2003 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2003 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships was set to be held in Beijing, China from March 4 to 9th, 2003. However, it was cancelled due to the SARS crisis. Only the main event was cancelled, as the lower divisions still had their tournaments.

Top Division

2004 IIHF Women's World Ranking

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	WR
Canada	0	0	0	0	00	00	3000
United States of America	0	0	0	0	00	00	2900
Finland	0	0	0	0	00	00	2775
Sweden	0	0	0	0	00	00	2725
Russia	0	0	0	0	00	00	2680
Germany	0	0	0	0	00	00	2605
China	0	0	0	0	00	00	2565
Switzerland	0	0	0	0	00	00	2435

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 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.

09 March 2003
	North Korea	2-6	Japan

09 March 2003
	Latvia	1-6	Kazakhstan

09 March 2003
	France	1-4	Czech Republic

10 March 2003
	Kazakhstan	4-1	North Korea

10 March 2003
	Japan	2-1	France

10 March 2003
	Latvia	1-2	Czech Republic

12 March 2003
	Kazakhstan	3-3	France

12 March 2003
	Japan	8-3	Czech Republic

12 March 2003
	Latvia	5-2	North Korea

13 March 2003
	Czech Republic	0-7	Kazakhstan

13 March 2003
	North Korea	0-3	France

13 March 2003
	Latvia	0-5	Japan

15 March 2003
	Czech Republic	6-5	North Korea

15 March 2003
	Latvia	0-1	France

15 March 2003
	Kazakhstan	0-2	Japan

Qualification Tournament (D2/D3)

Group A (Romania)

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	27 - 04	8
2	Italy	4	3	0	1	33 - 04	6
3	Belgium	4	2	0	2	12 - 16	4
4	South Africa	4	1	0	3	12 - 20	2
5	Romania	4	0	0	4	02 - 42	0

Netherlands and Italy qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II

05 March 2001
	South Africa	3-4	Belgium

05 March 2001
	Romania	1-14	Netherlands

06 March 2001
	Italy	9-1	South Africa

06 March 2001
	Romania	0-7	Belgium

08 March 2001
	Romania	0-15	Italy

08 March 2001
	Belgium	0-5	Netherlands

09 March 2001
	Netherlands	2-1	Italy

09 March 2001
	Romania	1-6	South Africa

11 March 2001
	Netherlands	6-2	South Africa

11 March 2001
	Italy	8-1	Belgium

Group B (Slovenia)

	Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points difference	Points
1	Slovakia	4	4	0	0	48 - 02	8
2	United Kingdom	4	3	0	1	29 - 06	6
3	Australia	4	2	0	2	13 - 15	4
4	Hungary	4	1	0	3	07 - 28	2
5	Slovenia	4	0	0	4	03 - 50	0

Slovakia and Great Britain qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II

20 March 2001
	Hungary	0-12	Slovakia

20 March 2001
	Slovenia	0-12	United Kingdom

21 March 2001
	Slovenia	2-7	Australia

21 March 2001
	United Kingdom	12-0	Hungary

22 March 2001
	Slovakia	9-1	Australia

23 March 2001
	Slovenia	0-23	Slovakia

24 March 2001
	United Kingdom	4-2	Australia

24 March 2001
	Slovenia	1-7	Hungary

25 March 2001
	Australia	3-0	Hungary

25 March 2001
	Slovakia	4-1	United Kingdom

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

31 March 2003
	Denmark	4-1	Netherlands

31 March 2003
	Italy	2-4	Norway

01 April 2003
	Slovakia	1-2	Denmark

01 April 2003
	Netherlands	0-3	Italy

01 April 2003
	Norway	8-3	United Kingdom

03 April 2003
	United Kingdom	4-4	Denmark

03 April 2003
	Netherlands	1-7	Norway

03 April 2003
	Slovakia	10-0	Italy

04 April 2003
	Norway	2-2	Slovakia

04 April 2003
	Denmark	5-4	Italy

04 April 2003
	Netherlands	4-2	United Kingdom

06 April 2003
	Slovakia	2-2	Netherlands

06 April 2003
	Norway	3-1	Denmark

06 April 2003
	Italy	4-2	United Kingdom

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

25 March 2003
	Romania	6-1	South Africa

25 March 2003
	Slovenia	4-4	Australia

26 March 2003
	Australia	7-0	Hungary

26 March 2003
	Belgium	3-1	Romania

26 March 2003
	Slovenia	6-1	South Africa

28 March 2003
	Belgium	1-3	South Africa

28 March 2003
	Australia	9-1	Romania

28 March 2003
	Slovenia	1-0	Hungary

29 March 2003
	South Africa	0-8	Australia

29 March 2003
	Hungary	3-2	Romania

29 March 2003
	Slovenia	2-2	Belgium

31 March 2003
	South Africa	2-2	Hungary

31 March 2003
	Australia	6-2	Belgium

31 March 2003
	Slovenia	7-1	Romania

External links

• IIHF 2003 Tournaments