IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships

Not to be confused with IIHF U18 Asia and Oceania Championship.

The IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship was an annual event held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) each at the start of every year for national under-18 ice hockey teams from Asia and Oceania. The Championships first held in 1984 and was played every year until 2002 where the competition ceased as teams were integrated into the World U18 Championships.

IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship

Formerly	IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championships
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1984
First season	1984
Ceased	2002
Country	Asia and Oceania
Most titles	Japan (10)
Related competitions	IIHF World U18 Championship

History

The inaugural IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship, known then as the IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championships, was held in Kushiro and Tomakomai, Japan between March 23 to March 30, 1984.^[1] Japan then went on to win the 1985 and 1986 tournament. In 1987 the competition was expanded to five teams with the addition of North Korea who won in their debut season.^[1] Tsutomu Kawabuchi was a key organizer of the inaugural event.^[2][3][4] Four countries competed – Japan, China, South Korea and Australia, with Japan winning the tournament after being undefeated in their six games.^[1]

In 1991 the first non-Asian or Oceanic team joined the competition. Mexico played only in the 1991 tournament and finished last after losing all four of their games.^[5] 1993 saw Kazakhstan join the competition, who went on to win after winning all four of their games. New Zealand was also scheduled to join for the 1993 tournament but instead withdrew.^[6] In 1997 Kazakhstan played in their last tournament with the following year the country pulling out to play in the IIHF European U18 Championships.^[7]

The following year New Zealand and Thailand made their debut in the tournament finishing fifth and sixth respectively, with Thailand's 92–0 loss to South Korea being the worst defeat in an IIHF event.^[8][9] In 1999 the Championship was expanded into two separate divisions with the winner of Division I gaining promotion to the World U18 Championships Pool B and the winner of Division II being promoted to Division I. 1999 also saw the debut of Chinese Taipei and the second non-Asian or Oceanic team, South Africa.^[8]

In 2000 Mongolia joined the competitions Division II tournament which New Zealand won to gain promotion to next years Division I and North Korea won the Division I tournament and gained promotion to the World U18 Championships Division I.^[10] The 2001 tournament was renamed the IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship, dropping the "junior" part from the name.^[11] South Korea won in the Division I tournament and was promoted to Division III of the World U18 Championships. Mongolia won the Division II tournament but no teams were promoted as the following year the Championships were shrunk back down to a single championship. The 2002 tournament was held in New Zealand and was the last IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship held with all competing teams offered a spot in the World U18 Championships Division III. China won the last tournament after winning all five of their games.^[12]

Results

Division I

#	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Host city (cities)	Host country
1	1984	Japan	China	South Korea	Kushiro and Tomakomai	Japan
2	1985	Japan	South Korea	Australia	Seoul	South Korea
3	1986	Japan	China	South Korea	Adelaide	Australia
4	1987	North Korea	China	Japan	Jilin	China
5	1988	China	Japan	South Korea	Bendigo	Australia
6	1989	Japan	South Korea	China	Hachinohe	Japan
7	1990	Japan	China	South Korea	Seoul	South Korea
8	1991	Japan	China	North Korea	Jilin	China
9	1992	Japan	North Korea	China	Harutori	Japan
10	1993	Kazakhstan	Japan	South Korea	Seoul	South Korea
11	1994	Kazakhstan	South Korea	Japan	Beijing	China
12	1995	Japan	Kazakhstan	China	Obihiro	Japan
13	1996	Kazakhstan	South Korea	Japan	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan
14	1997	Japan	Kazakhstan	South Korea	Seoul	South Korea
15	1998	South Korea	Japan	China	Harbin	China
16	1999	Japan	South Korea	China	Nikko	Japan
17	2000	North Korea	South Korea	China	Changchun City	China
18	2001	South Korea	China	Australia	Seoul	South Korea
19	2002	China	Australia	New Zealand	Auckland	New Zealand

Division II

#	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Host city (cities)	Host country
1	1999	North Korea	South Africa	New Zealand	Pyongyang	North Korea
2	2000	New Zealand	Chinese Taipei	Thailand	Bangkok	Thailand
3	2001	Mongolia	Chinese Taipei	Thailand	Seoul	South Korea

Summary (1984-2002)

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Japan	16	69	55	6	8	781	153	+628	171
2	China	18	76	39	5	32	545	312	+233	122
3	South Korea	18	75	31	4	40	557	409	+148	97
4	Kazakhstan	5	17	15	0	2	216	32	+184	45
5	North Korea	5	18	14	1	3	143	32	+111	43
6	Australia	14	63	9	2	52	207	849	–642	29
7	New Zealand	5	19	7	1	11	104	209	–105	22
8	Mongolia	3	10	4	1	5	48	65	–17	13
9	Chinese Taipei	4	13	4	1	8	33	154	–121	13
10	South Africa	1	3	2	0	1	38	10	+28	6
11	Thailand	4	15	0	1	14	19	351	–332	1
12	Mexico	1	4	0	0	4	3	115	–112	0

Medals (1984-2002)

This table only includes medals won by the countries in the top division (known as Division I from 1999 to 2001). It excludes all medals won in the Division II tournaments.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	10	3	3	16
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	5
3	China	2	6	6	14
	South Korea	2	6	6	14
5	North Korea	2	1	1	4
6	Australia	0	1	2	3
7	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		19	19	19	57

Nations

Japan

#	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1984	6	0	0	64	9	+55
2	1985	4	0	0	34	8	+26
3	1986	5	0	1	68	14	+54
4	1987	3	0	1	22	8	+14
5	1988	4	1	1	59	19	+40
6	1989	3	1	0	32	14	+18
7	1990	6	0	0	86	4	+82
8	1991	3	1	0	62	6	+56
9	1992	3	1	0	36	3	+33
10	1993	3	0	1	65	9	+56
11	1994	2	1	1	42	23	+19
12	1995	2	0	1	14	7	+7
13	1996	1	0	2	11	13	-2
14	1997	3	0	0	20	8	+12
15	1998	4	1	0	130	3	+127
16	1999	3	0	0	36	5	+31
17	2000	DNE
18	2001	DNE
19	2002	DNE

China

#	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1984	4	0	2	48	24	+24
2	1985	DNE
3	1986	4	1	1	25	26	-1
4	1987	3	0	1	17	9	+8
5	1988	5	1	0	50	13	+37
6	1989	0	1	3	16	27	-11
7	1990	4	0	2	48	19	+29
8	1991	3	1	0	49	11	+38
9	1992	2	0	2	20	16	+4
10	1993	1	0	3	26	27	-1
11	1994	1	0	3	26	20	+6
12	1995	1	0	2	6	16	-10
13	1996	0	0	3	4	25	-21
14	1997	0	0	3	7	26	-19
15	1998	3	0	2	69	12	+57
16	1999	1	0	2	15	19	-4
17	2000	1	0	2	13	9	+4
18	2001	1	1	1	26	8	+18
19	2002	5	0	0	80	5	+75

South Korea

#	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1984	2	0	4	22	43	-21
2	1985	1	1	2	23	23	0
3	1986	1	1	4	15	43	-28
4	1987	0	0	4	9	32	-23
5	1988	2	0	4	42	53	-11
6	1989	2	0	2	19	26	-7
7	1990	2	0	4	42	35	+7
8	1991	1	0	3	31	20	+11
9	1992	1	0	3	12	25	-13
10	1993	2	0	2	31	24	+7
11	1994	2	1	1	42	16	+26
12	1995	1	0	2	12	14	-2
13	1996	2	0	1	13	14	-1
14	1997	1	0	2	18	15	+3
15	1998	4	1	0	148	4	+144
16	1999	2	0	1	24	11	+13
17	2000	2	0	1	15	7	+8
18	2001	3	0	0	39	4	+35
19	2002	DNE

Australia

#	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1984	0	0	6	9	67	-58
2	1985	0	1	3	6	32	-26
3	1986	1	0	5	18	40	-22
4	1987	1	0	3	14	35	-21
5	1988	0	0	6	14	80	-66
6	1989	DNE
7	1990	0	0	6	5	123	-118
8	1991	DNE
9	1992	0	0	4	11	51	-40
10	1993	0	0	4	1	151	-150
11	1994	0	0	4	0	114	-114
12	1995	DNE
13	1996	DNE
14	1997	DNE
15	1998	2	0	3	42	60	-18
16	1999	0	0	3	0	40	-40
17	2000	0	0	3	2	27	-25
18	2001	1	1	1	11	16	-5
19	2002	4	0	1	74	13	+61

North Korea

#	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1986	DNE
1	1987	3	0	1	31	9	+22
X	1988-1990	DNE
2	1991	2	0	2	18	11	+7
3	1992	3	1	0	22	6	+16
X	1993-1998	DNE
4	1999	3	0	0	56	3	+53
5	2000	3	0	0	16	3	+13
X	2001-2002	DNE

Mexico

1991 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship

South Africa

1999 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship

Kazakhstan

#	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1992	DNE
10	1993	4	0	0	88	0	+88
11	1994	4	0	0	66	3	+63
12	1995	2	0	1	15	10	+5
13	1996	3	0	0	32	8	+24
14	1997	2	0	1	15	11	+4
X	1998-2002	DNE

Thailand

#	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1997	DNE
15	1998	0	0	5	3	217	-214
X	1999	DNE
17	2000	0	1	2	7	14	-7
18	2001	0	0	2	2	15	-13
19	2002	0	0	5	7	105	-98

New Zealand

#	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1997	DNE
15	1998	1	0	4	14	110	-96
16	1999	1	0	2	20	27	-7
17	2000	2	1	0	15	6	+9
18	2001	0	0	3	4	52	-48
19	2002	3	0	2	51	14	+37

Chinese Taipei

#	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1998	DNE
16	1999	0	0	3	4	78	-74
17	2000	2	1	0	12	6	+6
18	2001	1	0	1	6	11	-5
19	2002	1	0	4	11	59	-48

Mongolia

#	Year	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
X	1984-1999	DNE
17	2000	0	1	2	7	15	-8
18	2001	2	0	0	22	4	+18
19	2002	2	0	3	19	46	-27

See also

• IIHF World U18 Championship
• IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship
• 2012 IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia

Notes

1. Müller, 389
2. "2.128 Tsutomu Kawabuchi". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
3. Valcourt, Daniel (2014-01-23). "Tsutomu Kawabuchi un membre du temple de la renommée d'IIHF est mort". RDS.ca (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
4. "Mr. Kawabuchi died, 88 years old Tomakomai comes from the international hall of fame with ice hockey". 47news (in Japanese). 2014-01-20. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
5. Müller, 390
6. Müller, 391
7. Müller, 392
8. Müller, 393
9. Müller, 240
10. Müller, 394
11. "IIHF Championships 2001". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
12. Müller, 394–395

References

• Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005. Germany: Books on Demand. pp. 240–395. ISBN 3-8334-4189-5.

External links

• International Ice Hockey Federation