2003 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates26 April – 11 May
Opened byTarja Halonen
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Canada (22nd title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Slovakia
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played56
Goals scored349 (6.23 per game)
Attendance449,193 (8,021 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Slovakia Žigmund Pálffy (15 points)
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The 2003 IIHF World Championship was held between 26 April and 11 May 2003 in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, Finland.

It was the 67th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Canada won the gold medal after defeating Sweden 3–2 in a tightly fought final. Over 14 minutes into the overtime, Canadian forward Anson Carter beat Swedish goaltender Mikael Tellqvist with a wraparound goal. The goal was contested for several minutes before replays confirmed that Tellqvist had stopped the puck behind the goal line. It was Canada's first World Championship win in five years.

Sweden surrendered five consecutive goals against Finland in their quarterfinal to trail 5–1 seven minutes into the second period, at which point Swedish goaltender Tommy Salo was swapped for Mikael Tellqvist. This proved to be the Swedish team's necessary wake-up call as the Swedes went on to score five unanswered goals before the end of regulation and ultimately win the game 6–5.

To celebrate the games, the Finnish government issued a high value commemorative coin: the 2003 Ice Hockey World Championships commemorative coin, with three ice hockey sticks and a puck engraved on the reverse.

Qualification Tournament

The Far Eastern Qualification was played as a single game during the 2003 Asian Winter Games on February 4, 2003, in Hachinohe, Japan. South Korea had opted to not play as they believed it more beneficial to focus on training and developing for their Division II tournament.[1] During the games Japan also beat the Koreans eleven to two in the semi-finals.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 1 1 0 0 15 0 +15 2
 China 1 0 0 1 0 15 −15 0
Source:[citation needed]

All times local

February 4, 2003
19:00		Japan 15–0 China

Venues

Hartwall Areena
Capacity: 13,349 		Elysée Arena
Capacity: 11,820 		Tampere Ice Hall
Capacity: 7,800
 Finland – Helsinki  Finland – Turku  Finland – Tampere

Final tournament

First round

In the first round, the top three teams from each group progressed to the second round, whilst the last-placed team progressed to the consolation round.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 3 3 0 0 22 5 +17 6
 Germany 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 4
 Ukraine 3 1 0 2 9 13 −4 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0
Source:[citation needed]

All times local

27 April 2003
16:00		Germany 5–4 Japan
27 April 2003
20:00		Ukraine 3–9 Slovakia
28 April 2003
16:00		Slovakia 10–1 Japan
29 April 2003
16:00		Germany 3–1 Ukraine
30 April 2003
16:00		Slovakia 3–1 Germany
30 April 2003
20:00		Japan 1–5 Ukraine

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 14 5 +9 6
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 4
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 8 14 −6 2
 United States 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Source:[citation needed]
26 April 2003
15:00		United States 2–5 Denmark
26 April 2003
19:00		Switzerland 2–5 Russia
27 April 2003
15:00		United States 0–1  Switzerland
27 April 2003
19:00		Russia 6–1 Denmark
29 April 2003
15:00		Denmark 2–6  Switzerland
29 April 2003
19:00		Russia 3–2 United States

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 6
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 4
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 2
 Belarus 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source:[citation needed]
26 April 2003
16:00		Canada 3–0 Belarus
26 April 2003
20:00		Latvia 1–3 Sweden
27 April 2003
16:00		Canada 6–1 Latvia
27 April 2003
20:00		Sweden 2–1 Belarus
29 April 2003
16:00		Belarus 0–4 Latvia
29 April 2003
20:00		Sweden 1–3 Canada

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 15 4 +11 6
 Finland 3 2 0 1 18 3 +15 4
 Austria 3 1 0 2 8 15 −7 2
 Slovenia 3 0 0 3 4 23 −19 0
Source:[citation needed]
26 April 2003
16:00		Czech Republic 5–2 SloveniaHartwall Areena, Helsinki
26 April 2003
20:00		Austria 1–5 FinlandHartwall Areena, Helsinki
28 April 2003
19:00		Finland 12–0 SloveniaTampere Ice Hall, Tampere
28 April 2003
20:00		Czech Republic 8–1 AustriaHartwall Areena, Helsinki
29 April 2003
20:00		Slovenia 2–6 AustriaHartwall Areena, Helsinki
30 April 2003
16:00		Finland 1–2 Czech RepublicElysée Areena, Turku

Second round

In the second round, the top four teams from each group progressed to the final round, whilst the bottom two teams were eliminated.

Group E

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 5 4 1 0 27 9 +18 9
 Czech Republic 5 4 1 0 22 7 +15 9
 Finland 5 2 1 2 18 10 +8 5
 Germany 5 2 1 2 11 11 0 5
 Austria 5 1 0 4 9 27 −18 2
 Ukraine 5 0 0 5 8 31 −23 0
Source:[citation needed]
26 April 2003
20:00		Austria 1–5 Finland
27 April 2003
20:00		Ukraine 3–9 Slovakia
28 April 2003
20:00		Czech Republic 8–1 Austria
29 April 2003
16:00		Germany 3–1 Ukraine
30 April 2003
16:00		Slovakia 3–1 Germany
30 April 2003
16:00		Finland 1–2 Czech Republic
2 May 2003
16:00		Slovakia 5–1 Finland
2 May 2003
20:00		Czech Republic 5–2 Ukraine
3 May 2003
16:00		Germany 5–1 Austria
3 May 2003
20:00		Finland 9–0 Ukraine
4 May 2003
16:00		Slovakia 7–1 Austria
4 May 2003
20:00		Czech Republic 4–0 Germany
5 May 2003
20:00		Slovakia 3–3 Czech Republic
6 May 2003
16:00		Ukraine 2–5 Austria
6 May 2003
20:00		Finland 2–2 Germany

Group F

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 5 4 1 0 18 6 +12 9
 Sweden 5 4 0 1 20 9 +11 8
 Russia 5 2 0 3 16 14 +2 4
  Switzerland 5 2 0 3 14 16 −2 4
 Latvia 5 2 0 3 10 16 −6 4
 Denmark 5 0 1 4 8 25 −17 1
Source:[citation needed]
26 April 2003
19:00		Switzerland 2–5 Russia
26 April 2003
20:00		Latvia 1–3 Sweden
27 April 2003
16:00		Canada 6–1 Latvia
27 April 2003
19:00		Russia 6–1 Denmark
29 April 2003
15:00		Denmark 2–6  Switzerland
29 April 2003
20:00		Sweden 1–3 Canada
2 May 2003
16:00		Canada 2–2 Denmark
2 May 2003
20:05		Russia 2–4 Sweden
3 May 2003
16:00		Switzerland 4–2 Latvia
3 May 2003
20:05		Sweden 7–1 Denmark
4 May 2003
16:00		Latvia 2–1 Russia
4 May 2003
20:00		Canada 2–0  Switzerland
5 May 2003
20:00		Russia 2–5 Canada
6 May 2003
16:00		Denmark 2–4 Latvia
6 May 2003
20:00		Switzerland 2–5 Sweden

Consolation round 13–16 place

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 19 5 +14 6
 Belarus 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 4
 Slovenia 3 0 1 2 8 14 −6 1
 Japan 3 0 1 2 5 14 −9 1
Source:[citation needed]

As the Far Eastern qualifier, Japan avoided relegation. Therefore, Belarus and Slovenia were relegated to Division I for the 2004 Championships.

2 May 2003
15:00		United States 7–2 Slovenia
2 May 2003
19:00		Belarus 3–1 Japan
3 May 2003
15:00		Japan 3–3 Slovenia
3 May 2003
19:00		United States 4–2 Belarus
5 May 2003
15:00		Slovenia 3–4 Belarus
5 May 2003
19:00		Japan 1–8 United States

Final round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 May
 
 
 Canada 3
 
9 May
 
 Germany 2
 
 Canada 8
 
7 May
 
 Czech Republic 4
 
 Czech Republic 3
 
11 May
 
 Russia 0
 
 Canada 3
 
7 May
 
 Sweden 2
 
 Slovakia 3
 
9 May
 
  Switzerland 1
 
 Slovakia 1
 
7 May
 
 Sweden 4 Third place
 
 Sweden 6
 
10 May
 
 Finland 5
 
 Czech Republic 2
 
 
 Slovakia 4
 

Quarterfinals

7 MayCanada 3–2 (OT) Germany
7 MaySlovakia 3–1  Switzerland
7 MayCzech Republic 3–0 Russia
7 MaySweden 6–5 Finland
Mats Sundin – 04:451-0
1-107:31 – Teemu Selänne
1-209:13 – Teemu Selänne
1-318:35 – Tomi Kallio
1-425:26 – Kimmo Rintanen
1-526:44 – Teemu Selänne
Jörgen Jönsson – 28:042-5
Peter Forsberg – 29:273-5
Jonas Höglund – 37:204-5
Peter Forsberg – 48:225-5
Per-Johan Axelsson – 55:066-5

Semifinals

9 MayCanada 8–4 Czech Republic
9 MaySlovakia 1–4 Sweden

Match for third place

10 MayCzech Republic 2–4 Slovakia

Final

11 MayCanada 3–2 (OT)
(1-2, 0-0, 1-0, 1-0)		 SwedenHelsinki
Attendance: 13,387
Roberto LuongoGoaliesMikael TellqvistReferee:
Czech Republic Vladimir Šindler
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Petr Blümel
Finland Antti Hämäläinen
0-110:18 − Matias Tjärnqvist
0-218:39 − Per-Johan Axelsson
Shawn Horcoff − 19:171-2
Shane Doan − 49:032-2
Anson Carter − 73:493-2

Ranking and statistics


 2003 IIHF World Championship winners 

Canada
22nd title

Tournament awards[edit]

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Slovakia
4  Czech Republic
5  Finland
6  Germany
7  Russia
8   Switzerland
9  Latvia
10  Austria
11  Denmark
12  Ukraine
13  United States
14  Belarus
15  Slovenia
16  Japan

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, then (fewer) games played.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Slovakia Žigmund Pálffy 9 7 8 15 +9 18 F
Slovakia Jozef Stümpel 9 4 11 15 +7 0 F
Slovakia Ľubomír Višňovský 9 4 8 12 +11 2 D
Finland Teemu Selänne 7 8 3 11 +3 2 F
Finland Saku Koivu 7 1 10 11 +3 4 F
Canada Dany Heatley 9 7 3 10 +9 10 F
Sweden Mats Sundin 7 6 4 10 +8 10 F
Slovakia Miroslav Šatan 9 6 4 10 +2 2 F
Czech Republic Martin Straka 9 6 4 10 +5 4 F
Finland Kimmo Rintanen 7 5 4 9 +3 0 F

Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Germany Oliver Jonas 180:00 100 4 1.33 96.00 0
Canada Sean Burke 328:47 156 7 1.28 95.51 1
Sweden Mikael Tellqvist 393:16 150 9 1.37 94.00 0
Slovakia Ján Lašák 359:20 168 11 1.84 93.45 0
Switzerland Marco Bührer 297:25 137 9 1.82 93.43 1

Source: IIHF.com

See also

References

  1. ^ South Korea withdraws

External links

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