Australia men's national U18 ice hockey team

The Australia men's national under-18 ice hockey team is controlled by Ice Hockey Australia and represents Australia in international under-18 ice hockey competitions. Australia plays in Division III of the IIHF World U18 Championships.
==History==
In 1984 Australia first competed in the inaugural IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championships held in Kushiro and Tomakomai, Japan. Australia lost all six of their games being beaten by Japan, China and South Korea. Australia continued to compete in the annual IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championships missing only the 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996 and 1997 tournaments. In 2002 Australia competed in the final edition of the Championships which was being discontinued in favour of teams being offered a place in Division III of the IIHF World U18 Championships.
In 2003 Australia competed in their first World Championships. Playing in Division III Group A Australia finished on top of the group and gained promotion to Division II for 2004. The 2004 World Championship saw Australia relegated back to Division III after finishing last in Division II Group B. In the 2005 tournament Australia again gained promotion back to Division II after winning all five of their games.
Australia improved in the 2006 Championship finishing finishing third in their group and staying in Division II for the 2007 tournament. In 2007 Australia finished fifth in their group, avoiding relegating after finishing above Serbia with four points. At the 2008 World Championship Australia lost all five of their games in Division II Group A and were relegated back to Division III. In 2009 Australia won all of its Division III games and gained promotion back to Division II for 2010. However Australia was again relegated back to Division III after finishing last in their group at the 2010 Division II Group B championship in Ukraine.
==Roster==
From the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
# 	Name	Pos	Date of Birth	Club
23	 	D 	 	Blacktown Flyers
17	 	F 	 	Adelaide Blackhawks
9 	 	F 	 	Queensland Southern Stars
20	 	G 	 	Newcastle North Stars
4 	 	F 	 	Regina Capitals
10	 	F 	 	Blacktown Flyers
18	 	D 	 	Melbourne Demons
5 	 	F 	 	Jaakotkat Uusikaupunki
11	 	F 	 	Queensland Southern Stars
21	 	F 	 	Jaakotkat Uusukaupunki
12	 	D 	 	Sydney Bears
7 	 	F 	 	Melbourne Blackhawks
8 	 	F 	 	Ontario Hockey Academy
1 	 	G 	 	Perth West Coast
16	 	F 	 	Newcastle North Stars
24	 	D 	 	New England Stars
15	 	D 	 	Melbourne Flyers
19	 	F 	 	Blacktown Flyers
22	 	D 	 	Melbourne Jets
==Tournament records==
===IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships===
Year	 	 	 	 	 	 	Result
1984	6	0	0	6	9 	67 	Finished fourth
1985	4	0	1	3	6 	32 	Finished third
1986	6	1	0	5	18	40 	Finished fourth
1987	4	1	0	3	14	35 	Finished fourth
1988	6	0	0	6	14	80 	Finished fourth
1990	6	0	0	6	5 	123	Finished fourth
1992	4	0	0	4	11	51 	Finished fourth
1993	4	0	0	4	1 	151	Finished fifth
1994	4	0	0	4	0 	114	Finished fifth
1998	5	2	0	3	42	60 	Finished fourth
1999	3	0	0	3	0 	40 	Finished fourth, failed to qualify for IIHF World U18 Championship Pool B
2000	3	0	0	3	2 	27 	Finished fourth, failed to qualify for IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
2001	3	1	1	1	11	16 	Finished third, failed to qualify for IIHF World U18 Championship Division III
2002	5	4	0	1	74	13 	Finished second
===IIHF World U18 Championships===
Year	Division 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Result
2000	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2001	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2002	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2003	Division III Group A	3 	3 	0 	– 	– 	0 	28 	6 	1st in Division III Group A, 35th overall, promoted to Division II
2004	Division II Group B 	5 	0 	1 	– 	– 	4 	5 	42 	6th in Division II Group B, 34th overall, relegated to Division III
2005	Division III 	5 	5 	0 	– 	– 	0 	46 	6 	1st in Division III, 35th overall, promoted to Division II
2006	Division II Group B 	5 	2 	0 	– 	– 	3 	13 	30 	3rd in Division II Group B, 28th overall
2007	Division II Group B 	5 	0 	– 	2 	0 	3 	13 	25 	5th in Division II Group B, 31st overall
2008	Division II Group A 	5 	0 	– 	0 	0 	5 	8 	33 	6th in Division II Group A, 33rd overall, relegated to Division III
2009	Division III Group A	4 	4 	– 	0 	0 	0 	63 	3 	1st in Division III Group A, 35th overall, promoted to Division II
2010	Division II Group B 	5 	0 	– 	0 	1 	4 	7 	37 	6th in Division II Group B, relegated to Division III
==References==
Category:National teams