.[6]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Denmark 5 4 1 0 31 12 +19 9 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2004
2  Germany 5 4 0 1 34 8 +26 8
3  Slovenia 5 3 0 2 24 27 −3 6
4  Latvia 5 1 2 2 14 15 −1 4
5  Japan 5 1 1 3 15 19 −4 3
6  Great Britain 5 0 0 5 8 45 −37 0 Relegated to Division II for 2004
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

23 March 2003
13:00		Denmark 10 – 4
(6–2, 3–1, 1–1)		 SloveniaVentspils
Attendance: 300
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23 March 2003
16:30		Latvia 1 – 1
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 JapanVentspils
Attendance: 1000
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23 March 2003
20:00		Great Britain 0 – 13
(0–3, 0–5, 0–5)		 GermanyVentspils
Attendance: 300
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24 March 2003
13:00		Slovenia 7 – 2
(1–1, 5–0, 1–1)		 JapanVentspils
Attendance: 300
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24 March 2003
16:30		Germany 3 – 4
(2–1, 1–2, 0–1)		 DenmarkVentspils
Attendance: 300
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24 March 2003
20:00		Latvia 6 – 2
(1–0, 3–0, 2–2)		 Great BritainVentspils
Attendance: 910
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26 March 2003
13:00		Great Britain 2 – 11
(1–3, 0–4, 1–4)		 DenmarkVentspils
Attendance: 300
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26 March 2003
16:30		Germany 4 – 1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0)		 JapanVentspils
Attendance: 300
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26 March 2003
20:00		Slovenia 6 – 4
(0–1, 2–2, 4–1)		 LatviaVentspils
Attendance: 1000
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27 March 2003
13:00		Denmark 4 – 1
(2–0, 2–1, 0–0)		 JapanVentspils
Attendance: 398
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27 March 2003
16:30		Slovenia 5 – 1
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0)		 Great BritainVentspils
Attendance: 300
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27 March 2003
20:00		Latvia 1 – 4
(0–1, 1–0, 0–3)		 GermanyVentspils
Attendance: 1000
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29 March 2003
11:00		Japan 10 – 3
(5–0, 1–2, 4–1)		 Great BritainVentspils
Attendance: 300
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29 March 2003
14:30		Germany 10 – 2
(3–0, 4–1, 3–1)		 SloveniaVentspils
Attendance: 300
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29 March 2003
18:00		Latvia 2 – 2
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)		 DenmarkVentspils
Attendance: 1000
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Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Denmark Martin Nielsen 5 4 7 11 +6 4 F
Germany Kai Hospelt 5 7 3 10 +4 4 F
Denmark Nicolaj Nedermark 5 4 5 9 +4 4 F
Germany Marcus Kink 5 5 3 8 +8 6 F
Germany Uli Maurer 5 3 5 8 +7 22 F
Germany Fabio Carciola 5 4 3 7 +5 2 F
Denmark Jannik Hansen 5 2 5 7 +6 14 F
Slovenia Rok Pajic 5 3 3 6 +3 14 F
Denmark Jakob Petersen Vorup 5 2 4 6 +4 0 F
Slovenia Ziga Svete 5 1 5 6 +1 10 D

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
Japan Kaku Asari 180:00 131 9 3.00 93.13 0
Denmark Sebastian Dahm 180:00 80 8 2.67 90.00 0
Latvia Mārtiņš Raitums 300:00 150 15 3.00 90.00 0
Germany Danny aus den Birken 180:00 54 6 2.00 88.89 1
United Kingdom David Lawrence 175:12 177 24 8.22 86.44 0

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 22 March 2003 in Briançon, France.[7] Austria and Italy both returned to compete in this year's Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championship. France and Poland gained promotion to Division I after finishing first and second respectively in last years Division II tournament and Norway and Ukraine were relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.[2] Norway won the tournament after finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Poland finished second after winning three of their games and drawing the fourth and Italy finished in third place.[9] Ukraine finished in last place after finishing last in the group standings and were relegated to Division II for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Marcin Kolusz of Poland finished as the top scorer of the tournament with seven points including four goals and three assists.[10] Poland's Bartosz Stepokura finished the tournament as the leading goaltender based on save percentage.[11]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Norway 5 4 1 0 22 13 +9 9 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2004
2  Poland 5 3 1 1 11 14 −3 7
3  Italy 5 2 1 2 15 13 +2 5
4  France 5 2 0 3 20 17 +3 4
5  Austria 5 1 1 3 15 18 −3 3
6  Ukraine 5 1 0 4 16 24 −8 2 Relegated to Division II for 2004
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

22 March 2003
13:00		Poland 2 – 2
(1–1, 1–0, 0–1)		 NorwayBriançon
Attendance: 407
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22 March 2003
16:30		Italy 4 – 0
(1–0, 0–0, 3–0)		 UkraineBriançon
Attendance: 462
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22 March 2003
20:00		France 6 – 4
(1–3, 3–1, 2–0)		 AustriaBriançon
Attendance: 1743
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22 March 2003
13:00		Norway 5 – 2
(0–0, 3–1, 2–1)		 ItalyBriançon
Attendance: 434
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23 March 2003
16:30		Austria 1 – 2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)		 PolandBriançon
Attendance: 326
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23 March 2003
20:00		Ukraine 1 – 7
(1–1, 0–4, 0–2)		 FranceBriançon
Attendance: 1372
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25 March 2003
13:00		Poland 4 – 3
(2–2, 1–0, 1–1)		 ItalyBriançon
Attendance: 889
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25 March 2003
16:30		Ukraine 5 – 6
(0–1, 2–3, 3–2)		 AustriaBriançon
Attendance: 756
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25 March 2003
20:00		Norway 4 – 2
(2–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 FranceBriançon
Attendance: 1707
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26 March 2003
13:00		Ukraine 6 – 0
(1–0, 5–0, 0–0)		 PolandBriançon
Attendance: 417
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26 March 2003
16:30		Austria 3 – 4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)		 NorwayBriançon
Attendance: 512
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26 March 2003
20:00		Italy 5 – 3
(1–0, 2–0, 2–3)		 FranceBriançon
Attendance: 1728
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28 March 2003
13:00		Austria 1 – 1
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)		 ItalyBriançon
Attendance: 545
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28 March 2003
16:30		Norway 7 – 4
(3–1, 3–3, 1–0)		 UkraineBriançon
Attendance: 548
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28 March 2003
20:00		France 2 – 3
(1–0, 0–0, 1–3)		 PolandBriançon
Attendance: 2003
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Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Poland Marcin Kolusz 5 4 3 7 +2 0 F
Austria Rafael Rotter 5 3 4 7 +4 2 F
Ukraine Vitaliy Kyrychenko 5 3 3 6 –2 4 F
Norway Mathias Trygg 5 3 2 5 +2 0 F
France Lionel Wiotte 5 3 2 5 +1 0 F
Norway Lars Erik Hesbråten 5 3 2 5 +1 2 F
Poland Sebastian Kowalowka 5 3 2 5 +2 4 F
Norway Mathis Olimb 5 3 2 5 +1 4 F
Italy Claudio Mantese 5 3 2 5 +2 6 F
Norway Martin Røymark 5 2 3 5 +1 0 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.[11]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Poland Bartosz Stepokura 267:02 153 11 2.47 92.81 0
Italy Renè Baur 280:00 139 11 2.36 92.09 1
Norway Mathias Gundersen 240:00 95 11 2.75 88.42 0
Austria Mathias Lange 240:00 120 14 3.50 88.33 0
Ukraine Sergiy Gavrylyuk 122:35 69 9 4.41 86.96 0

References

  1. ^ "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I,Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  2. ^ a b Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005. Germany: Books on Demand. pp. 308–326. ISBN 3-8334-4189-5.
  3. ^ a b "Final Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  4. ^ "Games & Standings". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  5. ^ a b "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  6. ^ a b "Leading Goaltenders (SVS%)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  7. ^ "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I,Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  8. ^ a b "Final Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  9. ^ "Games & Standings". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  10. ^ a b "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  11. ^ a b "Leading Goaltenders (SVS%)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
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