2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship

2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  New Zealand
Dates 10 – 15 March
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   China (2nd title)
Runner-up   Australia
Third place   New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 242 (16.13 per match)
Attendance 4,500 (300 per match)
Scoring leader(s) China Wang Zhiqiang
← 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]

Standings

Rk Team GP W T L GF GA GDF PTS
 China 5 5 0 0 80 5 75 10
 Australia 5 4 0 1 74 13 61 8
 New Zealand 5 3 0 2 51 14 37 6
4  Mongolia 5 2 0 3 19 46 -27 4
5  Chinese Taipei 5 1 0 4 11 59 -48 2
6  Thailand 5 0 0 5 7 105 -98 0

Fixtures

All times local.

10 March 2002
11:30		Chinese Taipei 2 – 5
(1–1, 0–3, 1–1)		 MongoliaAuckland
Attendance: 300
10 March 2002
16:15		New Zealand 2 – 7
(0–4, 0–0, 2–3)		 AustraliaAuckland
Attendance: 300
10 March 2002
19:15		Thailand 0 – 31
(0–13, 0–14, 0–4)		 ChinaAuckland
Attendance: 300
11 March 2002
12:30		China 5 – 0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 New ZealandAuckland
Attendance: 300
11 March 2002
16:00		Australia 16 – 1
(7–0, 4–0, 5–1)		 Chinese TaipeiAuckland
Attendance: 300
11 March 2002
19:15		Mongolia 10 – 4
(6–0, 1–2, 3–2)		 ThailandAuckland
Attendance: 300
12 March 2002
12:30		Australia 9 – 2
(3–0, 2–2, 4–4)		 MongoliaAuckland
Attendance: 300
12 March 2002
16:00		China 20 – 0
(3–0, 7–0, 10–0)		 Chinese TaipeiAuckland
Attendance: 300
12 March 2002
19:15		Thailand 0 – 19
(0–10, 0–4, 0–5)		 New ZealandAuckland
Attendance: 300
14 March 2002
09:00		Australia 38 – 1
(7–0, 15–1, 16–0)		 ThailandAuckland
Attendance: 300
14 March 2002
12:05		New Zealand 16 – 1
(5–0, 3–1, 8–0)		 Chinese TaipeiAuckland
Attendance: 300
14 March 2002
15:15		Mongolia 1 – 17
(1–5, 0–5, 0–7)		 ChinaAuckland
Attendance: 300
15 March 2002
09:00		Chinese Taipei 7 – 2
(3–0, 1–1, 3–1)		 ThailandAuckland
Attendance: 300
15 March 2002
12:05		China 7 – 4
(2–1, 2–2, 3–1)		 AustraliaAuckland
Attendance: 300
15 March 2002
15:15		Mongolia 1 – 14
(0–2, 0–7, 1–5)		 New ZealandAuckland
Attendance: 300

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Lliam Webster of Australia finished third among the scoring leaders, recording eight goals and ten assists.

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

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
China Wang Zhiqiang 5 11 12 23 +28 4 F
China Wang Dakai 5 11 8 19 +29 6 F
Australia Lliam Webster 5 8 10 18 +15 12 D
China Cui Xijun 5 12 3 15 +22 14 F
China Li Yandi 5 8 7 15 +21 18 F
New Zealand Timothy Faull 5 8 6 14 +17 2 F
Australia Warren Jayawardene 5 7 7 14 +16 8 F
Australia Paul Meyer 5 6 8 14 +15 10 F
Australia Scott Stephenson 5 8 5 13 +15 2 F
Australia 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 MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
China Xie Ming 140:00 49 5 2.14 89.80 0
New Zealand Johnathan Faull 240:00 118 14 3.50 88.14 0
Chinese Taipei David Chang 266:15 311 47 10.59 84.89 0
Australia Luke Read 180:00 59 9 3.00 84.75 0
Mongolia Nyamdorj Batsaikhan 274:08 249 39 8.54 84.34 0

Source: IIHF.com

References

  1. ↑ "2002 IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship Div I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Games & Standings". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  3. 1 2 Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005. Germany: Books on Demand. pp. 390–395. ISBN 3-8334-4189-5.

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