2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I

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.

2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Latvia
 France
Dates22–28 March 2003
23–29 March 2003
Teams12
← 2002
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
Promoted to the Championship Division for 2004
Relegated to Division II for 2004
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Denmark54103112+199
2 Germany5401348+268
3 Slovenia53022427–36
4 Latvia51221415–14
5 Japan51131519–43
6 Great Britain5005845–370

Fixtures

All times local.

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

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Martin Nielsen54711+64F
Kai Hospelt57310+44F
Nicolaj Nedermark5459+44F
Marcus Kink5538+86F
Uli Maurer5358+722F
Fabio Carciola5437+52F
Jannik Hansen5257+614F
Rok Pajic5336+314F
Jakob Petersen Vorup5246+40F
Ziga Svete5156+110D

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
Kaku Asari180:0013193.0093.130
Sebastian Dahm180:008082.6790.000
Mārtiņš Raitums300:00150153.0090.000
Danny aus den Birken180:005462.0088.891
David Lawrence175:12177248.2286.440

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
Promoted to the Championship Division for 2004
Relegated to Division II for 2004
Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Norway54102213+99
2 Poland53111114–37
3 Italy52121513+25
4 France52032017+34
5 Austria51131518–33
6 Ukraine51041624–82

Fixtures

All times local.

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

Scoring leaders

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

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Marcin Kolusz5437+20F
Rafael Rotter5347+42F
Vitaliy Kyrychenko5336–24F
Mathias Trygg5325+20F
Lionel Wiotte5325+10F
Lars Erik Hesbråten5325+12F
Sebastian Kowalowka5325+24F
Mathis Olimb5325+14F
Claudio Mantese5325+26F
Martin Røymark5235+10F

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
Bartosz Stepokura267:02153112.4792.810
Renè Baur280:00139112.3692.091
Mathias Gundersen240:0095112.7588.420
Mathias Lange240:00120143.5088.330
Sergiy Gavrylyuk122:356994.4186.960

References
  1. "2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div I,Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  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 2012-02-05.
  4. "Games & Standings". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  5. "Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  6. "Leading Goaltenders (SVS%)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
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