2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Canada |
Dates |
December 26, 2002 – January 5, 2003 |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) |
Halifax Metro Centre and Centre 200 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Russia (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Canada |
Third place | Finland |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 182 (5.87 per match) |
Attendance | 241,504 (7,790 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) |
5 way tie (10 points) |
← 2002 2004 → |
The 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championships (2003 WJHC), was the 27th edition of the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament was held in Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada from December 26, 2002 to January 5, 2003. Russia won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 3–2 victory over Canada in the championship game, while Finland won the bronze medal with a 3–2 victory over the United States.
Venues
Halifax Metro Centre Capacity: 10,595 |
Centre 200 Capacity: 4,881 |
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Canada – Halifax | Canada – Sydney |
Top Division
Preliminary round
Group A
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 8 |
United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
Slovakia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 2 |
Belarus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 0 |
All times local (AST/UTC-4).
December 26, 2002 14:00 | Belarus | 2 – 4 (1–2, 1–0, 0–2) | Switzerland | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 1,951 |
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December 26, 2002 18:00 | United States | 1 – 5 (0–2, 1–2, 0–1) | Russia | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 4,950 |
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December 27, 2002 20:00 | Slovakia | 11 – 1 (3–1, 4–0, 4–0) | Belarus | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,548 |
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December 28, 2002 16:00 | Switzerland | 1 – 3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1) | United States | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,331 |
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December 28, 2002 20:00 | Russia | 4 – 0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0) | Slovakia | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 3,213 |
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December 29, 2002 18:00 | Belarus | 1 – 5 (0–2, 1–2, 0–1) | Russia | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,232 |
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December 30, 2002 14:00 | United States | 8 – 2 (4–0, 3–1, 1–1) | Belarus | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,213 |
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December 30, 2002 18:00 | Switzerland | 0 – 3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0) | Slovakia | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,069 |
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December 31, 2002 14:00 | Slovakia | 1 – 3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1) | United States | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,238 |
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December 31, 2002 18:00 | Russia | 7 – 5 (2–1, 3–2, 2–2) | Switzerland | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,249 |
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Group B
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 |
Finland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 |
Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Sweden | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 2 |
Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
All times local (AST/UTC-4).
December 26, 2002 16:00 | Germany | 0 – 4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2) | Finland | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 8,923 |
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December 26, 2002 20:10 | Sweden | 2 – 8 (0–2, 2–2, 0–4) | Canada | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
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December 27, 2002 19:00 | Czech Republic | 3 – 0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0) | Germany | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 9,562 |
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December 28, 2002 15:10 | Canada | 4 – 0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0) | Czech Republic | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
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December 28, 2002 20:00 | Finland | 3 – 2 (1–0, 1–2, 1–0) | Sweden | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,089 |
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December 29, 2002 16:10 | Germany | 1 – 4 (1–0, 0–3, 0–1) | Canada | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
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December 30, 2002 16:00 | Sweden | 7 – 2 (3–0, 3–1, 1–1) | Germany | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,427 |
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December 30, 2002 20:00 | Finland | 2 – 2 (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) | Czech Republic | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,462 |
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December 31, 2002 16:00 | Czech Republic | 3 – 1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0) | Sweden | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,416 |
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December 31, 2002 20:10 | Canada | 5 – 3 (1–1, 3–2, 1–0) | Finland | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
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Relegation round
Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 6 |
Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
All times local (AST/UTC-4).
January 2, 2003 12:00 | Switzerland | 6 – 2 (2–0, 3–2, 1–0) | Germany | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,111 |
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January 3, 2003 12:00 | Sweden | 5 – 4 (3–1, 0–2, 2–1) | Belarus | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,083 |
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January 4, 2003 16:00 | Sweden | 3 – 5 (1–2, 1–2, 1–1) | Switzerland | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,210 |
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January 4, 2003 20:00 | Germany | 4 – 0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0) | Belarus | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,208 |
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Germany and Belarus were relegated to Division I for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Playoff round
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | |||||||||||
B1 | Canada | 3 | |||||||||||
A2 | United States | 4 | A2 | United States | 2 | ||||||||
B3 | Czech Republic | 3 | B1 | Canada | 2 | ||||||||
A1 | Russia | 3 | |||||||||||
A1 | Russia | 4 | |||||||||||
B2 | Finland | 6 | B2 | Finland | 1 | Bronze medal game | |||||||
A3 | Slovakia | 0 | A2 | United States | 2 | ||||||||
B2 | Finland | 3 |
Quarterfinals
January 2, 2003 16:00 | United States | 4 – 3 (2–0, 2–2, 0–1) | Czech Republic | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,250 |
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January 2, 2003 20:10 | Finland | 6 – 0 (3–0, 3–0, 0–0) | Slovakia | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,162 |
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Semifinals
January 3, 2003 16:10 | Russia | 4 – 1 (1–1, 0–0, 3–0) | Finland | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,527 |
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January 3, 2003 20:10 | Canada | 3 – 2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1) | United States | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
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5th place game
January 4, 2003 12:00 | Czech Republic | 0 – 2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) | Slovakia | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,210 |
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Bronze medal game
January 5, 2003 16:00 | United States | 2 – 3 (0–2, 0–1, 2–0) | Finland | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,306 |
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Gold medal game
January 5, 2003 20:10 | Canada | 2 – 3 (1–1, 1–0, 0–2) | Russia | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
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Scoring leaders
Rank | Player | Country | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/− |
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1 | Patrik Bartschi | Switzerland | F | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | +1 |
2 | Igor Grigorenko | Russia | F | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | +10 |
3 | Yuri Trubachev | Russia | F | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | +9 |
4 | Tuomo Ruutu | Finland | F | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | +6 |
5 | Carlo Colaiacovo | Canada | D | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | -1 |
6 | Alexander Perezhogin | Russia | F | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | +9 |
7 | Jussi Jokinen | Finland | F | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | +4 |
8 | Zach Parise | United States | F | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | +2 |
9 | Alexander Polushin | Russia | F | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | +9 |
10 | Andrei Taratukhin | Russia | F | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | +7 |
Goaltending leaders
Minimum 40% of team's ice time.
Rank | Player | Country | TOI | SOG | GA | GAA | Saves | Sv % | SO |
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1 | Robert Goepfert | United States | 338:05 | 159 | 10 | 1.77 | 149 | 93.71 | 0 |
2 | Peter Ševela | Slovakia | 218:46 | 105 | 7 | 1.92 | 98 | 93.33 | 2 |
3 | Marc-André Fleury | Canada | 267:28 | 97 | 7 | 1.57 | 90 | 92.78 | 1 |
4 | Kari Lehtonen | Finland | 356:40 | 168 | 13 | 2.19 | 155 | 92.26 | 2 |
5 | Andrei Medvedev | Russia | 300:00 | 108 | 9 | 1.80 | 99 | 91.67 | 1 |
Tournament awards
Goaltender | Defencemen | Forwards | ||||
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IIHF Directorate Awards | Marc-André Fleury | Joni Pitkänen | Igor Grigorenko | |||
Media All-Star Team | Marc-André Fleury | Carlo Colaiacovo | Joni Pitkänen | Yuri Trubachev | Igor Grigorenko | Scottie Upshall |
Final standings
Team | |
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Russia | |
Canada | |
Finland | |
4 | United States |
5 | Slovakia |
6 | Czech Republic |
7 | Switzerland |
8 | Sweden |
9 | Germany |
10 | Belarus |
Division I
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A played in Almaty, Kazakhstan between December 27, 2002 and January 2, 2003. Group B played in Bled, Slovenia between December 16 and December 22, 2002.
Group A
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 9 |
Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 8 |
Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 7 |
France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Italy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 |
Croatia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 0 |
Ukraine was promoted to the Top Division and Croatia was relegated to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Group B
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Austria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 10 |
Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 7 |
Norway | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 5 |
Latvia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 3 |
Denmark | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 3 |
Poland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 2 |
Austria was promoted to the Top Division and Poland was relegated to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Division II
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania between January 6 and January 12, 2003. Group B played in Novi Sad, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between December 28, 2002 and January 3, 2003.
Group A
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Estonia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 10 |
Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 7 | 8 |
Romania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 26 | 6 |
Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 31 | 4 |
South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 58 | 2 |
Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 0 |
Estonia was promoted to Division I and Bulgaria was relegated to Division III for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Group B
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Hungary | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 10 |
Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 8 |
Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 6 |
Spain | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 3 |
Iceland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 43 | 3 |
Mexico | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 0 |
Hungary was promoted to Division I and Mexico was relegated to Division III for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Division III
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. This group played in Izmit, Turkey between January 21 and January 26, 2003.
Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 8 |
Belgium | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 6 |
Turkey | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 |
Australia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 2 |
Luxembourg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 0 |
South Korea and Belgium were promoted to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
External links
- IIHF Official Results – Top Division
- IIHF Official Results - Division I Group A
- IIHF Official Results - Division I Group B
- IIHF Official Results - Division II Group A
- IIHF Official Results - Division II Group B
- IIHF Official Results - Division III
Preceded by 2002 World Juniors |
World Junior Ice Hockey Championships See also: 2003 World Championships |
Succeeded by 2004 World Juniors |