2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II

2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Hungary
 Lithuania
Dates1 – 7 March 2004
28 March – 3 April 2004
Teams12
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The 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division II tournaments made up the third level of competition at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 28 March and 3 April 2004 in Debrecen, Hungary and the Group B tournament took place between 1 and 7 March 2004 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania. Ukraine and Great Britain won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Belgium finished last in Group A and Australia last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2005.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 28 March 2004 in Debrecen, Hungary.[1] Belgium, Hungary, the Netherlands and Spain returned to compete in the Division II competition after missing promotion at the previous years World Championships.[2][3] Ukraine entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Iceland entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.[4][5] Ukraine won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Hungary finished in second place and the Netherlands finished in third. Belgium finished in last place after losing four of their five games and were relegated to Division III for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Yegor Yegorov of Ukraine finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 18 points including six goals and 12 assists.[6] Martijn Maghielse of the Netherlands finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 88.46.[7]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Ukraine 5 5 0 0 62 7 +55 10 Promoted to Division I for 2005
2  Hungary 5 3 1 1 41 18 +23 7
3  Netherlands 5 3 1 1 41 24 +17 7
4  Spain 5 1 1 3 21 36 −15 3
5  Iceland 5 1 0 4 14 57 −43 2
6  Belgium 5 0 1 4 12 49 −37 1 Relegated to Division III for 2005
Source: IIHF

Fixtures

All times local.

28 March 2004
12:30		Iceland 0 – 21
(0–8, 0–7, 0–6)		 UkraineDebrecen
Attendance: 100
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28 March 2004
15:30		Spain 6 – 9
(3–3, 1–3, 2–3)		 NetherlandsDebrecen
Attendance: 500
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28 March 2004
18:30		Belgium 3 – 13
(1–4, 1–5, 1–4)		 HungaryDebrecen
Attendance: 1200
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29 March 2004
12:30		Netherlands 11 – 1
(6–0, 1–0, 4–1)		 IcelandDebrecen
Attendance: 100
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29 March 2004
15:30		Ukraine 14 – 2
(4–1, 3–0, 7–1)		 BelgiumDebrecen
Attendance: 300
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29 March 2004
18:30		Hungary 8 – 1
(1–1, 2–0, 5–0)		 SpainDebrecen
Attendance: 1200
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31 March 2004
12:30		Ukraine 11 – 2
(3–1, 5–1, 3–0)		 SpainDebrecen
Attendance: 300
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31 March 2004
15:30		Iceland 4 – 3
(2–1, 1–0, 1–2)		 BelgiumDebrecen
Attendance: 300
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31 March 2004
18:30		Hungary 5 – 5
(1–0, 2–3, 2–2)		 NetherlandsDebrecen
Attendance: 3000
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12:30
2 April 2004		Belgium 3 – 3
(2–0, 0–2, 1–1)		 SpainDebrecen
Attendance: 350
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2 April 2004
15:30		Netherlands 1 – 11
(0–4, 1–2, 0–5)		 UkraineDebrecen
Attendance: 520
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2 April 2004
18:30		Hungary 13 – 4
(4–2, 3–2, 6–0)		 IcelandDebrecen
Attendance: 2950
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3 April 2004
12:30		Netherlands 15 – 1
(9–0, 3–1, 3–0)		 BelgiumDebrecen
Attendance: 230
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3 April 2004
15:30		Spain 9 – 5
(2–4, 4–1, 3–0)		 IcelandDebrecen
Attendance: 550
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3 April 2004
18:30		Ukraine 5 – 2
(3–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 HungaryDebrecen
Attendance: 5200
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Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[6]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Ukraine Yegor Yegorov 5 6 12 18 +13 0 F
Ukraine Pavlo Borysenko 5 11 4 15 +19 4 F
Netherlands Akim Ramoul 5 9 5 14 +4 38 F
Hungary Patrik Szajbert 5 6 8 14 +6 10 F
Ukraine Oleksei Voytsekhovsky 5 9 4 13 +21 6 F
Hungary Balint Fekti 5 5 6 11 +5 8 F
Netherlands Alan van Bentem 5 9 1 10 +9 37 F
Spain Desiderio Perez 5 7 3 10 –3 10 F
Netherlands Kevin Bruijsten 5 6 4 10 +9 4 F
Ukraine Roman Krivda 5 6 4 10 +6 0 F
Ukraine Ivan Oliynyk 5 6 4 10 +8 6 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.[7]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Netherlands Martijn Maghielse 287:52 182 21 4.38 88.46 0
Hungary Zoltan Hetenyi 180:00 64 9 3.00 85.94 0
Ukraine Oleksandr Sokolenko 160:00 22 4 1.50 81.82 1
Spain Aaron Carretero 210:33 133 26 7.41 80.45 0
Belgium Kevin van Looveren 219:49 179 38 10.37 78.77 0

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 1 March 2004 in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania.[8] Croatia, Estonia and Lithuania all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championship.[2][3] Great Britain entered the Division II competition after being relegated from Division I and Australia entered the tournament after gaining promotion from Division III at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championships.[9][10] The Serbia and Montenegro men's national under-18 ice hockey team made their debut at the World Championships after replacing the Yugoslavia men's national under-18 ice hockey team, the change in team coinciding with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia being reconstituted as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.[3] Great Britain won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion back to Division I for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Estonia finished second after losing only to Great Britain and Croatia finished in third place.[8] Australia finished in last place after losing four of their five games and drawing the fifth and were relegated back to Division III for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Thomas Carlon of Great Britain finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 14 points including ten goals and four assists.[11]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Great Britain 5 5 0 0 30 6 +24 10 Promoted to Division I for 2005
2  Estonia 5 4 0 1 35 6 +29 8
3  Croatia 5 3 0 2 17 14 +3 6
4  Lithuania 5 1 1 3 10 15 −5 3
5 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 5 1 0 4 12 26 −14 2
6  Australia 5 0 1 4 5 42 −37 1 Relegated to Division III for 2005
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures

All times local.

1 March 2004
15:00		Australia 0 – 14
(0–5, 0–3, 0–6)		 Great BritainElektrėnai
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1 March 2004
17:00		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro0 – 10
(0–3, 0–5, 0–2)		 EstoniaKaunas
Attendance: 300
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1 March 2004
18:30		Lithuania 1 – 4
(1–3, 0–0, 0–1)		 CroatiaElektrėnai
Attendance: 1770
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2 March 2004
15:00		Great Britain 5 – 3
(1–0, 2–1, 2–2)		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and MontenegroElektrėnai
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2 March 2004
17:00		Estonia 4 – 2
(2–0, 2–0, 0–2)		 LithuaniaKaunas
Attendance: 800
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2 March 2004
18:30		Croatia 6 – 0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 AustraliaElektrėnai
Attendance: 780
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4 March 2004
15:00		Estonia 5 – 1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1)		 CroatiaElektrėnai
Attendance: 660
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4 March 2004
17:00		Australia 2 – 5
(0–1, 2–3, 0–1)		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and MontenegroKaunas
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4 March 2004
18:30		Great Britain 2 – 1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)		 LithuaniaElektrėnai
Attendance: 1850
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5 March 2004
15:00		Croatia 1 – 7
(0–1, 0–4, 1–2)		 Great BritainElektrėnai
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5 March 2004
17:00		Estonia 15 – 1
(5–1, 3–0, 7–0)		 AustraliaKaunas
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5 March 2004
18:30		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro3 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 1–2)		 LithuaniaElektrėnai
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7 March 2004
12:00		Croatia 5 – 1
(1–0, 1–1, 3–0)		Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and MontenegroElektrėnai
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7 March 2004
15:30		Great Britain 2 – 1
(0–0, 0–0, 2–1)		 EstoniaElektrėnai
Attendance: 1600
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7 March 2004
19:00		Lithuania 2 – 2
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 AustraliaElektrėnai
Attendance: 2200
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Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten ranked skaters sorted by points, then goals.[11]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
United Kingdom Thomas Carlon 5 10 4 14 +11 12 F
Estonia Aleksandr Polozov 5 6 7 13 +8 4 F
Estonia Ivan Kuzmin 5 3 9 12 +13 4 F
Estonia Aleksandr Kaidas 5 8 3 11 +8 8 F
Estonia Anton Nekrassov 4 7 4 11 +10 4 F
United Kingdom Mark Richardson 5 2 8 10 +6 10 F
Lithuania Deividas Kazlauskas 5 5 2 7 -3 4 F
Estonia Ilja Tsegotov 5 4 3 7 +6 14 F
Estonia Filipp Svarogin 5 1 6 7 +10 12 D
United Kingdom Nicky Watt 5 6 0 6 +5 20 F

References

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