2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship explained

Tourney Name:IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship
Year:2002
Size:200px
Country:New Zealand
Dates:10–15 March
Num Teams:6
Venues:1
Cities:1
Type:ih18
Winners:CHN
Count:2
Second:AUS
Third:NZL
Games:15
Goals:242
Attendance:4500
Scoring Leader: Wang Zhiqiang
Prevseason:2001

The 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship was the 19th and final IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships. It took place between 10 and 15 March 2002 in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament was won by China, who claimed their second title by defeating all five other nations. Australia and New Zealand finished second and third respectively.

Overview

The 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship began on 10 March 2002 in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] The first game was played between Chinese Taipei and Mongolia with Mongolia winning the game 5–2.[2] China won the tournament winning all five games against the opposing nations and claimed their second title after first winning the 1988 tournament.[3] Australia finished second, losing only to China in their five games and New Zealand finished third after losing to Australia and China.[2] Thailand, who finished last, also suffered the largest defeat of the tournament against Australia, going down 38–1.[2] Following the tournament all teams were offered entry into Division III of the IIHF World U18 Championship, making the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship the final tournament.[3]

Fixtures

All times local.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player
Wang Zhiqiang 5 11 12 23 +28 4 F
Wang Dakai 5 11 8 19 +29 6 F
5 8 10 18 +15 12 D
Cui Xijun 5 12 3 15 +22 14 F
Li Yandi 5 8 7 15 +21 18 F
Timothy Faull 5 8 6 14 +17 2 F
Warren Jayawardene 5 7 7 14 +16 8 F
Paul Meyer 5 6 8 14 +15 10 F
5 8 5 13 +15 2 F
Oliver Rozdarz 5 5 6 11 +12 6 F
Source: IIHF.com

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.

Player
Xie Ming 140:00 49 5 2.14 89.80 0
Johnathan Faull 240:00 118 14 3.50 88.14 0
David Chang 266:15 311 47 10.59 84.89 0
Luke Read 180:00 59 9 3.00 84.75 0
Nyamdorj Batsaikhan 274:08 249 39 8.54 84.34 0
Source: IIHF.com

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2002 IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship Div I . . 5 October 2010 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20020812002015/http://www.iihf.com:80/hockey/x/0102/Ao18I/0102/pg000001.htm . 12 August 2002 .
  2. Web site: Games & Standings . . 5 October 2010 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20021007075712/http://www.iihf.com:80/hockey/x/0102/Ao18I/cs/pg000003.htm . 7 October 2002 .
  3. Book: Müller, Stephan . International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005 . 2005 . Books on Demand . Germany . 3-8334-4189-5 . 390–395 .