2003 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2003 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested on 3–6 April 2003 in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand won the championship and gained promotion, along with Luxembourg, into the 2004 Division II tournament.[1]

2003 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
Venue(s)Auckland
Dates3–6 April
Teams3
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Games played3
Scoring leader(s)New Zealand Eugene Nesterov (9 pts)
2004 →

Participants

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Team 2002 result
  Turkey Placed 6th in Division II Group A and were relegated.[2]
  Luxembourg Placed 6th in Division II Group B and were relegated.[3]
  New Zealand Placed 3rd in Division II Qualification and were relegated.[4]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   New Zealand 2 2 0 0 14 3 +11 4 Promoted to Division II for 2004
2   Luxembourg 2 1 0 1 7 10 −3 2
3   Turkey 2 0 0 2 4 12 −8 0
Source: [1]

Games

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All times local.

April 3, 2003
19:15
New Zealand  7 - 1
(2-0, 2-1, 3-0)
  Turkey
Attendance: 300
April 5, 2003
16:45
Luxembourg  2 - 7
(1-3, 0-3, 1-1)
  New Zealand
Attendance: 300
April 6, 2003
16:15
Turkey  3 - 5
(1-1, 0-0, 2-4)
  Luxembourg
Attendance: 700

Scoring leaders

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List shows the top ten players sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
  Eugene Nesterov 2 6 3 9 +7 2 F
  Dennis Monk 2 3 2 5 +5 0 F
  Duane Finch 2 3 1 4 +2 0 D
  Emrah Ozmen 2 2 2 4 -1 2 F
  Benny Welter 2 3 0 3 0 0 F
  Jean-Marie Funk 2 1 2 3 0 2 F
  Bekir Akgul 2 1 2 3 0 14 F
  Darren Blong 2 0 3 3 +4 4 F
  Michael Sam 2 0 3 3 +1 16 F
  Robert Post 2 1 1 2 -2 0 F

Source: [2]

Leading goaltenders

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Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
  Greg Davis 120:00 56 3 1.50 94.64 0
  Omer Aybers 99:28 58 8 4.83 86.21 0
  Michel Welter 120:00 71 10 5.00 85.92 0

Source: [3]

References

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  1. ^ "2003 IIHF World Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  2. ^ "2002 IIHF World Championship Div II Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  3. ^ "2002 IIHF World Championship Div II Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  4. ^ "2002 IIHF World Championship Div II Qualification". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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