2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

2003 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	Halifax Metro Centre and ; Centre 200 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	December 26, 2002 – January 5, 2003
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	31
Goals scored	187 (6.03 per game)
Attendance	242,173 (7,812 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Patrik Bärtschi; 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.^[1] 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

Canada – Halifax	Canada – Sydney

Rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	21	7	+14	8	Semifinals
2	United States	4	3	1	15	9	+6	6	Quarterfinals
3	Slovakia	4	2	2	15	8	+7	4	Quarterfinals
4	Switzerland	4	1	3	10	15	−5	2	Relegation round
5	Belarus	4	0	4	6	28	−22	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

December 26, 2002
14:00

Belarus

2–4
(1–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Switzerland

Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 1,951

December 26, 2002
18:00

United States

1–5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Russia

Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 4,950

December 27, 2002
20:00

Slovakia

11–1
(3–1, 4–0, 4–0)

Belarus

Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,548

December 28, 2002
16:00

Switzerland

1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

United States

Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,331

December 28, 2002
20:00

Russia

4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 3,213

December 29, 2002
18:00

Belarus

1–5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Russia

Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,232

December 30, 2002
14:00

United States

8–2
(4–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Belarus

Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,213

December 30, 2002
18:00

Switzerland

0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Slovakia

Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,069

December 31, 2002
14:00

Slovakia

1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

United States

Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,238

December 31, 2002
18:00

Russia

7–5
(2–1, 3–2, 2–2)

Switzerland

Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,249

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	21	6	+15	8	Semifinals
2	Finland	4	2	1	1	12	9	+3	5	Quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	5	Quarterfinals
4	Sweden	4	1	0	3	12	16	−4	2	Relegation round
5	Germany	4	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0	Relegation round

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

December 26, 2002
16:00

Germany

0–4
(0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Finland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 8,923

December 26, 2002
20:10

Sweden

2–8
(0–2, 2–2, 0–4)

Canada

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594

December 27, 2002
19:00

Czech Republic

3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Germany

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 9,562

December 28, 2002
15:10

Canada

4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594

December 28, 2002
20:00

Finland

3–2
(1–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,089

December 29, 2002
16:10

Germany

1–4
(1–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Canada

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594

December 30, 2002
16:00

Sweden

7–2
(3–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Germany

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,427

December 30, 2002
20:00

Finland

2–2
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,462

December 31, 2002
16:00

Czech Republic

3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Sweden

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,416

December 31, 2002
20:10

Canada

5–3
(1–1, 3–2, 1–0)

Finland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594

Relegation round

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	15	7	+8	6
2	Sweden	3	2	1	15	11	+4	4
3	Germany	3	1	2	8	13	−5	2	Relegated to the 2004 Division I
4	Belarus	3	0	3	6	13	−7	0	Relegated to the 2004 Division I

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

January 2, 2003
12:00

Switzerland

6–2
(2–0, 3–2, 1–0)

Germany

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,111


Tobias Stephan	Goalies	Dimitri Pätzold


34	Shots	18

January 3, 2003
12:00

Sweden

5–4
(3–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Belarus

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,083

January 4, 2003
16:00

Sweden

3–5
(1–2, 1–2, 1–1)

Switzerland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,210

January 4, 2003
20:00

Germany

4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Belarus

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,208

Playoff round

Source:^[2]

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

A3

Slovakia

0

Bronze medal game

A2

United States

2

B2

Finland

3

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2003
16:00

United States

4–3
(2–0, 2–2, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,250

Bobby Goepfert

Goalies

Martin Falter, Lukáš Mensator

Helminen (Jones, Kesler) - 9:09	1-0
Parise (Brown) - 9:42	2-0
	2-1	Michálek (Klepiš, Hudler) - 24:02
Kesler (Higgins, Whitney) - 26:00	3-1
Suter (Higgins, Kesler) - 26:44	4-1
	4-2	Krajíček (Klepiš, Michálek) - 28:24
	4-3	Hudler (Klepiš) - 53:37

18

Shots

25

January 2, 2003
20:10

Finland

6–0
(3–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Slovakia

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,162


Kari Lehtonen	Goalies	Ján Chovan, Peter Ševela


25	Shots	15

Semifinals

January 3, 2003
16:10

Russia

4–1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Finland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,527

Andrei Medvedev

Goalies

Kari Lehtonen

Artyukhin - 10:22	1-0
	1-1	18:28 - Niinimäki (Bergenheim, Ruutu) (PP)
Trubachev - 43:28	2-1
Perezhogin (Grigorenko) - 44:05	3-1
Grigorenko - 47:22	4-1

29

Shots

26

January 3, 2003
20:10

Canada

3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

United States

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594

Marc-André Fleury

Goalies

Robert Goepfert

Paetsch (Wellwood) - 4:24	1-0
	1-1	9:12 - Nystrom (Parise) (SH)
Bouchard (Parenteau, Colaiacovo) (PP) - 37:26	2-1
	2-2	41:06 - Kesler (Wisniewski, Stuart) (PP)
Woywitka (Stajan, Tootoo) - 51:40	3-2

42

Shots

15

5th place game

January 4, 2003
12:00

Czech Republic

0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,210

Lukáš Mensator

Goalies

Peter Ševela

	0-1	19:30 - Zagora (Špirko, Maron)
	0-2	55:00- Lipka (Ševela)

25

Shots

18

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2003
16:00

United States

2–3
(0–2, 0–1, 2–0)

Finland

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,306

Bobby Goepfert

Goalies

Tuomas Nissinen

	0-1	9:16 - Jokinen (Kalteva)
	0-2	18:15 - Juntunen (Ruutu, Jokinen) (PP)
	0-3	20:31 - Pitkänen (Ruutu)
55:18 - Suter	1-3
58:04 - Brown (Parise, Shannon)	2-3

31

Shots

21

Final

January 5, 2003
20:10

Canada

2–3
(1–1, 1–0, 0–2)

Russia

Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594

Marc-André Fleury

Goalies

Andrei Medvedev

Referee:

Ulf Rädbjer

	0-1	11:17 – Taratukhin (Grigorenko, Perezhogin)
Parenteau (Laich, White) – 12:01	1-1
Upshall (Laich, Parenteau) (PP) – 36:22	2-1
	2-2	44:22 – Grigorenko (Taratukhin, Perezhogin)
	2-3	51:09 – Trubachev (Polushin, Tyutin)

24

Shots

31

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−
1	Patrik Bärtschi	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	Marc-André Fleury	Joni Pitkänen		Igor Grigorenko
Media All-Star Team	Marc-André Fleury	Carlo Colaiacovo	Joni Pitkänen	Yuri Trubachev	Igor Grigorenko	Scottie Upshall

Final standings

	Team
	Russia
	Canada
	Finland
4	United States
5	Slovakia
6	Czech Republic
7	Switzerland
8	Sweden
9	Germany
10	Belarus

Division I

The Division I championships were played on December 27, 2002 – January 2, 2003 in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Group A),^[3] and on December 16–22, 2002 in Bled, Slovenia (Group B).^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ukraine	5	4	1	0	18	8	+10	9	Promoted to the 2004 Top Division
2	Japan	5	4	0	1	24	10	+14	8
3	Kazakhstan	5	3	1	1	25	12	+13	7
4	France	5	2	0	3	17	13	+4	4
5	Italy	5	1	0	4	11	16	−5	2
6	Croatia	5	0	0	5	6	42	−36	0	Relegated to the 2004 Division II

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria	5	5	0	0	35	9	+26	10	Promoted to the 2004 Top Division
2	Slovenia	5	3	1	1	15	14	+1	7
3	Norway	5	2	1	2	17	16	+1	5
4	Latvia	5	1	1	3	13	21	−8	3
5	Denmark	5	1	1	3	18	19	−1	3
6	Poland	5	1	0	4	12	31	−19	2	Relegated to the 2004 Division II

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Division II

The Division II championships were played on January 6–12, 2003, in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania (Group A),^[5] and on December 28, 2002 – January 3, 2003 in Novi Sad, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Group B).^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Estonia	5	5	0	62	8	+54	10	Promoted to the 2004 Division I
2	Great Britain	5	4	1	64	7	+57	8
3	Romania	5	3	2	34	26	+8	6
4	Lithuania	5	2	3	21	31	−10	4
5	South Africa	5	1	4	12	58	−46	2
6	Bulgaria	5	0	5	5	68	−63	0	Relegated to the 2004 Division III

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	47	14	+33	10	Promoted to the 2004 Division I
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	34	13	+21	8
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	27	22	+5	6
4	Spain	5	1	1	3	12	26	−14	3
5	Iceland	5	1	1	3	19	43	−24	3
6	Mexico	5	0	0	5	4	25	−21	0	Relegated to the 2004 Division III

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

Division III

The Division III championship was played on January 21–26, 2003 in İzmit, Turkey.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	South Korea	4	4	0	37	5	+32	8	Promoted to the 2004 Division II
2	Belgium	4	3	1	32	10	+22	6	Promoted to the 2004 Division II
3	Turkey	4	2	2	26	16	+10	4
4	Australia	4	1	3	8	25	−17	2
5	Luxembourg	4	0	4	1	48	−47	0

Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

References

^ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Top Division statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-12-15. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Playoffs results". Archived from the original on 2003-08-23. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I Group A statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-12-15. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I Group B statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group A statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group B statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-07-24. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Preceded by 2002 World Juniors	World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2003 World Championships	Succeeded by 2004 World Juniors

[1] "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Top Division statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-12-15. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] "Playoffs results". Archived from the original on 2003-08-23. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I Group A statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-12-15. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I Group B statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[5] "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group A statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[6] "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group B statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[7] "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-07-24. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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