Men's Ice Hockey World Championship 2003

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	Winner: Canada

The 67th Ice Hockey World Championships in 2003 took place at the following locations and at the following times:

World Championship: April 26th to May 11th in Helsinki , Tampere and Turku ( Finland )

Division I, Group A: 15. bis 21st April in Budapest ( Hungary )

Division I, Group B: 14. bis 20th April in Zagreb ( Croatia )

Division II, Group A: April 5th to 11th in Seoul ( South Korea )

Division II, Group B: 24. bis the 30th March in Sofia ( Bulgaria )

Division III: 3. bis 6. April in Auckland ( New Zealand )

A total of 43 teams took part in these world championships.

There were no changes to the mode compared to last year . Team Canada was world champion for the 22nd time , defeating Sweden in the final .

Far East qualification

Since the South Korean team did not participate in the qualifying tournament, only a single qualifying game was played in Hachinohe, Japan.

February 4, 2003

Hachinohe

Japan

-

China

15: 0 (5: 0.6: 0.4: 0)

Qualified for the World Cup:

Japan

World Championship

As in 1997, the top division was played in the Finnish towns of Helsinki, Tampere and Turku.

Preliminary round

Group A

April 27, 2003	Helsinki	Germany	-	Japan	5: 4 (4: 2.0: 0.1: 2)
April 27, 2003	Helsinki	Slovakia	-	Ukraine	9: 3 (2: 0.4: 2.3: 1)
April 28, 2003	Helsinki	Slovakia	-	Japan	10: 1 (3: 1.5: 0.2: 0)
April 29, 2003	Helsinki	Germany	-	Ukraine	3: 1 (0: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
April 30, 2003	Helsinki	Slovakia	-	Germany	3: 1 (0: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
April 30, 2003	Helsinki	Ukraine	-	Japan	5: 1 (2: 0.2: 0.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	22: 5	+17	6-0
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	9: 8	+ 1	4: 2
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	9:13	- 4th	2: 4
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	6:20	−14	0: 6

Group B

April 26, 2003	Tampereen jäähalli , Tampere	United States	-	Denmark	2: 5 (1: 3.0: 1.1: 1)
April 26, 2003	Tampere	Russia	-	Switzerland	5: 2 (2: 1.2: 1.1: 0)
April 27, 2003	Tampere	United States	-	Switzerland	0: 1 (0: 1.0: 0.0: 0)
April 27, 2003	Tampere	Russia	-	Denmark	6: 1 (1: 0.5: 1.0: 0)
April 29, 2003	Tampere	Switzerland	-	Denmark	6: 2 (2: 0.2: 1.2: 1)
April 29, 2003	Tampere	Russia	-	United States	3: 2 (0: 1.2: 0.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	14: 5	+9	6-0
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	9: 7	+2	4: 2
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	8:14	−6	2: 4
4th	United States	3	0	0	3	4: 9	−5	0: 6

Group C

April 26, 2003	Turku	Canada	-	Belarus	3: 0 (2: 0.0: 0.1: 0)
April 26, 2003	Turku	Sweden	-	Latvia	3: 1 (2: 1.1: 0.0: 0)
April 27, 2003	Turku	Canada	-	Latvia	6: 1 (2: 1.1: 0.3: 0)
April 27, 2003	Turku	Sweden	-	Belarus	2: 1 (1: 1.0: 0.1: 0)
April 29, 2003	Turku	Latvia	-	Belarus	4: 0 (1: 0.3: 0.0: 0)
April 29, 2003	Turku	Canada	-	Sweden	3: 1 (1: 0.1: 0.1: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	12: 2	+10	6-0
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	6: 5	+ 1	4: 2
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	6: 9	- 3	2: 4
4th	Belarus	3	0	0	3	1: 9	- 8th	0: 6

Group D

April 26, 2003	Helsinki	Czech Republic	-	Slovenia	5: 2 (3: 0.2: 1.0: 1)
April 26, 2003	Helsinki	Finland	-	Austria	5: 1 (1: 0.3: 1.1: 0)
April 28, 2003	Tampere	Finland	-	Slovenia	12: 0 (4: 0.4: 0.4: 0)
April 28, 2003	Helsinki	Czech Republic	-	Austria	8: 1 (1: 0.5: 0.2: 1)
April 29, 2003	Helsinki	Austria	-	Slovenia	6: 2 (1: 0.2: 1.3: 1)
April 30, 2003	Turku	Finland	-	Czech Republic	1: 2 (1: 0.0: 1.0: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	15: 4	+11	6-0
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	18: 3	+15	4: 2
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	8:15	- 7th	2: 4
4th	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	4:23	−19	0: 6

Relegation round for places 13–16, group G

May 2, 2003	Tampere	United States	-	Slovenia	7: 2 (3: 2.3: 0.1: 0)
May 2, 2003	Tampere	Belarus	-	Japan	3: 1 (2: 1.0: 0.1: 0)
May 3, 2003	Tampere	Slovenia	-	Japan	3: 3 (0: 2.1: 0.2: 1)
May 3, 2003	Tampere	United States	-	Belarus	4: 2 (2: 2.2: 0.0: 0)
May 5, 2003	Tampere	Slovenia	-	Belarus	3: 4 (1: 2.1: 2.1: 0)
May 5, 2003	Tampere	United States	-	Japan	8: 1 (1: 0.3: 1.4: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	United States	3	3	0	0	19: 5	+14	6-0
2	Belarus	3	2	0	1	9: 8	+ 1	4: 2
3	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	8:14	- 6	1: 5
4th	Japan	3	0	1	2	5:14	- 9	1: 5

Intermediate round

Group E

direct comparisons of the preliminary round are adopted

May 2, 2003	Helsinki	Finland	-	Slovakia	1: 5 (1: 1.0: 0.0: 4)
May 2, 2003	Helsinki	Czech Republic	-	Ukraine	5: 2 (0: 0.4: 1.1: 1)
May 3, 2003	Helsinki	Germany	-	Austria	5: 1 (2: 0.2: 1.1: 0)
May 3, 2003	Helsinki	Finland	-	Ukraine	9: 0 (3: 0.4: 0.2: 0)
May 4, 2003	Helsinki	Slovakia	-	Austria	7: 1 (2: 0.3: 1.2: 0)
May 4, 2003	Helsinki	Czech Republic	-	Germany	4: 0 (1: 0.1: 0.2: 0)
May 5, 2003	Helsinki	Slovakia	-	Czech Republic	3: 3 (0: 1.2: 2.1: 0)
May 6, 2003	Helsinki	Austria	-	Ukraine	5: 2 (0: 0.3: 0.2: 2)
May 6, 2003	Helsinki	Finland	-	Germany	2: 2 (2: 1.0: 1.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Slovakia	5	4th	1	0	27: 9	+18	9: 1
2	Czech Republic	5	4th	1	0	22: 7	+15	9: 1
3	Finland	5	2	1	2	18:10	+ 8	5: 5
4th	Germany	5	2	1	2	11:11	0	5: 5
5	Austria	5	1	0	4th	9:27	−18	2: 8
6th	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	8:31	−23	0:10

Group F.

direct comparisons of the preliminary round are adopted

May 2, 2003	Turku	Canada	-	Denmark	2: 2 (1: 2.1: 0.0: 0)
May 2, 2003	Turku	Russia	-	Sweden	2: 4 (1: 1.0: 1.1: 2)
May 3, 2003	Turku	Switzerland	-	Latvia	4: 2 (1: 1.1: 1.2: 0)
May 3, 2003	Turku	Sweden	-	Denmark	7: 1 (2: 1.1: 0.4: 0)
May 4, 2003	Turku	Russia	-	Latvia	1: 2 (0: 0.0: 0.1: 2)
May 4, 2003	Turku	Canada	-	Switzerland	2: 0 (0: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
May 5, 2003	Turku	Canada	-	Russia	5: 2 (1: 1.2: 0.2: 1)
May 6, 2003	Turku	Latvia	-	Denmark	4: 2 (0: 0.2: 2.2: 0)
May 6, 2003	Turku	Sweden	-	Switzerland	5: 2 (1: 2.1: 0.3: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Canada	5	4th	1	0	18: 6	+12	9: 1
2	Sweden	5	4th	0	1	20: 9	+11	8: 2
3	Russia	5	2	0	3	16:14	+ 2	4: 6
4th	Switzerland	5	2	0	3	14:16	- 2nd	4: 6
5	Latvia	5	2	0	3	10:16	- 6	4: 6
6th	Denmark	5	0	1	4th	8:25	−17	1: 9

Play-offs

Quarter finals
May 7, 2003	Turku	Canada	-	Germany	3: 2 n.V. (1: 0.1: 0.0: 2.1: 0)
May 7, 2003	Helsinki	Slovakia	-	Switzerland	3: 1 (0: 1.2: 0.1: 0)
May 7, 2003	Turku	Czech Republic	-	Russia	3: 0 (1: 0.2: 0.0: 0)
May 7, 2003	Helsinki	Finland	-	Sweden	5: 6 (3: 1.2: 3.0: 2)
Semifinals
May 9, 2003	Helsinki	Canada	-	Czech Republic	8: 4 (1: 0.2: 2.5: 2)
May 9, 2003	Helsinki	Sweden	-	Slovakia	4: 1 (1: 0.1: 1.2: 0)
3rd place match
May 10, 2003	Helsinki	Slovakia	-	Czech Republic	4: 2 (2: 1.1: 1.1: 0)
final
May 11, 2003	Helsinki	Canada	-	Sweden	3: 2 n.V. (1: 2.0: 0.1: 0.1: 0)

Final placement of the World Cup

RF	team
1	Canada
2	Sweden
3	Slovakia
4th	Czech Republic
5	Finland
6th	Germany
7th	Russia
8th	Switzerland
9	Latvia
10	Austria
11	Denmark
12	Ukraine
13	United States
14th	Belarus
15th	Slovenia
16	Japan

in the A-WM qualification:	Japan
Relegated:	Belarus , Slovenia
Climbers	France , Kazakhstan

Master teams

World Champion Canada	Jan Alston , Martin Biron , Jay Bouwmeester , Eric Brewer , Daniel Brière , Sean Burke , Kyle Calder , Anson Carter , Mike Comrie , Cory Cross , Mathieu Dandenault , Shane Doan , Kris Draper , Dany Heatley , Jamie Heward , Shawn Horcoff , Krystofer Kolanos , Roberto Luongo , Kirk Maltby , Patrick Marleau , Steven Reinprecht , Craig Rivet , Ryan Smyth , Steve Staios Head coach: Andy Murray
Silver Sweden	Niklas Andersson , Per Johan Axelsson , Johan Davidsson , Peter Forsberg , Per Gustafsson , Mika Hannula , Jonas Höglund , Magnus Johansson , Mathias Johansson , Jörgen Jönsson , Niklas Kronwall , Henrik Lundqvist , Marcus Nilson , Peter Nordström , Mattias Norström , Mikael Renberg , Thomas Rhodin , Tommy Salo , Mats Sundin , Ronnie Sundin , Mikael Tellqvist , Daniel Tjärnqvist , Mathias Tjärnqvist , Dick Tärnström , Henrik Zetterberg Head coach: Hardy Nilsson
Bronze Slovakia	Peter Bondra , Ladislav Čierny , Zdeno Cíger , Pavol Demitra , Miroslav Hlinka , Richard Kapuš , Ján Lašák , Richard Lintner , Ivan Majeský , Dusan Milo , Ladislav Nagy , Vladimír Országh , Žigmund Pálffy , Branko Radivojevič , Pavol Rybár , Miroslav Šatan , Peter Sejna , Rastislav Staňa , Martin Štrbák , Jozef Stümpel , Radoslav Suchý , Róbert Švehla , Ľubomír Vaic , Ľubomír Višňovský , Richard Zedník Head coach: František Hossa

Division I.

Group A (in Budapest, Hungary)

Games

April 15, 2003	Budapest	Poland	-	Lithuania	8: 2 (2: 0.2: 1.4: 1)
April 15, 2003	Budapest	Kazakhstan	-	Romania	8: 2 (2: 0.5: 2.1: 0)
April 15, 2003	Budapest	Hungary	-	Netherlands	4: 2 (0: 2.1: 0.3: 0)
April 16, 2003	Budapest	Kazakhstan	-	Lithuania	13: 2 (2: 0.6: 0.5: 2)
April 16, 2003	Budapest	Poland	-	Netherlands	6: 3 (2: 1.0: 0.4: 2)
April 16, 2003	Budapest	Hungary	-	Romania	4: 4 (2: 2.1: 0.1: 2)
April 18, 2003	Budapest	Poland	-	Romania	6: 0 (2: 0.3: 0.1: 0)
April 18, 2003	Budapest	Netherlands	-	Lithuania	2: 2 (1: 0.1: 1.0: 1)
April 18, 2003	Budapest	Hungary	-	Kazakhstan	1: 4 (1: 3.0: 0.0: 1)
April 20, 2003	Budapest	Netherlands	-	Romania	7: 4 (3: 0.2: 2.2: 2)
April 20, 2003	Budapest	Poland	-	Kazakhstan	1: 3 (0: 0.0: 2.1: 1)
April 20, 2003	Budapest	Hungary	-	Lithuania	4: 0 (2: 0.1: 0.1: 0)
April 21, 2003	Budapest	Kazakhstan	-	Netherlands	6: 3 (3: 2.2: 0.1: 1)
April 21, 2003	Budapest	Lithuania	-	Romania	1: 3 (0: 2.1: 0.0: 1)
April 21, 2003	Budapest	Hungary	-	Poland	1: 3 (1: 1.0: 2.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Kazakhstan	5	5	0	0	34: 9	+25	10-0
2	Poland	5	4th	0	1	24: 9	+15	8: 2
3	Hungary	5	2	1	2	14:13	+ 1	5: 5
4th	Netherlands	5	1	1	3	17:22	- 5th	3: 7
5	Romania	5	1	1	3	13:26	−13	3: 7
6th	Lithuania	5	0	1	4th	7:30	−23	1: 9

Group B (in Zagreb, Croatia)

Games

April 14, 2003	Zagreb	Italy	-	Estonia	1: 3 (1: 0.0: 1.0: 2)
April 14, 2003	Zagreb	France	-	Great Britain	2: 2 (0: 1.1: 1.1: 0)
April 14, 2003	Zagreb	Croatia	-	Norway	1: 6 (0: 0.1: 5.0: 1)
April 15, 2003	Zagreb	Italy	-	Great Britain	4: 2 (1: 0.2: 2.1: 0)
April 15, 2003	Zagreb	Norway	-	Estonia	3: 0 (1: 0.0: 0.2: 0)
April 15, 2003	Zagreb	Croatia	-	France	1: 8 (0: 3.0: 5.1: 0)
April 17, 2003	Zagreb	France	-	Norway	4: 2 (2: 0.0: 0.2: 2)
April 17, 2003	Zagreb	Great Britain	-	Estonia	3: 4 (1: 1.0: 2.2: 1)
April 17, 2003	Zagreb	Croatia	-	Italy	0: 9 (0: 4.0: 1.0: 4)
April 18, 2003	Zagreb	France	-	Estonia	6: 0 (2: 0.2: 0.2: 0)
April 18, 2003	Zagreb	Italy	-	Norway	2: 5 (0: 2.2: 2.0: 1)
April 18, 2003	Zagreb	Croatia	-	Great Britain	1: 7 (1: 1.0: 3.0: 3)
April 20, 2003	Zagreb	Norway	-	Great Britain	3: 2 (2: 2.0: 0.1: 0)
April 20, 2003	Zagreb	Italy	-	France	0: 1 (0: 0.0: 1.0: 0)
April 20, 2003	Zagreb	Croatia	-	Estonia	7: 5 (3: 0.1: 2.3: 3)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	France	5	4th	1	0	21: 5	+16	9: 1
2	Norway	5	4th	0	1	19: 9	+10	8: 2
3	Estonia	5	2	0	3	12:20	- 8th	4: 6
4th	Italy	5	2	0	3	16:11	+ 5	4: 6
5	Great Britain	5	1	1	3	16:14	+ 2	3: 7
6th	Croatia	5	1	0	4th	10:35	−25	2: 8

Moved up and down

Promoted to the World Cup group:	France, Kazakhstan
Relegated from the World Cup group:	Belarus, Slovenia
Relegated to Division II:	Lithuania, Croatia
Promoted from Division II:	South Korea, Belgium

Division II

Group A (in Seoul, South Korea)

Games

April 5, 2003	Seoul	Spain	-	South Africa	9: 2 (4: 0.2: 2.3: 0)
April 5, 2003	Seoul	Serbia-Montenegro	-	Australia	8: 3 (2: 2.5: 1.1: 0)
April 5, 2003	Seoul	South Korea	-	Mexico	19: 1 (7: 0.4: 0.8: 1)
April 6, 2003	Seoul	South Korea	-	Australia	11: 3 (3: 2.5: 0.3: 1)
April 6, 2003	Seoul	Serbia-Montenegro	-	South Africa	10: 2 (4: 0.2: 0.4: 2)
April 6, 2003	Seoul	Spain	-	Mexico	12: 3 (6: 1.4: 0.2: 2)
April 8, 2003	Seoul	South Korea	-	South Africa	7: 3 (3: 1.3: 2.1: 0)
April 8, 2003	Seoul	Serbia-Montenegro	-	Spain	7: 1 (2: 1.3: 0.2: 0)
April 8, 2003	Seoul	Australia	-	Mexico	11: 0 (1: 0.8: 0.2: 0)
April 9, 2003	Seoul	South Korea	-	Spain	8: 1 (2: 1.4: 0.2: 0)
April 9, 2003	Seoul	Australia	-	South Africa	5: 3 (0: 2.4: 1.1: 0)
April 9, 2003	Seoul	Serbia-Montenegro	-	Mexico	19: 0 (4: 0.8: 0.7: 0)
April 11, 2003	Seoul	South Korea	-	Serbia-Montenegro	5: 2 (1: 1.3: 0.1: 1)
April 11, 2003	Seoul	Spain	-	Australia	4: 3 (2: 0.0: 1.2: 2)
April 11, 2003	Seoul	South Africa	-	Mexico	9: 1 (4: 0.5: 0.0: 1)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	South Korea	5	5	0	0	50:10	+40	10-0
2	Serbia and Montenegro	5	4th	0	1	46:11	+35	8: 2
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	27:23	+ 4	6: 4
4th	Australia	5	2	0	3	25:26	- 1	4: 6
5	South Africa	5	1	0	4th	19:32	−13	2: 8
6th	Mexico	5	0	0	5	5:70	−65	0:10

Group B (in Sofia, Bulgaria)

Games

March 24, 2003	Sofia	China	-	North Korea	3: 1 (1: 0.1: 0.1: 1)
March 24, 2003	Sofia	Israel	-	Iceland	4: 1 (1: 0.1: 0.2: 1)
March 24, 2003	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Belgium	1: 2 (0: 1.0: 0.1: 1)
March 25, 2003	Sofia	Belgium	-	Iceland	10: 2 (4: 1.5: 1.1: 0)
March 25, 2003	Sofia	Israel	-	North Korea	2: 2 (0: 0.1: 1.1: 1)
March 25, 2003	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	China	2: 5 (1: 0.0: 2.1: 3)
March 27, 2003	Sofia	China	-	Iceland	4: 0 (2: 0.0: 0.2: 0)
March 27, 2003	Sofia	Belgium	-	Israel	9: 0 (6: 0.2: 0.1: 0)
March 27, 2003	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	North Korea	5: 2 (3: 0.0: 2.2: 0)
March 29, 2003	Sofia	China	-	Israel	6: 4 (2: 0.0: 3.4: 1)
March 29, 2003	Sofia	Belgium	-	North Korea	2: 4 (2: 1.0: 1.0: 2)
March 29, 2003	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Iceland	6: 0 (2: 0.0: 0.4: 0)
March 30, 2003	Sofia	Iceland	-	North Korea	1: 7 (0: 4.1: 1.0: 2)
March 30, 2003	Sofia	China	-	Belgium	1: 6 (0: 2.1: 1.0: 3)
March 30, 2003	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Israel	1: 1 (1: 0.0: 1.0: 0)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Belgium	5	4th	0	1	29: 8	+21	8: 2
2	People's Republic of China	5	4th	0	1	19:13	+ 6	8: 2
3	Bulgaria	5	2	1	2	15:10	+ 5	5: 5
4th	North Korea	5	2	1	2	16:13	+ 3	5: 5
5	Israel	5	1	2	2	11:19	- 8th	4: 6
6th	Iceland	5	0	0	5	4:31	−27	0:10

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division I:	South Korea, Belgium
Relegated from Division I:	Lithuania, Croatia
Relegated from Division II:	Iceland, Mexico
Promoted to Division II:	New Zealand, Luxembourg

Division III

in Auckland, New Zealand

Originally, Armenia was also planning to take part in the ice hockey world championships for the first time at this tournament, but the team was denied entry due to incorrectly filled out visa applications.

Games

April 3, 2003	Auckland	New Zealand	-	Turkey	7: 1 (2: 0.2: 1.3: 0)
April 5, 2003	Auckland	New Zealand	-	Luxembourg	7: 2 (3: 1.3: 0.1: 1)
April 6, 2003	Auckland	Luxembourg	-	Turkey	5: 3 (1: 1.0: 0.4: 2)

Closing table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	14: 3	+11	4-0
2	Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	7:10	- 3	2: 2
3	Turkey	2	0	0	2	4:12	- 8th	0: 4

Moved up and down

Promoted to Division II:	New Zealand, Luxembourg
Relegated from Division II:	Mexico, Iceland

See also

• Ice Hockey World Championship 2003
• 2003 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship
• U20 Men's World Junior Championships
• U18 Men's World Junior Championships

Web links

• http://www.iihf.com/ - Website of the International Ice Hockey Federation (engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.hockeyfans.ch/news_portal/news.php?id=15209

literature

• Eckert, Horst: International Ice Hockey Guide 2002. Official IIHF Yearbook 2001/2002. Munich: Copress, 2001, ISBN 3-7679-0792-5 . ISSN  1616-5977 .