IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships explained

IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship
Formerly:	IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championships
Sport:	Ice hockey
Founded:	1984
Inaugural:	1984
Country:	Asia and Oceania
Most Champs:	Japan (10)
Folded:	2002
Related Comps:	IIHF World U18 Championship

The IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship was an annual event held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) each at the start of every year for national under-18 ice hockey teams from Asia and Oceania. The Championships first held in 1984 and was played every year until 2002 where the competition ceased as teams were integrated into the World U18 Championships.

History

The inaugural IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship, known then as the IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championships, was held in Kushiro and Tomakomai, Japan between March 23 to March 30, 1984.^[1] Japan then went on to win the 1985 and 1986 tournament. In 1987 the competition was expanded to five teams with the addition of North Korea who won in their debut season.^[2] Tsutomu Kawabuchi was a key organizer of the inaugural event.^[3] ^[4] ^[5] Four countries competed – Japan, China, South Korea and Australia, with Japan winning the tournament after being undefeated in their six games.

In 1991 the first non-Asian or Oceanic team joined the competition. Mexico played only in the 1991 tournament and finished last after losing all four of their games.^[6] 1993 saw Kazakhstan join the competition, who went on to win after winning all four of their games. New Zealand was also scheduled to join for the 1993 tournament but instead withdrew.^[7] In 1997 Kazakhstan played in their last tournament with the following year the country pulling out to play in the IIHF European U18 Championships.^[8]

The following year New Zealand and Thailand made their debut in the tournament finishing fifth and sixth respectively, with Thailand's 92–0 loss to South Korea being the worst defeat in an IIHF event.^[9] ^[10] In 1999 the Championship was expanded into two separate divisions with the winner of Division I gaining promotion to the World U18 Championships Pool B and the winner of Division II being promoted to Division I. 1999 also saw the debut of Chinese Taipei and the second non-Asian or Oceanic team, South Africa.^[11]

In 2000 Mongolia joined the competitions Division II tournament which New Zealand won to gain promotion to next years Division I and North Korea won the Division I tournament and gained promotion to the World U18 Championships Division I.^[12] The 2001 tournament was renamed the IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship, dropping the "junior" part from the name.^[13] South Korea won in the Division I tournament and was promoted to Division III of the World U18 Championships. Mongolia won the Division II tournament but no teams were promoted as the following year the Championships were shrunk back down to a single championship. The 2002 tournament was held in New Zealand and was the last IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship held with all competing teams offered a spot in the World U18 Championships Division III. China won the last tournament after winning all five of their games.^[14]

Results

Division I

	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Host city (cities)	Host country
1						Japan
2						South Korea
3						Australia
4						China
5						Australia
6						Japan
7						South Korea
8						China
9						Japan
10						South Korea
11						China
12						Japan
13						Kazakhstan
14						South Korea
15						China
16						Japan
17						China
18						South Korea
19						New Zealand

Division II

	Year	Host country
1	1999	North Korea
2	2000	Thailand
3	2001	South Korea

Summary (1984-2002)

Rank	width=200	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1		16	69	55	6	8	781	153	+628	171
2		18	76	39	5	32	545	312	+233	122
3		18	75	31	4	40	557	409	+148	97
4		5	17	15	0	2	216	32	+184	45
5		5	18	14	1	3	143	32	+111	43
6		14	63	9	2	52	207	849	–642	29
7		5	19	7	1	11	104	209	–105	22
8		3	10	4	1	5	48	65	–17	13
9		4	13	4	1	8	33	154	–121	13
10		1	3	2	0	1	38	10	+28	6
11		4	15	0	1	14	19	351	–332	1
12		1	4	0	0	4	3	115	–112	0

Medals (1984-2002)

This table only includes medals won by the countries in the top division (known as Division I from 1999 to 2001). It excludes all medals won in the Division II tournaments.

Nations

Japan

	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1984	6	0	0	64	9	+55
2	1985	4	0	0	34	8	+26
3	1986	5	0	1	68	14	+54
4	1987	3	0	1	22	8	+14
5	1988	4	1	1	59	19	+40
6	1989	3	1	0	32	14	+18
7	1990	6	0	0	86	4	+82
8	1991	3	1	0	62	6	+56
9	1992	3	1	0	36	3	+33
10	1993	3	0	1	65	9	+56
11	1994	2	1	1	42	23	+19
12	1995	2	0	1	14	7	+7
13	1996	1	0	2	11	13	-2
14	1997	3	0	0	20	8	+12
15	1998	4	1	0	130	3	+127
16	1999	3	0	0	36	5	+31
17	2000	DNE
18	2001	DNE
19	2002	DNE

China

	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1984	4	0	2	48	24	+24
2	1985	DNE
3	1986	4	1	1	25	26	-1
4	1987	3	0	1	17	9	+8
5	1988	5	1	0	50	13	+37
6	1989	0	1	3	16	27	-11
7	1990	4	0	2	48	19	+29
8	1991	3	1	0	49	11	+38
9	1992	2	0	2	20	16	+4
10	1993	1	0	3	26	27	-1
11	1994	1	0	3	26	20	+6
12	1995	1	0	2	6	16	-10
13	1996	0	0	3	4	25	-21
14	1997	0	0	3	7	26	-19
15	1998	3	0	2	69	12	+57
16	1999	1	0	2	15	19	-4
17	2000	1	0	2	13	9	+4
18	2001	1	1	1	26	8	+18
19	2002	5	0	0	80	5	+75

South Korea

	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1984	2	0	4	22	43	-21
2	1985	1	1	2	23	23	0
3	1986	1	1	4	15	43	-28
4	1987	0	0	4	9	32	-23
5	1988	2	0	4	42	53	-11
6	1989	2	0	2	19	26	-7
7	1990	2	0	4	42	35	+7
8	1991	1	0	3	31	20	+11
9	1992	1	0	3	12	25	-13
10	1993	2	0	2	31	24	+7
11	1994	2	1	1	42	16	+26
12	1995	1	0	2	12	14	-2
13	1996	2	0	1	13	14	-1
14	1997	1	0	2	18	15	+3
15	1998	4	1	0	148	4	+144
16	1999	2	0	1	24	11	+13
17	2000	2	0	1	15	7	+8
18	2001	3	0	0	39	4	+35
19	2002	DNE

Australia

	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1984	0	0	6	9	67	-58
2	1985	0	1	3	6	32	-26
3	1986	1	0	5	18	40	-22
4	1987	1	0	3	14	35	-21
5	1988	0	0	6	14	80	-66
6	1989	DNE
7	1990	0	0	6	5	123	-118
8	1991	DNE
9	1992	0	0	4	11	51	-40
10	1993	0	0	4	1	151	-150
11	1994	0	0	4	0	114	-114
12	1995	DNE
13	1996	DNE
14	1997	DNE
15	1998	2	0	3	42	60	-18
16	1999	0	0	3	0	40	-40
17	2000	0	0	3	2	27	-25
18	2001	1	1	1	11	16	-5
19	2002	4	0	1	74	13	+61

North Korea

	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1986	DNE
1	1987	3	0	1	31	9	+22
X	1988-1990	DNE
2	1991	2	0	2	18	11	+7
3	1992	3	1	0	22	6	+16
X	1993-1998	DNE
4	1999	3	0	0	56	3	+53
5	2000	3	0	0	16	3	+13
X	2001-2002	DNE

Mexico

1991 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship

South Africa

1999 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship

Kazakhstan

	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1992	DNE
10	1993	4	0	0	88	0	+88
11	1994	4	0	0	66	3	+63
12	1995	2	0	1	15	10	+5
13	1996	3	0	0	32	8	+24
14	1997	2	0	1	15	11	+4
X	1998-2002	DNE

Thailand

	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1997	DNE
15	1998	0	0	5	3	217	-214
X	1999	DNE
17	2000	0	1	2	7	14	-7
18	2001	0	0	2	2	15	-13
19	2002	0	0	5	7	105	-98

New Zealand

	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1997	DNE
15	1998	1	0	4	14	110	-96
16	1999	1	0	2	20	27	-7
17	2000	2	1	0	15	6	+9
18	2001	0	0	3	4	52	-48
19	2002	3	0	2	51	14	+37

Chinese Taipei

	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1998	DNE
16	1999	0	0	3	4	78	-74
17	2000	2	1	0	12	6	+6
18	2001	1	0	1	6	11	-5
19	2002	1	0	4	11	59	-48

Mongolia

	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1999	DNE
17	2000	0	1	2	7	15	-8
18	2001	2	0	0	22	4	+18
19	2002	2	0	3	19	46	-27

References

Book: Müller, Stephan . International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005 . 2005 . Books on Demand . Germany . 3-8334-4189-5 . 240–395 .

External links

International Ice Hockey Federation

Notes and References

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