Australia U20 lose opener to Romania

The Australian men’s national under-20 team have lost their opening game of the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B tournament, losing to Romania 0–8. Forward Sam Hodic was named best Australian player of the match. In other games of the day Belgium beat China 5–0 and Spain defeated Serbia 4–1. After the end of the first round Australia sit last in the standings, trailing leaders Romania by three points. Australia takes on Spain today in their second game of the tournament.

Results

Australia	0–8	Romania
SOG: 13	(0–2, 0–4, 0–2)	SOG: 45

China	0–5	Belgium
SOG: 19	(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)	SOG: 52

Spain	4–1	Serbia
SOG: 16	(0–0, 1–0, 3–1)	SOG: 35

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS
Romania	1	1	0	0	0	3
Belgium	1	1	0	0	0	3
Spain	1	1	0	0	0	3
Serbia	1	0	0	0	1	0
China	1	0	0	0	1	0
Australia	1	0	0	0	1	0

Further information

• Tournament page at IIHF.com
• Facebook page for the Australian team