2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2003 IIHF World U20 Championship
2003 WJHC logo.svg
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates December 26, 2002 – January 5, 2003
Teams 10
Venue(s) Halifax Metro Centre and
Centre 200 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  Russia (3rd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg  Canada
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  Finland
Fourth place  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 187 (6.03 per match)
Attendance 242,173 (7,812 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Switzerland Patrik Bärtschi
Russia Igor Grigorenko
(10 points)
← 2002
2004 →

The 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championships (2003 WJHC), was the 27th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. 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.

Playoff round (again) reverted to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye into the semifinals.

Venues

Halifax Metro Centre
Capacity: 10,595		 Centre 200
Capacity: 4,881
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 Canada – Halifax  Canada – Sydney

Rosters

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Main article: 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

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

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Group B

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

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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
  Switzerland 3 3 0 0 15 7 6
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 15 11 4
 Germany 3 1 0 2 8 13 2
 Belarus 3 0 0 3 6 13 0

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Playoff round

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

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Gold medal game

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Scoring leaders

Rank Player Country Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/−
1 Patrik Bartschi   Switzerland F 6 6 4 10 0 +1
1 Igor Grigorenko  Russia F 6 6 4 10 4 +10
3 Yuri Trubachev  Russia F 6 3 7 10 2 +9
4 Tuomo Ruutu  Finland F 7 2 8 10 6 +6
5 Carlo Colaiacovo  Canada D 6 1 9 10 2 -1
6 Alexander Perezhogin  Russia F 6 3 6 9 4 +9
7 Jussi Jokinen  Finland F 7 6 2 8 2 +4
8 Zach Parise  United States F 7 4 4 8 4 +2
9 Alexander Polushin  Russia F 6 2 6 8 4 +9
9 Andrei Taratukhin  Russia F 6 2 6 8 8 +7

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.

Rank Player Country TOI SOG GA GAA Saves Sv % SO
1 Robert Goepfert  United States 338:05 159 10 1.77 149 93.71 0
2 Peter Ševela  Slovakia 218:46 105 7 1.92 98 93.33 2
3 Marc-André Fleury  Canada 267:28 97 7 1.57 90 92.78 1
4 Kari Lehtonen  Finland 356:40 168 13 2.19 155 92.26 2
5 Andrei Medvedev  Russia 300:00 108 9 1.80 99 91.67 1

Tournament awards

Goaltender Defencemen Forwards
IIHF Directorate Awards Canada Marc-André Fleury Finland Joni Pitkänen Russia Igor Grigorenko
Media All-Star Team Canada Marc-André Fleury Canada Carlo Colaiacovo Finland Joni Pitkänen Russia Yuri Trubachev Russia Igor Grigorenko Canada Scottie Upshall

Final standings

Team
1st  Russia
2nd  Canada
3rd  Finland
4  United States
5  Slovakia
6  Czech Republic
7   Switzerland
8  Sweden
9  Germany
10  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
 Ukraine 5 4 1 0 18 8 9
 Japan 5 4 0 1 24 10 8
 Kazakhstan 5 3 1 1 25 12 7
 France 5 2 0 3 17 13 4
 Italy 5 1 0 4 11 16 2
 Croatia 5 0 0 5 6 42 0

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

Group B

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

 Austria was promoted to the Top Division and  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
 Estonia 5 5 0 0 62 8 10
 Great Britain 5 4 0 1 64 7 8
 Romania 5 3 0 2 34 26 6
 Lithuania 5 2 0 3 21 31 4
 South Africa 5 1 0 4 12 58 2
 Bulgaria 5 0 0 5 5 68 0

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

Group B

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

 Hungary was promoted to Division I and  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
 South Korea 4 4 0 0 37 5 8
 Belgium 4 3 0 1 32 10 6
 Turkey 4 2 0 2 26 16 4
 Australia 4 1 0 3 8 25 2
 Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 1 48 0

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

External links

Preceded by World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
See also: 2003 World Championships		 Succeeded by
2004 World Juniors
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