2003 IIHF World Championship

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2003 IIHF World Championship
Jääkiekon maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 2003 (in Finnish)
Världsmästerskapet i ishockey för herrar 2003 (in Swedish)
2003 IIHF World Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates26 April – 11 May
Opened by Tarja Halonen
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (22nd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Fourth placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played56
Goals scored349 (6.23 per game)
Attendance449,193 (8,021 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Slovakia.svg Žigmund Pálffy (15 points)
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The 2003 IIHF World Championship was held between 26 April and 11 May 2003 in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku, Finland.

Contents

It was the 67th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Canada won the gold medal after defeating Sweden 3–2 in a tightly fought final. Over 14 minutes into the overtime, Canadian forward Anson Carter beat Swedish goaltender Mikael Tellqvist with a wraparound goal. The goal was contested for several minutes before replays confirmed that Tellqvist had stopped the puck behind the goal line. It was Canada's first World Championship win in five years.

Sweden surrendered five consecutive goals against Finland in their quarterfinal to trail 5–1 seven minutes into the second period, at which point Swedish goaltender Tommy Salo was swapped for Mikael Tellqvist. This proved to be the Swedish team's necessary wake-up call as the Swedes went on to score five unanswered goals before the end of regulation and ultimately win the game 6–5.

To celebrate the games, the Finnish government issued a high value commemorative coin: the 2003 Ice Hockey World Championships commemorative coin, with three ice hockey sticks and a puck engraved on the reverse.

Qualification Tournament

The Far Eastern Qualification was played as a single game during the 2003 Asian Winter Games on February 4, 2003, in Hachinohe, Japan. South Korea had opted to not play as they believed it more beneficial to focus on training and developing for their Division II tournament. [1] During the games Japan also beat the Koreans eleven to two in the semi-finals.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1100150+152
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1001015−150
Source: IIHF

All times local

February 4, 2003
19:00		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg15–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Venues

Hartwall Areena
Capacity: 13,349		 Elysée Arena
Capacity: 11,820		 Tampere Ice Hall
Capacity: 7,800
Hartwall arena.jpg Turkuhalli.jpg Hakametsa I ulkoa.jpg
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland – Helsinki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland – Turku Flag of Finland.svg  Finland – Tampere

Final tournament

First round

In the first round, the top three teams from each group progressed to the second round, whilst the last-placed team progressed to the consolation round.

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3300225+176
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 320198+14
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 3102913−42
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3003620−140
Source: IIHF

All times local

27 April 2003
16:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg5–4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
27 April 2003
20:00		 Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg3–9Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
28 April 2003
16:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg10–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
29 April 2003
16:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
30 April 2003
16:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
30 April 2003
20:00		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3300145+96
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 320197+24
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3102814−62
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 300349−50
Source: IIHF
26 April 2003
15:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
26 April 2003
19:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
27 April 2003
15:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg0–1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
27 April 2003
19:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg6–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
29 April 2003
15:00		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–6Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
29 April 2003
19:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg3–2Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3300122+106
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 320165+14
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 310269−32
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 300319−80
Source: IIHF
26 April 2003
16:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–0Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
26 April 2003
20:00		 Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg1–3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
27 April 2003
16:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6–1Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
27 April 2003
20:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–1Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
29 April 2003
16:00		 Belarus  Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg0–4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
29 April 2003
20:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3300154+116
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3201183+154
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3102815−72
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3003423−190
Source: IIHF
26 April 2003
16:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg5–2Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
26 April 2003
20:00		 Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1–5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
28 April 2003
19:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg12–0Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Tampere Ice Hall, Tampere
28 April 2003
20:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
29 April 2003
20:00		 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg2–6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
30 April 2003
16:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Elysée Areena, Turku

Second round

In the second round, the top four teams from each group progressed to the final round, whilst the bottom two teams were eliminated.

Group E

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 5410279+189
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 5410227+159
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 52121810+85
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5212111105
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 5104927−182
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5005831−230
Source: IIHF
26 April 2003
20:00		 Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1–5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
27 April 2003
20:00		 Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg3–9Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
28 April 2003
20:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
29 April 2003
16:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg3–1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
30 April 2003
16:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
30 April 2003
16:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2 May 2003
16:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg5–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
2 May 2003
20:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg5–2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
3 May 2003
16:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg5–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
3 May 2003
20:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg9–0Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
4 May 2003
16:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg7–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
4 May 2003
20:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4–0Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
5 May 2003
20:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
6 May 2003
16:00		 Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg2–5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
6 May 2003
20:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Group F

Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the first round.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5410186+129
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5401209+118
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 52031614+24
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 52031416−24
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 52031016−64
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5014825−171
Source: IIHF
26 April 2003
19:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
26 April 2003
20:00		 Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg1–3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
27 April 2003
16:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6–1Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
27 April 2003
19:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg6–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
29 April 2003
15:00		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–6Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
29 April 2003
20:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2 May 2003
16:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
2 May 2003
20:05		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg2–4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3 May 2003
16:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg4–2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
3 May 2003
20:05		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg7–1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
4 May 2003
16:00		 Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg2–1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
4 May 2003
20:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–0Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
5 May 2003
20:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg2–5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
6 May 2003
16:00		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg2–4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
6 May 2003
20:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–5Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Consolation round 13–16 place

Group G

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3300195+146
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 320198+14
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3012814−61
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3012514−91
Source: IIHF

As the Far Eastern qualifier, Japan avoided relegation. Therefore, Belarus and Slovenia were relegated to Division I for the 2004 Championships.

2 May 2003
15:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg7–2Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
2 May 2003
19:00		 Belarus  Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg3–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
3 May 2003
15:00		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
3 May 2003
19:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–2Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
5 May 2003
15:00		 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg3–4Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
5 May 2003
19:00		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–8Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Final round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 May
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3
 
9 May
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8
 
7 May
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3
 
11 May
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3
 
7 May
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2
 
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3
 
9 May
 
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1
 
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1
 
7 May
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4 Third place
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6
 
10 May
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2
 
 
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4
 

Quarterfinals

7 May Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–2 (OT)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
7 May Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
7 May Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–0Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
7 May Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg6–5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Mats Sundin – 04:451-0
1-107:31 – Teemu Selänne
1-209:13 – Teemu Selänne
1-318:35 – Tomi Kallio
1-425:26 – Kimmo Rintanen
1-526:44 – Teemu Selänne
Jörgen Jönsson – 28:042-5
Peter Forsberg – 29:273-5
Jonas Höglund – 37:204-5
Peter Forsberg – 48:225-5
Per-Johan Axelsson – 55:066-5

Semifinals

9 May Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg8–4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
9 May Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg1–4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Match for third place

10 May Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg2–4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia

Final

11 May Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–2 (OT)
(1-2, 0-0, 1-0, 1-0)		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Helsinki
Attendance: 13,387
Roberto Luongo Goalies Mikael Tellqvist Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimir Šindler
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Blümel
Flag of Finland.svg Antti Hämäläinen
0-110:18 − Mathias Tjärnqvist
0-218:39 − Per-Johan Axelsson
Shawn Horcoff − 19:171-2
Shane Doan − 49:032-2
Anson Carter − 73:493-2

Ranking and statistics


 2003 IIHF World Championship winners 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
22nd title

Tournament awards

Final standings

The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:

Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
5Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
7Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
8Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
9Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
11Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
13Flag of the United States.svg  United States
14Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
15Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
16Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, then (fewer) games played.

PlayerGPGAPts +/− PIMPOS
Flag of Slovakia.svg Žigmund Pálffy 97815+918F
Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Stümpel 941115+70F
Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľubomír Višňovský 94812+112D
Flag of Finland.svg Teemu Selänne 78311+32F
Flag of Finland.svg Saku Koivu 711011+34F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dany Heatley 97310+910F
Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Sundin 76410+810F
Flag of Slovakia.svg Miroslav Šatan 96410+22F
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Straka 96410+54F
Flag of Finland.svg Kimmo Rintanen 7549+30F

Source: IIHF.com

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.

PlayerMIPSOGGAGAASVS% SO
Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Jonas 180:0010041.3396.000
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sean Burke 328:4715671.2895.511
Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Tellqvist 393:1615091.3794.000
Flag of Slovakia.svg Ján Lašák 359:20168111.8493.450
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marco Bührer 297:2513791.8293.431

Source: IIHF.com

IIHF honors and awards

The 2003 IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony has held in Helsinki during the World Championships. [2] George Nagobads of the United States was given the Paul Loicq Award for outstanding contributions to international ice hockey. [3]

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

See also

References

  1. ↑ South Korea withdraws
  2. 1 2 3 "Jutila ja Wiitala kuuluisuuksien kerhoon". Yle (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland. BTI Studios Finland. 9 May 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dr. V. George Nagobads". United States Hockey Hall of Fame . Retrieved 8 July 2021.; "Dr. V. George Nagobads". United States Hockey Hall of Fame . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Curt Berglund". Swedish Ice Hockey Association (in Swedish). 22 August 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bengt-Åke Gustafsson". Swedish Ice Hockey Association (in Swedish). 29 October 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Eishockeypersönlichkeiten Deutschlands". Bürgerzeitung Duisburg (in German). Duisburg, Germany. 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "2006 Hockey Deaths". Society for International Hockey Research. 2006. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Schiri-Legende Josef Kompalla wird morgen 75". Rheinische Post (in German). Düsseldorf, Germany. 12 March 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Josef Maleček". Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech). 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Александр Якушев избран в Зал хоккейной славы IIHF". Lenta.ru (in Russian). Moscow, Russia. 27 September 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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