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The 2003 Championships
The Australian National Mens team competed in the 2003 IIHF World Championship Div II, Group A held in Seoul Korea from 5 April to 12 April 2003, finishing fourth.

The Mens Senior Team lost to Spain 4-3 in their final game of the Championships. The game decided the bronze medal position. The Australian team was ahead 3 to 2 when Spain tied the game with 50 seconds left in the game. Australia then had to pull the goaltender, as Spain were leading in goals for & against, in an attempt to win the game outright. Chris Leetham, Australian goalie, was outstanding, providing the team every opportunity to win the game. For full results and stats, click here.

Latest News From the Team

Thursday April 10

After giving South Africa a 2 to nothing lead in the first period Australia dominated the next two periods to come from behind to post a hard fought and well earned 5 - 3 win. Once again our defence stood up to the test through the leadership by Tyler Lovering, Captain for the game, in the absence of injured Glen Foll.

Anthony "willo" Wilson , Mark Rummukainen and Dan George continually fed the puck to our forwards.

Man of the match for Australia was Greg Oddy who scored twice to put Australia into the game.

With all players contributing Australia should have lead by more but could not finish off in front of net. Today is a rest day with Australia meeting Spain tomorrow for the Bronze medal.

Wednesday April 9

Tuesday 8th April Australia beat Mexico 11 - 0 with Greg Oddy and Jarkko Turtiainen leading the way with 3 goals apiece. Solid defence lead by Tyler Lovering and Anthony Wilson kept pressure on the Mexican forwards at all times while Alan Becken had his first ever international full game shutout. Although the team has lost to Yugoslavia and Korea they have played well against very strong opposition .

We are looking forward to todays game against South Africa .

Our only disappointment at this stage is an injury last night to our Captain Glen Foll. His previous injury was showing great progress. He will miss the next game against South Africa and his leadership on the ice for this game will be missed. We remain hopeful Glen will recover in time to lead the team against Spain which is looming as the Bronze medal game of the Championships.