2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Template:Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition 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.

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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Template:CAN – Halifax	Template:CAN – Sydney

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Ihj	4	4	0	0	21	7	8
Template:Ihj	4	3	0	1	15	9	6
Template:Ihj	4	2	0	2	15	8	4
Template:Ihj	4	1	0	3	10	15	2
Template:Ihj	4	0	0	4	6	28	0

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

Group B

Team	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Ihj	4	4	0	0	21	6	8
Template:Ihj	4	2	1	1	12	9	5
Template:Ihj	4	2	1	1	8	7	5
Template:Ihj	4	1	0	3	12	16	2
Template:Ihj	4	0	0	4	3	18	0

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

Relegation round

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

Team	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Ihj	3	3	0	0	15	7	6
Template:Ihj	3	2	0	1	15	11	4
Template:Ihj	3	1	0	2	8	13	2
Template:Ihj	3	0	0	3	6	13	0

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

Template:Icehockeybox Template:Icehockeybox Template:Icehockeybox Template:Icehockeybox Template:Ihj and Template:Ihj were relegated to Division I for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Scoring leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1	Patrik Bartschi	Template:Ihj	F	6	6	4	10	0	+1
2	Igor Grigorenko	Template:Ihj	F	6	6	4	10	4	+10
3	Yuri Trubachev	Template:Ihj	F	6	3	7	10	2	+9
4	Tuomo Ruutu	Template:Ihj	F	7	2	8	10	6	+6
5	Carlo Colaiacovo	Template:Ihj	D	6	1	9	10	2	-1
6	Alexander Perezhogin	Template:Ihj	F	6	3	6	9	4	+9
7	Jussi Jokinen	Template:Ihj	F	7	6	2	8	2	+4
8	Zach Parise	Template:Ihj	F	7	4	4	8	4	+2
9	Alexander Polushin	Template:Ihj	F	6	2	6	8	4	+9
10	Andrei Taratukhin	Template:Ihj	F	6	2	6	8	8	+7

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.

Rank	Player	Country	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Saves	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1	Robert Goepfert	Template:Ihj	338:05	159	10	1.77	149	93.71	0
2	Peter Ševela	Template:Ihj	218:46	105	7	1.92	98	93.33	2
3	Marc-André Fleury	Template:Ihj	267:28	97	7	1.57	90	92.78	1
4	Kari Lehtonen	Template:Ihj	356:40	168	13	2.19	155	92.26	2
5	Andrei Medvedev	Template:Ihj	300:00	108	9	1.80	99	91.67	1

Tournament awards

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

Final standings

	Team
Template:Gold01	Template:Ihj
Template:Silver02	Template:Ihj
Template:Bronze03	Template:Ihj
4	Template:Ihj
5	Template:Ihj
6	Template:Ihj
7	Template:Ihj
8	Template:Ihj
9	Template:Ihj
10	Template:Ihj

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	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Ihj	5	4	1	0	18	8	9
Template:Ihj	5	4	0	1	24	10	8
Template:Ihj	5	3	1	1	25	12	7
Template:Ihj	5	2	0	3	17	13	4
Template:Ihj	5	1	0	4	11	16	2
Template:Ihj	5	0	0	5	6	42	0

Template:Ihj was promoted to the Top Division and Template:Ihj was relegated to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B

Team	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Ihj	5	5	0	0	35	9	10
Template:Ihj	5	3	1	1	15	14	7
Template:Ihj	5	2	1	2	17	16	5
Template:Ihj	5	1	1	3	13	21	3
Template:Ihj	5	1	1	3	18	19	3
Template:Ihj	5	1	0	4	12	31	2

Template:Ihj was promoted to the Top Division and Template:Ihj 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	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Ihj	5	5	0	0	62	8	10
Template:Ihj	5	4	0	1	64	7	8
Template:Ihj	5	3	0	2	34	26	6
Template:Ihj	5	2	0	3	21	31	4
Template:Ihj	5	1	0	4	12	58	2
Template:Ihj	5	0	0	5	5	68	0

Template:Ihj was promoted to Division I and Template:Ihj was relegated to Division III for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group B

Team	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Ihj	5	5	0	0	47	14	10
Template:Ihj	5	4	0	1	34	13	8
Template:Ihj	5	3	0	2	27	22	6
Template:Ihj	5	1	1	3	12	26	3
Template:Ihj	5	1	1	3	19	43	3
Template:Ihj	5	0	0	5	4	25	0

Template:Ihj was promoted to Division I and Template:Ihj 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	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Ihj	4	4	0	0	37	5	8
Template:Ihj	4	3	0	1	32	10	6
Template:Ihj	4	2	0	2	26	16	4
Template:Ihj	4	1	0	3	8	25	2
Template:Ihj	4	0	0	4	1	48	0

Template:Ihj and Template:Ihj were promoted to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

External links

• IIHF Official Results – Top Division
• IIHF Official Results - Division I Group A
• IIHF Official Results - Division I Group B
• IIHF Official Results - Division II Group A
• IIHF Official Results - Division II Group B
• IIHF Official Results - Division III