2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship
2003 WJHC logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates December 26, 2002 –
January 5, 2003
Teams 10
Venue(s) Halifax Metro Centre and
Centre 200 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia (3 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 31
Goals scored 182  (5.87 per game)
Attendance 241,504  (7,790 per game)
Scoring leader(s) 5 way tie

The 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championships (2003 WJHC), was the 27th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament was held in Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada from December 26, 2002 to January 5, 2003. Russia won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 3–2 victory over Canada in the championship game, while Finland won the bronze medal with a 3–2 victory over the United States.

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 4 4 0 0 21 7 8
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 4 3 0 1 15 9 6
Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 4 2 0 2 15 8 4
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 4 1 0 3 10 15 2
Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus 4 0 0 4 6 28 0

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

December 26, 2002
14:00 		Belarus Flag of Belarus.svg.png 2 – 4
(1–2, 1–0, 0–2) 		Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 1,951
December 26, 2002
18:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 1 – 5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 4,950
December 27, 2002
20:00 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 11 – 1
(3–1, 4–0, 4–0) 		Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,548
December 28, 2002
16:00 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 1 – 3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,331
December 28, 2002
20:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 4 – 0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 3,213
December 29, 2002
18:00 		Belarus Flag of Belarus.svg.png 1 – 5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,232
December 30, 2002
14:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 8 – 2
(4–0, 3–1, 1–1) 		Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,213
December 30, 2002
18:00 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 0 – 3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0) 		Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,069
December 31, 2002
14:00 		Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.svg.png 1 – 3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,238
December 31, 2002
18:00 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 7 – 5
(2–1, 3–2, 2–2) 		Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,249

Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 4 4 0 0 21 6 8
Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 4 2 1 1 12 9 5
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 4 2 1 1 8 7 5
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 4 1 0 3 12 16 2
Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 4 0 0 4 3 18 0

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

December 26, 2002
16:00 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 0 – 4
(0–2, 0–0, 0–2) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 8,923
December 26, 2002
20:10 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 2 – 8
(0–2, 2–2, 0–4) 		Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
December 27, 2002
19:00 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 3 – 0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 9,562
December 28, 2002
15:10 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4 – 0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
December 28, 2002
20:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3 – 2
(1–0, 1–2, 1–0) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,089
December 29, 2002
16:10 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 1 – 4
(1–0, 0–3, 0–1) 		Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
December 30, 2002
16:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 7 – 2
(3–0, 3–1, 1–1) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,427
December 30, 2002
20:00 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 2 – 2
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1) 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,462
December 31, 2002
16:00 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 3 – 1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,416
December 31, 2002
20:10 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 5 – 3
(1–1, 3–2, 1–0) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594

Relegation round

Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 3 3 0 0 15 7 6
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 3 2 0 1 15 11 4
Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 3 1 0 2 8 13 2
Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus 3 0 0 3 6 13 0

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

January 2, 2003
12:00 		Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.svg.png 6 – 2
(2–0, 3–2, 1–0) 		Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,111
January 3, 2003
12:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 5 – 4
(3–1, 0–2, 2–1) 		Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,083
January 4, 2003
16:00 		Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 3 – 5
(1–2, 1–2, 1–1) 		Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,210
January 4, 2003
20:00 		Germany Flag of Germany.svg.png 4 – 0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0) 		Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,208

Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany and Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus were relegated to Division I for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Playoff round

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Gold medal game
                           
        B1  Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 3  
  A2  Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 4     A2  Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 2    
  B3  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 3         B1  Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 2
      A1  Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 3
        A1  Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 4    
  B2  Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 6     B2  Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 1   Bronze medal game
  A3  Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia 0   A2  Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 2
  B2  Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 3

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2003
16:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 4 – 3
(2–0, 2–2, 0–1) 		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,250
January 2, 2003
20:10 		Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 6 – 0
(3–0, 3–0, 0–0) 		Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,162

Semifinals

January 3, 2003
16:10 		Russia Flag of Russia.svg.png 4 – 1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,527
January 3, 2003
20:10 		Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 3 – 2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1) 		Flag of the United States.svg.png United States Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594

5th place game

January 4, 2003
12:00 		Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png 0 – 2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1) 		Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,210

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2003
16:00 		United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 2 – 3
(0–2, 0–1, 2–0) 		Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 1 Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,306

Gold medal game

January 5, 2003
20:10 		1 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 2 – 3
(1–1, 1–0, 0–2) 		Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 1 Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594

Final standings

Team
1 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
1 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
1 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
4 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
5 Flag of Slovakia.svg.png Slovakia
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic
7 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
8 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
9 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
10 Flag of Belarus.svg.png Belarus

Division I

The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A played in Almaty, Kazakhstan between December 27, 2002 and January 2, 2003. Group B played in Bled, Slovenia between December 16 and December 22, 2002.

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine 5 4 1 0 18 8 9
Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 5 4 0 1 24 10 8
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 5 3 1 1 25 12 7
Flag of France.svg.png France 5 2 0 3 17 13 4
Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy 5 1 0 4 11 16 2
Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia 5 0 0 5 6 42 0

Flag of Ukraine.svg.png Ukraine was promoted to the Top Division and Flag of Croatia.svg.png Croatia was relegated to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria 5 5 0 0 35 9 10
Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia 5 3 1 1 15 14 7
Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 5 2 1 2 17 16 5
Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 5 1 1 3 13 21 3
Flag of Denmark.svg.png Denmark 5 1 1 3 18 19 3
Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland 5 1 0 4 12 31 2

Flag of Austria.svg.png Austria was promoted to the Top Division and Flag of Poland.svg.png Poland was relegated to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division II

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania between January 6 and January 12, 2003. Group B played in Novi Sad, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between December 28, 2002 and January 3, 2003.

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia 5 5 0 0 62 8 10
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain 5 4 0 1 64 7 8
Flag of Romania.svg.png Romania 5 3 0 2 34 26 6
Flag of Lithuania.svg.png Lithuania 5 2 0 3 21 31 4
Flag of South Africa.svg.png South Africa 5 1 0 4 12 58 2
Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria 5 0 0 5 5 68 0

Flag of Estonia.svg.png Estonia was promoted to Division I and Flag of Bulgaria.svg.png Bulgaria was relegated to Division III for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary 5 5 0 0 47 14 10
Flag of the Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands 5 4 0 1 34 13 8
Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia 5 3 0 2 27 22 6
Flag of Spain.svg.png Spain 5 1 1 3 12 26 3
Flag of Iceland.svg.png Iceland 5 1 1 3 19 43 3
Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico 5 0 0 5 4 25 0

Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary was promoted to Division I and Flag of Mexico.svg.png Mexico was relegated to Division III for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Division III

The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. This group played in Izmit, Turkey between January 21 and January 26, 2003.

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea 4 4 0 0 37 5 8
Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium 4 3 0 1 32 10 6
Flag of Turkey.svg.png Turkey 4 2 0 2 26 16 4
Flag of Australia.svg.png Australia 4 1 0 3 8 25 2
Flag of Luxembourg.svg.png Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 1 48 0

Flag of South Korea.svg.png South Korea and Flag of Belgium.svg.png Belgium were promoted to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

External links

Preceded by
2002 World Juniors 		World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
See also: 2003 World Championships 		Succeeded by
2004 World Juniors
World Junior Championships
IIHF World U20 Championship (1974-)

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