2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship


The 2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship was the 18th edition of the IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship. The Division I and Division II tournaments took place between 8 and 11 March 2001 in Seoul, South Korea. The Division I tournament was won by South Korea, who claimed their second title by winning all three of their games and finishing first in the standings. Upon winning the tournament South Korea gained promotion to Division III of the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships. China and Australia finished second and third respectively.
In the Division II tournament, which was also known as the 2002 Division I Qualification tournament, Mongolia finished first in the standings after winning both of their games against Chinese Taipei and Thailand.

Overview

The Division I tournament began on 8 March 2001 in Seoul, South Korea. New Zealand had gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in the Division II tournament at the 2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship. South Korea won the tournament after winning all three of their games and claimed their second title, their first coming in 1998. Following their win South Korea gained promotion for the following year to Division III of the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships. China finished second after losing their game to South Korea and Australia finished third on losing on goal difference to China after both teams finished on the same number of points. New Zealand who finished last were set to be relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship however due to a format change both divisions were merged into one tournament for the 2002 competition. Park Chul Ho of South Korea finished as the top scorer for the tournament with ten points including six goals and four assists.
The Division II tournament began on 9 March 2001 in Seoul, South Korea and was officially known as the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship Division I Qualification. Mongolia won the tournament after winning both of their games against Chinese Taipei and Thailand. Chinese Taipei finished in second after winning their game against Thailand. Thailand who finished last also suffered the largest defeat of the tournament, losing to Mongolia 1 – 12. Mongolia gained promotion to Division I for the 2002 tournament however due to a format change all teams from Division II were merged into a single competition with the Division I teams for the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship. Bold Munktulga of Mongolia finished as the top scorer for the tournament with seven points including five goals and two assists.

Division I

Standings

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player
Park Chul Ho36410+132F
Lee Kwon Jae35510+134F
Cui Zhinan3538+60F
Lee Seong Keun3448+140F
Park Jin Hee3358+130F
Ding Kun3516+52F
Liu Liang3426+54F
Kim Dong Hwan3336+132D
Choi Jung Sik3336+132F
Jaden McKeever3336–44F

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
Lee Ji Sub100:002000.00100.000
An Dapeng80:002521.5092.000
120:00135136.5090.370
Sun Peng100:005063.6088.000
Kim Sung Hoon80:002243.0081.820

Division II

Standings

Fixtures

All times local.

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player
2527+100F
2606+84F
2224+50F
2213+40F
2123–20F
2123+72F
2123+54F
2202-10F
2202+112D
2202–64F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.
Player
120:007042.0094.290
103:407884.6389.740
120:00106115.5089.620