2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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2003 IIHF World U20 Championship
2003 WJHC logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Venue(s) Halifax Metro Centre and
Centre 200  (in 2 host cities)
DatesDecember 26, 2002 – January 5, 2003
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Fourth placeFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Tournament statistics
Games played31
Goals scored187 (6.03 per game)
Attendance242,173 (7,812 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Patrik Bärtschi
Flag of Russia.svg Igor Grigorenko (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 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.

Contents

Playoff round (again) reverted to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye into the semifinals.

Venues

Halifax Metro Centre
Capacity: 10,595		 Centre 200
Capacity: 4,881
Halifaxmetrocentre06aa.jpg Centre 200.JPG
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada – Halifax Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada – Sydney

Rosters

Top Division

Preliminary round

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4400217+148Semifinals
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4301159+66Quarterfinals
3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4202158+74
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 41031015−52Relegation round
5Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 4004628−220

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

December 26, 2002
14:00		 Belarus  Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg2–4
(1–2, 1–0, 0–2)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 1,951
December 26, 2002
18:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1)		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 4,950
December 27, 2002
20:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg11–1
(3–1, 4–0, 4–0)		Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,548
December 28, 2002
16:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,331
December 28, 2002
20:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 3,213
December 29, 2002
18:00		 Belarus  Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg1–5
(0–2, 1–2, 0–1)		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,232
December 30, 2002
14:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg8–2
(4–0, 3–1, 1–1)		Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,213
December 30, 2002
18:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)		Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,069
December 31, 2002
14:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,238
December 31, 2002
18:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg7–5
(2–1, 3–2, 2–2)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Centre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 2,249

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4400216+158Semifinals
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4211129+35Quarterfinals
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 421187+15
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 41031216−42Relegation round
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4004318−150

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

December 26, 2002
16:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg0–4
(0–2, 0–0, 0–2)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 8,923
December 26, 2002
20:10		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2–8
(0–2, 2–2, 0–4)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
December 27, 2002
19:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 9,562
December 28, 2002
15:10		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
December 28, 2002
20:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg3–2
(1–0, 1–2, 1–0)		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,089
December 29, 2002
16:10		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–4
(1–0, 0–3, 0–1)		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
December 30, 2002
16:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg7–2
(3–0, 3–1, 1–1)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,427
December 30, 2002
20:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–2
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,462
December 31, 2002
16:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,416
December 31, 2002
20:10		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5–3
(1–1, 3–2, 1–0)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594

Relegation round

Results from games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3300157+86
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 32011511+44
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3102813−52Relegated to the 2004 Division I
4Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 3003613−70

All times local (AST/UTC-4).

January 2, 2003
12:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg6–2
(2–0, 3–2, 1–0)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,111
Tobias Stephan Goalies Dimitri Pätzold
34Shots18
January 3, 2003
12:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5–4
(3–1, 0–2, 2–1)		Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,083
January 4, 2003
16:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–5
(1–2, 1–2, 1–1)		Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,210
January 4, 2003
20:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)		Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,208

Playoff round

Source: [2]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal game
B1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3
A2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4A2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
B3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3 B1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
A1 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3
A1 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4
B2 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6B2 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1
A3 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 0 Bronze medal game
A2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
B2 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3

Quarterfinals

January 2, 2003
16:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–3
(2–0, 2–2, 0–1)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,250
Bobby Goepfert Goalies Martin Falter, Lukáš Mensator
Helminen (Jones, Kesler) - 9:091-0
Parise (Brown) - 9:422-0
2-1 Michálek (Klepiš, Hudler) - 24:02
Kesler (Higgins, Whitney) - 26:003-1
Suter (Higgins, Kesler) - 26:444-1
4-2 Krajíček (Klepiš, Michálek) - 28:24
4-3Hudler (Klepiš) - 53:37
18Shots25
January 2, 2003
20:10		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg6–0
(3–0, 3–0, 0–0)		Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,162
Kari Lehtonen GoaliesJán Chovan, Peter Ševela
25Shots15

Semifinals

January 3, 2003
16:10		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg4–1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,527
Andrei Medvedev Goalies Kari Lehtonen
Artyukhin - 10:221-0
1-118:28 - Niinimäki (Bergenheim, Ruutu) (PP)
Trubachev - 43:282-1
Perezhogin (Grigorenko) - 44:053-1
Grigorenko - 47:224-1
29Shots26
January 3, 2003
20:10		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
Marc-André Fleury Goalies Robert Goepfert
Paetsch (Wellwood) - 4:241-0
1-19:12 - Nystrom (Parise) (SH)
Bouchard (Parenteau, Colaiacovo) (PP) - 37:262-1
2-241:06 - Kesler (Wisniewski, Stuart) (PP)
Woywitka (Stajan, Tootoo) - 51:403-2
42Shots15

5th place game

January 4, 2003
12:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)		Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,210
Lukáš Mensator GoaliesPeter Ševela
0-119:30 - Zagora (Špirko, Maron)
0-255:00- Lipka (Ševela)
25Shots18

Bronze medal game

January 5, 2003
16:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–3
(0–2, 0–1, 2–0)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Bronze medal icon.svg Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,306
Bobby Goepfert Goalies Tuomas Nissinen
0-19:16 - Jokinen (Kalteva)
0-218:15 - Juntunen (Ruutu, Jokinen) (PP)
0-320:31 - Pitkänen (Ruutu)
55:18 - Suter 1-3
58:04 - Brown (Parise, Shannon)2-3
31Shots21

Final

January 5, 2003
20:10		Silver medal icon.svg Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–3
(1–1, 1–0, 0–2)		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Gold medal icon.svg Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax
Attendance: 10,594
Marc-André Fleury Goalies Andrei Medvedev Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Rädbjer
0-111:17 – Taratukhin (Grigorenko, Perezhogin)
Parenteau (Laich, White) – 12:011-1
Upshall (Laich, Parenteau) (PP) – 36:222-1
2-244:22 – Grigorenko (Taratukhin, Perezhogin)
2-351:09 – Trubachev (Polushin, Tyutin)
24Shots31

Scoring leaders

RankPlayerCountryPosGPGAPtsPIM+/−
1 Patrik Bärtschi Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland F664100+1
1 Igor Grigorenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia F664104+10
3 Yuri Trubachev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia F637102+9
4 Tuomo Ruutu Flag of Finland.svg  Finland F728106+6
5 Carlo Colaiacovo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada D619102-1
6 Alexander Perezhogin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia F63694+9
7 Jussi Jokinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland F76282+4
8 Zach Parise Flag of the United States.svg  United States F74484+2
9 Alexander Polushin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia F62684+9
9 Andrei Taratukhin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia F62688+7

Goaltending leaders

Minimum 40% of team's ice time.

RankPlayerCountryTOISOGGAGAASavesSv %SO
1 Robert Goepfert Flag of the United States.svg  United States 338:05159101.7714993.710
2 Peter Ševela Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 218:4610571.929893.332
3 Marc-André Fleury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 267:289771.579092.781
4 Kari Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 356:40168132.1915592.262
5 Andrei Medvedev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 300:0010891.809991.671

Tournament awards

GoaltenderDefencemenForwards
IIHF Directorate Awards Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marc-André Fleury Flag of Finland.svg Joni Pitkänen Flag of Russia.svg Igor Grigorenko
Media All-Star Team Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marc-André Fleury Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Carlo Colaiacovo Flag of Finland.svg Joni Pitkänen Flag of Russia.svg Yuri Trubachev Flag of Russia.svg Igor Grigorenko Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scottie Upshall

Final standings

Team
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
7Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
10Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus

Division I

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]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 5410188+109Promoted to the 2004 Top Division
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54012410+148
3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 53112512+137
4Flag of France.svg  France 52031713+44
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51041116−52
6Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 5005642−360Relegated to the 2004 Division II

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 5500359+2610Promoted to the 2004 Top Division
2Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 53111514+17
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 52121716+15
4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 51131321−83
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 51131819−13
6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 51041231−192Relegated to the 2004 Division II

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]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 5500628+5410Promoted to the 2004 Division I
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5401647+578
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 53023426+86
4Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 52032131−104
5Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 51041258−462
6Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 5005568−630Relegated to the 2004 Division III

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 55004714+3310Promoted to the 2004 Division I
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54013413+218
3Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 53022722+56
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 51131226−143
5Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 51131943−243
6Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 5005425−210Relegated to the 2004 Division III

Division III

The Division III championship was played on January 21–26, 2003 in İzmit, Turkey. [7]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4400375+328Promoted to the 2004 Division II
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 43013210+226
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 42022616+104
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4103825−172
5Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 4004148−470
Source: IIHF.com at the Wayback Machine

References

  1. ↑ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Top Division statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-12-15. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "Playoffs results". Archived from the original on 2003-08-23. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I Group A statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-12-15. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division I Group B statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group A statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group B statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ "2003 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III statistics". Archived from the original on 2003-07-24. Retrieved 2011-01-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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