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2003 World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Finland Finland
Dates April 26 - May 11
Teams 16
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (22nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 56
Goals scored 349 (6.23 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Slovakia Zigmund Palffy (15 points)

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[]

Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between February 4, 2003 in Hasimota, Japan.

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Japan 1 1 0 0 15 0 2
 China 1 0 0 1 0 15 0

All times local

February 4, 2003
19:00
Japan  15–0  China

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 3 3 0 0 22 5 6
 Germany 3 2 0 1 9 8 4
 Ukraine 3 1 0 2 9 13 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 6 20 0

All times local

April 27, 2003
16:00
Germany  5–4  Japan
April 27, 2003
20:00
Ukraine  3–9  Slovakia
April 28, 2003
16:00
Slovakia  10–1  Japan
April 29, 2003
16:00
Germany  3–1  Ukraine
April 30, 2003
16:00
Slovakia  3–1  Germany
April 30, 2003
20:00
Japan  1–5  Ukraine

Group B[]

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Russia 3 3 0 0 14 5 6
 Switzerland 3 2 0 1 9 7 4
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 8 14 2
 United States of America 3 0 0 3 4 9 0

All times local

April 26, 2003
15:00
United States of America  2–5  Denmark
April 26, 2003
19:00
Switzerland  2–5  Russia
April 27, 2003
15:00
United States of America  0–1  Switzerland
April 27, 2003
19:00
Russia  6–1  Denmark
April 29, 2003
15:00
Denmark  2–6  Switzerland
April 29, 2003
19:00
Russia  3–2  United States of America

Group C[]

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Canada 3 3 0 0 12 2 6
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 6 5 4
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 6 9 2
 Belarus 3 0 0 3 1 9 0

All times local

April 26, 2003
16:00
Canada  3–0  Belarus
April 26, 2003
20:00
Latvia  1–3  Sweden
April 27, 2003
16:00
Canada  6–1  Latvia
April 27, 2003
20:00
Sweden  2–1  Belarus
April 29, 2003
16:00
Belarus  0–4  Latvia
April 29, 2003
20:00
Sweden  1–3  Canada

Group D[]

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 15 4 6
 Finland 3 2 0 1 18 3 4
 Austria 3 1 0 2 8 15 2
 Slovenia 3 0 0 3 4 23 0

All times local

April 26, 2003
16:00
Czech Republic  5–2  Slovenia
April 26, 2003
20:00
Austria  1–5  Finland
April 28, 2003
19:00
Finland  12–0  Slovenia
April 28, 2003
20:00
Czech Republic  8–1  Austria
April 29, 2003
20:00
Slovenia  2–6  Austria
April 30, 2003
16:00
Finland  1–2  Czech Republic

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 5 4 1 0 27 9 9
 Czech Republic 5 4 1 0 22 7 9
 Finland 5 2 1 2 18 10 5
 Germany 5 2 1 2 11 11 5
 Austria 5 1 0 4 9 27 2
 Ukraine 5 0 0 5 8 31 0
April 26, 2003
20:00
Austria  1–5  Finland
April 27, 2003
20:00
Ukraine  3–9  Slovakia
April 28, 2003
20:00
Czech Republic  8–1  Austria
April 29, 2003
16:00
Germany  3–1  Ukraine
April 30, 2003
16:00
Slovakia  3–1  Germany
April 30, 2003
16:00
Finland  1–2  Czech Republic
May 2, 2003
16:00
Slovakia  5–1  Finland
May 2, 2003
20:00
Czech Republic  5–2  Ukraine
May 3, 2003
16:00
Germany  5–1  Austria
May 3, 2003
20:00
Finland  9–0  Ukraine
May 4, 2003
16:00
Slovakia  7–1  Austria
May 4, 2003
20:00
Czech Republic  4–0  Germany
May 5, 2003
20:00
Slovakia  3–3  Czech Republic
May 6, 2003
16:00
Ukraine  2–5  Austria
May 6, 2003
20:00
Finland  2–2  Germany

Group F[]

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

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 Canada 5 4 1 0 18 6 9
 Sweden 5 4 0 1 20 9 8
 Russia 5 2 0 3 16 14 4
 Switzerland 5 2 0 3 14 16 4
 Latvia 5 2 0 3 10 16 4
 Denmark 5 0 1 4 12 23 1
April 26, 2003
19:00
Switzerland  2–5  Russia
April 26, 2003
20:00
Latvia  1–3  Sweden
April 27, 2003
16:00
Canada  6–1  Latvia
April 27, 2003
19:00
Russia  6–1  Denmark
April 29, 2003
15:00
Denmark  2–6  Switzerland
April 29, 2003
20:00
Sweden  1–3  Canada
May 2, 2003
16:00
Canada  2–2  Denmark
May 2, 2003
20:05
Russia  2–4  Sweden
May 3, 2003
16:00
Switzerland  4–2  Latvia
May 3, 2003
20:05
Sweden  7–1  Denmark
May 4, 2003
16:00
Latvia  2–1  Russia
May 4, 2003
20:00
Canada  2–0  Switzerland
May 5, 2003
20:00
Russia  2–5  Canada
May 6, 2003
16:00
Denmark  2–4  Latvia
May 6, 2003
20:00
Switzerland  2–5  Sweden

Consolation Round 13-16 Place[]

Group G[]

Team GP W T L GF GA PTS
 United States of America 3 3 0 0 19 5 6
 Belarus 3 2 0 1 9 8 4
 Slovenia 3 0 1 2 8 14 1
 Japan 3 0 1 2 5 14 1

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 of America  7–1  Slovenia
May 2, 2003
19:00
Belarus  3–1  Japan
May 3, 2003
15:00
Japan  3–3  Slovenia
May 3, 2003
19:00
United States of America  4–2  Belarus
May 5, 2003
15:00
Slovenia  3–4  Belarus
May 5, 2003
19:00
Japan  1–8  United States of America

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
Finland  5-6  Sweden

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)  Sweden

Ranking and Statistics[]

 


 2002 IIHF World Championship Winners 

Canada
22nd title

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 of America
14  Belarus
15  Slovenia
16  Japan

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Flag of Slovakia Zigmund Palffy 9 7 8 15 +9 18 F
Flag of Slovakia Jozef Stumpel 9 4 11 15 +7 0 F
Flag of Slovakia Lubomir Visnovsky 9 4 8 12 +11 2 D
Flag of Finland Teemu Selanne 7 8 3 11 +3 2 F
Flag of Finland Saku Koivu 7 1 10 11 +3 4 F
Flag of Canada Dany Heatley 9 7 3 10 +9 10 F
Flag of Sweden Mats Sundin 7 6 4 10 +8 10 F
Flag of Slovakia Miroslav Satan 9 6 4 10 +2 2 F
Flag of the Czech Republic Martin Straka 9 6 4 10 +5 4 F
Source: [1]

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
Flag of Germany Oliver Jonas 180:00 100 4 1.33 96.00 0
Flag of Canada Sean Burke 328:47 156 7 1.28 95.51 1
Flag of Sweden Mikael Tellqvist 393:16 150 9 1.37 94.00 0
Flag of Slovakia Jan Lasak 359:20 168 11 1.84 93.45 0
Flag of Switzerland Marco Buhrer 297:25 137 9 1.82 93.43 1
Source: [2]


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