2003 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2003 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host countries	Latvia  Italy  Slovenia
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The top division of the 2003 IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championship was set to be held in Beijing, China, from April 4th to 9th, 2003. However, it was cancelled due to the SARS crisis. Only the top division event was cancelled, as the lower divisions still had their tournaments. The teams from Russia, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland were already in China, while the American and Finnish teams were awaiting word on whether they should travel when the IIHF indicated that the Championships were to be postponed or even cancelled. The move to cancel was a logical one, as the Canadians were under a government order not to travel at all at that time.

Top Division

Postponed, then cancelled. Groups for this division were seeded for 2004 based on the 2003 IIHF World Ranking instead of the normal practise of using their most recent finish.

Division I

The Division I tournament was held in Ventspils, Latvia from March 9 to 15.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Japan	5	5	0	0	23	6	10
Kazakhstan	5	3	1	1	20	7	7
Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	15	22	6
France	5	2	1	2	9	9	5
Latvia	5	1	0	4	7	16	2
North Korea	5	0	0	5	10	24	0

Japan was promoted to the 2004 IIHF Women's World Championship.

09 March 2003

North Korea

2–6

Japan

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09 March 2003

Latvia

1–6

Kazakhstan

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09 March 2003

France

1–4

Czech Republic

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10 March 2003

Kazakhstan

4–1

North Korea

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10 March 2003

Japan

2–1

France

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10 March 2003

Latvia

1–2

Czech Republic

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12 March 2003

Kazakhstan

3–3

France

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12 March 2003

Japan

8–3

Czech Republic

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12 March 2003

Latvia

5–2

North Korea

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13 March 2003

Czech Republic

0–7

Kazakhstan

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13 March 2003

North Korea

0–3

France

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13 March 2003

Latvia

0–5

Japan

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15 March 2003

Czech Republic

6–5

North Korea

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15 March 2003

Latvia

0–1

France

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15 March 2003

Kazakhstan

0–2

Japan

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Natalya Yakovchuk	5	7	4	11	2	8
Yekaterina Maltseva	5	5	6	11	2	8
Hanae Kubo	5	5	5	10	10	7
Yuki Togawa	5	4	4	8	6	4
Drahomira Fialova	5	6	0	6	2	−4
Masako Sato	5	3	3	6	0	6
Zuzana Kralova	5	3	3	6	6	1
Hong Pong Hwa	5	2	4	6	5	1
Yelena Shtelmaister	5	1	5	6	2	8
Choe Jong Sun	5	4	1	5	4	−1

Goaltending leaders

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
Yuka Oda	280:24	6	128	1.28	95.31
Natalya Trunova	299:56	7	136	1.40	94.85
Nolwenn Rousselle	299:50	9	144	1.80	93.75
Lolita Andrisevska	279:11	16	163	3.44	90.18
Radka Lhotska	213:46	13	86	3.65	84.88

Division II

Division II tournament was held in Lecco, Italy from March 31 to April 6.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Norway	5	4	1	0	24	9	9
Denmark	5	3	1	1	16	13	7
Slovakia	5	2	2	1	23	7	6
Italy	5	2	0	3	13	21	4
Netherlands	5	1	1	3	8	18	3
United Kingdom	5	0	1	4	12	28	1

Norway is promoted to the 2004 Division I tournament.

31 March 2003

United Kingdom

1–8

Slovakia

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31 March 2003

Denmark

4–1

Netherlands

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31 March 2003

Italy

2–4

Norway

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01 April 2003

Slovakia

1–2

Denmark

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01 April 2003

Netherlands

0–3

Italy

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01 April 2003

Norway

8–3

United Kingdom

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03 April 2003

United Kingdom

4–4

Denmark

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03 April 2003

Netherlands

1–7

Norway

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03 April 2003

Slovakia

10–0

Italy

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04 April 2003

Norway

2–2

Slovakia

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04 April 2003

Denmark

5–4

Italy

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04 April 2003

Netherlands

4–2

United Kingdom

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06 April 2003

Slovakia

2–2

Netherlands

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06 April 2003

Norway

3–1

Denmark

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06 April 2003

Italy

4–2

United Kingdom

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Nikoleta Celarova	5	5	3	8	6	6
Tine Christoffersen Perry	5	3	4	7	16	7
Sofie Lund	5	5	1	6	0	7
Line Bialik Olen	5	5	1	6	2	6
Helene Martinsen	5	4	2	6	4	3
Sabina Florian	5	4	2	6	4	0
Hege Ask	5	4	2	6	6	6
Ivana Gajdosova	5	2	4	6	6	2
Angela Taylor	5	4	1	5	12	1
Zuzana Moravčíková	5	3	2	5	2	6
Trine Martens	5	3	2	5	2	4

Goaltending leaders

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
Zuzana Tomcikova	150:07	3	71	1.20	95.77
Helena Kysela	179:44	6	96	2.00	93.75
Andrea Risova	149:23	4	61	1.61	93.44
Line Kuvas	240:00	8	119	2.00	93.28
Birgitte Andersen	296:27	12	133	2.43	90.98

Division III

The Division III tournament was held in Maribor, Slovenia from March 25 to 31.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	PTS
Australia	5	4	1	0	34	7	9
Slovenia	5	3	2	0	20	8	8
Belgium	5	2	1	2	10	12	5
Hungary	5	1	1	3	5	14	3
South Africa	5	1	1	3	7	23	3
Romania	5	1	0	4	11	23	2

Australia is promoted to the 2004 Division II tournament.

25 March 2003

Hungary

0–2

Belgium

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25 March 2003

Romania

6–1

South Africa

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25 March 2003

Slovenia

4–4

Australia

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26 March 2003

Australia

7–0

Hungary

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26 March 2003

Belgium

3–1

Romania

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26 March 2003

Slovenia

6–1

South Africa

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28 March 2003

Belgium

1–3

South Africa

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28 March 2003

Australia

9–1

Romania

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28 March 2003

Slovenia

1–0

Hungary

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29 March 2003

South Africa

0–8

Australia

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29 March 2003

Hungary

3–2

Romania

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29 March 2003

Slovenia

2–2

Belgium

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31 March 2003

South Africa

2–2

Hungary

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31 March 2003

Australia

6–2

Belgium

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31 March 2003

Slovenia

7–1

Romania

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-
Jasmina Rosar	5	8	8	16	4	11
Stephanie Boxall	5	9	6	15	0	20
Ina Prezelj	5	6	5	11	6	11
Melissa Bibby	5	7	2	9	4	14
Anja Erzen	5	4	2	6	0	10
Magdolna Dobandi	5	3	2	5	0	1
Rachel White	5	3	2	5	2	7
Nadia Kemp	5	3	2	5	2	−7
Lisa McMahon	5	2	3	5	2	5
Leen De Decker	5	3	1	4	4	1

Goaltending leaders

Player	Mins	GA	SOG	GAA	SV%
Ashleigh Sluga	120:00	1	24	0.50	95.83
Eszter Kokenyesi	260:00	10	161	2.31	93.79
Celine Massez	279:48	11	141	2.36	92.20
Urska Potocnik	280:00	8	93	1.71	91.40
Emma Reid	180:00	6	50	2.00	88.00

External links

• IIHF index for all 2003 tournaments
• Summary from the Women's Hockey Net
• Detailed summary from passionhockey.com