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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name = IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
| year = 2003
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| country = Estonia
| country2 = FR Yugoslavia
| dates = 5 – 11 March 2003 17 – 23 March 2003
| num_teams = 12
| venues =
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| prevseason = [[2002 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II|2002]]
| nextseason = [[2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II|2004]]
}}

The '''2003 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 [[2003 IIHF World U18 Championships]]. The Group A tournament took place between 17 and 23 March 2003 in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] and the Group B tournament took place between 5 and 11 March 2003 in [[Belgrade]], [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. [[South Korea]] and [[Romania]] won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division I for the [[2004 IIHF World U18 Championships]]. While [[Bulgaria]] finished last in Group A and [[South Africa]] last in Group B and were both relegated to Division III for 2004.

==Group A tournament==
The Group A tournament began on 17 March 2003 in [[Tallinn]], Estonia.<ref name="2003U18D2A">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/tournaments/W18IIA.htm | title=2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group A | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2012-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Both [[Croatia]] and [[Estonia]] who missed promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championship returned to compete in this year's 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=308–326 |url= |accessdate=}}</ref> [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[South Korea]] and [[Spain]] all gained promotion to Division II from Division III following a restructure of the Division sizes which increased the number of teams in each group from four to six.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/> South Korea won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the [[2004 IIHF World U18 Championships]].<ref name="RANKA">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm | title=Final Ranking | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2012-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Estonia finished second losing only to South Korea and Croatia finished in third place.<ref name="GAMESA">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm | title=Games & Standings | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2012-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Bulgaria finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated back to Division III for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.<ref name="RANKA"/> Tomislav Grozaj of Croatia finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 27 points including 18 goals and nine assists.<ref name="SCORERSA">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/playerstat/pg000003.htm | title=Scoring Leaders | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2012-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Thomas Tyson of Belgium finished the tournament as the leading goaltender based on save percentage.<ref name="GOALIESA">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/playerstat/pg000020.htm | title=Leading Goaltenders (SVS%) | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2012-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>

===Standings===
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=20px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to Division I for 2004
|-
|width=20px bgcolor="#ffccff"| ||Relegated to Division III for 2004
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Rk|Ranking}}
!width=180|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:#ccffcc;"
|1 ||align="left"| {{ih18|KOR}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 56 || 12 || +44 || '''10'''
|-
|2 ||align="left"| {{ih18|EST}} || 5 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 49 || 8 || +41 || '''8'''
|-
|3 ||align="left"| {{ih18|CRO}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 38 || 20 || +18 || '''5'''
|-
|4 ||align="left"| {{ih18|BEL}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 20 || 32 || –12 || '''5'''
|-
|5 ||align="left"| {{ih18|ESP}} || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 23 || 36 || –13 || '''2'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|6 ||align="left"| {{ih18|BUL}} || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 80 || –78 || '''0'''
|}

===Fixtures===
All times local.
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 17 March 2003
| time = 12:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|BEL}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|KOR}}'''
| score = 1 – 13
| periods = (0–6, 1–3, 0–4)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = [[Tallinn]]
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 17 March 2003
| time = 16:00
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|ESP}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|CRO}}'''
| score = 4 – 9
| periods = (1–5, 1–4, 2–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 17 March 2003
| time = 19:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|BUL}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|EST}}'''
| score = 0 – 17
| periods = (0–6, 0–3, 0–8)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 800
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 18 March 2003
| time = 12:30
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CRO}}
| team2 = {{ih18|BEL}}
| score = 4 – 4
| periods = (1–0, 3–2, 0–2)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 18 March 2003
| time = 16:00
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|KOR}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|BUL}}
| score = 18 – 0
| periods = (5–0, 8–0, 5–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 320
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 18 March 2003
| time = 19:30
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|EST}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|ESP}}
| score = 12 – 0
| periods = (2–0, 6–0, 4–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 793
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 20 March 2003
| time = 12:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|BUL}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|ESP}}'''
| score = 1 – 15
| periods = (1–5, 0–4, 0–6)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 20 March 2003
| time = 16:00
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CRO}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|KOR}}'''
| score = 4 – 9
| periods = (0–4, 1–1, 3–4)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 20 March 2003
| time = 19:30
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|EST}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|BEL}}
| score = 11 – 0
| periods = (3–0, 4–0, 4–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 699
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 21 March 2003
| time = 12:30
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|CRO}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|BUL}}
| score = 20 – 0
| periods = (4–0, 5–0, 11–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 21 March 2003
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|ESP}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|BEL}}'''
| score = 3 – 5
| periods = (2–1, 1–4, 0–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 21 March 2003
| time = 19:30
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|KOR}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|EST}}
| score = 7 – 6
| periods = (2–3, 2–1, 3–2)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 1402
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 23 March 2003
| time = 12:30
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|KOR}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|ESP}}
| score = 9 – 1
| periods = (4–1, 4–0, 1–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 23 March 2003
| time = 16:00
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|BEL}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|BUL}}
| score = 10 – 1
| periods = (1–0, 3–0, 6–1)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 23 March 2003
| time = 19:30
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|EST}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|CRO}}
| score = 3 – 1
| periods = (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIA/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Tallinn
| attendance = 781
}}

==Group B tournament==
The Group B tournament began on 5 March 2003 in [[Belgrade]], [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].<ref name="2003U18D2B">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/tournaments/W18IIB.htm | title=2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div II Group B | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2012-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> [[Hungary]], [[Netherlands]] and [[Romania]] all returned to compete in the Division II tournament after missing promotion to Division I at the previous years World Championship.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/> [[Lithuania]], [[South Africa]] and [[Yugoslavia]] all gained promotion to Division II from Division III following a restructure of the Division sizes which increased the number of teams in each group from four to six.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/> Romania won the tournament after winning all five of their games and gained promotion to Division I for the [[2004 IIHF World U18 Championships]].<ref name="RANKB">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000002.htm | title=Final Ranking | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2012-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Hungary finished second after winning three games and drawing a fourth and the Netherlands finished in third place.<ref name="GAMESB">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm | title=Games & Standings | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2012-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> South Africa finished in last place after losing all five of their games and were relegated back to Division III for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.<ref name="RANKB"/> The tournament was also the last appearance of Yugoslavia's under-18 team as the country was reconstituted as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The Yugoslavia men's under-18 team was replaced the following year by the [[Serbia and Montenegro]] men's national under-18 ice hockey team.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/> Tivadar Petres of Romania finished as the top scorer of the tournament with 17 points including 11 goals and six assists.<ref name="SCORERSB">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/playerstat/pg000003.htm | title=Scoring Leaders | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2012-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Hungary's Dominik Vinnai finished the tournament as the leading goaltender based on save percentage.<ref name="GOALIESB">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/playerstat/pg000020.htm | title=Leading Goaltenders (SVS%) | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2012-01-31 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>

===Standings===
{| class="infobox bordered"
|-
|width=20px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Promoted to Division I for 2004
|-
|width=20px bgcolor="#ffccff"| ||Relegated to Division III for 2004
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Rk|Ranking}}
!width=180|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:#ccffcc;"
|1 || align="left"|{{ih18|ROU}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 33 || 10 || +23 || '''10'''
|-
|2 || align="left"|{{ih18|HUN}} || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 27 || 12 || +15 || '''7'''
|-
|3 || align="left"|{{ih18|NED}} || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 22 || 17 || +5 || '''6'''
|-
|4 || align="left"|{{ih18|FR Yugoslavia}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 14 || 19 || –5 || '''5'''
|-
|5 || align="left"|{{ih18|LTU}} || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 14 || 29 || –15 || '''2'''
|- style="background:#ffccff;"
|6 || align="left"|{{ih18|RSA}} || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 9 || 33 || –24 || '''0'''
|}

===Fixtures===
All times local.
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 5 March 2003
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|RSA}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|ROU}}'''
| score = 1 – 7
| periods = (0–3, 0–1, 1–3)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = [[Belgrade]]
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 5 March 2003
| time = 16:15
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LTU}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|NED}}'''
| score = 0 – 5
| periods = (0–2, 0–3, 0–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 5 March 2003
| time = 19:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}
| team2 = {{ih18|HUN}}
| score = 2 – 2
| periods = (2–2, 0–0, 0–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 1500
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 6 March 2003
| time = 13:00
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|HUN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|RSA}}
| score = 8 – 0
| periods = (1–0, 3–0, 4–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 6 March 2003
| time = 16:15
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|ROU}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|LTU}}
| score = 5 – 2
| periods = (1–0, 3–2, 1–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 6 March 2003
| time = 19:30
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|NED}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|FR Yugoslavia}}
| score = 5 – 2
| periods = (2–0, 2–2, 1–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 1000
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 8 March 2003
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|HUN}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|ROU}}'''
| score = 1 – 6
| periods = (1–1, 0–4, 0–1)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 8 March 2003
| time = 16:15
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|NED}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|RSA}}
| score = 8 – 3
| periods = (2–1, 2–0, 4–2)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 8 March 2003
| time = 19:30
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|LTU}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|FR Yugoslavia}}'''
| score = 3 – 4
| periods = (0–2, 2–0, 1–2)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 1200
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 9 March 2003
| time = 13:00
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|ROU}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|NED}}
| score = 7 – 4
| periods = (3–2, 2–1, 2–1)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 9 March 2003
| time = 16:15
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|HUN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|LTU}}
| score = 11 – 4
| periods = (3–1, 2–2, 6–1)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 9 March 2003
| time = 19:30
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|RSA}}
| score = 4 – 1
| periods = (0–1, 1–0, 3–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 1000
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 11 March 2003
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|RSA}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|LTU}}'''
| score = 4 – 6
| periods = (1–4, 2–1, 1–1)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 11 March 2003
| time = 16:15
| bg = #eeffff
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|NED}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|HUN}}'''
| score = 0 – 5
| periods = (0–1, 0–1, 0–3)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 300
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date = 11 March 2003
| time = 19:30
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|ROU}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|FR Yugoslavia}}
| score = 8 – 2
| periods = (2–1, 4–1, 2–0)
| reference = http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIB/0203/scripts/standings/pg000001.htm
| stadium = Belgrade
| attendance = 1600
}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

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

{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:2003 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:IIHF World U18 Championships]]

2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II - Revision history

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