2003 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)Halifax Metro Centre and
Centre 200 (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 2002 – January 5, 2003
Teams10
Final positions
Champions  Russia (3rd title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Finland
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored187 (6.03 per game)
Attendance242,173 (7,812 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Switzerland Patrik Bärtschi
Russia Igor Grigorenko (10 points)
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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

Main article: 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 4 4 0 0 21 7 +14 8 Semifinals
2  United States 4 3 0 1 15 9 +6 6 Quarterfinals
3  Slovakia 4 2 0 2 15 8 +7 4
4   Switzerland 4 1 0 3 10 15 −5 2 Relegation round
5  Belarus 4 0 0 4 6 28 −22 0
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)		  SwitzerlandCentre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 1,951
December 26, 2002
18:00		United States 1–5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1)		 RussiaCentre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 4,950
December 27, 2002
20:00		Slovakia 11–1
(3–1, 4–0, 4–0)		 BelarusCentre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,548
December 28, 2002
16:00		Switzerland 1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)		 United StatesCentre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,331
December 28, 2002
20:00		Russia 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 SlovakiaCentre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 3,213
December 29, 2002
18:00		Belarus 1–5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1)		 RussiaCentre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,232
December 30, 2002
14:00		United States 8–2
(4–0, 3–1, 1–1)		 BelarusCentre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,213
December 30, 2002
18:00		Switzerland 0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)		 SlovakiaCentre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,069
December 31, 2002
14:00		Slovakia 1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)		 United StatesCentre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,238
December 31, 2002
18:00		Russia 7–5
(2–1, 3–2, 2–2)		  SwitzerlandCentre 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
4  Sweden 4 1 0 3 12 16 −4 2 Relegation round
5  Germany 4 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0
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)		 FinlandHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 8,923
December 26, 2002
20:10		Sweden 2–8
(0–2, 2–2, 0–4)		 CanadaHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
December 27, 2002
19:00		Czech Republic 3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 GermanyHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 9,562
December 28, 2002
15:10		Canada 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
December 28, 2002
20:00		Finland 3–2
(1–0, 1–2, 1–0)		 SwedenHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,089
December 29, 2002
16:10		Germany 1–4
(1–0, 0–3, 0–1)		 CanadaHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
December 30, 2002
16:00		Sweden 7–2
(3–0, 3–1, 1–1)		 GermanyHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,427
December 30, 2002
20:00		Finland 2–2
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,462
December 31, 2002
16:00		Czech Republic 3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 SwedenHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,416
December 31, 2002
20:10		Canada 5–3
(1–1, 3–2, 1–0)		 FinlandHalifax 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 D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 15 7 +8 6
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 15 11 +4 4
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 2 Relegated to the 2004 Division I
4  Belarus 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 0
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)		 GermanyHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,111
Tobias StephanGoaliesDimitri Pätzold
34Shots18
January 3, 2003
12:00		Sweden 5–4
(3–1, 0–2, 2–1)		 BelarusHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,083
January 4, 2003
16:00		Sweden 3–5
(1–2, 1–2, 1–1)		  SwitzerlandHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,210
January 4, 2003
20:00		Germany 4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 BelarusHalifax 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 RepublicHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,250
Bobby GoepfertGoaliesMartin Falter, Lukáš Mensator
Helminen (Jones, Kesler) - 9:091-0
Parise (Brown) - 9:422-0
2-1Michálek (Klepiš, Hudler) - 24:02
Kesler (Higgins, Whitney) - 26:003-1
Suter (Higgins, Kesler) - 26:444-1
4-2Krajíček (Klepiš, Michálek) - 28:24
4-3Hudler (Klepiš) - 53:37
18Shots25
January 2, 2003
20:10		Finland 6–0
(3–0, 3–0, 0–0)		 SlovakiaHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,162
Kari LehtonenGoaliesJán Chovan, Peter Ševela
25Shots15

Semifinals

January 3, 2003
16:10		Russia 4–1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0)		 FinlandHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,527
Andrei MedvedevGoaliesKari Lehtonen
Artyukhin - 10:221-0
1-118:28 - Niinimäki (Bergenheim, Ruutu) (PP)
Trubachev - 43:282-1
Perezhogin (Grigorenko) - 44:053-1
Grigorenko - 47:224-1
29Shots26
January 3, 2003
20:10		Canada 3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)		 United StatesHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
Marc-André FleuryGoaliesRobert Goepfert
Paetsch (Wellwood) - 4:241-0
1-19:12 - Nystrom (Parise) (SH)
Bouchard (Parenteau, Colaiacovo) (PP) - 37:262-1
2-241:06 - Kesler (Wisniewski, Stuart) (PP)
Woywitka (Stajan, Tootoo) - 51:403-2
42Shots15

5th place game

January 4, 2003
12:00		Czech Republic 0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 SlovakiaHalifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,210
Lukáš MensatorGoaliesPeter Ševela
0-119:30 - Zagora (Špirko, Maron)
0-255:00- Lipka (Ševela)
25Shots18

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2003
16:00		United States 2–3
(0–2, 0–1, 2–0)		 Finland 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,306
Bobby GoepfertGoaliesTuomas Nissinen
0-19:16 - Jokinen (Kalteva)
0-218:15 - Juntunen (Ruutu, Jokinen) (PP)
0-320:31 - Pitkänen (Ruutu)
55:18 - Suter1-3
58:04 - Brown (Parise, Shannon)2-3
31Shots21

Final

January 5, 2003
20:10		2nd place, silver medalist(s) Canada 2–3
(1–1, 1–0, 0–2)		 Russia 1st place, gold medalist(s)Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
Marc-André FleuryGoaliesAndrei MedvedevReferee:
Sweden Ulf Rädbjer
0-111:17 – Taratukhin (Grigorenko, Perezhogin)
Parenteau (Laich, White) – 12:011-1
Upshall (Laich, Parenteau) (PP) – 36:222-1
2-244:22 – Grigorenko (Taratukhin, Perezhogin)
2-351:09 – Trubachev (Polushin, Tyutin)
24Shots31

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 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 place, gold medalist(s)  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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 D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Estonia 5 5 0 0 62 8 +54 10 Promoted to the 2004 Division I
2  Great Britain 5 4 0 1 64 7 +57 8
3  Romania 5 3 0 2 34 26 +8 6
4  Lithuania 5 2 0 3 21 31 −10 4
5  South Africa 5 1 0 4 12 58 −46 2
6  Bulgaria 5 0 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 D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  South Korea 4 4 0 0 37 5 +32 8 Promoted to the 2004 Division II
2  Belgium 4 3 0 1 32 10 +22 6
3  Turkey 4 2 0 2 26 16 +10 4
4  Australia 4 1 0 3 8 25 −17 2
5  Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 1 48 −47 0
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

References

  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)
Preceded by2002 World Juniors World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2003 World Championships Succeeded by2004 World Juniors
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