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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.
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| 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) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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| B3 | Czech Republic
| 3 | B1 | Canada
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| 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 | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Russia |
| 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]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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