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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name = IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship
| year = 1999
| other_titles =
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Japan
| country2 = North Korea
| dates = 10 – 13 February 1999 20 – 25 March 1999
| num_teams = 8
| venues =
| cities =
| winners_other = {{ih18|JPN}}
| count = 10
| second_other = {{ih18|KOR}}
| third_other = {{ih18|CHN}}
| games = 12
| goals = 277
| attendance =
| scoring_leader =
| prevseason = [[1998 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship|1998]]
| nextseason = [[2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship|2000]]
}}

The '''1999 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship''' was the 16th edition of the [[IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship]]. For the first time the Championship was split into two separate divisions as the number of teams competing increased to eight. The Division I tournament took place between 10 and 13 February 2000 in [[Nikkō, Tochigi|Nikkō]], Japan and the Division II tournament took place between 20 and 25 March 1999 in [[Pyongyang]], North Korea. The Division I tournament was won by [[Japan men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Japan]], who claimed their tenth title by winning all three of their games and finishing first in the standings. Upon winning the tournament Japan gained promotion to Pool B of the [[2000 IIHF World U18 Championships]]. [[South Korea men's national under-18 ice hockey team|South Korea]] and [[China men's national under-18 ice hockey team|China]] finished second and third respectively.

In the Division II tournament [[North Korea men's national under-18 ice hockey team|North Korea]] finished first and gained promotion to Division I for the [[2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship]].

==Overview==
Following the format change the teams from the [[1998 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship|1998 Championships]] were reseeded into either the Division I or the Division II tournaments. [[Australia men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Australia]], [[China men's national under-18 ice hockey team|China]], [[Japan men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Japan]] and [[South Korea men's national under-18 ice hockey team|South Korea]] were seeded into the Division I competition while [[New Zealand men's national under-18 ice hockey team|New Zealand]] and [[Thailand men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Thailand]] were seeded into the Division II tournament.<ref name="IIHE19042005">{{cite book |title=International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005 |last=Müller |first=Stephan |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2005 |publisher=Books on Demand |location=Germany |isbn=3-8334-4189-5 |page= |pages=389–393 |url= |accessdate=}}</ref> The Division I tournament began on 10 February in [[Nikkō, Tochigi|Nikkō]], Japan.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/> Japan won the tournament after winning all three of their games and claimed their tenth title of the championship. Following their win Japan gained promotion to Pool B of the [[2000 IIHF World U18 Championships]].<ref name="IIHE19042005"/> South Korea finished second after losing one game to Japan and China finished third after losing to Japan and South Korea. [[Kim Han-Sung]] of South Korea finished as the top scorer for the tournament with 12 points including 11 goals and one assist.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/>

The Division II tournament began on 20 March 1999 in [[Pyongyang]], North Korea.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/> [[Chinese Taipei men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Chinese Taipei]] and [[South Africa men's national under-18 ice hockey team|South Africa]] made their debut appearance at the Championships and in international competition. The tournament was originally meant to involve Hong Kong, Singapore and [[Thailand men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Thailand]] however all three teams withdrew prior to the start of the tournament.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/> [[North Korea men's national under-18 ice hockey team|North Korea]] who returned to the Championships having not played since the [[1992 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship|1992 Championship]], won the tournament after winning final against South Africa and gained promotion to Division I for the [[2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship]].<ref name="IIHE19042005"/> South Africa finished second as a result of losing the final and New Zealand finished third after winning the third place game against Chinese Taipei.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/>

==Division I==
===Standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Rk|Ranking}}
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GDF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
|-style="background:#ffd700;"
|[[Image:gold medal icon.png]] ||align="left"| {{ih18|JPN}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 36 || 5 || +29 || '''6'''
|-style="background:#c0c0c0;"
|[[Image:silver medal icon.png]] ||align="left"| {{ih18|KOR}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 24 || 11 || +13 || '''4'''
|-style="background:#cc9966;"
|[[Image:bronze medal icon.png]] ||align="left"| {{ih18|CHN}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 15 || 19 || –4 || '''2'''
|-
|4 ||align="left"| {{ih18|AUS}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 40 || –40 || '''0'''
|}

===Fixtures===
''Reference''<ref name="IIHE19042005"/>
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|KOR}}'''
| score = 0 – 14
| stadium = [[Nikkō, Tochigi|Nikkō]]
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|JPN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|CHN}}
| score = 13 – 1
| stadium = Nikkō
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|KOR}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|CHN}}
| score = 6 – 3
| stadium = Nikkō
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|JPN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|AUS}}
| score = 15 – 0
| stadium = Nikkō
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|JPN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|KOR}}
| score = 8 – 4
| stadium = Nikkō
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|CHN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|AUS}}
| score = 11 – 0
| stadium = Nikkō
}}

==Division II==
===Standings===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Rk|Ranking}}
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GDF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
|-
|1 ||align="left"| {{ih18|PRK}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 56 || 3 || +53 || '''6'''
|-
|2 ||align="left"| {{ih18|RSA}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 38 || 10 || +28 || '''4'''
|-
|3 ||align="left"| {{ih18|NZL}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 20 || 27 || –7 || '''2'''
|-
|4 ||align="left"| {{ih18|TPE}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 78 || –74 || '''0'''
|}

===Fixtures===
''Reference''<ref name="IIHE19042005"/>
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|TPE}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|NZL}}'''
| score = 3 – 20
| stadium = Pyongyang
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|PRK}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|RSA}}
| score = 9 – 3
| stadium = Pyongyang
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|NZL}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|RSA}}'''
| score = 0 – 1
| stadium = Pyongyang
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|PRK}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|TPE}}
| score = 24 – 0
| stadium = Pyongyang
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|PRK}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|NZL}}
| score = 23 – 0
| stadium = Pyongyang
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|RSA}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|TPE}}
| score = 34 – 1
| stadium = Pyongyang
}}

====Semi-finals====
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|PRK}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|TPE}}
| score = 29 – 0
| stadium = Pyongyang
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|RSA}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|NZL}}
| score = 15 – 0
| stadium = Pyongyang
}}

====Third place game====
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|NZL}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|TPE}}
| score = 26 – 4
| stadium = Pyongyang
}}

====Final====
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|PRK}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|RSA}}
| score = 9 – 1
| stadium = Pyongyang
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iihf.com International Ice Hockey Federation]

[[Category:IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships]]

{{Wikipedia}}

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