2003 IIHF World Championship

2003 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Finland
Dates April 26 - May 11
Teams 16
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (22nd title)
Runner-up   Sweden
Third place   Slovakia
Fourth place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played 56
Goals scored 349 (6.23 per match)
Attendance 449,193 (8,021 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Slovakia Žigmund Pálffy
(15 points)
2002
2004

The 2003 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 26 and May 11, 2003 in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, Finland.

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

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 GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Japan 11001502
 China 10010150

All times local

February 4, 2003
19:00
Japan  150
 China

Venues

Hartwall Areena
Capacity: 13,349
Elysée Arena
Capacity: 11,820
Tampere Ice Hall
Capacity: 7,800
 FinlandHelsinki  FinlandTurku  Finland - Tampere

Final tournament

First round

In the First Round, the top 3 teams from each group progressed to the Second Round, whilst the last placed team progressed to the Consolation Round.

Group A

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Slovakia 33002256
 Germany 3201984
 Ukraine 31029132
 Japan 30036200

All times local

April 27, 2003
16:00
Germany  54
 Japan
April 27, 2003
20:00
Ukraine  39
 Slovakia
April 28, 2003
16:00
Slovakia  101
 Japan
April 29, 2003
16:00
Germany  31
 Ukraine
April 30, 2003
16:00
Slovakia  31
 Germany
April 30, 2003
20:00
Japan  15
 Ukraine

Group B

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Russia 33001456
  Switzerland 3201974
 Denmark 31028142
 United States 3003490

All times local

April 26, 2003
15:00
United States  25
 Denmark
April 26, 2003
19:00
Switzerland   25
 Russia
April 27, 2003
15:00
United States  01
  Switzerland
April 27, 2003
19:00
Russia  61
 Denmark
April 29, 2003
15:00
Denmark  26
  Switzerland
April 29, 2003
19:00
Russia  32
 United States

Group C

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Canada 33001226
 Sweden 3201654
 Latvia 3102692
 Belarus 3003190

All times local

April 26, 2003
16:00
Canada  30
 Belarus
April 26, 2003
20:00
Latvia  13
 Sweden
April 27, 2003
16:00
Canada  61
 Latvia
April 27, 2003
20:00
Sweden  21
 Belarus
April 29, 2003
16:00
Belarus  04
 Latvia
April 29, 2003
20:00
Sweden  13
 Canada

Group D

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Czech Republic 33001546
 Finland 32011834
 Austria 31028152
 Slovenia 30034230

All times local

April 26, 2003
16:00
Czech Republic  52
 Slovenia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
April 26, 2003
20:00
Austria  15
 Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
April 28, 2003
19:00
Finland  120
 Slovenia Tampere Ice Hall, Tampere
April 28, 2003
20:00
Czech Republic  81
 Austria Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
April 29, 2003
20:00
Slovenia  26
 Austria Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
April 30, 2003
16:00
Finland  12
 Czech Republic Elysée Areena, Turku

Second round

In the Second Round, the top 4 teams from each group progressed to the Final Round, whilst the bottom 2 teams are eliminated.

Group E

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Slovakia 54102799
 Czech Republic 54102279
 Finland 521218105
 Germany 521211115
 Austria 51049272
 Ukraine 50058310
April 26, 2003
20:00
Austria  15
 Finland
April 27, 2003
20:00
Ukraine  39
 Slovakia
April 28, 2003
20:00
Czech Republic  81
 Austria
April 29, 2003
16:00
Germany  31
 Ukraine
April 30, 2003
16:00
Slovakia  31
 Germany
April 30, 2003
16:00
Finland  12
 Czech Republic
May 2, 2003
16:00
Slovakia  51
 Finland
May 2, 2003
20:00
Czech Republic  52
 Ukraine
May 3, 2003
16:00
Germany  51
 Austria
May 3, 2003
20:00
Finland  90
 Ukraine
May 4, 2003
16:00
Slovakia  71
 Austria
May 4, 2003
20:00
Czech Republic  40
 Germany
May 5, 2003
20:00
Slovakia  33
 Czech Republic
May 6, 2003
16:00
Ukraine  25
 Austria
May 6, 2003
20:00
Finland  22
 Germany

Group F

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Canada 54101869
 Sweden 54012098
 Russia 520316144
  Switzerland 520314164
 Latvia 520310164
 Denmark 50148251
April 26, 2003
19:00
Switzerland   25
 Russia
April 26, 2003
20:00
Latvia  13
 Sweden
April 27, 2003
16:00
Canada  61
 Latvia
April 27, 2003
19:00
Russia  61
 Denmark
April 29, 2003
15:00
Denmark  26
  Switzerland
April 29, 2003
20:00
Sweden  13
 Canada
May 2, 2003
16:00
Canada  22
 Denmark
May 2, 2003
20:05
Russia  24
 Sweden
May 3, 2003
16:00
Switzerland   42
 Latvia
May 3, 2003
20:05
Sweden  71
 Denmark
May 4, 2003
16:00
Latvia  21
 Russia
May 4, 2003
20:00
Canada  20
  Switzerland
May 5, 2003
20:00
Russia  25
 Canada
May 6, 2003
16:00
Denmark  24
 Latvia
May 6, 2003
20:00
Switzerland   25
 Sweden

Group G

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 United States 33001956
 Belarus 3201984
 Slovenia 30128141
 Japan 30125141

As the Far Eastern qualifier,  Japan avoids relegation. Therefore,  Belarus and  Slovenia are relegated to Division I for the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

All times local

May 2, 2003
15:00
United States  71
 Slovenia
May 2, 2003
19:00
Belarus  31
 Japan
May 3, 2003
15:00
Japan  33
 Slovenia
May 3, 2003
19:00
United States  42
 Belarus
May 5, 2003
15:00
Slovenia  34
 Belarus
May 5, 2003
19:00
Japan  18
 United States

Final round

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

Quarterfinals

07 May Canada  3-2 (aet)
 Germany
07 May Slovakia  3-1
  Switzerland
07 May Czech Republic  3-0
 Russia
07 May Sweden  6-5
 Finland

Semifinals

09 May Canada  8-4
 Czech Republic
09 May Slovakia  1-4
 Sweden

Match for third place

10 May Czech Republic  2-4
 Slovakia

Final

11 May Canada  3-2 (aet)
(1-2, 0-0, 1-0, 1-0)
 Sweden Helsinki
Attendance: 13,387

Ranking and Statistics

 
 2003 IIHF World Championship Winners 

Canada
22nd title

Tournament awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

 Canada
 Sweden
 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

External links

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