2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship explained

Tourney Name:IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship
Year:2001
Country:South Korea
Dates:8 – 11 March 2001
Num Teams:7
Type:ih18
Winners:KOR
Count:2
Second:CHN
Third:AUS
Games:9
Goals:110
Attendance:3900
Prevseason:2000
Nextseason:2002

The 2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship was the 18th edition of the IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship. The Division I and Division II tournaments took place between 8 and 11 March 2001 in Seoul, South Korea. The Division I tournament was won by South Korea, who claimed their second title by winning all three of their games and finishing first in the standings. Upon winning the tournament South Korea gained promotion to Division III of the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships. China and Australia finished second and third respectively.

In the Division II tournament, which was also known as the 2002 Division I Qualification tournament, Mongolia finished first in the standings after winning both of their games against Chinese Taipei and Thailand.

Overview

The Division I tournament began on 8 March 2001 in Seoul, South Korea.[1] New Zealand had gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in the Division II tournament at the 2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship.[2] South Korea won the tournament after winning all three of their games and claimed their second title, their first coming in 1998. Following their win South Korea gained promotion for the following year to Division III of the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships. China finished second after losing their game to South Korea and Australia finished third on losing on goal difference to China after both teams finished on the same number of points.[2] New Zealand who finished last were set to be relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship however due to a format change both divisions were merged into one tournament for the 2002 competition.[2] [3] Park Chul Ho of South Korea finished as the top scorer for the tournament with ten points including six goals and four assists.[4]

The Division II tournament began on 9 March 2001 in Seoul, South Korea and was officially known as the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship Division I Qualification.[2] [5] Mongolia won the tournament after winning both of their games against Chinese Taipei and Thailand. Chinese Taipei finished in second after winning their game against Thailand. Thailand who finished last also suffered the largest defeat of the tournament, losing to Mongolia 1 – 12.[2] Mongolia gained promotion to Division I for the 2002 tournament however due to a format change all teams from Division II were merged into a single competition with the Division I teams for the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship.[2] [6] Bold Munktulga of Mongolia finished as the top scorer for the tournament with seven points including five goals and two assists.[7]

Division I

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[4]

Player
Park Chul Ho 3 6 4 10 +13 2 F
3 5 5 10 +13 4 F
3 5 3 8 +6 0 F
Lee Seong Keun 3 4 4 8 +14 0 F
Park Jin Hee 3 3 5 8 +13 0 F
Ding Kun 3 5 1 6 +5 2 F
Liu Liang 3 4 2 6 +54 F
3 3 3 6 +13 2 D
3 3 3 6 +13 2 F
Jaden McKeever 3 3 3 6 –4 4 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.[8]

Player
Lee Ji Sub 100:00 20 0 0.00 100.00 0
An Dapeng 80:00 25 2 1.50 92.00 0
120:00 135 13 6.50 90.37 0
100:00 50 6 3.60 88.00 0
Kim Sung Hoon 80:00 22 4 3.00 81.82 0

Division II

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[7]

Player
2 5 2 7 +10 0 F
2 6 0 6 +8 4 F
2 2 2 4 +5 0 F
2 2 1 3 +4 0 F
2 1 2 3 –2 0 F
2 1 2 3 +7 2 F
2 1 2 3 +5 4 F
2 2 0 2 -1 0 F
2 2 0 2 +11 2 D
2 2 0 2 –6 4 F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[9]

Player
120:00 70 4 2.00 94.29 0
103:40 78 8 4.63 89.74 0
120:00 106 11 5.50 89.62 0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship Div I . . 2012-01-21 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20030805133614/http://www.iihf.com:80/hockey/x/0001/AO18I/0001/pg000001.htm . 5 August 2003 .
  2. Book: Müller, Stephan . International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005 . 2005 . Books on Demand . Germany . 3-8334-4189-5 . 389–394 .
  3. Web site: Final Ranking . . 2012-01-21 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20030806233934/http://www.iihf.com:80/hockey/x/0001/AO18I/gs/pg000007.htm . 6 August 2003 .
  4. Web site: Scoring Leaders . . 2012-01-21 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20030806233941/http://www.iihf.com:80/hockey/x/0001/AO18I/gs/pg000015.htm . 6 August 2003 .
  5. Web site: 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship Div I Qualification . . 2012-01-21 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20030805133825/http://www.iihf.com:80/hockey/x/0001/AO18IQ/0001/pg000001.htm . 5 August 2003 .
  6. Web site: Final Ranking . . 2012-01-21 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20030807205650/http://www.iihf.com:80/hockey/x/0001/AO18IQ/gs/pg000007.htm . 7 August 2003 .
  7. Web site: Scoring Leaders . . 2012-01-21 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20030807205213/http://www.iihf.com:80/hockey/x/0001/AO18IQ/gs/pg000015.htm . 7 August 2003 .
  8. Web site: Leading Goaltenders (SVS%) . . 2012-01-21 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20030807000021/http://www.iihf.com:80/hockey/x/0001/AO18I/gs/pg000026.htm . 7 August 2003 .
  9. Web site: Leading Goaltenders (SVS%) . . 2012-01-21 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20030807211647/http://www.iihf.com:80/hockey/x/0001/AO18IQ/gs/pg000026.htm . 7 August 2003 .