2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Austria Italy
Dates27 March – 2 April 200429 March – 4 April 2004
Teams12

The 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I was a pair of international under-18 ice hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Division I tournaments made up the second level of competition at the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships. The Group A tournament took place between 27 March and 2 April 2004 in Amstetten, Austria and the Group B tournament took place between 29 March and 4 April 2004 in Asiago, Italy. Switzerland and Germany won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships. While Romania finished last in Group A and South Korea last in Group B and were both relegated to Division II for 2005.

Group A tournament

The Group A tournament began on 27 March 2004 in Amstetten, Austria.[1]Austria, Latvia, Poland and Slovenia all returned to compete in this year's Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[2][3]Romania gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in lasts years Division II tournament and Switzerland was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship.[4][5]

Switzerland won the tournament after winning all five of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] Slovenia finished in second place and Austria finished third after only losing to Switzerland and Slovenia.[1] Romania finished in last place, managing only to tie one game and lose the other four and were relegated back to Division II for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1]Rafael Rotter of Austria finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eleven points including five goals and six assists.[6] Latvia's Kristaps Stigis finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 92.93.[7]

Standings

PosTeam PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1   Switzerland5 5 0 0 35 10 +25 10 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2005
2  Slovenia5 3 1 1 20 13 +7 7
3  Austria5 3 0 2 21 18 +3 6
4  Latvia5 2 1 2 27 17 +10 5
5  Poland5 0 1 4 12 20 −8 1
6  Romania5 0 1 4 5 42 −37 1 Relegated to Division II for 2005
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Fixtures

All times local.

27 March 200413:00Latvia 5 – 2(2–0, 1–0, 2–2) PolandAmstettenAttendance: 100
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27 March 200416:30Romania 1 – 12(0–2, 0–4, 1–6)  SwitzerlandAmstettenAttendance: 100
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27 March 200420:00Austria 2 – 7(1–3, 0–1, 1–3) SloveniaAmstettenAttendance: 700
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28 March 200413:00Slovenia 6 – 1(3–1, 2–0, 1–0) RomaniaAmstettenAttendance: 50
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28 March 200416:30Switzerland 6 – 2(4–0, 1–1, 1–1) LatviaAmstettenAttendance: 70
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28 March 200420:00Poland 3 – 4(2–0, 0–3, 1–1) AustriaAmstettenAttendance: 210
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30 March 200413:00Romania 0 – 14(0–3, 0–7, 0–4) LatviaAmstettenAttendance: 150
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30 March 200416:30Poland 1 – 2(1–0, 0–1, 0–1) SloveniaAmstettenAttendance: 100
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30 March 200420:00Switzerland 4 – 1(0–1, 3–0, 1–0) AustriaAmstettenAttendance: 600
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31 March 200413:00Poland 2 – 2(1–0, 1–1, 0–1) RomaniaAmstetten
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31 March 200416:30Slovenia 2 – 6(1–1, 1–1, 0–4)  SwitzerlandAmstettenAttendance: 150
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31 March 200420:00Latvia 3 – 6(0–1, 0–2, 3–3) AustriaAmstettenAttendance: 250
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2 April 200413:00Switzerland 7 – 4(2–1, 2–2, 3–1) PolandAmstettenAttendance: 150
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2 April 200416:30Slovenia 3 – 3(0–1, 2–1, 1–1) LatviaAmstettenAttendance: 200
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2 April 200420:00Austria 8 – 1(1–1, 3–0, 4–0) RomaniaAmstettenAttendance: 744
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Scoring leaders

Julien Sprunger scored seven goals and two assists to finish second in scoring.

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

Player GPGAPts+/-PIMPOS
AustriaRafael Rotter55611+102F
SwitzerlandJulien Sprunger5729+70F
SloveniaAnze Kopitar5628+30F
LatviaEduards Bullitis5448+32F
SwitzerlandJanick Steinmann5437+72F
SloveniaAnze Ahacic5257+10F
LatviaArtjoms Jemeljanenko5257+44F
PolandJaroslaw Rzeszutko5426-514F
LatviaJurijs Klujevskis5246+214F
LatviaElviss Zelubovskis5415+42F

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 MIPSOGGAGAASVS%SO
LatviaKristaps Stigis188:0410382.5592.231
SloveniaGasper Kroselj280:00163132.7992.020
SwitzerlandLeonardo Genoni234:457361.5391.781
AustriaStefan Horneber180:00103103.3390.290
PolandDaniel Kachniarz266:29139173.8387.770

Group B tournament

The Group B tournament began on 29 March 2004 in Asiago, Italy.[8]France, Germany, Italy and Japan all returned to compete in this year's Division I tournament after missing promotion to the Championship Division at the previous years World Championships.[2][3]South Korea gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in lasts years Division II tournament and Kazakhstan was relegated from the Championship Division after failing to survive the relegation round at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship.[5][9]

Germany won the tournament after winning all five of their games, finishing first in the group standings and gained promotion to the Championship Division for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8] Japan finished second after losing only to Germany and Italy finished in third place.[8] South Korea finished in last place, managing only to tie one game and lose the other four and were relegated back to Division II for the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championships.[8]Daniel Pietta of Germany finished as the top scorer of the tournament with eleven points including eight goals and three assists.[10] Japan's Yuto Takashima finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 96.59.[11]

Standings

PosTeam PldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1  Germany5 5 0 0 38 12 +26 10 Promoted to the Championship Division for 2005
2  Japan5 4 0 1 14 14 0 8
3  Italy5 2 1 2 14 16 −2 5
4  Kazakhstan5 1 1 3 12 19 −7 3
5  France5 1 1 3 14 13 +1 3
6  South Korea5 0 1 4 8 26 −18 1 Relegated to Division II for 2005
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Fixtures

All times local.

29 March 200414:00France 1 – 2(0–1, 0–1, 1–0) GermanyAsiagoAttendance: 200
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29 March 200417:00South Korea 2 – 2(1–0, 0–0, 1–2) KazakhstanAsiagoAttendance: 220
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29 March 200421:00Japan 2 – 1(2–0, 0–1, 0–0) ItalyAsiagoAttendance: 1070
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30 March 200411:00Kazakhstan 3 – 2(0–2, 3–0, 0–0) FranceAsiagoAttendance: 880
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30 March 200414:00Italy 5 – 1(3–0, 1–1, 1–0) South KoreaAsiagoAttendance: 950
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30 March 200417:00Germany 11 – 4(3–2, 2–1, 6–1) JapanAsiagoAttendance: 290
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1 April 200414:00Kazakhstan 1 – 2(0–0, 1–1, 0–1) JapanAsiagoAttendance: 250
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1 April 200417:00South Korea 2 – 7(1–4, 1–1, 0–2) FranceAsiagoAttendance: 230
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1 April 200420:30Germany 7 – 1(4–1, 1–0, 2–0) ItalyAsiagoAttendance: 1610
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2 April 200414:00France 0 – 2(0–0, 0–1, 0–1) JapanAsiagoAttendance: 320
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2 April 200417:00Germany 8 – 2(2–2, 3–0, 3–0) South KoreaAsiagoAttendance: 450
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2 April 200420:30Italy 3 – 2(0–0, 2–0, 1–2) KazakhstanAsiagoAttendance: 1580
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4 April 200412:00Kazakhstan 4 – 10(0–2, 2–3, 2–5) GermanyAsiagoAttendance: 220
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4 April 200415:00Japan 4 – 1(0–0, 2–1, 2–0) South KoreaAsiagoAttendance: 650
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4 April 200418:30Italy 4 – 4(3–0, 0–4, 1–0) FranceAsiagoAttendance: 2100
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Scoring leaders

Philip Gogulla finished fifth in scoring after recording two goals and five assists.

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.[10]

Player GPGAPts+/-PIMPOS
GermanyDaniel Pietta58311+56F
GermanyThomas Pielmeier58210+114F
GermanyPhilipp Schlager52810+84F
GermanyAndre Schietzold5459+54F
GermanyPhilip Gogulla5257+316F
GermanyChristoph Gawlik5246+527F
GermanyMats Schobel4325+325F
GermanyMoritz Muller5325+24F
KazakhstanAndrei Bordyug5325+16F
GermanyAnton Saal5235+90F

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.[11]

Player MIPSOGGAGAASVS%SO
JapanYuto Takashima186:138830.9796.591
GermanyYouri Ziffzer160:008541.5095.290
ItalyThomas Tragust285:56165132.7392.120
KazakhstanSergey Khudyakov280:28159132.7891.821
FranceJoffrey Pingrit298:39133132.6190.230

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