2003 World Championship

2003 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)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	349 (6.23 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	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

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 Zigmund Palffy 9 7 8 15 +9 18 F Jozef Stumpel 9 4 11 15 +7 0 F Lubomir Visnovsky 9 4 8 12 +11 2 D Teemu Selanne 7 8 3 11 +3 2 F Saku Koivu 7 1 10 11 +3 4 F Dany Heatley 9 7 3 10 +9 10 F Mats Sundin 7 6 4 10 +8 10 F Miroslav Satan 9 6 4 10 +2 2 F 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 Oliver Jonas 180:00 100 4 1.33 96.00 0 Sean Burke 328:47 156 7 1.28 95.51 1 Mikael Tellqvist 393:16 150 9 1.37 94.00 0 Jan Lasak 359:20 168 11 1.84 93.45 0 Marco Buhrer 297:25 137 9 1.82 93.43 1 Source: [2] References [3] External links Official website