Tournament details | |
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Host country | Canada |
Venue(s) | Halifax Metro Centre and Centre 200 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | December 26, 2002 – January 5, 2003 |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Russia (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Canada |
Third place | Finland |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 31 |
Goals scored | 187 (6.03 per game) |
Attendance | 242,173 (7,812 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Patrik Bärtschi Igor Grigorenko (10 points) |
The 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championships (2003 WJHC), was the 27th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. [1] 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.
Playoff round (again) reverted to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye into the semifinals.
Halifax Metro Centre Capacity: 10,595 | Centre 200 Capacity: 4,881 |
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Canada – Halifax | Canada – Sydney |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Russia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 8 | Semifinals |
2 | United States | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
3 | Slovakia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 4 | |
4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 2 | Relegation round |
5 | Belarus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 28 | −22 | 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 |
December 26, 2002 18:00 | United States | 1–5 (0–2, 1–2, 0–1) | Russia | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 4,950 |
December 27, 2002 20:00 | Slovakia | 11–1 (3–1, 4–0, 4–0) | Belarus | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,548 |
December 28, 2002 16:00 | Switzerland | 1–3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1) | United States | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,331 |
December 28, 2002 20:00 | Russia | 4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0) | Slovakia | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 3,213 |
December 29, 2002 18:00 | Belarus | 1–5 (0–2, 1–2, 0–1) | Russia | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,232 |
December 30, 2002 14:00 | United States | 8–2 (4–0, 3–1, 1–1) | Belarus | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,213 |
December 30, 2002 18:00 | Switzerland | 0–3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0) | Slovakia | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,069 |
December 31, 2002 14:00 | Slovakia | 1–3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1) | United States | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,238 |
December 31, 2002 18:00 | Russia | 7–5 (2–1, 3–2, 2–2) | Switzerland | Centre 200, Sydney Attendance: 2,249 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 8 | Semifinals |
2 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 | |
4 | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 2 | Relegation round |
5 | Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 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 |
December 26, 2002 20:10 | Sweden | 2–8 (0–2, 2–2, 0–4) | Canada | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
December 27, 2002 19:00 | Czech Republic | 3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0) | Germany | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 9,562 |
December 28, 2002 15:10 | Canada | 4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0) | Czech Republic | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
December 28, 2002 20:00 | Finland | 3–2 (1–0, 1–2, 1–0) | Sweden | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,089 |
December 29, 2002 16:10 | Germany | 1–4 (1–0, 0–3, 0–1) | Canada | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
December 30, 2002 16:00 | Sweden | 7–2 (3–0, 3–1, 1–1) | Germany | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,427 |
December 30, 2002 20:00 | Finland | 2–2 (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) | Czech Republic | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,462 |
December 31, 2002 16:00 | Czech Republic | 3–1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0) | Sweden | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,416 |
December 31, 2002 20:10 | Canada | 5–3 (1–1, 3–2, 1–0) | Finland | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
Results from games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 6 | |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 2 | Relegated to the 2004 Division I |
4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 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 |
Tobias Stephan | Goalies | Dimitri Pätzold | ||
34 | Shots | 18 |
January 3, 2003 12:00 | Sweden | 5–4 (3–1, 0–2, 2–1) | Belarus | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,083 |
January 4, 2003 16:00 | Sweden | 3–5 (1–2, 1–2, 1–1) | Switzerland | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,210 |
January 4, 2003 20:00 | Germany | 4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0) | Belarus | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,208 |
Source: [2]
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 | |||||||||
A3 | Slovakia | 0 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
A2 | United States | 2 | ||||||||||||
B2 | Finland | 3 |
January 2, 2003 16:00 | United States | 4–3 (2–0, 2–2, 0–1) | Czech Republic | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,250 |
Bobby Goepfert | Goalies | Martin Falter, Lukáš Mensator | |||||||||||||||||||||
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18 | Shots | 25 |
January 2, 2003 20:10 | Finland | 6–0 (3–0, 3–0, 0–0) | Slovakia | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,162 |
Kari Lehtonen | Goalies | Ján Chovan, Peter Ševela | ||
25 | Shots | 15 |
January 3, 2003 16:10 | Russia | 4–1 (1–1, 0–0, 3–0) | Finland | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,527 |
Andrei Medvedev | Goalies | Kari Lehtonen | |||||||||||||||
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29 | Shots | 26 |
January 3, 2003 20:10 | Canada | 3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1) | United States | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
Marc-André Fleury | Goalies | Robert Goepfert | |||||||||||||||
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42 | Shots | 15 |
January 4, 2003 12:00 | Czech Republic | 0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) | Slovakia | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,210 |
Lukáš Mensator | Goalies | Peter Ševela | ||||||
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25 | Shots | 18 |
January 5, 2003 16:00 | United States | 2–3 (0–2, 0–1, 2–0) | Finland | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,306 |
Bobby Goepfert | Goalies | Tuomas Nissinen | |||||||||||||||
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31 | Shots | 21 |
January 5, 2003 20:10 | Canada | 2–3 (1–1, 1–0, 0–2) | Russia | Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax Attendance: 10,594 |
Marc-André Fleury | Goalies | Andrei Medvedev | Referee: Ulf Rädbjer | ||||||||||||||
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24 | Shots | 31 |
Rank | Player | Country | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/− |
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1 | Patrik Bärtschi | Switzerland | F | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | +1 |
1 | 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 |
9 | Andrei Taratukhin | Russia | F | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | +7 |
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 |
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 |
Team | |
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Canada | |
Finland | |
4 | United States |
5 | Slovakia |
6 | Czech Republic |
7 | Switzerland |
8 | Sweden |
9 | Germany |
10 | Belarus |
The Division I championships were played on December 27, 2002 – January 2, 2003 in Almaty, Kazakhstan (Group A), [3] and on December 16–22, 2002 in Bled, Slovenia (Group B). [4]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 9 | Promoted to the 2004 Top Division |
2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 8 | |
3 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 7 | |
4 | France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 4 | |
5 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 2 | |
6 | Croatia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 42 | −36 | 0 | Relegated to the 2004 Division II |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Austria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | +26 | 10 | Promoted to the 2004 Top Division |
2 | Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 7 | |
3 | Norway | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 5 | |
4 | Latvia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 3 | |
5 | Denmark | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 3 | |
6 | Poland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 31 | −19 | 2 | Relegated to the 2004 Division II |
The Division II championships were played on January 6–12, 2003, in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania (Group A), [5] and on December 28, 2002 – January 3, 2003 in Novi Sad, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Group B). [6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Estonia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 8 | +54 | 10 | Promoted to the 2004 Division I |
2 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 7 | +57 | 8 | |
3 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 6 | |
4 | Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 4 | |
5 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 58 | −46 | 2 | |
6 | Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 68 | −63 | 0 | Relegated to the 2004 Division III |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Hungary | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 14 | +33 | 10 | Promoted to the 2004 Division I |
2 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 8 | |
3 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 6 | |
4 | Spain | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 3 | |
5 | Iceland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 3 | |
6 | Mexico | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 0 | Relegated to the 2004 Division III |
The Division III championship was played on January 21–26, 2003 in İzmit, Turkey. [7]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | +32 | 8 | Promoted to the 2004 Division II |
2 | Belgium | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 6 | |
3 | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 4 | |
4 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 2 | |
5 | Luxembourg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 48 | −47 | 0 |
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